5th Grade English Language Arts: Unit 1 of 4 of Fifth Grade ELA (Flex)
Units 1 of 5th Grade ELA is the first part a full curriculum of four units of fifth grade English Language Arts taught to the common core standards, covering literature, foundational skills, writing, speaking, and listening.
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4+ hours per week. This flex class is for learners who just want to practice their English Language Arts Skills, as well as students who want to get a letter of competition. For learners who are just practicing skills, homework is optional but highly recommended. For those learners seeking a letter of completion, there is 3-4 hours of homework to be completed each week. See the rubric below for how the learner will be evaluated. For those students seeking a letter of completion. I will provide an assessment each weekend of the previous week’s assignments.Assessment
Weekly Evaluation Rubric Reading: 20 Points - 3-Minute Reading Aloud Recording 5 Points - Comprehension Quiz 5 Points - Classroom Discussion Question Participation 5 Points - Vocabulary Quiz 5 Points Spelling: 15 Points - Writing Each Word 3 Times 5 Points - Spelling Word Project 5 Points - Spelling Quiz 5 Points Grammar: 15 Points - Grammar Worksheet 5 Points - Grammar Project 5 Points - Grammar Quiz 5 Points Classroom Journal: 10 Points Writing Assignment: 40 PointsClass Experience
US Grade 5
Fifth Grade English Language Arts is taught to common core standards, covering literature, foundational skills, writing, speaking and listening. Students practice reading for fluency, comprehension and vocabulary. They will practice determining theme, summarizing texts, conducting research, and using details and evidence to support an argument. There is a strong focus on grammar, which includes writing for meaning, audience, and style, using correlative conjunctions, and recognizing and correcting inappropriate shifts in verb tenses. There are also daily and weekly writing assignments with students practicing opinion writing, informative and explanatory essays, storytelling, and analysis and reflection. Unit 1 of Fifth Grade English Language Arts focuses on a novel study of Katherine Paterson’s Newbery Medal winning-novel Bridge to Terabithia . Each week on Monday there will be a video introducing that week’s lesson. Also in the online classroom on Mondays, students will find that week’s assignments, spelling words, worksheets and quiz links. I will be available throughout the week to answer questions in the online classroom, to evaluate students’ work and to provide any additional support learners need. On Wednesdays, I will post that week’s discussion question about the assigned reading. INTERACTION: We will keep a classroom journal to respond to our learning together. The classroom journal will be a Google Doc where learners will find writing prompts based on each chapter of the book. Learners are encouraged to go into our classroom journal after reading each chapter and respond to the prompt with a paragraph, and to respond to what their classmates have written. In addition there is a weekly discussion question in the Outschool classroom that learners are encouraged to answer and also to respond to their classmates' answers. New sections of each of the fifth grade units are offered in January, February, March, April, May, August, September, and October. For students seeking a letter of completion, one will be provided following each unit of the class as well as a final letter of completion for those students who complete all four units. If your learner is seeking a letter of completion please message me to let me know so we can work together to ensure success. This flex class is for learners who just want to practice their English Language Arts Skills, as well as students who want to get a letter of completion. For learners who are just practicing skills, homework is optional but highly recommended. For those learners seeking a letter of completion, there is 3-4 hours of homework to be completed each week. See the rubric below for how the learner will be evaluated. -- Week 1: Grammar Concept: Review common and proper nouns, regular and irregular plural nouns Chapters 1-4 of Bridge to Terabithia Week 2: Grammar Concept: Subject and object pronouns, pronoun agreement Chapters 5-9 of Bridge to Terabithia Week 3: Grammar Concept: Regular and irregular verbs Finish Bridge to Terabithia Week 4: Grammar Concept: Helping verbs Short story reader Week 5: Grammar Concept: Linking verbs Short story reader Week 6: Grammar Concept: Perfect verb tense Short story reader Week 7: Grammar Concept: Verb tense shifts Short story reader Week 8: Grammar Concept: Subject-verb agreement Short story reader Weekly Evaluation Rubric Reading: 20 Points - 3-Minute Reading Aloud Recording 5 Points - Comprehension Quiz 5 Points - Classroom Discussion Question Participation 5 Points - Vocabulary Quiz 5 Points Spelling: 15 Points - Writing Each Word 3 Times 5 Points - Spelling Word Project 5 Points - Spelling Quiz 5 Points Grammar: 15 Points - Grammar Worksheet 5 Points - Grammar Project 5 Points - Grammar Quiz 5 Points Writing Assignment: 50 Points ----- Weekly Evaluation Rubric Reading: 20 Points - 3-Minute Reading Aloud Recording 5 Points - Comprehension Quiz 5 Points - Classroom Discussion Question Participation 5 Points - Vocabulary Quiz 5 Points Spelling: 15 Points - Writing Each Word 3 Times 5 Points - Spelling Word Project 5 Points - Spelling Quiz 5 Points Grammar: 15 Points - Grammar Worksheet 5 Points - Grammar Project 5 Points - Grammar Quiz 5 Points Classroom Journal: 10 Points Writing Assignment: 40 Points
Learning Goals
Unit 1 of Fifth Grade English Language Arts uses Katherine Paterson’s Newbery Medal winning-novel Bridge to Terabithia to teach common core standards, covering literature, foundational skills, writing, speaking and listening. Students practice reading for fluency, comprehension and vocabulary. We will use the novel to make predictions, identify plot conflicts, analyze character relationships, examine gender roles, determine themes, and track character changes through reading and discussion. There is a strong focus on grammar, which includes verb tenses, correlative conjunctions, and understanding synonyms, antonyms and holographs. There are weekly spelling word lists for learners to practice and an optional Friday quiz. There are also weekly writing assignments with students practicing opinion writing, letter writing, poetry, dialogue, and using reference materials for research.
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Parental Guidance
Our novel study, “Bridge to Terabithia,” deals with death, loss, religion, and gender identity. All subjects and topics will be covered in a manner that is as age-appropriate as possible, but some learners may be especially sensitive to these topics.
Supply List
Students will need either a paper or digital copy of Katherine Paterson's "Bridge to Terabithia."
1 file available upon enrollment
External Resources
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
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2 Degrees
Master's Degree in History from Gettysburg College
Bachelor's Degree in English from Campbellsville University
I have bachelor’s degrees in English, journalism, and political science, and am currently a master’s student in American history. I was a newspaper editor and reporter for 15 years, director of a social justice center for three years, and have been teaching English Language Arts, English As a Second Language, and social studies for the past five years. I am currently co-director of the Foster Woods Folk School.Reviews
Live Group Class
$13
weekly or $100 for 8 weeks8 weeks
Completed by 25 learners
No live video meetings
Ages: 9-14
