Special Education K-5 ELA and Supplemental Guide

5th Grade Scope & Sequence

Essentials

Wonders

WonderWorks

Interactive Read Aloud

“I’m a Swimmer Genre: Free Verse Poetry

“The Missing Journal” Genre: realistic Fiction Lexile: 960L

Shared Read

“How Do I Hold the Summer?,” “Catching a Fly,” “When I Dance” Genre: Lyric and Free Verse Poetry Lexile: NP Analytical Writing: Respond to Reading “Words Free as Confetti,” “Dreams” Genre: Free Verse and Lyric Poetry Lexile: NP Analytical Writing: Respond to Reading “A Story of How a Wall Stands” Genre: Free Verse Poetry Lexile: NP Integrate Writing: Make Connections

“How Do I Hold the Summer?,” “Catching a Fly,” “When I Dance” Genre: Lyric and Free Verse Poetry Lexile: NP

Poetry Terms: Lyric, alliteration, meter, stanza

Anchor Text

Paired Reading

Leveled Readers

Main Selection Genre: Realistic Fiction Tell Me the Old, Old Stories Lexile: 590L

Paired Selection Genre: Poetry “Family Ties”

collapses, conversation, grip, introducing, murmur, remark, sarcastic, scoffed

Writing

Respond to Reading Writing Skill: Verb Tenses