Balanced+Literacy+Fifth+Grade

= Reading Street Spelling Program. = We will continue to use a Balanced Literacy approach which includes independent reading, teachers reading aloud, guided reading and working with words. Working with words requires students to be proficient in spelling as well as vocabulary. Each week we will have a spelling list associated with a spelling skill, vocabulary words to go with our story and some amazing words all readers should know.

Practice your spelling words by going to @http://www.spellingcity.com/brindlet/.

UNIT 1: Facing Challenges (5th Grade)

 * Big Question: What kinds of challenges do people face and how to they meet them? **
 * WEEK 1: The Red Kayak - genre: Realistic Fiction
 * Paired Selection: What Will I Do in an Emergency? - genre: How-To Text
 * What inspires people to act courageously?
 * [[file:Spelling-Unit 01-Week 01-The Red Kayak.pdf]]. September -19-23, 2016
 * Homographs, @http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/lessons/making-sense-of-homographs/
 * Homograph Worksheets, @http://www.k12reader.com/subject/vocabulary/homograph-worksheets/
 * WEEK 2: Thunder Rose - genre: Tall Tale
 * Tall Tales American Folklore, @http://americanfolklore.net/folklore/tall-tales/
 * Paired Selection: Measuring Tornadoes - genre: Expository Text
 * How can nature challenge us?
 * [[file:Spelling-Unit 01-Week 02-Thunder Rose.pdf]], September 26-30, 2016
 * WEEK 3: Island of the Blue Dolphins - genre: Novel
 * Paired Selection: Seven Survival Questions - genre: How-To Text
 * How do people survive in the wilderness?
 * [[file:Spelling-Unit 01-Week 03-Island of the Blue Dolphins.pdf]], October 3-7, 2016
 * Understanding Theme, @http://www.ereadingworksheets.com/reading-worksheets/theme-worksheet.pdf
 * Realistic Fiction, @http://www.steveshapero.com/RealisticFiction.pdf
 * Realistic Fiction, Maniac Magee, @http://www.readworks.org/sites/default/files/bundles/lessons-grade5-maniac-magee.pdf
 * Genre Book Posters, @http://www.franklinlrc.com/genre-posters.html
 * WEEK 4: Satchel Paige - genre: Biography
 * Paired Selection: Roberto Clemente: A Baseball Hero - genre: Biography
 * How do we face personal challenges?
 * [[file:Spelling-Unit 01-Week 04-Satchel Paige.pdf]], October 10-14, 2016
 * WEEK 5: The Ten Mile Day - genre: Expository Text
 * Paired Selection: Working on the Railroad - E-Mail
 * What challenges do immigrants encounter?
 * [[file:Spelling-Unit 01-Week 05-Ten Mile Day.pdf]], October 17-21. 2016

= UNIT 2: Doing the Right Thing (5th Grade) = Big Question: What makes people want to do the right thing?


 * WEEK 1: At the Beach - genre, realistic fiction
 * Paired Selection: The Eagle and the Bat - genre, legend
 * [[file:Spelling-Unit 02-Week 01-At the Beach.pdf]], October 24-28, 2016
 * WEEK 2: Hold the Flag High
 * Paired Selection, How to Fold the American Flag - genre, how-to text
 * [[file:05-Spelling-Unit 02-Week 02 Hold the Flag High.pdf]], October 31 - November 11. 2016
 * WEEK 3: Ch'i-lin Purse - genre, folk tale
 * Paired Selection, Phan Ku - genre, origin myth
 * [[file:05-Spelling-Unit 02-Week 03 Ch'i-lin Purse.pdf]], November 14-18, 2016
 * WEEK 4: Summer's Trade
 * Paired Selection
 * [[file:05-Spelling-Unit 02-Week 04 Summer's Trade.pdf]], November 29 - December 2, 2016
 * WEEK 5: Midnight Ride of Paul Revere - genre, historical fiction poem
 * Paired Selection, The Heroic Paul Revere - genre, drama
 * [[file:05-Spelling-Unit 02-Week 05 Midnight Ride of Paul Revere.pdf]], December 5 - 9, 2016

= UNIT 3: Inventors and Artists (5th Grade) = What do people gain from the work of inventors and artists?
 * WEEK 1: The Fabulous Perpetual Motion Machine - genre, drama
 * Paired Selection: The Toy Space Shuttle is here - genre, persuasive text
 * [[file:05-Spelling-Unit 03-Week 01-The Fabulous Perpetual Motion Machine.pdf]], December 12-16, 2016
 * WEEK 2: Leonardo's Horse - genre, biography
 * Paired Selection: A Job for Michael Angelo - historical fiction
 * [[file:05-Spelling-Unit 03-Week 02-Leonardo's Horse.pdf]], December 19-23, 2016
 * WEEK 3: The Dinosaur's of Waterhouse Hawkins - Biography
 * Paired Selection: A Model Scientist - genre, expository text
 * [[file:05-Spelling-Unit 03-Week 03.pdf]], January 3-6, 2017
 * WEEK 4: Mahalia Jackson - genre, expository text
 * Paired Selection: Perfect Harmony - genre, poetry
 * [[file:05-Spelling-Unit 03-Week 04-Mahalia Jackson.pdf]], January 9-13, 2017
 * WEEK 5: Special Effects in Film and Television
 * Paired Selection
 * [[file:05-Spelling-Unit 03-Week 05-Special Effects.pdf]], January 23-27, 2017

= Unit 4: Adapting (5th Grade) = Big Question: How do people and animals adapt to different situations? = Unit 5: Adventurers (5th Grade) = Big Question: Who goes seeking adventure and why?
 * WEEK 1: Weslandia
 * Paired Selection:
 * [[file:05-Spelling-Unit 04-Week 01-Weslandia.pdf]], January 30- February 3, 2017
 * WEEK 2: Tripping Over the Lunch Lady
 * Paired Selection:
 * [[file:05-Spelling-Unit 04-Week 02 Lunch Lady.pdf]],February 8-10, 2017
 * [[file:5th Grade Family Times Unit 4 Week 2.pdf]]
 * WEEK 3: Exploding Ants
 * Paired Selection
 * [[file:05-Spelling-Unit 04-Week 03- Exploding Ants.pdf]], February 13-17, 2017
 * [[file:Family Time Unit 4 Week 3.pdf]]
 * WEEK 4: The Stormi Giovanni Club
 * Paired Selection
 * [[file:05-Spelling-Unit 04-Week 04- Stormi Giovanni.pdf]],February 20-24, 2017
 * [[file:Family Times Unit 4 Week 4.pdf]]
 * WEEK 5: The Gymnast
 * Paired Selection
 * [[file:05-Spelling-Unit 04-Week 05- The Gymnast.pdf]], February 27- March 3, 2017
 * [[file:Family Times Unit 4 Week 5.pdf]],
 * WEEK 6: Interactive Review
 * Unit Test, March 30 to April 2nd, 2015
 * WEEK 1:
 * Paired Selection:
 * [[file:05-Spelling-Unit 05-Week 01- The Skunk Ladder.pdf]]
 * [[file:Family Times Unit 5 Week 1.pdf]], March 6-10, 2017
 * WEEK 2:
 * Paired Selection:
 * [[file:05-Spelling-Unit 05-Week 02- The Unsinkable RMS Titanic.pdf]], March 13-17, 2017
 * [[file:Family Times Unit 5 Week 2.pdf]]
 * WEEK 3:
 * Paired Selection:
 * [[file:05-Spelling-Unit 05-Week 03- Talk with an Astronaut.pdf]], March 20-24, 2017
 * [[file:Family Times Unit 5 Week 3 FIFTH GRADE.pdf]]
 * WEEK 4:
 * Paired Selection:
 * [[file:Family Times Unit 5 Week 4.pdf]], April 10-14, 2017
 * [[file:FreshReads-Unit05-Week04-OL-Center of Earth.pdf]], Teacher Only
 * WEEK 5:
 * Paired Selection:
 * [[file:Family Times Unit 5 Week 5.pdf]], April 17-21, 2017
 * WEEK 6:
 * Unit 5 Test
 * [[file:Family Times Unit 5 Week 6.pdf]],
 * [[file:5th grade Constructed Response-Unit 5 Scoring Guide.pdf]], Teacher Only

= Unit 6: The Unexpected (5th Grade) = What can we learn from encounters with the unexpected?
 * WEEK 1: The Truth about Austin's Amazing Bats, [[file:05-Spelling-Unit 06-Week 01-Austin's Amazing Bats.pdf]], April 24-28, 2017
 * WEEK 2: The Mystery of Saint Matthew Island, [[file:05-Spelling-Unit 06-Week 02-The Mystery of Saint Matthew Island.pdf]], May 1-5, 2017
 * WEEK 3: King Midas and the Golden Touch, [[file:05-Spelling-Unit 06-Week 03-King Midas and the Golden Touch.pdf]], May 8-12, 2017
 * WEEK 4: The Hindenburg, [[file:05-Spelling-Unit 06-Week 04-The Hindenburg.pdf]], May 15-19, 2017
 * WEEK 5: Sweet Music in Harlem, [[file:05-Spelling-Unit 06-Week 05-Sweet Music in Harlem.pdf]], May 22-26, 2017
 * WEEK 6: Interactive Review