1. Middle School English Language Arts

2. English Agenda Grade 5 ELA Curriculum – Reading Street. Reading
Writing
Language: Spelling & Conventions
Speaking & Listening

3. Grade 5 – Reading Themed Units: Literary Circles Book Recommendations
Meeting Challenges, Doing the Right Thing, Inventors & Artists, Adapting, Adventurers, & The Unexpected
Within the units, there are short stories that focus on developing reading skills.
Literary Circles
Book Recommendations

4. Grade 5 – Writing Journal Writing
Compositions that use the 5 steps to writing
Research Reports
The effective use of rubrics

5. Grade 5 Language: Spelling & Conventions
Leveled Spelling
Grammar that covers the parts of speech, punctuation, and capitalization.
Vocabulary based upon short stories from Reading Street selections.
Spelling Bee

6. Grade 5 Speaking & Listening
The development of effective listening and speaking skills through:
Interviewing,
Collaborative Group Work,
Media Literacy
Reader’s Theater
Story Telling
Speeches