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5th Grade English Language Arts

Students explore the different factors that can both positively and negatively influence a community, how groups of people have fought for their rights, and think about the way things around them (both natural and man-made) work and interact.

5th Grade - Building Community: Seedfolks

Students explore the theme of community through the book Seedfolks, wrestling with how prejudice and racism impact the way people treat each other and the ways in which that can influence a community.

5th Grade - Protecting the Earth: Plastic Pollution

Students explore how plastic pollution is choking the world’s oceans, and explore a variety of solutions for reducing plastic waste and reducing the amount of plastic that ends up in the ocean.

5th Grade - Exploring Human Rights: The Breadwinner

Students explore the Taliban's influence on the Middle East through the lens of human rights in the book The Breadwinner, and practice narrative writing by rewriting scenes from other point of views.

5th Grade - Friendship Across Boundaries: Return to Sender

In the novel Return to Sender, students explore the complexity of immigration and stereotypes, and interpret how authors highlight different characters' perspectives.

5th Grade - Young Heroes: Children of the Civil Rights Movement

Students study the Civil Rights Movement through the eyes of the children who experienced its hardships, victories and defeats firsthand by reading and analyzing multiple accounts of the same event.

5th Grade - Exploring Mars: Spirit and Opportunity

Students explore the rovers Spirit and Opportunity, grappling with the complexity involved in space missions through reading, analyzing photographs, and participating in engineering and design labs.

5th Grade - Belonging to a Movement: One Crazy Summer

Reading the novel One Crazy Summer, set in 1968 Oakland, CA at the height of the Black Panther movement, students explore the meaning of community, identity, and what it means to be part of a revolution.

5th Grade - Seeking Truth: A Wrinkle in Time

In this final 5th grade unit, students read about the nuances of good versus evil and how unconditional love can overpower darkness in A Wrinkle in Time, the first science fiction novel in our curriculum.

5th Grade English Language Arts - Unit 4: Young Heroes: Children of the Civil Rights Movement - Lesson 3

Defend if the children in this section share a similar or different point of view and understanding of the oppression of the time period. 

5th Grade English Language Arts - Alternate Unit 5: Belonging to a Movement: One Crazy Summer - Lesson 4

Rewrite a key scene from One Crazy Summer from another character’s point of view. 

5th Grade English Language Arts - Unit 1: Building Community: Seedfolks - Lesson 4

Expand sentences using details, including prepositional phrases, that tell about when, where, or how.

5th Grade English Language Arts - Unit 5: Friendship Across Boundaries: Return to Sender - Lesson 6

Rewrite a key scene from Return to Sender from another character's point of view.

5th Grade English Language Arts - Unit 2: Exploring Human Rights: The Breadwinner - Lesson 7

Rewrite a section of The Breadwinner from another character's point of view.

5th Grade English Language Arts - Unit 1: Building Community: Seedfolks - Lesson 7

Outline a paragraph that explains how one person can impact a community.

5th Grade English Language Arts - Unit 3: Protecting the Earth: Plastic Pollution - Lesson 9

Write two strong paragraphs describing why we have a plastic pollution problem and how plastic pollution impacts the ocean.

5th Grade English Language Arts - Alternate Unit 5: Belonging to a Movement: One Crazy Summer - Lesson 9

Rewrite a key scene from One Crazy Summer from another character’s point of view.

5th Grade English Language Arts - Unit 4: Young Heroes: Children of the Civil Rights Movement - Lesson 9

Synthesize and analyze details from multiple texts in order to deepen understanding of a topic. 

5th Grade English Language Arts - Unit 5: Friendship Across Boundaries: Return to Sender - Lesson 10

Rewrite a key scene from Return to Sender from another character's point of view.

5th Grade English Language Arts - Unit 3: Protecting the Earth: Plastic Pollution - Lesson 10

Write an opinion piece defending whether or not single-use plastics should be banned by citing evidence from multiple texts and building an argument.

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