5th+Grade ELA+&+SS+Curriculum+Resources


 * NEW* 2013 Curriculum Maps
 * **[[file:5_Planning Guide.docx|Course Planning Guide - Year at a Glance and Trimester as a Glance]]**
 * **[[file:1_5 Grade.docx|2013 Fifth Grade Unit 1]]**
 * **[[file:2_5 Grade.docx|2013 Fifth Grade Unit 2]]**
 * **[[file:3_5 Grade.docx|2013 Fifth Grade Unit 3]]**
 * **[[file:4_5 Grade.docx|2013 Fifth Grade Unit 4]]**
 * **[[file:5_5 Grade.docx|2013 Fifth Grade Unit 5]]**
 * **[[file:6_5 Grade.docx|2013 Fifth Grade Unit 6]]**
 * **[[file:Elem English Course Assessments 2013-2014 4.docx|Elementary English Course Assessments 2013-2014]]**
 * **[[file:Author's Purpose_Boston Tea Party.docx|Author's Purpose: Boston Tea Party]]**
 * **[[file:Evaluating Text Complexity Rubric.docx|Evaluating Text Complexity]]**
 * ** [[file:Reading Level Correlation Chart.docx|Reading Correlation Chart]] **


 * **Thompson ELA & SS Curriculum Maps**
 * [[file:tsdcurriculum-instruction/5th Grade (Unit 1) SS-RWC with Assessments.pdf|5th Grade (Unit 1) SS-RWC with Assessments.pdf]]
 * [[file:tsdcurriculum-instruction/5th Grade (Unit 2) SS-RWC with Assessments.pdf|5th Grade (Unit 2) SS-RWC with Assessments.pdf]]
 * [[file:tsdcurriculum-instruction/5th Grade (Unit 3) SS-RWC with Assessments.pdf|5th Grade (Unit 3) SS-RWC with Assessments.pdf]]
 * [[file:tsdcurriculum-instruction/5th Grade (Unit 4) SS-RWC with Assessments.pdf|5th Grade (Unit 4) SS-RWC with Assessments.pdf]]
 * [[file:tsdcurriculum-instruction/5th Grade (Unit 5) SS-RWC with Assessments.pdf|5th Grade (Unit 5) SS-RWC with Assessments.pdf]]
 * [[file:tsdcurriculum-instruction/5th Grade (Unit 6) SS-RWC with Assessments.pdf|5th Grade (Unit 6) SS-RWC with Assessments.pdf]]


 * Suggested Complex Texts for 5th Grade**
 * [|Kathy Bumgardner's LIst]
 * [[file:p-12-ela-text-list.xlsx|Engage NY: P-12 ELA Text List]]
 * [[file:ELA Text Exemplars.pdf|CCSS Text Exemplar List]]
 * District Text Materials, Authentic Short Texts, Videos, and other Digital Resources**
 * Unit 1 - Expository I and Geography of the United States - Compiled by: Angie Vincent
 * ====District Text Materials====
 * //National Geographic Travels Across America//
 * //The Midwest,// Lexile 660
 * //The Southwest//, Lexile 770
 * //The Northeast//, Lexile 630
 * //The West//, Lexile 690
 * //The Southeast//, Lexile 700
 * Discovery Education - Search - "[|Geography of the USA]"
 * ====Authentic Short Text====
 * [[file:Where Youll Want to Live in 2032.pdf|"Where You'll Want to Live in 2032"]] - Lexile 1100
 * [[file:Geography of the United States.pdf|Geography of the United States]] - Lexile 660
 * __[[file:Land of Dixie.pdf|Land of Dixie]]__ - Lexile 1070
 * __[[file:Something for Everyone.pdf|Something for Everyone- The Mid-Atlantic States]]__ - Lexile 1230
 * [[file:The Western Country.pdf|The Western Country]] - Lexile 930
 * __[[file:Wild, Wild Weather.pdf|Wild, Wild Weather in the Wild, Wild West]]__ - Lexile 1110
 * [[file:Y'All Speak Southern_.pdf|Y'All Speak Southern? ]]- Lexile 1100
 * [[file:Welcome to America’s Heartland.pdf|Welcome to America's Heartland ]]- Lexile 1030
 * Unit 2 - Expository II and Exploration and Colonization of the World - Compiled by: Stephanie Hawkinson and Carrie Raynolds
 * ====District Text Materials====
 * //National Geographic Travels Across America//
 * //The Midwest//, Lexile 660
 * //The Southwest//, Lexile 770
 * //The Northeast//, Lexile 630
 * //The West//, Lexile 690
 * //The Southeast//, Lexile 700
 * Crabtree Publishing
 * //Hernando Cortes Spanish Invader of Mexico//
 * //Francisco Pizarro Journeys through Peru and South America//
 * //Vasco da Gama Quest for the Spice Trade//
 * //Ponce de Leon Exploring Florida and Puerto Rico//
 * //Samuel de Champlain from New France to Cape Cod//
 * McGraw-Hill Leveled Readers
 * //Mercantilism, Imperialism, and Independence//
 * //Land of Opportunity//
 * //America's Debt to the Renaissance//
 * //Exploring the New Land//
 * //Industrialization in the United States//
 * Wright Group Lead 21
 * //Struggles in Early America//
 * //America: New Horizons for New People//
 * //America a Nation of Change//
 * //Exploring Early America//
 * //America: People on the Move//
 * //Portraits of Early America//
 * Historyforkids.org
 * US Government- [|Thirteen Colonies]
 * American History- [|American Revolutionary War]
 * [|Native Peoples]
 * //America Will Be//
 * //Samuel de Champlain - In the Footsteps of Explorers//
 * //Ponce de Leon - In the Footsteps of Explorers//
 * //Vasco de Gama - In the Footsteps of Explorers//
 * //Hernando Cortes - In the Footsteps of Explorers//
 * ====Authentic Short Text====
 * __Encounter__ by Jane Yolen
 * __America's Early Settlers__ by Shirley Jordan
 * __The Discovery of the Americas: From Prehistory Through the Age of Columbus__ by Betsy and Giulio Maestro
 * __The New Americas: Colonial Times 1620-1689__ by Betsy Maestro
 * __The Usborne Book of Explorers: From Columbus to Armstrong__ by Felicity Everett
 * __Around the World in a Hundred Years: From Henry the Navigator to Magellan__ by Jean Fritz
 * __Explorers Who Got Lost__ by Diane Sansevere Dreher
 * __Exploration and Conquest__ by Betsy and Giulio Maestro
 * __A Native Take on Jamestown__ by Sandra Scham
 * ====Videos====
 * BrainPop
 * [|Christopher Columbus]
 * [|Thirteen Colonies]
 * [|World War I]
 * [|Slavery]
 * [|Discovery Education]
 * "Making the Thirteen Colonies: The Southern Colonies"
 * "Exploring the World: The English Come to America: Jamestown and Plymouth"
 * "The Explorers: The Dawning of the Era of Exploration"
 * "The Great Age of Exploration (1400-1550)"
 * "Early Settlers: The Era of Colonization"
 * ====Other Websites and Resources====
 * [|"The World Columbus Knew in 1482"] - Of Maps and World Views
 * [|"An Indian Map of the Southeast, ca. 1721] - Same Place/Different Maps
 * "[|Nouvelle Orleans" and Nearby French Settlements], ca. 1723 - Setting Up a New Community
 * Evan-Moor History Pockets Colonial America
 * Evan-Moor History Pockets Explorers of North America
 * Thematic Unit Explorers
 * The Usborne Book of Explorers from Columbus to Armstrong
 * Social Studies Activity Book- //Explorers of the New World//
 * [|The American Colonist's Library: Primary Source Documents Pertaining to Early American History]
 * Examples of the Unit:
 * [[file:John Smith’s Account of the Starving Time.pdf|John Smith's Account of the Starving Time, 1609-10 - Lexile 1400]]
 * [[file:A Native Take on Jamestown.pdf|A Native Take on Jamestown - Lexile 1520]]
 * Unit 3 - Narrative III and Becoming an Independent Nation - Compiled by: Tom Sweeney
 * ====District Text Materials====
 * //Scholastic, National Geographic, McGraw-Hill//
 * Wright Group Lead 21//, Exploring Early America, Unit 3//
 * Selection 3, "The Virginia Gazette"
 * Selection 4, "An American Story: Economic Struggles"
 * Guided Reading Level T, Lexile 645-685
 * Wright Group Lead 21, //Portraits of Early America, Unit 3//
 * Selection 2, "Stepping In"
 * Selection 3, "Tea in Boston"
 * Selection 4, "Articles of Confederation"
 * Guided Reading Level Y/Z, Lexile 740-1010
 * Wright Group Lead 21, //Struggles in Early American, Unit 3//
 * Selection 2, "Lost in Wilmington"
 * Selection 3, "The Happy Hearth Inn"
 * //The Shot Heard Around the World//, by Daniel Rosen, Macmillan McGraw-Hill
 * Guided Reading Level Q, Lexile 740-1010
 * [[file:Paul Revere’s Account of His Ride.pdf|Paul Revere's Account of His Ride]]
 * [[file:Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death.pdf|Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death]]
 * [[file:English Account of the Battle of Lexington.pdf|English Account of the Battle of Lexington: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Smith to Governor Gage]]
 * [[file:Captain Thomas Preston.pdf|Captain Thomas Preston's Account of the Boston Massacre]]
 * [[file:Anonymous Account of the Boston Massacre.pdf|Anonymous Account of the Boston Massacre]]
 * [[file:Speech on the Stamp Act.pdf|Speech on the Stamp Act]]
 * [[file:On Conciliation with America.pdf|On Conciliation with America]]
 * ====Authentic Short Text====
 * [|The Enemy] (Fictional Narrative of the American Revolutionary War) - Lexile 880
 * //America's Story: Forming a New Nation 1756-1796, Book 2,// by David C. King
 * //Cornerstones of Freedom, The Story of the Declaration of Independence//, by Norman Richards
 * //Headlines from History, The Boston Massacre//, by Allison Stark Draper
 * //Headlines from History, The Boston Tea Party//, By Allison Stark Draper
 * //Headlines from History, The End of the American Revolution//, by Allison Stark Draper
 * //The Boston Tea Party//, by Rod Espinosa
 * //Adventures in Colonial America, Boston Tea Party//, by James E. Knight
 * ====Videos====
 * [|BrainPop]
 * [|American Revolution]
 * [|Causes of the American Revolution]
 * [|Declaration of Independence]
 * [|French and Indian War]
 * [|Thirteen Colonies]
 * [|Revolutionary Research]
 * [|Discovery Education]- Search "American Revolution"
 * "American History: The Declaration of Independence"
 * "Native Americans and Loyalists"
 * "Liberty: The American Revolution"
 * ====Other Websites and Resources====
 * [|A British Plan for Revolutionary Boston] - Freedom Trail News
 * [|Liberty! The American Revolution] - Chronicles of the Revolution
 * The Road to Revolution - Game
 * [|Search Declaration of Independence and American Revolution]
 * //Differentiated Lessons and Assessments: Social Studies Grade 5//, by Julia McMeans
 * Unit 4 - Narrative IV and Origins and Foundations of the U.S. Government - Compiled by: Jim Cooper
 * ====District Text Materials====
 * __The Constitutional Convention__ by Dan Marsh - Macmillan McGraw-Hill - Lexile 750
 * __Why We Need a Government__ by Joe Grunenwald - McGraw-Hill
 * __The Rights of Americans__ by Alan Jordan
 * __Portraits of Early America__ - Selection 4 - "Articles of Confederation" - Wright Group Lead 21
 * ====Authentic Short Text====
 * [[file:The Fight for the Bill of Rights.pdf|The Fight for the Bill of Rights]]
 * [[file:A Great Debate.pdf|A Great Debate]]
 * [[file:Constitutional Convention.pdf|Constitutional Convention]]
 * ====Videos====
 * [|BrainPop]
 * [|Bill of Rights]
 * [|Declaration of Independence]
 * [|U.S. Constitution]
 * [|Discovery Education]- Search "Bill of Rights" and "Declaration of Independence"
 * "Just the Facts: The Constitution, The Bill of Rights and Constitutional Amendments"
 * "American History: Foundations of American Government"
 * "Bill of Rights"
 * "The Declaration of Independence: A Foundation of Ideas for a New Age"
 * "Ssssshhhh! We're Writing the Constitution!"
 * "Just the Facts: American History: The Declaration of Independence"
 * ====Other Websites and Resources====
 * Encyclopedia
 * Article: "Declaration of Independence"
 * Article: "Bill of Rights"
 * [|Liberty! The American Revolution - Philadelphia 1791]
 * Unit 5 - Persuasive V and Structure and Function of the U.S. Government - Compiled By: Angela Geraghty
 * ====District Text Materials====
 * McGraw-Hill - "Why We Need a Government" - Lexile 790
 * ====Authentic Short Text====
 * [[file:The Right to Vote.pdf|"The Right to Vote"]]
 * [[file:A Bare-Bones Guide.pdf|A Bare-Bones Guide to Persuasive Writing ]]- Lexile 700
 * __[[file:HAVE VIDEO GAMES PUSHED FANTASY TOO FAR.pdf|Have Video Games Pushed Fantasy Too Far?]]__ - Lexile 980
 * __[[file:Picking the Best.pdf|Picking the Best: Voting in the United States]]__ - Lexile 870
 * __[[file:A REPUBLIC OR A DEMOCRACY.pdf|A Republic or Democracy?]]__ - Lexile 790
 * __Democracy__ - Lexile 1180
 * __[[file:ALL THE WORLD.pdf|All the World's Governments]]__ - Lexile 1040
 * __[[file:Forms of Government.pdf|Forms of Government]]__ - Lexile 1120
 * ====Videos====
 * [|BrainPop]
 * [|Branches of Government]
 * [|Citizenship]
 * [|Democracy]
 * [|Discovery Education]
 * "This is Our: Government"
 * "TLC Elementary School: Understanding Good Citizenship"
 * ====Other Websites and Resources====
 * Discovery Education
 * Encyclopedia: Democracy
 * [|Schoolhouse Rock]
 * Unit 6 - Research and Reasoning VI and Citizenship in the U.S. - Compiled by: Diann Bottrell
 * ====District Text Materials====
 * ====Authentic Short Text====
 * Articles found through [|Primary Search on Ebscohost through Loveland Public Library]
 * [[file:Every American citizen must have an equal right to vote.pdf|A Long, Hard March]] - Lexile 900
 * [[file:A NEW AMERICAN FAMILY.pdf|A New American Family]] - Lexile 720
 * [[file:A Tougher Test.pdf|A Tougher Test]] - Lexile 820
 * [[file:American GIRL.pdf|American Girl]] - Lexile 1090
 * [[file:Born To RUN.pdf|Born to Run?]] - Lexile 880
 * [[file:Celebrating Citizenship.pdf|Celebrating Citizenship!]] - Lexile 680
 * [[file:In Their Own Words.pdf|In Their Own Words: Two Stories of Citizenship]] - Lexile 680
 * [[file:It Made America.pdf|It Made America]] - Lexile 870
 * [[file:LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD.pdf|Let Your Voice Be Heard]] - Lexile 840
 * [[file:My Name Is Now….pdf|My Name is Now...]] - Lexile 810
 * [[file:Putting the U.S..pdf|Putting the U.S. to the Test]] - Lexile 690
 * [|How to Grow Your Own Money Tree] - Lexile 940
 * ====Videos====
 * ====Other Websites and Resources====
 * The Charters of Freedom
 * [|Bill of Rights]
 * [|Constitution]
 * [|Ben's Guide to US Government for Kids - Citizenship]
 * [|Ben's Guide to US Government for Kids - The Bill of Rights]
 * [|Ben's Guide to US Government for Kids - Index]