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Reading Curriculum Map Fifth Grade Draft
		ESSENTIAL QUESTION (optional)	CONTENT	SKILLS and ABILITIES	ASSESSMENT	RESOURCE
	August		* "Fix-up" Strategies ongoing all year long	* Apply dictionary and reference skills Apply a variety of strategies to understand words and ideas Understand and apply new vocabulary Apply fluency to enhance comprehension Apply comprehension monitoring strategies Apply understanding of text organizational features Draw conclusions, provide response, and express insights about texts (GLEs 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.3.1, 1.3.2, 1.4.2, 1.4.3, 2.1.3, 2.1.6, 2.2.4, 2.4.1)	* WASL stems DRA Fluencies	* Comprehension Toolkit #1- Monitor Comprehension Writer's Express Dictionaries *Thesaurus
	September		*Making Connections	Make text-to-self connections, text-to-text connections and text-to-world connections Use prior knowledge to comprehend text *Compare text for similarities, differences and cause and effect relationships (GLEs 2.14, 2.24, 2.31, 2.4.5, 2.4.6)		Rigby CQ Vol.1- Issue A "All That Glitters" Rigby CQ Vol. 4- "Life in a Crowded Place" - Using and Extending Knowledge *Comprehension Toolkit #2- Activate and Connect
	October		Making Connections Questioning	Ask and answer relevant questions before, during, and after reading Distinguish between and ask simple as well as complex questions *Respond to both simple and complex questions using support from the text (GLE 2.1.6)		Rigby CQ Vol. 1 Issue C "Don't Make Me Laugh" Monitoring Rigby CQ Vol. 1 Issue D "Eye-Openers" Asking Questions Rigby CQ Vol.2 Issue A "Gobs Of Goo" Asking Questions Comprehension Toolkit #3- Ask Questions
	November		Making Connections Questioning *Visualizing	Create, write about, and discuss mental images during reading Identify literary devices (imagery, exaggeration, and dialogue) and explain how they make the story more interesting (GLEs 2.1.6, 2.3.3)		*Rigby CQ Vol.1 Issue B "Nighttime Notebook" Create/ Use Images
	December		*Overflow
	January		Making Connections Questioning Visualizing Deciding Importance	Determine importance by identifying main idea, theme, and supporting details Use printed and electronic text features to locate information and comprehend text Apply understanding of text organizational structures Select and prioritize information from appropriate resources Understand the function of literary devices Analyze author's style, perspective, purpose, and intent *Analyze text for fact and opinion (GLEs 2.1.3, 2.2.2, 2.2.4, 2.3.2, 2.3.3, 2.4.2, 2.4.3, 2.4.4, 2.4.7)		Rigby CQ Vol. 2 Issue B "Comics to Classics" Determine Important Ideas & Themes Rigby CQ Vol. 2 Issue C "Determining Important Ideas & Themes" *Comprehension Toolkit #5- Determine Importance
	February		Making Connections Questioning Visualizing Deciding Importance *Making Inferences/ Drawing Conclusions	* Determine importance by identifying main idea, theme, and supporting details Summarize grade level text Apply understanding of time, order and/or sequence Understand and analyze story elements Understand the function of literary devices (making the story more interesting) Draw conclusions, provide a response, express insights Analyze how author's style achieves purpose and influences audience Understand author's tone and use of persuasion Understand author's perspective (GLEs 2.1.3, 2.1.7, 2.2.1, 2.2.3, 2.2.4, 2.3.3, 2.4.1, 2.4.2, 2.4.4, 2.4.7)		Rigby CQ Vol.4 Issue A "Castles, Cabins and Capsules" Inference Comprehension Toolkit # 4- Infer Meaning
	March		Making Connections Questioning Visualizing Deciding Importance Making Inferences/ Drawing Conclusions Summarizing	Predict and infer before, during, and after reading Apply understanding of text features/ organizational structures (printed and electronic) Analyze texts for similarities and differences and cause and effect relationships Draw conclusions, provide a response, express insights Analyze how author's style achieves purpose and influences audience Understand author's tone and use of persuasion * Understand author's perspective (GLEs 2.1.5, 2.2.2, 2.2.4, 2.3.1, 2.4.1, 2.4.2, 2.4.3, 2.4.4, 2.4.7)		Rigby CQ Vol. 3 Issue B "Short Stuff" Synthesizing Comprehension Toolkit #6- Summarize
	April		Making Connections Questioning Visualizing Deciding Importance Making Inferences/ Drawing Conclusions Summarizing Synthesizing WASL *Outdoor Education	* Apply understanding of text organizational structures Analyze texts for similarities and differences and cause and effect Apply the skills of drawing conclusions providing a response and expressing insights Understand how to extend information atop another text or a broader idea of concept by generalizing Understand ideas and concepts in multiple texts (GLEs 2.2.4, 2.3.1, 2.4.1, 2.4.5, 2.4.6)		Rigby CQ Vol. 4 Issue B "Go Away!" Synthesizing Rigby CQ Vol. 3 Issue A "Weird and Wonderful" Synthesizing *Comprehension Toolkit #6- Synthesize
	May		Making Connections Questioning Visualizing Deciding Importance Making Inferences/ Drawing Conclusions Summarizing Making Inferences/ Drawing Conclusions *Synthesizing	*Continued review and application of reading skills in all areas
	June		*Overflow	*Continued review and application of reading skills in all areas

Reading Comprehension Strategy and Skill

Elementary School Implementation Calendar

(Based on 5^th grade reading map and Everett PS calendar)

2008-2009

Before and During Strategies

Targeted Skills

First Trimester

Sept.

4 P’s: Purpose, Preview,

Prior Knowledge, and Predict

Apply Story Elements

Apply Informational Text

Features

Oct.

Monitor Comprehension/

Use Fix –Up Strategies

Sequence / Retell

Interpret Vocabulary

Nov.

Determine Importance

Theme/ Main Idea & Details

Summarize

Second Trimester

Dec.

Making Connections (Text-to-

Self; Text-to-Text)

Compare/Contrast

Jan.

Infer

Feb.

Make Connections:

(Within texts)

Cause/Effect

Third Trimester

Mar.

Ask Questions

Author’s Purpose

Fact & Opinion

Apr.

Make Connections: Text-to-

World

Extending Beyond the Text

May

Visualize

Review

Blaine Elementary School 5/1/08