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5th
Grade Literacy
Carl Stuart Middle School
Welcome to a
new school year at Carl Stuart!
The 5th
grade literacy teachers are excited about the great reading and writing your
child will do in our classes! This
year, we will continue to implement Common Core State Standards for
English/Language Arts.
Curriculum Overview
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UNIT TITLE
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MAJOR TEXTS
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THEME
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1
CHALLENGES
AND CHOICES
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Students
will analyze the challenges that literary characters face and the choices
they make.
Writing
Focus: Narrative
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2
INVENTIVE
THINKING
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Students will explore inventive
thinking in both non-fiction and fiction, determining how inventive thinking
changes our world or creates a new world.
Writing Focus: Expository
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3
COMING
OF AGE
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Students will study both informational
and fictional books featuring the Great Depression and this era’s effect on
children.
Writing Focus: Opinion Writing
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4
AMERICA
IN CONFLICT
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Students will consider the causes of
conflict and how literary characters and real people resolve conflict in
positive and negative ways. Fiction and informational text in this unit are
centered on the Civil War.
Writing Focus: Review of all purposes
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Module Test Dates
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Date
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Type of Test
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Tuesday, October 29
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Reading
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Wednesday, October 30
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Writing
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Tuesday, January 14
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Reading
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Wednesday, January 15
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Writing
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Tuesday, February 25
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Reading
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Wednesday, February 26
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Writing
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Grades
Your child
will receive one combined grade for both reading and language arts. It will
appear under “language arts” on the report card. Grades may be taken on any of
the following:
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homework
completion
·
participation
in activities in class, including discussions, presentations, and listening
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various
assignments with grades based on a rubric or checklist
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quizzes
and tests from notes and activities in class
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module
tests
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work
done throughout the writing process and on completed stories and essays - These grades may be based on rubrics
specific for a particular assignment or on the Conway School District writing
rubrics for grade 5. The great majority
of writing will be done in class.
·
evidence
of independent reading – reading logs and book projects
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YOUR CHILD SHOULD ALWAYS HAVE A BOOK TO READ
INDEPENDENTLY!
Your child has access to thousands of books in the CSMS media
center and in the classroom libraries.
THERE IS HOMEWORK IN READING EVERY NIGHT: READ!
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GRADING SCALE
A: 90% or higher
B : 80 – 89%
C: 70 – 79%
D: 60 – 69%
F: 59% or lower
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Open and
frequent communication between the parent and the teacher
is vital to a child’s success in school.
Please
contact us anytime you have questions or concerns.
CSMS
phone- 501-329-2782
