Unit+One

This wiki page supports the 5th grade Common Core State Standards Unit One. This four-week unit allows students to experiment with language and words. The essential questions is "Why (and how) do we play with language?

Unit One Map

Similies [] [] [] []

Metaphors [] [] []

Alliteration [] [] [] []

Onomatopoeia [] [] [] []

Spoonerisms []

Guide to Literary Terms []

Writing Poetry Like Pros [|http://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/writing-poetry-pros#sect-introduction]

Funny Poetry [] []

The Echoing Green []

Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf []

Eletelephony []

My Shadow []

Elizabeth Blackwell []

Biographies for Children []

Famous Scientists []

Similie and Metaphor Powerpoint [] [] []

Teaching English Using Cartoons [] []

Biopoems []

Word Origins []

Spelling Patterns []

Unit One Reading Response Journal

Idiom Examples

Text Structure Powerpoint

Literacy Devices

UNIT LAYOUT

Non Fiction Text Features

Character Traits

WE ARE THE SHIP RESEARCH

Mentor Texts:









IMPORTANT VS. INTERESTING INFORMATION



Poetry Response Outline

Poetry Response (Journal)























Beginning of the year set up:

CCSS Portfolio set ups



Literacy Boxes- Each student gets a literacy box at the beginning of the year- Inside the box, they put their reading response journal, literacy circle book, and independept reading book. When we are doing literacy, the students bring the box to their desk

Common Core Unit One Anchor Books