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Language Arts Fifth Grade

Curriculum Guide 9-WEEK BENCHMARK DOCUMENTS PACING FOR THE YEAR Theme 1 Back to School Natures Fury Focus on Genre:  Autobiography Theme 2 Give It All You've Got! Genre Focus:  Tall Tales Theme 3 Voices of the Revolution Theme 4 Person to Person Theme 5 One Land, Many Trails Genre Focus:  Poetry Theme 6 Animal Encounters Focus on Genre:  Plays

Resource Documents Program Documents Comprehensive, School-Wide Literacy Program Literacy Teaching/Learning Model Houghton-Mifflin Model Four-Block and Houghton Mifflin Federal Publications Put Reading First Focus on Fluency Virginia Documents Grade 5 Reading Blueprint Grade 5 Writing Blueprint Grade 5 Curriculum Framework Sample Lessons, Oral Language Sample Lessons, Reading Sample Lessons, Writing Montgomery County Documents 5th Grade SOL Card Phonics Card HM Expanded Spelling Word List High Frequency Word List Rivet Word Game Brochure Reading Structures Reading Strategies, expanded from DOE Writing Approaches Writing Strategies Oral Language Strategies Resource Suggestion Sheet

Elementary Curriculum Guide

Language Arts