The Yearly Objectives and Vocabulary they will use:
Fifth grade students should write opinion pieces that clearly state their preferences and supply the reasoning for their thinking. In doing so, students need to understand how their reasoning supports their opinion, search and find facts to support their viewpoint, and share this thinking. Students build their argument by linking ideas together in a logical manner. At this level, students use a variety of sentence structures and more complex sentences. They are developing the use of more complex sentences with clauses.
Fifth grade students are required to include both an introduction and a concluding statement or section in their writing. Students continue using strategies for introducing concepts and concluding their thoughts when writing. They are learning to further organize their writing by developing the use of text features. Students also write with complex sentences to link the parts of their writing together.
Fifth grade students write informative/explanatory pieces as well. They must be able to find and group information together in a logical way. Fifth grade students write real and imaginative stories. Students are expected to use description to show characters "thoughts and feelings as well as the details of characters‟ interaction through dialogue. As students develop characters and use dialogue, they will need to understand
how to introduce characters and how to engage characters in conversation in their writing.
Fifth grade students are required to research a topic through investigation of the topic. Investigation includes exploring a topic in greater detail by developing a research question that helps bring focus to the topic. Students learn how to locate information from print and digital sources as well as integrate information from their own experiences. A list of sources they used should be included. At this level, students take notes, organize their information into categories, and list their sources.
Students are required to produce numerous pieces of writing over various time frames in order to develop skills in research and allow time for
reflection and revision. Task , audience, and purpose should be reflected in the student‟s development of a topic related to the content area
for which they are writing about.
Fifth grade students should write opinion pieces that clearly state their preferences and supply the reasoning for their thinking. In doing so, students need to understand how their reasoning supports their opinion, search and find facts to support their viewpoint, and share this thinking. Students build their argument by linking ideas together in a logical manner. At this level, students use a variety of sentence structures and more complex sentences. They are developing the use of more complex sentences with clauses.
Fifth grade students are required to include both an introduction and a concluding statement or section in their writing. Students continue using strategies for introducing concepts and concluding their thoughts when writing. They are learning to further organize their writing by developing the use of text features. Students also write with complex sentences to link the parts of their writing together.
Fifth grade students write informative/explanatory pieces as well. They must be able to find and group information together in a logical way. Fifth grade students write real and imaginative stories. Students are expected to use description to show characters "thoughts and feelings as well as the details of characters‟ interaction through dialogue. As students develop characters and use dialogue, they will need to understand
how to introduce characters and how to engage characters in conversation in their writing.
Fifth grade students are required to research a topic through investigation of the topic. Investigation includes exploring a topic in greater detail by developing a research question that helps bring focus to the topic. Students learn how to locate information from print and digital sources as well as integrate information from their own experiences. A list of sources they used should be included. At this level, students take notes, organize their information into categories, and list their sources.
Students are required to produce numerous pieces of writing over various time frames in order to develop skills in research and allow time for
reflection and revision. Task , audience, and purpose should be reflected in the student‟s development of a topic related to the content area
for which they are writing about.