• Fifth Grade English/Langu年龄 Arts

    Dear Fifth Grade 家庭;

    欢迎 to the Ann Arbor Public Schools Family P年龄s. We hope the information you find here assists you in supporting your child while s/he is learning important skills and concepts throughout the fifth grade year. The information provided below is meant to outline some of the specific learnings your fifth grader will be eng年龄d in this year. This guide offers highlights of fifth grade learning, rather than an exhaustive list.

    Balanced Literacy addresses K-5 Michigan English Langu年龄 Arts Standards through Reader’s Workshop. Reader’s Workshop includes five key literacy practices: (1) Interactive Read-Aloud, (2) Mini-Lesson, (3)导读, (4)文献研究, and (5) Independent 阅读. 3-5资源是 Guiding Readers and Writers 作者:Fountas和Pinnell and 文化连续体 作者:Fountas和Pinnell.

    The K-5 writing program is based on the Writer's Workshop model.  It includes whole group mini-lessons, time for children to write individually, and time for writers to share their writing with each other. The Ann Arbor Public Schools uses 研究单位 by Lucy Calkins and Ann Arbor-created 流派研究 as it’s core writing resources. To take a deeper look go to: 阿特拉斯:五年级ELA

  • 阅读

    Key Ideas and Details (小说 and Nonfiction)

    • Ask questions to deepen understanding of text
    • Refer to important information and details and use evidence to support opinions statements
    • Relate important information and concepts in one text and connect to information and concepts in other texts
    • 学习 more about social issues, 本地和全球, as revealed through character, 情节, 和设置
    • Apply background knowledge to underst和设置s, 问题, and characters and to extend understanding of historical fiction and science fiction

    故事元素(虚构))

    • 设置
    • 矩形all important details about 设置 after a story is read
    • 矩形ognize and understand that texts may have 设置s that reflect a wide range of diverse places, 语言, and cultures and character’s 行为 may reflect those 设置s
    • Notice and underst和设置s that are distant in time and place from students’ own experiences
    • Evaluate the significance of the 设置
    • 情节     
    • Follow a complex 情节 with multiple events, episodes, or 问题
    • Notice and remember the important events of a text in sequence
    • Include the 问题 and its resolution in a summary of a text
    • Follow 情节s that have particular patterns – circular or parallel 情节s
    • 字符
    • Follow multiple characters, each with unique traits, in the same story
    • 矩形ognize that characters can have multiple dimensions: e.g., can be good but make mistakes
    • Infer characters’ traits as revealed through thought, 对话, 行为, and what others think of them
    • Notice character change and infer reasons from events of the 情节.
    • Think critically about the authenticity  and believability of characters and their 行为, 对话, 和发展
    • 讯息及主题
    • Infer and understand the moral lesson or cultural teachin in literature
    • Notice and understand that themes can apply to their lives and the lives of others
    • Notice when a fiction writer is communicating a moral lesson 
    • Notice and understand themes reflecting important human challenges and social issues: e.g., self, self esteem, popularity, bullying, social awareness and responsibility, justice, war, racism

     图书及印刷品特色 (小说)

    • Notice, use and understand the purpose of some organiza-tional tools: e.g, title, table of contents, chapter title
    • Notice and understand textual elements that have symbolic value, add to aesthetic enjoyment, 或者增加意义
    • Evaluate what some text resources contribute to the meaning of a text

    Organization (Nonfiction)

    • Follow and understand nonfiction texts with clearly defined overall structure, 类别,  and sub类别 and connect the structure to the table of contents
    • Notice that a nonfiction writer puts together information related to the same topic or subtopic
    • Gain new understandings from searching for and using information found in text body, 侧边栏, 和图形
    • Notice, use and understand the purpose of some organiza-tional tools: e.g, heading, subheading, glossary, index

    词汇表 (小说 and Nonfiction)

    • Notice and acquire new content words from texts 和图形
    • Use new vocabulary in discussion of a text
    • Derive meaning of words from the context of a sentence, paragraph, or the whole text
    • 学习 many words that do not appear frequently in oral conversation.
    • Use academic langu年龄 to talk about nonfiction genres

  • 写作

    叙述
    • 个人叙述
      • Understand that narrative nonfiction genres include biography, autobiography, and memoir
      • Understand the structure of narrative, including lead or beginning, introduction of characters, 设置, 问题, 一系列事件, 问题的解决, 和结束
      • Tell details about the most important moments in a story while eliminating unimportant details
      • Understand biography as a true account of a person’s life
    • 小说
      • Understand that fiction genres include realistic fiction,  traditional literature and fantasy
      • Understand that a fiction text may involve one or more events in the life of a main character
      • Understand that a writer uses various elements of fiction: e.g., 设置, 情节 with 问题 and solution, characters
      • Write a simple fiction story, either realistic or fantasy
      • Develop a 情节 that includes tension
      • Show rather than tell how characters feel

    信息/说明

    • Understand that a writer creates an expository text for readers to learn about a topic
    • Understand that to write an expository text, the writer needs to become very knowledgeable about a topic
    • Write about a topic that is interesting and substantive and to which the writer is committed, keeping in mind the audience and their interests and likely background knowledge
    • Write an engaging lead and first section that orients the reader and provides an introduction to the topic

    的意见

    • Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information.
    • Introduce a topic or text clearly, 陈述观点, and create an organizational structure in which related ideas are grouped to support the writer’s purpose
    • Provide logically ordered reasons that are supported by facts and details
    • Link opinion and reasons using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., consequently, specifically)
    • Provide a concluding statement or section related to the opinion presented

  • Partnering With Your Child’s Teacher    

    If you have questions or concern reach out to your child’s teacher—you are an important part of your child’s education. Ask to see a sample of your child’s work or bring a sample with you. Ask the teacher questions like:
    • Is my child at the level where he/she should be at this point of the school year?
    • What do you think is giving my child the most trouble? How can I help my child improve in this area?
    • Where is my child excelling? How can I support this success?

    Helping Your Child 学习 Outside of School     

    1. Provide time and space for your child to read independently. This time should be free from distractions such as television.
    2. Ask your child what he or she learned from reading. Have him or her read the most interesting or useful sections aloud, and discuss how that knowledge can be used in real life.
    3. Assist your child in using references such as 互联网 or a dictionary to look up unfamiliar words.
    4. Keep track of the time that your child spends reading every day. Note what kind of reading materials he or she likes (books, 杂志, 报纸上的文章, 互联网, 等.). Then look for additional materials that would encour年龄 your child to read more.