IXL skill plan | 5th grade plan for Core Knowledge Language Arts

1	Unit 1
Personal Narratives
Unit 1: Skills		Reading 1. Read realistic fiction with illustrations 2. Determine the themes of short stories 3. Identify the narrative point of view 4. Determine the meanings of similes and metaphors 5. Summarize a story Grammar 6. Use action verbs 7. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb 8. Identify adjectives 9. Punctuating dialogue Language 10. Find synonyms in context Writing 11. Use personification 12. Put the sentences in order 13. Show character emotions and traits
Unit 1: Skills
Reading 1. Read realistic fiction with illustrations 2. Determine the themes of short stories 3. Identify the narrative point of view 4. Determine the meanings of similes and metaphors 5. Summarize a story Grammar 6. Use action verbs 7. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb 8. Identify adjectives 9. Punctuating dialogue Language 10. Find synonyms in context Writing 11. Use personification 12. Put the sentences in order 13. Show character emotions and traits

2	Unit 2
Early American Civilizations
Unit 2: Skills		Reading 1. Determine the order of events in informational texts 2. Compare and contrast in informational texts 3. Use key details to determine the main idea 4. Read about animals 5. Select and use text features Grammar 6. Identify the complete subject or complete predicate of a sentence 7. Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on? 8. Correct capitalization errors 9. Identify linking verbs, predicate adjectives, and predicate nouns 10. Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions Language 11. Identify base words, prefixes, and suffixes 12. Find antonyms in context 13. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words Writing 14. Organize information by topic 15. Identify supporting details in informational texts 16. Use linking words in paragraphs 17. Identify and correct plagiarism
Unit 2: Skills
Reading 1. Determine the order of events in informational texts 2. Compare and contrast in informational texts 3. Use key details to determine the main idea 4. Read about animals 5. Select and use text features Grammar 6. Identify the complete subject or complete predicate of a sentence 7. Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on? 8. Correct capitalization errors 9. Identify linking verbs, predicate adjectives, and predicate nouns 10. Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions Language 11. Identify base words, prefixes, and suffixes 12. Find antonyms in context 13. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words Writing 14. Organize information by topic 15. Identify supporting details in informational texts 16. Use linking words in paragraphs 17. Identify and correct plagiarism

3	Unit 3
Poetry
Unit 3: Skills		Reading 1. Read poetry 2. Which sentence is more formal? 3. Compare passages for tone 4. Identify elements of poetry 5. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 6. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone 7. Identify similes and metaphors 8. Similes and metaphors with pictures 9. Label the rhyme scheme Writing 10. Sort sensory details 11. Use the correct frequently confused word
Unit 3: Skills
Reading 1. Read poetry 2. Which sentence is more formal? 3. Compare passages for tone 4. Identify elements of poetry 5. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 6. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone 7. Identify similes and metaphors 8. Similes and metaphors with pictures 9. Label the rhyme scheme Writing 10. Sort sensory details 11. Use the correct frequently confused word

4	Unit 4
Adventures of Don Quixote
Unit 4: Skills		Reading 1. Read historical fiction with illustrations 2. Classify figures of speech 3. Draw inferences from a text 4. Compare and contrast characters Grammar 5. Use the correct subject or verb 6. To be: use the correct form 7. Commas with a series Language 8. Determine the meaning of a word with -ly or -ness 9. Use the meanings of words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 10. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context Writing 11. Distinguish facts from opinions 12. Choose reasons to support an opinion 13. Identify supporting details in literary texts
Unit 4: Skills
Reading 1. Read historical fiction with illustrations 2. Classify figures of speech 3. Draw inferences from a text 4. Compare and contrast characters Grammar 5. Use the correct subject or verb 6. To be: use the correct form 7. Commas with a series Language 8. Determine the meaning of a word with -ly or -ness 9. Use the meanings of words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 10. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context Writing 11. Distinguish facts from opinions 12. Choose reasons to support an opinion 13. Identify supporting details in literary texts

5	Unit 5
The Renaissance
Unit 5: Skills		Reading 1. Read about art, music, and traditions 2. Read about famous people 3. Determine the main idea of a passage Grammar 4. Form and use the regular past tense 5. Form and use the irregular past tense 6. Identify prepositions 7. Identify prepositions and their objects 8. Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions 9. Fill in the missing correlative conjunction 10. To be: use the correct form Language 11. Words with un-, dis-, in-, im-, and non- 12. Determine the meaning of idioms from context: set 1 Writing 13. Organize information by topic 14. Choose the best topic sentence 15. Choose the best concluding sentence
Unit 5: Skills
Reading 1. Read about art, music, and traditions 2. Read about famous people 3. Determine the main idea of a passage Grammar 4. Form and use the regular past tense 5. Form and use the irregular past tense 6. Identify prepositions 7. Identify prepositions and their objects 8. Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions 9. Fill in the missing correlative conjunction 10. To be: use the correct form Language 11. Words with un-, dis-, in-, im-, and non- 12. Determine the meaning of idioms from context: set 1 Writing 13. Organize information by topic 14. Choose the best topic sentence 15. Choose the best concluding sentence

6	Unit 6
The Reformation
Unit 6: Skills		Reading 1. Read about business and technology 2. Determine the order of events in informational texts 3. Match causes and effects in informational texts Grammar 4. Commas with introductory elements 5. Prepositions: review 6. Identify prepositional phrases Language 7. Sort words with shared prefixes and suffixes by meaning 8. Word pattern analogies 9. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures Writing 10. Greetings and closings of letters 11. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb 12. Formatting street addresses
Unit 6: Skills
Reading 1. Read about business and technology 2. Determine the order of events in informational texts 3. Match causes and effects in informational texts Grammar 4. Commas with introductory elements 5. Prepositions: review 6. Identify prepositional phrases Language 7. Sort words with shared prefixes and suffixes by meaning 8. Word pattern analogies 9. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures Writing 10. Greetings and closings of letters 11. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb 12. Formatting street addresses

7	Unit 7
Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream
Unit 7: Skills		Reading 1. Read drama 2. Identify story elements 3. Read fantasy with illustrations 4. Compare and contrast characters Language 5. Find words using context Writing 6. Show character emotions and traits 7. Sort sensory details 8. Identify sensory details 9. Formatting quotations and dialogue 10. Add imagery to stories
Unit 7: Skills
Reading 1. Read drama 2. Identify story elements 3. Read fantasy with illustrations 4. Compare and contrast characters Language 5. Find words using context Writing 6. Show character emotions and traits 7. Sort sensory details 8. Identify sensory details 9. Formatting quotations and dialogue 10. Add imagery to stories

8	Unit 8
Native Americans
Unit 8: Skills		Reading 1. Read about history 2. Compare and contrast points of view 3. Read historical fiction Grammar 4. Correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense 5. Commas with direct addresses 6. Formatting titles 7. Formatting and capitalizing titles Language 8. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 9. Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots 10. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Writing 11. Identify an author's statement of opinion 12. Choose reasons to support an opinion 13. Choose the best transition 14. Remove the sentence that does not belong 15. Correct errors with signs 16. Identify and correct plagiarism
Unit 8: Skills
Reading 1. Read about history 2. Compare and contrast points of view 3. Read historical fiction Grammar 4. Correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense 5. Commas with direct addresses 6. Formatting titles 7. Formatting and capitalizing titles Language 8. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 9. Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots 10. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Writing 11. Identify an author's statement of opinion 12. Choose reasons to support an opinion 13. Choose the best transition 14. Remove the sentence that does not belong 15. Correct errors with signs 16. Identify and correct plagiarism

9	Unit 9
Chemical Matter
Unit 9: Skills		Reading 1. Read about science and nature 2. Compare information from two texts 3. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters Grammar 4. Create compound sentences 5. Commas with compound and complex sentences 6. Commas: review 7. Use the perfect verb tenses 8. Form the perfect verb tenses Language 9. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 10. Sort words with shared suffixes by part of speech Writing 11. Identify supporting details in informational texts 12. Identify the purpose of a text
Unit 9: Skills
Reading 1. Read about science and nature 2. Compare information from two texts 3. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters Grammar 4. Create compound sentences 5. Commas with compound and complex sentences 6. Commas: review 7. Use the perfect verb tenses 8. Form the perfect verb tenses Language 9. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 10. Sort words with shared suffixes by part of speech Writing 11. Identify supporting details in informational texts 12. Identify the purpose of a text

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