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

1	Unit 1
They Call Me Güero: A Border Kid's Poems
Unit 1: Skills		Reading literary 1. Read realistic fiction with illustrations 2. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters 3. Determine the themes of short stories 4. Summarize a story 5. Read poetry Reading informational 6. Use key details to determine the main idea 7. Read about art, music, and traditions Grammar 8. Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory? 9. Is it a complete sentence or a fragment? 10. Identify adjectives 11. Identify adverbs Word work 12. Words with un-, dis-, in-, im-, and non- 13. Words with -ful 14. Words with -less 15. Words with -able and -ible 16. Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots
Unit 1: Skills
Reading literary 1. Read realistic fiction with illustrations 2. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters 3. Determine the themes of short stories 4. Summarize a story 5. Read poetry Reading informational 6. Use key details to determine the main idea 7. Read about art, music, and traditions Grammar 8. Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory? 9. Is it a complete sentence or a fragment? 10. Identify adjectives 11. Identify adverbs Word work 12. Words with un-, dis-, in-, im-, and non- 13. Words with -ful 14. Words with -less 15. Words with -able and -ible 16. Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots

2	Unit 2
Early American Civilizations
Unit 2: Skills		Reading informational 1. Determine the main idea of a passage 2. Read about sports and hobbies 3. Determine the order of events in informational texts 4. Compare and contrast in informational texts Grammar 5. Identify the complete subject or complete predicate of a sentence 6. Is it a complete sentence or a run-on? 7. Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on? 8. Identify coordinating conjunctions Word work 9. Determine the meaning of idioms from context: set 1 10. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words Writing 11. Organize information by topic 12. Identify supporting details in informational texts 13. Use linking words in paragraphs 14. Choose the best transition 15. Identify and correct plagiarism
Unit 2: Skills
Reading informational 1. Determine the main idea of a passage 2. Read about sports and hobbies 3. Determine the order of events in informational texts 4. Compare and contrast in informational texts Grammar 5. Identify the complete subject or complete predicate of a sentence 6. Is it a complete sentence or a run-on? 7. Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on? 8. Identify coordinating conjunctions Word work 9. Determine the meaning of idioms from context: set 1 10. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words Writing 11. Organize information by topic 12. Identify supporting details in informational texts 13. Use linking words in paragraphs 14. Choose the best transition 15. Identify and correct plagiarism

3	Unit 3
Adventures of Don Quixote
Unit 3: Skills		Reading literary 1. Read historical fiction with illustrations 2. Draw inferences from a text 3. Compare and contrast characters Reading informational 4. Read about animals Grammar 5. Commas with a series 6. Use the correct subject or verb 7. To be: use the correct form Word work 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 14. Correct capitalization errors
Unit 3: Skills
Reading literary 1. Read historical fiction with illustrations 2. Draw inferences from a text 3. Compare and contrast characters Reading informational 4. Read about animals Grammar 5. Commas with a series 6. Use the correct subject or verb 7. To be: use the correct form Word work 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 14. Correct capitalization errors

4	Unit 4
The Renaissance
Unit 4: Skills		Reading 1. Read about famous places 2. Read about art, music, and traditions Grammar 3. Form and use the regular past tense 4. Form and use the irregular past tense 5. Identify prepositions 6. Identify prepositions and their objects 7. Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions 8. Fill in the missing correlative conjunction Word work 9. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 10. Find synonyms in context 11. Find antonyms in context Writing 12. Put the sentences in order 13. Organize information by topic 14. Choose the best topic sentence 15. Choose the best concluding sentence 16. Create varied sentences based on models
Unit 4: Skills
Reading 1. Read about famous places 2. Read about art, music, and traditions Grammar 3. Form and use the regular past tense 4. Form and use the irregular past tense 5. Identify prepositions 6. Identify prepositions and their objects 7. Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions 8. Fill in the missing correlative conjunction Word work 9. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 10. Find synonyms in context 11. Find antonyms in context Writing 12. Put the sentences in order 13. Organize information by topic 14. Choose the best topic sentence 15. Choose the best concluding sentence 16. Create varied sentences based on models

5	Unit 5
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Unit 5: Skills		Reading 1. Read drama 2. Read fantasy with illustrations 3. Identify story elements 4. Identify the meaning of idioms and adages: set 1 5. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source Writing 6. Show character emotions and traits 7. Punctuating dialogue 8. Sort sensory details 9. Identify sensory details 10. Add imagery to stories
Unit 5: Skills
Reading 1. Read drama 2. Read fantasy with illustrations 3. Identify story elements 4. Identify the meaning of idioms and adages: set 1 5. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source Writing 6. Show character emotions and traits 7. Punctuating dialogue 8. Sort sensory details 9. Identify sensory details 10. Add imagery to stories

6	Unit 6
The Reformation
Unit 6: Skills		Reading informational 1. Read about business and technology 2. Match causes and effects in informational texts 3. Compare and contrast in informational texts 4. Determine the order of events in informational texts Reading literary 5. Read historical fiction Grammar 6. Commas with introductory elements 7. Identify adjectives 8. To be: use the correct form 9. Identify prepositional phrases Word work 10. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures 11. Word pattern analogies Writing 12. Identify the purpose of a text 13. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb 14. Formatting street addresses
Unit 6: Skills
Reading informational 1. Read about business and technology 2. Match causes and effects in informational texts 3. Compare and contrast in informational texts 4. Determine the order of events in informational texts Reading literary 5. Read historical fiction Grammar 6. Commas with introductory elements 7. Identify adjectives 8. To be: use the correct form 9. Identify prepositional phrases Word work 10. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures 11. Word pattern analogies Writing 12. Identify the purpose of a text 13. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb 14. Formatting street addresses

7	Unit 7
Poetry
Unit 7: Skills		Reading 1. Read poetry 2. Label the rhyme scheme 3. Identify elements of poetry 4. Compare passages for tone 5. Compare and contrast points of view Figurative language 6. Identify similes and metaphors 7. Determine the meanings of similes and metaphors 8. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone 9. Use personification Writing 10. Sort sensory details 11. Use the correct frequently confused word
Unit 7: Skills
Reading 1. Read poetry 2. Label the rhyme scheme 3. Identify elements of poetry 4. Compare passages for tone 5. Compare and contrast points of view Figurative language 6. Identify similes and metaphors 7. Determine the meanings of similes and metaphors 8. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone 9. Use personification Writing 10. Sort sensory details 11. Use the correct frequently confused word

8	Unit 8
Native Americans
Unit 8: Skills		Reading 1. Read about history 2. Read about science and nature 3. Compare information from two texts 4. Compare mythological illustrations Writing 5. Identify an author's statement of opinion 6. Choose reasons to support an opinion 7. Choose the best transition 8. Remove the sentence that does not belong 9. Identify and correct plagiarism Grammar 10. Correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense 11. Commas with direct addresses 12. Formatting titles 13. Formatting and capitalizing titles 14. Correct errors with signs Word work 15. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 16. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots
Unit 8: Skills
Reading 1. Read about history 2. Read about science and nature 3. Compare information from two texts 4. Compare mythological illustrations Writing 5. Identify an author's statement of opinion 6. Choose reasons to support an opinion 7. Choose the best transition 8. Remove the sentence that does not belong 9. Identify and correct plagiarism Grammar 10. Correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense 11. Commas with direct addresses 12. Formatting titles 13. Formatting and capitalizing titles 14. Correct errors with signs Word work 15. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 16. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots

EOY
End-of-Year Assessment
EOY: Review		Reading 1. Read about famous people 2. Read historical fiction 3. Similes and metaphors with pictures 4. Determine the meaning of idioms from context: set 2 Grammar 5. Identify the simple subject or predicate of a sentence 6. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs 7. Use the correct subject or verb – with compound subjects 8. Prepositions: review 9. Replace the noun with a personal pronoun 10. Identify pronouns and antecedents 11. Commas: review Word work 12. Find words using context 13. Use academic vocabulary in context 14. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 15. Sort words with shared prefixes and suffixes by meaning
EOY: Review
Reading 1. Read about famous people 2. Read historical fiction 3. Similes and metaphors with pictures 4. Determine the meaning of idioms from context: set 2 Grammar 5. Identify the simple subject or predicate of a sentence 6. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs 7. Use the correct subject or verb – with compound subjects 8. Prepositions: review 9. Replace the noun with a personal pronoun 10. Identify pronouns and antecedents 11. Commas: review Word work 12. Find words using context 13. Use academic vocabulary in context 14. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 15. Sort words with shared prefixes and suffixes by meaning

9	Unit 9
The Science of Breakable Things
Unit 9: Novel study		Reading 1. Read realistic fiction 2. Compare and contrast characters 3. Which sentence is more formal?
Unit 9: Novel study
Reading 1. Read realistic fiction 2. Compare and contrast characters 3. Which sentence is more formal?

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