Key Ideas and Details
ELA.RI.5.3: Explain the relationships or interactions between two or more individuals, events, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text based on specific information in the text.
| Activity | Pages |
|---|---|
| Cook's Letter | 10 to 11 |
| Da Vinci and the Painting | 14 to 15 |
| Safari Guide | 16 to 17 |
| Spaghetti Harvest | 20 to 21 |
| The Ball and the Tsunami | 22 to 23 |
| Probably True, or Must Be True? | 24 to 25 |
| The Architect's Diary | 26 to 27 |
| Marathon Legend | 28 to 29 |
| Upside-Down World | 30 to 31 |
| A Herd with Fangs | 32 to 33 |
| The Perfect Soft-Boiled Egg | 34 to 35 |
| Time Machine | 36 to 37 |
| Around the World | 40 to 41 |
| Octopus in the Post Office | 42 to 43 |
| The Greatest Inventor | 46 to 47 |
| Where Are the Strawberries? | 48 to 49 |
| Eggs, Tears, and the Nile | 50 to 51 |
| Enough Rice? | 52 to 53 |
| Scared Stiff | 54 to 55 |
| A Day Longer Than a Year | 56 to 57 |
| Seaworthy Sale? | 58 to 59 |
Key Ideas and Details
ELA.RI.5.1: Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
| Activity | Pages |
|---|---|
| Cook's Letter | 10 to 11 |
| Visitor from Colombia | 12 to 13 |
| Da Vinci and the Painting | 14 to 15 |
| Safari Guide | 16 to 17 |
| Wave-Riding Whales | 18 to 19 |
| Spaghetti Harvest | 20 to 21 |
| The Ball and the Tsunami | 22 to 23 |
| Probably True, or Must Be True? | 24 to 25 |
| The Architect's Diary | 26 to 27 |
| Marathon Legend | 28 to 29 |
| Upside-Down World | 30 to 31 |
| A Herd with Fangs | 32 to 33 |
| The Perfect Soft-Boiled Egg | 34 to 35 |
| Time Machine | 36 to 37 |
| Georgia, Georgia | 38 to 39 |
| Around the World | 40 to 41 |
| Octopus in the Post Office | 42 to 43 |
| Organs You Can't Play | 44 to 45 |
| The Greatest Inventor | 46 to 47 |
| Where Are the Strawberries? | 48 to 49 |
| Eggs, Tears, and the Nile | 50 to 51 |
| Enough Rice? | 52 to 53 |
| Scared Stiff | 54 to 55 |
| A Day Longer Than a Year | 56 to 57 |
| Seaworthy Sale? | 58 to 59 |
Key Ideas and Details
ELA.RI.5.2: Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text.
| Activity | Pages |
|---|---|
| Da Vinci and the Painting | 14 to 15 |
| Probably True, or Must Be True? | 24 to 25 |
| Time Machine | 36 to 37 |
| Octopus in the Post Office | 42 to 43 |
| Seaworthy Sale? | 58 to 59 |
Craft and Structure
ELA.RI.5.4: Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 5 topic or subject area.
| Activity | Pages |
|---|---|
| Cook's Letter | 10 to 11 |
| Visitor from Colombia | 12 to 13 |
| Safari Guide | 16 to 17 |
| Wave-Riding Whales | 18 to 19 |
| Spaghetti Harvest | 20 to 21 |
| The Ball and the Tsunami | 22 to 23 |
| Probably True, or Must Be True? | 24 to 25 |
| The Architect's Diary | 26 to 27 |
| Marathon Legend | 28 to 29 |
| Upside-Down World | 30 to 31 |
| A Herd with Fangs | 32 to 33 |
| The Perfect Soft-Boiled Egg | 34 to 35 |
| Time Machine | 36 to 37 |
| Georgia, Georgia | 38 to 39 |
| Around the World | 40 to 41 |
| Octopus in the Post Office | 42 to 43 |
| Organs You Can't Play | 44 to 45 |
| The Greatest Inventor | 46 to 47 |
| Where Are the Strawberries? | 48 to 49 |
| Eggs, Tears, and the Nile | 50 to 51 |
| Enough Rice? | 52 to 53 |
| Scared Stiff | 54 to 55 |
| A Day Longer Than a Year | 56 to 57 |
| Seaworthy Sale? | 58 to 59 |
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
ELA.RI.5.9: Integrate information from several texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably.
| Activity | Pages |
|---|---|
| Cook's Letter | 10 to 11 |
| Visitor from Colombia | 12 to 13 |
| Da Vinci and the Painting | 14 to 15 |
| Safari Guide | 16 to 17 |
| Wave-Riding Whales | 18 to 19 |
| Spaghetti Harvest | 20 to 21 |
| The Ball and the Tsunami | 22 to 23 |
| Probably True, or Must Be True? | 24 to 25 |
| The Architect's Diary | 26 to 27 |
| Marathon Legend | 28 to 29 |
| Upside-Down World | 30 to 31 |
| A Herd with Fangs | 32 to 33 |
| The Perfect Soft-Boiled Egg | 34 to 35 |
| Time Machine | 36 to 37 |
| Georgia, Georgia | 38 to 39 |
| Around the World | 40 to 41 |
| Octopus in the Post Office | 42 to 43 |
| Organs You Can't Play | 44 to 45 |
| The Greatest Inventor | 46 to 47 |
| Where Are the Strawberries? | 48 to 49 |
| Eggs, Tears, and the Nile | 50 to 51 |
| Enough Rice? | 52 to 53 |
| Scared Stiff | 54 to 55 |
| A Day Longer Than a Year | 56 to 57 |
| Seaworthy Sale? | 58 to 59 |
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
ELA.RI.5.7: Draw on information from multiple print or digital sources, demonstrating the ability to locate an answer to a question quickly or to solve a problem efficiently.
| Activity | Pages |
|---|---|
| Cook's Letter | 10 to 11 |
| Visitor from Colombia | 12 to 13 |
| Da Vinci and the Painting | 14 to 15 |
| Safari Guide | 16 to 17 |
| Wave-Riding Whales | 18 to 19 |
| Spaghetti Harvest | 20 to 21 |
| The Ball and the Tsunami | 22 to 23 |
| Probably True, or Must Be True? | 24 to 25 |
| The Architect's Diary | 26 to 27 |
| Marathon Legend | 28 to 29 |
| Upside-Down World | 30 to 31 |
| A Herd with Fangs | 32 to 33 |
| The Perfect Soft-Boiled Egg | 34 to 35 |
| Time Machine | 36 to 37 |
| Georgia, Georgia | 38 to 39 |
| Around the World | 40 to 41 |
| Octopus in the Post Office | 42 to 43 |
| Organs You Can't Play | 44 to 45 |
| The Greatest Inventor | 46 to 47 |
| Where Are the Strawberries? | 48 to 49 |
| Eggs, Tears, and the Nile | 50 to 51 |
| Enough Rice? | 52 to 53 |
| Scared Stiff | 54 to 55 |
| A Day Longer Than a Year | 56 to 57 |
| Seaworthy Sale? | 58 to 59 |
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
ELA.RI.5.8: Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text, identifying which reasons and evidence support which point(s).
| Activity | Pages |
|---|---|
| Da Vinci and the Painting | 14 to 15 |
| Spaghetti Harvest | 20 to 21 |
| The Architect's Diary | 26 to 27 |
| Upside-Down World | 30 to 31 |
| The Perfect Soft-Boiled Egg | 34 to 35 |
| Time Machine | 36 to 37 |
| Octopus in the Post Office | 42 to 43 |
| Where Are the Strawberries? | 48 to 49 |
| Eggs, Tears, and the Nile | 50 to 51 |
| Enough Rice? | 52 to 53 |
| Seaworthy Sale? | 58 to 59 |
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
ELA.RI.5.10: By the end of the year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, at the high end of the grades 4–5 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
| Activity | Pages |
|---|---|
| Cook's Letter | 10 to 11 |
| Visitor from Colombia | 12 to 13 |
| Da Vinci and the Painting | 14 to 15 |
| Safari Guide | 16 to 17 |
| Wave-Riding Whales | 18 to 19 |
| Spaghetti Harvest | 20 to 21 |
| The Ball and the Tsunami | 22 to 23 |
| Probably True, or Must Be True? | 24 to 25 |
| The Architect's Diary | 26 to 27 |
| Marathon Legend | 28 to 29 |
| Upside-Down World | 30 to 31 |
| A Herd with Fangs | 32 to 33 |
| The Perfect Soft-Boiled Egg | 34 to 35 |
| Time Machine | 36 to 37 |
| Georgia, Georgia | 38 to 39 |
| Around the World | 40 to 41 |
| Octopus in the Post Office | 42 to 43 |
| Organs You Can't Play | 44 to 45 |
| The Greatest Inventor | 46 to 47 |
| Where Are the Strawberries? | 48 to 49 |
| Eggs, Tears, and the Nile | 50 to 51 |
| Enough Rice? | 52 to 53 |
| Scared Stiff | 54 to 55 |
| A Day Longer Than a Year | 56 to 57 |
| Seaworthy Sale? | 58 to 59 |
Phonics and Word Recognition
ELA.RF.5.3: Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
| Activity | Pages |
|---|---|
| Cook's Letter | 10 to 11 |
| Visitor from Colombia | 12 to 13 |
| Da Vinci and the Painting | 14 to 15 |
| Safari Guide | 16 to 17 |
| Wave-Riding Whales | 18 to 19 |
| Spaghetti Harvest | 20 to 21 |
| The Ball and the Tsunami | 22 to 23 |
| Probably True, or Must Be True? | 24 to 25 |
| The Architect's Diary | 26 to 27 |
| Marathon Legend | 28 to 29 |
| Upside-Down World | 30 to 31 |
| A Herd with Fangs | 32 to 33 |
| The Perfect Soft-Boiled Egg | 34 to 35 |
| Time Machine | 36 to 37 |
| Georgia, Georgia | 38 to 39 |
| Around the World | 40 to 41 |
| Octopus in the Post Office | 42 to 43 |
| Organs You Can't Play | 44 to 45 |
| The Greatest Inventor | 46 to 47 |
| Where Are the Strawberries? | 48 to 49 |
| Eggs, Tears, and the Nile | 50 to 51 |
| Enough Rice? | 52 to 53 |
| Scared Stiff | 54 to 55 |
| A Day Longer Than a Year | 56 to 57 |
| Seaworthy Sale? | 58 to 59 |
Fluency
ELA.RF.5.4: Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
| Activity | Pages |
|---|---|
| Cook's Letter | 10 to 11 |
| Visitor from Colombia | 12 to 13 |
| Da Vinci and the Painting | 14 to 15 |
| Safari Guide | 16 to 17 |
| Wave-Riding Whales | 18 to 19 |
| Spaghetti Harvest | 20 to 21 |
| The Ball and the Tsunami | 22 to 23 |
| Probably True, or Must Be True? | 24 to 25 |
| The Architect's Diary | 26 to 27 |
| Marathon Legend | 28 to 29 |
| Upside-Down World | 30 to 31 |
| A Herd with Fangs | 32 to 33 |
| The Perfect Soft-Boiled Egg | 34 to 35 |
| Time Machine | 36 to 37 |
| Georgia, Georgia | 38 to 39 |
| Around the World | 40 to 41 |
| Octopus in the Post Office | 42 to 43 |
| Organs You Can't Play | 44 to 45 |
| The Greatest Inventor | 46 to 47 |
| Where Are the Strawberries? | 48 to 49 |
| Eggs, Tears, and the Nile | 50 to 51 |
| Enough Rice? | 52 to 53 |
| A Day Longer Than a Year | 56 to 57 |
| Seaworthy Sale? | 58 to 59 |
Text Types and Purposes
ELA.W.5.2: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
| Activity | Pages |
|---|---|
| Cook's Letter | 10 to 11 |
| Visitor from Colombia | 12 to 13 |
| Da Vinci and the Painting | 14 to 15 |
| Safari Guide | 16 to 17 |
| Wave-Riding Whales | 18 to 19 |
| Spaghetti Harvest | 20 to 21 |
| The Ball and the Tsunami | 22 to 23 |
| Probably True, or Must Be True? | 24 to 25 |
| The Architect's Diary | 26 to 27 |
| Marathon Legend | 28 to 29 |
| Upside-Down World | 30 to 31 |
| A Herd with Fangs | 32 to 33 |
| The Perfect Soft-Boiled Egg | 34 to 35 |
| Time Machine | 36 to 37 |
| Georgia, Georgia | 38 to 39 |
| Around the World | 40 to 41 |
| Octopus in the Post Office | 42 to 43 |
| Organs You Can't Play | 44 to 45 |
| The Greatest Inventor | 46 to 47 |
| Where Are the Strawberries? | 48 to 49 |
| Eggs, Tears, and the Nile | 50 to 51 |
| Enough Rice? | 52 to 53 |
| Scared Stiff | 54 to 55 |
| Seaworthy Sale? | 58 to 59 |
Text Types and Purposes
ELA.W.5.1: Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information.
| Activity | Pages |
|---|---|
| Cook's Letter | 10 to 11 |
| Da Vinci and the Painting | 14 to 15 |
| Safari Guide | 16 to 17 |
| Spaghetti Harvest | 20 to 21 |
| Probably True, or Must Be True? | 24 to 25 |
| The Architect's Diary | 26 to 27 |
| Upside-Down World | 30 to 31 |
| A Herd with Fangs | 32 to 33 |
| Octopus in the Post Office | 42 to 43 |
| The Greatest Inventor | 46 to 47 |
| Enough Rice? | 52 to 53 |
| Scared Stiff | 54 to 55 |
| Seaworthy Sale? | 58 to 59 |
Text Types and Purposes
ELA.W.5.3: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
| Activity | Pages |
|---|---|
| Da Vinci and the Painting | 14 to 15 |
| Wave-Riding Whales | 18 to 19 |
| Time Machine | 36 to 37 |
| Georgia, Georgia | 38 to 39 |
| Octopus in the Post Office | 42 to 43 |
| The Greatest Inventor | 46 to 47 |
| Eggs, Tears, and the Nile | 50 to 51 |
| A Day Longer Than a Year | 56 to 57 |
| Seaworthy Sale? | 58 to 59 |
Conventions of Standard English
ELA.L.5.2: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
| Activity | Pages |
|---|---|
| Cook's Letter | 10 to 11 |
| Visitor from Colombia | 12 to 13 |
| Da Vinci and the Painting | 14 to 15 |
| Safari Guide | 16 to 17 |
| Wave-Riding Whales | 18 to 19 |
| Spaghetti Harvest | 20 to 21 |
| The Ball and the Tsunami | 22 to 23 |
| Probably True, or Must Be True? | 24 to 25 |
| The Architect's Diary | 26 to 27 |
| Marathon Legend | 28 to 29 |
| Upside-Down World | 30 to 31 |
| A Herd with Fangs | 32 to 33 |
| The Perfect Soft-Boiled Egg | 34 to 35 |
| Time Machine | 36 to 37 |
| Georgia, Georgia | 38 to 39 |
| Around the World | 40 to 41 |
| Octopus in the Post Office | 42 to 43 |
| Organs You Can't Play | 44 to 45 |
| The Greatest Inventor | 46 to 47 |
| Where Are the Strawberries? | 48 to 49 |
| Eggs, Tears, and the Nile | 50 to 51 |
| Enough Rice? | 52 to 53 |
| Scared Stiff | 54 to 55 |
| A Day Longer Than a Year | 56 to 57 |
| Seaworthy Sale? | 58 to 59 |
Conventions of Standard English
ELA.L.5.1: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
| Activity | Pages |
|---|---|
| Cook's Letter | 10 to 11 |
| Visitor from Colombia | 12 to 13 |
| Da Vinci and the Painting | 14 to 15 |
| Safari Guide | 16 to 17 |
| Wave-Riding Whales | 18 to 19 |
| Spaghetti Harvest | 20 to 21 |
| The Ball and the Tsunami | 22 to 23 |
| Probably True, or Must Be True? | 24 to 25 |
| The Architect's Diary | 26 to 27 |
| Marathon Legend | 28 to 29 |
| Upside-Down World | 30 to 31 |
| A Herd with Fangs | 32 to 33 |
| The Perfect Soft-Boiled Egg | 34 to 35 |
| Time Machine | 36 to 37 |
| Georgia, Georgia | 38 to 39 |
| Around the World | 40 to 41 |
| Octopus in the Post Office | 42 to 43 |
| Organs You Can't Play | 44 to 45 |
| The Greatest Inventor | 46 to 47 |
| Where Are the Strawberries? | 48 to 49 |
| Eggs, Tears, and the Nile | 50 to 51 |
| Enough Rice? | 52 to 53 |
| Scared Stiff | 54 to 55 |
| A Day Longer Than a Year | 56 to 57 |
| Seaworthy Sale? | 58 to 59 |
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
ELA.L.5.4: Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 5 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
| Activity | Pages |
|---|---|
| Cook's Letter | 10 to 11 |
| Visitor from Colombia | 12 to 13 |
| Da Vinci and the Painting | 14 to 15 |
| Safari Guide | 16 to 17 |
| Wave-Riding Whales | 18 to 19 |
| Spaghetti Harvest | 20 to 21 |
| The Ball and the Tsunami | 22 to 23 |
| Probably True, or Must Be True? | 24 to 25 |
| The Architect's Diary | 26 to 27 |
| Marathon Legend | 28 to 29 |
| Upside-Down World | 30 to 31 |
| A Herd with Fangs | 32 to 33 |
| The Perfect Soft-Boiled Egg | 34 to 35 |
| Time Machine | 36 to 37 |
| Georgia, Georgia | 38 to 39 |
| Around the World | 40 to 41 |
| Octopus in the Post Office | 42 to 43 |
| Organs You Can't Play | 44 to 45 |
| The Greatest Inventor | 46 to 47 |
| Where Are the Strawberries? | 48 to 49 |
| Eggs, Tears, and the Nile | 50 to 51 |
| Enough Rice? | 52 to 53 |
| Scared Stiff | 54 to 55 |
| A Day Longer Than a Year | 56 to 57 |
| Seaworthy Sale? | 58 to 59 |
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
ELA.L.5.5: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
| Activity | Pages |
|---|---|
| Cook's Letter | 10 to 11 |
| Visitor from Colombia | 12 to 13 |
| Da Vinci and the Painting | 14 to 15 |
| Safari Guide | 16 to 17 |
| Wave-Riding Whales | 18 to 19 |
| Spaghetti Harvest | 20 to 21 |
| The Ball and the Tsunami | 22 to 23 |
| Probably True, or Must Be True? | 24 to 25 |
| The Architect's Diary | 26 to 27 |
| Marathon Legend | 28 to 29 |
| Upside-Down World | 30 to 31 |
| A Herd with Fangs | 32 to 33 |
| The Perfect Soft-Boiled Egg | 34 to 35 |
| Time Machine | 36 to 37 |
| Georgia, Georgia | 38 to 39 |
| Around the World | 40 to 41 |
| Octopus in the Post Office | 42 to 43 |
| Organs You Can't Play | 44 to 45 |
| The Greatest Inventor | 46 to 47 |
| Where Are the Strawberries? | 48 to 49 |
| Eggs, Tears, and the Nile | 50 to 51 |
| Enough Rice? | 52 to 53 |
| Scared Stiff | 54 to 55 |
| A Day Longer Than a Year | 56 to 57 |
| Seaworthy Sale? | 58 to 59 |
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