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Level 5
Language Arts by Topic |
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Weeks
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Topics
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New Skills
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1
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Our Future
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Capitalization, Periods, and Indentation
Cause and Effect Journal |
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2
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Social Awareness
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Kinds of Sentences: Interrogative, Imperative,
Exclamatory, and Declarative Persuasive Paragraph |
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3
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Making a New Nation
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Capitalization of Proper Nouns and Adjectives
Opinion Paragraph |
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4
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Pre-Columbian Indians
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Plural Nouns and Possessive Nouns
Informative Paragraph |
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5
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Colonization
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Appositives and Time-Order Words
3 Paragraph Format Informative Essay |
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6
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American Revolution
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Past Tense Verbs,
and Time-Order Words 3 Paragraph Format Informative Essay |
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7
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Westward Movement
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Helping Verbs and Pronouns
3 Paragraph Format Informative Essay |
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8
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Pioneers
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Linking Verbs and
Time-Order Words 3 Paragraph Format Historical Narrative |
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9
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Articles of Confederation
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Irregular Verbs
3 Paragraph Format Informative Essay |
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10
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Constitution
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Prepositions
3 Paragraph Format Informative Essay |
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11
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Immigration
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Future Tense Verbs and Comparison Adjectives
3 Paragraph Format From Different Points of View Historical Narrative |
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12
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Earthquakes
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Find the Topic Sentence
5 Paragraph Format Descriptive Essay |
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13
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Earthquakes
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Semicolon
5 Paragraph Format Descriptive Essay |
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14
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Energy
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Conjunctions
5 Paragraph Format Classification Essay |
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15
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Energy
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Adverbs
5 Paragraph Format Classification Essay |
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16
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Health and Exercise
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Exact Verbs
5 Paragraph Format Evaluation Essay |
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17
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Health and Exercise
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Adjectives
5 Paragraph Format Descriptive Essay |
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18
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Involuntary Functions
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Sentence Variety
5 Paragraph Format Informative Essay |
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19
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Involuntary Functions
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Contractions
5 Paragraph Format Informative Essay |
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20
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Digestion
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Prepositions
5 Paragraph Format Informative Essay |
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21
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Digestion
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Prepositional Phrases
5 Paragraph Format Informative Essay |
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22
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Personal Narrative
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Quotation Marks, Commas
5 Paragraph Format Autobiography |
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23
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Personal Narrative
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Adding Transitions
5 Paragraph Format Autobiography |
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24
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Great Americans
(George Washington Carver) |
Compound Subjects
5 Paragraph Format - Biography |
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25
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Great Americans
(Susan B. Anthony) |
Compound Predicates
5 Paragraph Format - Biography |
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26
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Living Organisms
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5 Paragraph Format
Comparison Essay |
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27
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Graduation
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Invitation, Thank-You Note, and Envelope
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28
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Living Organisms
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5 Paragraph Format
Contrast Essay |
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29
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Science Project
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5 Paragraph Format
Expository Essay |
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30
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Story
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Parenthetical Phrases
5 Paragraph Format Creative Essay |
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31
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Business Letter
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Letter - Business Letter
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32
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Geology
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5 Paragraph Format
Research Essay |
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33
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Literary Analysis
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5 Paragraph Format
Literary Analysis |
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Inserts are additional lessons.
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Insert 1
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Independence Day
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Comparison Adjectives
Definition Paragraph |
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Insert 2
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Halloween
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Antonyms
Definition Paragraph |
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Insert 3
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Hanukkah
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Review - Magazine Article
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Insert 4
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Kwanzaa
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Commas - Definition Paragraph
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Insert 5
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Chinese New Year
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Staying on Topic
Definition Paragraph |
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Insert 6
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Classroom Article
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Prefixes and Suffixes - News Story
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Insert 7
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Cinco de Mayo
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Contractions and Sentence Variety
Definition Paragraph |
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Insert 8
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Thanksgiving
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Synonyms - Tells Feelings Letter
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Insert 9
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Christmas Story
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Creative Story
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Insert 10
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Ramadan
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Topic Sentence
Definition Paragraph |
After Week 3, all weeks contain previously learned skills.