Monarch 5th Grade Language Arts - Scope and Sequence
Language Arts 500 continues to build on the sequential development and integration of communication skills in fourmajor areas—reading, writing, speaking, and listening. It most specifically focuses on deepening and furtheringstudents' understanding in the following ways:
• Unit 1: Understanding main ideas and the author’s message through vocabulary• Unit 2: Reading stories and poetry to review comprehension skills, mood, and compound words• Unit 3: Exploring parts of speech and language including prefixes, suffixes, homonyms, and idioms• Unit 4: Applying strategies for effective communication in writing and speech• Unit 5: Reading and writing stories efficiently including use of dialogue• Unit 6: Identifying characteristics of different types of poetry• Unit 7: Exploring reading passages and applying knowledge of story parts and language• Unit 8: Using language effectively to describe and compare• Unit 9: Planning, drafting, and editing a research-based report