Fifth Grade: English Language Arts
A team of Northshore School District educators curated these supplemental learning resources to support asynchronous learning opportunities. This page includes instructional videos from open educational resources that were used during the 2020-21 school year.
Quarter 1
Quarter 1 Reading
Big Ideas & Concepts
- Character
- Setting
- Plot
- Theme
- Message
- Point of View
- Quote Text Accurately
- Sequence of Events
- Connections Across Texts
- Independent Reading
Instructional Videos
- Jennifer Serravallo: Setting, Mood, & Impacts on Character
- Kahn Academy: What Do Pictures Bring to a Story?
- Kahn Academy: Making Objective Summaries of Literary Texts
- Kahn Academy: Character Actions in Stories
- Kahn Academy: Developing Themes
- Kahn Academy: How POV Affects Readers
- Kahn Academy: Figurative Language
- Kahn Academy: Making Inferences in Literary Texts
- Kahn Academy: Reading Within and Across Genres
- Kahn Academy: Different Mediums and the Tone of the Text
- MometrixAcademy: Cause and Effect for Kids
- Youtube: Los personajes de la narrativa
Quarter 1 Writing
Big Ideas & Concepts
- Using the Writing Process
- Narrative Writing with Story Elements
- Descriptive Details
- Voice
- Author Craft
- Character Dialogue
- Introduction and Closing for Narrative
- Grammar Skills
- Paragraph Structure (indent or block)
- Independent Writing
Instructional Videos
- TEDED: first person vs Second person vs Third person
- TEDED: How to Make Your Writing Suspenseful
- TEDED: The Pleasure of Poetic Pattern
- TEDED: What Makes a Poem a Poem
- TEDED: How to Build a Fictional World
- TEDED: How to Write Descriptively
- TEDED: Three Anti-Social Skills to Improve Your Writing
- TEDED: The Art of the Metaphor
- TEDED: How Misused Modifiers Can Hurt Your Writing
- KCLS: Prepositions Video Quiz
- KCLS: Interjections, Conjunctions, and Prepositions: Harold Syntax Guide
- KCLS: Plurals and Possessives Video Quiz
- KCLS: How to Writing a Great Book Report
- Brainpop: Díalogo
- Brainpop: Muestra, No Expliques
- Youtube: PruebaT - Los elementos de una historia
Quarter 2
Quarter 2 Reading
Big Ideas & Concepts
- Main Idea
- Critical Ideas and Key Details
- Summarize
- Text Features and Structures
- Chronology
- Comparison
- Cause/effect
- Problem/solution
- Facts Versus Opinions
- Perspective
- Reasoning with Examples and Evidence
- Quote Text Accurately
Instructional Videos
- Jennifer Serravallo: Unpacking Details
- Flocabulary: The Five Types of Text Structure
- Kahn Academy: Making Inferences in Informational Texts
- Kahn Academy: Analyzing an Author's Purpose
- Kahn Academy: What is a Main Idea?
- Kahn Academy: Reading More Than One Source on a Topic
- Kahn Academy: How Can a Text Have Two or More Main Ideas?
- Kahn Academy: Reading Multiple Accounts of the Same Topic
- Kahn Academy: Figurative Language
- Kahn Academy: Using Context Clues to Figure Out New Words
- Kahn Academy: Latin and Greek Roots and Affixes
- Kahn Academy: Connotation
- Kahn Academy: Quantitative Information in Texts
- Brainpop: Idea Principal
Quarter 2 Writing
Big Ideas & Concepts
- Writing Process
- Critical Ideas and Key Details
- Examples, Evidence, & Reasons
- Definitions
- Paragraph Structure
- Multiple Sources
- Appropriate Opening and Closing for Informational Writing
- Grade Level Grammar Skills
- Writing in Response to Reading
Instructional Videos
- Kahn Academy: How Do Writers Use Examples to Get Their Points Across
- TEDED: When to Use Apostrophes
- TheSchoolofLife: Colons and Semicolons
- TEDED: How to Use a Semicolon
- TEDED: Comma Story
- TeacherTube: Traditional 5 Paragraph Essay
- TeacherTube: Body Paragraphs
- TeacherTube: Cite Text Evidence
- BBCLearningEnglish: Listening and Making Notes
- Brainpop: Ensayo de cinco párrafos
- Brainpop: Proceso de escribir
Quarter 3 & 4
Quarter 3 & 4 Reading
Big Ideas & Concepts
- Character, Setting(s), Plot
- Analysis of Story Elements
- Key and Supporting Details
- Traits, Motivation, Feelings
- Inference
- Forming Opinions
- First and Third Person Narration/perspective
- Point of View
- Mood
- Central Theme, Message or Moral
- Independent Reading
- Main Idea
- Critical Ideas and Key Details
- Summarize
- Text Features and Structures
- Chronology
- Comparison
- Cause/effect
- Problem/solution
- Facts Versus Opinions
- Perspective
- Reasoning with Examples and Evidence
- Quote Text Accurately
- Research
- Forming opinions
Instructional Video
- Jennifer Serravallo: Setting, Mood, & Impacts on Character
- Kahn Academy: What Do Pictures Bring to a Story?
- Kahn Academy: Making Objective Summaries of Literary Texts
- Kahn Academy: Character Actions in Stories
- Kahn Academy: Developing Themes
- Kahn Academy: How POV Affects Readers
- Kahn Academy: Figurative Language
- Kahn Academy: Making Inferences in Literary Texts
- Kahn Academy: Reading Within and Across Genres
- Kahn Academy: Different Mediums and the Tone of the Text
- MometrixAcademy: Cause and Effect for Kids
- Jennifer Serravallo: Unpacking Details
- Flocabulary: The Five Types of Text Structure
- Kahn Academy: Making Inferences in Informational Texts
- Kahn Academy: Analyzing an Author's Purpose
- Kahn Academy: What is a Main Idea?
- Kahn Academy: Reading More Than One Source on a Topic
- Kahn Academy: How Can a Text Have Two or More Main Ideas?
- Kahn Academy: Reading Multiple Accounts of the Same Topic
- Kahn Academy: Figurative Language
- Kahn Academy: Using Context Clues to Figure Out New Words
- Kahn Academy: Latin and Greek Roots and Affixes
- Kahn Academy: Connotation
- Kahn Academy: Quantitative Information in Texts
- Youtube: Los personajes de la narrativa
- Brainpop: Idea Principal
Quarter 3 & 4 Writing
Big Ideas & Concepts
- Narrative Writing with Story Elements
- Descriptive Details
- Narrative Introduction and Closing
- Adding Dialogue
- Forming and supporting opinions
- Sequencing of Events
- Paragraph Structure (indent or block)
- Grammar Skills
- Responding to Reading
- Independent Writing
- Writing Process
- Critical Ideas and Key Details
- Examples, Evidence, & Reasons
- Definitions
- Paragraph Structure
- Multiple Sources
- Appropriate Opening and Closing for Informational Writing
- Grade Level Grammar Skills
- Writing in Response to Reading
Instructional Videos
- TEDED: first person vs Second person vs Third person
- TEDED: How to Make Your Writing Suspenseful
- TEDED: The Pleasure of Poetic Pattern
- TEDED: What Makes a Poem a Poem
- TEDED: How to Build a Fictional World
- TEDED: How to Write Descriptively
- TEDED: Three Anti-Social Skills to Improve Your Writing
- TEDED: The Art of the Metaphor
- TEDED: How Misused Modifiers Can Hurt Your Writing
- KCLS: Prepositions Video Quiz
- KCLS: Interjections, Conjunctions, and Prepositions: Harold Syntax Guide
- KCLS: Plurals and Possessives Video Quiz
- KCLS: How to Writing a Great Book Report
- Kahn Academy: How Do Writers Use Examples to Get Their Points Across
- TEDED: When to Use Apostrophes
- TheSchoolofLife: Colons and Semicolons
- TEDED: How to Use a Semicolon
- TEDED: Comma Story
- TeacherTube: Traditional 5 Paragraph Essay
- TeacherTube: Body Paragraphs
- TeacherTube: Cite Text Evidence
- BBCLearningEnglish: Listening and Making Notes
- Brainpop: Díalogo
- Brainpop: Muestra, No Expliques
- Youtube: PruebaT - Los elementos de una historia
- Brainpop: Ensayo de cinco párrafos
- Brainpop: Proceso de escribir