5th Grade Historical Literacy Units
Units created by Waterloo School District Intermediate Team
The first two weeks of workshop teach skills to be successful in workshop.
Unit 1
Unit 2
Unit 3
Unit 4
Unit 5
Unit 6
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Units created by Waterloo School District Intermediate Team
The first two weeks of workshop teach skills to be successful in workshop.
Unit 1
Unit 2
Unit 3
Unit 4
Unit 5
Unit 6
Learning Domain: Language
Standard: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
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Learning Domain: Language
Standard: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
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Learning Domain: Language
Standard: Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.
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Learning Domain: Language
Standard: 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.
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Learning Domain: Language
Standard: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
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Learning Domain: Language
Standard: Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal contrast, addition, and other logical relationships (e.g., however, although, nevertheless, similarly, moreover, in addition).
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Learning Domain: Reading for Informational Text
Standard: Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
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Learning Domain: Reading for Informational Text
Standard: 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.
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Learning Domain: Reading for Informational Text
Standard: Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text.
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Learning Domain: Reading for Informational Text
Standard: 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.
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Learning Domain: Reading for Informational Text
Standard: Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 5 topic or subject area.
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Learning Domain: Reading for Informational Text
Standard: Compare and contrast the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in two or more texts.
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Learning Domain: Reading for Informational Text
Standard: Analyze multiple accounts of the same event or topic, noting important similarities and differences in the point of view they represent.
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Learning Domain: Reading for Informational Text
Standard: 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.
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Learning Domain: Reading for Informational Text
Standard: Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text, identifying which reasons and evidence support which point(s).
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Learning Domain: Reading for Informational Text
Standard: Integrate information from several texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably.
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Learning Domain: Speaking and Listening
Standard: Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 5 topics and texts, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
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Learning Domain: Speaking and Listening
Standard: Summarize written a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.
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Learning Domain: Speaking and Listening
Standard: Summarize the points a speaker makes and explain how each claim is supported by reasons and evidence.
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Learning Domain: Speaking and Listening
Standard: Report on a topic or text or present an opinion, sequencing ideas logically and using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to support main ideas or themes; speak clearly at an understandable pace.
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Learning Domain: Speaking and Listening
Standard: Include multimedia components (e.g., graphics, sound) and visual displays in presentations when appropriate to enhance the development of main ideas or themes.
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Learning Domain: Speaking and Listening
Standard: Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, using formal English when appropriate to task and situation. (See grade 5 Language standards 1 and 3 on page 28 for specific expectations.)
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Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information.
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Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.
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Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
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Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
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Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. (Grade-specific expectations for writing types are defined in standards 1–3 above.)
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Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach.(Editing for conventions should demonstrate command of Language standards 1–3up to and including grade 5 on page 29.)
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Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: With some guidance and support from adults, use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others; demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a minimum of two pages in a single sitting.
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Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Conduct short research projects that use several sources to build knowledge through investigation of different aspects of a topic.
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Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Recall relevant information from experiences or gather relevant information from print and digital sources; summarize or paraphrase information in notes and finished work, and provide a list of sources.
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Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
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Learning Domain: History
Standard: Use evidence to draw conclusions about probable causes of historical events, issues, and problems.
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Learning Domain: History
Standard: Use evidence to draw conclusions about probable effects of historical events, issues, and problems.
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Learning Domain: History
Standard: Analyze individuals, groups, and events to understand why their contributions are important to historical change and/or continuity.
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Learning Domain: History
Standard: Compare events in Wisconsin history to a current issue or event.
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Learning Domain: History
Standard: Explain how historical events have possible implications on the present.
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Learning Domain: History
Standard: Describe the historical context (situation) of a primary or secondary source.
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