Grade 5

"Invitations to Literacy" Alignment and Pacing Chart: Grade 5

Resources for Grade 5 teachers:

  1. United Streaming videos: background knowledge for SOAR titles. See the video titles below the Kidspiration template.
  2. Kidspiration template shown below. Click on the image to open the file or right-click on the image to save the file to your computer.
  3. iKWL on Palm handhelds
  4. Polar Adventure from EduPlace
  5. Palm applications for literacy: SpellIt (vocabulary), Quizzler, What If Builder
  6. Interactive reading and language arts resources grades 3-5

"Arctic Explorer: The Story of Matthew Henson"

Maryland Voluntary State Curriculum

Right-click on the image to download (Save Target As) the Kidspiration template.
  1. Matthew Henson Complete Table of Contents
  2. Matt's Place in History
  3. Matt's Friends Say...
  4. Why Matt is Special
  5. April 6, 1909
  6. For Teachers - curriculum for teaching the story of Matthew Henson
  7. a play about Matthew Henson
  8. Take a Virtual Journey - a Polar Expedition
  9. Gallery of Arctic pictures - from NOAA
  10. Arctic writing activity - using images from NOAA
  11. More about Henson and Cook's hoax

Grade 5 SOAR resources:
video clips from www.unitedstreaming.com

Type the title of the video clip in the "keyword" seach box to find the titles listed below.

Book 2 Antarctica

  1. Antarctic Antics (19:00)
Book 4 Where Does Garbage Go?
  1. Taking Care of Our Earth
    • Garbage (01:07)
  2. Reducing, Reusing and Recycling: Environmental Concerns
    • Garbage: Not a Pretty Sight (00:49)
    • Sanitary Landfills (04:23)
Book 8 How Do Birds Find Their Way?
  1. Through the Seasons With Birds
    • Fall (13:48)
    • Winter (13:13)
    • Spring (14:41)
Book 10 Mountain Gorillas in Danger
  1. Animal Profiles; Gorillas (13:00)
    2. [Patti has this video on a CD.]
Book 12 Fire! in Yellowstone a True Adventure
  1. National Parks: Yellowstone National Park (11:45)
Book 14 Coral Reef Hunters
  1. Oceans Alive: The Coral Jungle (05:00)
  2. Elementary Video Adventures: Oceans
    • Coral Reefs (07:25)
Book 17 Whales
  1. Elementary Video Adventures: Oceans
    • In the Company of Whales (11:45)


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