5th+RLA+Language


 * Subject/Course:** English Language Arts

**Grade Level:** 5

**Standard:** Language **SPI or Check for Understanding (#):** **SPI 0501.1.14** Identify compound words, contractions, and common abbreviations within context.

**Assessment Topic: Compound words, contractions, and abbreviations**

**Essential Question (s):** **Subject/Course:** English Language Arts
 * 1) **Can you construct compound words and contractions from the given text?**
 * 2) **How can abbreviations be used correctly in writing?**

**Grade Level:** 5

**Standard:** Language

**SPI or Check for Understanding (#):** **SPI 0501.1.11** Determine word meanings within context.

**Assessment Topic: Word meanings**

**Essential Question (s):**
 * 1) **How can we use our text to help determine word meanings?**
 * 2) **When would you use context clues to help you understand meaning in text?**

**Subject/Course:** English Language Arts

**Grade Level:** 5

**Standard:** Language

**SPI or Check for Understanding (#): SPI 0501.1.8 Identify within context a variety of appropriate sentence-combining techniques (i.e., comma used with a coordinating conjunction, use of semicolon, introductory phrases** **and/or clauses).** **Assessment Topic: Combining Sentences**

**Essential Question (s):**
 * 1) **How can you use and punctuate compound and complex sentences correctly in your writing?**
 * 2) **Can you identify compound sentences?**

**Subject/Course:** English Language Arts

**Grade Level:** 5

**Standard:** Lang uage

**SPI or Check for Understanding (#): SPI 0501.1.1 Identify the correct use of nouns (i.e., singular/plural, possessives, predicate nouns, nouns as objects) and pronouns (i.e., agreement, subject, object) within context.**

**Assessment Topic: Nouns and Pronouns**

**Essential Question (s):**
 * 1) **Can you define and identify common and proper nouns in the passage?**
 * 2) **How can you use regular and irregular plural nouns in your writing?**
 * 3) **How will you be able to distinguish between possessive nouns and plural nouns?**
 * 4) **How can you use subject and object pronouns correctly in writing?**

**Subject/Course:** English Language Arts

**Grade Level:** 5

**Standard:** Language

**SPI or Check for Understanding (#):****SPI 0501.1.5** Identify sentences with correct use of commas (i.e., series, dates, addresses, friendly letters, compound sentences, coordinating conjunctions, and introductory words) and of colons within context.

**Assessment Topic: Commas and Colons**

**Essential Question (s):**
 * 1) **How does the use of commas help a reader more easily read a selection?**
 * 2) **Where are some places in writing that commas and colons may need to be used?**
 * 3) **How does using commas help clarify writing?**

**Subject/Course:** English Language Arts

**Grade Level:** 5

**Standard:** Language

**SPI or Check for Understanding (#): SPI 0501.1.3 Identify the correct use of adjectives (i.e., common/proper, comparative forms, predicate adjectives) and adverbs (i.e., comparative forms, negatives) within context.**

**Assessment Topic: Adjectives**

**Essential Question (s):**
 * 1) **Can you recognize the difference between a common/proper adjective?**
 * 2) **When identifying proper adjectives, can you observe the difference between proper adjectives and proper nouns?**

**Subject/Course:** English Language Arts

**Grade Level:** 5

**Standard:** Language

**SPI or Check for Understanding (#): SPI 0501.1.3 Identify the correct use of adjectives (i.e., common/proper, comparative forms, predicate adjectives) and adverbs (i.e., comparative forms, negatives) within context.**

**Assessment Topic: Adverbs**

**Essential Question (s):**
 * 1) **As one reads a sentence, can evidence be cited that it is written in a negative form?**
 * 2) **What would happen if double negatives were used in our government documents?**

**Subject/Course:** English Language Arts

**Grade Level:** 5

**Standard:** Language

**SPI or Check for Understanding (#):** **SPI 0501.1.6** Choose the correct use of quotation marks and commas in direct quotations.

**Assessment Topic: Quotations**

**Essential Question (s):**
 * 1) **By using the quotation concept, does this help one to know who is speaking in turn?**
 * 2) **When looking at sentences, does a comma tell you that something is of importance?**

**Subject/Course:** English Language Arts

**Grade Level:** 5

**Standard:** Language

**SPI or Check for Understanding (#):** **SPI 0501.1.12** Recognize root words, prefixes, and syllabication as aids in determining meaning within context.

**Assessment Topic: Word Parts**

**Essential Question (s):**
 * 1) **How do I build on a word to change its meaning?**
 * 2) **Can you create a new word by adding prefixes and suffixes?**
 * 3) **Can you connect an ending to change its part of speech?**

**Subject/Course:** English Language Arts

**Grade Level:** 5

**Standard:** Language

**SPI or Check for Understanding (#): SPI 0501.1.15 Recognize and use grade appropriate vocabulary within context.**

**Assessment Topic: Build Vocabulary**

**Essential Question (s):**
 * 1) **What do you do if a word is too hard when it comes to meaning?**
 * 2) **Can you find the meaning by using context clues?**

**Subject/Course:** English Language Arts

**Grade Level:** 5

**Standard:** Language

**SPI or Check for Understanding (#):** **SPI 0501.1.7** Identify correctly or incorrectly spelled words in context, including the correct spelling of plurals and possessives.

**Assessment Topic: Correct Spelling**

**Essential Question (s):**
 * 1) **Can you correctly identify if a word has been misspelled based on context?**
 * Do you know the correct spelling of possessives? **

Subject/Course: **English Language Arts**

**Grade Level:** 5

**Standard:** Language

**SPI or Check for Understanding (#):** **SPI 0501.1.16** Determine the correct meaning/usage of multiple meaning words within context. **Assessment Topic: Multiple Meaning Words**

**Essential Question (s):**
 * 1) **Can you use context clues to pinpoint the correct meaning of a multiple meaning word?**
 * 2) **Can you differentiate between ways to use a word that has different meanings?**

** Subject/Course: ** English Language Arts ** Grade Level: ** 5 ** Standard: **Language ** SPI or Check for Understanding (#): SPI 0501.1.2 Identify the correct use of verbs (i.e., action/linking, regular/irregular, agreement, tenses) within context. ** ** Assessment Topic: Action/Linking Verbs ** ** Essential Question (s): ** ** Subject/Course: ** English Language Arts ** Grade Level: ** 5 ** Standard: **Language ** SPI or Check for Understanding (#): SPI 0501.1.2 Identify the correct use of verbs (i.e., action/linking, regular/irregular, agreement, tenses) within context. ** ** Assessment Topic: Regular and Irregular Verbs ** ** Essential Question (s): ** ** Subject/Course: ** English Language Arts ** Grade Level: ** 5 ** Standard: **Language ** SPI or Check for Understanding (#): SPI 0501.1.4 Recognize usage errors occurring within context (e.g., double negatives, troublesome words {to/too/two, their/there/they’re, lie/lay, sit/set, leave/let, learn/teach}). ** ** Assessment Topic: Usage Errors ** ** Essential Question (s): **
 * 1) <span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; 0in margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">** Can you differentiate between an action/linking verb? **
 * 2) <span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; 0in margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">** Do you know if a verb is action or linking? **
 * 1) <span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; 0in margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;">** Can you, within context, pick the correct tense of s verb? **
 * 2) <span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; 0in margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;">** Do you know if a verb is regular or irregular? **
 * 1) <span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; 0in margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;">** Do you know how to spot usage errors within context? **
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Can you tell the appropriate time to use easily confused (troublesome) words? **