Ascension School

          Chesterfield, MO

Fifth Grade Curriculum

Reading 

                    GOALS: 

The students of Ascension School will: 

·                    Silently sustain interest in reading material

·                    Make predictions about characters

·                    Understand figurative language

·                    Follow and understand sequence of events

·                    Predict plots

·                    Organize information

·                    Generalize themes

·                    Recognize author’s purpose

·                    Use cause and effect relationships

·                    Take notes to summarize

·                    Use context clues

·                    Classify information

·                    Understand the theme of a folk tale

·                    Make generalizations about characters

·                    Identify parts of an outline

·                    Identify fact and opinion

·                    Follow written directions in content materials

·                    Distinguish between fiction and nonfiction

·                    Apply story ideas

·                    Analyze to understand unfamiliar words

CONTENT: 

·                    character predictions

·                    figurative language

·                    sequence of events

·                    plots

·                    themes

·                    author’s purpose

·                    context clues

·                    generalizations

·                    comprehension