GRADE 5: ORAL COMMUNICATION - Scholastic Education

Momentum Correlations Ontario Grade 5ideas in them to their own knowledge, experience, andinsights; to other texts, including print and visual texts;and to the world around them (e.g., relate the content ofan oral presentation to that of books, articles, movies,television shows, or videos on the same topic; discussissues related to the topic of an oral text; use role play anddrama to explore ideas, emotions, or issues presented inoral texts)Analysing Texts1.7 analyse oral texts and explain how specific elementsin them contribute to meaning (e.g., ideas andinformation, word choice, tone of voice, pace of delivery,body language)Teacher prompt: “Did the speaker’s tone of voicecommunicate a different message from his or her actualwords?”Point of View1.8 identify the point of view presented in oral texts andask questions to identify missing or possible alternativepoints of view (e.g., use drama or role play to explore theperspective of the minor characters in a play; respond to aspeaker who expresses an alternative point of view on anissue; ask a variety of people for their views about atopic)Teacher prompts: “How would the content of this textchange if it were presented from a different point ofview?” “How would the language the author uses need tochange to reflect a different point of view?” “What othervoices do you think should be heard on this topic?” “Isthe text fair?”Presentation Strategies1.9 identify a range of presentation strategies used in oraltexts and analyse their effect on the audience (e.g., the useof emotive language, one-sided arguments, or exaggeratedclaims)Animals Attack; The Tunnel; A Roman Day to Remember; A Trip on the Nile; Creeping Sands—Life in the Desert;Where in the Universe?; Masks and Make-Up, Plays and Performances; Alex and Lily; Big Amy; Fire on the Beach;Rhiannon and PwyllMissing; Bats Have Hands; Behind the Scenes at the Zoo; What a Disaster!; Sticky Fingers—A History of Cookingand Eating; Stingers and Fangs—Ways Animals Attack; The Tunnel; A Roman Day to Remember; Where in theUniverse?; Masks and Make-Up, Plays and Performances; Alex and Lily; Big Amy; Fire on the BeachMissing; What a Disaster!; Where in the Universe?; Masks and Make-Up, Plays and Performances; Alex and Lily;Big Amy; Fire on the BeachWhat a Disaster!; Pandora’s Gift and Other Tales; Sticky Fingers—A History of Cooking and Eating; Stingers andFangs—Ways Animals Attack; The Tunnel; A Roman Day to Remember; Creeping Sands—Life in the Desert; HiddenTreasure; Where in the Universe?; Masks and Make-Up, Plays and Performances; Alex and Lily; Rhiannon andPwyllTeacher prompt: “Why do you think the speaker repeatsthat phrase so often?”

Momentum Correlations Ontario Grade 52.5 identify some vocal effects, including tone, pace,pitch, volume, and a variety of sound effects, and usethem appropriately and with sensitivity towards culturaldifferences to help communicate their meaning (e.g., usea formal or informal tone as required by the context)Non-Verbal Cues2.6 identify a variety of non-verbal cues, including facialexpression, gestures, and eye contact, and use them in oralcommunications, appropriately and with sensitivitytowards cultural differences, to help convey their meaning(e.g., use facial expression appropriately to indicateagreement or confusion during a discussion)Visual Aids2.7 use a variety of appropriate visual aids (e.g., posters,charts, maps, globes, computer-generated organizers) tosupport or enhance oral presentations (e.g., use ministrylicensedsoftware to create a Venn diagram to comparetwo different biographies)The Tunnel; Creeping Sands—Life in the Desert; Champions in the Making; Masks and Make-Up, Plays andPerformances; Big Amy; Fire on the Beach; Rhiannon and PwyllMove Over , Leonardo; The Tunnel; Creeping Sands—Life in the DesertSticky Fingers—A History of Cooking and Eating; Stingers and Fangs—Ways Animals Attack; A Trip on the Nile;Fire on the Beach; Rhiannon and Pwyll3. Reflecting on Oral Communication Skills and StrategiesBy the end of Grade 5, students will:Metacognition3.1 identify, in conversation with the teacher and peers,what strategies they found most helpful before, during,and after listening and speaking and what steps they cantake to improve their oral communication skillsTeacher prompts: “How do you check to be sure youunderstand correctly what others are saying during adiscussion?” “How do you make decisions about when tospeak and when to listen?”Interconnected Skills3.2 identify, in conversation with the teacher and peers, how theirskills as viewers, representers, readers, and writers help themimprove their oral communication skillsTeacher prompts: “What have you learned as a writer that youcan use to make your oral presentations more effective?” “Whatdo you think the connection is between your experience as areader and your ability to understand what you hear?”The Last Thing I Do; Blobby Gobs! Just Add Water; Dog Detectives and Other Dogs With Special Skills; Special andStrange! Unusual Plants; Missing; Bats Have Hands; Behind the Scenes at the Zoo; What a Disaster!; Don’t LookDown; Move Over, Leonardo; Pandora’s Gift and Other Tales; Sticky Fingers—A History of Cooking and Eating;Stingers and Fangs—Ways Animals Attack; Twisters, Tornadoes, and Other Wild Weather; The Big Five; TheTunnel; All Aboard!; A Roman Day to Remember; The Samurai and His Daughter; A Trip on the Nile; CreepingSands—Life in the Desert; Hidden Treasure; Jason Jackson, Super Surfer; Where in the Universe?; Champions in theMaking; Famous Fake Photographs; How to Write a Horror Story; Masks and Make-Up, Plays and Performances;Alex and Lily; Big Amy; Fire on the Beach; Rhiannon and PwyllThe Last Thing I Do; Blobby Gobs! Just Add Water; Dog Detectives and Other Dogs With Special Skills; Special andStrange! Unusual Plants; Missing; Bats Have Hands; Behind the Scenes at the Zoo; What a Disaster!; Don’t LookDown; Move Over, Leonardo; Pandora’s Gift and Other Tales; Sticky Fingers—A History of Cooking and Eating;Stingers and Fangs—Ways Animals Attack; Twisters, Tornadoes, and Other Wild Weather; The Big Five; TheTunnel; All Aboard!; A Roman Day to Remember; The Samurai and His Daughter; A Trip on the Nile; CreepingSands—Life in the Desert; Hidden Treasure; Jason Jackson, Super Surfer; Where in the Universe?; Champions in theMaking; Famous Fake Photographs; How to Write a Horror Story; Masks and Make-Up, Plays and Performances;Alex and Lily; Big Amy; Fire on the Beach; Rhiannon and Pwyll

Momentum Correlations Ontario Grade 5GRADE 5: READINGOVERALL EXPECTATIONSBy the end of Grade 5, students will:1. read and demonstrate an understanding of a variety ofliterary, graphic, and informational texts, using a range ofstrategies to construct meaning;2. recognize a variety of text forms, text features, andstylistic elements and demonstrate understanding of howthey help communicate meaning;3. use knowledge of words and cueing systems to readfluently;4. reflect on and identify their strengths as readers, areasfor improvement, and the strategies they found mosthelpful before, during, and after reading.The Last Thing I Do; Blobby Gobs! Just Add Water; Dog Detectives and Other Dogs With Special Skills; Special andStrange! Unusual Plants; Missing; Bats Have Hands; Behind the Scenes at the Zoo; What a Disaster!; Don’t LookDown; Move Over, Leonardo; Pandora’s Gift and Other Tales; Sticky Fingers—A History of Cooking and Eating;Stingers and Fangs—Ways Animals Attack; Twisters, Tornadoes, and Other Wild Weather; The Big Five; TheTunnel; All Aboard!; A Roman Day to Remember; The Samurai and His Daughter; A Trip on the Nile; CreepingSands—Life in the Desert; Hidden Treasure; Jason Jackson, Super Surfer; Where in the Universe?; Champions in theMaking; Famous Fake Photographs; How to Write a Horror Story; Masks and Make-Up, Plays and Performances;Alex and Lily; Big Amy; Fire on the Beach; Rhiannon and PwyllThe Last Thing I Do; Blobby Gobs! Just Add Water; Dog Detectives and Other Dogs With Special Skills; Special andStrange! Unusual Plants; Missing; Bats Have Hands; Behind the Scenes at the Zoo; What a Disaster!; Don’t LookDown; Move Over, Leonardo; Pandora’s Gift and Other Tales; Sticky Fingers—A History of Cooking and Eating;Stingers and Fangs—Ways Animals Attack; Twisters, Tornadoes, and Other Wild Weather; The Big Five; TheTunnel; All Aboard!; A Roman Day to Remember; The Samurai and His Daughter; A Trip on the Nile; CreepingSands—Life in the Desert; Hidden Treasure; Jason Jackson, Super Surfer; Where in the Universe?; Champions in theMaking; Famous Fake Photographs; How to Write a Horror Story; Masks and Make-Up, Plays and Performances;Alex and Lily; Big Amy; Fire on the Beach; Rhiannon and PwyllThe Last Thing I Do; Blobby Gobs! Just Add Water; Dog Detectives and Other Dogs With Special Skills; Special andStrange! Unusual Plants; Missing; Bats Have Hands; Behind the Scenes at the Zoo; What a Disaster!; Don’t LookDown; Move Over, Leonardo; Pandora’s Gift and Other Tales; Sticky Fingers—A History of Cooking and Eating;Stingers and Fangs—Ways Animals Attack; Twisters, Tornadoes, and Other Wild Weather; The Big Five; TheTunnel; All Aboard!; A Roman Day to Remember; The Samurai and His Daughter; A Trip on the Nile; CreepingSands—Life in the Desert; Hidden Treasure; Jason Jackson, Super Surfer; Where in the Universe?; Champions in theMaking; Famous Fake Photographs; How to Write a Horror Story; Masks and Make-Up, Plays and Performances;Alex and Lily; Big Amy; Fire on the Beach; Rhiannon and PwyllThe Last Thing I Do; Blobby Gobs! Just Add Water; Dog Detectives and Other Dogs With Special Skills; Special and Strange!Unusual Plants; Missing; Bats Have Hands; Behind the Scenes at the Zoo; What a Disaster!; Don’t Look Down; Move Over,Leonardo; Pandora’s Gift and Other Tales; Sticky Fingers—A History of Cooking and Eating; Stingers and Fangs—Ways AnimalsAttack; Twisters, Tornadoes, and Other Wild Weather; The Big Five; The Tunnel; All Aboard!; A Roman Day to Remember; TheSamurai and His Daughter; A Trip on the Nile; Creeping Sands—Life in the Desert; Hidden Treasure; Jason Jackson, Super Surfer;Where in the Universe?; Champions in the Making; Famous Fake Photographs; How to Write a Horror Story; Masks and Make-Up,Plays and Performances; Alex and Lily; Big Amy; Fire on the Beach; Rhiannon and Pwyll

Momentum Correlations Ontario Grade 5SPECIFIC EXPECTATIONS1. Reading for MeaningBy the end of Grade 5, students will:Variety of Texts1.1 read a variety of texts from diverse cultures, includingliterary texts (e.g., short stories, poetry, myths, culturallyfocused legends, plays, biographies, novels), graphic texts(e.g., graphic novels, hobby or sports magazines,advertisements, logos, atlases, graphic organizers, chartsand tables), and informational texts (e.g., editorials,reports, biographies, textbooks and other non-fictionmaterials, print and online articles, personal electronicand online texts such as e-mails)Purpose1.2 identify a variety of purposes for reading and choosereading materials appropriate for those purposes (e.g., anonline or print encyclopedia article for backgroundinformation, dictionaries to clarify word meanings,biographies for information about authors or historicalfigures, print and online newspapers/magazines forinformation on current issues, e-mail and text messagesfrom friends)Comprehension Strategies1.3 identify a variety of reading comprehension strategiesand use them appropriately before, during, and afterreading to understand texts (e.g., activate prior knowledgethrough asking questions about or discussing a topic;develop mind maps to explore ideas; ask questions tofocus reading; use visualization to clarify details of acharacter, scene, or concept in a text; make predictionsabout a text based on reasoning and related reading;reread to confirm or clarify meaning)Demonstrating Understanding1.4 demonstrate understanding of a variety of texts bysummarizing important ideas and citing supporting details(e.g., topic sentence and supporting points in paragraphs,reports, online and print newspaper articles, restaurant orcafeteria menus; theme and supporting plot details inThe Last Thing I Do; Blobby Gobs! Just Add Water; Dog Detectives and Other Dogs With Special Skills; Special andStrange! Unusual Plants; Missing; Bats Have Hands; Behind the Scenes at the Zoo; What a Disaster!; Don’t LookDown; Move Over, Leonardo; Pandora’s Gift and Other Tales; Sticky Fingers—A History of Cooking and Eating;Stingers and Fangs—Ways Animals Attack; Twisters, Tornadoes, and Other Wild Weather; The Big Five; TheTunnel; All Aboard!; A Roman Day to Remember; The Samurai and His Daughter; A Trip on the Nile; CreepingSands—Life in the Desert; Hidden Treasure; Jason Jackson, Super Surfer; Where in the Universe?; Champions in theMaking; Famous Fake Photographs; How to Write a Horror Story; Masks and Make-Up, Plays and Performances;Alex and Lily; Big Amy; Fire on the Beach; Rhiannon and PwyllDog Detectives and Other Dogs With Special Skills; Special and Strange! Unusual Plants; Behind the Scenes at theZoo; Sticky Fingers—A History of Cooking and Eating; Stingers and Fangs—Ways Animals Attack; The Big Five;The Tunnel; All Aboard!; A Roman Day to Remember; A Trip on the Nile; Creeping Sands—Life in the Desert;Hidden Treasure; Jason Jackson, Super Surfer; Where in the Universe?; Big Amy; Rhiannon and PwyllThe Last Thing I Do; Blobby Gobs! Just Add Water; Dog Detectives and Other Dogs With Special Skills; Special andStrange! Unusual Plants; Missing; Bats Have Hands; Behind the Scenes at the Zoo; What a Disaster!; Don’t LookDown; Move Over, Leonardo; Pandora’s Gift and Other Tales; Sticky Fingers—A History of Cooking and Eating;Stingers and Fangs—Ways Animals Attack; Twisters, Tornadoes, and Other Wild Weather; The Big Five; TheTunnel; All Aboard!; A Roman Day to Remember; The Samurai and His Daughter; A Trip on the Nile; CreepingSands—Life in the Desert; Hidden Treasure; Jason Jackson, Super Surfer; Where in the Universe?; Champions in theMaking; Famous Fake Photographs; How to Write a Horror Story; Masks and Make-Up, Plays and Performances;Alex and Lily; Big Amy; Fire on the Beach; Rhiannon and PwyllThe Last Thing I Do; Blobby Gobs! Just Add Water; Dog Detectives and Other Dogs With Special Skills; Special andStrange! Unusual Plants; Missing; Bats Have Hands; Behind the Scenes at the Zoo; What a Disaster!; Don’t LookDown; Move Over, Leonardo; Pandora’s Gift and Other Tales; Sticky Fingers—A History of Cooking and Eating;Stingers and Fangs—Ways Animals Attack; Twisters, Tornadoes, and Other Wild Weather; The Big Five; TheTunnel; All Aboard!; A Roman Day to Remember; The Samurai and His Daughter; A Trip on the Nile; CreepingSands—Life in the Desert; Hidden Treasure; Jason Jackson, Super Surfer; Where in the Universe?; Champions in the

Momentum Correlations Ontario Grade 5short stories, myths, and fairy tales)Making Inferences/Interpreting Texts1.5 use stated and implied ideas in texts to makeinferences and construct meaningTeacher prompts: “What do you think will happen basedon what the author has told you so far?” “What is theauthor suggesting ‘between the lines’?”Extending Understanding1.6 extend understanding of texts by connecting the ideasin them to their own knowledge, experience, and insights,to other familiar texts, and to the world around themTeacher prompts: “How does your experience of a similarsituation help you understand this character’s choices?”“How does what you are reading now compare to whatyou have already read on this topic?”Analysing Texts1.7 analyse texts and explain how various elements inthem contribute to meaning (e.g., narrative: characterdevelopment, plot development, mood, theme; report:introduction, body, conclusion)Teacher prompts: “What devices did the author use to tryto make you sympathize with the character? Were theyeffective?” “How did the author tie the concludingparagraph to the opening statement?”Responding to and Evaluating Texts1.8 make judgements and draw conclusions about theideas and information in texts and cite stated or impliedevidence from the text to support their views (e.g., sortand classify information from a text to see whatconclusions it supports or suggests; create a profile of acharacter based on stated or implied information in thetext)Making; Famous Fake Photographs; How to Write a Horror Story; Masks and Make-Up, Plays and Performances;Alex and Lily; Big Amy; Fire on the Beach; Rhiannon and PwyllThe Last Thing I Do; Blobby Gobs! Just Add Water; Dog Detectives and Other Dogs With Special Skills; Special andStrange! Unusual Plants; Missing; Bats Have Hands; Behind the Scenes at the Zoo; What a Disaster!; Don’t LookDown; Move Over, Leonardo; Pandora’s Gift and Other Tales; Sticky Fingers—A History of Cooking and Eating;Stingers and Fangs—Ways Animals Attack; Twisters, Tornadoes, and Other Wild Weather; The Big Five; TheTunnel; All Aboard!; A Roman Day to Remember; The Samurai and His Daughter; A Trip on the Nile; CreepingSands—Life in the Desert; Hidden Treasure; Jason Jackson, Super Surfer; Where in the Universe?; Champions in theMaking; Famous Fake Photographs; How to Write a Horror Story; Masks and Make-Up, Plays and Performances;Alex and Lily; Big Amy; Fire on the Beach; Rhiannon and PwyllThe Last Thing I Do; Blobby Gobs! Just Add Water; Dog Detectives and Other Dogs With Special Skills; Special andStrange! Unusual Plants; Missing; Bats Have Hands; Behind the Scenes at the Zoo; What a Disaster!; Don’t LookDown; Move Over, Leonardo; Pandora’s Gift and Other Tales; Sticky Fingers—A History of Cooking and Eating;Stingers and Fangs—Ways Animals Attack; Twisters, Tornadoes, and Other Wild Weather; The Big Five; TheTunnel; All Aboard!; A Roman Day to Remember; The Samurai and His Daughter; A Trip on the Nile; CreepingSands—Life in the Desert; Hidden Treasure; Jason Jackson, Super Surfer; Where in the Universe?; Champions in theMaking; Famous Fake Photographs; How to Write a Horror Story; Masks and Make-Up, Plays and Performances;Alex and Lily; Big Amy; Fire on the Beach; Rhiannon and PwyllThe Last Thing I Do; Blobby Gobs! Just Add Water; Dog Detectives and Other Dogs With Special Skills; Special andStrange! Unusual Plants; Missing; Bats Have Hands; Behind the Scenes at the Zoo; What a Disaster!; Don’t LookDown; Move Over, Leonardo; Pandora’s Gift and Other Tales; Sticky Fingers—A History of Cooking and Eating;Stingers and Fangs—Ways Animals Attack; Twisters, Tornadoes, and Other Wild Weather; The Big Five; TheTunnel; All Aboard!; A Roman Day to Remember; The Samurai and His Daughter; A Trip on the Nile; CreepingSands—Life in the Desert; Hidden Treasure; Jason Jackson, Super Surfer; Where in the Universe?; Champions in theMaking; Famous Fake Photographs; How to Write a Horror Story; Masks and Make-Up, Plays and Performances;Alex and Lily; Big Amy; Fire on the Beach; Rhiannon and PwyllThe Last Thing I Do; Blobby Gobs! Just Add Water; Dog Detectives and Other Dogs With Special Skills; Special andStrange! Unusual Plants; Missing; Bats Have Hands; Behind the Scenes at the Zoo; What a Disaster!; Don’t LookDown; Move Over, Leonardo; Pandora’s Gift and Other Tales; Sticky Fingers—A History of Cooking and Eating;Stingers and Fangs—Ways Animals Attack; Twisters, Tornadoes, and Other Wild Weather; The Big Five; TheTunnel; All Aboard!; A Roman Day to Remember; The Samurai and His Daughter; A Trip on the Nile; CreepingSands—Life in the Desert; Hidden Treasure; Jason Jackson, Super Surfer; Where in the Universe?; Champions in theMaking; Famous Fake Photographs; How to Write a Horror Story; Masks and Make-Up, Plays and Performances;Alex and Lily; Big Amy; Fire on the Beach; Rhiannon and PwyllTeacher prompt: “Do you think this character’s actionsaccurately reveal his thoughts? What evidence from thetext supports your conclusion?”

Momentum Correlations Ontario Grade 5Point of View1.9 identify the point of view presented in texts, askquestions to identify missing or possible alternative pointsof view, and suggest some possible alternativeperspectives (e.g., ask why the perspective of certaincharacters in a story is not presented and include somemissing voices in a dramatization of a text; with a partner,role-play an interview with a person who represents oneof the missing voices)The Last Thing I Do; Blobby Gobs! Just Add Water; Missing; Bats Have Hands; Behind the Scenes at the Zoo; Whata Disaster!; Don’t Look Down; Move Over, Leonardo; The Big Five; The Tunnel; All Aboard!; A Roman Day toRemember; Creeping Sands—Life in the Desert; Hidden Treasure; Jason Jackson, Super Surfer; Famous FakePhotographs; Alex and Lily; Big Amy; Fire on the BeachTeacher prompts: “Whose point of view is fullyexplored? Why?” “Do you see any evidence ofstereotyping in this text?”2. Understanding Form and StyleBy the end of Grade 5, students will:Text Forms2.1 analyse a variety of text forms and explain how theirparticular characteristics help communicate meaning, witha focus on literary texts such as short stories (e.g., howcharacter, setting, and plot illustrate the theme), graphictexts such as a logo (e.g., how the elements work togetherto convey a message), and informational texts such as amovie review (e.g., how the “lead” is used to signalwhether the review is positive or negative)Text Patterns2.2 identify a variety of organizational patterns in a rangeof texts and explain how they help readers understand thetexts (e.g., comparison in a report; time order in abiography; cause and effect in an explanation)Text Features2.3 identify a variety of text features and explain howthey help readers understand texts (e.g., indexes, maps,charts, lists, photographs, menus, glossaries, tables ofcontents help the reader locate and verify information)The Last Thing I Do; Blobby Gobs! Just Add Water; Dog Detectives and Other Dogs With Special Skills; Special andStrange! Unusual Plants; Missing; Bats Have Hands; Behind the Scenes at the Zoo; What a Disaster!; Don’t LookDown; Move Over, Leonardo; Pandora’s Gift and Other Tales; Sticky Fingers—A History of Cooking and Eating;Stingers and Fangs—Ways Animals Attack; Twisters, Tornadoes, and Other Wild Weather; The Big Five; TheTunnel; All Aboard!; A Roman Day to Remember; The Samurai and His Daughter; A Trip on the Nile; CreepingSands—Life in the Desert; Hidden Treasure; Jason Jackson, Super Surfer; Where in the Universe?; Champions in theMaking; Famous Fake Photographs; How to Write a Horror Story; Masks and Make-Up, Plays and Performances;Alex and Lily; Big Amy; Fire on the Beach; Rhiannon and PwyllThe Last Thing I Do; Blobby Gobs! Just Add Water; Dog Detectives and Other Dogs With Special Skills; Special andStrange! Unusual Plants; Bats Have Hands; Behind the Scenes at the Zoo; Don’t Look Down; Pandora’s Gift andOther Tales; Sticky Fingers—A History of Cooking and Eating; Stingers and Fangs—Ways Animals Attack; The BigFive; The Tunnel; All Aboard!; A Roman Day to Remember; The Samurai and His Daughter; A Trip on the Nile;Creeping Sands—Life in the Desert; Hidden Treasure; Jason Jackson, Super Surfer; Where in the Universe?; How toWrite a Horror Story; Big Amy; Fire on the BeachThe Last Thing I Do; Blobby Gobs! Just Add Water; Dog Detectives and Other Dogs With Special Skills; Special andStrange! Unusual Plants; Missing; Bats Have Hands; Behind the Scenes at the Zoo; What a Disaster!; Don’t LookDown; Move Over, Leonardo; Pandora’s Gift and Other Tales; Sticky Fingers—A History of Cooking and Eating;Stingers and Fangs—Ways Animals Attack; Twisters, Tornadoes, and Other Wild Weather; The Big Five; TheTunnel; All Aboard!; A Roman Day to Remember; The Samurai and His Daughter; A Trip on the Nile; CreepingSands—Life in the Desert; Hidden Treasure; Jason Jackson, Super Surfer; Where in the Universe?; Champions in theMaking; Famous Fake Photographs; How to Write a Horror Story; Masks and Make-Up, Plays and Performances;Alex and Lily; Big Amy; Fire on the Beach; Rhiannon and Pwyll

Momentum Correlations Ontario Grade 5Elements of Style2.4 identify various elements of style - including wordchoice and the use of similes, personification,comparative adjectives, and sentences of different types,lengths, and structures - and explain how they helpcommunicate meaning (e.g., a series of short sentencescan help communicate a sense of finality: He didn’t. Hecouldn’t. He wouldn’t. The matter was settled. It was timeto move on.)The Last Thing I Do; Blobby Gobs! Just Add Water; Dog Detectives and Other Dogs With Special Skills; Special andStrange! Unusual Plants; Missing; Bats Have Hands; Behind the Scenes at the Zoo; What a Disaster!; Don’t LookDown; Move Over, Leonardo; Pandora’s Gift and Other Tales; Sticky Fingers—A History of Cooking and Eating;Stingers and Fangs—Ways Animals Attack; Twisters, Tornadoes, and Other Wild Weather; The Big Five; TheTunnel; All Aboard!; A Roman Day to Remember; The Samurai and His Daughter; A Trip on the Nile; CreepingSands—Life in the Desert; Hidden Treasure; Jason Jackson, Super Surfer; Where in the Universe?; Champions in theMaking; Famous Fake Photographs; How to Write a Horror Story; Masks and Make-Up, Plays and Performances;Alex and Lily; Big Amy; Fire on the Beach; Rhiannon and Pwyll3. Reading With FluencyBy the end of Grade 5, students will:Reading Familiar Words3.1 automatically read and understand most words incommon use (e.g., words from grade-level texts, subjectspecificterminology used regularly in discussions andposted on anchor charts, words from shared- and guidedreadingtexts and some regularly used resource materialsin the curriculum subject areas)Reading Unfamiliar Words3.2 predict the meaning of and rapidly solve unfamiliarwords using different types of cues, including:• semantic (meaning) cues (e.g., prefixes, suffixes, basewords, phrases, sentences, and visuals that activateexisting knowledge of oral and written language);• syntactic (language structure) cues (e.g., word order,language patterns, punctuation);• graphophonic (phonological and graphic) cues (e.g.,familiar words within larger words, syllables withinlonger words, similarities between words with knownspelling patterns and unknown words, visual cues thatindicate irregular plurals)Reading Fluently3.3 read appropriate texts with expression and confidence,adjusting reading strategies and reading rate to match theform and purpose (e.g., read a poem aloud withappropriate phrasing and emphasis)The Last Thing I Do; Blobby Gobs! Just Add Water; Dog Detectives and Other Dogs With Special Skills; Special andStrange! Unusual Plants; Missing; Bats Have Hands; Behind the Scenes at the Zoo; What a Disaster!; Don’t LookDown; Move Over, Leonardo; Pandora’s Gift and Other Tales; Sticky Fingers—A History of Cooking and Eating;Stingers and Fangs—Ways Animals Attack; Twisters, Tornadoes, and Other Wild Weather; The Big Five; TheTunnel; All Aboard!; A Roman Day to Remember; The Samurai and His Daughter; A Trip on the Nile; CreepingSands—Life in the Desert; Hidden Treasure; Jason Jackson, Super Surfer; Where in the Universe?; Champions in theMaking; Famous Fake Photographs; How to Write a Horror Story; Masks and Make-Up, Plays and Performances;Alex and Lily; Big Amy; Fire on the Beach; Rhiannon and PwyllDog Detectives and Other Dogs With Special Skills; Special and Strange! Unusual Plants; Bats Have Hands; Behindthe Scenes at the Zoo; Pandora’s Gift and Other Tales; Sticky Fingers—A History of Cooking and Eating; Stingersand Fangs—Ways Animals Attack; Twisters, Tornadoes, and Other Wild Weather; The Big Five; All Aboard!; TheSamurai and His Daughter; A Trip on the Nile; Creeping Sands—Life in the Desert; Hidden Treasure; JasonJackson, Super Surfer; Where in the Universe?; Champions in the Making; Famous Fake Photographs; How to Writea Horror Story; Masks and Make-Up, Plays and Performances; Alex and Lily; Big AmyThe Last Thing I Do; Blobby Gobs! Just Add Water; Dog Detectives and Other Dogs With Special Skills; Special and Strange!Unusual Plants; Missing; Bats Have Hands; Behind the Scenes at the Zoo; What a Disaster!; Don’t Look Down; Move Over,Leonardo; Pandora’s Gift and Other Tales; Sticky Fingers—A History of Cooking and Eating; Stingers and Fangs—Ways AnimalsAttack; Twisters, Tornadoes, and Other Wild Weather; The Big Five; The Tunnel; All Aboard!; A Roman Day to Remember; TheSamurai and His Daughter; A Trip on the Nile; Creeping Sands—Life in the Desert; Hidden Treasure; Jason Jackson, Super Surfer;Where in the Universe?; Champions in the Making; Famous Fake Photographs; How to Write a Horror Story; Masks and Make-Up,Plays and Performances; Alex and Lily; Big Amy; Fire on the Beach; Rhiannon and Pwyll

Momentum Correlations Ontario Grade 54. Reflecting on Reading Skills and StrategiesBy the end of Grade 5, students will:Metacognition4.1 identify the strategies they found most helpful before,during, and after reading and explain, in conversationwith the teacher and/or peers or in a reader’s notebook,how they can use these and other strategies to improve asreadersTeacher prompts: “Did preparing a list of questions toanswer help you to find the information you needed fromthe biography?” “How do you know when you are notunderstanding during reading?” “What ‘fix-up’ strategiesdo you use when a passage is hard to understand?”Interconnected Skills4.2 explain, in conversations with peers and/or the teacheror in a reader’s notebook, how their skills in listening,speaking, writing, viewing, and representing help themmake sense of what they read (e.g., viewing a televisionprogram or video about a topic before reading a text onthe same topic builds background knowledge, introducescontent-specific vocabulary, and offers a differentperspective on the topic)The Last Thing I Do; Blobby Gobs! Just Add Water; Dog Detectives and Other Dogs With Special Skills; Special andStrange! Unusual Plants; Missing; Bats Have Hands; Behind the Scenes at the Zoo; What a Disaster!; Don’t LookDown; Move Over, Leonardo; Pandora’s Gift and Other Tales; Sticky Fingers—A History of Cooking and Eating;Stingers and Fangs—Ways Animals Attack; Twisters, Tornadoes, and Other Wild Weather; The Big Five; TheTunnel; All Aboard!; A Roman Day to Remember; The Samurai and His Daughter; A Trip on the Nile; CreepingSands—Life in the Desert; Hidden Treasure; Jason Jackson, Super Surfer; Where in the Universe?; Champions in theMaking; Famous Fake Photographs; How to Write a Horror Story; Masks and Make-Up, Plays and Performances;Alex and Lily; Big Amy; Fire on the Beach; Rhiannon and PwyllThe Last Thing I Do; Blobby Gobs! Just Add Water; Dog Detectives and Other Dogs With Special Skills; Special andStrange! Unusual Plants; Missing; Bats Have Hands; Behind the Scenes at the Zoo; What a Disaster!; Don’t LookDown; Move Over, Leonardo; Pandora’s Gift and Other Tales; Sticky Fingers—A History of Cooking and Eating;Stingers and Fangs—Ways Animals Attack; Twisters, Tornadoes, and Other Wild Weather; The Big Five; TheTunnel; All Aboard!; A Roman Day to Remember; The Samurai and His Daughter; A Trip on the Nile; CreepingSands—Life in the Desert; Hidden Treasure; Jason Jackson, Super Surfer; Where in the Universe?; Champions in theMaking; Famous Fake Photographs; How to Write a Horror Story; Masks and Make-Up, Plays and Performances;Alex and Lily; Big Amy; Fire on the Beach; Rhiannon and Pwyll

Momentum Correlations Ontario Grade 5GRADE 5: WRITINGOVERALL EXPECTATIONSBy the end of Grade 5, students will:1. generate, gather, and organize ideas and information towrite for an intended purpose and audience;2. draft and revise their writing, using a variety ofinformational, literary, and graphic forms and stylisticelements appropriate for the purpose and audience;3. use editing, proofreading, and publishing skills andstrategies, and knowledge of language conventions, tocorrect errors, refine expression, and present their workeffectively;4. reflect on and identify their strengths as writers, areasfor improvement, and the strategies they found mosthelpful at different stages in the writing process.The Last Thing I Do; Blobby Gobs! Just Add Water; Dog Detectives and Other Dogs With Special Skills; Special andStrange! Unusual Plants; Missing; Bats Have Hands; Behind the Scenes at the Zoo; What a Disaster!; Don’t LookDown; Move Over, Leonardo; Pandora’s Gift and Other Tales; Sticky Fingers—A History of Cooking and Eating;Stingers and Fangs—Ways Animals Attack; Twisters, Tornadoes, and Other Wild Weather; The Big Five; TheTunnel; All Aboard!; A Roman Day to Remember; The Samurai and His Daughter; A Trip on the Nile; CreepingSands—Life in the Desert; Hidden Treasure; Jason Jackson, Super Surfer; Where in the Universe?; Champions in theMaking; Famous Fake Photographs; How to Write a Horror Story; Masks and Make-Up, Plays and Performances;Alex and Lily; Big Amy; Fire on the Beach; Rhiannon and PwyllThe Last Thing I Do; Blobby Gobs! Just Add Water; Dog Detectives and Other Dogs With Special Skills; Special andStrange! Unusual Plants; Missing; Bats Have Hands; Behind the Scenes at the Zoo; What a Disaster!; Don’t LookDown; Move Over, Leonardo; Pandora’s Gift and Other Tales; Sticky Fingers—A History of Cooking and Eating;Stingers and Fangs—Ways Animals Attack; Twisters, Tornadoes, and Other Wild Weather; The Big Five; TheTunnel; All Aboard!; A Roman Day to Remember; The Samurai and His Daughter; A Trip on the Nile; CreepingSands—Life in the Desert; Hidden Treasure; Jason Jackson, Super Surfer; Where in the Universe?; Champions in theMaking; Famous Fake Photographs; How to Write a Horror Story; Masks and Make-Up, Plays and Performances;Alex and Lily; Big Amy; Fire on the Beach; Rhiannon and PwyllThe Last Thing I Do; Blobby Gobs! Just Add Water; Dog Detectives and Other Dogs With Special Skills; Special andStrange! Unusual Plants; Missing; Bats Have Hands; Behind the Scenes at the Zoo; What a Disaster!; Don’t LookDown; Move Over, Leonardo; Pandora’s Gift and Other Tales; Sticky Fingers—A History of Cooking and Eating;Stingers and Fangs—Ways Animals Attack; Twisters, Tornadoes, and Other Wild Weather; The Big Five; TheTunnel; All Aboard!; A Roman Day to Remember; The Samurai and His Daughter; A Trip on the Nile; CreepingSands—Life in the Desert; Hidden Treasure; Jason Jackson, Super Surfer; Where in the Universe?; Champions in theMaking; Famous Fake Photographs; How to Write a Horror Story; Masks and Make-Up, Plays and Performances;Alex and Lily; Big Amy; Fire on the Beach; Rhiannon and PwyllThe Last Thing I Do; Blobby Gobs! Just Add Water; Dog Detectives and Other Dogs With Special Skills; Special andStrange! Unusual Plants; Missing; Bats Have Hands; Behind the Scenes at the Zoo; What a Disaster!; Don’t LookDown; Move Over, Leonardo; Pandora’s Gift and Other Tales; Sticky Fingers—A History of Cooking and Eating;Stingers and Fangs—Ways Animals Attack; Twisters, Tornadoes, and Other Wild Weather; The Big Five; TheTunnel; All Aboard!; A Roman Day to Remember; The Samurai and His Daughter; A Trip on the Nile; CreepingSands—Life in the Desert; Hidden Treasure; Jason Jackson, Super Surfer; Where in the Universe?; Champions in theMaking; Famous Fake Photographs; How to Write a Horror Story; Masks and Make-Up, Plays and Performances;Alex and Lily; Big Amy; Fire on the Beach; Rhiannon and Pwyll

Momentum Correlations Ontario Grade 5SPECIFIC EXPECTATIONS1. Developing and Organizing ContentBy the end of Grade 5, students will:Purpose and Audience1.1 identify the topic, purpose, and audience for a varietyof writing forms (e.g., a poem or song on a social issuefor performance by the class; a formal letter to the teacheroutlining their opinion on eliminating soft drinks from theschool vending machine; an article explaining the watercycle and including a flow chart, for an online studentencyclopedia)Developing Ideas1.2 generate ideas about a potential topic and identifythose most appropriate for the purposeResearch1.3 gather information to support ideas for writing, usinga variety of strategies and a range of print and electronicresources (e.g., interview people with knowledge of thetopic; identify and use graphic and multimedia sources;keep a record of sources used and information gathered)Classifying Ideas1.4 sort and classify ideas and information for theirwriting in a variety of ways (e.g., by underlining orhighlighting key words or phrases; by using a graphicorganizer such as a web or ranking ladder)Organizing Ideas1.5 identify and order main ideas and supporting detailsand group them into units that could be used to developseveral linked paragraphs, using a variety of strategiesThe Last Thing I Do; Blobby Gobs! Just Add Water; Dog Detectives and Other Dogs With Special Skills; Special andStrange! Unusual Plants; Missing; Bats Have Hands; Behind the Scenes at the Zoo; What a Disaster!; Don’t LookDown; Move Over, Leonardo; Pandora’s Gift and Other Tales; Sticky Fingers—A History of Cooking and Eating;Stingers and Fangs—Ways Animals Attack; Twisters, Tornadoes, and Other Wild Weather; The Big Five; TheTunnel; All Aboard!; A Roman Day to Remember; The Samurai and His Daughter; A Trip on the Nile; CreepingSands—Life in the Desert; Hidden Treasure; Jason Jackson, Super Surfer; Where in the Universe?; Champions in theMaking; Famous Fake Photographs; How to Write a Horror Story; Masks and Make-Up, Plays and Performances;Alex and Lily; Big Amy; Fire on the Beach; Rhiannon and PwyllThe Last Thing I Do; Blobby Gobs! Just Add Water; Dog Detectives and Other Dogs With Special Skills; Special andStrange! Unusual Plants; Missing; Bats Have Hands; Behind the Scenes at the Zoo; What a Disaster!; Don’t LookDown; Move Over, Leonardo; Pandora’s Gift and Other Tales; Sticky Fingers—A History of Cooking and Eating;Stingers and Fangs—Ways Animals Attack; Twisters, Tornadoes, and Other Wild Weather; The Big Five; TheTunnel; All Aboard!; A Roman Day to Remember; The Samurai and His Daughter; A Trip on the Nile; CreepingSands—Life in the Desert; Hidden Treasure; Jason Jackson, Super Surfer; Where in the Universe?; Champions in theMaking; Famous Fake Photographs; How to Write a Horror Story; Masks and Make-Up, Plays and Performances;Alex and Lily; Big Amy; Fire on the Beach; Rhiannon and PwyllThe Last Thing I Do; Blobby Gobs! Just Add Water; Dog Detectives and Other Dogs With Special Skills; Special andStrange! Unusual Plants; Missing; Bats Have Hands; Behind the Scenes at the Zoo; What a Disaster!; Don’t LookDown; Move Over, Leonardo; Pandora’s Gift and Other Tales; Sticky Fingers—A History of Cooking and Eating;Stingers and Fangs—Ways Animals Attack; Twisters, Tornadoes, and Other Wild Weather; The Big Five; TheTunnel; All Aboard!; A Roman Day to Remember; The Samurai and His Daughter; A Trip on the Nile; CreepingSands—Life in the Desert; Hidden Treasure; Jason Jackson, Super Surfer; Where in the Universe?; Champions in theMaking; Famous Fake Photographs; How to Write a Horror Story; Masks and Make-Up, Plays and Performances;Alex and Lily; Big Amy; Fire on the Beach; Rhiannon and PwyllDog Detectives and Other Dogs With Special Skills; Missing; Bats Have Hands; What a Disaster!; Don’t LookDown; Move Over, Leonardo; Pandora’s Gift and Other Tales; Sticky Fingers—A History of Cooking and Eating;Stingers and Fangs—Ways Animals Attack; Twisters, Tornadoes, and Other Wild Weather; The Big Five; TheTunnel; All Aboard!; A Roman Day to Remember; A Trip on the Nile; Creeping Sands—Life in the Desert; HiddenTreasure; Jason Jackson, Super Surfer; Where in the Universe?; Champions in the Making; Famous FakePhotographs; How to Write a Horror Story; Masks and Make-Up, Plays and Performances; Alex and Lily; Big Amy;Fire on the BeachDog Detectives and Other Dogs With Special Skills; Missing; What a Disaster!; Don’t Look Down; Move Over,Leonardo; Pandora’s Gift and Other Tales; Sticky Fingers—A History of Cooking and Eating; Stingers and Fangs—Ways Animals Attack; The Big Five; The Tunnel; All Aboard!; The Samurai and His Daughter; A Trip on the Nile;Creeping Sands—Life in the Desert; Hidden Treasure; Jason Jackson, Super Surfer; Where in the Universe?;

Momentum Correlations Ontario Grade 5(e.g., making jot notes; following a writing framework)and organizational patterns (e.g., chronological order,comparison, cause and effect)Review1.6 determine whether the ideas and information theyhave gathered are relevant, appropriate, and adequate forthe purpose, and do more research if necessary (e.g.,review material with a partner using a mind map ortimeline)Famous Fake Photographs; How to Write a Horror Story; Masks and Make-Up, Plays and Performances; Alex andLily; Fire on the Beach; Rhiannon and PwyllBlobby-Gobs! Just Add Water; Special and Strange! Unusual Plants; Bats Have Hands; Behind the Scenes at theZoo; Pandora’s Gift and Other Tales; Stingers and Fangs—Ways Animals Attack; Twisters, Tornadoes, and OtherWild Weather; All Aboard!; The Samurai and His Daughter; Hidden Treasure; Fire on the Beach; Rhiannon andPwyll2. Using Knowledge of Form and Style in WritingBy the end of Grade 5, students will:Form2.1 write longer and more complex texts using a varietyof forms (e.g., a biographical sketch, based on research; areport, including research notes, describing the effect ofthe natural environment on an early civilization; anoutline of the procedure for becoming a Canadian citizen;an explanation of how a human organ system functions,using pictures, captions, and notes; a review of orcommentary on a book, movie, or video game; a mythusing themes identified in reading; a pamphlet on asocially relevant topic they have studied this year)Voice2.2 establish an appropriate voice in their writing, with afocus on modifying language and tone to suit differentcircumstances or audiences (e.g., use a serious tone in aletter to the editor, a humorous tone in a letter to a friend)Word Choice2.3 use some vivid and/or figurative language andinnovative expressions to add interest (e.g., somecomparative adjectives; similes or personification;comparative adverbs: more slowly)Sentence Fluency2.4 vary sentence types and structures, with a focus onusing conjunctions to connect ideas, and pronouns toThe Last Thing I Do; Blobby Gobs! Just Add Water; Dog Detectives and Other Dogs With Special Skills; Special andStrange! Unusual Plants; Missing; Bats Have Hands; Behind the Scenes at the Zoo; What a Disaster!; Don’t LookDown; Move Over, Leonardo; Pandora’s Gift and Other Tales; Sticky Fingers—A History of Cooking and Eating;Stingers and Fangs—Ways Animals Attack; Twisters, Tornadoes, and Other Wild Weather; The Big Five; TheTunnel; All Aboard!; A Roman Day to Remember; The Samurai and His Daughter; A Trip on the Nile; CreepingSands—Life in the Desert; Hidden Treasure; Jason Jackson, Super Surfer; Where in the Universe?; Champions in theMaking; Famous Fake Photographs; How to Write a Horror Story; Masks and Make-Up, Plays and Performances;Alex and Lily; Big Amy; Fire on the Beach; Rhiannon and PwyllThe Last Thing I Do; Blobby Gobs! Just Add Water; Dog Detectives and Other Dogs With Special Skills; Special andStrange! Unusual Plants; Missing; Bats Have Hands; Behind the Scenes at the Zoo; What a Disaster!; Don’t LookDown; Move Over, Leonardo; Pandora’s Gift and Other Tales; Sticky Fingers—A History of Cooking and Eating;Stingers and Fangs—Ways Animals Attack; Twisters, Tornadoes, and Other Wild Weather; The Big Five; TheTunnel; All Aboard!; A Roman Day to Remember; The Samurai and His Daughter; A Trip on the Nile; CreepingSands—Life in the Desert; Hidden Treasure; Jason Jackson, Super Surfer; Where in the Universe?; Champions in theMaking; Famous Fake Photographs; How to Write a Horror Story; Masks and Make-Up, Plays and Performances;Alex and Lily; Big Amy; Fire on the Beach; Rhiannon and PwyllThe Last Thing I Do; Blobby Gobs! Just Add Water; Dog Detectives and Other Dogs With Special Skills; Special andStrange! Unusual Plants; Missing; Don’t Look Down; Move Over, Leonardo; Pandora’s Gift and Other Tales;Twisters, Tornadoes, and Other Wild Weather; The Tunnel; All Aboard!; A Roman Day to Remember; A Trip on theNile; Creeping Sands—Life in the Desert; Hidden Treasure; Jason Jackson, Super Surfer; Where in the Universe?;Champions in the Making; How to Write a Horror Story; Alex and Lily; Big Amy; Fire on the Beach; Rhiannon andPwyllThe Last Thing I Do; Blobby Gobs! Just Add Water; Dog Detectives and Other Dogs With Special Skills; Special andStrange! Unusual Plants; Missing; Bats Have Hands; Behind the Scenes at the Zoo; What a Disaster!; Don’t LookDown; Move Over, Leonardo; Pandora’s Gift and Other Tales; Sticky Fingers—A History of Cooking and Eating;

Momentum Correlations Ontario Grade 5make links within and between sentences (e.g., The latchwas stiff, and the boy struggled to open the door. Finally,with much effort, he forced it open.)Point of View2.5 identify their point of view and other possible pointsof view, and determine, when appropriate, if their ownview is balanced and supported by evidenceTeacher prompt: “Identify a point of view other than yourown and list the arguments that would support it. Haveyou included evidence in your work that would answerthese arguments?”Preparing for Revision2.6 identify elements of their writing that needimprovement, using feedback from the teacher and peers,with a focus on specific features (e.g., effective use oflanguage, logical organization)Teacher prompts: “Can you describe two nouns morespecifically by adding appropriate adjectives?” “Are thereideas in the body of the paragraph that should be includedin your topic sentence?”Revision2.7 make revisions to improve the content, clarity, andinterest of their written work, using a variety of strategies(e.g., use coloured pens and/or cutting and pasting toidentify and move chunks of text that need to bereordered; add or substitute words and phrases, includingvocabulary from other subjects and figurative languagesuch as similes and personification, to achieve particulareffects; adjust sentence length and complexity to suit theaudience and purpose; check that language is inclusiveand non-discriminatory)Teacher prompt: “Are your sentences too long andcomplicated/too short and simple/too much the same toappeal to your intended audience?”Producing Drafts2.8 produce revised, draft pieces of writing to meetStingers and Fangs—Ways Animals Attack; Twisters, Tornadoes, and Other Wild Weather; The Big Five; TheTunnel; All Aboard!; A Roman Day to Remember; The Samurai and His Daughter; A Trip on the Nile; CreepingSands—Life in the Desert; Hidden Treasure; Jason Jackson, Super Surfer; Where in the Universe?; Champions in theMaking; Famous Fake Photographs; How to Write a Horror Story; Masks and Make-Up, Plays and Performances;Alex and Lily; Big Amy; Fire on the Beach; Rhiannon and PwyllBlobby Gobs! Just Add Water; Missing; Don’t Look Down; The Big Five; The Tunnel; A Roman Day to Remember;A Trip on the Nile; Creeping Sands—Life in the Desert; Where in the Universe?; Champions in the Making; FamousFake Photographs; Masks and Make-Up, Plays and Performances; Alex and Lily; Big Amy; Fire on the BeachBlobby Gobs! Just Add Water; Special and Strange! Unusual Plants; Bats Have Hands; Behind the Scenes at theZoo; Move Over, Leonardo; Pandora’s Gift and Other Tales; Stingers and Fangs—Ways Animals Attack; Twisters,Tornadoes, and Other Wild Weather; The Big Five; The Tunnel; All Aboard!; The Samurai and His Daughter; A Tripon the Nile; Hidden Treasure; Alex and Lily; Big Amy; Fire on the Beach; Rhiannon and PwyllBlobby Gobs! Just Add Water; Special and Strange! Unusual Plants; Bats Have Hands; Behind the Scenes at theZoo; Move Over, Leonardo; Pandora’s Gift and Other Tales; Stingers and Fangs—Ways Animals Attack; Twisters,Tornadoes, and Other Wild Weather; The Big Five; The Tunnel; All Aboard!; The Samurai and His Daughter; A Tripon the Nile; Hidden Treasure; Alex and Lily; Big Amy; Fire on the Beach; Rhiannon and PwyllBlobby Gobs! Just Add Water; Special and Strange! Unusual Plants; Bats Have Hands; Behind the Scenes at theZoo; Move Over, Leonardo; Pandora’s Gift and Other Tales; Stingers and Fangs—Ways Animals Attack; Twisters,

Momentum Correlations Ontario Grade 5identified criteria based on the expectations related tocontent, organization, style, and use of conventionsTornadoes, and Other Wild Weather; The Big Five; All Aboard!; The Samurai and His Daughter; A Trip on the Nile;Hidden Treasure; How to Write a Horror Story; Alex and Lily; Fire on the Beach; Rhiannon and Pwyll3. Applying Knowledge of Language Conventions and Presenting Written Work EffectivelyBy the end of Grade 5, students will:Spelling Familiar Words3.1 spell familiar words correctly (e.g., words from theiroral vocabulary, anchor charts, and shared-, guided-, andindependent-reading texts; words used regularly ininstruction across the curriculum)Spelling Unfamiliar Words3.2 spell unfamiliar words using a variety of strategiesthat involve understanding sound-symbol relationships,word structures, word meanings, and generalizationsabout spelling (e.g., pronounce the silent letters in words:p-neumonia; divide polysyllabic words into syllables;visualize irregular plurals; apply rules for adding -ed, -ingand -er, -est to base words; use memory tricks tomemorize the letter order of irregular spellings; use themeaning of common prefixes and suffixes to understandand spell new words)Vocabulary3.3 confirm spellings and word meanings or word choiceusing a variety of resources appropriate for the purpose(e.g., locate guide words, word meanings, spelling charts,pronunciation keys, schwa symbol, idioms, inflectedforms, and information about word origins in online orprint dictionaries; use a variety of thematic dictionariessuch as a bilingual dictionary or a crossword dictionary;use a thesaurus to find alternative words)Punctuation3.4 use punctuation appropriately to help communicate theirintended meaning, with a focus on the use of: a comma beforeand or but in compound sentences to join principal clauses;quotation marks for direct speech; and the placement of commas,question marks, and exclamation marks inside quotation marks indirect speechThe Last Thing I Do; Blobby Gobs! Just Add Water; Dog Detectives and Other Dogs With Special Skills; Special andStrange! Unusual Plants; Missing; Bats Have Hands; Behind the Scenes at the Zoo; What a Disaster!; Don’t LookDown; Move Over, Leonardo; Pandora’s Gift and Other Tales; Sticky Fingers—A History of Cooking and Eating;Stingers and Fangs—Ways Animals Attack; Twisters, Tornadoes, and Other Wild Weather; The Big Five; TheTunnel; All Aboard!; A Roman Day to Remember; The Samurai and His Daughter; A Trip on the Nile; CreepingSands—Life in the Desert; Hidden Treasure; Jason Jackson, Super Surfer; Where in the Universe?; Champions in theMaking; Famous Fake Photographs; How to Write a Horror Story; Masks and Make-Up, Plays and Performances;Alex and Lily; Big Amy; Fire on the Beach; Rhiannon and PwyllSpecial and Strange! Unusual Plants; Sticky Fingers—A History of Cooking and Eating; Big AmyThe Last Thing I Do; Blobby-Gobs! Just Add Water; Dog Detectives and Other Dogs With Special Skills; Special andStrange! Unusual Plants; Bats Have Hands; Behind the Scenes at the Zoo; Don’t Look Down; Move Over, Leonardo;Pandora’s Gift and Other Tales; Stingers and Fangs—Ways Animals Attack; The Big Five; A Roman Day toRemember; The Samurai and His Daughter; Creeping Sands—Life in the Desert; Alex and Lily; Big Amy; Fire on theBeachThe Last Thing I Do; Blobby-Gobs! Just Add Water; Missing; What a Disaster!; Move Over, Leonardo; The BigFive; The Samurai and His Daughter; A Trip on the Nile; Hidden Treasure; Jason Jackson, Super Surfer; Championsin the Making; Rhiannon and Pwyll

Momentum Correlations Ontario Grade 5Grammar3.5 use parts of speech correctly to communicate theirintended meaning clearly, with a focus on the use of:common, proper, and abstract nouns (e.g., courage, hope);collective nouns (e.g., flock of birds); adjectives,including comparative adjectives (e.g., bigger, moreexpensive); the helping verb have; adverbs modifyingverbs (e.g., when, where, how); comparative adverbs(e.g., faster, slower)Proofreading3.6 proofread and correct their writing using guidelinesdeveloped with peers and the teacher (e.g., an editingchecklist specific to the writing task)Publishing3.7 use a range of appropriate elements of effectivepresentation in the finished product, including print,script, different fonts, graphics, and layout (e.g., uselegible printing and cursive writing; include a labelleddiagram, photographs, and a beginning glossary of termsin a read-aloud information book for younger children;use a formal letter layout for a letter to a public official)Producing Finished Works3.8 produce pieces of published work to meet identifiedcriteria based on the expectations related to content,organization, style, use of conventions, and use ofpresentation strategiesThe Last Thing I Do; Blobby Gobs! Just Add Water; Dog Detectives and Other Dogs With Special Skills; Special andStrange! Unusual Plants; Missing; Bats Have Hands; Behind the Scenes at the Zoo; What a Disaster!; Don’t LookDown; Move Over, Leonardo; Pandora’s Gift and Other Tales; Sticky Fingers—A History of Cooking and Eating;Stingers and Fangs—Ways Animals Attack; Twisters, Tornadoes, and Other Wild Weather; The Big Five; TheTunnel; All Aboard!; A Roman Day to Remember; The Samurai and His Daughter; A Trip on the Nile; CreepingSands—Life in the Desert; Hidden Treasure; Jason Jackson, Super Surfer; Where in the Universe?; Champions in theMaking; Famous Fake Photographs; How to Write a Horror Story; Masks and Make-Up, Plays and Performances;Alex and Lily; Big Amy; Fire on the Beach; Rhiannon and PwyllBlobby Gobs! Just Add Water; Special and Strange! Unusual Plants; Bats Have Hands; Behind the Scenes at theZoo; Move Over, Leonardo; Pandora’s Gift and Other Tales; Stingers and Fangs—Ways Animals Attack; Twisters,Tornadoes, and Other Wild Weather; The Big Five; The Tunnel; All Aboard!; The Samurai and His Daughter; A Tripon the Nile; Hidden Treasure; Alex and Lily; Big Amy; Fire on the Beach; Rhiannon and PwyllSpecial and Strange! Unusual Plants; What a Disaster!; Move Over, Leonardo; Pandora’s Gift and Other Tales;Stingers and Fangs—Ways Animals Attack; All Aboard!; A Trip on the Nile; Creeping Sands—Life in the Desert;Where in the Universe?; Masks and Make-Up, Plays and Performances; Alex and Lily; Fire on the BeachSpecial and Strange! Unusual Plants; What a Disaster!; Move Over, Leonardo; Pandora’s Gift and Other Tales;Stingers and Fangs—Ways Animals Attack; All Aboard!; A Trip on the Nile; Creeping Sands—Life in the Desert;Where in the Universe?; Masks and Make-Up, Plays and Performances; Alex and Lily; Fire on the Beach4. Reflecting on Writing Skills and StrategiesBy the end of Grade 5, students will:Metacognition4.1 identify what strategies they found most helpfulbefore, during, and after writing and what steps they cantake to improve as writers (e.g., use a three-columnreflective journal to monitor the writing process: Whathappened? How do I feel about it? What did I learn?)Teacher prompts: “What did you know about your audience thatinformed your planning process?” “What strategy did you findmost helpful for organizing information?” “What editingstrategies are most effective for you?”The Last Thing I Do; Blobby Gobs! Just Add Water; Dog Detectives and Other Dogs With Special Skills; Special andStrange! Unusual Plants; Missing; Bats Have Hands; Behind the Scenes at the Zoo; What a Disaster!; Don’t LookDown; Move Over, Leonardo; Pandora’s Gift and Other Tales; Sticky Fingers—A History of Cooking and Eating;Stingers and Fangs—Ways Animals Attack; Twisters, Tornadoes, and Other Wild Weather; The Big Five; TheTunnel; All Aboard!; A Roman Day to Remember; The Samurai and His Daughter; A Trip on the Nile; CreepingSands—Life in the Desert; Hidden Treasure; Jason Jackson, Super Surfer; Where in the Universe?; Champions in theMaking; Famous Fake Photographs; How to Write a Horror Story; Masks and Make-Up, Plays and Performances;Alex and Lily; Big Amy; Fire on the Beach; Rhiannon and Pwyll

Momentum Correlations Ontario Grade 5Interconnected Skills4.2 describe, with prompting by the teacher, how theirskills in listening, speaking, reading, viewing, andrepresenting help in their development as writersTeacher prompts: “How has exploring different authors’perspectives on an issue helped you prepare for writing?”“Explain how dialogue with your peers can help you toexpress your opinion when you are writing.”Portfolio4.3 select pieces of writing that they think reflect theirgrowth and competence as writers and explain the reasonsfor their choicesThe Last Thing I Do; Blobby Gobs! Just Add Water; Dog Detectives and Other Dogs With Special Skills; Special andStrange! Unusual Plants; Missing; Bats Have Hands; Behind the Scenes at the Zoo; What a Disaster!; Don’t LookDown; Move Over, Leonardo; Pandora’s Gift and Other Tales; Sticky Fingers—A History of Cooking and Eating;Stingers and Fangs—Ways Animals Attack; Twisters, Tornadoes, and Other Wild Weather; The Big Five; TheTunnel; All Aboard!; A Roman Day to Remember; The Samurai and His Daughter; A Trip on the Nile; CreepingSands—Life in the Desert; Hidden Treasure; Jason Jackson, Super Surfer; Where in the Universe?; Champions in theMaking; Famous Fake Photographs; How to Write a Horror Story; Masks and Make-Up, Plays and Performances;Alex and Lily; Big Amy; Fire on the Beach; Rhiannon and Pwyll

Momentum Correlations Ontario Grade 5GRADE 5: MEDIA LITERACYOVERALL EXPECTATIONSBy the end of Grade 5, students will:1. demonstrate an understanding of a variety of mediatexts;2. identify some media forms and explain how theconventions and techniques associated with them are usedto create meaning;3. create a variety of media texts for different purposesand audiences, using appropriate forms, conventions, andtechniques;4. reflect on and identify their strengths as mediainterpreters and creators, areas for improvement, and thestrategies they found most helpful in understanding andcreating media texts.Dog Detectives and Other Dogs With Special Skills; Behind the Scenes at the Zoo; Move Over Leonardo; StickyFingers—A History of Cooking and Eating; Stingers and Fangs—Ways Animals Attack; All Aboard!; A Roman Dayto Remember; A Trip on the Nile; Creeping Sands—Life in the Desert; Where in the Universe?; Famous FakePhotographsDog Detectives and Other Dogs With Special Skills; Missing; What a Disaster!; Move Over, Leonardo; A Trip on theNile; Where in the Universe?Dog Detectives and Other Dogs With Special Skills; Missing; Move Over, Leonardo; A Trip on the Nile; CreepingSands—Life in the Desert; Hidden Treasure; Where in the Universe?; Masks and Make-Up, Plays and Performances;Fire on the BeachDog Detectives and Other Dogs With Special Skills; Missing; Move Over, Leonardo; A Trip on the Nile; CreepingSands—Life in the Desert; Hidden Treasure; Where in the Universe?; Masks and Make-Up, Plays and Performances;Fire on the BeachSPECIFIC EXPECTATIONS1. Understanding Media TextsBy the end of Grade 5, students will:Purpose and Audience1.1 identify the purpose and audience for a variety ofmedia texts (e.g., this sitcom is designed to appeal toteenagers; this comic book is designed to appeal toyounger girls; this CD-ROM contains information forpeople interested in sharks)Teacher prompt: “Who is this work intended/not intendedfor? What evidence in the work tells you that?”Making Inferences/Interpreting Messages1.2 use overt and implied messages to draw inferencesand construct meaning in media texts (e.g., overt messageDog Detectives and Other Dogs With Special Skills; Move Over, Leonardo; A Trip on the Nile; Where in theUniverse?; Famous Fake PhotographsDog Detectives and Other Dogs With Special Skills; Behind the Scenes at the Zoo; Sticky Fingers—A History ofCooking and Eating; Stingers and Fangs—Ways Animals Attack; All Aboard!; A Roman Day to Remember; CreepingSands—Life in the Desert; Famous Fake Photographs

Momentum Correlations Ontario Grade 5in an advertisement showing the product’s usersurrounded by friends: This product is so good that youand your friends will all like it; implied messages: Usingthis product will make you popular; not using it maymake you an outsider; popularity is based on having theright things)Teacher prompt: “What are the overt and impliedmessages conveyed by this T-shirt, which displays thelogo of a popular rock band? Is the implied message morepowerful than the overt message? Why, or why not? Doyou think this T-shirt sends a message about the personwearing it?”Responding to and Evaluating Texts1.3 express opinions about ideas, issues, and/orexperiences presented in media texts, and give evidencefrom the texts to support their opinions (e.g., explain whythey think the coverage of an event by one media newssource is more interesting and/or more reliable than thecoverage of the same event by another source; defend anopinion about whether a media text that excludes groupssuch as girls or racial or ethnocultural minorities issending a harmful message)Audience Responses1.4 explain why different audiences might responddifferently to the same media text (e.g., identify somedifferent responses to their favourite music and suggestreasons for the differences)Teacher prompts: “What do you think of this media text?Who might agree or disagree with your opinion?” “Howdoes gender/age/culture seem to influence people’schoices? Give examples.”Point of View1.5 identify whose point of view is presented or reflectedin a media text, ask questions to identify missing oralternative points of view, and, where appropriate, suggesthow a more balanced view might be represented (e.g., thisdocumentary about various athletes does not includeathletes who have physical disabilities; another charactercould be included to represent their experience)Dog Detectives and Other Dogs With Special Skills; Behind the Scenes at the Zoo; Sticky Fingers—A History ofCooking and Eating; Stingers and Fangs—Ways Animals Attack; All Aboard!; A Roman Day to Remember; A Trip onthe Nile; Creeping Sands—Life in the Desert; Famous Fake PhotographsFamous Fake PhotographsA Trip on the Nile; Where in the Universe?; Famous Fake Photographs

Momentum Correlations Ontario Grade 5Teacher prompt: “Whose point of view is missing in thismedia text? How could the text be changed to include thatpoint of view?”Production Perspectives1.6 identify who produces various media texts, the reasonfor their production, how they are produced, and how theyare funded (e.g., publishers produce magazines forspecific audiences to entertain, inform, and make money,using funds from sales and advertising; music companiesproduce CDs to entertain and make money, using fundsfrom direct sales)Move Over, Leonardo; A Trip on the Nile; Where in the Universe?; Famous Fake PhotographsTeacher prompt: “What are the different professions thatwould be involved in producing a newspaper? A CD?How much would it cost to produce a newspaper or aCD? How could we find out?”2. Understanding Media Forms, Conventions, and TechniquesBy the end of Grade 5, students will:Form2.1 describe in detail the main elements of some mediaforms (e.g., television talk show: host, studio audience,guests, commercial breaks; news broadcast: news anchor,reporters, video clips, commercial breaks; televisionsitcom: standard set, regular cast, visiting actors, laughtrack, plot problem and complications, happy ending)Teacher prompt: “What do you expect to see when youwatch a sitcom that you don’t expect in a talk show?”Conventions and Techniques2.2 identify the conventions and techniques used in somefamiliar media forms and explain how they help conveymeaning and influence or engage the audience (e.g.newspapers: separate sections for international/nationalnews, sports, entertainment, and local events to appeal toa wide range of interests; headlines, photographs withcaptions, and graphics to add human interest and impact;photographs of columnists to signal that they areDog Detectives and Other Dogs With Special Skills; Missing; What a Disaster!; Move Over, Leonardo; A Trip on theNile; Where in the Universe?Dog Detectives and Other Dogs With Special Skills; Missing; What a Disaster!; Move Over, Leonardo; A Trip on theNile; Where in the Universe?

Momentum Correlations Ontario Grade 5expressing a personal opinion)Teacher prompts: “In what ways are the layouts of thesetwo newspapers similar? In what ways are they different?Can you suggest reasons for the similarities anddifferences?” “How many sections are there in thisnewspaper? What sorts of advertisements appear in thedifferent sections? Can you explain why they differ?”3. Creating Media TextsBy the end of Grade 5, students will:Purpose and Audience3.1 describe in detail the topic, purpose, and audience formedia texts they plan to create (e.g., an advertisingcampaign to encourage students to participate in a charitydrive)Teacher prompt: “What do you want to say? Who is youraudience? How do you want to influence your audience?”Form3.2 identify an appropriate form to suit the specificpurpose and audience for a media text they plan to create,and explain why it is an appropriate choice (e.g., apamphlet or newsletter to inform parents, teachers, andstudents about environmental initiatives taken or plannedby members of the school community)Teacher prompt: “Why would a pamphlet or a newsletterbe better than a poster to communicate this message?”Conventions and Techniques3.3 identify conventions and techniques appropriate to theform chosen for a media text they plan to create, andexplain how they will use the conventions and techniquesto help communicate their message (e.g., the componentsof the dinner menu for a restaurant: different sections foreach course, descriptions of ingredients, catchy titles fordifferent dishes, and prices are included to interest dinersin the various dishes and give them information they needto make choices)Dog Detectives and Other Dogs With Special Skills; Missing; Move Over, Leonardo; A Trip on the Nile; CreepingSands—Life in the Desert; Hidden Treasure; Where in the Universe?; Masks and Make-Up, Plays and Performances;Fire on the BeachDog Detectives and Other Dogs With Special Skills; Missing; Move Over, Leonardo; A Trip on the Nile; CreepingSands—Life in the Desert; Hidden Treasure; Where in the Universe?; Masks and Make-Up, Plays and Performances;Fire on the BeachDog Detectives and Other Dogs With Special Skills; Missing; Move Over, Leonardo; A Trip on the Nile; CreepingSands—Life in the Desert; Hidden Treasure; Where in the Universe?; Masks and Make-Up, Plays and Performances;Fire on the Beach

Momentum Correlations Ontario Grade 5Teacher prompt: “In what ways would a menu for a fastfoodrestaurant differ from a menu for a fine-diningrestaurant?”Producing Media Texts3.4 produce a variety of media texts for specific purposesand audiences, using appropriate forms, conventions, andtechniques (e.g.,• a T-shirt to be worn by a character in a story ortelevision show• a pamphlet on a socially relevant topic they have studiedthis year• a collection of images (downloaded, clipped, or scanned,as appropriate) from various sources, such as magazines,the Internet, newspapers, or textbooks, to illustrate a topicfrom a cross-curricular unit of study• a flyer/poster, created using software, to advertise aschool event• a mock television commercial for a food product, drink,or item of clothing• a news broadcast about a topic - such as immigration -from a cross-curricular unit of study• a breakfast, lunch, or dinner menu for a restaurantdepicted in a novel, short story, or film)Dog Detectives and Other Dogs With Special Skills; Missing; Move Over, Leonardo; A Trip on the Nile; CreepingSands—Life in the Desert; Hidden Treasure; Where in the Universe?; Masks and Make-Up, Plays and Performances;Fire on the Beach4. Reflecting on Media Literacy Skills and StrategiesBy the end of Grade 5, students will:Metacognition4.1 identify, with some support and direction, whatstrategies they found most helpful in making sense of andcreating media texts, and explain how these and otherstrategies can help them improve as mediaviewers/listeners/producersTeacher prompt: “Reflect on the media product(s) youhave created. What did you learn from the process? Howwill that influence your next effort?”Interconnected Skills4.2 explain, with some support and direction, how theirDog Detectives and Other Dogs With Special Skills; Missing; Move Over, Leonardo; A Trip on the Nile; CreepingSands—Life in the Desert; Hidden Treasure; Where in the Universe?; Masks and Make-Up, Plays and Performances;Fire on the BeachDog Detectives and Other Dogs With Special Skills; Missing; Move Over, Leonardo; A Trip on the Nile; CreepingSands—Life in the Desert; Hidden Treasure; Where in the Universe?; Masks and Make-Up, Plays and Performances;

Momentum Correlations Ontario Grade 5skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing helpthem to make sense of and produce media textsFire on the BeachTeacher prompts: “How are reading, viewing, andlistening similar? How can your strengths in one area helpyou in another?” “How can listening to a musicsoundtrack help you understand the feelings of acharacter?” “How are talking, writing, and creating mediatexts similar? How do strengths in one area help you inanother? How can writing skills help you in producingmedia texts?”