GRADE 5: ORAL COMMUNICATION - Scholastic Education

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