GRADE 5: ORAL COMMUNICATION - Scholastic Education

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?”