This parent guide supports parents in helping their child at home with the 5th grade ELA content.

This is an introduction to adjectives and adverbs that includes a digital anchor chart. This also includes ideas for activities students can engage in. 

In the essay “Mother Tongue,” Amy Tan explains that she “began to write stories using all the Englishes I grew up with.” How these “different Englishes” or even a language other than English contribute to identity is a crucial issue for adolescents.
In this lesson, students explore this issue by brainstorming the different languages they use in speaking and writing, and when and where these languages are appropriate. They write in their journals about a time when someone made an assumption about them based on their use of language, and share their writing with the class. Students then read and discuss Amy Tan's essay “Mother Tongue.” Finally, they write a literacy narrative describing two different languages they use and when and where they use these languages.

Students read a biography and then write an essay based on what they have learned.

Students will read a passage; read and match vocabulary and characters with descriptors; write responses to questions; read excerpts and write the Standard English version; write textual evidence as support; and write about a character's viewpoint. This resource supports English language development for English language learners.

Students will read and write to analyze "A Red, Red Rose," for vocabulary and use of similes. This resource supports English language development for English language learners.

This course was created by the Rethink Education Content Development Team. This course is aligned to the NC Standards for 5th Grade ELA. 

This course was created by the Rethink Education Content Development Team. This course is aligned to the NC Standards for 5th Grade English Language Arts. 

This resource accompanies our Rethink 5th Grade ELA course. It includes ideas for use, ways to support exceptional children, ways to extend learning, digital resources and tools, tips for supporting English Language Learners and students with visual and hearing impairments. There are also ideas for offline learning. 

Students will read tweets from each player. Each tweet must either be expanded with more details or reduced by combining and rewriting sentences.