Grade 5 English – United States
Grade 5 English
This is the FutureSchool Grade 5 English course for students in the United States. It is matched to the Common Core State Standards, and to the state standards where a state sets its own. The course holds 60 lessons. Each lesson has a short video, worked examples and a printable worksheet. Lessons cover What’s the problem?, When I was Young, Space and Time and Choices and Places, and more. Your child takes an assessment first, and the course then builds a study plan that names the lessons to work on. A lesson can be repeated as often as your child wants.
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| # | TOPIC | TITLE | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What’s the problem? | A School Outing | ||
| Objective: Students will read and comprehend a notice. They will learn about the use of ‘should’ and ‘shouldn’t’. | ||||
| 2 | When I was Young | Life used to be different. | ||
| Objective: Students will develop their comprehension skills by reading, and listening to, an interview. They will learn how to describe finished activities using ‘used to’. | ||||
| 3 | When I was Young | Have you tidied your room? | ||
| Objective: Students will develop their comprehension skills by reading, and listening to, a rhyme. They will also learn the imperfect tense and its use. | ||||
| 4 | Space and Time | We’ve done our research. Full lesson available | ||
| Objective: Students will develop their comprehension skills by reading, and listening to, a picture story. They will learn some irregular verbs in the present perfect tense. | ||||
| 5 | Space and Time | We’ve written a poem! | ||
| Objective: Students will develop their comprehension skills by reading, and listening to, a rhyme. They will learn more irregular verbs in the present perfect tense. | ||||
| 6 | Choices and Places | A New Jacket | ||
| Objective: Students will develop their comprehension skills by reading a text in which preferences are discussed and comparisons are made. | ||||
| 7 | Choices and Places | He has travelled a lot. | ||
| Objective: Students will develop their comprehension skills by reading a text in which the present perfect and the simple past tenses are used. | ||||
| 8 | What’s the best way to do it? | A Text Message | ||
| Objective: Students will develop their comprehension skills by reading a text which focuses on the use of ‘have to’ and adverbs of time. | ||||
| 9 | What’s the best way to do it? | What will we make? | ||
| Objective: Students will develop their comprehension skills by reading a text in which the children discuss a project. | ||||
| 10 | Class Camp | Dear Parents, … | ||
| Objective: Students will develop their comprehension skills by reading a letter which uses a variety of verb tenses. | ||||
| 11 | Class Camp | A Postcard from Kate | ||
| Objective: Students will develop their comprehension skills by reading an informal letter in which the simple past tense of the verb is used. | ||||
| 12 | Sentences | The Sentence | ||
| Objective: To identify and use complete sentences. | ||||
| 13 | Capitalization | Capital Letters 1 | ||
| Objective: To use capital letters correctly: to begin sentences, for proper nouns. | ||||
| 14 | Common Nouns | Common Nouns | ||
| Objective: To show a common noun names an object or thing. | ||||
| 15 | Punctuation | Sentence Endings | ||
| Objective: To use full-stops, question marks, exclamation marks and capital letters correctly. | ||||
| 16 | Verbs | Simple Verbs | ||
| Objective: To identify and use verbs. To understand a verb can be: an action or doing word, a state of being or ownership. | ||||
| 17 | Basic Dictionary Use | Basic Dictionary Use | ||
| Objective: To find words arranged alphabetically and identify word meanings in dictionaries. | ||||
| 18 | Nouns | Proper Nouns | ||
| Objective: To show a proper noun is used to name a person, place or a title. | ||||
| 19 | Adjectives | Adjectives | ||
| Objective: To show an adjective is a word that describes a noun. | ||||
| 20 | Adverbs | Adverbs | ||
| Objective: To identify and use adverbs. To understand an adverb tells something about (modifies) a verb. | ||||
| 21 | Pronouns | Pronouns | ||
| Objective: To show a pronoun is used in place of a noun. | ||||
| 22 | Parts of Speech Part b | Conjunctions | ||
| Objective: To identify and use conjunctions correctly. | ||||
| 23 | Punctuation | Commas 1 | ||
| Objective: To use commas: to list, to make meaning clear, and when writing the date. | ||||
| 24 | Contractions | Contractions | ||
| Objective: To identify and use contractions. | ||||
| 25 | Parts of Speech Part h | Articles and Demonstratives | ||
| Objective: To identify and use articles and demonstratives correctly. | ||||
| 26 | Antonyms and Synonyms | Antonyms and Synonyms | ||
| Objective: To identify and use antonyms and synonyms. | ||||
| 27 | Spelling Skills | Spelling | ||
| Objective: To correctly spell words after adding suffixes: ‘ing’, ‘ed’, ‘er’, ‘est’. | ||||
| 28 | Spelling Skills | Syllabification | ||
| Objective: To improve spelling by dividing words correctly into syllables. | ||||
| 29 | Plurals | Plurals 2 – special rules | ||
| Objective: To form plurals with special rules: words ending in ‘y’ and ‘f’. | ||||
| 30 | Nouns | Collective and Abstract Nouns | ||
| Objective: To identify and use collective and abstract nouns. | ||||
| 31 | Verbs | Verbs – Tense | ||
| Objective: To identify and use the correct tense of verbs: past, present and future. | ||||
| 32 | Adjectives | Adjectives – Comparatives and Superlatives | ||
| Objective: To identify and use comparative and superlative adjectives. | ||||
| 33 | Parts of Speech Part a | Prepositions | ||
| Objective: To identify and use prepositions correctly. | ||||
| 34 | Punctuation Skills Part b | Quotation Marks | ||
| Objective: To use quotation marks for direct speech. | ||||
| 35 | Common Errors | Common Errors in writing | ||
| Objective: To identify and eliminate common errors. | ||||
| 36 | Apostrophe – Possession | Apostrophe – Possession | ||
| Objective: To use the apostrophe of possession correctly. | ||||
| 37 | Mnemonics | Spelling – Mnemonics | ||
| Objective: To identify and use mnemonics to assist in correct spelling. | ||||
| 38 | Prefixes | Prefixes | ||
| Objective: The identify and use prefixes. | ||||
| 39 | Suffixes | Suffixes | ||
| Objective: The identify and use suffixes. | ||||
| 40 | Similes and Metaphors | Similes and Metaphors | ||
| Objective: To identify and use similes and metaphors. | ||||
| 41 | Figurative Language | Onomatopoeia, Assonance and Alliteration | ||
| Objective: To identify, and make use of, onomatopoeia, assonance, and alliteration. | ||||
| 42 | Homonyms – Homophones and Homographs | Homonyms – Homophones and Homographs | ||
| Objective: To identify and use correctly homonyms, both homophones and homographs. | ||||
| 43 | Advanced Dictionary Use | Advanced Dictionary Use | ||
| Objective: To use dictionaries by identifying all the information provided. To use a thesaurus. | ||||
| 44 | Capitalization | Capital Letters 2 | ||
| Objective: To use capital letters correctly: in titles and letters. | ||||
| 45 | Adjectives | Adjectives – from Nouns and Verbs | ||
| Objective: To create adjectives from nouns and verbs. E.g. China – Chinese | ||||
| 46 | There’s a … | It’s famous! Full lesson available | ||
| Objective: Students will increase their vocabulary, develop their reading skills and practice using the verb ‘to be’. | ||||
| 47 | There’s a … | There are lots of things in my town. | ||
| Objective: Students will increase their reading comprehension skills and their vocabulary. They will also become familiar with the use of ‘There is …’ and ‘There are …’. | ||||
| 48 | Hobbies and Festivals | Collecting things | ||
| Objective: Students will develop their reading skills and increase their vocabulary. They will learn the verb ‘to have’. They will also learn to use ‘this’ and ‘these’ correctly. | ||||
| 49 | Hobbies and Festivals | My favorite festival | ||
| Objective: Students will build vocabulary; begin to use conjunctions ‘and’, ‘but’ or ‘because’. | ||||
| 50 | What can you do? | Letter to a penfriend | ||
| Objective: Students will be able to read and understand an informal letter and use the present tense of ‘can’ and ‘can’t’. | ||||
| 51 | What’s Homestay? | Simple Present | ||
| Objective: Learn the correct structure for the simple present. | ||||
| 52 | What’s Homestay? | Simple Past | ||
| Objective: Learn the correct structure for the past simple. | ||||
| 53 | Setting off | Present perfect | ||
| Objective: Learn the correct structure for the present perfect. | ||||
| 54 | Here we are! | Adjectives | ||
| Objective: Learn the use of adjectives. | ||||
| 55 | Here we are! | Comparatives and superlatives | ||
| Objective: Learn how to use comparatives and superlatives in English. | ||||
| 56 | A new home | Prepositions of location | ||
| Objective: Learn about prepositions of location. | ||||
| 57 | Let’s hit the beach! | Modals of obligation | ||
| Objective: Learn about modals of obligation. | ||||
| 58 | Amazing Aussie animals | Present continuous | ||
| Objective: Learn about the present continuous tense. | ||||
| 59 | Amazing Aussie animals | Past continuous | ||
| Objective: Learn about the past continuous tense. | ||||
| 60 | Amazing Aussie animals | Giving facts and opinions | ||
| Objective: Present phrases that ask for and give opinions. | ||||
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