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Grade 5
Final Curriculum: Implemented September 2023.
Curriculum Details
Curriculum Details
English Language Arts and Literature Introduction
Grade 5
Organizing Idea
Text Forms and Structures: Identifying and applying text forms and structures improves understanding of content, literary style, and our rich language traditions.
Guiding Question
How can
This curriculum guide outlines the ELA learning journey for students throughout a school year, focused on integrating various text forms, oral communication, and writing processes to achieve Alberta curriculum standards. The guide is structured into thematic units each month, starting with an analysis of narrative elements and progressing through oral storytelling techniques, comprehension strategies, writing processes, vocabulary development, non-fiction research, poetry, and a final summative project. Each unit includes specific goals, success criteria, knowledge, skills, and procedures to facilitate learning and reflection, ultimately aiming for students to communicate effectively and demonstrate their growth in English Language Arts.