Reading/Language Arts Textbook: Houghton Mifflin Reading
Writing Program: Step Up To Writing
The California State Board of Education fourth and fifth grade academic content standard in English/Language Arts states, in part: "In addition to their regular school reading, students read one-half million words annually, including a good representation of grade-level appropriate narrative and expository text (e.g., classic and contemporary literature, magazines, newspapers, online information)."
For the most part, we will focus on one story from our textbook each week, with periodic breaks for review and special projects. Students are required to take their reading textbook home every Wednesday to read the story of the week, but they are welcome to take it home any other night for extra practice.
In addition to stories from our reading textbook, we will read and study a variety of stories from our school's grade level core literature list.
Click on the links below to learn more about the reading, writing, and language arts curriculum in our classroom and to find enriching online activities to practice concepts we are studying in class.
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Home Reading Log
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Click here to find out about your child's daily home reading assignment.
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| Published Jul 23, 2008 02:31 PM
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Education Place
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Click here for activities that go with the stories in our textbook.
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| Published Jul 23, 2008 01:14 PM
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Accelerated Reader
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Learn about the Accelerated Reader program at Ranch View
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| Published Jul 23, 2008 02:30 PM
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Writing
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Learn about our writing curriculum.
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| Published Jul 7, 2010 06:42 PM
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Spelling
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Click on these links to practice spelling rules.
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| Published Jul 29, 2008 09:28 PM
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Reading Comprehension
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Click on these sites to practice your reading comprehension skills.
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| Published Jul 31, 2008 01:59 PM
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Poetry
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Click here for links where you can read poetry and write poems of your own.
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| Published Jul 29, 2008 08:32 PM
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Sentence Structure
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Click here for games to help you practice correct sentence structure.
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| Published Jul 31, 2008 02:48 PM
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Parts of Speech
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Click on these websites to practice using the different parts of speech.
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| Published Jul 30, 2008 09:10 PM
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Vocabulary and Multiple-Meaning Words
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Click on these links to play games that will increase your vocabulary and your awareness of multiple-meaning words.
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| Published Jul 29, 2008 10:59 PM
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Prefixes, Suffixes, and Root Words
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Explore these websites to learn more about prefixes, suffixes, and root words.
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| Published Jul 29, 2008 10:18 PM
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The 'Nyms'
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Click here to learn about synonyms, antonyms, homonyms (and homographs).
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| Published Jul 29, 2008 09:59 PM
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Figurative Language
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Click on these links to learn more about figurative language.
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| Published Jul 29, 2008 08:20 PM
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Pourquoi Tales
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Click here to read some Pourquoi Tales.
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| Published Mar 9, 2009 06:45 PM
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The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (and Mythology)
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Click here for links to learn about ancient Greek and Roman mythology.
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| Published May 26, 2011 01:51 PM
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH ThinkQuest
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| Published Feb 28, 2011 08:01 AM
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iPod Flash Cards on Mr. Coley's website
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Click here to download vocabulary flash cards to go with our fifth grade textbook stories. If you don't have an iPod, that's ok. You can download the PowerPoint Viewer and look at them that way (it's free--just scroll to the bottom of the flash card page). Thank you to Mr. Coley for allowing our students to use these Flash Cards.
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| Published Sep 6, 2010 08:13 PM
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Click Here to go back to Curriculum page
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| Published Jul 23, 2008 05:14 PM |
