English Language Arts — Grade 5

Resources on the web

Using timeline games and Mexican history to improve comprehension

This lesson explores Mexican history while engaging students' active reading skills through the creation of a timeline. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 5 English Language Arts and Social Studies)

Provided by: IRA/NCTE

A suitable job for a woman

In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from ARTSEDGE, students identify the model for the character Amelia Martin by discovering information about four women: Abbie Burgess, Louisa May Alcott, Ida Lewis, and Clara Barton. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Visual Arts Education, English Language Arts, and Social Studies)

Provided by: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Research building blocks: Hints about print

Children are naturally curious—they want to know “how” and “why.” Teaching research skills can help students find answers for themselves. This ReadWriteThink lesson plan, taken from the “Research Building Blocks”... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts and Information Skills)

Provided by: ReadWriteThink

Research building blocks: Examining electronic sources

Children are naturally curious—they want to know “how” and “why.” Teaching research skills can help students find answers for themselves. This ReadWriteThink lesson plan, taken from the “Research Building Blocks”... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Computer/Technology Skills, English Language Arts, and Information Skills)

Provided by: ReadWriteThink

Remember the Ladies: The First Ladies

Through the lessons in this unit, students will explore the ways in which First Ladies were able to shape the world while dealing with the expectations placed on them as women and as partners of powerful men. The discussions and activities that make up... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 5 English Language Arts and Social Studies)

Provided by: National Endowment for the Humanities

Pond life

Students investigate familiar and unfamiliar ecosystems using Internet resources. They explore how various organisms satisfy their needs within their environments and study the kinds of relationships that exist between organisms within an environment. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 5 English Language Arts, Information Skills, and Science)

Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science

Pilot whales' place in the ocean

In this lesson, from Xpeditions, students consider why so many whale species can survive within one area of the ocean. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 5 English Language Arts and Science)

Provided by: National Geographic

Pencil pages: Getting to the point when researching information

In this lesson, students learn to navigate simple online tasks while examining the structure and organization of the Pencil Pages! Web site and comparing it with the conventions of print text. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 5 English Language Arts)

Provided by: IRA/NCTE

One if by land, and two if by sea!

This Xpeditions lesson introduces students to various places associated with the American Revolutionary War. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 5 English Language Arts and Social Studies)

Provided by: National Geographic

Investigating junk mail: Negotiating critical literacy at the mailbox

In this ReadWriteThink lesson, students learn to think about and question texts in ways that develop their analytical capacities and critical reading practices by investigating junk mail. To become critical consumers, students must develop the ability to... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 5 English Language Arts)

Provided by: IRA/NCTE

Cyberspace explorer: Getting to know Christopher Columbus

This lesson supports the exploration of multiple online sources to gather information about the life of a well-known explorer, Christopher Columbus. Extension activities promote critical literacy by exposing students to Columbus from the perspective of the... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 5 English Language Arts and Social Studies)

Provided by: IRA/NCTE