Key Ideas and Details
ELA.RL.5.1: Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
| Passage | Pages |
|---|---|
| Lesson Learned? | 57-58 |
| Lazy Bones | 59-60 |
| Pretty Song | 61-62 |
| The Old Man’s Daughters | 63-64 |
| Climbing High | 65-66 |
| Good Fortune | 67-68 |
| Fire on the Prairie | 69-70 |
| Face to Face | 71-72 |
| A Safe Landing | 73-74 |
| Opening Up | 75-76 |
| The Bull Ride | 77-78 |
| Blissful Gratitude | 79-80 |
| Sky High | 81-82 |
| Snow Bunny | 83-84 |
| Achoo! | 85-86 |
| You Live in a Zoo | 87-88 |
| Stiff Stranger | 89-90 |
| A Little Motivation | 91-92 |
| The Encounter | 93-94 |
| Dinner by Firelight | 95-96 |
| It's All Downhill | 97-98 |
| The Monster | 99-100 |
| A Stroke | 101-102 |
| Alien Invasion | 103-104 |
| Ready, Set, Float | 105-106 |
Key Ideas and Details
ELA.RL.5.2: Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text.
| Passage | Pages |
|---|---|
| Lesson Learned? | 57-58 |
| Lazy Bones | 59-60 |
| Pretty Song | 61-62 |
| The Old Man’s Daughters | 63-64 |
| Climbing High | 65-66 |
| Good Fortune | 67-68 |
| Fire on the Prairie | 69-70 |
| Face to Face | 71-72 |
| A Safe Landing | 73-74 |
| Opening Up | 75-76 |
| The Bull Ride | 77-78 |
| Blissful Gratitude | 79-80 |
| Sky High | 81-82 |
| Snow Bunny | 83-84 |
| Achoo! | 85-86 |
| You Live in a Zoo | 87-88 |
| Stiff Stranger | 89-90 |
| A Little Motivation | 91-92 |
| The Encounter | 93-94 |
| Dinner by Firelight | 95-96 |
| It's All Downhill | 97-98 |
| The Monster | 99-100 |
| A Stroke | 101-102 |
| Alien Invasion | 103-104 |
| Ready, Set, Float | 105-106 |
Key Ideas and Details
ELA.RL.5.3: Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., how characters interact).
| Passage | Pages |
|---|---|
| Lazy Bones | 59-60 |
| Pretty Song | 61-62 |
| The Old Man’s Daughters | 63-64 |
| Good Fortune | 67-68 |
| Face to Face | 71-72 |
| A Safe Landing | 73-74 |
| Opening Up | 75-76 |
| The Bull Ride | 77-78 |
| Blissful Gratitude | 79-80 |
| Sky High | 81-82 |
| Dinner by Firelight | 95-96 |
| The Monster | 99-100 |
| A Stroke | 101-102 |
| Alien Invasion | 103-104 |
| Ready, Set, Float | 105-106 |
Craft and Structure
ELA.RL.5.4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative language such as metaphors and similes.
| Passage | Pages |
|---|---|
| Lesson Learned? | 57-58 |
| Lazy Bones | 59-60 |
| Pretty Song | 61-62 |
| The Old Man’s Daughters | 63-64 |
| Climbing High | 65-66 |
| Good Fortune | 67-68 |
| Fire on the Prairie | 69-70 |
| Face to Face | 71-72 |
| A Safe Landing | 73-74 |
| Opening Up | 75-76 |
| The Bull Ride | 77-78 |
| Blissful Gratitude | 79-80 |
| Sky High | 81-82 |
| Snow Bunny | 83-84 |
| Achoo! | 85-86 |
| You Live in a Zoo | 87-88 |
| Stiff Stranger | 89-90 |
| A Little Motivation | 91-92 |
| The Encounter | 93-94 |
| Dinner by Firelight | 95-96 |
| It's All Downhill | 97-98 |
| The Monster | 99-100 |
| A Stroke | 101-102 |
| Alien Invasion | 103-104 |
| Ready, Set, Float | 105-106 |
Craft and Structure
ELA.RL.5.6: Describe how a narrator's or speaker's point of view influences how events are described.
| Passage | Pages |
|---|---|
| Face to Face | 71-72 |
| The Bull Ride | 77-78 |
| Blissful Gratitude | 79-80 |
| Snow Bunny | 83-84 |
| A Little Motivation | 91-92 |
| The Encounter | 93-94 |
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
ELA.RL.5.10: By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, at the high end of the grades 4-5 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
| Passage | Pages |
|---|---|
| Lesson Learned? | 57-58 |
| Lazy Bones | 59-60 |
| Pretty Song | 61-62 |
| The Old Man’s Daughters | 63-64 |
| Climbing High | 65-66 |
| Good Fortune | 67-68 |
| Fire on the Prairie | 69-70 |
| Face to Face | 71-72 |
| A Safe Landing | 73-74 |
| Opening Up | 75-76 |
| The Bull Ride | 77-78 |
| Blissful Gratitude | 79-80 |
| Sky High | 81-82 |
| Snow Bunny | 83-84 |
| Achoo! | 85-86 |
| You Live in a Zoo | 87-88 |
| Stiff Stranger | 89-90 |
| A Little Motivation | 91-92 |
| The Encounter | 93-94 |
| Dinner by Firelight | 95-96 |
| It's All Downhill | 97-98 |
| The Monster | 99-100 |
| A Stroke | 101-102 |
| Alien Invasion | 103-104 |
| Ready, Set, Float | 105-106 |
Key Ideas and Details
ELA.RI.5.1: Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
| Passage | Pages |
|---|---|
| A Misnamed Ocean | 1-2 |
| Where the Unicorn Lives | 3-4 |
| No Need to Build | 5-6 |
| The Salt Is Always on the Table | 7-8 |
| A Glowing Meal | 9-10 |
| Sleeping in a Capsule | 11-12 |
| A Living Dragon | 13-14 |
| Pop Goes the Knuckle | 15-16 |
| What Could Be Humming? | 17-18 |
| Surprise at the Necropsy | 19-20 |
| All About Nerves | 21-22 |
| Meat-Eating Caterpillars | 23-24 |
| Seeing the Hidden Stomach | 25-26 |
| The First Speed Trap | 27-28 |
| The Fruit That Wouldn’t Sell | 29-30 |
| Silk as Armor | 31-32 |
| Shopping Without Money | 33-34 |
| Chained Shoes | 35-36 |
| Fallacies | 37-38 |
| Athletes Wearing Plastic Bottles | 39-40 |
| The Black Box | 41-42 |
| Setting Records | 43-44 |
| The Mummy’s Passport | 45-46 |
| Shark Lady | 47-48 |
| A Walk Across the Ocean | 49-50 |
| The Only Man with This Degree | 51-52 |
| Six Months Inside | 53-54 |
| Saved by Charlie | 55-56 |
Key Ideas and Details
ELA.RI.5.3: Explain the relationships or interactions between two or more individuals, events, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text based on specific information in the text.
| Passage | Pages |
|---|---|
| Where the Unicorn Lives | 3-4 |
| A Glowing Meal | 9-10 |
| Pop Goes the Knuckle | 15-16 |
| What Could Be Humming? | 17-18 |
| All About Nerves | 21-22 |
| Meat-Eating Caterpillars | 23-24 |
| Seeing the Hidden Stomach | 25-26 |
| The First Speed Trap | 27-28 |
| Silk as Armor | 31-32 |
| Shopping Without Money | 33-34 |
| Chained Shoes | 35-36 |
| Athletes Wearing Plastic Bottles | 39-40 |
| The Black Box | 41-42 |
| Setting Records | 43-44 |
| Shark Lady | 47-48 |
| Six Months Inside | 53-54 |
| Saved by Charlie | 55-56 |
Key Ideas and Details
ELA.RI.5.2: Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text.
| Passage | Pages |
|---|---|
| Where the Unicorn Lives | 3-4 |
| No Need to Build | 5-6 |
| A Glowing Meal | 9-10 |
| Surprise at the Necropsy | 19-20 |
| The Fruit That Wouldn’t Sell | 29-30 |
| Silk as Armor | 31-32 |
| Chained Shoes | 35-36 |
| Athletes Wearing Plastic Bottles | 39-40 |
| The Mummy’s Passport | 45-46 |
| Saved by Charlie | 55-56 |
Craft and Structure
ELA.RI.5.4: Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 5 topic or subject area.
| Passage | Pages |
|---|---|
| A Misnamed Ocean | 1-2 |
| Where the Unicorn Lives | 3-4 |
| No Need to Build | 5-6 |
| The Salt Is Always on the Table | 7-8 |
| A Glowing Meal | 9-10 |
| Sleeping in a Capsule | 11-12 |
| A Living Dragon | 13-14 |
| Pop Goes the Knuckle | 15-16 |
| What Could Be Humming? | 17-18 |
| Surprise at the Necropsy | 19-20 |
| All About Nerves | 21-22 |
| Meat-Eating Caterpillars | 23-24 |
| Seeing the Hidden Stomach | 25-26 |
| The First Speed Trap | 27-28 |
| The Fruit That Wouldn’t Sell | 29-30 |
| Silk as Armor | 31-32 |
| Shopping Without Money | 33-34 |
| Chained Shoes | 35-36 |
| Fallacies | 37-38 |
| Athletes Wearing Plastic Bottles | 39-40 |
| The Black Box | 41-42 |
| Setting Records | 43-44 |
| The Mummy’s Passport | 45-46 |
| Shark Lady | 47-48 |
| A Walk Across the Ocean | 49-50 |
| The Only Man with This Degree | 51-52 |
| Six Months Inside | 53-54 |
| Saved by Charlie | 55-56 |
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
ELA.RI.5.8: Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text, identifying which reasons and evidence support which point(s).
| Passage | Pages |
|---|---|
| A Misnamed Ocean | 1-2 |
| A Glowing Meal | 9-10 |
| A Living Dragon | 13-14 |
| Pop Goes the Knuckle | 15-16 |
| Surprise at the Necropsy | 19-20 |
| The Fruit That Wouldn’t Sell | 29-30 |
| Silk as Armor | 31-32 |
| Chained Shoes | 35-36 |
| Fallacies | 37-38 |
| Athletes Wearing Plastic Bottles | 39-40 |
| Setting Records | 43-44 |
| Shark Lady | 47-48 |
| Six Months Inside | 53-54 |
| Saved by Charlie | 55-56 |
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
ELA.RI.5.10: By the end of the year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, at the high end of the grades 4–5 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
| Passage | Pages |
|---|---|
| A Misnamed Ocean | 1-2 |
| Where the Unicorn Lives | 3-4 |
| No Need to Build | 5-6 |
| The Salt Is Always on the Table | 7-8 |
| A Glowing Meal | 9-10 |
| Sleeping in a Capsule | 11-12 |
| A Living Dragon | 13-14 |
| Pop Goes the Knuckle | 15-16 |
| What Could Be Humming? | 17-18 |
| Surprise at the Necropsy | 19-20 |
| All About Nerves | 21-22 |
| Meat-Eating Caterpillars | 23-24 |
| Seeing the Hidden Stomach | 25-26 |
| The First Speed Trap | 27-28 |
| The Fruit That Wouldn’t Sell | 29-30 |
| Silk as Armor | 31-32 |
| Shopping Without Money | 33-34 |
| Chained Shoes | 35-36 |
| Fallacies | 37-38 |
| Athletes Wearing Plastic Bottles | 39-40 |
| The Black Box | 41-42 |
| Setting Records | 43-44 |
| The Mummy’s Passport | 45-46 |
| Shark Lady | 47-48 |
| A Walk Across the Ocean | 49-50 |
| The Only Man with This Degree | 51-52 |
| Six Months Inside | 53-54 |
| Saved by Charlie | 55-56 |
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