kmullilns1 Ms. Mullins
High Point Elementary  
http://hpes.wcs.k12.va.us
 


Welcome to Mrs. Mullin's
Fifth Grade English Webpage




About Fifth Grade English


At the beginning of each year our students begin to study and try their hand at different types of writing. Throughout the year they are taught many different methods of reading and writing and consistently add more skills to their resume. In the early spring our students take their SOL reading and writing test. This test is difficult, but we have full confidence in our student's ability to excel on these tests. After the tests are finished, we review skills that have previously been mastered and introduce some new concepts to get our students ready for the sixth grade.


Fifth Grade Games





Fifth Grade English SOLs

In fifth grade, reading and writing skills continue to support an increased emphasis on content-area learning and utilization of the resources of the media center, especially to locate and read primary sources of information. The student will read texts in all subjects and will acquire information to answer questions, generate hypotheses, make inferences, support opinions, confirm predictions, compare and contrast relationships, and formulate conclusions. The student will continue to develop an appreciation for literature by reading a variety of fiction and nonfiction selections. The student will continue to increase communication skills used in learning activities and will use online, print, and media resources to prepare presentations. The student will use oral and written communication skills to describe key concepts and information contained in the mathematics, science, and history and social science Standards of Learning. In addition, the student will plan, draft, revise, and edit writings to describe, to entertain, and to explain.

Oral Language
5.1 The student will listen, draw conclusions, and share responses in subject-related group learning activities.
a) Participate in and contribute to discussions across content areas.
b) Organize information to present reports of group activities.
c) Summarize information gathered in group activities.

5.2 The student will use effective nonverbal communication skills.
a) Maintain eye contact with listeners.
b) Use gestures to support, accentuate, and dramatize verbal message.
c) Use facial expressions to support and dramatize verbal message.
d) Use posture appropriate for communication setting.

5.3 The student will make planned oral presentations.
a) Determine appropriate content for audience.
b) Organize content sequentially or around major ideas.
c) Summarize main points before or after presentation.
d) Incorporate visual aids to support the presentation.
e) Use grammatically correct language and specific vocabulary.

Reading
5.4 The student will read fiction and nonfiction with fluency and accuracy.
a) Use context to clarify meaning of unfamiliar words.
b) Use knowledge of root words, prefixes, and suffixes.
c) Use dictionary, glossary, thesaurus, and other word-reference materials.

5.5 The student will read and demonstrate comprehension of fiction.
a) Describe the relationship between text and previously read materials.
b) Describe character development in fiction and poetry selections.
c) Describe the development of plot and explain how conflicts are resolved.
d) Describe the characteristics of free verse, rhymed, and patterned poetry.
e) Describe how an author’s choice of vocabulary and style contributes to the quality and enjoyment of selections.

5.6 The student will read and demonstrate comprehension of nonfiction.
a) Use text organizers, such as type, headings, and graphics, to predict and categorize information.

b) Identify structural patterns found in nonfiction.
c) Locate information to support opinions, predictions, and conclusions.
d) Identify cause-and-effect relationships.
e) Identify compare-and-contrast relationships.
f) Skim materials to develop a general overview of content and to locate specific information.
g) Identify new information gained from reading.

5.7 The student will demonstrate comprehension of information from a variety of print resources.
a) Develop notes that include important concepts, summaries, and identification of information sources.
b) Organize information on charts, maps, and graphs.

Writing
5.8 The student will write for a variety of purposes: to describe, to inform, to entertain, and to explain.
a) Choose planning strategies for various writing purposes.
b) Organize information.
c) Demonstrate awareness of intended audience.
d) Use precise and descriptive vocabulary to create tone and voice.
e) Vary sentence structure.
f) Revise writing for clarity.
g) Use available technology to access information.

5.9 The student will edit writing for correct grammar, capitalization, spelling, punctuation, and sentence structure.
a) Use plural possessives.
b) Use adjective and adverb comparisons.
c) Identify and use interjections.
d) Use apostrophes in contractions and possessives.
e) Use quotation marks with dialogue.
f) Use commas to indicate interrupters and in the salutation and closing of a letter.
g) Use a hyphen to divide words at the end of a line.
h) Edit for clausal fragments, run-on sentences, and excessive coordination.


English Pacing Guide
My Quia activities and quizzes
Reading Comprehension (Reading for Facts)
https://www.quia.com/pop/206766.html
What Can You Infer?
https://www.quia.com/pop/206767.html
Reading: Finding the Main Idea
https://www.quia.com/pop/206768.html
States and Regions
https://www.quia.com/cz/351534.html
Continents and Oceans
https://www.quia.com/quiz/2551764.html
Continents and Oceans
https://www.quia.com/rr/657123.html
(6) US1.2a Continents
https://www.quia.com/jg/2011459.html
(6) US1.2a Continents
https://www.quia.com/jg/2011440.html
(6) US1.2b Geographic Regions of North America
https://www.quia.com/rr/657157.html
USI.3 American Indian Tribes CLOZE
https://www.quia.com/pop/499953.html
USI.3 American Indian Tribes CLOZE
https://www.quia.com/pop/499954.html
Quarter 1 Review (US History to 1865)
https://www.quia.com/cb/748717.html
Life in the colonies Cloze
https://www.quia.com/pop/499955.html
First Nine Weeks Review
https://www.quia.com/cb/748718.html
Colonies and Their RESOURCES-Rags to Riches
https://www.quia.com/rr/793344.html
First Colonies Order 1-6
https://www.quia.com/pp/256059.html
History 5c Social Group Descriptions (BATTLESHIP)
https://www.quia.com/ba/489911.html
History 5c Social Groups 1-Ordering 1-7
https://www.quia.com/rd/255689.html
History 5c Social Groups 2 Picture Perfect
https://www.quia.com/pp/256060.html
Which Colony Am I? Rags to Riches
https://www.quia.com/rr/793388.html
US1.2b Geographic Regions of North America (revised 10/10)
https://www.quia.com/jg/2225020.html
(6) US1.5b New England, Mid-Atlantic, Southern Colonies
https://www.quia.com/pa/187889.html
(6) US1.5a Early Colonies in North America
https://www.quia.com/jq/246820.html
(6) US1.5b 13 Colonies Matching Game
https://www.quia.com/jg/2225021.html
(6) US1.5c Colonists
https://www.quia.com/jq/246821.html
(6) US1.4c Ghana, Mali, and Songhai
https://www.quia.com/rr/793389.html
US1.2c Rivers in the New World - Matchup (revised 10/10)
https://www.quia.com/jg/2225022.html
US1.3a Indians of North America patterns (revised 10/10)
https://www.quia.com/pa/187909.html
US1.3a Native Americans (revised 10/10)
https://www.quia.com/pop/499898.html
US1.6a England Wants more control
https://www.quia.com/rr/793346.html
V US1.2 Geography (Race part 1)
https://www.quia.com/rr/793347.html
US1.2 Geography (Race part 2)
https://www.quia.com/ba/489912.html
V History 6abcd Part 1 (Race Cards)
https://www.quia.com/ba/489960.html
V Histoy 6abcd Part 2 (Race Cards)
https://www.quia.com/ba/489961.html
SOL 7a
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SOL 7b
https://www.quia.com/cm/532783.html
SOL 7c First Five Presidents
https://www.quia.com/pp/256061.html
SOL 7b
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SOL 7c First Five Presidents Info
https://www.quia.com/ba/489962.html
SOL 7c First Five Presidents of the US
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8a Territories Added
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SOL 9 North or South
https://www.quia.com/cm/538455.html
SOL 9ab Race 10
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SOL 9abcdef
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SOL 8 Race Part 1
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SOL 8b Westward Movement
https://www.quia.com/cz/425428.html
SOL 8a Territories Added
https://www.quia.com/pp/260187.html
Geography USI.2
https://www.quia.com/jg/2248959.html
Geography USI.2 (Double Jeopardy)
https://www.quia.com/cb/756305.html
US1.2b Geographic Regions OF North America (revised 10/10)
https://www.quia.com/rd/259271.html
Geographic Regions Millionaire
https://www.quia.com/rr/805940.html
US1.2c Rivers in the New World
https://www.quia.com/jg/2248960.html
US1.2c Rivers in the New World - Matchup (revised 10/10)
https://www.quia.com/jg/2248961.html
US1.2c U.S. Rivers Popup Quiz - (revised 10/10)
https://www.quia.com/pop/505836.html
American Indians Rags to Riches
https://www.quia.com/rr/805941.html
US1.3a Rags to Riches
https://www.quia.com/rr/805942.html
V American Indians Race 3 Part 1
https://www.quia.com/rr/805943.html
(6) US1.5a Early Colonies - Columns Match
https://www.quia.com/cm/538487.html
US1.6 Revolutionary Concentration (revised 11/11)
https://www.quia.com/jg/2248962.html
US1.6 Revolutionary Match-up
https://www.quia.com/jg/2248963.html
US1.6a Road to Revolution
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V History 6abcd Part 1 (Race Cards)
https://www.quia.com/ba/496432.html
V Histoy 6abcd Part 2 (Race Cards)
https://www.quia.com/ba/496451.html
The History 7abc Race Part 1
https://www.quia.com/rr/805944.html
SOL 9abc
https://www.quia.com/quiz/3121124.html
USI.9 - Civil War Flashcards
https://www.quia.com/jg/2248969.html
USI.9 ~ Civil War
https://www.quia.com/rr/805945.html
USI.9a - Civil War ........... North or South
https://www.quia.com/pop/505837.html
USI.9 - Civil War
https://www.quia.com/quiz/3121145.html
USI.9 - Civil War ........ Lincoln or Lee
https://www.quia.com/pop/505838.html
USI.8 - Westward Expansion
https://www.quia.com/pop/505850.html
USI.8 - Westward Expansion - Flashcards
https://www.quia.com/jg/2248972.html
USI.7 - Issues & Events faced by the first five Presidents
https://www.quia.com/pop/505851.html
USI.7 - A New Nation - Flashcards
https://www.quia.com/jg/2248985.html
A New Nation - USI.7
https://www.quia.com/quiz/3121128.html
American Revolution - USI.6 Quiz
https://www.quia.com/quiz/3121146.html
USI.6
https://www.quia.com/jg/2248974.html
USI.5 Colonial America - Colonies
https://www.quia.com/pop/505853.html
USI.5 Colonial America - Colonial Regions
https://www.quia.com/pop/505854.html
Early Explorers
https://www.quia.com/jg/2248986.html
USI.4 Explorers Game
https://www.quia.com/rr/805928.html
Explorers of North America
https://www.quia.com/jg/2248987.html
Early Explorers
https://www.quia.com/jg/2248976.html
Exploration USI.4
https://www.quia.com/pop/505860.html
Geographic Regions and Native Americans
https://www.quia.com/rr/805949.html
First Americans USI.3
https://www.quia.com/quiz/3121130.html
First Americans USI.3
https://www.quia.com/pop/505855.html
Native American Groups
https://www.quia.com/rr/805950.html
(6) US1.3a Indians of North America patterns
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First Americans- Dwellings
https://www.quia.com/jg/2248977.html
Geographic Regions Millionaire
https://www.quia.com/rr/805951.html
Last updated  2011/04/20 15:03:41 PDT