AlbertaGrade 5
Alberta Grade 5 English Curriculum
Lessons and practice for every Grade 5 English topic. Aligned to what Alberta schools teach. Your child can learn reading, writing, and communication skills at their own pace.
Alberta Grade 5 English Curriculum | StudyPugHelp
LO_ID | Learning Outcome-Skills & Procedures | StudyPug Topic |
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ELA.5.TF.1a | Text identification and purpose analysis: Examine the purpose of a variety of digital or non-digital texts including those that inform entertain persuade or inspire and develop reading stamina through personally enjoyable texts |
ELA.5.TF.1b | Genre recognition and text engagement: Engage with a variety of genres of literary texts including photo essays news articles and hybrids and determine form and structure of literary texts |
ELA.5.TF.2a | Fiction analysis and narrative techniques: Categorize texts according to fiction sub-genres including science fiction and tall tales and examine fictional text structures including flash-forward |
ELA.5.TF.2b | Literary element analysis and character development: Examine elements within fictional texts including theme and describe round and flat characters based on what they say think or do using third person point of view understanding |
ELA.5.TF.3a | Informational text structure and opinion analysis: Examine organizational structures of non-fiction texts including cause and effect and discuss opinions regarding structure content or source of persuasive texts like editorials |
ELA.5.TF.4a | Poetic analysis and creative expression: Listen to poems to identify beauty or emotion examine poetic structures including stanzas and figurative language and experiment with creating lyric poetry |
ELA.5.TF.4b | Oral poetry presentation and recitation: Recite or sing a poem from memory demonstrating understanding of rhythm and expression |
ELA.5.TF.5a | Dramatic text comprehension and character study: Listen to read or view dramatic works to learn artful expression and examine how plot and characters develop through dialogue and action |
ELA.5.TF.6a | Visual literacy and information hierarchy: Examine and include variety of text features like sidebars and glossaries to organize content and emphasize important information |
ELA.5.TF.7a | Environmental literacy and personal meaning: Make connections between features of land and personal experiences including living things human-made structures patterns and stories of place |
ELA.5.OL.1a | Cultural communication and traditional narratives: Discuss cultural contexts of oral traditions and meanings of stories including tales of everyday life sacred stories and trickster stories that teach lessons |
ELA.5.OL.2a | Verbal non-verbal and paraverbal enhancement: Integrate verbal non-verbal and paraverbal language to enhance communication using word choice body movement stress articulation pace pitch and tone |
ELA.5.OL.2b | Physical communication techniques: Ensure messages are heard clearly by using breath body and energy to project voice understanding how vocal sounds and inflection are affected by these elements |
ELA.5.OL.3a | Communication adjustment and presentation methods: Adjust pitch projection language conventions and protocols based on purpose audience context and space and select appropriate formats for oral communication |
ELA.5.OL.3b | Organization and audience engagement: Present ideas and information in a logical manner to inform persuade or entertain using appropriate digital or non-digital tools |
ELA.5.OL.4a | Group communication and respectful collaboration: Engage in collaborative dialogue when sharing ideas solving problems or making decisions using respectful language and demonstrating adaptability to build consensus |
ELA.5.OL.4b | Active participation and idea development: Contribute to discussions by agreeing disagreeing and adding to or explaining ideas while acknowledging and accepting contributions of others |
ELA.5.V.1a | Etymology and historical language development: Examine words to determine origins examine words with meanings that have changed over time and examine words that are new to English language |
ELA.5.V.1b | Base and affix analysis for meaning construction: Investigate meaning of bases and affixes in words including ous ious al ial ian ic ical ment ity ant ent ance ence circum per trans ad sub ob com and ex |
ELA.5.V.2a | Word acquisition techniques and resource usage: Discuss multiple ways to learn and remember vocabulary record words of personal interest and use variety of tools including thesauruses and dictionaries |
ELA.5.V.2b | Text engagement for word learning expansion: Engage with wide variety of texts to expand vocabulary through extensive reading and listening to how others use words |
ELA.5.V.3a | Metaphor analysis and sophisticated word usage: Examine word meanings in similes metaphors and analogies and apply tier 2 and tier 3 words to communicate in new ways within subject content |
ELA.5.V.3b | Contextual analysis and creative language application: Discuss how context influences meaning of words and phrases analyze figuratively expressed meanings and integrate figurative language into personal writing and oral communications |
ELA.5.C.1a | Strategy application and effectiveness evaluation: Use variety of comprehension strategies including predicting inferring making connections summarizing synthesizing and evaluating before during and after reading and evaluate their effectiveness |
ELA.5.C.1b | Reading self-awareness and skill application: Monitor comprehension and apply skills including rereading adjusting reading rate asking questions using context clues supporting resources and metacognition |
ELA.5.C.2a | Connection strategies with supporting details: Respond to texts by summarizing main ideas and providing supporting evidence using text-to-self text-to-text and text-to-world connections |
ELA.5.C.3a | Information interpretation and inference making: Examine ideas and information that are explicit and implicit in texts and make inferences based on implicit content |
ELA.5.C.3b | Predictive thinking and critical interpretation: Revise or confirm predictions based on new information and analyze ideas and information in texts to interpret and respond using evidence from texts or additional sources |
ELA.5.C.4a | Viewpoint exploration and influence assessment: Explore how varied perspectives in texts influence personal perspectives and examine how character interests experiences or perspectives influence their thoughts feelings and actions |
ELA.5.C.4b | Perspective analysis contrast and alternative proposal: Compare and contrast varied perspectives of main and supporting characters and identify various perspectives while proposing alternative perspectives |
ELA.5.C.5a | Context examination and environmental influence: Examine contextual information about people ideas events characters considering how context impacts character actions and feelings in stories |
ELA.5.C.5b | Reader response and creator background analysis: Consider how personal interests experiences or perspectives influence text understanding and investigate author or text creator background information to provide context |
ELA.5.W.1a | Writing development and purpose-driven creation: Create written texts for variety of audiences purposes and forms using organizational processes methods and tools for creative expression |
ELA.5.W.1b | Extended writing organization and logical arrangement: Express ideas through multiple-paragraph works with topic introductions supporting evidence and conclusions using interesting details and transitions between sentences or paragraphs |
ELA.5.W.1c | Argumentative writing and idea support: Communicate clear position supported by relevant evidence and arrange ideas logically with supporting details |
ELA.5.W.1d | Draft improvement and convention correction: Revise drafts to improve fluency coherence sequence and logical support of ideas and edit writing for spelling punctuation and grammar |
ELA.5.W.1e | Final presentation and multimedia integration: Publish selected pieces incorporating graphics captions charts or other text features to support purpose or connect with audience |
ELA.5.W.2a | Creative process application and personal artistry: Apply creative-thinking processes to enhance personal expression and artistry including elaborating on products considering other creators and applying feedback |
ELA.5.W.2b | Text analysis for writing improvement and vocabulary selection: Analyze mentor texts to determine how word choice influences purpose or audience and determine alternative words and meanings using digital or non-digital tools |
ELA.5.W.2c | Plot characterization and narrative development: Create entertaining texts using plot characterization dialogue and figurative language and establish plot point of view setting and problem through creative writing |
ELA.5.W.2d | Sensory description and atmosphere development: Create expressive descriptions selecting vocabulary to convey mood or sensory images and create texts that show rather than tell story events |
ELA.5.W.2e | Language use for perspective and idea communication: Evaluate how language and dialogue express voice point of view and ideas in creative and expository writing |
ELA.5.W.3a | Information management and focused inquiry: Write to inform explain describe or report for variety of purposes and audiences and narrow research questions to determine clear well-defined topics |
ELA.5.W.3b | Topic support and information validity assessment: Develop main ideas or topics supported by facts details examples and explanations and evaluate validity and reliability of information from variety of relevant sources |
ELA.5.W.3c | Research synthesis and citation practices: Summarize and organize ideas gained from multiple sources using variety of methods or tools and access and use information ethically including proper citation |
ELA.5.W.4a | Technology integration and method evaluation: Evaluate how author selection of method or tool impacts audience understanding or response and experiment with methods or tools to enhance communication or create effects |
ELA.5.W.4b | Writing technique demonstration and fluency development: Demonstrate legibility and writing fluency through printing cursive handwriting or keyboarding selecting appropriate method for purpose and audience |
ELA.5.CON.1a | Capitalization and punctuation application and experimentation: Apply capitalization and punctuation to support effective written communication and experiment with both to achieve desired effects including parentheses for additional information |
ELA.5.CON.2a | Verb tense maintenance and grammar identification: Apply appropriate tense throughout communications including present past and future and identify subject-verb agreement determining subjects and objects in sentences |
ELA.5.CON.2b | Pronoun types and noun-pronoun consistency: Use noun-pronoun agreement in communications and distinguish between possessive subject and object pronouns understanding pronoun-antecedent relationships |
ELA.5.CON.2c | Adverb placement and conjunction usage: Vary position of adverbs in sentences understanding they describe verbs and often end in ly and integrate conjunctions to connect phrases in sentences |
ELA.5.CON.3a | Spelling accuracy and structural knowledge: Investigate spelling patterns within and across words apply knowledge of spelling patterns to spell unfamiliar words and apply knowledge of prefixes and suffixes to spell words accurately |
ELA.5.CON.3b | Complex grammar application and communication enhancement: Apply advanced grammar concepts including complex sentence structures varied sentence beginnings and sophisticated punctuation to enhance written and oral communication |
ELA.5.W.5a | Story development and creative narrative techniques: Develop complete narratives with well-developed characters engaging plots effective dialogue and appropriate pacing using creative writing techniques and revision strategies |
ELA.5.W.5b | Expository writing and research synthesis: Create informational texts that effectively communicate research findings using appropriate organizational structures evidence integration and audience-appropriate language and format |
ELA.5.W.5c | Poetic creation and presentation skills: Compose original poetry using various forms and techniques including figurative language rhythm and sound devices and present poetry effectively through performance or visual presentation |
ELA.5.C.6a | Media evaluation and digital citizenship: Analyze various media texts for purpose audience bias and effectiveness and demonstrate understanding of digital citizenship through ethical media consumption and creation |
ELA.5.OL.5a | Oral presentation and audience engagement techniques: Deliver effective presentations using appropriate organizational structure visual aids voice projection and audience engagement techniques for various purposes and contexts |
ELA.5.V.4a | Subject-specific literacy and vocabulary application: Apply reading writing speaking and listening skills across subject areas using appropriate academic vocabulary and literacy strategies for different content areas |
ELA.5.W.6a | Learning evaluation and goal-setting for growth: Compile portfolio demonstrating growth in writing reading speaking and listening with self-assessment reflection and goal-setting for continued literacy development |