Description

Grades 5/6 Ignited Literacy Units

Ignited Literacy brings reading, writing, spelling and grammar together in one weekly plan for split Grades 5/6 classes. Choose the unit you need: each one is a complete structured literacy unit that meets the language arts expectations for every province in Canada, including the updated Ontario and Alberta standards.

Use a unit as your full plan for that strand, as extra material alongside your own lessons, or as review before an assessment.

Unit A: Predictions & Expository Writing

Reading: Predictions · Writing: Expository Writing

Reading lessons focus on predictions, and writing lessons build expository writing, with spelling and grammar woven into each week.

What’s included

• Weekly read-alouds, shared reading and comprehension tasks
• Guided reading texts and lessons
• Explicit writing instruction with daily student-driven writing practice
• Spelling, grammar and morphology lessons (Ignited Spelling unit included)
• Weekly and end-of-unit assessment tools
• A simple weekly structure your students can follow

Why teachers use it

• Saves you hours of lesson planning and prep
• Reading, writing, spelling and grammar in one weekly plan
• Easily differentiated, with multiple entry points for students
• Built-in assessments to track student progress
• Meets the language arts expectations for every province in Canada

Unit B: Connections & Narrative Elements

Reading: Connections · Writing: Narrative Elements

Reading lessons focus on connections, and writing lessons build narrative elements, with spelling and grammar woven into each week.

What’s included

• Weekly read-alouds, shared reading and comprehension tasks
• Guided reading texts and lessons
• Explicit writing instruction with daily student-driven writing practice
• Spelling, grammar and morphology lessons (Ignited Spelling unit included)
• Weekly and end-of-unit assessment tools
• A simple weekly structure your students can follow

Why teachers use it

• Saves you hours of lesson planning and prep
• Reading, writing, spelling and grammar in one weekly plan
• Easily differentiated, with multiple entry points for students
• Built-in assessments to track student progress
• Meets the language arts expectations for every province in Canada

Unit C: Main Idea & Essay Writing Skills

Reading: Main Idea · Writing: Essay Writing Skills

Reading lessons focus on main idea, and writing lessons build essay writing skills, with spelling and grammar woven into each week.

What’s included

• Weekly read-alouds, shared reading and comprehension tasks
• Guided reading texts and lessons
• Explicit writing instruction with daily student-driven writing practice
• Spelling, grammar and morphology lessons (Ignited Spelling unit included)
• Weekly and end-of-unit assessment tools
• A simple weekly structure your students can follow

Why teachers use it

• Saves you hours of lesson planning and prep
• Reading, writing, spelling and grammar in one weekly plan
• Easily differentiated, with multiple entry points for students
• Built-in assessments to track student progress
• Meets the language arts expectations for every province in Canada

Unit D: Analysis & Persuasive Writing

Reading: Analysis · Writing: Persuasive Writing

Reading lessons focus on analysis, and writing lessons build persuasive writing, with spelling and grammar woven into each week.

What’s included

• Weekly read-alouds, shared reading and comprehension tasks
• Guided reading texts and lessons
• Explicit writing instruction with daily student-driven writing practice
• Spelling, grammar and morphology lessons (Ignited Spelling unit included)
• Weekly and end-of-unit assessment tools
• A simple weekly structure your students can follow

Why teachers use it

• Saves you hours of lesson planning and prep
• Reading, writing, spelling and grammar in one weekly plan
• Easily differentiated, with multiple entry points for students
• Built-in assessments to track student progress
• Meets the language arts expectations for every province in Canada

Unit E: Inferring & Narrative Complexity

Reading: Inferring · Writing: Narrative Complexity

Reading lessons focus on inferring, and writing lessons build narrative complexity, with spelling and grammar woven into each week.

What’s included

• Weekly read-alouds, shared reading and comprehension tasks
• Guided reading texts and lessons
• Explicit writing instruction with daily student-driven writing practice
• Spelling, grammar and morphology lessons (Ignited Spelling unit included)
• Weekly and end-of-unit assessment tools
• A simple weekly structure your students can follow

Why teachers use it

• Saves you hours of lesson planning and prep
• Reading, writing, spelling and grammar in one weekly plan
• Easily differentiated, with multiple entry points for students
• Built-in assessments to track student progress
• Meets the language arts expectations for every province in Canada

Unit F: Synthesizing & Procedural Writing

Reading: Synthesizing · Writing: Procedural Writing

Reading lessons focus on synthesizing, and writing lessons build procedural writing, with spelling and grammar woven into each week.

What’s included

• Weekly read-alouds, shared reading and comprehension tasks
• Guided reading texts and lessons
• Explicit writing instruction with daily student-driven writing practice
• Spelling, grammar and morphology lessons (Ignited Spelling unit included)
• Weekly and end-of-unit assessment tools
• A simple weekly structure your students can follow

Why teachers use it

• Saves you hours of lesson planning and prep
• Reading, writing, spelling and grammar in one weekly plan
• Easily differentiated, with multiple entry points for students
• Built-in assessments to track student progress
• Meets the language arts expectations for every province in Canada

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