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    The document provides a 10-month writing sequence and pacing guide for 5th grade. It outlines the writing skills, genres, and assignments to be covered each month, including teaching sentences, paragraphs, essays, research reports, and using paired passages. The goal is to help students master different types of essays and improve their writing skills throughout the year.

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    How I Teach 5th Grade Writing

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    5th Grade Writing
    Sequence and Pacing
    1st Month of School
    School starts in the middle of the month, so I have only two weeks to teach.
    • Teaching & Practicing Procedures
    Week 3 • Welcome Activities
    • Back to School Journal Prompts
    • Establish weekly writing choice boards procedure.
    Week 4 • Set up writing notebooks together.
    • Obtain a writing sample.
    • Start to work on improving sentences.

    2nd Month of School


    • Continue to work on improving sentences.
    Week 1 • Start proofreading/editing instruction and practice.
    • Review the process for writing excellent sentences.
    Week 2 • Finish proofreading/editing instruction and practice.
    • Work on writing simple paragraphs.
    Weeks 3-4 • Introduce the process of color-coding paragraphs.

    3rd Month of School


    • Teach students to plan and write body paragraphs.
    Weeks 1-2 • Reinforce color-coding
    • Practice planning and writing body paragraphs with
    multiple prompts.
    • Teach students to write introduction paragraphs.
    Weeks 3-4 • Combine introduction paragraphs with planning and
    writing body paragraphs.
    • Reinforce color-coding
    • Teach students to use transition teams in their
    writing.
    © 2019 Jenifer Bazzit – www.thriveingradefive.com
    5th Grade Writing
    Sequence and Pacing
    4th Month of School
    • Teach conclusion paragraphs.
    Weeks 1-2 • Students write their first full five paragraph essays
    with teacher guidance.
    • Write 5 paragraph essays with a variety of basic
    Weeks 3-4 prompts.
    • Students proofread/edit other students’ essays.
    • Watch for patterns of mistakes or misunderstandings
    among your students and include 5-10 minute mini-
    lessons to address those issues.

    5th Month of School


    Our winter break falls during this month, so I only have two teaching weeks.
    Because these two weeks are packed with school-wide activities and parties, I
    don’t start anything new.
    • Winter Writing Project
    Weeks 1-2 • Review/Writing Mini-Lessons

    Go to the next page!

    © 2019 Jenifer Bazzit – www.thriveingradefive.com


    5th Grade Writing
    Sequence and Pacing
    6th Month of School
    • Right after winter break, I teach the research report
    Week 1 process. I teach the research process for about a
    week.
    • I give students some time to research their topics
    while I’m available to help.
    • Students complete their research reports, including
    Week 2 outlines, citing sources, etc.
    • Students give 1-2 minute oral presentations on their
    research topics. Students are not allowed to read
    their reports. They must use eye contact and quickly
    tell us what they enjoyed about their topics.
    • It’s time to dive back into five paragraph essays!
    Week 3 • Review the five paragraph essay writing process.
    • Ask students to write an essay using a simple prompt.
    • Allow pairs of students to proofread/edit each other’s
    essays.
    • Start opinion writing this week. You'll find that students
    Week 4 will slide into opinion writing easily because they
    already know five paragraph essay structure.

    Go to the next page!

    © 2019 Jenifer Bazzit – www.thriveingradefive.com


    5th Grade Writing
    Sequence and Pacing
    7th Month of School
    • Continue working on opinion writing. By the end of this
    Week 1 week, students should be able to write an opinion
    essay using a prompt.
    • During these two weeks, we work on narrative writing.
    Weeks 2-3 By the end of the second week, students should be
    able to write a narrative essay using a prompt.
    • Teach the process of writing an informative essay.
    Week 4

    8th Month of School


    • Continue working on informative writing. By the end of
    Week 1 this week, students should be able to write an
    informative essay using a prompt.
    • Teach students how to write an essay using paired
    Weeks 2-3 passages.
    • First, dissect the prompt.
    • Second, closely read the paired texts.
    • Third, organize thoughts using the prompt.
    • Click here to read How to Teach Writing Using Paired
    Passages.
    • Now that students know the process of using paired
    Week 4 passages, I provide a set of paired passages and ask
    students to answer prompts in a variety of genres,
    like opinion, narrative, informative, poetry, and etc.
    • This resource makes it easy: Paired Passages with
    Writing Prompts and Activities Bundle

    © 2019 Jenifer Bazzit – www.thriveingradefive.com


    5th Grade Writing
    Sequence and Pacing
    9th Month of School
    • Continue working on using paired passages to write in
    Week 1 a variety of genres.
    • Talk about last minute standardized testing tips to
    help students with their writing tests.
    • The rest of the month is taken up with standardized
    Weeks 2-4 testing, so I do a lot of review activities, freewriting,
    and etc.
    • Suspense Stories are fun writing activities that
    students enjoy during our break from regular
    instruction.

    10th Month of School


    During this month, we are wrapping up the school year and participating in activities and
    field trips. There’s not much time to teach but the time I do have is spent reviewing and
    completing fun writing assignments.

    © 2019 Jenifer Bazzit – www.thriveingradefive.com


    This 5 thGrade Writing
    Bundle is perfect for
    teachers who just want to
    print off the activities and
    start teaching!

    © 2019 Jenifer Bazzit – www.thriveingradefive.com

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