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Grade 5

• Language

  • 5.L.1
  • 5.L.1.a
  • 5.L.1.e
  • 5.L.2.d
  • 5.L.2.e
  • 5.L.2
  • 5.L.3.a
  • 5.L.3
  • 5.L.4.a
  • 5.L.4.b
  • 5.L.4
  • 5.L.5.a
  • 5.L.5.b
  • 5.L.5.c
  • 5.L.5
  • 5.L.6

• Reading: Fluency

  • 5.RF.3
  • 5.RF.4.a

• Reading: Informational

  • 5.RI.2
  • 5.RI.3
  • 5.RI.5
  • 5.RI.6
  • 5.RI.8
  • 5.RI.9

• Reading: Literature

  • 5.RL.2
  • 5.RL.3
  • 5.RL.4
  • 5.RL.5
  • 5.RL.6
  • 5.RL.9

• Speaking & Listening

  • 5.SL.1.a
  • 5.SL.1.b
  • 5.SL.1.c
  • 5.SL.1.d
  • 5.SL.1
  • 5.SL.2
  • 5.SL.3
  • 5.SL.4
  • 5.SL.5
  • 5.SL.6

• Writing

  • 5.W.1.a
  • 5.W.1.b
  • 5.W.1
  • 5.W.2.a
  • 5.W.2.b
  • 5.W.2.d
  • 5.W.2
  • 5.W.3
  • 5.W.3.a
  • 5.W.3.b
  • 5.W.3.c
  • 5.W.3.d
  • 5.W.3.e
  • 5.W.4
  • 5.W.5
  • 5.W.6
  • 5.W.7
  • 5.W.8
  • 5.W.9.a
  • 5.W.9
  • 5.W.10

CCSS ELA Standard: 5.L.5.a

Interpret figurative language, including similes and metaphors, in context.

Super Specific Similes – Strong Uncle

Let’s make this simile about a strong uncle even more specific.

Super Specific Similes – Slimy Broccoli

Start with a basic simile. Now make it more specific. Now even more. Watch how much better writing gets with each round.

Super Specific Similes: Loud Class

Let’s make this simile about a loud class super specific!

Fancier Figurative Language: Use the Opposite

Let’s start with “As cold as fire.”

Fancier Figurative Language: Move the Simile

What if we started a sentence with the simile?

What’s In My Brain: Cute Baby vs Fast Cheetah

Can students spot similes vs metaphors?

Fancier Figurative Language: Start with a Cliche

We’ll start with the cliché “as cold as ice” and go somewhere much more interesting.