Elementary English - Grade 5

1: Intonations

Listening
- Distinguish changes in meaning in sentences caused by shift in intonation e.g. Shes coming. (plain statement) Shes coming (for confirmation)
Speaking
- Increase oness speaking vocabulary
  - Use the correct intonation for statements and questions
  - Use courteous expression in conducting a club meeting

2: Do Words Grow Too

Listening
- Distinguish changes in meaning of words caused by stress shift e.g. Please record (verb) the test result in the class record (noun)
Speaking
- Increase ones's speaking vocabulary
  - Pronounce words putting stress on the correct syllable
Reading
- Decode meaning of unfamiliar words
  - Decode words in stories using structural analysis
    - Words with affixes, prefixes, and suffixes
- Identify the different information given to a word in a dictionary
  - syllabication, stress marks, multiple meaning of words
- Use synonyms and antonyms
Writing
- Write the correct spelling of words learned in listening, speaking, and reading

3: Directions that Direct

Listening
- Follow a series of directions (5 to 6 steps)
Speaking
- Make simple and accurate descriptions and announcements
Reading
- Follow printed directions in filling up school forms
Writing
- Fill out school forms
  - Information Sheet
  - Bank deposit and withdrawal slip

4: Get the Idea

Listening
- Give titles to paragraph/stories listened to
Speaking
- Use plural form of nouns in talking about oneself/others
  - Irregular nouns
Reading
- Get the main idea
  - Give heading to a set of related ideas
  - Identify the key sentence in a paragraph
  - Identify the details that support the key sentence
  - Skim to get the general idea on what the material is about
Writing
- Write a paragraph from the pictures drawn
  - Beginning sentence
  - Middle sentence
  - Ending

5: Noting Details

Listening
- Note details in a selection listened to:
  - Make a grammar to remember details(setting, character, events)
  - Give implied ideas or information
Speaking
- Retell selections listened to
Reading
- Note significant details
  - Identify the setting, characters, and ending of stories read
  - Draw pictures of incidents/characters from a selection heard
  - Identify oneself with a character in the story
Writing
- Write rhymes/jingles related to the selection read

6: Organizing Ideas

Listening
- Get information from news report heard
  - List down important ideas/events
Speaking
- Use a variety of sentences
  - simple
  - compound
  - complex
- Use possessive form of plural nouns
  - proper nouns ending in s or z
Reading
- Organize ideas
  - Identify the major ideas/concept in a selection
  - Organize the key sentence and supporting details into an outline
  - Make a two-point outline of a 2 to 3 paragraphs
Writing
- Write a 2-point sentence outline

7: Sequencing Events

Listening
- Sequence events in the story listened to through groups of sentences
Speaking
- Use Pronouns
  - Demonstrative (this, that, these, those)
  - Relative (who, where, etc.)
  - Reflexive (myself, herself, etc)
  - Ask and answer questions about oneself/others
    - No + negative rejoinder (No i'm not)
    - Yes + positive rejoinder (Yes I am)
    - positive stem + negative tag (It's a puppy isn't it?)
    - negative stem + positive tag (It isn't a puppy is it?
Reading
- Sequence the major ideas/concept in a selection
Writing
- Arrange sentences according to order of time/importance in writing a paragraph

8: Cause and Effect in Action

Listening
- Identify cause/effect from statements/situations heard
- Identify action words in sentences/paragraphs heard
Speaking
- Use the different verbs forms
  - Simple present for general truth
  - Habitual past ( use to + verb )
  - Future (going to + verb )
  - Use two-word verb
Reading
- Perceive relationship
  - give possible causes to a given effect and possible effects to a given cause
Writing
- Write reports from writing models
  - Science report
  - Television shows
  - Schools and community news

9: Predicting Outcomes

10: All about Adjectives

Listening
- Identify descriptive words in sentences/paragraphs heard
  - Use words that describe persons, places, animals, ideas (adjectives)
Speaking
- Use words that describe Persons, Places, Animals, Ideas
  - Use the positive, comparative, and superlative forms of adjectives
  - Use descriptive words and phrases (as + adj. + as)
Reading
- Infer
  - traits of character
  - the general mood of expression in a selection
Writing
- Write:
  - descriptive paragraph
  - letters of invitation/request
  - telegrams
  - announcements

11: Making Judgements

Listening
- Evaluate and make judgments on oral text presented orally
Speaking
- Use preposition + prepositional phrase
Reading
- Draw conclusions based on information given
- Evaluate ideas/make judgments
  - Identify facts and/opinions in a selection read
  - Give opinions about information read
Writing
- Respond on writing based on stimuli
  - result of an observation/experiment
  - acceptable letter
  - descriptive/narrative

12: Accurate Statements.

Listening
- Report accurately information heard
Speaking
- Use adverbs
  - Adverbs of manner and frequency
  - Use words that can function as adjectives and adverbs
- Direct and indirect discourse e.g.
  - Direct - Lydia said, Fe writes a letter.
  - Indirect - Lydia told Fe to write a letter.
- Transform direct to indirect or vice versa
- Change statement to question or vice versa e.g.
  - Nora writes a letter
  - Does Nora write a letter
Reading
- Get information from newspapers and information from each part
Writing
- Write different texts
  - Narrative
- Write reported statements in paragraph form
  - direct discourse to indirect

13: Library Resources

Listening
- Report accurately information heard
Speaking
- Use words that can function as adjectives and adverbs
- Talk about topics of interest in 7 - 8 sentences
Reading
- Use library resources to get information
  - Card catalog
  - Atlas, encyclopedia
  - Newspapers
Writing
- Write different texts
  - Description
  - Appointments
  - Advertisements