Grade 5 Learning Objectives for “Cut! To the Chase”

2.1 Use Strategies and Cues

Use comprehension strategies

• Comprehend new ideas and information by responding personally, taking notes and discussing ideas with others
• Use the meanings of familiar words to predict the meanings of unfamiliar words in context
• Monitor understanding by comparing personal knowledge and experiences with information on the same topic from a variety of sources

Use textual cues

• Use text features, such as maps, diagrams, special fonts and graphics, that highlight important concepts to enhance understanding of ideas and information

Use phonics and structural analysis

• Identify and know by sight the meaning of high frequency prefixes and suffixes to read unfamiliar, multisyllable words in context
• Integrate knowledge of phonics, sight vocabulary and structural analysis with knowledge of language and context clues to read unfamiliar words in context

2.2. Respond to Texts

Experience various texts

• Express points of view about oral, print and other media texts
• Describe and discuss new places, times, characters and events encountered in oral, print and other media texts
• Write or represent the meaning of texts in different forms

Construct meaning from texts

• Compare characters and situations portrayed in oral, print and other media texts to those encountered in the classroom and community
• Describe characters’ qualities based on what they say and do and how they are described in oral, print and other media texts
• Describe and discuss the influence of setting on the characters and events
• Support own interpretations of oral, print and other media texts, using evidence from personal experiences and the texts
• Retell or represent stories from the points of view of different characters

2.3 Understand Forms, Elements and Techniques

Understand forms and genres

• Identify and discuss similarities and differences among a variety of forms of oral, print and other media texts

Understand techniques and elements

• Identify the main problem or conflict in oral, print and other media texts, and explain how it is resolved
• Identify and discuss the main character’s point of view and motivation
• Identify sections or elements in print or other media texts, such as shots in films or sections in magazines

2.4 Create Original Text

Generate ideas

• Use texts from listening, reading and viewing experiences as models for producing own oral, print and other media texts

Elaborate on the expression of ideas

• Experiment with modeled forms of oral, print and other media texts to suit particular audiences and purposes

Structure texts

• Use structures encountered in texts to organize and present ideas in own oral, print and other media texts

3.1 Plan and Focus

Focus attention

• Summarize important ideas in oral, print and other media texts and express opinions about them

5.1 Respect Others and Strengthen Community

Appreciate diversity

• Compare own and others’ responses to ideas and experiences related to oral, print and other media texts

Relate texts to culture

• Identify and discuss how qualities, such as courage, ambition and loyalty, are portrayed in oral, print and other media texts from diverse cultures and communities