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5th grade · English Language Arts · Unit 9 of 17

Create With Words, Pictures and Sound

Choose fonts, images and modes for your audience

What your child practices

Planning and polishing texts that combine words, images, sound and video, and choosing fonts, layout and tools to suit an audience and purpose.

New York State Learning Standards learning standard: 5SL5; 5L3 · choosing words, images, sound and design for an audience

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. A mode is a way to share meaning: words, images, sound or movement.
  2. Choose clear fonts and good spacing so text doesn’t run together.
  3. Pick the right tool: a word processor for writing, slides for presenting.

Example: Which digital tool is made for writing and editing text? You need a tool built for words. That tool is a word processor. Answer: a word processor

Create With Words, Pictures and Sound in New York

In the New York State Learning Standards, this is unit 9 of 17 in 5th grade English Language Arts, after Media Smarts and before Research Ready.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: New York State Education Department (NYSED)

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Why choose a large, clear font for a poster?

    • so it can be read from far away
    • to hide mistakes
    • to use more ink

  2. Question 2

    A multimodal text uses…

    • more than one mode, such as words and images
    • only sound
    • only letters

  3. Question 3

    Which digital tool is made for writing and editing text?

    • a calculator
    • a word processor
    • a thermometer

  4. Question 4

    Which text mixes several modes?

    • a list of words
    • a ruler
    • a digital story with narration and pictures

  5. Question 5

    A thinking map, such as a web or flow chart, helps you…

    • organize ideas before drafting
    • print
    • spell

  6. Question 6

    Which combination best informs people about a local park?

    • a blank page
    • a map, a short description and a photo
    • a long list of words

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