Reading Informational Text, Grade 5
by Evan-moor Educational Publishers
2021-02-01 04:15:07
Reading Informational Text, Grade 5
by Evan-moor Educational Publishers
2021-02-01 04:15:07
Provide your fifth grade students with rigorous reading comprehension practice! Close reading, academic vocabulary, comprehension, and writing activities support Common Core learning paths. The informational texts cover grade-level content-area topic...
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Provide your fifth grade students with rigorous reading comprehension practice! Close reading, academic vocabulary, comprehension, and writing activities support Common Core learning paths. The informational texts cover grade-level content-area topics and a range of nonfiction text structures, such as compare and contrast, main idea and details, and cause and effect. Each of the 10 units presents a grade-appropriate nonfiction article and supporting activities that are easy to scaffold, including the following:* dictionary page with content and academic vocabulary* close reading activity* reading comprehension activity* vocabulary activity* text structure activity The unit culminates in a text-based writing assignment that can be used as an informal assessment. Additional teacher support includes:* Common Core State Standards correlations provided for every unit for easy reference* Downloadable home-school connection activities and projects to extend learning at home.* A guided reading level to help identify appropriate texts for students The informational texts and structures cover: Science Articles* The Value of WeedsText Structure: Main Idea and Details* Amazing AntsText Structure: Main Idea and Details* Gravity in Our Solar SystemText Structure: Question and AnswerSocial Studies Articles* A Viking VoyageText Structure: Time Order* Spying During the Revolutionary WarText Structure: Question and Answer* Comparing Education in Two CulturesText Structure: Compare and ContrastGeography Article* Earth''s Precious WaterText Structure: Cause and EffectBiography Articles* Benjamin Banneker: Astronomer, Writer, and Antislavery ActivistText Structure: Question and Answer* Thurgood Marshall: Champion of Equal RightsText Structure: Cause and EffectHow-to Article* How to FishText Structure: Time Order
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