Reading Informational Text, Grade 5

Evan-Moor Educational Publishers (Paperback)

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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 Weeds Text Structure: Main Idea and Details · Amazing Ants Text Structure: Main Idea and Details · Gravity in Our Solar System Text Structure: Question and Answer Social Studies Articles · A Viking Voyage Text Structure: Time Order · Spying During the Revolutionary War Text Structure: Question and Answer · Comparing Education in Two Cultures Text Structure: Compare and Contrast Geography Article · Earth’s Precious Water Text Structure: Cause and Effect Biography Articles · Benjamin Banneker: Astronomer, Writer, and Antislavery Activist Text Structure: Question and Answer · Thurgood Marshall: Champion of Equal Rights Text Structure: Cause and Effect How-to Article · How to Fish Text Structure: Time Order