Reading Informational Text, Grade 5 - Softcover

Evan-Moor Corporation

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1613689934 ISBN 13: 9781613689936

Publisher: Evan-Moor Corp, 2014

Synopsis

Table of Contents

Provide your fifth grade students with rigorous reading comprehension practice! Close reading, academic vocabulary, comprehension, and writing activities support Common Core learning paths.
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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.
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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
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The unit culminates in a text-based writing assignment that can be used as an informal assessment.
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Additional teacher support includes:
·     Common Core State Standards correlations provided for every unit for easy reference
·     Downloadable homeâ??school connection activities and projects to extend learning at home.
·     A guided reading level to help identify appropriate texts for students
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The informational texts and structures cover:
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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
·     Earthâ??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

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Product Description

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Evan-Moor Corp
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1613689934
• ISBN 13: 9781613689936
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128