Reading Informational Text, Grade 5

Reading Informational Text, Grade 5
Evan Moor Educational Publishers
Grade 5
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