Howl and bark! Nelson here to give you some reading facts. I'm trying my best to improve my reading skills, but it sure can be "ruff!" :-)
In my mom's district, they use the StoryTown series for reading and language arts. Below is the link to the online curriculum where you can access the text, guided readers, and workbooks. Mom says this is really helpful if you are forgetful like me and leave your books at school!
I also listed some of the skills that fifth graders learn, as well as some books that are great. If you read some of these books, please leave comments on our book blog. Check it out for student and teacher recommendations!
Happy reading!
In my mom's district, they use the StoryTown series for reading and language arts. Below is the link to the online curriculum where you can access the text, guided readers, and workbooks. Mom says this is really helpful if you are forgetful like me and leave your books at school!
I also listed some of the skills that fifth graders learn, as well as some books that are great. If you read some of these books, please leave comments on our book blog. Check it out for student and teacher recommendations!
Happy reading!
Fifth Grade Reading/Language Arts Skills
Plot (we use the plot mountain)
Character's Motives
Theme
Sequence
Compare and Contrast
Cause and Effect
Inferences (an educated guess based on what you know and what you've read)
Main Idea and Details (think of the table, the ice cream cone, or the burger)
Author's Purpose and Perspective (think PIE…persuade, inform, entertain)
Literary Devices (figurative language…idioms, alliteration, simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, onomatopoeia)
Summarize and Paraphrase
Fact and Opinion
Sentences (four types, run-ons, simple, compound)
Nouns (common/proper, singular/plural)
Verbs
Prepositions (can you sing Jingle Bells or Yankee Doodle?) :-)
Interjections
Conjunctions
Pronouns
Adjectives
Adverbs
Punctuation and Capitalization
Plot (we use the plot mountain)
Character's Motives
Theme
Sequence
Compare and Contrast
Cause and Effect
Inferences (an educated guess based on what you know and what you've read)
Main Idea and Details (think of the table, the ice cream cone, or the burger)
Author's Purpose and Perspective (think PIE…persuade, inform, entertain)
Literary Devices (figurative language…idioms, alliteration, simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, onomatopoeia)
Summarize and Paraphrase
Fact and Opinion
Sentences (four types, run-ons, simple, compound)
Nouns (common/proper, singular/plural)
Verbs
Prepositions (can you sing Jingle Bells or Yankee Doodle?) :-)
Interjections
Conjunctions
Pronouns
Adjectives
Adverbs
Punctuation and Capitalization
Fiction Books
The Cay Timothy of the Cay Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH The Tarantula in my Purse (and 172 other pets) Dear Mr. Henshaw Beloved Dearly I Know Who Likes You! Tale of Despereaux Little House on the Prairie series anything written by Beverly Cleary Anne of Green Gables series Little Women Little Men Earthquake Terror Escaping the Giant Wave The Killing Sea From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler Blood on the River |
Informational Text (Nonfiction)
Drop of Water any book by Jean Fritz anything about the Iditarod dog race in Alaska |