Grade 5, Reading
Std Reading Behaviors VI-A: Exhibit a wide range of reading
behaviors/habits to gain information, refine fluency, and comprehend
materials from a variety of sources
A. Read and respond using a variety of
materials
- functional (menu, catalog, schedule,
directions) (AL COS)
- textual/informational (diagrams,
tables, charts, classroom texts) (AL COS)
- literary/recreational
(student-authored work, trade books, self-selection) (AL COS)
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Pic-A -Fic: Choosing Fiction for Every Taste
In this lesson, students will examine
and categorize a selection of titles (gathered by the teacher or media
specialist) representing fiction genres--mystery, science fiction,
fantasy, realistic fiction, and historical fiction--and will demonstrate
independently their skill in locating similar books in their school
library collection.
FINDING
PROBLEMS IN A STORY
How can we organize information onto a
problem-and-solving chart? This lesson uses the story Dear Mr.
Henshaw to identify a problem and
decide whether the solution was successful or not through reading
comprehension.
Blending Fiction and Nonfiction to Improve Comprehension and Writing
Skills
This innovative writing lesson integrates fiction and nonfiction to
create a blended genre that improves students' critical comprehension
and writing skills.
Using Picture Mapping to Improve Student Comprehension of Informational
Text
Students will draw pictorial
representations based upon a reading selection to assist in recall of
content.
Letter to the Editor
The student will incorporate writing skills with
an awareness of public issues.
Alaska Native Stories: Using Narrative to Introduce Expository Text
This lesson introduces students to comparing and contrasting fiction and
nonfiction texts, and provides integration of literature into content area
instruction.
Where in the World?
Students will read a variety of poetry to understand and describe the
characteristics of free verse, rhymed, and patterned poetry.
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Graphic Organizers:
Ideas for how to use graphic organizers and places to find them on the
Internet.
KWHL
Chart:
Accessing prior information on a topic or theme, identifying
primary and secondary resources to access, developing a plan for
accessing resources, identifying attributes and characteristics to
research. Teachers
@ Random:
This site from Random House offers a
resource center packed with teacher's guides.
Virtual
Field Trips:
Take
virtual trips to various places around the world without leaving the
classroom. These multimedia-rich sites include video, audio, panoramic
views, and live Webcams.
Story
Matrix:
This site offers a chart to organize and classify information about a book or
novel.
RSVP: Root Specific
Vocabulary Puzzles:
Interactive and printable activities for synonyms, antonyms and more.
Suggestions for English Language Learners (ELLs):
(E/B=Entering/Beginning, D=Developing, E=Expanding)
E/B: Determine key similarities or differences between simple,
illustratively supported fiction works and express with simple
spoken or written sentences.
E/B: Respond to simple factual questions about a brief
illustrated short story and express nonverbally (i.e. pictures,
lists, tables, graphic organizers), with one-to-two word responses,
or with simple spoken or written words and phrases;
E/B: Create pictures, lists, charts, and graphic organizers
to illustrate characteristics of fictional short stories.
E/B: Demonstrate the sequence of events from an
illustratively supported short story and express nonverbally (i.e.
pictures, lists, tables, graphic organizers) or with one-to-two word
responses.
E/B: Identify key characters in a short story nonverbally (i.e.
pictures, lists, tables, graphic organizers) or with one-to-two word
responses; D: Identify key characters and main ideas in
simple literature with simple spoken and written sentences; E:
Identify actions of characters in fiction and relate to plot or
theme.
E/B: Distinguish between poetry, drama, and short stories
when read aloud by using simple spoken sentences; D: Read
different and simple literature (poetry, drama, fiction, nonfiction)
and orally identify each genre and its basic features with simple
spoken and written sentences; E: Identify the main
characteristics of poetry, drama, fiction, and nonfiction.
D: Identify the speaker or narrator of a given text with
simple spoken and written sentences.
D: Respond to simple factual questions about brief fiction
works and express with simple spoken and written sentences.
E: Identify the main idea of a given text and identify how
conflict is resolved.
E: Read literature and orally identify metaphors and similes.
E: Identify point of view (i.e. first or third person).
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Language Arts