Teach reading comprehension skills and fiction genre study to your fifth-grade students

Choose from nine units that span fiction genres or use them all

Realistic fiction
Fable
Science fiction
Folk tale
Comedy
Realistic fiction
Historical fiction
Poetry

Each unit includes:

Teacher support pages with a lesson plan and objective
One or two leveled reading selections with illustrations
Story dictionary with topic vocabulary and academic vocabulary
Close reading activities, comprehension activities, and vocabulary activities
Oral close reading activity with questions to help guide students in a discussion
Genre study activity and literary analysis activity
Writing prompt activity

Additional teacher resources:

Comprehensive vocabulary definitions
"How to Be a Good Reader" resource page for students
Literary genres chart
Literary elements and techniques chart
Overview of texts that includes the reading level, genre, and literary element or story structure

The illustrated reading selections in the grade 5 book are:

Realistic Fiction: "The Job Interviews," Level S
Fable: "Noah and the Gummy Bears," Level T
Science Fiction: "Ten Paramount Rules for Vacationing in Outer Space," Level T
Folk Tale: "Why a Cheetah's Cheeks Are Stained," Level U
Comedy: "Two Fools," Level U
Realistic Fiction: "Differences," Level V
Historical Fiction: "The First Lady in the Woods," Level V
Poetry: "The Walrus and the Carpenter," Level V
Historical Fiction: "Memphis in 1968," Level W

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Reading Comprehension: Fiction, Grade 5 Teacher Resource - heftet, Engelsk, 2023