Reading Informational Text, 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 activityThe 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 studentsThe 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 AnswerSocial Studies Articles-A Viking VoyageText Structure: Time Order-Spying During the Revolutionary WarText Structure: Question and Answer-Comparing Education in Two Cultures Text Structure: Compare and ContrastGeography Article-Earth s Precious Water Text Structure: Cause and EffectBiography Articles-Benjamin Banneker: Astronomer, Writer, and Antislavery Activist Text Structure: Question and Answer-Thurgood Marshall: Champion of Equal Rights Text Structure: Cause and EffectHow-to Article-How to FishText Structure: Time Order