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5th Grade Independent and Guided Reading Activities

17 resources

5th Grade Independent and Guided Reading Activities

17 resources

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Activity5th GradeIdentifying Theme Activity

This identifying theme activity helps 3rd to 5th grade students match short stories to their themes and back them up with text details. Answer key included.

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Activity5th GradeDetermining Theme Activity

Students read 12 short fable cards in this determining theme activity for 3rd to 5th Grade, match each to a theme, and cite a detail. Answer key included.

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Activity5th GradeIn Your Own Words Paraphrase Activity

This in your own words paraphrase activity has 3rd to 5th grade students match texts to paraphrase cards and write their own. A practice page and an answer key are included.

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Activity5th GradeComparing Themes of Two Stories Activity

This comparing themes of two stories activity for 3rd-5th grade turns story pairs into a fun matching game, with a graphic organizer, practice page, and answer key included.

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Activity5th GradeClass Critics Summarizing Activity

This class critics summarizing activity gives 3rd to 5th grade students seven organizers to summarize books, videos, and articles. Answer key included for the model and practice.

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Activity5th GradeDetermining Theme Graphic Organizers Activity

This determining theme graphic organizers activity helps 3rd to 5th grade students find the lesson in a story, a play and a poem, then practice with fables. Answer key included.

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Activity5th GradeHurricanes Reading Comprehension Activity

This hurricanes reading comprehension activity has 3rd to 5th grade students read a passage, match vocabulary cards and answer text-based questions. An answer key is included.

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Activity5th GradePractice Makes Perfect Fluency Activity

This practice makes perfect fluency activity gives 2nd to 5th grade readers leveled passages, coach cards and a tracker for repeated reading. Answer key included for easy scoring.

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Activity5th GradeFirsthand and Secondhand Accounts Activity

This firsthand and secondhand accounts activity has students sort 24 account cards by who is telling the story. Built for 3rd to 5th grade, with a practice page and answer key included.

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Activity5th GradeAnimal Myth Busters Author's Purpose Activity

This animal myth busters author's purpose activity has 3rd to 5th grade students match reason cards to the points they support. An answer key is included, so checking the work is quick and easy.

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Activity5th GradeBook Vs Movie Compare and Contrast Activity

This book vs movie compare and contrast activity has 3rd to 5th grade partners sort statement cards and compare a story on the page and on screen. Answer key included.

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Activity5th GradeDigging for Information Text Structure Activity

Using Digging for Information Text Structure Activity, students describe the relationship between events, scientific concepts, or procedures in a text.

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Activity5th GradeLook in the Text Activity

Using this Look in the Text Activity, students ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.

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Activity5th GradeReading Informational Texts Book Review Activity

Using Reading Informational Texts Book Review Activity, students read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts.

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Activity5th GradeWhat Have You Read This Year Activity

This what have you read this year activity helps 2nd-5th grade students track genres, review each book they finish and choose their top three favorite books of the year.

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Activity5th GradeRead It Decoding Words Activity

This read it decoding words activity gives 3rd to 5th Grade readers six tips, 20 self-checking word cards and a progress graph for reading long words. Answer key included.

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Activity5th GradeWhose Point of View Compare and Contrast Activity

This whose point of view compare and contrast activity has 3rd-5th grade students sort 24 story cards as first or third person. A mat, recording sheet and practice page, with an answer key included.