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5th Grade Independent and Guided Reading Resources

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Activity
Activity5th GradeWhat Have You Read This Year Activity

Using What Have You Read This Year Activity, students read and comprehend literature, including stories and poetry.

Worksheet
Worksheet5th GradeInformational Texts Worksheet

Using Informational Texts Worksheet, students keep track of the stories they read this year by writing the title and the rating each book.

Activity
Activity5th GradeWhy oh Why Story Details Activity

Using this Why oh Why Story Details Activity, students answer the questions "What happened?" and "why did it happen?" while citing their textual evidence.

Activity
Activity5th GradePractice Makes Perfect Fluency Activity

Using the Practice Makes Perfect Fluency Activity, students read the passage with accuracy and fluency while you take notes on their reading.

Activity
Activity5th GradeBook Vs Movie Compare and Contrast Activity

Using Book Vs Movie Compare and Contrast Activity, students make connections between the text of a story or drama and a visual presentation of the text.

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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 GradeFirsthand and Secondhand Accounts Activity

Using Firsthand and Secondhand Accounts Activity, students read both firsthand and secondhand accounts of the same event to describe the differences in the information provided.

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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 Comes Next? Timeline Activity

In order to use this What Comes Next? Timeline Activity, your students will describe the connection between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text.

Common Core Lesson
Common Core Lesson5th GradeRL.5.2 Fifth Grade Common Core Lesson

Using RL.5.2 Fifth Grade Common Core Lesson,students determine the main idea of a text and recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.

Worksheet
Worksheet5th GradeWhat Are They Reading by Genre Assessment Worksheet

Using What Are They Reading by Genre Assessment Worksheet, students keep track of the stories they read this year by writing the title and the date the book was completed.