Reading

All fifth grade classes use a combination of different methods focused on reading skills and strategies. Students have a reading “contract” which must be completed by the end of the week. Students spend their reading time in small group guided reading, independent reading, literature circles groups, and whole class instruction. We focus on one reading skill and one reading strategy weekly. Students will have many opportunities to practice and apply these skills and strategies in a variety of texts. They will complete an MCAS-based assessment and an open response which focuses on the weekly skill. One part of the weekly reading contract also includes literature circle groups. These groups allow students to discuss and read novels and other trade books. Literature circle groups meet weekly and students are responsible for reading a specified set of pages in their book and completing a response activity.

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The comprehension skills and strategies covered in Grade 5 include:

SKILLS                                     STRATEGIES

-Author's Purpose                      -Asking Questions       

-Cause and Effect                      -Answering Questions

-Character and Plot                    -Graphic Organizers                                         -Summarizing                            -Monitor and Fix-up

-Drawing Conclusions                 -Predicting

-Fact and Opinion                      -Using Prior Knowledge (Making Connections)

-Generalizing                            -Story Structure

-Graphic Sources                        -Text Structure

-Main Idea                                -Summarizing

-Sequencing                              -Visualizing            

-Theme and Setting                                              

Student Materials – Each student has the following books:

Mini-Book (Leveled Reader) – A small, soft cover text that is leveled specifically for that particular student and focuses on the weekly skill/strategy.

Literature Circle Book – a trade book/novel which should come to and from school each day.

Grammar/Writing Book – a soft cover workbook for grammar and writing skills. These book are used for ELA and should not be written in. Students should write all answers in their ELA notebooks

     Weekly Reading Schedule at a Glance:

• Reading Strategies Log

• Literature Circle Super Summarizer

• Literature Circle Word Wizard

• Literature Circle Literary Luminary

• Literature Circle Illustrator

• Literature Circle Creative Connector

• Literature Circle Discussion Director