Language
-Conventions of Standard English-Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Reading Literature and Informational Text
-Key Ideas and Details-Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Skill Sharpeners Reading, Grade 5 provides 12 motivating fiction and nonfiction stories. For example:
Fiction Stories:
-"The Tiger and the Jackals"-"Old Bragwynn the Pirate" -"How Shalbus Egbert Bested the Bear "
Nonfiction Stories:
-"Tracking Tornadoes" -"Silkworms"-"Joy Adamson: Living with Lions"
Activity pages include:
-comprehension questions-a vocabulary exercise for every story
Other skills addressed include the following:
-critical thinking-interpreting graphic information-reading with expression-analyzing characters