Books that we will be reading this school year:
WIll need to be purchased
Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz
The Most Beautiful Roof in the World by Kathryn Lasky
Promises to Keep: How Jackie Robinson Changed America by Sharon Robinson
Eight Days: A Story of Haiti by Edwin Danticat
The Most Beautiful Roof in the World by Kathryn Lasky
Promises to Keep: How Jackie Robinson Changed America by Sharon Robinson
Eight Days: A Story of Haiti by Edwin Danticat
Website to raise Map scores: http://www.linnmar.k12.ia.us/schools/westfield/westweb/NWEA.html (use by Map rit score)
http://www.sowashco.org/ro/pages/studentlinks/map/reading.htM (Use by MAP RIT SCore)
All Standards Worksheets
Why Close REad?
1st semester- *** We will be Reading fiction and nonfiction
- Making Inferences- RL/ RI 5.1
- Tutorial for making inferences
- Guided Practice and worksheets for Inferencing
- Inferencing Video
- Learning Farm Inferencing
- Inferencing through movies video
- Inferencing on a wordless film
Theme (in a story, drama or poem)- RL 5.2
Main Idea- RI 5.2
- Identifying the Main Idea and Supporting Details video
- Learning Farm main idea
- Short Passages with example questions
Compare/Contrast settings, characters, events (in a story, drama, or fictional piece)- RL 5.3
- Learning Farm compare/contrast setting, characters, events
- LearnZillion compare/contrast characters lessson
- Compare/Contrast characters activity with videos
- Character traits video/activity
Point of View- RL/ RI 5.2
- Point of View Interactive Website
- Point of View Tutorial Video
- Point of View Guided Practice and worksheet
Context Clues/ Roots/Prefixes/Suffixes- RI 5.4
2nd semester- *** We Will be reading fiction and nonfiction
Text Structure- RI 5.5Compare/Contrast stories in same genre- RL/ RI 5.9
Author's Claim- RL/ RI 5.8
Figurative Language- RL 5.4
- Interactive Video on comparing/contrasting stories
- Compare/contrast stories guided practice and worksheet
Author's Claim- RL/ RI 5.8
- Learning Farm Author's Claim (interactive website with lesson, games, & test mode)
- Short Passages with example questions
Figurative Language- RL 5.4