READING GOALS FOR THE 2021-2022 SCHOOL YEAR
FIFTH GRADE READING CURRICULUM
Most of the 5th grade reading curriculum focuses on teaching students to understand and develop ideas about the texts they read. Fifth graders learn to support their ideas using specific details from books, and are expected to think carefully about (and ultimately use) quotes, facts, and events to develop opinions about a text and explain it. Students practice this as they read texts together as a class and independently, and I, as their teacher, will often show them specific strategies they can use to do this. Fifth graders also expand these skills as they write extensively about what they read in every subject.
To build reading skills, your fifth grader:
RULES
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NUMBER THE STARS
ESPERANZA RISING
FIFTH GRADE READING CURRICULUM
Most of the 5th grade reading curriculum focuses on teaching students to understand and develop ideas about the texts they read. Fifth graders learn to support their ideas using specific details from books, and are expected to think carefully about (and ultimately use) quotes, facts, and events to develop opinions about a text and explain it. Students practice this as they read texts together as a class and independently, and I, as their teacher, will often show them specific strategies they can use to do this. Fifth graders also expand these skills as they write extensively about what they read in every subject.
To build reading skills, your fifth grader:
- Begins to use direct quotes from texts to explain and prove
ideas about the reading. - Reads a variety of genres including fiction, nonfiction, poetry,
and drama. - Uses details from the text to summarize it, identity the main
idea or theme, compare characters or events, or compare
different texts of the same genre. - Interprets and understands metaphors and comparisons
made in a text. - Identifies an author or narrator’s point of view and explains
how this affects the content of a text. - Compares multiple perspectives on the same event, idea, or
theme. - Uses the context of a text to determine the meaning of
unknown words. - Uses technology and digital media to further their
understanding of a topic and to find answers to their
questions. - Gathers information about a topic from multiple sources.
RULES
SHILOH
HOOT
NUMBER THE STARS
ESPERANZA RISING