Publisher's Synopsis
Teach reading comprehension skills and nonfiction text structures to your fifth-grade students! Choose from 10 units that span a variety of text structures and topics or use them all! Text structures include: Question and answer Main idea and details Cause and effect Compare and contrast Time order Nonfiction texts in the grade 5 book include a variety of content-area topics: Science: "The Value of Weeds" Level S "Amazing Ants" Level T "Gravity in Our Solar System" Level V Social Studies: "A Viking Voyage" Level U "Spying During the Revolutionary War" Level V "Comparing Education in Two Cultures" Level W Geography: "Earth's Precious Water" Level U Biography: "Benjamin Banneker: Astronomer, Writer, and Antislavery Activist" Level T "Thurgood Marshall: Champion of Equal Rights" Level V How-to: "How to Fish" Level U Each unit includes: Teacher support pages with a lesson plan and objective A dictionary that identifies content and academic vocabulary A close-reading activity A comprehension and vocabulary activity An oral close-reading activity with questions to help guide students in a discussion A text structure analysis activity A culminating text-based writing activity Additional teacher resources: Overview article and writing prompts chart Five elements of nonfiction text chart Five structures of nonfiction text An answer key About Evan-Moor Educational PublishersIgniting young minds to help every child learn and succeed! Evan-Moor creates engaging and meaningful learning resources for children in grades PreK - 8. Trusted by parents and teachers for over 45 years, Evan-Moor's award-winning resources are thoughtfully developed to nurture children's hearts and minds to help them reach their full potential.
