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      Make Connections -- ASK Questions/Have Wonderings

      Making connections is like building a bridge from the known to the new. When you read together, help your fifth grader make connections between his or her own experiences and what characters are experiencing in a book. This will help your child understand a character's motives and feelings and will lead to a better understanding of the story.

      The three basic types of connections that can be made are: Text-to-self connection compares what happens in a book to a child's own real-life experience. ("Little Bill really wants that video game just like when I wanted one for my birthday.")

      Text-to-text connection compares the story that you are currently reading to another story that the child has already read ("Junie B. Jones is like Ramona Quimby. They both get into a lot of trouble.")

      Text-to-world connection links a story to larger issues, events, or concerns of society. ("Cam Janson and her friends helped to clean up their school's playground. We should all work together to keep our neighborhoods clean.")

      Reading with your child is a perfect time to talk about things that happened to you as a child or experiences that you have had as an adult that relates to the story. Some of the books you read with your fifth grader may have been favorites of yours as a child. Talk to your child about what that story meant to you. This can be a launching point for family stories, family lessons, and lots of family discussions.

      Visualize

      Use the five senses to help your fifth grader visualize the story you're reading and "make a movie" in his or her mind. Talk to your child about how an author is able to "paint a picture" with their words.

      This increases your child's understanding of the story, stimulates imaginative thinking, and brings joy to reading.

      As you read a story with your child, point out words and phrases the author uses to paint that picture in their mind.

      "It was marvelous ­ rich, sweet, smooth chocolate, chocolatey chocolate!" From The Chocolate Touch by Patrick Catling

      "The snow kept coming till it was drifted and banked against the house. In the mornings the window panes were covered with frost in beautiful pictures of trees and flowers and fairies." From Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder

      "The air was filled with the terrible gases and smells from the rotten egg. Templeton, who had been resting in his home, scuttled away from the barn. "Good night!" screamed Avery. "Good night! What a stink!" From Charlotte's Web by E.B. White

      Books can take you away to distant lands and offer up sights, sounds, tastes, and smells from this and other worlds. Take the journey with your second grader.

      Infer/Predict/Draw Conclusions 

      Can you make an educated guess as to what might happen next?  A great reader tries to make predictions as they read by gathering clues in the text. 

      Inferring is sometimes called "reading between the lines." Explain to your child that authors don't always come right out and tell you what is going to happen or how something happened. Sometimes the reader has to make a guess based on the information the author has given. This can lead to different conclusions, based on the experience and background knowledge that a reader brings to a story. Different readers might come up with different lessons to be learned from the same story. Inferring allows readers to make predictions, evaluate, reflect and make their own discoveries within a book.

      Drawing conclusions is putting together a bunch of facts to find the truth. For example: North America used to be covered with forests. Settlers came and cleared forests to build farms, cities, and communities. Now, there are very few forested areas in North America. The conclusion is that people are responsible for North America being largely cleared of forests.

      Ask your child:

      • What lesson did you learn from this story?
      • What happened in the story that made you think that?
      • What would you have done if you were the main character in the story?

      Remember ­ there is no one right answer to these questions, but discussing the questions will lead to a deeper understanding of the story and a better understanding of how your second grader thinks.

      "To infer as we read is to go beyond literal interpretation and to open a world of meaning deeply connected to our lives." From Mosaic of Thought: Teaching Comprehension in a Reader's Workshop by Ellin Oliver Keene and Susan Zimmermann

      Synthesize and Evaluate

      Your fifth-grader is synthesizing information when he combines something he learned from reading a story with his existing knowledge to produce an original idea, observation, or opinion. A story is full of information, just like pieces of a puzzle. A good reader is able to take all the information, put it together, sift out the unimportant details and understand the "big idea." Synthesizing helps your child think critically and creatively about what she reads and leads to a deeper understanding of a story.

      Ask your child:

      • Can you tell me the most important things that happened in the story?
      • How could you take what you learned from this story and make it help you in your life?
      • Did this story give you any ideas that you didn't have before we read it together?
      • I wonder why the author wrote this story?"
      • What did you think of the reading?  Would you recommend it? Why or why not?

       

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      Literary Genre Games                                            Academic Vocabulary

      • FlashCards                                                     Reading Academic Vocabulary 1
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      • Concentration                                                  Drama Vocabulary Quiz
      • Word Search                                                    Poetry Vocabulary Matching/Flashcards/Definitions
      • Literary Genre Practice Quiz                          Poetry Vocabulary Jeopardy
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      • Genres At a Glance Handout**
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      Fact and Opinion Games                                         Multiple Meaning Words

      • Fact and Opinion Quiz 1                                    Multiple Meaning Words Practice 10
      • Fact and Opinion Quiz 2                                    Multiple Meaning Words Practice 11
      • Fact and Opinion Quiz 3                                     Funbrain's Word Confusion
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      • Fact and Opinion Quiz 6                                    Media Literacy
      • Fact and Opinion                                                ***MEDIA LITERACY 

       

      The sequence of Events                                      Context Clues

      • A sequence of Events                                            Context Clue Quai Game
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      Main Idea Games and Review                      Nonfiction Text Features

      • Main Idea                                                             Quia Nonfiction Text Feature Game
      • Main Idea Battleship                                           Nonfiction Quiz
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      Inferencing                                                             Figurative Language

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      • Inferencing                                                                    Quia Rags to Riches
      • Inferencing & Drawing Conclusion Game                Quia Rags to Riches 2
      • Splash the Sub                                                             Quia Rags to Riches 3
      • Quia What Can You Infer                                             Quia Rags to Riches 4
      • Inference Riddles                                                           Figurative Language  
      • Inference Song (YouTube)                                          Figurative Language Quiz 
      • Inference Explained (YouTube)                                  Figurative Language Quiz  
      • Inference Explained (YouTube) 2                               Figurative Language Quiz   
      • Inference Explained Comics (YouTube) 3                 Figurative Language Quiz 
      • Inference Games                                                       FigurativeLanguage Hangman   
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      •   What are Generalizations? (YouTube)                       Idioms Jeopardy                       
      •   Generalizations (YouTube)                                         Paint by Idioms                      
      •   Making Generalizations in Reading (YouTube)           Cannonball Cats                             
      •   Inference/Concl./Generalizations (YouTube)         Figurative Lang. Study Guide             
      •   Conclusions/Infer/Generalizations (YouTube)          Figurative Language Handout**   
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      Fantasy Review PowerPoint

       

      A quest in the fantasy genre is a journey towards something—a goal, a place, a person, or something else, but it is specific. On the way to the goal, the hero (antagonist) will travel, which means the reader will experience all sorts of fantastical locations and cultures. Big Thinking Question (TEK 5.7B): A quest can be internal as well as external, so analyze how the characters' internal and external responses develop the plot. Additionally, make connections (TEK 5.6E) to personal experiences, ideas in other texts, and society as you read the text.

       

      Choice Read Alouds (Some book choices are not available on FREE Audio)  :(

       

      A Wrinkle in Time Audio by Madeleine L'Engle by Chapter   Text Version

      Wonder by R.J. Palacio by Chapter (scroll down once you enter the website to get to audio)

      The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis (scroll down to get audio)

      The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander

      Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson (scroll down to get audio)

      The Wizard of Oz by Frank Baum

      Dragonmaster by Chris Bunch

      Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt

      The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate

       

       

       

       

      TEK 5.8A/5.6E:  Mini-lesson on comparing themes in fantasy and history.

       

      TEK 5.3B: Context Clue Review    Context Clue Song

       

      TEK 5.8A - Review of Inferred Theme (pages 1-20)- Google Slide

      When inferring the theme, think about...

      1. What topics or issues does the text deal with?

            Ex:  How the Grinch Stole Christmas - Selfishness

      2. What questions does the author raise about the topics/issues?

            Ex:  Why are people selfish? What are the consequences of selfishness?

                    How can people overcome selfishness?

      3. What messages does the author convey about the topic/issue?

            Ex:  People can overcome selfishness with the love and support of people

                   around them.

      TEK 5.6E - I can make connections to personal experiences, ideas in other texts, and society

         Can you make a connection to the character's problem/conflict?

         Can you make a connection between the text you are reading to others texts you've read?

         Can you make a connection between the problem/conflict and society today?

      TEK 5.7B - I can analyze how the character's responses develop the plot.

         Consider how the main character's thoughts and actions drive the plot forward.

       

      Fantasy Books and Novel Studies

      Questions                                   Audio or Download of Books

       Creatures of the Pines               Creatures of the Pines Audio

      Upside Down Magic                   Upside Down Magic Audio

      The Witch Boy                      The Witch Boy Download

      The Storm Keeper's Island       The Storm Keeper's Island Audio

      Dragon Watch                            Dragon Watch Audio

      Wizard for Hire                    Wizard for Hire - Apprentice Needed Audio

      Malamander                        Malamander Audio

      Tristan Horn                        Tristan Horn Punches Hole in Sky Audio

      Little Grey Girl                     The Little Grey Girl Audio

      Aru Shah                              Aru Shah and The Song of Death Audio

      Serafina                               Serafina and the Seven Stars Audio

      Last Kids on Earth              Last Kids on Earth-Midnight Blade Audio

                                              Charlotte's Web

       

       

       

      Novel Studies and Questions

      Questions                                       Audio/Read Aloud

      The Summer of Swans         The Summer of Swans Audio

      Maniac Magee                        Maniac Magee Audio

      Bridge to Terabithia             Bridge to Terabithia Audio

      The Summer of Riley

      Three Cups of Tea                 Three Cups of Tea Audio

      Shiloh                                       Shiloh Read Aloud

      The Castle in the Attic          The Castle in the Attic Read Aloud

      Woodsong                                Woodsong Read Aloud

      Phantom Tollbooth               Phantom Tollbooth Audio

      Mr. Poppers Penguins                  Mr. Popper's Penguins Audio

      The Legend of Jimmy Spoon

      Island of the Blue Dolphins         Island of the Blue Dolphins Audio 

       

       Out of My Mind Audio - class read aloud Novel Study Questions - 
          I believe we left off around Chapter 10 :)  As you listen to the text,

          think about the possible themes (the author's message to the reader)

          associated with the book.

      The Indian in the Cupboard Read Aloud:

          Text of the book: https://charlton6.weebly.com/uploads/1/0/6/2/10621939/the_indian_in_the_cupboard.pdf

             Audio of the book: https://archive.org/details/TheIndianInTheCupboard

       

      The thing to do to Supplement

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       Book Report Idea Choices

      Create a Book - type bookcreator.com into your search browser -

            use code 6PSZYK5 to sign in as a student!  Happy creating!

       

      Genre Review 

       

       

       

      STAAR Review

       

      • STAAR QUESTION VOCABULARY 
      • STAAR VOCABULARY QUIZLET 
      • STAAR'S QUESTION STEMS TO REVIEW 
      • More STAAR Stem Question to Review
      • STAAR Quizlet Game to Practice Vocab. 
      • STAAR PRACTICE TEST
      • TEA STAAR PRACTICE TESTS

       

       

       

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      Debatable Issues Website

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        AUTHOR STUDY UNIT 
      Author Websites:   Researching Authors Sites:
      www.readingrockets.org/books/interviews/

      http://www.proteacher.com/070081.shtml        

      www.scholastic.com/librarians/ab/biolist.htm
      http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/authors.asp                 

      www.adlit.org/authors/

       

       

       

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      Amazon Summer Reading Recommendations

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       Summer Reading Websites
      Good Reads:  https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/5th-grade
      Education World:  http://www.educationworld.com/summer_reading/5th_grade.shtml
      Great Schools:  http://www.greatschools.org/cgi-bin/showarticle/678
       
       
       

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