Reading Grades 5 6

Activities to reinforce reading and writing skills include vocabulary building, reading comprehension, grammar, writing, and test preparation.

Newbery Medal Winner * Teachers’ Top 100 Books for Children * ALA Notable Children’s Book Beverly Cleary’s timeless Newbery Medal-winning book explores difficult topics like divorce, insecurity, and bullying through the thoughts and emotions of a sixth-grade boy as he writes to his favorite author, Boyd Henshaw. After his parents separate, Leigh Botts moves to a new town with his mother. Struggling to make friends and deal with his anger toward his absent father, Leigh loses himself in a class assignment in which he must write to his favorite author. When Mr. Henshaw responds, the two form an unexpected friendship that will change Leigh’s life forever. From the beloved author of the Henry Huggins, Ramona Quimby, and Ralph S. Mouse series comes an epistolary novel about how to navigate and heal from life’s growing pains.

Guided Reading: Connect for fifth and sixth grades includes 36 Lexile (R) leveled readers--six sets of two each for below-, on-, and above-level student readers. This reading comprehension resource features charts and photos, and each reader features topics such as spiders, world deserts, and more. Create a comprehensive reading program with Ready to Go Guided Reading: Connect. This differentiated reading resource book offers informational text for students at various reading levels and includes: -leveled readers with intriguing topics -discussion guides -prompts to encourage students to work with the text and text features -graphic organizers and an observation sheet The readers are separated by below-, on-, and above-level comprehension skills and feature callout boxes to direct students to apply guided reading strategies to the texts. Each nonfiction text addresses fascinating topics and includes a writing prompt so students can show what they know. The 12-book Ready to Go: Guided Reading series for grades 1-6 helps you with guided reading organization. These 80-page reading resource books feature six discussion guides and three reproducible pages. Each grade span includes four books, focusing on the following comprehension strategies: -Infer -Summarize -Connect -Question These reading comprehension resource books contain callout boxes, nonfiction texts, photographs, charts, and maps.

Reading comprehension comes as a result of learning reading skills and strategies. The activities in this series can be used to supplement any core reading program. They are flexible enough to provide opportunities for differentiated instruction.

This book provides students in grade 5?6 with practice in reading nonfiction selections and testing for comprehension with reading selections in science, history, geography, economics, and informational text.

A top-selling teacher resource line, The 100+ Series(TM) features over 100 reproducible activities in each book! --Organized by specific reading skills, this book is designed to enhance students' reading comprehension. Lively reading passages present high-interest subjects in a variety of genres, including fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Accompanying activities reinforce comprehension skills that are essential for fluency and for success on standardized tests. The book includes cross-curricular subject matter that will deepen student knowledge while strengthening their reading skills.

A top-selling teacher resource line, The 100+ Series(TM) features over 100 reproducible activities in each book! Organized by specific reading skills, this book is designed to enhance students' reading comprehension. Lively reading passages present high-

Enhance lesson plans with Guided Reading: Summarize for fifth and sixth grades. This resource includes 36 leveled readers—six sets of two each for below-, on-, and above-level student readers. The readers engage students with text about the transcontinental railroad, echolocation, and more. Create an effective comprehensive language arts program with Ready to Go Guided Reading: Summarize. This resource offers informational text for students at various reading levels and includes: -prompts to encourage students to work with the text and text features -discussion guides -leveled readers with intriguing topics -graphic organizers and an observation sheet The readers are separated by below-, on-, and above-level comprehension skills and feature call-out boxes so students can apply reading strategies to the texts. Each reader addresses captivating topics and includes a writing prompt so students can show what they know. The 12-book Ready to Go: Guided Reading series for first to sixth grades eases the stress of guided reading organization. These 80-page resources serve as comprehensive set, complete with six discussion guides and three reproducible pages. Four books are included in each grade span to focus on the essential reading comprehension strategies: -Connect -Infer -Question -Summarize These resources contain short nonfiction texts, charts, photographs, maps, and call-out boxes.