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Support your fifth-grade students in close reading discussions of nonfiction and fiction texts with practice that supports common core methodology. each unit contains two related reading selections that reflect fifth-grade science and social studies topics and are focused around an essential question. for example, how did ordinary people play a part in history connects deborah samson, soldier of the revolution and two poems from the underground railroad fictional poems.

• Learn and apply academic vocabulary in context
• Participate in oral close reading discussions
• Answer comprehension questions
• Write to a prompt with the help of a graphic organizer

• Eight robust units that include a unit assessment with discussion of the topic, texts, and essential question, as well as a writing prompt
• Downloadable home?school connection activities and projects to extend learning at home
• Common Core correlations for every unit for easy reference