Week 1 (June 5)
Week 2 (June 12)
Week 3 (June 19)
Week 4 (June 26)
Week 11 Aug 14)
Week 10 (Aug 7)
Week 9 (July 31)
Week 8 (July 24)
Week 7 (July 17)
Week 5 (July 3)
Week 6 (July 10)
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Parent Video for Summer Reading
Summer Reading 2023
5th Grade
Remember: Read for FUN everyday for 20 minutes!
What Can I Read?
How Can I Read?
Where can I find something to read?
Here are some apps to be creative with after you read! Try one out for fun!
Reading Review
2023
5th Grade
Week 1: June 5-9
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Practice
Practice:
Write down your “tracks” as you read along with the tall tale “A Twist Mouth Family.”
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Write down your “Tracks” (what is says, what it means) with your own book today!
Week 2: June 12-16
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Practice:
Print or make a magnifying glass to help you find “clues” in the pictures to make an inference.
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Use your magnifying glass to search for clues to make an inference about you book!
Week 3: June 19-23
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Practice:
Print or draw the “What I know?” picture and include your thoughts (in and out of your head) to create an inference about the sample texts.
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Use a blank “What I know” chart to record your thoughts and memories to make an inference about your book!
Week 4: June 26-June 30
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Practice
Practice:
Try the strategy with the attached text
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Try the somebody, wanted, but so strategy with your own fiction book.
Week 5: July 3-July 7
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Practice:
Complete the rest of the notes for the Amazing Kids article. You may use this organizer or a tree map.
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Try this note taking strategy with your own book.
Week 6: July 10-14
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Practice:
Read the attached articles. Try to answer the pre-reading questions and generate during reading questions
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With a book of your own, or an article from Newsela try generating pre-reading question, read the text and try to answer those questions. While you read, generate more questions.
Week 7: July 17-21
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Practice:
Read the attached paragraphs. Mark where your brain got confused or went “huh?”. Then sketch a picture to show comprehension.
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In your own book, stop and make note when your thinking voice says “huh?”
Week 8: July 24-28
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Practice:
Using the attached notes and story, come up with two universal themes.
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Using your own book, try using this strategy to come up with a theme.
Week 9: July 31-August 4
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Practice:
Use the strategy write a paragraph explaining the theme of Charles. Use the attached slide show.
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Use your own book to identify a theme and then write a short paragraph supporting the theme.
Week 10: August 7-11
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Practice:
Using the strategy, compare Charles to The Kids Table. Use the attached document.
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Find two fiction books of your own and compare them using this strategy.
Week 11: August 14-18
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Practice:
Use the attached articles and organizers, create at least two more categories with information.
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Use your own nonfiction texts, or find two articles on Newsela, gather information and group the information into categories.
You Are Done!