Prepare your students to succeed on state tests! Test-prep made easy! Reading Comprehension: Paired Text grade 5 is an easy-to-use resource that includes 8 paired text units with everything you need to practice reading comprehension skills.
Use Evan-Moor's grade 5 paired text units to provide students with opportunities to compare multiple viewpoints and to integrate information. Units contain two selections that are focused around an essential question.
Each selection includes:
- vocabulary development in context
- an oral close reading discussion
- comprehension questions
- a writing prompt
The unit assessment includes discussion of the topic, texts, and essential question, as well as a pre-writing graphic organizer and culminating writing prompt.
Additional features:
- student objectives
- topic introductions
- lesson plans
Grade 5 paired text social studies units:
Taking Sides: "One Land, Two Views" Level T "The Troll and the Billy Goats Gruff" Level S Those Who Moved Us Forward: "Newspaper Archives" Level U "Clara Brown: Angel of the Rockies" Level T A View from All Sides: "An Unsettling Argument" Level V "No Room at the Inn" Level U Unsung Heroes: "Deborah Samson, Soldier of the Revolution" Level T "Two Poems from the Underground Railroad" Level W Grade 5 paired text science units: Amusement in the Air: "How to Make a Kite" Level T "Airborne" Level T Using Resources Wisely: "Hydroelectricity" Level U "True Riches" Level T Solving Mysteries of the Past: "Otzi: A Window to the Past" Level V "Oma Frieda's Trunk" Level S Becoming Ourselves: "Nature versus Nurture" Level W "Dear Diary" Level U About Evan-Moor A leader in PreK-8 educational publishing, Evan-Moor has been a trusted partner of teachers and parents for over 40 years. Our mission is helping children learn, and we do this by creating resources that motivate children to learn important skills and concepts across the curriculum while also inspiring a love of learning.