Help your students improve their reading comprehension with this focused approach!Reading Comprehension Fundamentalsprovides you tools to target the reading skills and strategies with which students need the most help. The 36 skill-based units include fiction and nonfiction texts, a variety of practice activities, and a unit review.
The comprehensive units guide students to develop a deep understanding of each skill, strategy, and genre introduced with a simple "teach, practice, and assess" approach. Ample reading experiences and varied response formats help to improve students' overall comprehension and test-taking skills.
Fifth Grade Comprehension Activities for Nonfiction TextsFifth Grade Comprehension Activities for Fiction Texts Main Idea and Details Character Text Features and Visual Information Setting Description Plot Cause and Effect Theme Compare and Contrast Point of View Sequence Predict Problem and Solution Vocabulary Predict Visual Information Vocabulary Summarize Summarize Make Inferences Fact and Opinion Cause and Effect Make Inferences Compare and Contrast Author's Purpose Foreshadowing Text Structure Hyperbole
Nonfiction genre studies include expository nonfiction, persuasive nonfiction, narrative nonfiction, and descriptive nonfiction. Fiction genre studies include historical fiction, realistic fiction, science fiction, and comedy.
UseReading Comprehension Fundamentalsas a core standards-aligned reading resource or select the units that align with your curriculum and with your students' needs.