This full-color, consumable textbook engages students with short, in-text selections as well as assigned novels and nonfiction. For this grade level, students’ required reading includes (in chronological order) Ira’s Shakespeare Dream; Stef Soto, Taco Queen; The Story of Car Engineer Soichiro; Framed!; The Black Pearl; and Glitch. The book 104 Poems of Whimsy and Wisdom is also a required resource. Students will engage with biblical stories such as Absalom’s rebellion and the calling of Jeremiah. Reading selections span topics across centuries, such as science concepts, history, and learning about various cultures. There are thirteen additional suggested read-alouds. 422 perforated pgs, sc. ~ Ruth
Purposeful Design Language Arts: Grade 5 Reading Skills Student Edition
Product Overview
- Systematic, literature-focused study, with a biblical worldview
- Requires the Teacher Edition of Reading and Literature
- Add a composition program to build a complete language arts course
Description
The Language Arts Grade 5 Reading and Literature textbooks offer phonics refresher practice; guided and independent reading skills and word meaning practice; and reading and listening comprehension sections, reader guides that accompany student readers, and literature guides that accompany suggested read-aloud books, all using fiction and nonfiction texts in a variety of genres.
- A full-color, consumable textbook with perforated pages offering practice and application of reading skills
Students will continue working on reviewing phonics skills, evaluating word meanings in context, listening and reading comprehension (in fiction and nonfiction), sequencing events in stories, and building fluency. Regular assessments will test reading and listening comprehension skills. Required reading in chronological order includes Ira’s Shakespeare Dream; Stef Soto, Taco Queen; The Story of Car Engineer Soichiro; Framed!; The Black Pearl; and Glitch. The book 104 Poems of Whimsy and Wisdom is a required resource. These books are sold separately. Suggested read-alouds for this level are The Year of the Dog; Mimic Makers: Biomimicry Inventors Inspired by Nature; My Side of the Mountain; Christian Biographies for Young Readers: Phillis Wheatley; Explorer Academy: The Nebula Secret; American Tall Tales; Ella Enchanted; Curiosity: The Story of a Mars Rover; The War Within: A Novel of the Civil War; John Lewis in the Lead: A Story of the Civil Rights Movement; The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair; I am Not a Number; and A Single Shard. ~ Ruth
| Product Format: | Paperback |
|---|---|
| Grade: | 5 |
| Brand: | Association of Christian Schools International |
| ISBN: | 9781583313497 |
| Length in Inches: | 10.875 |
| Width in Inches: | 8.375 |
| Height in Inches: | 0.875 |
| Weight in Pounds: | 2.15 |
