Journeys Common Core Reader's Notebook Consumable Grade 5

Providing grade level reading and English practice can be as easy as adding a workbook. The student workbook from the HMH Journeys Reading program adds a supplemental component to any standard Fifth Grade ELA studies. Students will work on parts of speech, inflection, spelling words, writing skills, and the focus shifts from phonics review to grammar and spelling. Each page in the lower left-hand corner will indicate the skill being covered (Vocabulary Strategies, Spelling, Grammar, Writing, Independent Reading). These Independent Reading worksheets, about two for each lesson and the larger Unit Review Reader’s Guide section, are activities taken from the Big Book reader (which is no longer available). However, a quick Google search revealed ways to find these short story selections. Many of these activities can be adjusted to reflect what the students may already be reading on their own and make a lovely research skills opportunity. For example, Unit 2 Reader’s Guide is over the text Hound Dog True. There are 30 pages of Independent Reading worksheets that guide students into interacting with the text. Unit 4’s Readers Guide is over the non-fiction picture book About Time: A First Look at Time and Clocks. There is a lovely Reading and Writing Glossary in the back of the workbook. Spelling, vocabulary, and grammar is the heavy focus in this level pointing towards the mechanics of grammar within writing samples. The Teacher Edition contains all the answers for this workbook. This is a consumable workbook that is not reproducible with perforated pages for easy removal. There is no difference between the Common Core and the standard workbook. 415 pgs, pb.  ~Rebecca