5th Grade Reading

 

The following strategies are used in 5th grade to help students understand what was read in Reading class:

    - Making inferences

    - Cause & Effect

    - Fact & Opinion

    - Figures of Speech

    - Drawing Conclusions

    - QAR (Question/Answer Relationship)

    - Context Clues

    - Dividing Words Into Syllables

    - Breaking up a Word using Prefixes & Suffixes

 

The following topics are covered in 5th grade reading class:

    - Choosing a Title for a Paragraph or Story

    - Main Ideas of a Story or Paragraph

    - Story Elements (Major/Minor Characters, Setting,

      Problem/Solution)

     - Retelling of a Story in Own Words

 

We cover these Genres:

     - Mystery

     - Legend, Tall Tales, Fables

     - Poetry

     - Realistic Fiction

     - Non-Fiction

     - Historical Fiction

 

 

4th Grade Reading

 

The following strategies are used in 4th grade to help students understand what was read in Reading class:

    - Prior Knowledge

    - Prediction

    - SQ3R (Survey, Question, Read, Recite, Review)

    - Letter Writing

    - Journaling

    - QAR (Question/Answer Relationship)

    - Choosing a Main Topic for a Story

    - Story Elements (Characters, Setting,

      Problem/Solution)

    - Sequence (putting events in order)

    - Context Clues

    - Dividing Words Into Syllables

    - Differences of Prefixes & Suffixes

 

We cover these Genres:

     - Biography

     - Tall Tales

     - Poetry

     - Realistic Fiction

     - Fables

     - Non-Fiction