Literacy Activities and Resources

5th Grade - Distant Voyages
Theme 5 - School Rules

Skills Based Activities
  
Comprehension
Text Structure: Compare and Contrast
          Compare & Contrast Matter
          Ralph and Sammy Snowman
          Ralph and Sammy
- Compare & Contrast Extension Activity
      Colonial Trade/Occupation Today


Comprehension
Author's Purpose and Perspective

          Learning About Author's Purpose

         
Practice Author's Purpose

          Author's Purpose Scavenger Hunt
 
Literary Response and Analysis
Characterization
          Three Elements of Characterization
          Character Traits List
          Story Mapping Online Activity
          Character Traits

 
Language
Verbs and Verb Tense
          Verbs and Direct Objects
          Past Tense of Irregular Verbs
          Past and Present Tense Verbs
          Identify Past and Present Tense Verbs
Resources by Story
 
Off and Running
 
Little By Little
 
Dear Mr. Henshaw

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Stephanie Leake,
Lynette Nield
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Liza Richards, Jacinta Sorgel
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