Roster 5th and 6th Grade

Language Arts

author's purpose	book parts	cause and effect	compare and contrast	comprehension
connections	context clues	drawing conclusions	figurative language	graphic organizers
Hatchet	inferences	Island of the Blue Dolphins	main idea	Maniac Magee
Number the Stars	paraphrasing	point of view	predictions	prefixes and suffixes
problem and solution	sequencing	story elements	summary	text features
Watsons GoTo Birmingham	Writing Prompts

Author's Purpose

1	Author's Purpose	Interactive lesson
2	Author's Purpose	Online lesson and practice
3	Author's Purpose	Lesson and Practice
4	Author's Purpose	Introduction to author's purpose
5	Author's Purpose	Online quiz
6	Match Game	Match a description to the author's purpose
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Book Parts

1	Dictionary Day Activities	Tons of activities using the dictionary
2	Dictionary Skills	Grain Valley dictionary activities
3	Dictionary and Thesaurus	Powerpoint Presentation
4	Table of Contents	Online sample table of contents

Cause and Effect

1	Cause and Effect	Explanation and questions
2	Cause and Effect	Create online sentences
3	Connectors	Fill in connecter words to create cause and effect relationships

Compare and Contrast

1	Compare and Contrast	Interactive quizzes
2	Compare and Contrast	Online tutorial and questions
3	Elephant story	Compare and contrast

Comprehension

1	Comprehension Test	5th grade sample test
2	Comprehension Test	6th grade sample test
3	Sample Reading Tests	5th grade comprehension
4	Brain Child	Interactive reading comprehension tests
5	Comprehension	George Bush article with comprehension questions
6	Comprehension	Various stories with comprehension questions
7	Comprehension	`Back to School story
8	Bees	Comprehension questions
9	The Happy Monkey	Comprehension questions
10	Mr. Nussbaum	Comprehension passages
11	Fiction selections	Comprehension questions
12	Nonfiction selections	Comprehension questions
13	Various reading selections	Online questions

Connections

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Context Clues

1	Cows Context Clues	Build corrals for cows by reading and answering questions.
2	Context is the Key	Students use context clues to determine the meaning of the word.
3	What are Context Clues	Online lesson
4	Context Clues	Online game using context clues
5	Context Clues	Explanation and questions
6	Mr. Nussbaum	Vocabulary game

Drawing conclusions

1	Drawing Conclusions	Read the story and choose the correct word to complete the sentence
2	Drawing Conclusions	Read the story and choose the correct answer.
3	Drawing Conclusions	Multiple choice interactive site

Figurative Language

1	Alliteration or Simile?	Decide if a statement is an alliteration or a simile.
2	Simile Lesson	Questions with printable quiz
3	Alliteration	Online explanation and exercises
4	Metaphors	Explanation and questions
5	Similes	Explanation and questions
6	Onomatopoeia	Explanation and practice
7	Metaphors	Online explanation and examples
8	Similes	Online explanation and examples
9	Poetic Devices	Classroom poster with definitions for figurative languages
10	Word play	Online practice for figurative language
11	Word play II	More online practice
12	Word play III	More practice
13	Similes	Online quiz
14	Powerpoint	Similes, metaphors, and idioms
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16	Simile practice	Find similes in poems
17	Metaphor Practice	Find metaphors in poems
18	Personification practice	Find personification in poems
19	Figurative language examples	Online quiz for each example

Graphic Organizers

1	Graphic Organizers	Online Graphic Organizers
2	Graphic Organizers	Fill out organizers online

Hatchet

1	Gary Paulsen	Official Gary Paulsen website
2	Gary Paulsen interview	Scholastic interview
3	Hatchet	Web activities to go with Hatchet
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7	Literature Hunt	Online search with topics from Hatchet

Inferences

1	Drawing Inferences	How to be a Critical Reader
2	Inference Battleship	Online interactive game with questions
3	Practice Making Inferences	Online quiz
4	Inference Riddles	Use clues to make inferences
5	What is an Inference?	Online lesson and practice
6	Inference practice	Sample passages
7	Inference practice	Sample passage
8	E-Themes	Inference practice

Island of the Blue Dolphins

1	Scott O'Dell Biography	Online biography
2	Quiz	Online quiz for chapters 1-9
3	Study Guide	Pre and post reading activities
4	Comprehension questions	Questions and literary devices
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7	E-Themes	EMints resources for novel
8	True Life Survivor Stories	Online stories
9	Nova Escape	Survivor stories
10	Holocaust Survivors	Online survivor stories
11	Background Information	Planet BookClub research
12	Survivor Web Quest	Island of the Blue Dolphins Web Quest
13	Study Guide	Online questions and activities

Main Idea

1	Get the Idea	Read the text to determine the the main idea.
2	Identify the Main Idea	Online practice
3	Reading Exercises	Nonfiction passages to find the main idea

Maniac Magee

1	Web Quest	Web Quest
2	Jerry Spinelli	Online biography
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5	Background Information	Planet BookClub research

Number the Stars

1	Chapter questions	Online questions and activities
2	Study Guide	Online study guide
3	Interview	Online interview with Lois Lowry
4	Study Guide	Online questions
5	Enrichment Activities	Follow-up activities
6	Questions	Chapter questions, vocabulary, and activities
7	Interviews	Interviews with Holocaust survivors
8	Web Quest	Web quest
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13	Planet Book Club	Online book club

Paraphrasing

1	Paraphrasing a topic sentence	Read a passage and choose the correct paraphrase.
2	More paraphrasing	Read a passage and choose the correct paraphrase.

Point of View

1	Point of View Quiz	Determine if the passage is written in first or third person.
2	Point of View	Power Point
3	Point of View	Online tutorial

Predictions

1	Guess What Comes Next?	Read a passage and predict what comes next.
2	Read All About It	Read a news headline to predict the type of story

Prefixes and Suffixes

1	Fish Tanks	Game using prefixes and suffixes
2	Prefixes Make New Words	Creating new words with prefixes
3	Prefixes Say Plenty	choose the word that best completes the sentence
4	Suffixes Make New Words	Drag and drop the suffix to the correct root word to make a new word.
5	Suffixes Say A Lot	Pick the best definition of the capitalized word.
6	Rooting Out Words	Uncover the root words.
7	Prefixes and Root Words	Three interactive games
8	Prefixes	Online examples of common prefixes
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Problem and Solution

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Sequencing

1	Sequencing for Fun	many online activities from which to choose
2	Understanding Sequence	online story and quiz

Story Elements

1	Setting, Plot, and Theme	online lesson and quiz
2	Understanding Plot	online lesson and quiz
3	Story Elements	Interactive quiz over the title, plot, setting, etc. of a story.
4	Plot Development	Introduction to plot
5	Identifying the tone	Read a short passage and identify the tone.
6	Short Story Elements	Quiz over story elements
7	Character Traits	List of character traits
8	Story Elements	Explanation of story elements
9	Fairy Tales	Online fairy tales
10	More fairy tales	Online fairy tales
11	Short story elements	Online quiz
12	Parts of a story	Quiz
13	Plot	Tutorial on plot development
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Summary

1	Summarize as you read	Online summary quiz

Text Features

1	Captions	Choose the best caption for the picture

Watsons Go to Birmingham

1	Pre reading activities	Online pictures
2	Post reading activities	List of activities
3	Web Quest	Web quest
4	Watsons Go to Birmingham	Online post reading activities
5	Plot Diagram	Create a plot diagram and graphic map online
6	Civil Rights Movement	Timeline
7	Millionaire	Questions that go with Watsons Go to Birmingham
8	Random questions	Online questions
9	Events and Quotes	Sequence events
10	Ruby Bridges	Web Quest
11	Ruby Bridges	Picture
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13	Watsons Go to Birmingham	Character Map
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15	Watsons Go to Birmingham	Conflict exercises
16	Watsons Go to Birmingham	Figurative Language
17	Watsons Go to Birmingham	Humor
18	Watsons Go to Birmingham	Mood
19	Watsons Go to Birmingham	Personification
20	Watsons Go to Birmingham	Themes
21	Watsons Go to Birmingham	Vocabulary
22	Comprehension quiz	Questions on Watsons Go to Birmingham
23	Web Quest	Online web quest
24	Planet Book Club	Online book club
25	Background Information	Planet BookClub Research
26	Civil Rights Background	Planet BookClub

Writing Prompts

1	Writing Prompts	Great site for journal and story starters
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The whole world opened to me when I learned to read.
-- Mary McLeod Bethune

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