5th Grade Reading

This list will help you choose books for your 5th grader. Also, there's a FREE lesson or novel study for each book on the list!

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One of the things I do every year that really makes a difference in my students’ learning is having them use notebooks to store notes, examples, work, and basically house all of the learning they have done that year. Having these notebooks makes it so easy to spiral content because the students have a ready-made […]

Here they are–the fifth grade reading standards! I created this handy guide to all of the standards for both fiction and nonfiction text. Each page of this guide includes the following components to help you understand and navigate the standards like a pro. The Fifth Grade Reading Standard: The top left portion of the pages within […]

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Looking for a good book to read aloud to your fifth-grade kids or students, ages 10 and 11? Use these read-aloud book ideas to teach things like reading

So, you're a new 5th grade teacher... Are you overwhelmed? Excited? Terrified? Maybe you're all of these things! It is my hope that after reading this blog post, you will feel prepared and confident to meet your new

Searching for book suggestions for fifth graders? Need a reading list for a 5th grader? Click here for 25 AWESOME book recommendations!

Increase student engagement and reading comprehension with this simple strategy!