Emphasize student choice with this high-interest, differentiated word study activity!

Use this graphic organizer to help your students study new focus words or concepts.

After reading the first few chapters of Pam Muñoz Ryan’s novel Esperanza Rising, engage your students in a discussion with this two-page novel study guide!

After reading Esperanza Rising, get students thinking about point of view with this creative novel study extension activity!

Wriggle out your inner wordsmith with a challenging fifth-grade spelling crossword puzzle.

Prepare kids for fifth grade with this crossword puzzle full of new vocabulary words!

Watch Louis Sachar’s Holes come to life in the movie adaptation!

When your students complete this crossword puzzle they will be introduced to a variety of words that are commonly seen in 5th grade texts and basal readers.

Use this graphic organizer to introduce your students to a root word or affix of your choice.

Text dependent questions are reading comprehension questions that can only be answered by referring to the text. Students have to read the text closely and use inferential thinking to determine the answer. Use this list of text dependent questions for you

Learners will practice identifying adjectives and nouns in eight Christmas-themed sentences.

Students will use an excerpt from the book The Secret Agent Training Manual: How to Make and Break Top Secret Messages by Elizabeth Singer Hunt to study paragraph structure.