Teach reading comprehension skills and fiction genre study to your fifth-grade students!Choose from nine units that span fiction genres or use them all!Realistic fictionFableScience fictionFolk taleComedyRealistic fictionHistorical fictionPoetryEach unit includes:Teacher support pages with a lesson plan and objectiveOne or two leveled reading selections with illustrationsStory dictionary with topic vocabulary and academic vocabularyClose reading activities, comprehension activities, and vocabulary activitiesOral close reading activity with questions to help guide students in a discussionGenre study activity and literary analysis activityWriting prompt activityAdditional teacher resources:Comprehensive vocabulary definitions”How to Be a Good Reader” resource page for studentsLiterary genres chartLiterary elements and techniques chartOverview of texts that includes the reading level, genre, and literary element or story structureThe illustrated reading selections in the grade 5 book are:Realistic Fiction: “The Job Interviews,” Level SFable: “Noah and the Gummy Bears,” Level TScience Fiction: “Ten Paramount Rules for Vacationing in Outer Space,” Level TFolk Tale: “Why a Cheetah’s Cheeks Are Stained,” Level UComedy: “Two Fools,” Level URealistic Fiction: “Differences,” Level VHistorical Fiction: “The First Lady in the Woods,” Level VPoetry: “The Walrus and the Carpenter,” Level VHistorical Fiction: “Memphis in 1968,” Level W