Fifth Grade Reading
Units and Topics
Showing off student work
Haiku
A Haiku is a Japanese poem written with 17 syllables. The poem is divided into 3 lines of 5,7,5 syllables. After we read the story, "Yang the Third" the students write a haiku about their favorite thing in nature.
What's in a name? Acrostic poems are simple poems in which each the first letter of each line forms a word or phrase (vertically). An acrostic poem can describe the subject or even tell a brief story about it.
Bridge to Terabithia
Comic Strip Project
Comic Strip Project Powerpoint
We'll Never Forget you Roberto Clemente
Create a pamphlet: Use an on-line encyclopedia and an atlas to research some interesting facts about Nicaragua. Create an attractive pamphlet to share the facts you learn.
PowerPoint Book Report
Using PowerPoint to Showcase Your Novel
Directions: Create a book report using Microsoft PowerPoint.
PowerPoint Book Report Example
MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE
Write a message in a bottle from Karana’s point of view asking for help. Describe how she and Ramo came to be stranded and explain how they plan to survive while they wait to be rescued.
