Grades 3-5
Integrated Unit Samples:
- The Frog Princess Integrated Unit
Figurative Language:
- Figurative Language in Poetry (SMART Board)
- Persona Poems (PPT)
- Personification in Poetry (PPT)
- Personification (PPT)
- Simile Activity (PDF)
- Similes and Metaphors (PPT)
Fairy Tales:
- Fairy Tale Unit (SMART Board)
- Fairy Tale Unit Lesson Plans (DOC)
Fables & Tall Tales:
- Fable and Tall Tale Unit Lesson Plans (DOC)
- Fables Unit (SMART Board)
- Fables & Morals (PPT)
- Harcourt’s Paul Bunyan (PPT)
- Tall Tales (SMART Board)
Poetry:
- 40 Days of Poetry (PPT)
- 12_String_Blues (mp3/audio)
- blues_3_Riggins (mp3/audio)
- Bio Poem Form (PPT)
- Poetry Lesson 1 (SMART Board)
- Poetry Lesson 2 (SMART Board)
- Poetry Lesson 3 (SMART Board)
- Poetry Lesson 4 (SMART Board)
- Poetry Lesson Unit Plans (DOC)
- Poetry Terminology (PPT)
End-of-Grade Testing:
Skill Resources:
- What Is a Summary? (PPT)
- Plot Map (PDF)
- Text Evidence Posters (PDF)
- Main Idea Clues Posters (PDF)
- Find the Main Idea: The Jungle Book (Gr. 3-4)
- Find the Main Idea: Planets (Gr. 3-4)
- Find the Main Idea: The Meerkat (Gr. 3-4)
- Find the Main Idea: Anne of Green Gables (Gr. 3-4)
- Find the Main Idea: Dolphins (Gr. 5)
- Find the Main Idea: The Louisiana Purchase (Gr. 5)
Other Resources:
- Definitions for Genres (DOC)
- Book Review Form (DOC)
- 3-2-1 Strategy Chart (PDF)
- Independent Reading Tic-tac-Toe (PDF)
- ‘Leaving Tracks in Fiction’ Recording Sheet (PDF)
Comprehension:
- Third Grade Reading Comprehension Worksheets
- Fourth Grade Reading Comprehension Worksheets
- Fifth Grade Reading Comprehension Worksheets