Spectrum Reading Comprehension Grade 5 Workbooks, Ages 10 to 11, 5th Grade Reading Comprehension, Nonfiction and Fiction Passages, Summarizing Stories and Identifying Themes - 174 Pages

by School Specialty Publishing

Spectrum Reading for Grade 5 includes focused practice for reading comprehension including fiction and nonfiction passages, theme and summarization, integration of knowledge and ideas, and key ideas and details. Spectrum(R) Reading workbooks contain focused practice for reading comprehension, including letters and sounds, word recognition, integration of knowledge and ideas, key ideas and details, main idea, story structure, theme, and summarization. Each lesson features an illustrated story followed by exercise in comprehension. A variety of fiction and nonfiction reading passages combined with standards-based learning make these workbooks an essential resource for school success. A complete answer key is included. Spectrum, the best-selling workbook series, is proud to provide quality, educational materials that support your students’ learning achievement and success.

174 pages, Paperback

Published August 15, 2014

Reviews

[Cindy · Rating 5 out of 5]

A nice reading comprehension workbook I ever found. It provides a variety of interesting passage topics, ranging from fiction to non-fiction, science, history, social science, etc. The passage questions include definitions, antonym/synonyms, idioms, analysis, inferences, opinions, etc. There are multiple choice questions as well as write-out questions (the write-out questions are my favorite as they teach students to come up with their own responses, synthesize ideas, and write coherently). What I like most about this book is that the passages and questions are of high quality compared to other books that have passages which are too easy and questions which are too straight-forward. This is the quality we see in Beestar ELA program. they both require some critical thinking and are thus useful in developing a child's reading and comprehension abilities. I use this book during tutoring sessions to help my 5th grade pupil with Beestar to develop a solid foundation in critical reading and analysis as well as writing. Having your child or student do one or two passages every day will likely help them to become better readers and critical thinkers.

[Cecile · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is boring and does not teach children to read in depth or with bredth; no wonder they have the attention span of gnats; give your child a model of you reading each day and read aloud to them chapter books, discussing along the way.