Reading 5

Below are a list of links and activities that have been compiled to enhance the classroom curriculum.  In most cases, links and activities are closely related to the topics and themes covered in the curriculum.  Some links and activities, however, may divert from textbook content.  These links will take the viewer outside the Greene County Schools Web Page.
 Unit 1
Challenges

Unit 2
Discoveries

Unit 3
Turning Points

Unit 4 
Experiences

Unit 5 
Achievements

Unit 6 
Great Ideas

Note: Some of the activities require video and audio plug ins, ex. Shockwave and Direct X.  You must install these programs once downloaded.

Unit 1
Challenges

Read about great ideas from past to present and discover your own!

Internet Resources and Activities

Miss Alaineus

by Debra Frasier

 

On this page you will find Oral Language, Spelling and Vocabulary, Research and Inquiry, and  Computer Literacy lessons.  As well as an Author and Illustrator fact page.  

 

http://treasures.macmillanmh.com/national/students/grade5/book1/unit1/miss-alaineus

Davy Crockett Saves the World

by Rosalyn Schanzer

 

On this page you will find Oral Language, Spelling and Vocabulary, Research and Inquiry, and  Computer Literacy lessons.  As well as an Author and Illustrator fact page.  

 

http://treasures.macmillanmh.com/national/students/grade5/book1/unit1/davy-crockett-saves-the-world

 

Time For Kids: Forests of the World

On this page you will find Oral Language, Spelling and Vocabulary, Research and Inquiry, and  Computer Literacy lessons. 

http://treasures.macmillanmh.com/national/students/grade5/book1/unit1/time-for-kids-forests-of-the-world

Ultimate Field Trip 5: Blasting Off to Space Academy

By Susan E. Goodman

Illustrated by Michael J. Doolittle

 

On this page you will find Oral Language, Spelling and Vocabulary, Research and Inquiry, and  Computer Literacy lessons.  As well as an Author and Illustrator fact page.  

 

http://treasures.macmillanmh.com/national/students/grade5/book1/unit1/ultimate-field-trip-5-blasting-off-to-space-academy

 

Pipilo and the Roof Dogs

by Brian Meunier

Illustrated by Perky Edgerton

 

On this page you will find Oral Language, Spelling and Vocabulary, Research and Inquiry, and  Computer Literacy lessons.  As well as an Author and Illustrator fact page.  

 

http://treasures.macmillanmh.com/national/students/grade5/book1/unit1/pipilo-and-the-roof-dogs

 


 

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Unit 2

Discoveries

Read about great ideas from past to present and discover your own!

Internet Resources and Activities

 

 

Shiloh

by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Illustrated by Joel Spector

On this page you will find Oral Language, Spelling and Vocabulary, Research and Inquiry, and  Computer Literacy lessons.  As well as an Author and Illustrator fact page.  

http://treasures.macmillanmh.com/national/students/grade5/book1/unit2/shiloh

 

 

 

Rattlers!

by Ellen Lambeth

 

On this page you will find Oral Language, Spelling and Vocabulary, Research and Inquiry, and  Computer Literacy lessons.  As well as an Author and Illustrator fact page.  

http://treasures.macmillanmh.com/national/students/grade5/book1/unit2/rattlers

 

 

 

Time For Kids: Maya Lin, Architect of Memory

 

On this page you will find Oral Language, Spelling and Vocabulary, Research and Inquiry, and  Computer Literacy lessons. 

http://treasures.macmillanmh.com/national/students/grade5/book1/unit2/time-for-kids-maya-lin-architect-of-memory

 

 

 

The Night of San Juan

by Lulu Delacre

Illustrated by Edel Rodriguez

 

On this page you will find Oral Language, Spelling and Vocabulary, Research and Inquiry, and  Computer Literacy lessons.  As well as an Author and Illustrator fact page. 

http://treasures.macmillanmh.com/national/students/grade5/book1/unit2/the-night-of-san-juan

 

 

 

Black Cowboy, Wild Horses

by Julius Lester

Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney

 

On this page you will find Oral Language, Spelling and Vocabulary, Research and Inquiry, and  Computer Literacy lessons.  As well as an Author and Illustrator fact page. 

http://treasures.macmillanmh.com/national/students/grade5/book1/unit2/black-cowboy-wild-horses

 


 

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Unit 3
Turning Points

Read about great ideas from past to present and discover your own!

Internet Resources and Activities

 

 

Sleds on Boston Common

by Louise Borden

Illustrated by Robert Andrew Parker

 

On this page you will find Oral Language, Spelling and Vocabulary, Research and Inquiry, and  Computer Literacy lessons.  As well as an Author and Illustrator fact page. 

 

http://treasures.macmillanmh.com/national/students/grade5/book1/unit3/sleds-on-boston-common

 

 

 

When Esther Morris Headed West

by Connie Nordhielm Wooldridge

Illustrated by Jacqueline Rogers

 

On this page you will find Oral Language, Spelling and Vocabulary, Research and Inquiry, and  Computer Literacy lessons.  As well as an Author and Illustrator fact page. 

http://treasures.macmillanmh.com/national/students/grade5/book1/unit3/when-esther-morris-headed-west

 

 

 

Time For Kids: Beyond the Horizon

 

On this page you will find Oral Language, Spelling and Vocabulary, Research and Inquiry, and  Computer Literacy lessons. 

 

http://treasures.macmillanmh.com/national/students/grade5/book1/unit3/time-for-kids-beyond-the-horizon

 

 

 

My Great-Grandmother's Gourd

by Cristina Kessler

Illustrated by Walter Lyon Krudop

 

On this page you will find Oral Language, Spelling and Vocabulary, Research and Inquiry, and  Computer Literacy lessons.  As well as an Author and Illustrator fact page. 

http://treasures.macmillanmh.com/national/students/grade5/book1/unit3/my-great-grandmothers-gourd

 

 

 

Zathura

by Chris Van Allsburg

 

On this page you will find Oral Language, Spelling and Vocabulary, Research and Inquiry, and  Computer Literacy lessons.  As well as an Author and Illustrator fact page. 

 

http://treasures.macmillanmh.com/national/students/grade5/book1/unit3/zathura

 


 

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Unit 4
Experiences 

Read about great ideas from past to present and discover your own!

Internet Resources and Activities

 

 

Goin' Someplace Special

by Patricia C. McKissack

Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney

 

 

On this page you will find Oral Language, Spelling and Vocabulary, Research and Inquiry, and  Computer Literacy lessons.  As well as an Author and Illustrator fact page. 

 

http://treasures.macmillanmh.com/national/students/grade5/book1/unit4/goin-someplace-special

 

 

 

Carlos and the Skunk

by Jan Romero Stevens

Illustrated by Jeanne Arnold

 

On this page you will find Oral Language, Spelling and Vocabulary, Research and Inquiry, and  Computer Literacy lessons.  As well as an Author and Illustrator fact page. 

 

http://treasures.macmillanmh.com/national/students/grade5/book1/unit4/carlos-and-the-skunk

 

 

 

Time For Kids: Getting Out the Vote

 

On this page you will find Oral Language, Spelling and Vocabulary, Research and Inquiry, and  Computer Literacy lessons.  

 

http://treasures.macmillanmh.com/national/students/grade5/book1/unit4/time-for-kids-getting-out-the-vote

 

 

 

Hurricanes

by Seymour Simon

 

On this page you will find Oral Language, Spelling and Vocabulary, Research and Inquiry, and  Computer Literacy lessons.  As well as an Author and Illustrator fact page. 

 

http://treasures.macmillanmh.com/national/students/grade5/book1/unit4/hurricanes

 

 

The Catch of the Day, A Trickster Play

By Angela Shelf Medearis

Illustrated by Wendy Born Hollander

 

On this page you will find Oral Language, Spelling and Vocabulary, Research and Inquiry, and  Computer Literacy lessons.  As well as an Author and Illustrator fact page. 

 

http://treasures.macmillanmh.com/national/students/grade5/book1/unit4/the-catch-of-the-day-a-trickster-play

 


 

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Unit 5
Acheivements

Read about great ideas from past to present and discover your own!

Internet Resources and Activities

 

 

Spirit of Endurance

by Jennifer Armstrong

 

 

On this page you will find Oral Language, Spelling and Vocabulary, Research and Inquiry, and  Computer Literacy lessons.  As well as an Author and Illustrator fact page. 

 

http://treasures.macmillanmh.com/national/students/grade5/book1/unit5/spirit-of-endurance

 

 

 

Weslandia

by Paul Fleischman

Illustrated by Kevin Hawkes

 

On this page you will find Oral Language, Spelling and Vocabulary, Research and Inquiry, and  Computer Literacy lessons.  As well as an Author and Illustrator fact page.

 

 http://treasures.macmillanmh.com/national/students/grade5/book1/unit5/weslandia

 

 

 

Time For Kids: A Historic Journey

 

On this page you will find Oral Language, Spelling and Vocabulary, Research and Inquiry, and  Computer Literacy lessons.  

 

http://treasures.macmillanmh.com/national/students/grade5/book1/unit5/time-for-kids-a-historic-journey

 

 

 

The Unbreakable Code

by Sara Hoagland Hunter

Illustrated by Julia Miner

 

On this page you will find Oral Language, Spelling and Vocabulary, Research and Inquiry, and  Computer Literacy lessons.  As well as an Author and Illustrator fact page. 

 

http://treasures.macmillanmh.com/national/students/grade5/book1/unit5/the-unbreakable-code

 

 

 

The Gri Gri Tree

by Lynn Joseph

Illustrated by Marla Baggetta

 

On this page you will find Oral Language, Spelling and Vocabulary, Research and Inquiry, and  Computer Literacy lessons.  As well as an Author and Illustrator fact page. 

 

http://treasures.macmillanmh.com/national/students/grade5/book1/unit5/the-gri-gri-tree

 


 

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Unit 6
Achievements

Find out what happens when you make achievements by working together

Internet Resources and Activities

 

 

The Golden Mare, the Firebird, and the Magic Ring

By Ruth Sanderson

 

On this page you will find Oral Language, Spelling and Vocabulary, Research and Inquiry, and  Computer Literacy lessons.  As well as an Author and Illustrator fact page. 

 

http://treasures.macmillanmh.com/national/students/grade5/book1/unit6/the-golden-mare-the-firebird-and-the-magic-ring

 

 

 

Skunk Scout

by Laurence Yep

Illustrated by Winston Trang

 

On this page you will find Oral Language, Spelling and Vocabulary, Research and Inquiry, and  Computer Literacy lessons.  As well as an Author and Illustrator fact page. 

 

http://treasures.macmillanmh.com/national/students/grade5/book1/unit6/skunk-scout

 

 

 

Time For Kids: A Dream Comes True

 

On this page you will find Oral Language, Spelling and Vocabulary, Research and Inquiry, and  Computer Literacy lessons.  

 

http://treasures.macmillanmh.com/national/students/grade5/book1/unit6/time-for-kids-a-dream-comes-true

 

 

 

Up in the Air: The Story of Balloon Flight

by Patricia Lauber

 

On this page you will find Oral Language, Spelling and Vocabulary, Research and Inquiry, and  Computer Literacy lessons.  As well as an Author and Illustrator fact page. 

 

http://treasures.macmillanmh.com/national/students/grade5/book1/unit6/up-in-the-air-the-story-of-balloon-flight

 

 

 

Hidden Worlds

by Stephen Kramer

Illustrated by Dennis Kunkel

 

On this page you will find Oral Language, Spelling and Vocabulary, Research and Inquiry, and  Computer Literacy lessons.  As well as an Author and Illustrator fact page. 

 

http://treasures.macmillanmh.com/national/students/grade5/book1/unit6/hidden-worlds

 


 

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Please send comments, questions, suggestions, or broken links
to
John David Shanks
Gifted Education Teacher, Greene County Schools.