5th grade Reading Non-Fiction Lesson Plans

Inferences and Quotes as Proof

Got quotes? Use this lesson plan to teach your EL students how to select appropriate quotes from the text that support their conclusions! This can be a stand-alone lesson or support to The Not-So-Great Depression: Bud, Not Buddy lesson.

5th grade

Reading & writing

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Main Idea and Details in Nonfiction Texts

Lesson plan

Main Idea and Details in Nonfiction Texts

Support your EL students in understanding and identifying the main idea and supporting details in a nonfiction text. This can support the lesson Tip of the Iceberg: Nonfiction Summary Details.

5th grade

Reading & writing

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Informational Text: Close Reading

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Informational Text: Close Reading

Use a student-friendly glossary and sentence frames to learn about wild weather! Scaffolds will help your students answer text-dependent questions. This lesson can be paired with the lesson Informational Text: Close Reading.

5th grade

Reading & writing

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Cause and Effect Structure

Lesson plan

Cause and Effect Structure

Use this lesson to help your ELs see patterns and signal words in the cause-and-effect text structure. It can be a stand-alone lesson or used as support for the lesson Eyeing the Effects of Weather.

5th grade

Reading & writing

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Information from Multiple Sources

Lesson plan

Information from Multiple Sources

Use this lesson to help your ELs quickly find information on a specific topic by looking for a noun and its pronouns in a nonfiction text. It can be a stand-alone lesson or used as support for the lesson Ecosystems Explained.

5th grade

Reading & writing

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Text Features Evaluation

Lesson plan

Text Features Evaluation

Use this lesson to help your ELs evaluate the purpose of text features and justify their answers. It can be a stand-alone lesson or used as support for the lesson Comparing Nonfiction Text Features.

5th grade

Reading & writing

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Revolutionary War Vocabulary

Lesson plan

Revolutionary War Vocabulary

Use this lesson to help your ELs learn key vocabulary terms that they will see in future lessons about the American Revolution. It can be a stand-alone lesson or used as support to the lesson A Living Timeline: The American Revolution.

5th grade

Reading & writing

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Main Idea and Supporting Details

Lesson plan

Main Idea and Supporting Details

Help your ELs learn how to identify the main idea and supporting details in a nonfiction text by using nouns and pronouns as guide words. It can be a stand-alone lesson or used as support to the lesson Explorer Letters.

5th grade

Reading & writing

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Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Texts

Lesson plan

Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Texts

Use this lesson to help your ELs identify and write sentences with cause-and-effect relationships. It can be a stand-alone lesson or used as support for the lesson Analyzing Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Articles.

5th grade

Reading & writing

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Fact & Opinion Statements with Adjectives

Lesson plan

Fact & Opinion Statements with Adjectives

In this lesson, your ELs will learn how to differentiate statements of fact and opinion in a nonfiction text using adjectives as a foundation for their understanding. This is a support lesson for Research: Where to Find the Answers.

5th grade

Reading & writing

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Match Author's Point with Evidence

Lesson plan

Match Author's Point with Evidence

Use this lesson to help your ELs identify and discuss the author's point and the information that supports it. It can be a stand-alone lesson or used as support for the What’s the Point? lesson.

5th grade

Reading & writing

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Differentiating Main Ideas from Details

Lesson plan

Differentiating Main Ideas from Details

Use this lesson to help your ELs understand main idea and supporting details in the context of sentences and paragraphs. It can be a stand-alone lesson or a support lesson to the Power Reading lesson.

5th grade

Reading & writing

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Quotes with Introductory Phrases

Lesson plan

Quotes with Introductory Phrases

Help your EL students find and record quotes as evidence in nonfiction texts with the help of introductory phrases and sentence frames. This can support the lesson Making Inferences in Nonfiction Texts.

5th grade

Reading & writing

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Summarizing Nonfiction

Lesson plan

Summarizing Nonfiction

Use this lesson to help your ELs summarize information from a text and use context clues to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words. This lesson can be a stand-alone lesson or used as support to the Day 4 section of the Star Unit lesson.

5th grade

Reading & writing

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Comparing with Transition Words

Lesson plan

Comparing with Transition Words

Help ELs learn how to compare and contrast multiple nonfiction resources, using transition words to support their understanding. It can be a stand-alone lesson or support for the lesson Compare and Contrast Information Across Sources.

5th grade

Reading & writing

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Signal Words, Facts, and Opinions

Lesson plan

Signal Words, Facts, and Opinions

Use this lesson to help your ELs search for signal words in texts to determine if a statement is a fact or an opinion. It can be a stand-alone lesson or used as support for the Is It True? lesson.

5th grade

Reading & writing

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Elections and Conditions

Lesson plan

Elections and Conditions

Use this lesson to help your ELs understand details in a sentence by identifying conditional phrases. It can be a stand-alone lesson or used as support to the lesson Comparing Primary and Secondary Sources.

5th grade

Reading & writing

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5th grade Reading Non-Fiction Lesson Plans

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