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5th grade Reading & writing English Learner (EL) Resources

Fifth grade curriculum can be challenging enough without an added language barrier. Help ensure your English learner’s academic success with Education.com’s curated collection of fifth grade reading and writing EL resources. Fiction and nonfiction comprehension, figurative language skills, and grammar nuances will all become second nature as your child gains valuable tools that will help them master the English language and prepare them for future success.

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5th grade

English Learner (EL)

Reading & writing

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5th grade

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There’s No I in Theme-work!

There’s No I in Theme-work!

That’s right! The theme applies to everyone! Use this interactive lesson to teach your students how to find the theme of a fictional text.

4th grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Making Inferences in Nonfiction Texts

Making Inferences in Nonfiction Texts

When students read nonfiction texts, they will need to make inferences using text features and quotes as evidence. Support your students using short texts as practice before diving into more complex materials like textbooks.

5th grade

Reading & writing

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Exploring Different Points of View

Exploring Different Points of View

The activities in this lesson will engage students in thinking about how a person’s position, needs, and concerns affect their point of view on an issue. Students will apply this to characters in "The Memory String" by Eve Bunting.

5th grade

Reading & writing

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Main Idea and Supporting Evidence

Main Idea and Supporting Evidence

Use this lesson to help your ELs identify the main idea and supporting evidence in a short fictional text. It can be a stand-alone lesson or used as support for the lesson Reading Closely.

4th grade

Reading & writing

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Informational Text: Close Reading

Informational Text: Close Reading

Let's learn about natural disasters. After reading through some informational texts, students will use their close reading skills to answer questions about different types of disasters.

5th grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Dive Into Context Clues

Dive Into Context Clues

Help your students flex their vocabulary muscles with this lesson on using context clues. By deciphering the meanings of different nonsense words, young readers will greatly improve their comprehension skills.

5th grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Simple Summaries

Simple Summaries

Keep it simple! Teach your students to write a summary using the Somebody-Wanted-But-So-Then frame for analyzing a story.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Determining the Theme of a Poem

Determining the Theme of a Poem

Give your class a deeper understanding of theme with this art and poetry-focused lesson plan about theme. By the end of the lesson, students will understand what theme is and how to determine theme in a piece of writing, such as a poem.

5th grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Parts of Speech that Describe

Parts of Speech that Describe

Support your EL students in understanding and identifying parts of speech such as adverbs and adjectives in a text. This lesson plan can also support the lesson Varsity Parts of Speech Review.

5th grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Onomatopoeia Practice

Onomatopoeia Practice

Does onomatopoeia BANG your students up or cause them to want to BARF? Help them out with this comical lesson on the well-known figurative device. Students will have a fun time completing worksheets and using onomatopoeias themselves.

5th grade

Reading & writing

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Main Idea and Details in Fiction

Main Idea and Details in Fiction

In this EL support lesson, your students will use introductory phrases to write about the main idea and details in a fictional story.

5th grade

Reading & writing

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What's a Metaphor?

What's a Metaphor?

In this lesson, students complete worksheets and engage in peer discussions to learn more about metaphors. Young writers will love making their own creative metaphors.

5th grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Analyzing Visual Elements

Analyzing Visual Elements

Give students many opportunities to see how visuals can influence a story's meaning. Show off your acting skills and read a great book to help them learn!

5th grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

What's So Different? Comparing Characters

What's So Different? Comparing Characters

Using your acting skills and a great book by Chris Van Allsburg, you will lead your students on an adventure to compare characters and events throughout a book.

4th grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Ecosystems Explained

Ecosystems Explained

This integrated reading and science lesson is packed with content on ecosystems. Your students will use the reading strategy of synthesizing while comparing and contrasting information from various sources.

5th grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Comparing Character Traits

Comparing Character Traits

Use this lesson to help your ELs compare and contrast characters' thoughts and actions using a Venn Diagram. It can be a stand-alone lesson or a support lesson.

4th grade

Reading & writing

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Reading Response Letters

Reading Response Letters

How can you *see* what your students are thinking while they read? Try reading response letters in your class. Students will practice formatting letters and learn to discuss their thinking about literature in writing.

4th grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Internal & External Character Traits

Internal & External Character Traits

In this support lesson, your students will compare and contrast character traits using a graphic organizer. It can be a stand-alone lesson or used as support for the lesson Comparing Two Characters.

5th grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Analyzing Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Articles

Analyzing Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Articles

Nonfiction texts offer a great lens into cause and effect relationships. Use this lesson plan to teach your class to compare cause and effect relationships across texts that share a topic.

5th grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

What's the Theme? Analyzing Character Motivation

What's the Theme? Analyzing Character Motivation

Bring theme to life with Chris Van Allsburg's *The Sweetest Fig*, a story with a great message for young readers to discover. This lesson pairs a wonderful read-aloud with activities and fun videos to keep your students engaged.

5th grade

Reading & writing

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Eyeing the Effects of Weather

Eyeing the Effects of Weather

What are the effects of weather events? In this integrated science and language arts lesson, students will explore causes and multiple effect in the context of reading and learning about various weather events and natural disasters.

5th grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Poetry: Figurative Language

Poetry: Figurative Language

This literary lesson has students delving into Emily Dickinson's "The Moon was but a Chin of Gold" to find different types of figurative language. Writers will love sharpening reading comprehension skills with this poetry analysis activity.

5th grade

Reading & writing

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Main Idea and Details in Nonfiction Texts

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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Summary Writing with Big Ideas

Summary Writing with Big Ideas

Before students can respond to literature critically, they must have a strong grasp of big ideas and summary writing. Support your ELs in these foundational reading skills by introducing a three-sentence paragraph frame for summary writing.

5th grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

I Can Use Context Clues!

I Can Use Context Clues!

Your ELs will use context clues to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words. They will also practice using introductory phrases to discuss their inferences. It can be a stand-alone lesson or support for the lesson Dive Into Context Clues.

5th grade

Reading & writing

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