Scarsdale School District uses the Units of Study.
Our units meet the Next Generation ELA Learning Standards.
Fifth grade reading units include:
Interpretation Book Clubs
Nonfiction Reading
Argument and Advocacy: Researching Debatable Issues
Fantasy Book Clubs
Fifth grade reading skills include:
Interpretation - finding a theme, message, collecting evidence
Inferential thinking
Analytical thinking
Ability to synthesize information
Ability to apply their thinking to other books, themselves, life.