Reading, Writing, and Communication Goals for 5th Grade Although we will address these goals throughout the year, and there will be specific goals for each work journal, you should feel free to tap into any of these reading and writing goals when you have the opportunity. The following link includes the standards in plain language. http://www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/acre/standards/common-core-tools/unpacking/ela/5.pdf
www.tweentribune.com/ Questions, quizzes, and educator tools can help kids follow and understand the news; its content may work best with younger users.
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Critical Literacy Links for Parents Critical Literacy is more than just understanding what we are reading. We have to look deeper to find the author’s message and to find out why they wrote about the topic. Critical Literacy is about asking questions, looking at different points of view, and asking, “Is everyone included in what we are reading?”