5th Grade Literature

Theme One: Nature's Fury

See Nature's Fury Pages

Natural Disasters Digital Lesson Pages

What to do in Case of An Earthquake
Today's Active Volcanoes
What Causes Tornadoes?

Nature's Fury Vocabulary

Earthquake Terror Vocabulary
Eye of the Storm Vocabulary
Volcanoes Vocabulary

Nature's Fury Information Wall

Ice Storms

Nature's Fury Projects

Hurricane Gustav Relief

Our Tall Tales

Pages coming in October

Theme Two: Give it All You've Got

See Give it All You've Got Pages

Give it All You've Got Pre-Reading

Idioms Workshop
Michelle Kwan Vocabulary
Michelle Kwan Pre-Reading Activities
La Bamba Vocabulary
La Bamba Pre-Reading Activities
The Fear Place Vocabulary
The Fear Place Pre-Reading Activities

Theme Three: Voices of the Revolution

See Voices of the Revolution Pages

Paul Revere Vocabulary
Paul Revere Pre-Reading Activiites

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Books and Book Reports

Analyzing Theme

What's a Theme?

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See Blood on the River pages

Blood on the River

by Elisa Carbonne

Student Pages about Blood on the River

Historical Facts about Jamestown
Blood on the River Vocabulary
Facts about the Blood on the River Characters
Facts about the Algonquian Indians
Living in 1607
The Colonial Period
Blood on the River Chapter Summaries
Blood on the River Reviews

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See My Side of the Mountain pages

My Side of the Mountain

by Jean Craighead George

Introductory Pages for My Side of the Mountain

Setting: The Catskills
Go to the Houghton Mifflin My Side of the Mountain Page

Student Pages about My Side of the Mountain

Animal and Plants of the Catskills
Surviving in the Wild
About Jean Craighead George
Chapter Summaries for My Side of the Mountain
Student Reviews
My Side of the Mountains Theme Essays

Andy and Alex have created a website. Click on the Link to see it.

Reading Resources

You can listen to famous actors reading stories at Storyline Online
Here are some fairy tales you can listen to at Light Up Your Brain