Subject: Fiction

Reading Strategies: Activate Prior Knowledge

Point of View: In Someone Else’s Shoes

Reading Comprehension: The Bamboo Cutter and the Moon Child

Reading Comprehension: The Open Window

Extended Reading Comprehension: Excerpt Adapted From “Youth” by Isaac Asimov

Reading Comprehension: “King Chameleon and the Animals” and “The Hare and the Tortoise”

Reading Comprehension: Excerpt Adapted From The Railway Children

Targeted Reading Skills Practice: Plot Development in Little Women

Reading Comprehension: Arachne and the Weaving Contest

Reading Comprehension: Excerpt From White Fang

Extended Reading Comprehension: The Gift of the Magi

Extended Reading Comprehension: The Boatbuilders of Fiji

Reading Comprehension: Lost and Found

Extended Reading Comprehension: Excerpt Adapted From The Prince and the Pauper

Extended Reading Comprehension: Excerpt Adapted From ‘The King of Elfland’s Daughter’

Reading Comprehension: Excerpt Adapted From The Wreck of the Golden Mary

Targeted Reading Skills Practice: Point of View and Perspective in Little Women

Identify Themes in Literature: Graphic Organizer