Spectra Reading — Grade 5
intermediateThis course gives students essential comprehension skills to recall details, identify character traits, and determine the author's purpose. Students learn to find word meanings in context, read charts and data, and locate the exact sentence that proves an answer. They explore these skills through short passages, stories, and nonfiction covering Australian wildlife, green roofs in cities, and space observatories.
- Subject
- Spectra Reading
- Minimum age
- 10+
- Units
- 24
- Lessons and quizzes
- 75 lessons · 75 quizzes
- Reading
- about 260 minutes in allat 139 words a minute, a grade 5 reading rate
What the student will learn
- Recall details and reasons from the text
- Choose the sentence in the text that proves an answer
- Identify word meaning in context, homophones, and acronyms
- Read charts and data alongside written passages
Every lesson ends in a quiz. The next lesson opens when that quiz is passed at 90%. Retakes are unlimited.
Units
- Unit 1The Australian Newcomer
- Unit 2The Dance Performance
- Unit 3Green Space In The City
- Unit 4The Poetry Unit
- Unit 5The Spelling Bee
- Unit 6Cinco De Mayo Cooking
- Unit 7Fitness And Muscles
- Unit 8The Art Thread
- Unit 9The Telescope
- Unit 10The Sailing Trip
- Unit 11The Climbing Birthday
- Unit 12The Class Election
- Unit 13Treasure And Shipwrecks
- Unit 14The Zoo And Cats
- Unit 15The Egyptologist Dream
- Unit 16The Windpack Future
- Unit 17The Swim Meet
- Unit 18The Moon Folktale
- Unit 19The Moon
- Unit 20The Backyard Fossil
- Unit 21Jamila And The Bicycle
- Unit 22The Wild Places Report
- Unit 23The Cousins
- Unit 24New Years Resolutions