Grade 5

Reading: Foundational Skills—Grade 5

This will be your students' last year dealing with Reading: Foundational Skills Common Core Standards, so now's the time to fine-tune and polish. Think of yourself as a minor league baseball coach giving your players the finishing touches before they move on to the big leagues.

Of course, this is just the beginning of your students' journey as readers, but it's up to you to ensure that it has a smooth start. Most of these standards involve the atoms of language—its basic building blocks—but an equal amount of attention should be placed on individual students' reading comprehension abilities.

While individual attention is valuable in any context, this is doubly true for reading skills. Each of your students will be progressing at his or her own pace, so it's important to identify problem areas on an individual level and provide the one-on-one attention needed to overcome personal hurdles.

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