5th Grade Choice Board Literacy
Morphology
Greek Root: therm = heat & Latin root: tract = drag,
Think of as many words as you can that have this root
Example: thermometer
Fluency
Read below the poem "Ode to Kool-Aid".
Read the poem aloud to family members.
Vocabulary
Read below the passages.
Highlight or write down the words from the passage that you don't know the meaning of. Figure out the meaning of the words using a dictionary or talking about the words with a parent.
Comprehension
Read aloud a book. After reading, talk about what was read. Who were the characters? What happened in the beginning, middle and end?
Research
May 8, 1884
Harry S. Truman was born
May 7, 1915
The British ship Lusitania was torpedoed by a German Submarine. Research at the library or online about Harry S. Truman or the Ship Lusitania.
Ode to Kool-Aid
By Marcus Jackson
You turn the kitchen
tap’s metallic stream
into tropical drink,
extra sugar whirlpooling
to the pitcher-bottom
like gypsum sand.
Purplesaurus Rex, Roarin’ Rock-A-Dile Red, Ice Blue
Island Twist, Sharkleberry Fin; on our tongues, each
version keeps a section, like tiles on the elemental
table.
In ninth grade, Sandra
employed a jug of Black Cherry to dye her
straightened
bangs burgundy.
When toddlers swallow you, their top lips mustache
in color as if they’ve kissed paint. The trendy folks
can savor all that imported mango nectar and
health-market juice.
We need factory-crafted packets, unpronounceable
ingredients, a logo cute enough to hug, a drink
unnaturally sweet so that, on the porch,
as summer sun recedes,
Granddad takes out his teeth to make more mouth
to admit you.
Reading Passages
The Bone Swindle (2-Syllable, Consonant-le Syllable Type Words)
One day a beagle and a poodle saw a dog with a great big bone. They just had to have the bone. A bone is a staple for a dog. The beagle and poodle would develop a trick to swindle the bone.
To ask for help the beagle and the poodle went to an eagle who sat on the
steeple. The beagle and the poodle did not mean to startle the eagle, but they did startle the eagle. After the beagle and poodle begged, the eagle agreed to go along with the plan.
The beagle and the poodle could kindle a small fire. The fire would startle the
dog with the bone. He would run from the fire and leave the bone. The eagle would swoop down and grab the bone and drop it where the beagle and poodle could get it. The swindle would work. The beagle and poodle could have the bone.
Sable and the Beetle (2-Syllable, Consonant-le Syllable T Beetle
(2-Syllable, Consonant-le Syllable Type Words)
As Sable took a stroll through the park, she began to look around at the sights.
She saw a little sparkle fly near her and settle on a leaf.
Sable looked closer to see that the sparkle was a beetle. The beetle had a
brittle shell. The shell had a sparkle to it when the sun shone on it. The little beetle was quite pretty.
Sable picked up the beetle. The beetle was as small as a pebble. The beetle
began to wiggle and struggle to get away from Sable. Sable took great care to handle the beetle so it would not have to wiggle and struggle. She wanted to see the brittle shell sparkle.
The beetle flew from Sable’s hand. It had such a pretty sparkle. Sable was glad the beetle had come her way.
Mable and Gable Play Scrabble (2-Syllable, Consonant-le Syllable
Type Words)
Mable and Gable wish to play Scrabble e Mable and Gable wish to Scrabble every day! They scramble to play at least one game during the day and at least one game during the night. Mable and Gable w Gable would play Scrabble all day, but Mom says it is a hassle for Mable and Gable to just play Scrabble. They have chores to do!
When Mom tells Mable and Gable to not play Scrabble, Mable and Gable
mumbleand gurgle. Then they spell mumble and gurgle on the Scrabble board and laugh. Mable and Gable like to spell gargle and noodle too when they play Scrabble.
When all the chores are done, Mom will play Scrabble with Mable and Gable while they watch cable tv. When the chores are done, playing Scrabble is not a hassle.