Interactive Read-Aloud Fifth/Sixth Grade Kit 1
Mini-lessons for Whole-Group Instruction
Each grade-level kit includes 12 carefully curated trade books, partnered with a corresponding lesson directly linked to the comprehension strategies of the Literacy Footprints lessons. Each book has been selected to reflect engaging illustrations, strong storylines, and a powerful opportunity to teach for deeper meaning. These whole-group lessons provide teachers with the framework to introduce students to the comprehension strategies that will comprise upcoming guided reading lessons.
The Literacy Footprints Interactive Read-Aloud will provide teachers with:
- A carefully curated collection of trade books with corresponding lesson plans
- Lesson plans to teach comprehension strategies through gradual-release model
- Interactive lessons that motivate students to engage with reading
- Prompts and language to encourage students to think deeply and converse with each other about the text
- Writing in response to text to extend and deepen comprehension
- Downloadable materials to support and enhance lessons
Fifth/Sixth Grade Kit Includes:
- Tree of Cranes, by Allen Say
- Coyote: A Trickster Tale from the American Southwest, by Gerald McDermott
- Let ’Er Buck!, by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson, illustrated by Gordon C. James
- Don’t Let Them Disappear: 12 Endangered Species Across the Globe, by Chelsea Clinton, illustrated by Gianna Marino
- Titan and the Wild Boars: The True Cave Rescue of the Thai Soccer Team, by Susan Hood and Pathana Sornhiran, illustrated by Dow Phumiruk
- Enemy Pie, by Derek Munson, illustrated by Tara Calahan King
- Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race, by Margot Lee Shetterly with Winifred Conkling, illustrated by Laura Freeman
- Spiders, by Nic Bishop
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg: The Case of R. B. G. vs. Inequality, by Jonah Winter, illustrated by Stacy Innerst
- La Frontera: El viaje con papá/My Journey with Papa, by Deborah Mills and Alfredo Alva, illustrated by Claudia Navarro
- Grace for President, by Kelly DiPucchio, illustrated by LeUyen Pham
- Granddaddy’s Turn: A Journey to the Ballot Box, by Michael S. Bandy and Eric Stein, illustrated by James E. Ransome
