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Grade 5 · English Language Arts · Unit 3 of 18

Read With a Purpose

Use what you know and read at the right pace

What your child practises

Using prior knowledge, choosing varied texts, adjusting reading rate for purpose and checking understanding while reading.

Manitoba Curriculum learning outcome: ELA.5.A2.6, ELA.5.B1.1, ELA.5.B1.3, ELA.5.D2.1 · reading fluency and rate, prior knowledge, choosing multimodal texts and self-monitoring

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Before reading a text about wolves, you recall what you already know. This is…

    • using prior knowledge
    • guessing the ending
    • skipping

  2. Question 2

    A good reader asks, "Does this make sense?" This is…

    • rhyming
    • self-monitoring
    • skimming

  3. Question 3

    You wonder how your reading strategies are working. You are…

    • reflecting on your learning
    • spelling
    • copying

  4. Question 4

    When a passage is hard to understand, you should…

    • slow down and reread
    • read faster
    • stop for good

  5. Question 5

    Which is a good way to choose a book for fun?

    • read the back cover and the first page
    • pick the thickest
    • pick one at random without looking

  6. Question 6

    Which goal is a specific reading goal?

    • I will read for 15 minutes each night and note two new words.
    • I will read better.
    • I will try.

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