Fifth Grade Reading Success: Complete Learning Kit

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The books, CDs, and other resources in this package all work together to teach the core building blocks of effective 5th grade language skills. Concepts that are introduced in the workbooks are carried forward and reinforced in the chapter books and CD-ROM and audio CD games and activities. Your child will not only learn important skills but will also gain the necessary confidence that will help inspire a lifelong love of learning.



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Sylvan Learning Workbooks won a Honors Award from the National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA) as a top book series for children in the elementary-aged category. The NAPPA is the nation’s most comprehensive awards program for children’ s products and parenting resources, and has been critically reviewing products since 1990. The Award recognizes Sylvan Learning Workbooks as some of the most innovative and useful products geared to parents.

Sylvan's proven system inspires kids to learn and has helped children nationwide catch up, keep up, and get ahead in school. Sylvan has been a trusted partner for parents for thirty years, and has based their supplemental education success on programs developed through a focus on the highest educational standards and detailed research.  Sylvan’s line of educational products equips families with fun, effective, and grade-appropriate learning tools.  Our workbooks and learning kits feature activities, stories, and games to reinforce the skills children need to develop and achieve their academic potential.  Students will reap the rewards of improved confidence and a newfound love of learning.

Table of Contents

Vocabulary Success

1) Synonyms & Antonyms ............1
2) More Synonyms & Antonyms ............9
3) Homographs ............17
- Review ............25

4) Prefixes ............29
5) More Prefixes ............37
6) Even More Prefixes ............45
7) Suffixes ............53
8) More Suffixes ............61
- Review ............69

9) Roots ............73
10) More Roots ............81
11) Even More Roots ............89
12) Roots, Last Call! ............97
- Review ............105
- Index: Vocabulary Words ............109

Reading Comprehension Success

Before You Read
1) Prepare Yourself ............115
2) What Do You Know?............123

While You Read
3) Read Between the Lines ............131
4) Stop and Ask ............139
5) Cross Check ............147
6) Learn New Words ............155
7) Make an Argument ............163
8) Point of View ............171

After You Read
9) Keep it Straight ............179
10) Make a Map ............189

Writing Success

Nonfiction
1) Writing Nonfiction ............199
2) Topic & Topic Sentence ............207
3) Mapping ............215
4) Writing an Argument ............223
5) Drafting ............231

Fiction
6) Writing Fiction............239
7) Mapping ............247
8) Plot ............255
9) Description & Dialogue ............263
10) Drafting ............271

Polishing
11) Rereading & Revising ............289
12) Proofreading & Editing ............287
13) Publishing ............295

- Review ............299