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Scott Foresman Reading Street © 2008to theCommon Core Georgia Performance Standards (CCGPS)Grade 5Common Core GeorgiaPerformance Standards – Grade 5ELACC5RL9: Compare and contrast storiesin the same genre (e.g., mysteries andadventure stories) on their approaches tosimilar themes and topics.Scott ForesmanReading Street © 2008SE: 89, 207, 253, 535TE 1: 89; 2: 207, 253; 5: 535; 6: 746As students are introduced to and readexamples of various story genres, theylearn about the characteristics thatdistinguish each genre from the others.Questions in the Student Edition andTeacher’s Edition ask students to comparethese stories and their elements to oneanother as well as to other stories theyhave read in the program. The programalso provides Reading Across Texts andWriting Across Texts that relate texts withsimilar themes and topics. See, forexample, SE: 41, 207. To expand students’experiences with stories from variouscultures, provide appropriate collections inthe classroom library or help students findsuitable materials in the school library andallow them time to read independently.Range of Reading and Level of Text ComplexityELACC5RL10: By the end of the year, read Each fiction selection has opportunities toand comprehend literature, including read a literary text independently,stories, dramas, and poetry, at the high proficiently, and fluently. See the followingend of the grades 4-5 text complexity band representative pages for the fictionindependently and proficiently.selections in Unit 1:SE: 22–33, 46–63, 72–83Fluency lessons focus on accuracy, rate,phrasing, punctuation cues, andexpression/intonation. Each sub skill isapplied to appropriate selections in avariety of reading activities. See, forexample, TE 1: 41a, 67a, 89a.Additionally, the Differentiated Instructionpages continue skill development asstudents read the ELL Reader and theBelow-Level, On-Level, and AdvancedLeveled Readers. Guided instruction andpractice are included on the DI and LRpages at the back of the unit. See TE 1:DI•2, DI•3, DI•10, DI•11, DI•12, DI•13,DI•20, DI•21, and LR1–LR18, for examplesof the Readers for the first two fictionselections in Unit 1.SE = Student Edition8TE = Teacher’s Edition