Because CCSS for ELA Reading Information Text #6 has significantly
different goals at each grade level, I’ve taken a few weeks to suggest
appropriate books. Today I have some ideas for grade 5.
The goal for
grade 5 states. “Analyze multiple accounts of the same event or topic, noting
important similarities and differences in the point of view they represent.” As
you teach this lesson, you will undoubtedly look at a variety of different
sources, but here are two fun books to get your class started:
Mosquito Bite by Alexandra Siy& Dennis Kunkle
Those Rebels, John & Tom by Barbara Kerley (illus. Edwin Fotheringham)
Each of these books looks at an event or situation from two points of view—one presented on the right-hand pages and one on the left-hand pages.
In Mosquito Bite, right-hand pages tell the story of children playing hide-and-seek at dusk. The left-hand page presents the mosquito’s point of view. In the process we learn why mosquitoes need to drink blood. It’s a great way for kids to consider another creature’s view of the world.
Those Rebels, John & Tom is a dual biography of two of our
nation’s founders. Through it, we learn that the two men had very different
personalities and different strengths, and that is what allowed them to work
together so effectively.
