Reading A-Z resources organized into weekly content-based units and differentiated instruction options.
Adventure (fiction), 2,819 words, Level Y (Grade 5), Lexile 720L, Fiction Series
In Huck's Shoes tells the story of an eleven-year-old boy, Miguel, and his desire to experience adventure. Bored and frustrated by the work expected of him in his family's shop, he escapes to the attic, where he magically becomes a character in the book The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Illustrations support the text.
Reading Strategy Use the reading strategy of visualizing to understand text
Comprehension Analyze Character : Analyze characters in the text
Grammar and Mechanics Pronouns : Understand the use of subject and object pronouns
Word Work Dialect : Understand the use of dialect
Think, Collaborate, Discuss Promote higher-order thinking for small groups or whole class
