Self-Paced Reading Lessons – 4th & 5th Grade Reading Review

Do you ever wish you could duplicate yourself so you could provide additional small-group reading instruction? Or have you ever wished that small-group reading lessons could be self-paced with all the parts of strong reading instruction?

These self-paced reading lessons provide additional review and instruction for your students, mimicking what they would get from small-group reading instruction.

These are the skills included in this bundle:

• Theme
• Making Inferences (Fiction)
• Point of View
• Paired Point of View
• Comparing and Contrasting Story Elements
• Context Clues (Fiction & Nonfiction)
• Main Idea
• Text Structure

Each self-paced reading lesson includes:

• Skill Review – Review of the skill focus (each lesson has one specific skill focus) with questions to guide students as they read the story (the questions are focused on the skill)
• Introduction to the Story – Introduction to the story with a specific reading focus tied into the skill
• Vocabulary – Vocabulary words with kid-friendly definitions and connections to the story and optional extension activities
• Engaging Text – A one-page length passage written at a 4th/5th grade reading level
• After-Reading Questions – Skill-focused questions to be answered after reading the text
• Extension - Optional discussion or writing prompts
• Answer Keys (optional discussion/writing prompts do not include answer keys as many are subjective)

Here are some ways to use the self-paced reading lessons:

• Skill practice after initial instruction
• Reading centers or stations
• Re-teaching
• Test prep
• Assessments
• Whole class/whole group reading lessons
• Virtual reading lessons

About the Digital Versions

The digital version is ideal for an engaging self-paced reading center or station. It has been redesigned for optimal student use in Google Slides and contains the same content as the printable version.

There are two digital options: independent or whole class. The activities are altered, depending on your preference of use. Digital access can be found on pages 4-6 of each PDF.