The resource titled Units of Study for Teaching Reading: A Workshop Curriculum by Lucy Calkins and Kathleen Tolan will be utilized for reading instruction.
Unit 1- Interpreting Characters: The Heart of the Story
Unit 2- Reading the Weather, Reading the World
Unit 3- Reading History: The American Revolution
Unit 4- Historical Fiction Clubs
The resource titled Units of Study in Opinion, Information, and Narrative Writing: A Common Core Workshop Curriculum by Lucy Calkins will be utilized for writing instruction.
Unit 1- The Arc of Story: Writing Realistic Fiction
Unit 2- Boxes and Bullets: Personal and Persuasive Essays
Unit 3- Bringing History to Life
Unit 4- The Literary Essay: Writing About Fiction