Wit and Wisdom

Wit and Wisdom Gr. K Family Tips

Wit & Wisdom is a K–8 English language arts curriculum that brings the rich content everyone loves into your child's classroom.  We believe that classrooms are places where students and teachers encounter wit, wisdom, wonder, rigor, and knowledge and that literature, history, art, and science all have a place in ELA instruction. Wit & Wisdom helps your student meet the expectations of the new standards while celebrating the joy of reading and writing. 

Book 1 - My Five Senses by Margaret Miller

Focusing Question: What are our five senses?

Painting: Le Gourmet by Pablo Picasso

Book 2 - My Five Senses by Aliki

Focusing Question: How do people use their senses to learn about the world?

Book 3 - Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Pena

Focusing Question: How does CJ use his senses to learn about the world in Last Stop on Market Street?

Book 4 - Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault

Focusing Question: How do our senses help us learn from Chicka Chicka Boom Boom?

Painting: Flower Day by Diego Rivera

Book 5 - Rap a Tap Tap by Leo and Diane Dillon

Book: Wild About Books by Judy Sierra

Focusing Question : How does the librarian make reading fun in Wild About Books?

Painting: I and the Village by Marc Chagall

Focusing Quetion: What can we learn from studying visual art?