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Third Grade PA
Unit 1: How Change Impacts People and Relationships.
Change
Literary Elements
Shells
Sachiko Means Happiness
Unit 2:The Problem Solving Process And How It Causes Change
Day and Night by MC Escher
Free Fall by David Wiesner
Creative Problem Solving Process
Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain
The Crow and the Pitcher
The Green Book
Unit 3 Cultural and/or Social Implications of Change
Ancient Egypt
Unit 4: Egyptian Civilization
Figurative Language
Fourth Grade PA
Unit 1: Engaging With Literature/Understanding Theme
Birdfoot's Grampa
Famous by Naomi
Lenny's Red Letter Day
The Old Man and His Affectionate Son
The Secret Garden
Unit 2: Thematic Generalizations
Little Giddling by TS Elliot
The Power of Light by Isaac Bashevis Singer
The Terrible Things An Allegory of the Holocaust
Holocaust Survivor's Tale
Hispanic American and African American Poetry
Call It Courage by Armstrong Sperry
The Life and Work of Emily Dickinson
Unit 3: Theme Generalizations
Grammar Island
Brain Basics
Concepts of Systems
What Influences An Individual's Development?
Eleven by Sandra Cisneros
Unit 4: Theme Generalizations
Creativity
Neurological Diseases
Shrewd Todie and Lyzer The Miser by Isaac Singer
The Helpful Badge by Laurence Yap
Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle
Fifth Grade PA
Unit 1: Change and Systems
Capstone Project
The Hemulen Who Loved Silence by Tove Jansson
All in A Summer Day By Ray Bradbury
Cosmic Perspective by Neil dGrasse Tyson
Pep Talk by Kid President
Ode to My Library by Gary Soto
Unit 2:Theme Generalizations
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
The Great Blackberry Pick
I Am Cherry Alive, The Little Girl Sang by Delmore Shwartz
What Farm to Table Got Wrong by Dan Barber
Essays
Unit 3:Theme Generalizations
Informational Texts
Nothing Can Stay and Ghost Cat
Mr. Nickel's Class
Home
Information About PA
Classroom Resources
All About Mr. Nickel
Third Grade PA
Unit 1: How Change Impacts People and Relationships.
Change
Literary Elements
Shells
Sachiko Means Happiness
Unit 2:The Problem Solving Process And How It Causes Change
Day and Night by MC Escher
Free Fall by David Wiesner
Creative Problem Solving Process
Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain
The Crow and the Pitcher
The Green Book
Unit 3 Cultural and/or Social Implications of Change
Ancient Egypt
Unit 4: Egyptian Civilization
Figurative Language
Fourth Grade PA
Unit 1: Engaging With Literature/Understanding Theme
Birdfoot's Grampa
Famous by Naomi
Lenny's Red Letter Day
The Old Man and His Affectionate Son
The Secret Garden
Unit 2: Thematic Generalizations
Little Giddling by TS Elliot
The Power of Light by Isaac Bashevis Singer
The Terrible Things An Allegory of the Holocaust
Holocaust Survivor's Tale
Hispanic American and African American Poetry
Call It Courage by Armstrong Sperry
The Life and Work of Emily Dickinson
Unit 3: Theme Generalizations
Grammar Island
Brain Basics
Concepts of Systems
What Influences An Individual's Development?
Eleven by Sandra Cisneros
Unit 4: Theme Generalizations
Creativity
Neurological Diseases
Shrewd Todie and Lyzer The Miser by Isaac Singer
The Helpful Badge by Laurence Yap
Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle
Fifth Grade PA
Unit 1: Change and Systems
Capstone Project
The Hemulen Who Loved Silence by Tove Jansson
All in A Summer Day By Ray Bradbury
Cosmic Perspective by Neil dGrasse Tyson
Pep Talk by Kid President
Ode to My Library by Gary Soto
Unit 2:Theme Generalizations
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
The Great Blackberry Pick
I Am Cherry Alive, The Little Girl Sang by Delmore Shwartz
What Farm to Table Got Wrong by Dan Barber
Essays
Unit 3:Theme Generalizations
Informational Texts
Nothing Can Stay and Ghost Cat
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Home
Information About PA
Classroom Resources
All About Mr. Nickel
Third Grade PA
Unit 1: How Change Impacts People and Relationships.
Change
Literary Elements
Shells
Sachiko Means Happiness
Unit 2:The Problem Solving Process And How It Causes Change
Day and Night by MC Escher
Free Fall by David Wiesner
Creative Problem Solving Process
Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain
The Crow and the Pitcher
The Green Book
Unit 3 Cultural and/or Social Implications of Change
Ancient Egypt
Unit 4: Egyptian Civilization
Figurative Language
Fourth Grade PA
Unit 1: Engaging With Literature/Understanding Theme
Birdfoot's Grampa
Famous by Naomi
Lenny's Red Letter Day
The Old Man and His Affectionate Son
The Secret Garden
Unit 2: Thematic Generalizations
Little Giddling by TS Elliot
The Power of Light by Isaac Bashevis Singer
The Terrible Things An Allegory of the Holocaust
Holocaust Survivor's Tale
Hispanic American and African American Poetry
Call It Courage by Armstrong Sperry
The Life and Work of Emily Dickinson
Unit 3: Theme Generalizations
Grammar Island
Brain Basics
Concepts of Systems
What Influences An Individual's Development?
Eleven by Sandra Cisneros
Unit 4: Theme Generalizations
Creativity
Neurological Diseases
Shrewd Todie and Lyzer The Miser by Isaac Singer
The Helpful Badge by Laurence Yap
Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle
Fifth Grade PA
Unit 1: Change and Systems
Capstone Project
The Hemulen Who Loved Silence by Tove Jansson
All in A Summer Day By Ray Bradbury
Cosmic Perspective by Neil dGrasse Tyson
Pep Talk by Kid President
Ode to My Library by Gary Soto
Unit 2:Theme Generalizations
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
The Great Blackberry Pick
I Am Cherry Alive, The Little Girl Sang by Delmore Shwartz
What Farm to Table Got Wrong by Dan Barber
Essays
Unit 3:Theme Generalizations
Informational Texts
Nothing Can Stay and Ghost Cat
Concepts of Systems
Focus
Systems
Citing Textual Evidence
Structure of Informational Text
Essential Questions
How does one gain an understanding of the world?
Discussion Questions
What is Elizabeth Loftus’ theory about memory? How does it differ from past understandings of how memories are stored and retrieved?
Respond to the question from the text, “How can memory errors contaminate eyewitness testimony?” Use evidence from text to support your answer.
How does Loftus explain repressed memory? How do her views compare to other ideas?
What are two or more main ideas in the text? Use evidence from text to support your answer.
Multimedia Resources
Articles
Systems Background
Thinking in Systems
Text: The Memory Doctor: Removable Truths” by William Saletan
Text: Do I Know Your Name? by Sara Song
“Out-of-Body Experiences Traced to Brain Zaps” by Sandra Blakeslee from Chicago Tribune
Memory
How Does Your Memory Work?
How Does Your Memory Work? You Tube Version
Kids Health Memory Matters
How Does The Brain Make New Memories?
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