Curriculum and Units

Literacy

Reading Units:

  • Interpretation Book Clubs: Analyzing Themes
  • Tackling Complexity: Moving up levels of Nonfiction
  • Argument and Advocacy: Researching Debatable Issues
  • Historical Fiction Book Clubs
  • Social Issues Book Clubs
  • Fantasy Book Clubs
  • Author Study

Writing Units:

  • Narrative Craft
  • Informational Writing
  • The Lens of History: Research Reports
  • The Research-Based Argument Essay
  • Literary Essay: Opening Texts and Seeing More
  • Fantasy Writing - Also: Poetry
  • Shaping Texts: From Essay and Narrative to Memoir

Social Studies and Science

Social Studies Units:

  • United States Geography
  • Native Americans
  • Early Exploration
  • The Thirteen Colonies
  • American Revolution
  • Introduction to Government

Science Units:

  • Mixtures and Solutions
  • Earth and Sun
  • Living Systems

(Bolded units are our current units of study)