ELA
Units of Study: Reading
UNIT 1: Interpreting Characters: The Heart of the Story
UNIT 2: Reading the Weather, Reading the World: Purposeful Reading of Nonfiction
UNIT 3: Reading History: The American Revolution
UNIT 4: Historical Fiction Clubs
Units of study: Writing
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
Unit 1 Read Aloud
The Tiger Rising
by Kate DiCamillo
Unit 2 Read Aloud
Everything Weather
National Geographic
Unit 3 Read Aloud
Liberty! How the Revolutionary War Began
Unit 4 Read Aloud
Number the Stars
by Lois Lowry
If... Then... Units
Read Like a Fan
Students will read multiple books by one author - Kate DiCamillo, Roald Dahl, Dan Gutman, Beverly Cleary, Andrew Clements, Judy Blume. Our read aloud will be "Raymie Nightingale" by Kate DiCamillo.
Historical Fiction WRiting
Students will draft their own historical fiction story based on the time period from their historical fiction book club book.
