ELA Resources

Fifth Grade ELA


Perseverance 

Perseverance  Videos and Links

Books Exemplifying  Perseverance 

Perspective

Discus Guide 

Student Editorial Sample

Building an Argument Graphic Organizer

Picture Books Relating to Perspective

Heroism

Picture Books (Theme)

THOSE SHOES by Maribeth Boelts (Theme)

MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE by Marie Bradby (Theme)

A DAY’S WORK by Eve Bunting (Theme)

THE EMPTY POT by Demi (Theme)

THE HUNGRY COAT by Demi (Theme)

SALT IN HIS SHOES by Deloris Jordan (Theme)

THE INVISIBLE BOY by Trudy Ludwig (Theme)

Little Leaders by Vashti Harrison (Real Life Heroes)

Portraits of Hispanic American Heroes  (Real Life Heroes)

Rabble Rousers by Cheryl Harness  (Real Life Heroes)

Peaceful Heroes by Jonah Winter  (Real Life Heroes)

Investigation

The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's art changed science by Joyce Sidman (Gathering Information)

Those Shoes by  Maribeth Boelts (Inferring/Reflecting)

Zen Shorts by Jon Muth (Inferring/Reflecting)

The Bad Seed by Jory John (Inferring/Reflecting)

Abe Lincoln: The Boy who Loved Books by Kay Winters (Gathering Information)

The Wretched Stone by Chris Van Allsburg ( (Investigation)

Thank you, Mr. Faulkner by Patricia Polacco (Investigation)


Change

Talkin' about Bessie by Nikki Grimes (Author's Craft)

A Day's Work by Eve Bunting (Ideas Through Conversation)

Crow Call by Lois Lowry (Change)

Thank you Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco (Change)

Reflection 




Sixth Grade ELA



Perseverance

Picture Books - Perseverance 

Text Structure Overview

Narrative and Informational Text Structures

Analyzing Text with Storyboards

Narrative Text Structures Using Storyboards

Three Column Storyboard

Perspective

Stanford: Reading Like a Historian

Global Awareness

Censorship 

1. https://school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/censorship/273576 

2. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/censorship

3. https://go.galegroup.com/ps/retrieve.do?tabID=T001&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&searchResultsType=MultiTab&searchType=BasicSearchForm&currentPosition=1&docId=GALE%7CEGMFKV136078062&docType=Topic+overview&sort=RELEVANCE-SORT&contentSegment=&prodId=ITKE&contentSet=GALE%7CEGMFKV136078062&searchId=R1&userGroupName=scschools&inPS=true 

Hunger 

1. https://scsl.idm.oclc.org/login?auth=discus&url=https://school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/malnutrition/275642 

2. https://scsl.idm.oclc.org/login?auth=discus&url=https://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A282425819/ITKE?u=scschools&sid=ITKE&xid=87d93f45

Poverty 

1. https://scsl.idm.oclc.org/login?auth=discus&url=https://school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/poverty/276526 

2. https://scsl.idm.oclc.org/login?auth=discus&url=https://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A526051889/ITKE?u=scschools&sid=ITKE&xid=5e56a31b

Climate Change 

1. https://scsl.idm.oclc.org/login?auth=discus&url=https://school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/climate-change/630276 

2. https://scsl.idm.oclc.org/login?auth=discus&url=https://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A540902751/ITKE?u=scschools&sid=ITKE&xid=1091c6c3

Litter 

1. https://scsl.idm.oclc.org/login?auth=discus&url=https://school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/pollution/353650#253428.toc 

2. https://scsl.idm.oclc.org/login?auth=discus&url=https://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A563081110/ITKE?u=scschools&sid=ITKE&xid=fbf1599e

Water pollution

1. https://school-eb-com.scsl.idm.oclc.org/levels/middle/article/water-pollution/473593 

2. http://edugreen.teri.res.in/explore/water/pollu.htm 

Junk Food/Obesity

1. https://school-eb-com.scsl.idm.oclc.org/levels/middle/article/obesity/56643

2. https://kidshealth.org/en/parents/overweight-obesity.html 

Animal Extinction/ Endangered Species

1. https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/endangered-species/ 

2. https://school-eb-com.scsl.idm.oclc.org/levels/middle/article/endangered-species/32604 

Traditional Literature Around the World

Google Earth Lit Trip: Traditional Literature