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Unit 1: Expository Text
Unit 1: Expository Text
In our upcoming unit, we are diving into expository text—a type of non-fiction reading that informs, explains, and teaches us about the real world. Through our McGraw Hill Wonders unit, students are reading three engaging selections:
"Making Money: A Story of Change" – Explores how money was created and how currency has evolved over time.
"The Economic Roller Coaster" – Breaks down basic economic concepts like supply, demand, and how markets rise and fall.
"Our Federal Reserve at Work" – Teaches students about the role of the U.S. Federal Reserve in managing money and stabilizing the economy.
Key Skills We Are Practicing
Key Skills We Are Practicing
Identifying Main Idea & Key Details: Pinpointing what a passage is primarily about and supporting it with facts.
Understanding Text Features: Using headings, diagrams, captions, and sidebars to deepen comprehension.
Domain-Specific Vocabulary: Learning real-world economic terms such as inflation, currency, central bank, and economy.
At-Home Resources & Helpful Links
At-Home Resources & Helpful Links
To extend your child's learning at home, check out these kid-friendly videos and articles:
Who invented money? – A quick, engaging video explaining how currency started and evolved.
PBS LearningMedia: The Federal Reserve System – Free educational videos and articles explaining how the U.S. central bank functions.
US Mint for Kids: How Money is Made – Interactive games, facts, and step-by-step guides on coin making and U.S. currency history.
How coins are made: video that shows the minting of coins
Encourage your child to share one new fact they learned about money during this unit!
Literary Elements
Literary Elements
During the first few weeks of school, we read our first novel! The students can officially say they have already read a book. We use this novel as a launching pad to review the elements of literature. Feel free to review those elements with this helpful video.
Unit 1- Narrative Nonfiction
Unit 1- Narrative Nonfiction
Students are studying main idea, figurative language and author's craft through Monster in the Mountain, Into the Volcano and Donna O'Meara: Volcano Lady
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