ELA

Module 4: The Impact of Natural Disasters

• Unit 1: Researching Natural Disasters: Physical Impact

• Unit 2: Analyzing Literature about Natural Disasters: Human Impact.

• Unit 3: Taking Action: Preparing for Natural Disasters

Text: Eight Days: A Story of Haiti, by Edwidge Danticat

CCSS explicitly taught: RL.5.1, RL.5.2, RL.5.4, RL.5.6, RL.5.7, RI.5.1, RI.5.4, RI.5.7, RI.5.8, RF.5.4, W.5.1, W.5.4, W.5.5, W.5.6, W.5.7, W.5.8, SL.5.4, SL.5.6, L.5.2, L.5.3, L.5.4, L.5.5

Math

• Unit 6: Using Models to Multiply and Divide Whole Numbers, Decimals, and Fractions

• Unit 7: Classifying Quadrilaterals

CCSS explicitly taught: NBT.7, MD.1 NF.4, G.1, G.3

Science

• Weather Patterns and Phenomena

NCES explicitly taught: E.1.1, E.1.2, E.1.3

Social Studies

• Immigration, Jim Crow, Suffrage, Civil Rights, Economics and Personal Finance

CCSS explicitly taught: H.1.1, H.1.2, H.1.6, B.1.1, C&G.2.1, E.1.4, E.2.1, E.2.2, E.2.3