Fishtank ELA is a knowledge-building literacy curriculum that helps students grow as readers, writers, speakers, and thinkers. Through a combination of engaging fiction and nonfiction texts, students expand their understanding of the world, develop academic vocabulary, and learn to support their ideas with evidence from the text.
Real-World Topics: Each unit is centered around an engaging theme and essential questions that encourage students to think deeply and make connections across texts.
Complex and Diverse Texts: Students read a wide range of high-quality literature and informational texts that build knowledge, strengthen vocabulary, and introduce them to a variety of cultures, perspectives, and historical time periods.
Evidence and Discussion: Students discuss their reading, share their thinking with classmates, and write about what they learn daily. They practice using evidence from the text to explain and support their ideas.
At Home: Because Fishtank ELA emphasizes building knowledge through reading, families can support learning by asking their second grader questions about what they are reading and encouraging conversations about new ideas and vocabulary.
Unit 1: Cinderella Around the World
Unit 2: Exploring Habitats
Unit 3: Belonging and Friendship
Unit 4: People Who Changed the World