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Week 1
Short reads for accessing complex text
Week 2
Week 3
Extended texts for building knowledge and making meaning
Vocabulary Graphic Organizers lead students to see the relationship between words and meaning.
Frayer Model
Concept Web
Analogy Graphic Organizer
Vocabulary Word Study Log
Projects empower students to research each unit topic using multiple sources and report their findings.
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Relevant real-world perspectives and prompts foster social-emotional and cultural learning related to unit topics and texts.
Print and online writing is encouraged with annotation sidebars in texts, relevant writing prompts, and a digital writing platform.
Writer’s Universe is a collaborative digital writing tool. Students can plan, draft, and revise writing digitally while collaborating virtually with the teacher as well as their peers.