This first module uses literature and informational text to introduce students to the power of literacy and how people around the world overcome learning challenges. It is intentionally designed to encourage students to embrace a love of literacy and reading. In Unit 1, students begin to build their close reading skills; they hear stories read aloud, read works in their entirety, and read more challenging excerpts closely. Throughout their readings, students determine the gist, identify the central message, and consider what key details convey that message in the text. In Unit 2, students consider how geography and where one lives in the world affects how one accesses books. Students continue building knowledge and vocabulary related to world geography as they study excerpts from My Librarian Is a Camel by Margriet Ruurs, which describes how librarians overcome geographic challenges to get children books. Students apply their learning by writing a simple informative paragraph about how people access books around the world, focusing on the role of specific librarians or organizations they studied.
Parent Websites:
Third Graders have launched a new curriculum, following the EL (formerly known as Expeditionary Learning). You can read more about their curriculum and educational approaches here.
Students websites:
Third Graders have launched a new curriculum, following the EL (formerly known as Expeditionary Learning). You can read more about their curriculum and educational approaches here.
Students websites:
- Black Lives Matter instructional library
- Listen to stories on Storyline online
- Some activities for picture books
- Romper stories online
- Random House Publishing
- PebbleGo (English & Spanish):
- EPIC (Class Code: wpw0876)
- Big Universe (Please contact me if you need your child's information)