Unit 1: Friendship

In this unit, students will deepen their understanding of story structure as they participate in discussions and write to describe characters’ actions as related to major events, compare and contrast the actions of characters, and describe events from the beginning, middle and end of stories.

Unit 2: Cycles in our Natural World

In this unit, students will deepen their understanding of the organization of informational text as they learn about and use various print and text features.

Unit 3: Unique

In this unit, students will be introduced to unique cultures, environments, plants, and animals from around the world, and focus on the qualities that make them unique.

Unit 4: Mysteries

In this unit, students will be introduced to the mystery genre and will explore vocabulary specific to mysteries.

Unit 5: Let’s Make a Difference

In this unit, both the literary and informational texts will be connected as students develop an understanding of what it means to make a difference.

Unit 6: Curiosity

The first part of this unit will focus on literary texts and the author’s craft in choosing words that help to create vivid, memorable characters and events for the reader. The remainder of this unit will build upon the students’ natural curiosity and inquisitiveness.

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