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Age 7-9: Concept 1:
Environment |
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Literature Unit Package - Tornado
Price: $22.97
Enjoy a story about the special friendship between a boy and his dog. Experience the effects of weather on farm life. Each unit contains both parent instruction pages and student activity sheets for ~3 weeks of daily instruction.
This unit is designed to be used in conjunction with Unit 1: Amazing Weather, but can also be used as a stand alone literature unit.
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Literature Unit Package - Sarah, Plain and Tall
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Experience life on the Great Plains in the late 19th century. Learn how one family comes to appreciate the uniqueness of others and the environment. Each unit contains both parent instruction pages and student activity sheets for ~3 weeks of daily instruction.
This unit is designed to be used in conjunction with Unit 2: The Land, but can also be used as a stand alone literature unit.
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Literature Unit Package - Who Was Helen Keller?
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What would it be like to live in an environment with no sound or light? Learn how one girl struggles to overcome physical disabilities to improve her life and the lives of others. Each unit contains both parent instruction pages and student activity sheets for ~3 weeks of daily instruction.
This unit is designed to be used in conjunction with Unit 3: Sound, but can also be used as a stand alone literature unit.
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Age 7-9: Concept 2:
Change |
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Literature Unit Package - Morning Girl
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Experience life through the eyes of a brother and sister in the pre-Columbian Caribbean. Life on their island is dramatically changed when a hurricane blows through, but the biggest change is yet to come. . . Each unit contains both parent instruction pages and student activity sheets for ~3 weeks of daily instruction.
This unit is designed to be used in conjunction with Unit 1: Environments Change, but can also be used as a stand alone literature unit.
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Literature Unit Package - Communities and Cultures
Price: $32.89
Follow the adventures of the Blinkerton kids as they travel back in time and learn what life was really like in Ancient Egypt and the Middle Ages. Each unit contains both parent instruction pages and student activity sheets for ~3 weeks of daily instruction.
This unit is designed to be used in conjunction with Unit 2: Communities Change Over Time, but can also be used as a stand alone literature unit.
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Literature Unit Package - American Heroes
Price: $29.94
Read biographical sketches about the amazing people who have shaped our nation. Be inspired to make the world a better place. Each unit contains both parent instruction pages and student activity sheets for ~3 weeks of daily instruction.
This unit is designed to be used in conjunction with Unit 3: People Change the World, but can also be used as a stand alone literature unit.
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Age 7-9: Concept 3:
Cycles |
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Literature Unit Package - Poppy
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Follow the adventures of a courageous field mouse as she stands up to the great horned owl - Mr. Ocax. See how she struggles to overcome the cycle of power that has gripped her family for generations. Includes an owl pellet dissection kit (gross). Each unit contains both parent instruction pages and student activity sheets for ~3 weeks of daily instruction.
This unit is designed to be used in conjunction with Unit 1: Lifecycles, but can also be used as a stand alone literature unit.
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Literature Unit Package - Charlotte's Web
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Appreciate the bond of friendship between a humble pig and an ingenious spider. Journey through the seasons on a farm and discover the different lifecycles of various farm animals. Each unit contains both parent instruction pages and student activity sheets for ~3 weeks of daily instruction.
This unit is designed to be used in conjunction with Unit 2: The Water Cycle, but can also be used as a stand alone literature unit.
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Literature Unit Package - The Family Under the Bridge
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Experience the hardships that befall a family at the bottom of the economic cycle. See how the kindness of strangers makes a real difference in the lives of three children. Learn the rules of punctuation. Each unit contains both parent instruction pages and student activity sheets for ~3 weeks of daily instruction.
This unit is designed to be used in conjunction with Unit 3: Economic Cycles, but can also be used as a stand alone literature unit.
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Age 7-9: Concept 4:
Relationships |
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Literature Unit Package - One Day in the Tropical Rain Forest
Price: $19.24
Journey through the rain forest with Tepui on the most important day of his life as he searches for a butterfly that no one has ever seen. Learn how to outline plots, write and dramatize scripts, and how to be persuasive in writing and speech. Each unit contains both parent instruction pages and student activity sheets for ~3 weeks of daily instruction.
This unit is designed to be used in conjunction with Unit 1: The Rain Forest, but can also be used as a stand alone literature unit.
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Literature Unit Package - The Whipping Boy
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Follow the adventures of Jemmy and Prince Brat, two boys with absolutely nothing in common and no reason to like one another, as they find themselves taken hostage and learn what it means to be a true friend. Learn to use idioms, similes, and hyperbole to make writing more engaging and interesting. Each unit contains both parent instruction pages and student activity sheets for ~3 weeks of daily instruction.
This unit is designed to be used in conjunction with Unit 2: Government and the People, but can also be used as a stand alone literature unit.
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Literature Unit Package - Iggie's House
Price: $20.49
Experience the struggles and conflict that Winnie goes through as she learns the difference between being a good neighbor and a good friend with the first black family that moves onto Grove Street. Practice writing with proper verb - tense agreement, subject - verb agreement, and contractions. Learn to analyze the personalities and motives of characters in a story. Each unit contains both parent instruction pages and student activity sheets for ~3 weeks of daily instruction.
This unit is designed to be used in conjunction with Unit 3: Connected Cultures, but can also be used as a stand alone literature unit.
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Age 8-10: Concept 1:
Interdependence |
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Literature Unit Package - Little House in the Big Woods
Price: $21.98
Look at life in the woods through the eyes of a pioneer child as she contributes to the work of the family. Learn how the lives of the pioneers were dependent on their natural environment. Learn capitalization rules, review types of sentences, and practice writing a three paragraph essay and a formal letter.
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Literature Unit Package - The Sign of the Beaver
Price: $21.49
Examine the relationship between two boys from different cultures as they come to appreciate each other and learn from one another. Explore how the lives of both the Native Americans and the pioneers were dependent on resources found in their natural environment. Practice research skills, learn new vocabulary, and practice persuasive writing. Review story elements and character development. Write, plan, and direct a movie that incorporates new learning.
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Literature Unit Package - Native American Animal Stories
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Follow the relationship between the Native Americans and their natural environment. Compare creation myths from different cultures. Explore legends and folktales from a variety of cultures. Identify subject / verb agreement and locate synonyms and antonyms for words. Create your own myth based on the elements of myths.
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Age 8-10: Concept 2:
Force and Power |
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Literature Unit Package - Ben and Me
Price: $28.48
Examine the life of Ben Franklin and the events surrounding the founding of our country through the eyes of an intelligent rodent named Amos. Appreciate early inventions and the inventive process. Design your own kite to fly. Explore the elements of historical fiction and discriminate between fact, fiction, and opinion.
Each unit contains both parent instruction pages and student activity sheets for ~3 weeks of daily instruction.
This unit is designed to be used in conjunction with Unit 1: Magnetism and Electricity, but can also be used as a stand alone literature unit.
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Literature Unit Package - The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
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Explore the theme of Good vs. Evil and evaluate the proper and improper use of power. Engage in the writing process - from rough draft to final copy. Practice logical thinking, apply the rules of plurals, and work with possessive nouns. Analyze the power of effective imagery in writing. Compare and contrast the novel with the movie. Each unit contains both parent instruction pages and student activity sheets for ~3 weeks of daily instruction.
This unit is designed to be used in conjunction with Unit 2: The Power of People, but can also be used as a stand alone literature unit.
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Literature Unit Package - The BFG
Price: $27.22
Learn about the culture of London, England and the role of the Queen. Learn the language and ways of giants! Examine cause and effect in literature. Analyze characters and their actions. Write a newspaper report on an event in the story.Each unit contains both parent instruction pages and student activity sheets for ~3 weeks of daily instruction.
This unit is designed to be used in conjunction with Unit 3: Forces of Nature, but can also be used as a stand alone literature unit.
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Age 8-10: Concept 3:
Similarities and Differences |
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Literature Unit Package - Akimbo and Sadako
Price: $33.92
Experience the cultures of Africa and Asia through the eyes of a boy who lives in the African bush and a Japanese girl living in Hiroshima after World War 2. Appreciate the lives of children across the world by examining similarities and differences. This unit provides an introduction to writing a formal report, explores story conflict, introduces haiku poems, and reviews verb tense. Each unit contains both parent instruction pages and student activity sheets for ~3 weeks of daily instruction.
This unit is designed to be used in conjunction with Unit 1: Africa and Asia, but can also be used as a stand alone literature unit.
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Literature Unit Package - Holes
Price: $21.98
Meet Stanley Yelnats, a boy who is wrongly accused of a crime and sent to a juvenile detention camp. Here, he meets a variety of interesting characters. Explore the desert biome and the dangerous animals that live in this region. Recognize irony, practice possessive nouns, and correct run-on and fragment sentences. Each unit contains both parent instruction pages and student activity sheets for ~3 weeks of daily instruction.
This unit is designed to be used in conjunction with Unit 2: Rocks and Minerals, but can also be used as a stand alone literature unit.
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Literature Unit Package - Charlotte in Giverny
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Read the diary of a young girl whose family moves to France in the late 1800's so that her father can paint with the controversial new impressionists. Here she learns about the culture of France as well as the techniques of the early impressionists. Create paintings that reflect the style and techniques of the impressionists. Practice using a thesaurus to find new words. Learn the rules of commas and apply them to your own writing. Each unit contains both parent instruction pages and student activity sheets for ~3 weeks of daily instruction.
This unit is designed to be used in conjunction with Unit 3: Europe, but can also be used as a stand alone literature unit.
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Age 8-10: Concept 4:
Exploration and Survival |
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Literature Unit Package - Abel's Island
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How will a genteel rat learn to survive on his own in the wild? Follow Abel as he learns to rely on his instincts and the natural resources in his environment for survival and the chance to return to the family he loves. Learn the difference between predictions and inferences, practice writing thoughtful questions, and try your hand at the art of reflective writing. Each unit contains both parent instruction pages and student activity sheets for ~3 weeks of daily instruction.
This unit is designed to be used in conjunction with Unit 1: Animal Adaptations, but can also be used as a stand alone literature unit.
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Literature Unit Package - Pedro's Journal
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Adventure with a young sailor as he journeys to the New World with Christopher Columbus and his crew. Follow their dangerous journey as they struggle for survival in the high seas. Explore the elements of historical fiction, practice using quotation marks in dialog, recognize and apply subject-verb agreement, and practice identifying and using similies. Each unit contains both parent instruction pages and student activity sheets for ~3 weeks of daily instruction.
This unit is designed to be used in conjunction with Unit 2: Early Explorers, but can also be used as a stand alone literature unit.
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Literature Unit Package - Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
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Read the amazing story of Mrs. Frisby, a mother who struggles for survival as she strives to save the life of her sick son. Along the way, she encounters a group of mysterious rats whose past is intertwined with her own. These intelligent creatures use modern technology including simple machines and electricity. Explore the genre of fantasy, follow story plots, and learn to recognize homonyms and understand acronyms.Each unit contains both parent instruction pages and student activity sheets for ~3 weeks of daily instruction.
This unit is designed to be used in conjunction with Unit 3: Simple Machines, but can also be used as a stand alone literature unit.
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