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February 2014 DOI:10.1598/bridges.7001 | © 2014 International Reading Association

Money Makes the World Go Around

Interdisciplinary Unit for Grades 3–5Kim Beal, Diane Bottomley, and Peggy Rice

DescriptionThis economics unit includes inquiry, framed with strong reading/writing connections that lead to a variety of col-laborations, conversations, and presentations of knowl-edge and ideas. Embedded in these learning activities is an emphasis on developing language and foundational skills. As a result, this unit encompasses many of the ELA Common Core State Standards (National Governors Association Center for Best Practices & Council of Chief State School Officers, 2010). Students will engage in close reading of fiction and nonfiction texts that include an emphasis on key ideas and details, the author’s craft/text structure, and integration of knowledge and ideas. Students will also engage in a range of writing through-out the unit. They will conduct research, write informa-tive paragraphs, complete impromptu writing to exhibit understanding of concepts, write narrative responses to reading, write a poem, write in a journal/learning log, write an advertisement, and write a business plan. To deepen understandings of content, students will engage in a variety of groupings, such as paired readings, small-group book clubs, and whole-class grand conversations. In addition to contributing to discussions, students will also present their perspectives via presentations, such as

Readers Theatre, poetry dramatizations, and a commer-cial to advertise their business. Throughout these activi-ties, students will develop understandings of vocabulary and effective use of language conventions. They will also develop fluency through repeated readings of text, such as poetry and sharing passages from the book club books. The culminating project, the Young Entrepreneurs’ Emporium, will highlight students’ understandings and will also include engagement in all of the language arts. This integrated unit focusing on economics is designed to develop the following enduring understandings: 1. Economics is the study of how decisions are made and the impact of these decisions.2. People have unlimited wants but only limited re-sources, so everyone must make economic choices. 3. Money is an essential component of an economy.4. We are part of an interdependent world economy.5. Economies at the local, state, and national level change over time.

6. Economic changes happen one person and one com-munity at a time.

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Common Core State Standards The IRA modules address several (at least four) of the Common Core State Standards with the full text of each standard cited.

Thematic Understanding For the elementary school-level units, one or more subject matter disciplines are integrated with reading/writing activities. For middle and high school-level units, reading and writing activities are integrated into subject-matter domains.

Texts Units aim to identify a significant number of texts, including print and digital materials, from a wide variey of genres. Annotated bibliographies and reading lists are included with units.

Relevance The modules provide a basis for students to relate personally to each reading, but also seek to expand learners’ knowledge and experience.

Choice Included in each module is a section that describes how the unit will enable students to select texts, tasks for reading or writing, subtopics of content, and how teachers will support and scaffold opportunities for choice.

Challenge Module authors identify texts and reading tasks that will be at a suitable level of difficulty and challenge for students. Beyond the primary grades, the units take into consideration students’ basic skill and literal comprehension development as the project expands their reasoning and thinking with text.

Scaffolding Units provide instruction to support students’ acquisition of reading skills and strategies.

K–2 Provides instruction on early literacy such as phonemic awareness, phonics, word recognition, fluency, sentence comprehension and story understanding.

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Unit Overview

Week Grouping Central IdeasObjectives: Essential Questions

Teaching and Learning Activities

Common Core State Standards and Learning Goals Achieved Texts Used

1 Individual, pairs, small groups, whole group

Interdependent world economy

1. What is economics?2. How do resources

impact our needs and wants?

3. Why is money an essential component of an economy?

4. How is the world economy interdependent?

5. How have economies changed over time?

Students will help create a Readers Theatre script that explains how a chocolate chip cookie represents interdependence.

RL3.1RL3.2RL3.3 RL3.4 RL4.1 RL4.2 RL4.3 RL4.4 RL5.1 RL5.2 RL5.3 RL5.4

RF3.3 RF3.4 RF4.3 RF4.4 RF5.3RF5.4

W3.1W3.2W4.1W4.2W5.1W5.2

SL3.1SL3.2 SL3.3 SL3.6 SL4.1 SL4.2 SL4.3 SL4.6SL5.1SL5.2SL5.3SL5.6

L3.1L3.2 L3.3L3.4 L3.5 L3.6L4.1 L4.2 L4.3

L4.4 L4.5 L4.6 L5.1 L5.2 L5.3 L5.4 L5.5 L5.6

All in Just One CookieContemporary

Realistic Fiction text set

Biography text set

Indiana Social Studies Standards • Grade 3

Economics• Grade 4


Economics

2 Individual, pairs, small groups, whole group

Economic changes

1. What is economics?2. How do resources

impact our needs and wants?

3. Why is money an essential component of an economy?

4. How is the world economy interdependent?

5. How have economies changed over time?

Students will analyze the experiences of entrepreneurs, focusing on common character traits, challenges, and successes. They will also identify examples of economics terminology.

RI3.1RI3.2 RI3.3 RI3.4RI3.5 RI3.7 RI3.9 RI4.1 RI4.2 RI4.3 RI4.4 RI4.5 RI4.7 RI4.9 RI5.1RI5.2 RI5.3 RI5.4 RI5.5 RI5.7 RI5.9

W3.1W3.2 W3.7W3.8

W4.1W4.2 W4.7 W4.8 W4.9 W5.1W5.2 W5.7 W5.8 W5.9

L3.1L3.2L3.3 L3.4 L3.5 L3.6L4.1 L4.2 L4.3 L4.4 L4.5 L4.6 L5.1 L5.2 L5.3

L5.4 L5.5 L5.6

RL 3.1RL3.3 RL3.5RL3.10RL4.1 RL4.3RL4.10 RL5.1 RL5.3RL5.10

SL3.1 SL3.2 SL3.3

SL3.5 SL3.6 SL4.1 SL4.2 SL4.3 SL4.5 SL4.6 SL5.1 SL5.2 SL5.3 SL5.5 SL5.6

RF3.4 RF4.4 RF3.4b RF4.4b RF5.4b

Rickshaw GirlPicture Book

Biography text setCollect Biographies

text set Poetry Anthologies

text set

Indiana Social Studies Standards • Grade 3



Economics(continued)

The aim of these units is to foster a high volume of deep

reading about compelling themes.

In the short term, the unit assures that students perform a high volume of

reading and writing.

4-8 weeks of instruction

per unit.

In the long term, students should be enabled to become engaged readers and writers who are capable of using a variety of strategies to unlock

and produce complex texts.

Each unit is directed to one of the following grade frames: K–2, 3–5, 6–8,

or 9–12. At the elementary level, the unit is designed for four to eight weeks of instruction in 60-to-120-minute periods of

Reading/Language Arts.

The unit also integrates science, social studies, math, foreign languages,

or other content domains. At the secondary (middle and high school) levels, the unit is specific to a discipline

or a sub-discipline.

Week One:Money Makes the World

Go Around Unit

Grades 3–5 Units support word recognition, fluency, vocabulary comprehension, and strategies for reading to gain knowledge.

Grades 6–8/Grades 9–12 Included are details on problem framing, close reading, necessary knowledge elicitation/building, summary within texts, synthesizing across texts, and communicating understandings.

Culminating Product Each module provides a project or activity that enables students to integrate their reading, writing, knowledge, and multimedia resources into a message, self-expression, or artifact that is aimed at an authentic audience.

Grading Units include several (4–12) student performances (writings, summaries, maps, debates, read alouds, culminating products, other) that can be used for evaluation, as well as clearly stated criteria each, and include applicable rubrics.

n Spearheaded by the International Reading Association Literacy Research Panel, the IRA Bridges series is designed to support CCSS implementation.

n Every unit has been authored by a teacher–researcher team with one goal in mind: bridge research and practice for high engagement and rich student learning.

n Assessments have been included for each week’s teaching and learning activities, in addition to an idea for a culminating project. IRA Bridges, offered in PDF format for easy access on multiple devices, are available exclusively to IRA members.

Not an IRA member? See page 18 for information about joining.

Want to know what quality literacy instruction looks like in action across the K–12 curriculum? IRA Bridges: Instructional Units for the Engaging Classroom show just that!

To make IRA Bridges the most powerful learning experience possible, Classroom Library Company has joined together with the International Reading Association to offer these books as collections that will: 3 Enhance the IRA Bridges instructional experience3 Engage students in many different genres3 Support the Common Core Standards

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exploring frogs and Toads

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9780805059830 In the Small, Small Pond Denise Fleming $7.99 $5.59 2.0 K

9780876592670 Five Little Speckled Frogs (from The Complete Book and CD Set of Rhymes, Songs, Poems, Fingerplays, and Chants) Jackie Silberg $34.95 $24.47

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9781600147241 Toads Kari Schuetz $22.95 $16.07 1.7

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9780064440585 Days with Frog and Toad Arnold Lobel $3.99 $2.79 2.5

9780064440592 Frog and Toad All Year Arnold Lobel $3.99 $2.79 2.6 300

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9780688166144 Dig, Wait, Listen: A Desert Toad's Tale April Pulley Sayre $16.99 $11.89 2.1 320

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9780152052485 Lizards, Frogs, and Polliwogs Douglas Florian $7.00 $4.90 2.8

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Exploring the Natural Resources in Our Community

Interdisciplinary Unit for Grades 1–2Debbie Linville, Liz Green, and Leni Fragakis

DescriptionThis unit is centered on engaging first- and second-grade students in a high volume of authentic, meaningful, and relevant reading and writing experiences that will enable them to develop a deeper understanding of human– environmental relationships. They will learn how to make informed decisions about the use and misuse of natural resources and suggest ways humans can posi-tively impact the local community. The unit begins with students locating their place in the world and the natural resources available in their local community. As the unit progresses, students gain exposure to and experience with many and varied texts and activities to heighten their understanding about the human–environmental relationship. The culminating project affords students the opportunity to showcase their understanding about community resources and humans’ impact on those resources and responsibility to protect and use those re-sources. This unit has a broad design to allow teachers freedom to use their professional judgment in determin-ing the tools and resources that best fit their geographic circumstances, as well as the needs and interests of their learners.

Science and social studies are both incorporated into the experiences of this unit. By the end of this unit, stu-dents will achieve the following goals for science:

• Students will know that natural resources include solid rock, soil, wood, water, oil, and coal, and can be de-scribed by their physical properties.

• Students will discuss how different properties make materials useful in solving human problems.

• Students will recognize that natural resources satisfy the needs of plants and animals (air, water, light—plants only, space, food, and shelter).

• Students will also understand characteristics of vari-ous physical environments and behaviors of humans to promote or thwart the ability of natural resources (plants and animals) to survive.

• Students will apply knowledge, skills, and understand-ings of human–environmental relationships arising from changes in environments (depletion and renewal of natural resources) to make suggestions for solving

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9780590100564 Common Ground: The Water, Earth and Air We Share Bang, Molly $16.99 $11.89 4.2 740L o

9780881068382 This is our Earth Benson, Laura Lee $7.95 $5.57

9780395259382 The Little House Burton, Virginia Lee $7.99 $5.59 4.2 AD890L M

9780152019556 The Armadillo from Amarillo Cherry, Lynne $7.00 $4.90 4.2 590L N

9780152026141 The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest Cherry, Lynne $7.99 $5.59 3.8 670L R

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9780761317760 our Big Home: An Earth Poem Glaser, Linda $7.95 $5.57 2.8 NP

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9780374399184 Planting the Trees of Kenya: The Story of Wangari Maathai Nivola, Claire $18.99 $13.29

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9780152163723 A River Ran Wild: An Environmental History Cherry, Lynne $7.00 $4.90 4.7 670L Q

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9780547015484 Nature in the Neighborhood Morrison, Gordon $6.95 $4.87 4.7

9781426304460 National Geographic Student Atlas of the World National Geographic $12.95 $9.07

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Exploring Frogs and ToadsIntegrating Math, Science, and Language for K–2Kathleen Burrell, Traci Wagner, and Lisa Moriarty

DescriptionThe Exploring Frogs and Toads unit is designed to build reading, writing, math, and science skills for kinder-garten through second grade by offering challenging and meaningful texts. It is a six-week integrated curric-ulum that is created for a class of 24 students divided into six groups and has been developed to be taught daily, during a 120-minute instructional period. It uses the philosophy of the Golden Pond School of Ashburn, Virginia, USA, which incorporates brain-based, devel-opmentally appropriate approaches that integrate all types of learning.

The development and design of this unit is based on the continual research of best practice techniques from academic research journals and the Golden Pond School’s in-house monthly curricula assessments. The development team listed for this unit consistently works to assess and validate the implementation of the school’s established curricula to ensure its overall success. We developed and administer a bi-annual assessment to measure the success of the curriculum and target areas for improvement.

We use a center-based approach to facilitate dif-ferentiation. Children move from center to center in groups according to their guided reading level. They are also encouraged to explore the wide variety of theme- related texts during free reading periods. To appeal to

all learning styles, we incorporate many whole-body ac-tivities and games as well as traditional approaches. We have found this unit to be successful because it is mean-ingful for children of this age, as boys and girls alike gravitate to topics about nature as they try to figure out the world around them. Further, it allows for successful transitions to integrate all learning areas into this unit.

This unit integrates many standards across the cur-riculum. Specifically, this unit was written with the fol-lowing goals in mind, with the understanding that by the completion of the unit students will be able to mas-ter the following skills.

MathAppropriate to their grade level the students shall count, understand place value for tens and hundreds, and un-derstand addition and subtraction.

ScienceAppropriate to their grade level the students shall be able to identify physical characteristics of both frogs and toads, understand similarities and differences between frogs and toads, describe the habitat of both the frog and toad, and understand and describe the life cycle of the frog and toad.


K–2IRA BRIDGES

This unit is designed to build reading, writing, math, and science skills for kinder garten through second grade by offering challenging and meaningful texts.

This unit is centered on engaging students in a high volume of authentic, meaningful, and relevant reading and writing experiences that will enable them to develop a deeper understanding of human–environmental relationships.

Interdisiplinar y Units for Grades 1-2


Traditions



9780892392025 Iguanas in the Snow / Iguanas en la Nieve Alarcon, Francisco X. $8.95 $6.27

9780888999818 Rice Pudding: A Cooking Poem / Arroz con Leche: Un Peoma Para Cocinar Argueta, Jorge $18.95 $13.27 2.8

9781620140291 First Come the Zebra Barasch, Lynne $9.95 $6.97

9780439662260 I Lost My Tooth in Africa Diakite, Penda $16.99 $11.89 3.0 620L M

9780984080601 What Does it Mean to Be Global Diorio, Rana $17.95 $12.57

9780892392070 Family Pictures: Cuadros de Familia Garza, Carmen Lomas $9.95 $6.97 AD790L

9780761456292 Nabeel’s New Pants Gilani-Williams, Fawzia $15.99 $11.19

9780892392179 The Upside Down Boy / El Neno de Cabeza Herrera, Juan Felipe $8.95 $6.27

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9780805089462 Same, Same But Different Kostecki-Shaw, Jenny Sue $17.99 $12.59 1.9 AD320L

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9780689812484 Love as Strong as Ginger Look, Lenore $17.99 $12.59

9788192317137 To Market! To Market! Ravishankar, Anushka $8.95 $6.27

9781250057112 My Name is Yoon h. Recorvits $6.99 $4.89

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9781561453924 My Dadima Wears a Sari Sheth, Kashmira $16.95 $11.87 3.5 AD600L M

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TraditionsMulticultural Literature and the Inquiry Approach for Primary GradesLaurie Curtis, Gayla Lohfink, and Elizabeth Hohl

DescriptionThis unit offers primary-grade teachers an example of how an interdisciplinary inquiry approach with a mul-ticultural picture book text set might be integrated with existing curricula materials to effectively implement the Common Core State Standards (National Governors Association Center for Best Practices [NGA Center] & Council of Chief State School Officers [CCSSO], 2010; CCSS) for U.S. elementary school children. It is designed for students in K through 2 settings, but for the purpose of citing standards and providing leveled text, examples are focused on second grade. It is in second grade that students are transitioning into reading with greater text complexity and are provided with challenging texts to read independently.

The unit lessons are delivered over a period of four weeks during a 90-minute instructional period, whereby content standards instruction will be integrated throughout the reading/language arts activities. Each week instruction will be guided by an essential question to allow students to use an inquiry approach in their learning. The questions for the first three weeks will lead toward the students gaining insight that will en-able them to answer the overarching essential question:

“Why are traditions important to us?” To build toward that understanding, the following subordinate ques-tions will be addressed weekly:

1. What is a tradition?2. How do we learn traditions?3. Where might we see traditions practiced?4. Why are traditions important to us?

Each weekly block of instruction is designed with a four-step model we titled READ:

• R—Read (independent reading, shared reading, guided reading)

• E—Extend the learning (writing and center activities)• A—Apply across the curriculum (integrated content

area studies)• D—Demonstrate learning (relevant and authentic

assessments)

This unit is designed to provide an example of how teachers who are required to use core reading programs


K–2IRA BRIDGES

This unit offers primary-grade teachers an example of how an interdisciplinary inquiry approach with a multicultural picture book text set might be integrated with existing curricula materials to effectively implement the Common Core State Standards

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Biography Through Shared research

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9780698116160 A Boy Called Slow Bruchac, Joseph $6.99 $4.89 4.3 690L S

9780823415069 A Picture Book of Thurgood Marshall Adler, David A. $7.99 $5.59 5.6 860L N

9780142407790 Celia Cruz: Queen of Salsa Chambers, Veronica $6.99 $4.89 5.1 M

9780316107310 Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave Hill, Laban Carrick $18.00 $12.60 6.0 1100L

9780395778753 El Chino Say, Allen $6.95 $4.87 3.6 600L P

9781416935056 Mama Miti: Wangari Maathai and the Trees of Kenya Napoli, Donna Jo $17.99 $12.59 4.5 AD710L

9780547014357 odd Boy out: Young Albert Einstein Brown, Don $6.99 $4.89 4.6

9780547248295 Snowflake Bentley Martin, Jacqueline Briggs $7.99 $5.59 4.4 AD830L N

9780805089370 Summer Birds: The Butterflies of Mariah Merian Engle, Margarita $17.99 $12.59

9780547237473 Tea With Milk Say, Allen $7.99 $5.59 3.7 450 o

9780618243433 The Boy Who Drew Birds: A Story of John James Audubon Davies, Jacqueline $16.99 $11.89 4.4 AD790L


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Biography Through Shared Research

An Interdisciplinary Unit for K–2Kimberly Hartnett-Edwards, Keith Garvert, and Jamie D’Angelo

DescriptionThis interdisciplinary unit for the primary grades is de-signed to provide a springboard for the genre study of biography through the implementation of a workshop model of writing instruction with built-in social stud-ies and science extensions. Although this is not a new idea in regard to teaching the genre of biography, ac-complishing it with K–2 students is remarkable. Often, primary writing involves copying of teacher text and/or letter formation (Calkins, 1994; Graves, 2004; Routman, 2005). It wasn’t until the implementation of the process writing approach, along with the work being done in New Zealand with emergent readers (Clay, 1991) that the capabilities of primary students to communicate through written print was understood (Calkins, 1994). A primary student’s approximation (Cambourne, 1988) of conventional print is valued as a view into the student’s understandings of print much the way Running Records provide a view of “in the head” (Smith, 1985) processing of beginning reading. Twenty years ago, the possibility of primary students’ ability to write in a specified genre like biography would not have been considered.

This unit is designed to be implemented over four weeks with four to five lessons per week, concluding in a culminating project. Each lesson contains the follow-ing components:

• Essential Question(s)• Text(s) (for read-aloud or for science or social studies

connection)• Scaffolded Skills• Minilesson• Exit Slip/Product• Workshop Closing (wrap-up of workshop as a whole-

group activity)• Science/Social Studies Extension

This unit integrates science through work with the sci-entific process (Heisey & Kucan, 2010) by introducing what scientists do, making the process real for young learners. These themes are introduced through the read-aloud texts that extend into shared writing activi-ties, shared graphic organizer development across texts,


K–2IRA BRIDGES

This interdisciplinary unit for the primary grades is de signed to provide a springboard for the genre study of biography through the implementation of a workshop model of writing instruction with built-in social stud ies and science extensions.

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Animal StudiesHabitat, Adaptations for Survival, Environmental Factors, and Human Impact— An Interdisciplinary Unit for Grade 4Erin FitzPatrick and Katie Schrodt

DescriptionThis four-week unit is designed for 90-minute blocks of instruction in which students will engage in a high volume of deep reading in a subject area that allows them to access prior knowledge about the world around them as well as gain new understanding and perspec-tive about that world and their role in it. In develop-ing Animal Studies: Habitat, Adaptations for Survival, Environmental Factors and Human Impact, we leaned heavily on the work of Allen (2001). We then paired that research with Common Core English and Language Arts standards (National Governors Association Center for Best Practices & Council of Chief State School Officers, 2010) as well as children’s interest in the natu-ral world. Although this unit is easily adaptable to Grade 3 and Grade 5, we focus on Grade 4 in our writing.

Through engaging mentor texts in a variety of genres, students will explore diverse habitats, the bal-ance of nature, animal adaptations for survival, and the human impact on the environment. Each of these explorations will be paired with writing extensions that

will culminate in the creation of a multigenre research project. This interdisciplinary unit seeks to maximize the literacy benefits by incorporating science standards related to animal studies with the English language arts curriculum.

All projects are based on an “I do. We do. You do.” model that correlates with the Vygotskian theory of scaffolding (Vygotsky, 1978). The project will specif-ically relate to the coverage and use of the Common Core Standards for the English language arts. Finally, by exploring mentor texts, students will consider their role in the balance between humans and the Earth. For English learner supports, all students will participate in active involvement of vocabulary learning. This in-cludes the use of visuals, videos, props, real-life objects, role-playing, labeling, charting, and group work, which are each presented throughout the unit. Completed posters and cumulative charts can be left hanging as visual supports and continual resources.

GRADES

3–5

Instructional Units for the Engaging ClassroomIRA BRIDGES

Habitat, Adaptations for Survival, Environmental Factors, and Human Impact


Research and Persuade— What Animal Should Be New at the Zoo?

An Interdisciplinary Unit for Grades 3–5Julie Jackson Albee, Larinee Dennis, Megan Hathaway, J’Lynne Mundle, Melanie Smith, Sue Spiegelhoff

DescriptionThe St. Louis Zoo (or the zoo closest to you) has re-ceived funding to add one more animal to its exhibits. Preserving endangered animals is of high priority to the Zoo Board; therefore, it desires for this funding to support one of the following endangered species: giant panda, Tasmanian devil, brown spider monkey, leath-erback sea turtle, mountain gorilla, or snow leopard. However, the Zoo Board needs help in deciding which animal it should help to preserve. Each student (grades 3–5) has been asked to research by reading nonfiction texts from a variety of sources (i.e., online, print books, print articles, videos) and writing a newspaper article about one category (appearance, diet, habitat, or sur-vival skills) pertaining to his or her assigned animal. These articles will be presented to the Zoo Board along with a visual and oral presentation made by the stu-dents’ research group.

Each lesson is designed to fill a 45–60 minute Writers Workshop block. Students in grades 3–5 should have a basic understanding of animals, habitats, predator/prey relationships, etc., before beginning this unit. Suggested texts (approaching level, on level, and beyond level) for student endangered animal research (E.A.R.) groups are included at the end of this unit. Teachers will need to assemble three to six members of a “Zoo Board” (in-cluding the principal, other teachers, and community members) prior to the end of this unit. While many of the activities in this unit utilize technology, they can also be taught with materials substituted for technology. This unit could also be easily adapted for researching other topics in the Science or Social Studies curricula (e.g., planets, famous presidents, states).

GRADES

3–5


Through engaging texts in a variety of genres, students will explore diverse habitats, the balance of nature, animal adaptations for survival, and the human impact on the environment.

This interdisciplinary unit is de signed to provide a springboard for the genre study of endangered species: giant panda, Tasmanian devil, brown spider monkey, leatherback sea turtle, mountain gorilla, or snow leopard.



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Interdisciplinary Unit for Grades 3–5Kim Beal, Diane Bottomley, and Peggy Rice

DescriptionThis economics unit includes inquiry, framed with strong reading/writing connections that lead to a variety of col-laborations, conversations, and presentations of knowl-edge and ideas. Embedded in these learning activities is an emphasis on developing language and foundational skills. As a result, this unit encompasses many of the ELA Common Core State Standards (National Governors Association Center for Best Practices & Council of Chief State School Officers, 2010). Students will engage in close reading of fiction and nonfiction texts that include an emphasis on key ideas and details, the author’s craft/text structure, and integration of knowledge and ideas. Students will also engage in a range of writing through-out the unit. They will conduct research, write informa-tive paragraphs, complete impromptu writing to exhibit understanding of concepts, write narrative responses to reading, write a poem, write in a journal/learning log, write an advertisement, and write a business plan. To deepen understandings of content, students will engage in a variety of groupings, such as paired readings, small-group book clubs, and whole-class grand conversations. In addition to contributing to discussions, students will also present their perspectives via presentations, such as

Readers Theatre, poetry dramatizations, and a commer-cial to advertise their business. Throughout these activi-ties, students will develop understandings of vocabulary and effective use of language conventions. They will also develop fluency through repeated readings of text, such as poetry and sharing passages from the book club books. The culminating project, the Young Entrepreneurs’ Emporium, will highlight students’ understandings and will also include engagement in all of the language arts.

This integrated unit focusing on economics is designed to develop the following enduring understandings:

1. Economics is the study of how decisions are made and the impact of these decisions.

2. People have unlimited wants but only limited re-sources, so everyone must make economic choices.

3. Money is an essential component of an economy.4. We are part of an interdependent world economy.5. Economies at the local, state, and national level

change over time.6. Economic changes happen one person and one com-

munity at a time.

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3–5




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The Sun, earth and Moon

Concept-Oriented Reading Instruction for Grade 3


The Sun, Earth, and MoonConcept-Oriented Reading Instruction for Grade 3Sara McDonald, Julianne Paul, Emily A. Swan, Kim Knettles, and JaNeal Rodriguez

DescriptionThis 8-week Concept-Oriented Reading Instruction (CORI; Guthrie et al., 1996) unit focuses on explor-ing the science content concepts of the sun, Earth, and moon. The purposes of this literacy-based science unit are to (a) foster a high volume of deep reading about the content concept of the sun, Earth, and moon, (b) create engagement for reading and learning about our solar system, and (c) to increase competence by increas-ing students’ literacy skills, including reading, writing, speaking English, listening, and loving to read and learn. This curricular unit is designed for regular classrooms but is tailored to serve students who are English learners and students who are receiving special education. The

instruction provided through the strategies described enables the teacher to pay special attention to each student.

The Teaching and Learning Activities are divided into Reading/Language Arts Tiered Instruction and English Language Development blocks in the morning (190 minutes per day) to provide the necessary literacy instruction students need to succeed and to thrive. In addition, students will receive a 60-minute block of Science instruction two times per week, which extends their learning of the topics of the sun, Earth, and moon as well as all of the reading strategies and skills students need.

GRADES

3–5

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Courage: facing Adversity



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CourageFacing Adversity—An Interdisciplinary Unit for Grades 6–8Sharryn Larsen Walker, Lacey Goble, Kyle Hutchinson, Katie Wilson, and Naomi Zornes

DescriptionThis unit focuses on finding the courage to face adver-sity and uses Freak the Mighty (Philbrick, 1993) as the central text. This integrated unit is intended to be im-plemented in grades 6–8 and is designed to be taught in 60-minute sessions five days a week for four weeks. The subjects of history and technology are integrated throughout this theme. Courage: Facing Adversity is an important theme for students to explore because it can be applied to all aspects of life. The outcomes of this unit will encourage students to stand up for what they believe and empower them to face adversity as it relates to disabilities, difficulties, or diversity. Students will learn to use the academic language of the unit in their everyday lives. As knowledge of history and tech-nology informs contemporary perspectives of the world, students participating in this unit will be able to apply this knowledge to their own interactions with the world. Finally, the outcomes of this unit encourage students to take a stand against bullying within their school, and find ways that courage can be shown in their own lives.

In order to be successful in the participation of this unit, students need to have background knowledge in

the use of graphic organizers and of the daily life of the Middle Ages. It is recommended that the classroom teacher build background knowledge of the daily life of the people of the Middle Ages before and during this unit of study. This background knowledge is necessary as portions of Freak the Mighty (Philbrick, 1993) make reference to the Middle Ages. This background knowl-edge will allow students to gain a deeper understanding of medieval history, as well as the technology used in that time period. Students can then use that knowledge to make connections to the contemporary world.

The information and skills introduced and prac-ticed in this unit will be useful in the acquisition of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS; National Governors Association Center for Best Practices & Council of Chief State School Officers [NGAC], 2010). Citing textual evidence is a component of the reading, writing, and speaking/listening standard in the CCSS. Because many of the CCSS require students to cite tex-tual evidence as a way to support their understandings, the information and skills gained through the participa-tion of this unit will be reinforced. As this unit of study

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6–8


This unit focuses on finding the courage to face adversityand uses Freak the Mighty (Philbrick, 1993) as the central text. The subjects of history and technology are integratedthroughout this theme.

This unit focuses on exploring the science content concepts of the sun, Earth, and moon and it fosters a high volume of deep reading about the subject.

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exploring Colonial America

Teaching History Through Literacy for Grade 6 Using the GAUGE Strategy



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How the Civil War Changed the Nation

Concept Oriented Reading Instruction Unit for Grade 7


This two-week unit for grade 6 focuses on the shared goals of teaching history content related to the colonization of America while strengthening literacy skills through comprehension monitoring.

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Exploring Colonial AmericaTeaching History Through Literacy for Grade 6 Using the GAUGE StrategyLeila Richey Nuland, Ana Taboada Barber, Traci Whiting Murray, and Susan Groundwater

DescriptionThis two-week unit for grade 6 focuses on the shared goals of teaching history content related to the coloni-zation of America while strengthening literacy skills through comprehension monitoring. Comprehension monitoring is essential to literacy, as it enables the reader to be aware, while reading, whether a text is making sense and to select from a menu of strategies to fix his or her misunderstandings accordingly. Once students identify what they do not understand, they can use fix-up strategies as tools to improve their compre-hension. This unit presents a specific comprehension monitoring strategy for accomplishing this objective: the GAUGE strategy, which encourages students to use Graphic organizers, Ask questions, Use text features or context clues, Go back and reread, and Explain what you read. GAUGE is used as an anchor in this unit because students cannot apply strategies if they are not aware of their thinking while reading. Therefore, GAUGE facili-tates students’ thinking about their reading.

This unit was developed and implemented within the United States History for Engaged Reading (USHER), a multiyear project designed to codevelop a

history–literacy integrated curriculum between literacy researchers and language arts and social studies middle school (grades 6 and 7) teachers (Taboada Barber et al., in press). The implementation took place with several teachers in a large urban school district in the Mid-Atlantic region. USHER has the dual goal of supporting the reading comprehension and engagement of middle school students with history texts through the use of specific comprehension or cognitive strategies and mo-tivation support practices.

Motivation practices refer to teacher supports for stu-dent motivation for reading history and learning history topics. In this unit, we emphasize two motivation prac-tices: reading self-efficacy and task relevance. Fostering reading self-efficacy consists of teacher supports to in-crease students’ own perceptions of their reading ca-pabilities through fostering competence with specific reading skills or activities. Fostering relevance consists of teacher supports for students’ understanding of the importance and value of learning (a) certain tasks or topics or (b) the use of specific reading strategies.

GRADES

6–8



How the Civil War Changed the Nation

Concept-Oriented Reading Instruction Unit for Grade 7Angela McRae, Jennifer A. McPeake, and Ellen M. Kaplan

DescriptionConcept-Oriented Reading Instruction (CORI) is a re-search-based instructional method that merges strat-egy instruction for reading, conceptual knowledge in a subject domain, and support for student motivation (Guthrie, Wigfield, & Klauda, 2012). CORI has been proven to increase reading engagement and compre-hension through the teaching of reading strategies with explicit support of the development of reading motiva-tion (Guthrie, McRae, & Klauda, 2007). Students gain skills in comprehending nonfiction texts through inqui-ry-based instruction that focuses on conceptual learn-ing rather than memorization of facts. This, in turn, fosters intrinsic motivation and leads to engaged read-ing for students at all achievement levels.

The objective of CORI is to increase the amount of engaged reading, defined as the interplay of motivation, conceptual knowledge, strategies, and social interaction during literacy activities. This is accomplished through the motivational goals of affording students partial con-trol of learning from text, interacting with other stu-dents to learn, experiencing hands-on activities, and gaining conceptual understanding of subject matter

through reading. To help students cope with complex texts, CORI fosters strategic reading through infer-encing, summarizing, using background knowledge, questioning, and concept mapping. Therefore, students become engaged with interesting texts while receiving instruction on reading strategies and support for their motivation. This style of learning is more meaningful than learning a series of dates and names (Guthrie, McRae, & Klauda, 2007).

The Common Core State Standards (CCSS; National Governors Association Center for Best Practices & Council of Chief State School Officers, 2010) demand deep reading. In order to respond to the CCSS, it is cru-cial to find ways to bridge the gap between students’ skills and reading materials—and engagement is that bridge between students and the texts. Engaged students actively dig into reading; they seek knowledge and try to understand what they are reading in a meaningful way. Engaged readers want to grow by actively pursuing infor-mation or by having a literary experience. Unfortunately, students often fail to read at a level that maximizes their full potential, and too many students are disengaged

GRADES

6–8


In this concept oriented reading instruction unit (CoRI) for seventh-grade students, the reading instruction is integrated with social studies through a focus on the topic of the Civil War.



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Understanding Power and FearSchool Integration in the South (1954–1964)Cristina Nagel and Mary Hoch

DescriptionThis unit, Understanding Power and Fear: School Integration in the South (1954–1964), was designed for students in grades 9 through 12, with varying abilities. This unit could be implemented in English language arts/literature or in history/social studies courses. The cycles of lessons will be organized as follows in order

to build students’ understanding of school integration in the South:

• “Construction of Power” • “Segregation and Prejudice” • “Impact of Fear” • “Social Responsibility”

GRADES

9–12

Unit Overview

Week Grouping Central Ideas ObjectivesTeaching and Learning Activities

Common Core State Standards and Learning Goals Achieved Texts Used

1 Whole group Construction of power

Expository text structures

Central idea

Students will familiarize themselves with expository text structures.

RI.9-10.2RI.9-10.4RI.9-10.5RI.9-10.6

Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip Hoose

2 Small group Segregation and prejudice

Citing textual evidence

Students will identify and understand common elements of informational text, cite textual evidence, and apply reading strategies.

RI.9-10.1RI.9-10.2RI.9-10.4

Brown v. Board of Education: The Case for Integration by J. Conaway

(continued)


School Integration in the South (1954-1964)

This unit was designed for students in grades 9 through 12, with varying abilities in order to build students’ understanding of school integration in the South:



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Exploring the Natural Resources

in Our Community

Interdisciplinary Unit for Grades 1–2

Debbie Linville, Liz Green, and Leni Fragakis

Description

This unit is centered on engaging first- and second-grade

students in a high volume of authentic, meaningful, and

relevant reading and writing experiences that will enable

them to develop a deeper understanding of human–

environmental relationships. They will learn how to

make informed decisions about the use and misuse of

natural resources and suggest ways humans can posi-

tively impact the local community. The unit begins with

students locating their place in the world and the natural

resources available in their local community. As the unit

progresses, students gain exposure to and experience

with many and varied texts and activities to heighten

their understanding about the human–environmental

relationship. The culminating project affords students

the opportunity to showcase their understanding about

community resources and humans’ impact on those

resources and responsibility to protect and use those re-

sources. This unit has a broad design to allow teachers

freedom to use their professional judgment in determin-

ing the tools and resources that best fit their geographic

circumstances, as well as the needs and interests of their

learners.

Science and social studies are both incorporated into

the experiences of this unit. By the end of this unit, stu-

dents will achieve the following goals for science:

• Students will know that natural resources include solid

rock, soil, wood, water, oil, and coal, and can be de-

scribed by their physical properties.

• Students will discuss how different properties make

materials useful in solving human problems.

• Students will recognize that natural resources satisfy

the needs of plants and animals (air, water, light—

plants only, space, food, and shelter).

• Students will also understand characteristics of vari-

ous physical environments and behaviors of humans

to promote or thwart the ability of natural resources

(plants and animals) to survive.

• Students will apply knowledge, skills, and understand-

ings of human–environmental relationships arising

from changes in environments (depletion and renewal

of natural resources) to make suggestions for solving

Instructional Units for

the Engaging ClassroomGRADES

K–2

IRA BRIDGES

February 2014


Understanding Power and FearSchool Integration in the South (1954–1964)

Cristina Nagel and Mary HochDescriptionThis unit, Understanding Power and Fear: School

Integration in the South (1954–1964), was designed for

students in grades 9 through 12, with varying abilities.

This unit could be implemented in English language

arts/literature or in history/social studies courses. The

cycles of lessons will be organized as follows in order

to build students’ understanding of school integration

in the South:• “Construction of Power”

• “Segregation and Prejudice” • “Impact of Fear” • “Social Responsibility”

GRADES9–12

Unit Overview

WeekGrouping Central Ideas Objectives Teaching and Learning Activities

Common Core State Standards and Learning Goals AchievedTexts Used

1Whole group Construction of power

Expository text structuresCentral idea

Students will familiarize themselves with expository text structures.RI.9-10.2

RI.9-10.4RI.9-10.5

RI.9-10.6

Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip Hoose

2Small group Segregation and prejudice

Citing textual evidence Students will identify and understand common elements of informational text, cite textual evidence, and apply reading strategies.

RI.9-10.1RI.9-10.2

RI.9-10.4Brown v. Board of Education: The Case for Integration by J. Conaway

(continued)


IRA BRIDGES

February 2014


CourageFacing Adversity—An Interdisciplinary Unit

for Grades 6–8

Sharryn Larsen Walker, Lacey Goble, Kyle Hutchinson, Katie Wilson,

and Naomi Zornes

Description

This unit focuses on finding the courage to face adver-

sity and uses Freak the Mighty (Philbrick, 1993) as the

central text. This integrated unit is intended to be im-

plemented in grades 6–8 and is designed to be taught

in 60-minute sessions five days a week for four weeks.

The subjects of history and technology are integrated

throughout this theme. Courage: Facing Adversity is

an important theme for students to explore because it

can be applied to all aspects of life. The outcomes of

this unit will encourage students to stand up for what

they believe and empower them to face adversity as it

relates to disabilities, difficulties, or diversity. Students

will learn to use the academic language of the unit in

their everyday lives. As knowledge of history and tech-

nology informs contemporary perspectives of the world,

students participating in this unit will be able to apply

this knowledge to their own interactions with the world.

Finally, the outcomes of this unit encourage students to

take a stand against bullying within their school, and

find ways that courage can be shown in their own lives.

In order to be successful in the participation of this

unit, students need to have background knowledge in

the use of graphic organizers and of the daily life of the

Middle Ages. It is recommended that the classroom

teacher build background knowledge of the daily life of

the people of the Middle Ages before and during this

unit of study. This background knowledge is necessary

as portions of Freak the Mighty (Philbrick, 1993) make

reference to the Middle Ages. This background knowl-

edge will allow students to gain a deeper understanding

of medieval history, as well as the technology used in

that time period. Students can then use that knowledge

to make connections to the contemporary world.

The information and skills introduced and prac-

ticed in this unit will be useful in the acquisition of

the Common Core State Standards (CCSS; National

Governors Association Center for Best Practices &

Council of Chief State School Officers [NGAC], 2010).

Citing textual evidence is a component of the reading,

writing, and speaking/listening standard in the CCSS.

Because many of the CCSS require students to cite tex-

tual evidence as a way to support their understandings,

the information and skills gained through the participa-

tion of this unit will be reinforced. As this unit of study

GRADES

6–8Instructional Units for

the Engaging Classroom

IRA BRIDGES

April 2014


Animal StudiesHabitat, Adaptations for Survival, Environmental Factors, and Human Impact— An Interdisciplinary Unit for Grade 4

Erin FitzPatrick and Katie SchrodtDescription

This four-week unit is designed for 90-minute blocks

of instruction in which students will engage in a high

volume of deep reading in a subject area that allows

them to access prior knowledge about the world around

them as well as gain new understanding and perspec-

tive about that world and their role in it. In develop-

ing Animal Studies: Habitat, Adaptations for Survival,

Environmental Factors and Human Impact, we leaned

heavily on the work of Allen (2001). We then paired that

research with Common Core English and Language

Arts standards (National Governors Association Center

for Best Practices & Council of Chief State School

Officers, 2010) as well as children’s interest in the natu-

ral world. Although this unit is easily adaptable to Grade

3 and Grade 5, we focus on Grade 4 in our writing.

Through engaging mentor texts in a variety of

genres, students will explore diverse habitats, the bal-

ance of nature, animal adaptations for survival, and

the human impact on the environment. Each of these

explorations will be paired with writing extensions that

will culminate in the creation of a multigenre research

project. This interdisciplinary unit seeks to maximize

the literacy benefits by incorporating science standards

related to animal studies with the English language arts

curriculum.All projects are based on an “I do. We do. You do.”

model that correlates with the Vygotskian theory of

scaffolding (Vygotsky, 1978). The project will specif-

ically relate to the coverage and use of the Common

Core Standards for the English language arts. Finally,

by exploring mentor texts, students will consider their

role in the balance between humans and the Earth. For

English learner supports, all students will participate

in active involvement of vocabulary learning. This in-

cludes the use of visuals, videos, props, real-life objects,

role-playing, labeling, charting, and group work, which

are each presented throughout the unit. Completed

posters and cumulative charts can be left hanging as

visual supports and continual resources.

GRADES3–5


IRA BRIDGES

July 2014


How the Civil War Changed

the NationConcept-Oriented Reading Instruction Unit for Grade 7

Angela McRae, Jennifer A. McPeake, and Ellen M. Kaplan

DescriptionConcept-Oriented Reading Instruction (CORI) is a re-

search-based instructional method that merges strat-

egy instruction for reading, conceptual knowledge in

a subject domain, and support for student motivation

(Guthrie, Wigfield, & Klauda, 2012). CORI has been

proven to increase reading engagement and compre-

hension through the teaching of reading strategies with

explicit support of the development of reading motiva-

tion (Guthrie, McRae, & Klauda, 2007). Students gain

skills in comprehending nonfiction texts through inqui-

ry-based instruction that focuses on conceptual learn-

ing rather than memorization of facts. This, in turn,

fosters intrinsic motivation and leads to engaged read-

ing for students at all achievement levels.

The objective of CORI is to increase the amount of

engaged reading, defined as the interplay of motivation,

conceptual knowledge, strategies, and social interaction

during literacy activities. This is accomplished through

the motivational goals of affording students partial con-

trol of learning from text, interacting with other stu-

dents to learn, experiencing hands-on activities, and

gaining conceptual understanding of subject matter

through reading. To help students cope with complex

texts, CORI fosters strategic reading through infer-

encing, summarizing, using background knowledge,

questioning, and concept mapping. Therefore, students

become engaged with interesting texts while receiving

instruction on reading strategies and support for their

motivation. This style of learning is more meaningful

than learning a series of dates and names (Guthrie,

McRae, & Klauda, 2007).

The Common Core State Standards (CCSS; National

Governors Association Center for Best Practices &

Council of Chief State School Officers, 2010) demand

deep reading. In order to respond to the CCSS, it is cru-

cial to find ways to bridge the gap between students’

skills and reading materials—and engagement is that

bridge between students and the texts. Engaged students

actively dig into reading; they seek knowledge and try to

understand what they are reading in a meaningful way.

Engaged readers want to grow by actively pursuing infor-

mation or by having a literary experience. Unfortunately,

students often fail to read at a level that maximizes their

full potential, and too many students are disengaged

GRADES6–8

Instructional Units for


IRA BRIDGES

April 2014


TraditionsMulticultural Literature and the Inquiry Approach

for Primary GradesLaurie Curtis, Gayla Lohfink, and Elizabeth HohlDescriptionThis unit offers primary-grade teachers an example of

how an interdisciplinary inquiry approach with a mul-

ticultural picture book text set might be integrated with

existing curricula materials to effectively implement the

Common Core State Standards (National Governors

Association Center for Best Practices [NGA Center] &

Council of Chief State School Officers [CCSSO], 2010;

CCSS) for U.S. elementary school children. It is designed

for students in K through 2 settings, but for the purpose

of citing standards and providing leveled text, examples

are focused on second grade. It is in second grade that

students are transitioning into reading with greater text

complexity and are provided with challenging texts to

read independently.The unit lessons are delivered over a period of four

weeks during a 90-minute instructional period, whereby

content standards instruction will be integrated

throughout the reading/language arts activities. Each

week instruction will be guided by an essential question

to allow students to use an inquiry approach in their

learning. The questions for the first three weeks will

lead toward the students gaining insight that will en-

able them to answer the overarching essential question:

“Why are traditions important to us?” To build toward

that understanding, the following subordinate ques-

tions will be addressed weekly:1. What is a tradition?2. How do we learn traditions?3. Where might we see traditions practiced?

4. Why are traditions important to us?Each weekly block of instruction is designed with a

four-step model we titled READ:• R—Read (independent reading, shared reading,

guided reading)• E—Extend the learning (writing and center activities)

• A—Apply across the curriculum (integrated content

area studies)• D—Demonstrate learning (relevant and authentic

assessments)This unit is designed to provide an example of how

teachers who are required to use core reading programs


GRADESK–2

IRA BRIDGES

February 2014


Money Makes the World

Go AroundInterdisciplinary Unit for Grades 3–5

Kim Beal, Diane Bottomley, and Peggy Rice

DescriptionThis economics unit includes inquiry, framed with strong

reading/writing connections that lead to a variety of col-

laborations, conversations, and presentations of knowl-

edge and ideas. Embedded in these learning activities is

an emphasis on developing language and foundational

skills. As a result, this unit encompasses many of the ELA

Common Core State Standards (National Governors

Association Center for Best Practices & Council of Chief

State School Officers, 2010). Students will engage in close

reading of fiction and nonfiction texts that include an

emphasis on key ideas and details, the author’s craft/

text structure, and integration of knowledge and ideas.

Students will also engage in a range of writing through-

out the unit. They will conduct research, write informa-

tive paragraphs, complete impromptu writing to exhibit

understanding of concepts, write narrative responses to

reading, write a poem, write in a journal/learning log,

write an advertisement, and write a business plan. To

deepen understandings of content, students will engage

in a variety of groupings, such as paired readings, small-

group book clubs, and whole-class grand conversations.

In addition to contributing to discussions, students will

also present their perspectives via presentations, such as

Readers Theatre, poetry dramatizations, and a commer-

cial to advertise their business. Throughout these activi-

ties, students will develop understandings of vocabulary

and effective use of language conventions. They will also

develop fluency through repeated readings of text, such

as poetry and sharing passages from the book club books.

The culminating project, the Young Entrepreneurs’

Emporium, will highlight students’ understandings and

will also include engagement in all of the language arts.

This integrated unit focusing on economics is designed

to develop the following enduring understandings:

1. Economics is the study of how decisions are made and

the impact of these decisions.

2. People have unlimited wants but only limited re-

sources, so everyone must make economic choices.

3. Money is an essential component of an economy.

4. We are part of an interdependent world economy.

5. Economies at the local, state, and national level

change over time.

6. Economic changes happen one person and one com-

munity at a time.

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