Full Description
Common Core's English resources empower educators to meet the expectations of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for English Language Arts (ELA) and build essential content knowledge for students in grades K-5. Each grade in The Wheatley Portfolio features a comprehensive, coherent sequence of thematic units that engage students in deep study of worthwhile texts and topics. Features of this book include: * Six thematic units for each grade, each centered on a curated collection of literary and informational texts * Focus standards for each unit that complement the topic and promote student mastery of essential literacy skills * Suggested texts and activities to incorporate science, art, and history into English instruction This revised second edition includes a sample text study that guides students through a close read of an exemplary text, updated web resources, and refreshed suggested works. Educators who create their curriculum based on Common Core's Wheatley Portfolioguarantee that students are exposed to content-rich instruction and have ample opportunity to master the reading, writing, speaking, listening, and language skills articulated in the CCSS for ELA.
Contents
Foreword by Carol Jago vii From the Writers xi Introduction by Lynne Munson xiii How to Use the Common Core Curriculum: English xvii Reading Foundations: A Pacing Guide for Reading Instruction xxi Kindergarten 1 Unit 1 A Colorful Time with Rhythm and Rhyme 3 Unit 2 Tell a Story, 1-2-3 15 Unit 3 Exploring with Friends in the Neighborhood 25 Unit 4 America: Symbols and Celebrations 35 Unit 5 The Great Big World 45 Unit 6 Wonders of Nature: Plants, Bugs, and Frogs 55 Grade 1 63 Unit 1 Alphabet Books and Children Who Read Them 65 Unit 2 The Amazing Animal World 75 Unit 3 Life Lessons 85 Unit 4 Winds of Change 95 Unit 5 American Contributions 105 Unit 6 Around the World with a Glass Slipper 115 Grade 2 123 Unit 1 A Season for Chapters 125 Unit 2 The Wild West 137 Unit 3 Building Bridges with Unlikely Friends 147 Unit 4 A Long Journey to Freedom 157 Unit 5 Hand-Me-Down Tales from Around the World 167 Unit 6 Taking Care of Ourselves 177 Grade 3 187 Unit 1 Stories Worth Telling Again and Again 189 Unit 2 Inspired by the Sea 199 Unit 3 Creative, Inventive, and Notable People 209 Unit 4 The People, the Preamble, and the Presidents 219 Unit 5 A Feast of Words on a Planet Called Earth and Beyond 231 Unit 6 Fantastic Adventures with Dragons, Gods, and Giants 243 Grade 4 253 Unit 1 Tales of the Heart 255 Unit 2 Literature Settings: Weather or Not 269 Unit 3 Animals Are Characters, Too: Characters Who Gallop, Bark, and Squeak 281 Unit 4 Revolutionaries from the Past 295 Unit 5 Stories of the Earth and Sky 307 Unit 6 Literary Heroes 319 Grade 5 331 Unit 1 Playing with Words 333 Unit 2 Renaissance Thinking 343 Unit 3 Clues to a Culture 355 Unit 4 America in Conflict 365 Unit 5 Exploration, Real and Imagined 377 Unit 6 Coming of Age 391 Sample Text Study Amos & Boris by William Steig 405 Who Is Common Core 415 Acknowledgments 416 Index of Suggested Works 417
