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Module Overviews
GRADES K-5
Kindergarten
Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
LAUNCH
Readers Read, Think, Talk and Write About
Text
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Readers Read, Think, Talk and Write
About Text
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Readers Read, Think, Talk and Write
About Text
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Readers Read, Think, Talk and Write
About Text
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Readers Read, Think, Talk and
Write About Text
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Readers Read, Think, Talk and
Write About Text
MODULE 1
Becoming a Close Reader and Writing to
Learn: The Power of Learning Fables and
Stories
MODULE 1
Becoming a Close Reader and Writing
to Learn: The Power of Learning
Fables and Stories
MODULE 1
Becoming a Close Reader and
Writing to Learn: Native
Americans in New York
MODULE 1
Becoming a Close Reading and
Writing to Learn:
Stories of Human Rights
MODULE 2
Becoming a Close Reader and Writing to
Learn:
The Five Senses
MODULE 2
MODULE 2
Becoming a Close Reader and Writing Reading like a Researcher and Writing
to Learn:
to Teach Others: Weather, Space and
Different Lands Similar Stories Fiction
Seasons
Vs.
Non-Fiction Text
MODULE 3
MODULE 3
Becoming a Close Reader and Writing
Considering Perspectives and
to Learn:
Supporting Opinions: Reading and
Animals and Their Habitats
Writing around the World with
Cinderella
MODULE 2
Reading like a Scientist and
Writing to Teach Others
Nature to the Extreme: Weather and
Animals
MODULE 2
Researching to Build Knowledge
and Teaching Others:
Interdependent Roles in Colonial
Times
MODULE 3
Considering Perspectives and
Supporting Opinions
Analyzing Narrative: A Study of Peter
Pan
MODULE 3
Considering Perspectives and
Supporting Opinions:
Simple Machine and Inventions
That Changed the World
MODULE 2
Researching to Build
Knowledge and Teaching
Others:
Biodiversity in Rainforests of
the Western Hemisphere
MODULE 3
Considering Perspectives and
Supporting Opinions:
Sports and Athletes’ Impact on
Culture
MODULE 4
Gathering Evidence and Speaking to
Others:
The Role of Fresh Water Around the
World
MODULE 4
Susan B Anthony, Women’s
Suffrage and The Importance of
Voting
MODULE 3
Becoming a Close Reader and Writing to
Learn:
Seasons and Weather
MODULE 4
Becoming a Close Reader and Writing to
Learn:
Animals and Their Habitats
MODULE 5
Becoming a Close Reader and Writing to
Learn:
Presidents and Citizenship
MODULE 6
Becoming a Close Reader and Writing to
Learn:
Taking Care of the Earth
MODULE 4
Becoming a Close Reader and Writing
to Learn:
The History of the Earth and
Astronomy
MODULE 5
Becoming a Close Reader and Writing
to Learn:
Frontier Explorers
MODULE 1
MODULE 1
Becoming a Close Reader and Writing Becoming a Close Reader and Writing
to Learn: The Power of Thinking
to Learn:
Readers Talk, Think and Write About Accessing the Power of Reading Around
the Text
the World
MODULE 4
Gathering Evidence and Speaking to
Others:
Cycles in Nature and Conservation
MODULE 4
Gathering Evidence and
Speaking to Others:
Natural Disasters in the
Western Hemisphere
Kindergarten Modules
Module Titles
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Launch
Nursery Rhymes
Fables and Fairytales
The Five Senses
Weather and Seasons
Animals and Their Habitats
Presidents
Taking Care of the Earth
Modules Include
 Core Vocabulary
 Higher Order Thinking Questions
 Think Pair Share activities
 GAIR tasks for each core lesson
 Debrief/ Share prompts
 Exit Tickets
 Reading/ Writing Connections
 Reading partners
 Accountable talk
 An addendum for grammar and phonemic
awareness
Kindergarten Writing Units
September Prewriting Activities
Writer’s Workshop Launch
Narrative Writing- Small Moments
Building Stamina- Writing Longer and Stronger
Informational Writing- How To Books
Author Study- Donald Crews
Informational Writing- Non-Fiction Books
Opinion Writing- Using Words to Make a Change
Nursery Rhymes
Nursery Rhymes
16 Lessons
Identifying and analyzing rhyming words, core vocabulary, Think Pair Share activities
Reading/Writing Connections
What is your favorite seasonal activity and why?
Kindergarten Module 1
Becoming a Close Reader and Writing to Learn: The Power of Learning
Fables and Stories
Unit 1 Print Strategies & Early Reading Skills
5 Lessons
Unit 2 Fables & Stories
10 Lessons
Tracking, pictures cues, beginning sounds, sight
words
Setting the purpose, making predictions,
identifying story elements
Kindergarten Module 2
Becoming a Close Reader and Writing to Learn:
The Five Senses
Unit 1 Print Strategies & Early Reading Skills
5 Lessons
Fluency strategies
Unit 2 The Five Senses
12 Lessons
Nonfiction features and purposes, reading is thinking,
reading for new information
Student
Articles
• TFK Helen Keller
• Special Helpers
• My Special
Friend Emily
Kindergarten Module 3
Becoming a Close Reader and Writing to Learn:
Seasons and Weather
Unit 1 Seasons and Weather
17 Lessons
Text connections, build background knowledge, story elements, main idea and key details, reading is thinking,
reading for new information
Reading/Writing Connections
What is your favorite seasonal activity and why?
Kindergarten Module 4
Becoming a Close Reader and Writing to Learn:
Animals and Their Habitats
Unit 1 Animals and Their Habitats (Artic Animals, Ocean Animals and Farm Animals)
14 Lessons
Use text and pictures for understanding, thinking and wondering, make predictions and comparing
them to actual events, facts from fiction stories, author’s purpose, sequence events, compare and
contrast the adventures characters in familiar stories, core vocabulary, accountable partner talk
Reading/Writing Connection
Which animal do you like the best and why? Use details from the text to support your answer. Think of
all the characters in both of the stories. Which characters remind you the most of yourselves and why?
Kindergarten Module 5
Becoming a Close Reader and Writing to Learn:
Presidents and Citizenship
Unit 1 Presidents and Citizenship
10 Lessons
Distinguish between important information and details, main idea and key ideas, reading/ listening to
several books on the same topic to gather information,
compare and contrast two texts on the same topic
Reading/Writing Connection
Favorite President
Class books- Presidents and American Symbols
Kindergarten Module 6
Becoming a Close Reader and Writing to Learn:
Taking Care of the Earth
Unit 1 Taking Care of the Earth
10 Lessons
Making predictions and comparing them to actual events, facts from fiction texts, facts from
reading words and pictures, core vocabulary, compare and contrast characters, story elements,
text connections, retelling
Reading/Writing Connection
Why do we protect nature, not hurt it?, What character reminds you the most of yourself and why?,
Cause/ Effect Flipbook, If I were the Lorax I would help the Earth by...
First Grade Module Titles
Module Titles
Launch
Fables and Stories
1. Animals and Their Habitats
2. Different Lands Similar Stories
3. The History of Earth and Astronomy
4. Frontier Explorers
Modules Include
 Core Vocabulary
 Corresponding writing units
 Higher Order Thinking Questions
 Think Pair Share activities
 GAIR tasks for each core lesson
 Debrief/ Share prompts
 Exit Tickets
 Reading/ Writing Connections
 Reading partners
 Accountable talk
 An addendum for grammar and
phonemic awareness
First Grade Module 1
Becoming a Close Reader and Writing to Learn: The Power of Learning
Fables and Stories
Unit 1 Print Strategies and
Early Reading Skills
6 Lessons
Unit 2 Fables and Stories
8 Lessons
Unit 3 Narrative Writing
15 Lessons
Reading strategies, patterns
and rhyme,
reread for details,
metacognition
Story elements, characteristics
of fable, summarizing,
retelling, core vocabulary,
higher order thinking questions
Reading/Writing Connection
Write original fables
Small moments, writing
partners, revising, editing
First Grade Module 2
Becoming a Close Reader and Writing to Learn:
Different Lands Similar Stories Fiction Vs. Non-Fiction Text
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Student
Articles
China
Ghana
Statue of
Liberty
The Inuit
Totem
Unit 1 Early Reading Skills and
Strategies
5 Lessons
Unit 2 Different Lands Similar
Stories
13 Lessons
Unit 3 Non-Fiction
9 Lessons
Fluency
Non-fiction features and
purposes, text connections,
retelling, thinking and
wondering, sequencing events,
core vocabulary
Reading/Writing Connection
Informational paragraph about
North America
Planning and writing a
paragraph
First Grade Module 3
Becoming a Close Reader and Writing to Learn:
Animals and Their Habitats
Unit 1 Early Reading Skills and
Strategies
6 Lessons
Unit 2 Animals and Their Habitats
14 Lessons
Applying strategies independently, Retelling nonfiction, text dependent
correcting miscues, partner retelling questions, poems, author’s purpose,
think and wonder, close reading
Reading/Writing Connection
What I Learned About booklet on
endangered species
Unit 3 Writing a Paragraph
6 Lessons
Non-fiction books
Student Texts
Student Texts
First Grade Module 4
Becoming a Close Reader and Writing to Learn:
The History of the Earth and Astronomy
Unit 1 The History and Astronomy
14 Lessons
Unit 1 Functional Writing
7 Lessons
Questioning, tracking questions, lingering questions, close
reading, text dependent questions, inferring, poetry,
exit ticket, core vocabulary
Reading/Writing Connection
Stargazing, self esteem writing, astronomy & dinosaur journals
Lists, advertisements, letters
Student Texts
Student Texts
First Grade Module 5
Becoming a Close Reader and Writing to Learn:
Frontier Explorers
Unit 1 Frontier Explorers
13 Lessons
Unit 2 Opinion Writing
7 Lessons
Summarization, key ideas and details, interesting details,
important information, predictions, story elements, close
reading, core vocabulary, text dependent questions
Reading/ Writing Connection
Making a difference in the world like Johnny Appleseed.
Book reviews, persuasive paragraphs
Student Texts
Student Texts
Writing Connections
Grade 2 Module 1
Becoming a Close Reader and Writing to Learn: The Power of Thinking
Readers Talk, Think and Write About the Text
Content Integration
Social Studies
Comparing
Communities:
Rural, Urban and
Suburban
Purpose:
To closely read and analyze narrative and informational text with a strong focus on character analysis
and a comparison of rural, urban and suburban communities.
Writing Connections
Grade 2 Module 2
Content Integration
Reading like a Researcher and Writing to Teach
Others: Weather, Space and Seasons
Units 1, 2 and 3
Science
Exploring
weather, space
and seasons
Purpose:
To introduce students to the power of using close-reading strategies to deepen their understanding of
non-fiction text while building knowledge around the topics of weather, space and seasons.
Writing Connections
Grade 2 Module 3
Considering Perspectives and Supporting Opinions:
Reading and Writing around the World with Cinderella
Units 1, and 2
Content Integration
Social Studies
Identifying
Cultural Features
around the world.
Maps and Globes
Purpose:
To read multiple versions of Cinderella in order to identify cultural features and their
impact on the story.
Writing Connections
Grade 2 Module 4
Gathering Evidence and Speaking to Others: Cycles
in Nature and Conservation
Units 1, 2, and 3
Purpose:
Content Integration
Science
Identify stages of
flower and plant
life cycles.
Describe examples
of conservation.
To gather information about tree and flower life cycles from nonfiction texts and
recognize the importance of conservation.
Writing Connections
Grade 3 Module 1
Becoming a Close Reader and Writing to Learn:
Accessing the Power of Reading Around the World
Units 1, 2, and 3
Purpose:
Content Integration
Social Studies
Physical
Characteristics of a
Region strongly
influence the culture
and lifestyle of
people that live
there.
Maps and Globes
To introduce students to the power of literacy and how
people around the world access books.
Writing Connections
Grade 3 Module 2
Content Integration
Reading like a Scientist and
Writing to Teach Others
Nature to the Extreme: Weather and Animals
Units 1, 2, and 3
Science
Purpose:
Identifying plant
and animal
adaptations.
Studying weather
patterns.
To use literacy skills to become “experts” on extreme weather and the extreme adaptations of
animals that help them to survive in environments throughout the world.
Writing Connections
Grade 3 Module 3
Considering Perspectives and Supporting Opinions
Analyzing Narrative: A Study of Peter Pan
Units 1, 2, 3
Purpose:
Content Integration
This module is
grounded in a deep
study of classic
literature and does
not incorporate S.S.
or Science
Standards.
To engage in a deep study of the classic tale Peter Pan with a focus on character analysis,
perspective and author’s craft.
Writing Connections
Grade 3 Module 4
Gathering Evidence and Speaking to Others:
The Role of Fresh Water Around the World
Units 1 and 2
Purpose:
Content Integration
Social Studies
People living in
communities
around the word
depend on, adapt to
and modify physical
environments.
To closely read informational text to deepen their understanding of human beings’ overall
dependence on freshwater and the importance of protecting, conserving and providing access to
clean water.
Grade 4 ~ Module One
Becoming a Close Reader and Writing to Learn: Native Americans in New York
Symbols on the Iroquois Flag, The Importance of a Constitution, Life Then and Now for Native Americans
Featured Articles:
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The Really Great
Law of Peace
The Great Law of
Peace
Content Area
Connection
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Social Studies:
Native Americans
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Skills
Close Reading
Story Elements/Summarizing
Theme
Explanatory/Informational
Writing
Paragraph writing
Grade 4 ~ Module Two
Becoming a Close Reader and Writing to Learn: Native Americans in New York
Life in Colonial Times, Colonial Trades, Interdependence
Featured Articles:
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Colonial America:
The Tradespeople
The Importance of
the Wheelwright
Colonial Craftspeople
Articles
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Content Area
Connection
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Social Studies:
Colonial Times
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Skills
Explicit vs. Inferred
information
Inferring
Informational Writing
DBQ
Grade 4 ~ Module Three
Considering Perspectives and Supporting Opinions:
Simple Machine and Inventions That Changed the World
Background and History of Simple Machines, How Simple Machines are Used in Everyday Life
Featured Articles:
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Types of Simple
Machines
A Not So Simple
Machine
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Content Area
Connection
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Science: Simple
Machines
Skills
Vocabulary development
Deconstructing sentences
Science talks with
accountable talk
Text structure
Opinion writing
Grade 4 ~ Module Four
Susan B Anthony, Women’s Suffrage and The Importance of Voting
Featured Articles:
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On Women’s Right to
Vote: Excerpt from
Susan B. Anthony
The Vote
Order in the Court
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Skills
Summarizing
Vocabulary development
Analyzing theme
Analyzing characters
Analytical writing
How character actions affect
plot, characters and theme
Grade 5 ~ Module One
Becoming a Close Reading and Writing to Learn: Stories of Human Rights
Primary source documents, Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Featured Articles:
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Universal
Declaration of
Human Rights
Universal
Declaration of
Human Rights (plain
text version)
Content Area
Connection
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Social Studies:
Government
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Skills
Close reading - reading
deeply with small chunks of
text
Comparing primary source
documents and secondary
source documents
Theme
Analyzing characters
Grade 5 ~ Module Two
Researching to Build Knowledge and Teaching Others:
Biodiversity in Rainforests of the Western Hemisphere
Reading interviews with various scientists, studying the work of Meg Lowman
Featured Articles:
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Interview with Sloth Canopy
Researcher Bryson Voirin
Hawaii’s Endangered Happy
Face Spider
Great Bear Rainforest
Transcript
Interview with Meg Lowman
Content Area Connection
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Science: Ecosystems and
Biomes
Skills
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How to read an interview
How scientists share their
work
Vocabulary development
using context clues and
other strategies
Academic vs. scientific
words
Grade 5 ~ Module Three
Considering Perspectives and Supporting Opinions:
Sports and Athletes’ Impact on Culture
Reading interviews with various scientists, studying the work of Meg Lowman
Featured Articles:
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It’s Not Just a Game
Sports in America
Integrated Bus
Suggestions
Skills
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Content Area
Connection
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Social Studies:
American History
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Analyzing opinions and
evidence, deconstructing
paragraphs, vocabulary
Difference between a fact and
an opinion (bias)
Relationships between people
and events, cause and effect
Comparing events through
different perspectives
Grade 5 ~ Module Four
Gathering Evidence and Speaking to Others:
Natural Disasters in the Western Hemisphere
Reading scientific texts, what is a multinational aid organization, how should the Red Cross allocate aid?
Featured Articles:
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Earthquakes
Hurricanes
The Red Cross at a Glance
The Red Cross Disaster
Response
Haiti Earthquake: One
Year Report
Content Area
Connection
(pamphlet)
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Science: Earth Science
Skills
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Summarizing, Main Idea &
Details
Close reading
Forming an opinion based on
research
Writing an opinion speech