Common Core Alignment
1: Environment
Unit 1: Tornado
Lesson 1: Weather on the Farm
Lesson 2: The Storm
Lesson 6: The Best Pet Award
Lesson 8: The End of the Storm
Unit 2: Sarah, Plain and Tall
Lesson 1: Getting Started
Lesson 2: Story Elements
Lesson 3: The News
Lesson 4: The Letters
Lesson 5: The Arrival
Lesson 6: Life on the Prairie
Lesson 7: The Dune
Lesson 8: Work and Play
Unit 3: Who Was Helen Keller?
Lesson 4: Inventors
Lesson 6: Helen Leaves Home
2: Change
Unit 1: Morning Girl
Lesson 1: Background Information
Lesson 2: Point of View
Final Project: Poetry Night
Unit 2: Communities and Culture
Lesson 2: Where Are We?
Unit 3: American Heroes
Lesson 2: Early American Heroes
Lesson 4: Hard Times
Lesson 6: African-American Heroes
Lesson 7: Female Heroes
Lesson 8: Heroes of Science and Invention
3: Cycles
Unit 1: Poppy
Lesson 1: Preparing for Poppy
Unit 3: The Family Under the Bridge
Lesson 1: Pre-Reading
Lesson 7: Among Friends
Lesson 8: Christmas Eve
4: Relationships
Unit 1: One Day in the Tropical Rain Forest
Lesson 1: The Rain Forests
Unit 2: The Whipping Boy
Lesson 7: The Rescue
Final Project: A Monologue