The World Turned Upside Down: The American Revolution
Grades 4-5
Intensive document analysis and exploration of the concept of cause and effect form the foundation of this unit, which focuses on the Revolutionary period in American history. The unit explores the chronology and major event
The Teacher Guide Package includes the Teacher Guide, the 3-Year Teacher Guide eBook License, the Scrapbook, and the Center Book (Level K Only).
Teacher Guide + 3 Year License – It provides lesson planning support in the form of materials lists and unit overviews as well as background information on the geometry, measurement, or number concept being introduced. Mathematical communication, di
The Student Mathematician’s Journal allows students to explore simulated or real-life problems and help them to think, write, and read like mathematicians. It encourages students to reflect on what they have learned in each lesson, think deeply about mathematics, and communicate in writing on worksheets.
Students are encouraged to study patterns and determine how they change, how they can be extended or repeated and/or how they grow. They then move beyond this to organize the information systematically and analyze it to develop generalizations about the m
In this unit, students are introduced to ratios, rates, proportional reasoning, similarity and congruence. Students explore ratio as a comparison of two quantities. They discover that if the ratio between the corresponding side lengths and angle measures of two figures is 1:1 (i.e., the measures are identical), then the geometric figures are congruent. They learn that for two figures to be similar, their corresponding side lengths must be in proportion and their corresponding angles must be congruent. Students also explore the relationship between congruence and similarity, learning that al
Yolanda’s Genius, a Newbery Honor winner, is the story of an African-American family’s love and courage in difficult times. Yolanda is smart, tough, and big for her age. Her brother, Andrew, doesn’t talk much and has trouble reading. But Andrew can create beautiful music on his harmonica. Yolanda wonders if her brother is a musical genius. Can his talent be developed and shared with other people? One day some boys destroy the harmonica – and Andrew’s music stops. Soon Yolanda must make an important decision: whether to try to find another harmonica for Andrew, or to obey her mother
This unit explores changes resulting from the choices that people make in a variety of