Organized around the study of figurative language, including simile, metaphor, and personification, this unit explores the idea that language can change the way we think about the world by creating new images and connections in our minds.
The printed Student Literature Workbook includes student activity pages that support lessons and each unit’s short stories and poems. The workbook engages students in exploring carefully selected, challenging works of literature from various times, cultures, and genres. They include:
Sociology is the study of interactions between individuals, groups, communities, and society as a whole. It spans cultures, languages, and behaviors, while also bringing other disciplines such as psychology and biology. But what about all those interactions between humans and animals? The cultures surrounding different critters, the nonverbal languages we share, and the emotions evoked during those interactions all fall into the definition of sociology, just with non-human animals instead. Critter Culture takes
Cycles exist in every part of our world—in math, nature, art, music, and even in our own day-to-da
The Teacher Resource Package includes the Hint & Think Beyond Cards and Word Wall Cards.
Hint and Think Beyond Cards – Designed to challenge students who demonstrate mastery of each unit’s concepts and objectives, these cards encourage students to expand their knowledge by using more complex reasoning.