Unit Overview/SummaryThe ELA model units support the implementation of an effective and comprehensive core classroom (Tier I) reading instructional program. It is essential to select and implement instructional practices supported by a body of knowledge derived from scientifically-based reading research. Considering the multidisciplinary research on the science of reading and related instructional components, using evidence-based instructional methods, and learning activities that apply the components of the science of reading (i.e., phonemic awareness, phonics, reading fluency, vocabulary, and listening, reading, and language comprehension) facilitates students’ working knowledge of reading processes and skills. Additional information about foundational reading skills and the sub-skills or prerequisite skills students must acquire to achieve the foundational skills, can be found in the document, Building the Foundation: A Suggested Progression of Sub-skills to Achieve the Reading Standards: Foundational Skills in the Common Core State Standards. This document also contains a variety of instructional examples, organized by foundational skill and grade level.   Unit Focus:This unit focuses on determining messages and meaning in narrative texts, specifically, determining the central message or theme of various genres of narrative texts and comparing the central messages or themes of texts written by the same author.  Unit Duration: 34 days (30 days instruction; 4 days re-teaching/enrichment) based on 180 minutes to 240 minutes per day. 

Unit Overview/SummaryThe ELA model units support the implementation of an effective and comprehensive core classroom (Tier I) reading instructional program. It is essential to select and implement instructional practices supported by a body of knowledge derived from scientifically-based reading research. Considering the multidisciplinary research on the science of reading and related instructional components, using evidence-based instructional methods, and learning activities that apply the components of the science of reading (i.e., phonemic awareness, phonics, reading fluency, vocabulary, and listening, reading, and language comprehension) facilitates students’ working knowledge of reading processes and skills. Additional information about foundational reading skills and the sub-skills or prerequisite skills students must acquire to achieve the foundational skills, can be found in the document, Building the Foundation: A Suggested Progression of Sub-skills to Achieve the Reading Standards: Foundational Skills in the Common Core State Standards. This document also contains a variety of instructional examples, organized by foundational skill and grade level.   Unit Focus:This unit focuses on determining messages and meaning in narrative texts, specifically, determining the central message or theme of various genres of narrative texts and comparing the central messages or themes of texts written by the same author.  Unit Duration: 34 days (30 days instruction; 4 days re-teaching/enrichment) based on 180 minutes to 240 minutes per day. 

Unit Overview/Summary The ELA model units support the implementation of an effective and comprehensive core classroom (Tier I) reading instructional program. It is essential to select and implement instructional practices supported by a body of knowledge derived from scientifically-based reading research. Considering the multidisciplinary research on the science of reading and related instructional components, using evidence-based instructional methods, and learning activities that apply the components of the science of reading (i.e., phonemic awareness, phonics, reading fluency, vocabulary, and listening, reading, and language comprehension) facilitates students’ working knowledge of reading processes and skills. Additional information about foundational reading skills and the sub-skills or prerequisite skills students must acquire to achieve the foundational skills, can be found in the document, Building the Foundation: A Suggested Progression of Sub-skills to Achieve the Reading Standards: Foundational Skills in the Common Core State Standards. This document also contains a variety of instructional examples, organized by foundational skill and grade level.   Unit Focus:This unit focuses on reading across multiple informational texts. Students will apply foundational reading skills and content-specific reading skills to read, understand, analyze, and integrate information across texts to form a deeper understanding of topics. Students will incorporate features of informative/explanatory texts in their own writing. Unit Duration: 34 days (30 days instruction; 4 days re-teaching/enrichment) based on 180 minutes to 240 minutes per day. 

Unit Overview/SummaryThe ELA model units support the implementation of an effective and comprehensive core classroom (Tier I) reading instructional program. It is essential to select and implement instructional practices supported by a body of knowledge derived from scientifically-based reading research. Considering the multidisciplinary research on the science of reading and related instructional components, using evidence-based instructional methods, and learning activities that apply the components of the science of reading (i.e., phonemic awareness, phonics, reading fluency, vocabulary, and listening, reading, and language comprehension) facilitates students’ working knowledge of reading processes and skills. Additional information about foundational reading skills and the sub-skills or prerequisite skills students must acquire to achieve the foundational skills, can be found in the document, Building the Foundation: A Suggested Progression of Sub-skills to Achieve the Reading Standards: Foundational Skills in the Common Core State Standards. This document also contains a variety of instructional examples, organized by foundational skill and grade level.   Unit Focus:This unit focuses on reading across multiple informational texts. Students will apply foundational reading skills and content-specific reading skills to read, understand, analyze, and integrate information across texts to form a deeper understanding of topics. Students will incorporate features of informative/explanatory texts in their own writing. Unit Duration: 34 days (30 days instruction; 4 days re-teaching/enrichment) based on 180 minutes to 240 minutes per day. 

Unit Overview/SummaryThe ELA model units support the implementation of an effective and comprehensive core classroom (Tier I) reading instructional program. It is essential to select and implement instructional practices supported by a body of knowledge derived from scientifically-based reading research. Considering the multidisciplinary research on the science of reading and related instructional components, using evidence-based instructional methods, and learning activities that apply the components of the science of reading (i.e., phonemic awareness, phonics, reading fluency, vocabulary, and listening, reading, and language comprehension) facilitates students’ working knowledge of reading processes and skills. Additional information about foundational reading skills and the sub-skills or prerequisite skills students must acquire to achieve the foundational skills, can be found in the document, Building the Foundation: A Suggested Progression of Sub-skills to Achieve the Reading Standards: Foundational Skills in the Common Core State Standards. This document also contains a variety of instructional examples, organized by foundational skill and grade level.   Unit Focus:In unit 6, students develop a deeper understanding of the language used in informational texts, and how an author’s choice of language and the organization of these texts helps the reader understand the concepts and ideas presented in informational texts. Students will learn about researching on selected topics, and how to develop texts that incorporate the craft and language of research writing. Unit Duration: 25 days (20 days instruction; 5 days re-teaching/enrichment) based on 180 minutes to 240 minutes per day. 

Unit Overview/SummaryThe ELA model units support the implementation of an effective and comprehensive core classroom (Tier I) reading instructional program. It is essential to select and implement instructional practices supported by a body of knowledge derived from scientifically-based reading research. Considering the multidisciplinary research on the science of reading and related instructional components, using evidence-based instructional methods, and learning activities that apply the components of the science of reading (i.e., phonemic awareness, phonics, reading fluency, vocabulary, and listening, reading, and language comprehension) facilitates students’ working knowledge of reading processes and skills. Additional information about foundational reading skills and the sub-skills or prerequisite skills students must acquire to achieve the foundational skills, can be found in the document, Building the Foundation: A Suggested Progression of Sub-skills to Achieve the Reading Standards: Foundational Skills in the Common Core State Standards. This document also contains a variety of instructional examples, organized by foundational skill and grade level.   Unit Focus:In unit 6, students develop a deeper understanding of the language used in informational texts, and how an author’s choice of language and the organization of these texts helps the reader understand the concepts and ideas presented in informational texts. Students will learn about researching on selected topics, and how to develop texts that incorporate the craft and language of research writing. Unit Duration: 25 days (20 days instruction; 5 days re-teaching/enrichment) based on 180 minutes to 240 minutes per day. 

Unit Overview/Summary - FOCUS:Through the exploration and analysis of different genres of literature, this unit focuses on developing a deep understanding of craft, structure, and the interplay of elements that drive a story. This unit is designed to support students as they examine examples of literary elements used in texts that will ultimately serve as a model for the expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas and their development as authors of poetry and prose. Unit Duration:24 days (20 days instruction; 4 days reteaching/enrichment) based on 130 minutes to 180 minutes per day.   

Unit Overview/Summary - FOCUS:This unit is designed to have students develop their ability to understand the meanings of words and phrases in fiction text as well as compare and contrast the point of view from which different texts are narrated.  Unit Duration:29 days (25 days instruction; 4 days reteaching/enrichment) based on 130 minutes to 180 minutes per day.   

Unit Overview/Summary - FOCUS:This unit is designed to have students develop their ability to understand the meanings of words and phrases in fiction texts as well as compare the point of view of various narrated texts. Unit Duration:29 days (25 days instruction; 4 days reteaching/enrichment) based on 130 minutes to 180 minutes per day.   

Unit Overview/Summary - FOCUS:This unit is designed to support students demonstrating their ability to determine the theme of a text as they read and analyze stories, myths, and traditional literature written from varies cultural perspectives. They will also begin to determine how authors use character development to convey a text's theme. Unit Duration:30 days (25 days instruction; 5 days reteaching/enrichment) based on 130 minutes to 180 minutes per day.

Unit Overview/Summary - FOCUS:This unit is designed to support students demonstrating their ability to determine the theme of a text as they read and analyze stories, myths, and traditional literature written from varies cultural perspectives. They will also begin to determine how authors use character development to convey a text's theme. Unit Duration:30 days (25 days instruction; 5 days reteaching/enrichment) based on 130 minutes to 180 minutes per day.

Unit Overview/Summary - FOCUS:Through the exploration and analysis of different genres of literature, this unit focuses on developing a deep understanding of craft, structure, and the interplay of elements that drive a story. This unit is designed to support students as they examine examples of literary elements used in texts that will ultimately serve as a model for the expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas and their development as authors of poetry and prose.  Unit Duration:34 days (30 days instruction; 4 days reteaching/ enrichment) based on 130 minutes to 180 minutes per day. 

Unit Overview/Summary - FOCUS:This unit focuses on integrating and synthesizing main ideas and key details gained from reading and listening to form an opinion, and provide evidence supporting an opinion through writing, speaking, or other performance tasks. Unit Duration:34 days (30 days instruction; 4 days reteaching/ enrichment) based on 130 minutes to 180 minutes per day. 

Unit Overview/Summary - FOCUS:This unit is focused on gathering, evaluating, and synthesizing information presented in various formats (e.g., multimedia) to develop a comprehensive understanding of texts and effective ways of organizing and communicating ideas through writing and presentations. Unit Duration:30 days (25 days instruction; 5 days reteaching/enrichment) based on 130 minutes to 180 minutes per day.  

Unit Overview/Summary - FOCUS:This unit is focused on gathering, evaluating, and synthesizing information presented in various formats (e.g., multimedia) to develop a comprehensive understanding of texts and effective ways of organizing and communicating ideas through writing and presentations. Unit Duration:30 days (25 days instruction; 5 days reteaching/enrichment) based on 130 minutes to 180 minutes per day.   

Unit Overview/Summary - FOCUS:This unit is designed to support students in understanding how texts are structured and how knowing about text structures forms the foundation of understanding the information an author presents in a text.  Students will use text structures in their writing to communicate ideas. Unit Duration:34 days (30 days instruction; 4 days reteaching/enrichment) based on 130 minutes to 180 minutes per day.   

Unit Overview/Summary FOCUS:This unit is designed to engage students in reading and evaluating texts to explain how authors support their points by using reasons and evidence. Students will learn to have a more informed viewpoint and to share effectively with others. Students engage in conversation which includes posing questions, making relevant comments, elaborating on the remarks of others, and summarizing the points of a speaker citing reasons and evidence. Students use their skills to research and make arguments about debatable issues. Students build their skills to craft their opinions based on multiple sources, focusing on presenting logically ordered reasons and providing sufficient reasons and evidence to support them. (Theme: Debatable Issues) Unit Duration:25 days (20 days instruction; 5 days reteaching/enrichment) based on 130 minutes to 180 minutes per day 

Unit Overview/Summary - FOCUS:Students will be immersed in reading and writing poetry in this unit. Students read poetry in volume while practicing critical thinking by determining the meaning of words and phrases and explaining how the stanzas fit together to provide structure to the poem. Using their favorite poems as models, students will use their reading as inspiration for their own writing, emulating the author's craft moves, including use of figurative language. Throughout this unit, students will compile their writing into a poetry journal or portfolio that will include samples of the different types of writing explored.  Unit Duration:30 days based on 130 minutes to 180 minutes per day 

Unit Overview/Summary - FOCUS:Students will be immersed in reading and writing poetry in this unit. Students read poetry in volume while practicing critical thinking by determining the meaning of words and phrases and explaining how the stanzas fit together to provide structure to the poem. Using their favorite poems as models, students will use their reading as inspiration for their own writing, emulating the author's craft moves, including use of figurative language. Throughout this unit, students will compile their writing into a poetry journal or portfolio that will include samples of the different types of writing explored.  Unit Duration:30 days based on 130 minutes to 180 minutes per day 

Unit Overview/Summary - FOCUS:Students will build their research skills by reading biographical articles and other informational texts. This unit is designed to immerse students in informational texts and have students analyze the author’s use of text structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution). Students will have an opportunity to extend their research skills by writing a biographical magazine article, using text features and text structures appropriate for a magazine article. Students will develop skills for working in collaborative research groups.  Unit Duration:35 days based on 130 minutes to 180 minutes per day