Reading Curriculum
Reading Units of Study by Grade Level
Grade 2:
- Second-Grade Reading Growth Spurt (September/October)
- Becoming Experts: Reading Nonfiction (November/December)
- Studying Characters and Their Stories (January)
- Bigger Books Mean Amping Up Reading Power (February/March)
- Reading Nonfiction Cover to Cover: Nonfiction Book Clubs (March/April)
- Series Book Clubs (May/June)
Grade 3:
- Building a Reading Life (September)
- Mystery: Foundational Skills in Disguise (October/November)
- Reading to Learn: Grasping Main Ideas and Text Structures (November/December)
- Character Studies (January/February)
- Building stamina during reading (March)
- Research Clubs: Elephants, Penguins, and Frogs, Oh My! (April/May)
- Learning Through Reading: Countries Around the World (May/June)
Grade 4:
- A User's Guide for Interpreting Characters: The Heart of the Story (September/October)
- Reading the Weather, Reading the World (October/November)
- Historical Fiction Clubs (November/December)
- Interpretation Book Clubs (January/February)
- Building Stamina in Reading (March)
- Reading History: The American Revolution and Bringing History to Life (April/May)
- Nonfiction Book Clubs: Author Studies (May/June)
Grade 5:
- Narrative Craft, Character Studies, and Interpretation Book Clubs (September/October)
- Tackling Complexity: Moving Up Levels of Nonfiction (October/November)
- Argument and Advocacy: Researching Debatable Issues and the Research-Based Argument Essay (November/December)
- Author Study: Reading Like a Fan (January/February)
- Building Stamina in Reading (March)
- The Lens of History, Reading in the Content Area and Westward Expansion in Social Studies (April/May)
- Fantasy Book Clubs: The Magic of Themes and Symbols (April/May)
