Open Court Reading 2.1 Unit 1

 

Story Hour-Staring Megan pgs 62-81: Realistic Fiction

1. Connection to Social Studies: “Story Careers” (TV news reporters, comedians, librarians, lawyers, authors, book editors)
2. Skill: making inferences
3. Literary Element: characterization

 

Thomas and the Library Lady pgs 84-105 : Realistic Fiction

1. Connection to Social Studies:  Migrant farm workers go from place to place to make a living for their families.  Often they live in temporary housing.  Many migrant families keep their culture alive through oral storytelling.
2. Skill: point of view
3. Literary Element: setting

 

Open Court Reading 2.1 Unit 2

Mushroom in the Rain pgs 108-119: Fantasy

1. Connection to Social Studies: Sharing limited space with one another; considering the connection between courtesy, rules, and laws
2. Skill: drawing conclusions
3. Literary Element: plot

 

The Elves and the Shoemaker pgs 120-137: Folktale

1. Connection to Social Studies: Kindness takes many forms – from helping someone pick up books he or she has dropped to saving someone’s life.  Tell how firefighters, police officers, nurses, doctors, ambulance drivers, member of the armed forces help communities - neighborhoods, cities, states, and country
2. Skill: sequencing and making inferences
3. Literary Element: dialogue

 

The Paper Crane pgs 138-155: Folktale

1. Connection to Social Studies:  Read an Economics Diagram (p.140).  Do you think more people travel on the road or on the big highway behind it?  Why did this mean less business for the restaurant?
2. Skill:  cause and effect
3. Literary Element:  setting

 

Corduroy pgs 180-197

1. Connection to Social Studies: to inform students how teddy bears got their name (Teddy Roosevelt’s story) and to understand that Americans have long been interested in saving wild animals.
2. Skill:  making inferences
3. Literary Element: characterization

 

The Story of Three Whales pgs 200-221: True Adventure

1. Connection to Social Studies: Native Americans – Inuit Culture
2. Skill: main idea and details
3. Literary Element: suspense and surprise

Cinderella pgs 222-235: Fairytale

1. Connection to Social Studies:  Compare this story with Native American Version The Rough-Face Girl by Rafe Martin
2. Skill: cause and effect
3. Literary Element: plot

 

Open Court Reading 2.1 Unit 1

How the Guinea Fowl Got her Spots pgs 314-333: African Folktale

1. Connection to Social Studies:  People around the world create beautiful arts and crafts.
2. Skill: categorizing and drawing conclusions
3. Literary Element: figurative language

 

Open Court Reading 2.2 Unit 4

 

The Dinosaur who lived in my Backyard pgs 30-41: Fantasy

1. Connection to Social Studies:  Geological history of a community-locating a city, state, and country on a map and globe, using legends, symbols, and scale to identify location, geographical features, and relative distance.
2. Skill: fact and opinion
3. Literary Element: mood

Open Court Reading 2.2 Unit 5

 

Molly the Brave and Me pgs 122-145: realistic fiction

1. Connection to Social Studies:  community workers who are heroes-police, firefighters, emergency medical workers-who risk their lives to save people. Sometimes courage is shown by simple less dramatic actions, too.
2. Skill: point of view
3. Literary Element: narrator

Dragon and Giants pgs 148-157: fantasy

1. Connection to Social Studies:  Heroes’ important deeds-examples-Abe Lincoln, Louis Pasteur, George Washington, George Washington Carver, Albert Einstein, Sally Ride, Sitting Bull, Marie Curie, Jackie Robinson (Do Biography book Reports).
2. Skill: drawing conclusions
3. Literary Element: dialogue

 

The Hole in the Dike pgs 160-175: legend

1. Connection to Social Studies:  International Holland is lowland bordering the ocean and is always in danger of flooding.  Windmills pump water way and dikes block water from coming onto land.
2. Skill: cause and effect
3. Literary Element: setting

 

A Picture Book of Martin Luther King Jr. pgs 178-195: Biography

1. Connection to Social Studies:  Civil Rights end; Time Line; commemorative and National Holidays:

• Martin Luther King Day-Monday closest to January 15th, his birthday
• President’s Day-honors US Presidents-third Monday in February
• Memorial Day-honors men and women who died serving in the Armed Forces-Last Monday in May
• Independence Day-celebrates U.S. Independence from Great Britain-July 4th
• Labor Day-celebrates working people’s contributions to society-first Monday in September
• Veteran’s Day-celebrates peace and the people who fought for it-second Monday in November
• Thanksgiving Day-celebrates a bountiful harvest-fourth Thursday in November

2. Skill: drawing conclusions and main idea and details
3. Literary Element: biography

 

The Empty Pot pgs 196-211: folktale

1. Connection to Social Studies:  China long ago the emperor was China’s leader; locate China on a map; leadership quality-honesty
2. Skill: making inferences and sequencing
3. Literary Element: problem and solution

 

Brave as a Mountain Lion pgs 221-245: realistic Fiction

1. Connection to Social Studies:  Present Day Native Americans live on reservations-land set aside for people of their nation-realistic account and includes cultural information about Native Americans.
2. Skill: author’s purpose and cause and effect
3. Literary Element: characterization

 

Open Court Reading 2.2 Unit 6

The First Americans pgs 248-267: expository Text

1. Connection to Social Studies: What was important in different Native American cultures and how individuals worked together to help their tribe. Map Skills: overview of five general areas where Native American groups discussed in selection lived:
• Plains from the Mississippi river to the Rocky Mountains from Canada to Mexico
• Eastern Woodlands:  from the Canadian boarder to the Gulf coast, from the east cost to the Mississippi river
• Far North: part of Alaska and most of Canada
• North  Coast: Along the Pacific Coast from Southern Alaska to Northern California
• Southwest: encompassing New Mexico, Arizona, southern Utah and northern Mexico

Map Skills: label a map, encourage students to discuss what they know about the geography/climate, vegetation, land formations of each areas.  Many people lived in Europe before they came to the U.S. located these areas on a map to see the relationship.

Specific Tribes

• Plains: Blackfoot, Cheyenne, Osage, Comanche
• Eastern Woodlands:  Iroquois, Narraganset, Delaware, Shawnee, Powhatan, Cherokee, Creek
• Northwest coast:  Chinook, Tillamook, Tligit
• Southwest: Navajo, Hopi, Zuni
• Far North: Inuit
• Not included in the test but studies in our class; Southeast: Ais, Seminole

2. Skill: classifying and author’s purpose
3. Literary Element: author’s purpose

 

New Hope pgs 268-283: historical fiction

1. Connection to Social Studies:  Communities change over time and pioneer life; “flashback” – a review of events that had already happened.  Why settlements in our country grew into thriving towns and cities.  How the needs of a town led to growth and influx of people,
2. Skill: cause and effect
3. Literary Element: historical fiction

 

A Place Called Freedom pgs 284-297: historical fiction

1. Connection to Social Studies:  based on the beginnings of a real town – Lyles Station, Indiana – story takes place over 150 years ago.  Characters in story talk, dress, and act like people of that time period and setting.  Most African Americans were brought to America against their will.  Not all African Americans were set free that the same time.
2. Skill: author’s purpose
3. Literary Element: point of view

 

The Story of the Statue of Liberty pgs 298-313: expository text

1. Connection to Social Studies: Statue of Liberty gift to US from France; a recognizable landmark for immigrants arriving to America through New York City after 1886.  Citizens: Constitution, Preamble, Bill of rights individual rights and responsibilities reinforce each other and work to promote common good.

Examples:

• All children have the right to attend school.  However students must follow school rules.
• Students have the right to ride bikes to school, but must follow safety laws when they ride
• All people have the right to free speech but they can’t tell lies that would harm other people

Discuss what consequences might be for not fulfilling responsibilities.
Other Cultural Symbols: Liberty Bell, American Flag, Washington Monument, Mt. Rushmore, The White House, Lincoln Memorial, Jefferson Memorial, eagle, Vietnam Veterans Memorial

2. Skill: sequence
3. Literary Element:  author’s purpose and poetry alliteration

The Butterfly Seeds pgs 316-333: historical fiction

1. Connection to Social Studies:  1. Ellis Island is a tiny island located in New York Harbor near the Statue of Liberty.  It stands as a large monument to people who cam to our country and went through the immigration process.  2.  Between 1892 – 1954 12 million people came through Ellis Island to be processed before entering U.S.

 

Community Changes
Community Helpers

Past	Present
Fruit vendor	Supermarket
Fish peddler	Fish store
Blacksmith	Car repair shop

Jobs that didn’t exist when your grandparents or great grandparents were young: communication with cell phones, space travel, computer science

2. Skill: making inferences
3. Literary Element: plot

A Piece of Home pgs 336-361: realistic fiction

1. Connection to Social Studies:  1. Locate Russia to show how far this family had to travel to get to America.  2. Special vocabulary: samovar, garmushska  3. Do you think immigrants share similar experiences?  Why or why not?
2. Skill: making inferences, cause and effect
3. Literary Element: characters

 

Jalapeno Bagels pgs 362-375: realistic fiction

4. Connection to Social Studies:  International Day at school.  Ethnic foods relate how foods are important to your student’s family and celebrations.  Special Vocabulary: jalapeno, bagel, knead
5. Skill: point of view, facts and opinions
6. Literary Element: dialogue

 

Integrated Reading with Science

The same expectations will be held for Science as are in Social Studies.