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These books align with our thematic reading curriculum. The theme for this unit is Building Bridges. Bridges—literal and figurative—are the focus of this unit. Students learn about bridge-building, read stories with a bridge building theme, and reflect on the figurative bridges people build to connect to each other. The two kinds of bridges, literal and figurative, are featured throughout the unit. Sttudents will read two informational texts about bridge building to build foundational knowledge for the unit includingThe Golden Gate Bridge. This is followed by the first fictional text, Pop’s Bridge, which creates a fictionalized story of a real disaster during the building of the Golden Gate Bridge that serves as a backdrop for a message about equality, teamwork and friendship. The next three texts are all complex stories about literal and/or figurative bridges from different cultures: Mackinac Bridge, about a family who relies on a ferryboat for their livelihood and their differing reactions to its replacement by a new bridge; Mirette on the High Wire, set in turn-of-the-century France and featuring an unlikely friendship between a young girl and a tightrope walker; and Four Feet, Two Sandals, about two young girls who become friends in a refugee camp on the Afghani-Pakistani border.

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These books align with our thematic reading curriculum. The theme for this unit is Building Bridges. Bridges—literal and figurative—are the focus of this unit. Students learn about bridge-building, read stories with a bridge building theme, and reflect on the figurative bridges people build to connect to each other. The two kinds of bridges, literal and figurative, are featured throughout the unit. Sttudents will read two informational texts about bridge building to build foundational knowledge for the unit includingThe Golden Gate Bridge. This is followed by the first fictional text, Pop’s Bridge, which creates a fictionalized story of a real disaster during the building of the Golden Gate Bridge that serves as a backdrop for a message about equality, teamwork and friendship. The next three texts are all complex stories about literal and/or figurative bridges from different cultures: Mackinac Bridge, about a family who relies on a ferryboat for their livelihood and their differing reactions to its replacement by a new bridge; Mirette on the High Wire, set in turn-of-the-century France and featuring an unlikely friendship between a young girl and a tightrope walker; and Four Feet, Two Sandals, about two young girls who become friends in a refugee camp on the Afghani-Pakistani border.

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