Literature Unit Connected to American Revolution Study
My students need 30 books entitled Chains, to support my teaching of Common Core reading standards, and the teaching of the American Revolution War time period.
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My Students
As a 5th grade teacher, I desire to encourage my students' growth as readers and writers, while integrating their learning with our social studies standards. My greatest challenge is that my district is not yet able to purchase materials to support the new Common Core reading/writing standards.
I teach fifth graders.
My class size varies from one year to the next, ranging from 25-30 students in one classroom. Students come from a variety of family and socioeconomic contexts. Some are well-supported academically, emotionally and relationally in their homes. Others are from contexts that offer less support. In all cases, students benefit from the opportunity to read rich and rigorous literature. Not only is there opportunity to develop reading skills and strategies, but, also, to participate in facilitated class discussions which help students connect literature themes to their own lives. The classroom is often the first place that a student connects with a book, or a character in literature, in ways that play a part in shaping his/her own personal and emotional growth. It is a deeply meaningful experience to offer care, both academically and emotionally, to students, within the context of literature.
My Project
Using the novel, Chains, and the Read Side by Side, C.I.A. curriculum, students will engage in literary discussions, respond to reading in Reading Notebook activities and write at least four formal pieces of writing related to the novel. To deepen understanding, students will, also, read several nonfiction articles, look at maps, view videos, and read primary documents connected to the setting of the novel, which takes place during the time of the American Revolution. The beauty of this novel study is that it tailors wonderfully with not only Common Core reading and writing standards, but, also, our social studies standards. In the end, I believe this novel will help prepare students for their social studies CBA in which they are required to write persuasively convincing readers of their position in the Revolutionary War, while acknowledging stakeholders, such as slaves, who likely had strong opinions about the war and our nation's fight for freedom.
Presently, our district is unable to purchase materials that support our Common Core reading and writing standards.
I have used not only my personal funds, but the education stipend I'm given each year, to pay for my own professional development, and the Read Side by Side, C.I.A. curriculum. The donation of this novel set will support students as readers and writers, giving them, also, a deeper understanding of an important time in our nation's history. Learning will be rich and deep.
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