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            Literary Genres    Literary Elements

Here are our stories we read during the school year.

We follow the Scott Foresman reading series.  Students learn spelling words, grammar skills, story skills, and are exposed to more thoughtful writings.  By just clicking on a story you can get information on the story and grammar skill, along with some interactive activities. 

                            Unit 1 Stories                      Unit 2 Stories

                          Dollars and Sense                                    Smart Solutions                                 

Boom Town by Sonia Levitin	Penguin Chick by Betty Tatham
What About Me? by Ed Young	A Day's Work by Eve Bunting
Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday by Judith Viorst	Prudy's Problem and How She Solved It told by Carey Armstrong-Ellis
If You Made a Million by David M. Schwartz	Tops and Bottoms adapted by Janet Stevens
My Rows and Piles of Coins by Tololwa M. Mollel	William's House by Ginger Howard

               Unit 3                                                 Unit 4

             People and Nature                                                                                          One of a Kind

The Gardener by Sarah Stewart	Wings by Christopher Myers
Pushing Up the Sky by Joseph Bruchac	Hottest, Coldest, Highest, Deepest by Steve Jenkins
Night Letters by Palmyra LoMonaco	Rocks in His Head by Carol Otis Hurst
A Symphony of Whales by Steve Schuch	America's Champion Swimmer: Gertrude Ederle by David A. Adler
Volcanoes: Nature's Incredible Fireworks by Eve Bunting	Fly, Eagle, Fly! retold by Christopher Gregorowski

                     Unit 5                                    Unit 6

                                         One of a Kind                                                                          Freedom

Suki's Kimono by Chieri Uegaki	The Story of the Statue of Liberty by Betsy and Giulio Maestro
How My Family Lives in America by Susan Kuklin	Happy Birthday Mr. Kang by Susan L. Roth
Good-Bye, 382 Shin Dang Dong by Frances Park and Ginger Park	Talking Walls: Art for the People by Katacha Díaz
Jalapeño Bagels by Natasha Wing	Two Bad Ants by Chris Van Allsburg
Me and Uncle Romie by Claire Hartfield	Elena's Serenade by Campbell Geeslin

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