Digital Resources for All ELA Units

Below are our current units of study with links underneath each one for students to practice! Feel free to help your student practice with each of our units. 

Unit 1: Following Characters into Meaning with Narrative Writing

• Interactive Venn Diagram to Compare Characters
• Interactive Sticky Notes
• Plot Diagram
• Main Idea
• Theme Practice
• Theme Game Practice

Unit 2: Nonfiction Text Structure

• Text Structure Practice
• Authors Reasons and Evidence Practice
• Websites for Ecosystems Research:
  
  • Windows to the Universe: (deserts, forests, tropical rain forests, & tundra)
  http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/ecosystems.html
  
  • Kids Do Ecology: (wetlands, deserts, forests, tropical rain forests, & tundra)
  http://kids.nceas.ucsb.edu/biomes/index.html
  
  • Blue Planet Biomes: (deserts, forests, tropical rain forests, & tundra)
  http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/
  
  • Biomes of the World: (deserts, forests, tropical rain forests, & tundra)
  https://php.radford.edu/~swoodwar/biomes/#
  
  • Earth Floor/Biomes: (deserts, forests, tropical rain forests, & tundra)
  http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/biomes.html
  
  • The World’s Biomes: (wetlands, deserts, forests, tropical rain forests, & tundra)
  http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss5/biome/
  
  • Defenders of Wildlife: (wetlands only)
  http://www.defenders.org/wetlands/basic-facts
  
  • National Geographic Kids (all ecosystems):
  https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/
  
  • World Wildlife Fund (endangered animals):
  https://www.worldwildlife.org/species
  
  • Animal Fact Guide (all ecosystems):
  https://animalfactguide.com/animal-facts/
  
  • Science Kids (all ecosystems):
  http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/animals.html
  
  • Defenders of Wildlife (endangered animals):
  https://defenders.org/wildlife?page=2
  
  • Science for Kids (desert, tundra, tropical rain forest, forest, wetlands): INCLUDES PLANT LIFE:
  https://www.ducksters.com/science/ecosystems/world_biomes.php

Unit 3: Historical Fiction

• Theme Practice
• Theme Game Practice

Unit 4: Westward Expansion with Research Writing 

• Authors Reasons and Evidence Practice
• Lewis and Clark Journey
• Lewis and Clark Video
• Westward Expansion
• Trail of Tears
• Trail of Tears
• Indian Removal Act
• Indian Removal Act
• Oregon Trail Video
• Oregon Trail
• Pony Express
• Pony Express Video
• Gold Rush
• Transcontinental Railroad

Unit 5: Social Issues with Poetry and Opinion Writing 

• Authors Purpose
• Theme Practice
• Authors Purpose Battleship 
• Plot Diagram
• Main Idea
• Theme Game Practice
• Tone Practice
• Poetry Practice

Unit 6: Fantasy 

• Interactive Venn Diagram to Compare Characters
• Interactive Sticky Notes
• Plot Diagram
• Main Idea
• Theme Practice
• Theme Game Practice

All units:

• myOn
• Epic Books
• iReady
• Wordly Wise
• Daily Writing Prompts
• DiscoveryEd
• Practice Reading Skills
• Brown Bear Typing