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