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Books we read in school:
- Tales of the 4th Grade Nothing
- Be a Perfect Person in Three Days
- War w/ Grandpa
- Toliver's Secret - social studies connection:The American Revolution
- Voyage of the Half Moon- social studies connection:European Explorers
- The Amazing, Impossible Erie Canal- social studies connection: Transportation in NYS During 1800s
- The Iroquois Confederacy-social studies connection: Native Americans in NYS
- There's an Owl in the Shower- science connection: Endangered Species/Environmental Conservation
- Maniac Magee
- If Your Name Was Changed At Ellis Island: social studies connection - Immigration
- Sign of the Beaver
- Stone Fox
- The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
- A collection of stories from our reading anthology
- Thematic Units:
- Mystery- Students read a collection of mystery novels while studying and applying the reading comprehension strategies of determining importance, questioning, and inference.
- Author Studies- Students read a collection of novels from the same author and synthesize the stories for style, theme, and point of view.
- Endangered Species - students select an endangered species and complete a research project using our research template and our school's mobile lab system.
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Book of the Month Selections
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September: Student Choice
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October: Biography I - History
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November: Biography II - Science/Math
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December: Stone Fox
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January:Top Secret February: Because of Winn Dixie March: The American Revolution in New York April (Spring Break): There's an Owl in the Shower May: Caleb's Story June: Student Choice
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