Common Core Curriculum Maps in English Language Arts, Grades K-5

Written by Teachers, for Teachers xi

Introduction by Lynne Munson xiii

How to Use the Common Core Curriculum Maps xvii

Kindergarten 1

Unit 1 A Colorful Time with Rhythm and Rhyme 3

Unit 2 Tell a Story, 1-2-3 13

Unit 3 Exploring with Friends in the Neighborhood 21

Unit 4 America: Symbols and Celebrations 31

Unit 5 The Great Big World 39

Unit 6 Wonders of Nature: Plants, Bugs, and Frogs 49

Grade 1 57

Unit 1 Alphabet Books and Children Who Read Them 59

Unit 2 The Amazing AnimalWorld 67

Unit 3 Life Lessons 77

Unit 4 Winds of Change 87

Unit 5 American Contributions 97

Unit 6 Around the World with a Glass Slipper 107

Grade 2 115

Unit 1 A Season for Chapters 117

Unit 2 The Wild West 129

Unit 3 Building Bridges with Unlikely Friends 139

Unit 4 A Long Journey to Freedom 149

Unit 5 Hand-Me-Down Tales from Around theWorld 157

Unit 6 Taking Care of Ourselves 167

Reading Foundations: A Pacing Guide for Reading Instruction 175

Grade 3 207

Unit 1 Stories Worth Telling Again and Again 209

Unit 2 Inspired by the Sea 219

Unit 3 Creative, Inventive, and Notable People 229

Unit 4 The People, the Preamble, and the Presidents 239

Unit 5 A Feast ofWords on a Planet Called Earth—and Beyond 249

Unit 6 Fantastic Adventures with Dragons, Gods, and Giants 259

Grade 4 267

Unit 1 Tales of the Heart 269

Unit 2 Literature Settings: Weather or Not 281

Unit 3 Animals Are Characters, Too: Characters Who Gallop, Bark, and Squeak 293

Unit 4 Revolutionaries from the Past 305

Unit 5 Stories of the Earth and Sky 317

Unit 6 Literary Heroes 329

Grade 5 339

Unit 1 Playing with Words 341

Unit 2 Renaissance Thinking 351

Unit 3 Clues to a Culture 361

Unit 4 America in Conflict 371

Unit 5 Exploration, Real and Imagined 381

Unit 6 Coming of Age 393

About Common Core 405

Acknowledgments 407

Index of Suggested Works 409