Jan 26, 2016 - In the second unit of this module, students will complete a close read of the book Promises to Keep: How Jackie Robinson Changed America, by Sharon Robinson. As the author (Jackie Robinson’s daughter...

Jan 26, 2016 - In this third unit, students will return to the genre of the graphic novel, reviewing the elements that make this type of work uniquely suited to conveying an author’s complex ideas in an engaging...

Jan 26, 2016 - In this unit, students begin to build background knowledge about the process of scientific inquiry and how new or improved technologies are developed to meet the needs of society.

Jan 26, 2016 - Building Background Knowledge: Jigsaw to Build and Share Expertise about 2010 Haiti Earthquake, Part 2

Jan 26, 2016 - Synthesizing Information from Texts about Natural Disasters: What Makes an Earthquake a Natural Disaster?

Jan 26, 2016 - Relationships between Key Scientific Concepts: What Causes Hurricanes?

Jan 26, 2016 - Students work with pages 58–63 of Promises to Keep, which they read once independently for homework. They will locate evidence, develop an opinion, and then support their opinion with a reason and...

Jan 26, 2016 - Students compare and contrast multiple accounts of the same event.

Jan 26, 2016 - This lesson follows a similar pattern to that of Lessons 2, 4, and 7. Students read pages 26–29 of Promises to Keep and use an Author’s Opinion, Reasons, and Evidence graphic organizer to record the...

Jan 26, 2016 - In this lesson, students are reintroduced to and practice RI.5.3 again. Students work to follow the sequence of events in Jackie Robinson’s life and in the United States across decades, analyze...

Jan 26, 2016 - This lesson focuses on the chapter “A Black and White World” and the first paragraph of “Signs of Hope” (on page 10), from Promises to Keep. The literary instructional focus of the lesson is on...