2018-2019 Cycle 1 - 4th Grade
Novel Study
Week One: we will be choosing pour novel and setting up our Bloom Balls
We will be conducting Author Research, discussing setting, characters, vocabulary, theme, figurative language, conflict and resolutions and making text - self connections.
Cycle 2 - 5th grade
Heroes! Are you ready to begin your journey? Welcome to 5th Grade ELA CREATE, where we will be examining Greek Mythology! First, we will be immersing ourselves in the exciting world of Greek heroes, myths, and legends. Once you have learned the history, it will be time for you to begin your own journey. Will you travel to Hades like Hercules or become wise like Athena? In 5th Grade ELA CREATE you will fulfill your own Hero's Journey!
Cycle 3 - 6th grade
Have you ever been thrown into a situation where you feel like you don't quite belong? In a new place, with new people, and new adventures waiting for you? Right when you feel like you will never make it in this strange new place, a new friend comes along and helps you along the way and suddenly you are not only navigating this strange landscape, but thriving in it! Welcome to 6th Grade CREATE where we will be creating our own "fish out of water" stories like our mentor novels: the graphic novel version of "The Jungle Book" and the 2009 Newbery Medal Winner "The Graveyard Book." Will you be a shipwrecked sailor in a strange new island or an astronaut on a newly discovered planet? In 6th Grade CREATE, you will decide!