Reading
During the next several weeks, students read myths and mysteries as they monitor their
understanding and synthesize information in the text with their prior knowledge to make
meaning. Students analyze text to comprehend and explore how a type of text, such as
mystery, can be written in various forms, such as a narrative or a play. Students read
and synthesize information across a variety of texts and form generalizations about
Information from texts. During reading, students self-monitor the effectiveness of reading
strategies they employ and adapt strategy use to be effective readers.
Then, they read mystery texts and explain how point of view can influence the events described
in a text. Students infer the theme of a text using characters’ responses to challenges. Students
explore the ambiguous nature of genre by discussing whether particular texts are mysteries or a
combination of several genre types by comparing and contrasting the texts’ characteristics of
genre. Students also perform and summarize a play that is a mystery.
In social studies, students read and analyze multiple accounts of the framing of the Constitution
and discuss how point of view influences the information gained from various accounts.
Students continue to explore the various ways mystery can be structured as they compare a
story and informational text. They explore the structure of mysteries, specifically how an author
structures a text using illustrations and text to tell the story. Students analyze text through close
reading to compare settings in the story, interpret figurative language, and compare different
texts of the same genre. Students then read informational text connected with a multimedia
representation of the story. Students pose and respond to questions, determine one or more
main ideas, and explain the relationships between two or more concepts in a technical text
based on specific information in the text.
understanding and synthesize information in the text with their prior knowledge to make
meaning. Students analyze text to comprehend and explore how a type of text, such as
mystery, can be written in various forms, such as a narrative or a play. Students read
and synthesize information across a variety of texts and form generalizations about
Information from texts. During reading, students self-monitor the effectiveness of reading
strategies they employ and adapt strategy use to be effective readers.
Then, they read mystery texts and explain how point of view can influence the events described
in a text. Students infer the theme of a text using characters’ responses to challenges. Students
explore the ambiguous nature of genre by discussing whether particular texts are mysteries or a
combination of several genre types by comparing and contrasting the texts’ characteristics of
genre. Students also perform and summarize a play that is a mystery.
In social studies, students read and analyze multiple accounts of the framing of the Constitution
and discuss how point of view influences the information gained from various accounts.
Students continue to explore the various ways mystery can be structured as they compare a
story and informational text. They explore the structure of mysteries, specifically how an author
structures a text using illustrations and text to tell the story. Students analyze text through close
reading to compare settings in the story, interpret figurative language, and compare different
texts of the same genre. Students then read informational text connected with a multimedia
representation of the story. Students pose and respond to questions, determine one or more
main ideas, and explain the relationships between two or more concepts in a technical text
based on specific information in the text.
