Literacy by Design is a structured reading program focusing on teaching students reading skills and strengthening reading comprehension through teacher modeling, whole class instruction and independent practice. Students study vocabulary connected to the stories in their sourcebook and are instructed in grammar several times a week. Approximately every two weeks an assessment will be given with a practice test sent home two days prior.
Heritage Discovery Center - Ellis Island immigrant photos and resources
Modern American Poetry - Angel Island photo gallery
Theme 2: Remarkable Living Things
BBC Schools Science - Plants and Animals in the local environment
Mediterranean Monk Seal Images
America Zoo - Mediterranean Monk Seal
Farm Wife, 1900 - living on a farm 100 years ago
Life on a Farm - timeline 1800-2000
Farm Tours - How have farms changed?
Trees of Mystery - Redwood Trees
Theme 5: One Country, Many Regions
Theme 6: The Land Shapes People's Lives
Aurora Page - Information and images about the Northern Lights
Arctic Lights - Photos of the Northern lights
Trees of Mystery - Redwood Trees
Florida Keys & Key West - Official tourism page
Homestead Act of 1862 - View the original document