Elementary: English Language Arts

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Grade 1

• Animal Teams (Slam Dunk) PDF | PPT*

  Why is it important for animals to work in teams?

Grade 2

• NEW! HMH Module 5, Lead the Way (Slam Dunk) PDF | PPT*

  What are the qualities of a good leader?

• NEW! HMH Module 8, Plant Adaptations (Slam Dunk) PDF | PPT*

  How do plants adapt to a particular ecosystem? 

Grade 3

• Helping Endangered Species (Slam Dunk) PDF | PPT*

  How can humans help prevent endangered animals from going extinct?

• Inventions and Innovations (Slam Dunk) PDF | PPT*

  How are inventions and innovations related?

• NEW! HMH Module 2, Painting with Words (Slam Dunk) PDF | PPT*

  How can people use words in poetry to express themselves?

• NEW! HMH Module 7, Person of the Year (Slam Dunk) PDF | PPT*

  How can one person make a meaningful difference in their community? 

• Poetry at Play (Slam Dunk) PDF | PPT*

  How do children’s poets reflect ideas that are important to you through their poetry?

• A Tale to be Told (Slam Dunk) PDF | PPT*

  How are folktales different from other stories?

• NEW! HMH Module 5, Teamwork! Inventing a Sport (Slam Dunk) PDF | PPT*

  What can sports teach us about working together?

 

Grade 4

• NEW! HMH Module 5, A Work of Art (Slam Dunk) PDF | PPT*

  How does art benefit my school community? 

• Island of the Blue Dolphins (ORM) CourseArc

  How can the power of "one" affect the natural relationships in the Chesapeake Bay

• King of the Wind (Slam Dunk) PDF | PPT* 
  How is life in a country ruled by absolute authority different from life in a democracy?

• NEW! HMH Module 2, Sensory Invention (Slam Dunk) PDF | PPT*

  How can a sensory invention be designed to help people?

• NEW! HMH Module 8, What's Cooking? (Slam Dunk) PDF | PPT*

  What kinds of foods make a healthy and tasty menu?

Grade 5

• NEW! HMH Module 2, Book to Movie Magic (Slam Dunk) PDF | PPT*

  What makes an effective movie adaption of a book?

• NEW! HMH Module 7, Explorers' Hall of Fame (Slam Dunk) PDF | PPT*

          How did the achievements of explorers change the world around them and the future? 

• Paul Revere's Midnight Ride (ORM)  CourseArc

  Is Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem "Paul Revere's Ride" historically accurate?

  What really happened on the midnight ride?

• NEW! HMH Module 5, Protecting the Environment in Your Community Slam Dunk) PDF | PPT*

  What can people do in order to make a positive impact on the environment? 

• Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World (Slam Dunk) PDF | PPT*

  Which strengths, skills and characteristics would Sir Shackleton look for in selecting crew members?