Publisher's Synopsis
EL Education's ELA Curriculum combines rigorous, standards-aligned content with effective instructional practice. Developed by teachers for teachers, the curriculum draws on EL Education's 20 years of experience to engage teachers and students in active learning every day. It covers 160 days of instruction across a school year, developed down to the level of daily lessons, and addresses a full year of English Language Arts instruction in four modules. Students get excited about learning through authentic texts, compelling topics and ownership of their own learning. Teachers get a vision of the instructional practices that support a standards-aligned classroom and the tools to create it. Originally commissioned by New York State when EL Education went by the name Expeditionary Learning, the version of the ELA curriculum posted on New York's Engage NY website has been downloaded over 6 million times. This edition has been updated with alignment to nationwide Common Core standards, and has been adopted by schools and districts in 43 states + Washington, D.C. In Grade 4: Module 3B, students explore perspectives in the American Revolution. They study reasons why the 13 American colonies decided to declare independence, how colonists' opinions differed on this decision, and how the perspectives of free and enslaved blacks were both similar and different from the perspective of the white colonists. After a study of these various perspectives, students construct an opinion piece proclaiming reasons to be a Loyalist or a Patriot. A complete set of materials for Grade 4: Module 3B should include the Teacher Guides (978-1683621676), one Student Workbook (978-1683620266) per student, and the required trade book for this module. For more information, go to http: //commoncoresuccess.eleducation.org/.
