Grade 3: Module 1: My Librarian Is a Camel: How Books Are Brought to Children Around the World, Student Workbook
El Education
Paperback
(El Education, June 1, 2013)
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. Grade 3: Module 1 uses literature and informational text such as My Librarian Is a Camel by Margriet Ruurs to introduce students to the power of literacy. This module is intentionally designed to encourage students to embrace a love of reading. Students examine the main message in literature about individuals and groups from world communities who have gone to great lengths to access education. Students will assess their own strengths and needs as readers, set goals, and begin the yearlong journey of becoming proficient and independent readers who have their own "reading superpowers." A complete set of materials for Grade 3: Module 1 should include the Teacher Guides (978-1683621607), one Student Workbook (978-1683620037) per student, and the required trade books for this module. For more information, go to http: //commoncoresuccess.eleducation.org/.