3-5th+Genre+units

Mystery
A. Read alouds - discovering how the mystery unfolds B. Book talks of chapter books C. Online exploration
 * //The Wretched Stone// by Chris Van Allsburg (you can figure it out as you go)
 * Dot and Jabber mysteries (you can figure it out as you go)
 * Harry Potter as fantasy-mystery (author reveals all at the end)
 * Nate the Great series
 * Cam Jansen series
 * Chet for Hire series
 * Encyclopedia Brown series
 * //The Doll Garden// by Mary Downing Hahn
 * [|Mystery Net]

Poetry

 * [[file:Poetry Terminology.ppt]]: stanza, line, narrator (3rd)
 * Reading aloud - looking at the repetition, rhythm, and metaphor (comparing)
 * Writing our own poems in correct page layout
 * [|Interactive poem writing]
 * Create an anthology of poems collected, poems written
 * Have a poetry reading with another class

Fantasy
Read alouds - finding the fantastic elements Book talks
 * Jane Yolen tales
 * Wolves in the Walls
 * Secrets of Droon series
 * Dragonslayers series

Science Fiction
Booktalks
 * Read Alouds - finding the science and the fiction **
 * 20,000 Leagues under the Sea (Great Illustrated Classics)
 * Andrew Lost series