ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS

Mrs. Kelts' ELA CURRICULUM LINKS

 

Spelling Resource

 

Spelling Connections

 

 

 

Recommended titles for nightly reading 

• My Brother Sam is Dead   by James Lincoln and Christopher Collier
• Frindle   by Andrew Clements
• Harry Potter   by J.K. Rowling
• Tuck Everlasting   by Natalie Babbit
• Steal Away Home   by Louis Sachar
• Matilda   by Roald Dahl
• Bridge to Terabithia  by Katherine Paterson
• Number the Stars  by Lois Lowry
• My Side of the Mountain   by Jean Craig George
• The Giving Tree  by Shel Silverstein
• Hatchet   by Gary Paulsen     Online Quiz for Hatchet
• The Janitor's Boy   by Andrew Clements
• A Week in the Woods   by Andrew Clements
• Brian's Winter   by Gary Paulsen
• Holes by Louis Sachar
• Among the Hidden  by Margaret Peterson Haddix

 

Students are required to read for a minimum of 20 minutes every night.  Please remember to record what you have read in you reading log each day.  Reading Log sheets are due at the end of every month.

WEB QUESTS

Exploring Japan

How to Fold a Paper Crane

Number the Stars

Fairy Tales Web Quest

Web Quest on Fables

 

 

LITERARY GENRES THAT WE WILL COVER IN CLASS

 

Biographies

Historical Fiction

Fiction

Non-Fiction

Poetry

Science Fiction

Memoirs

Fairy Tales and Fables

 

 

We will also do an author study on Andrew Clements

During our author study, we will be communicating online with other classes about what we have read.  To do this we will be logging in to

 MY BIG CAMPUS.

 

HAPPY READING!!!!!!!