Themes & Units
Welcome to summer! The best summers often include three kinds of activities: Exploration of new and familiar places and interests; Connections (spending time with the important people in your life); and taking time to enjoy some Good Reads . That’s why, over the next five or six weeks, you and your students will dive into books and discussions about the big themes of summer. Themes Students in all grades of Scholar Zone Summer: Reading & Writing will spend about two weeks with each of these themes: • E xploration: This theme focuses primarily on travel, geography, and culture. The books in this theme are primarily nonfiction. • Connections: Students will read realistic fiction and biographies and reflect on friends and family, and inspirational figures. • Good Reads: Each grade has an emphasis on a specific genre. Units For each grade, there’s a unit related to each theme. Here are the units for grades 3–8.
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8
It’s Summer! Sports Stories
Expeditions Words & Music
Around the World Me, Myself & I
Solving Mysteries
EXPLORATION
Family Ties With Friends Power in Numbers
Movers & Shakers
Resilience
CONNECTIONS
LOL!
Fantasy & Imagination
Historical Fiction
Survival Stories
Science Fiction & Fantasy
Nonfiction: World War II
GOOD READS
Grade 7 I Teacher’s Guide vii
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