Principal: Elizabeth Jarrett,
Office: 212-864-2400 Fax: 212-864-3933
Address: 250 W 127th St, New York, NY 10027
Ms. Miller's 5th Grade Class
READING (September - June)
UNIT 1 Interpreting Characters: The Heart of the Story, children study the complexity of characters and explore themes while developing skills such as inference and interpretation.
UNIT 2 Reading the Weather: Reading the World, children form research teams to delve into topics about extreme weather and natural disasters while developing their skills in cross-text synthesis, practicing close reading, comparing and contrasting, and evaluating sources to determine credibility.
UNIT 3 Reading History: The American Revolution. Children study multiple points of view, support a position with reasons and evidence, tackle complex texts, and learn strategies for using new domain-specific words.
