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Grade 5
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Unit 1: Time of My Life
Learning from Experience
: Theme Project
The Wise Old Woman
by Yoshiko Uchida
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
by C. S. Lewis
Wilma Unlimited
by Kathleen Krull
The Wreck of the Zephyr
by Chris Van Allsburg
Tornadoes!
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Unit 2: Building Bridges
Volunteer Opportunities
: Theme Project
The Gold Coin
by Alma Flor Ada
John Henry, a tall tale
by Julius Lester
It's Our World, Too
by Philip Hoose
Dear Mr. Henshaw
by Beverly Cleary
Digging Up the Past
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Unit 3: Imagine That!
World Cultures
: Theme Project
The Marble Champ
by Gary Soto
The Paper Dragon
by Marguerite W. Davol
Grandma Essie's Covered Wagon
by David Williams
Going Back Home: An Artist Returns to the South
by Toyomi Igus
A Mountain of a Monument
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Unit 4: Investigate!
Scientific Questions
: Theme Project
Carlos and the Skunk
by Jan Romero Stevens
How to Think Like a Scientist
by Stephen P. Kramer
An Island Scrapbook
by Virginia Wright-Frierson
The Big Storm
by Bruce Hiscock
Catching Up with Lewis and Clark
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Unit 5: Bright Ideas
Inventions
: Theme Project
The Riddle
by Adele Vernon
Life in Flatland
by Edwin Abbott
Tonweya and the Eagles
by Rosebud Yellow Robe
Breaker's Bridge
by Laurence Yep
Cleaning Up America's Air
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Unit 6: Crossroads
Protecting the Environment
: Theme Project
Amistad Rising: A Story of Freedom
by Veronica Chambers
Rip Van Winkle
by Washington Irving dramatized by Adele Thane
The Sea Maidens of Japan
by Lili Bell
The Silent Lobby
by Mildred Pitts Walter
Amazon Alert!
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