• Literacy:
          For our curriculum, we are following the New York State ELA Modules.  There are four modules with three units in each one.  Each module lasts about 10 weeks and focuses on a different topic.  Within each topic are essential questions that will guide students' thinking, while they learn various literacy skills, strategies and concepts.  Below are the topics and essential questions for each module.
     
             Module 1
                      Topic: 
                               Stories of Human Rights
                      Essential Questions: 
                               1. What are human rights?
                               2. What lessons can we learn about human rights through literature and life?
     
     
             Module 2A
                      Topic: 
                               Biodiversity in Rainforests of the Western Hemisphere
                      Essential Questions: 
                               1. What is unique about living things in the rainforest?
                               2. How do scientists learn about the natural world and communicate what they
                                   learn?
     
     
             Module 3A
                      Topic: 
                               Sports and Athletes' Impact on Culture
                      Essential Questions: 
                               1. What is the role of sports in American culture?
                               2. How have athletes broken barriers during the historical era in which they
                                   lived?
                               3. What do biographical informational texts teach us?
     

             Module 4
                      Topic: 
                               Natural Disasters in the Western Hemisphere
                      Essential Questions: 
                               1. What is a natural disaster?
                               2. How does a narrator's point of view influence how events are described in
                                   literature?
                               3. How should multinational organizations respond when communities are
                                   struck by natural disasters?