Imagine+It!

= Connections : Text to self, Text to Text, Text to World=

= = =Unit 1: Risks and Consequences = 1. Island of the Blue Dolphins 2. Two Tickets to Freedom 3. Mrs. Frisby and the Crow __4. Langston Hughes: Poet of the People__ 5. Daedalus and Icarus [|Shel Silverstein]: Some of these will read to you, some you get to read yourself

=Unit 2: Nature's Delicate Balance = 1. The Snowflake: A Water Cycle Story 2. Energy Makes Things Happen 3. Who Eats What? Food Chains and the Food Webs 4. What Rot! Nature's Might Recycler 5. The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the Amazon Rainforest

=Unit 3: A Changing America = Introduction to the unit 1. U. S. Constitution and You 2. Benjamin Banneker- Pioneering Scientist 3. Striking It Rich- The Story of the California Gold Rush 4. A Covered Wagon Girl- Sallie Hester 5. Abraham Lincoln- 16th President

=**Unit 4: Science Fair** = 1. The Scientific Method 2. Magnetism 3. Case of the Gasping Garbage 4. How Ben Franklin Stole the Lightning 5. How Fast Do You Eat Your Ice Cream?

=**Unit 5: America on the Move** = 1. The Golden Spike 2. John Henry Races the Steam Drill 3. Immigrant Children 4. The Dust Bowl 5. Pop's Bridge Erie Canal

= Unit 6: Dollars and Sense = 1. Erandi's Braids 2. My Rows and Piles of Coins 3. A Spoon for Every Bite 4. Three Fables 5. Business is Looking Up

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