The curriculum map is the single best source to understand the year's work in the module lessons for each grade level: a detailed view of the scope and sequence of the modules showing module titles, topics, targets, and standards explicitly taught and formally assessed in each module.

This module uses literature and informational text such as My Librarian Is a Camel to introduce students to the power of literacy and how people around the world access books. This module is intentionally designed to encourage students to embrace a love of literacy and reading.

In this module, students will use literacy skills to become experts— people who use reading, writing, listening and speaking to build and share deep knowledge about a topic. (This focus on research intentionally builds Module 1, in which students explored the superpowers of reading.) The module will begin with a class study of the bullfrog, an example of a “true frog,” that exhibit quintessentially froggy characteristics. In Unit 2, students will form research groups to become experts on various “freaky” frogs—frogs that push the boundaries of “froginess” with unusual adaptations that help them to survive in extreme environments throughout the world. Students will build their reading, research, writing and collaborative discussion skills through studying their expert frog. Throughout the module, students will consistently reflect on the role of literacy in building and sharing expertise. Students will demonstrate their expertise through a “freaky frog trading card”—a research-based narrative that highlights their research and educates others about the amazing diversity of frogs with a focus on how their freaky frog survives.

In this module, students will use literacy skills to build expertise—using reading, writing, listening, speaking, and collaborative skills to build and share deep knowledge about a topic. This focus on research intentionally builds on Module 1, in which students explored the superpowers of reading. Specifically, students will seek evidence of culture, which can be thought of as the story of a group of people constructed through the generations; it can be evidenced through ancient and modern-day customs and traditions. The module will begin with a class study of the culture of Japan: Students will read Magic Tree House: Dragon of the Red Dawn, a book set in ancient Japan, paired with Exploring Countries: Japan, an informational text about modern Japan.

This module focuses on a deep study of the classic tale Peter Pan. Students will consider the guiding question: How do writers capture a reader’s imagination?

In this eight-week module, students explore the questions: “Who is the wolf in fiction?” and “Who is the wolf in fact?” They begin by analyzing how the wolf is characterized in traditional stories, folktales, and fables. Then they research real wolves by reading informational text. Finally, for their performance task, students combine their knowledge of narratives with their research on wolves to write a realistic narrative about wolves.

Grade 3: Module 1 of the EL Education K-8 Language Arts Curriculum. In this module, students build their literacy and social-emotional skills through the analysis of literary and informational texts, as they engage in a study of overcoming different kinds of challenges and obstacles to learning. For more information on getting started with the curriculum, please visit https://curriculum.eleducation.org.

Grade 3: Module 2 of the EL Education K-8 Language Arts Curriculum. In this module, students build their literacy and social-emotional skills through the analysis of literary and informational texts, as they engage in a study of frogs and the adaptations that allow them to survive in different environments. For more information on getting started with the curriculum, please visit https://curriculum.eleducation.org.

Grade 3: Module 3 of the EL Education K-8 Language Arts Curriculum. In this module, students build their literacy and social-emotional skills through the analysis of literary and informational texts, as they engage in a study of what we can learn from literary classics. For more information on getting started with the curriculum, please visit https://curriculum.eleducation.org.

Grade 3: Module 4 of the EL Education K-8 Language Arts Curriculum. In this module, students build their literacy and social-emotional skills through the analysis of literary and informational texts, as they engage in a study of access to clean water around the world. For more information on getting started with the curriculum, please visit https://curriculum.eleducation.org.

Grade level rubrics for three types of writing: opinion/argument, informative/explanatory, and narrative. EL Education created these K-5 rubrics based on an analysis of the grade-level demands, rubrics used by common assessment platforms, and EL Education's own professional expertise (including attention to the Writing for Understanding framework). The downloads include Writing Rubrics, Informal Checklists, and the Phonics and Word Recognition Checklist.

Additional Language and Literacy (ALL) Block component of Grade 4: Module 1: Unit 1 of the EL Education K-8 Language Arts Curriculum. The ALL Block is one hour of differentiated small group instruction aligned to the module content, giving students further practice with key literacy skills. This unit's ALL Block curriculum complements the Grade 4 module Poetry, Poets, and Becoming Writers. For more information on the ALL Block, please visit https://curriculum.eleducation.org/about-k-2-labs-and-ALL-block.

Additional Language and Literacy (ALL) Block component of Grade 4: Module 1: Unit 1 of the EL Education K-8 Language Arts Curriculum. The ALL Block is one hour of differentiated small group instruction aligned to the module content, giving students further practice with key literacy skills. This unit's ALL Block curriculum complements the Grade 4 module Poetry, Poets, and Becoming Writers. For more information on the ALL Block, please visit https://curriculum.eleducation.org/about-k-2-labs-and-ALL-block.

Additional Language and Literacy (ALL) Block component of Grade 4: Module 1: Unit 1 of the EL Education K-8 Language Arts Curriculum. The ALL Block is one hour of differentiated small group instruction aligned to the module content, giving students further practice with key literacy skills. This unit's ALL Block curriculum complements the Grade 4 module Poetry, Poets, and Becoming Writers. For more information on the ALL Block, please visit https://curriculum.eleducation.org/about-k-2-labs-and-ALL-block.

Additional Language and Literacy (ALL) Block component of Grade 4: Module 2: Unit 1 of the EL Education K-8 Language Arts Curriculum. The ALL Block is one hour of differentiated small group instruction aligned to the module content, giving students further practice with key literacy skills. This unit's ALL Block curriculum complements the Grade 4 module Animal Defense Mechanisms. For more information on the ALL Block, please visit https://curriculum.eleducation.org/about-k-2-labs-and-ALL-block.

Additional Language and Literacy (ALL) Block component of Grade 4: Module 2: Unit 2 of the EL Education K-8 Language Arts Curriculum. The ALL Block is one hour of differentiated small group instruction aligned to the module content, giving students further practice with key literacy skills. This unit's ALL Block curriculum complements the Grade 4 module Animal Defense Mechanisms. For more information on the ALL Block, please visit https://curriculum.eleducation.org/about-k-2-labs-and-ALL-block.

Additional Language and Literacy (ALL) Block component of Grade 4: Module 3: Unit 1 of the EL Education K-8 Language Arts Curriculum. The ALL Block is one hour of differentiated small group instruction aligned to the module content, giving students further practice with key literacy skills. This unit's ALL Block curriculum complements the Grade 4 module The American Revolution. For more information on the ALL Block, please visit https://curriculum.eleducation.org/about-k-2-labs-and-ALL-block.

Additional Language and Literacy (ALL) Block component of Grade 4: Module 3: Unit 2 of the EL Education K-8 Language Arts Curriculum. The ALL Block is one hour of differentiated small group instruction aligned to the module content, giving students further practice with key literacy skills. This unit's ALL Block curriculum complements the Grade 4 module The American Revolution. For more information on the ALL Block, please visit https://curriculum.eleducation.org/about-k-2-labs-and-ALL-block.

Additional Language and Literacy (ALL) Block component of Grade 4: Module 3: Unit 3 of the EL Education K-8 Language Arts Curriculum. The ALL Block is one hour of differentiated small group instruction aligned to the module content, giving students further practice with key literacy skills. This unit's ALL Block curriculum complements the Grade 4 module The American Revolution. For more information on the ALL Block, please visit https://curriculum.eleducation.org/about-k-2-labs-and-ALL-block.

Additional Language and Literacy (ALL) Block component of Grade 4: Module 2: Unit 3 of the EL Education K-8 Language Arts Curriculum. The ALL Block is one hour of differentiated small group instruction aligned to the module content, giving students further practice with key literacy skills. This unit's ALL Block curriculum complements the Grade 4 module Animal Defense Mechanisms. For more information on the ALL Block, please visit https://curriculum.eleducation.org/about-k-2-labs-and-ALL-block.