Link to NYS Common Core Learning Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy:

http://www.p12.nysed.gov/ciai/common_core_standards/

Link to NYS Common Core Standards "I Can" Statements

http://www.thecurriculumcorner.com/thecurriculumcorner123/2012/12/03/i-can-common-core-standards-k-5/

Reading Units

• Treason/Independence
• Walk In Their Shoes/Immigration
• Author's Craft
• Mythology
• Dynamic Characters
• Bridges and Barriers