Day 1
1 Literacy Power Unit 4: Nature
(Wrap–up pages 109–110)
Week
8
2 Independent or Buddy
Reading – Trackers:
• Big Art
• Caring for Wild Animals
• Creepy Crawlies
• Dinosaurs
• Do Animals Think?
• Outside Art
• People and Pets
• Sleep
• Stripes and Stars
• Tropical Rain Forests
• What Are You Scared Of?
• What Rots?
3 Take-home Reading –
High-Fliers Fiction:
• Bones!
• Cool Clive and the Little Pest
• Hamper’s Great Escape
• Me and My Newt
• Scrapman and Scrapcat
1 Literacy Power Unit 5: Our
Week
9
World (“How to Make…”
pages 121–126)
2 Independent or Buddy
Reading – Trackers:
• Building Quiz
• Celebrations!
• Come Closer
• Discovering India
• Down Under Vacation
• Extreme Earth
• Food Around the World
• Out of this World
• The Sky is the Limit
• Space Quiz
• Wonders of the World
• World Cultures
• Zero Gravity
3 Take-home Reading –
High-Fliers Nonfiction:
• Elizabeth Blackwell: First
Woman Doctor
• My Friend, Mandela
• Mystery of the Cocos Gold
• Pacal A Maya King
• The Reward for Work Well
Done: Jonas Salk
• Theseus and the Minotaur
Day 2
1 Literacy Power Unit 5: Our
Day 3
Grade 3
Reading Level
1 Literacy Power Unit 5: Our
World (“Home Sweet Home”
pages 111–115)
2 Independent or Buddy
Reading – Trackers:
• Building Quiz
• Celebrations!
• Come Closer
• Discovering India
• Down Under Vacation
• Extreme Earth
• Food Around the World
• Out of this World
• The Sky is the Limit
• Space Quiz
• Wonders of the World
• World Cultures
• Zero Gravity
3 Take-home Reading –
High-Fliers Nonfiction:
• Elizabeth Blackwell: First
Woman Doctor
• My Friend, Mandela
• Mystery of the Cocos Gold
• Pacal A Maya King
• The Reward for Work Well
Done: Jonas Salk
• Theseus and the Minotaur
World (“We Live in…” pages
116–120)
2 Independent or Buddy
Reading – Trackers:
• Building Quiz
• Celebrations!
• Come Closer
• Discovering India
• Down Under Vacation
• Extreme Earth
• Food Around the World
• Out of this World
• The Sky is the Limit
• Space Quiz
• Wonders of the World
• World Cultures
• Zero Gravity
3 Take-home Reading –
High-Fliers Nonfiction:
• Elizabeth Blackwell: First
Woman Doctor
• My Friend, Mandela
• Mystery of the Cocos Gold
• Pacal A Maya King
• The Reward for Work Well
Done: Jonas Salk
• Theseus and the Minotaur
1 Literacy Power Unit 5: Our
1 Literacy Power Unit 5: Our
World (“We Are All…”
pages 127–133)
2 Independent or Buddy
Reading – Trackers:
• Building Quiz
• Celebrations!
• Come Closer
• Discovering India
• Down Under Vacation
• Extreme Earth
• Food Around the World
• Out of this World
• The Sky is the Limit
• Space Quiz
• Wonders of the World
• World Cultures
• Zero Gravity
3 Take-home Reading –
High-Fliers Nonfiction:
• Elizabeth Blackwell: First
Woman Doctor
• My Friend, Mandela
• Mystery of the Cocos Gold
• Pacal A Maya King
• The Reward for Work Well
Done: Jonas Salk
• Theseus and the Minotaur
PLM-0096-3
World (Wrap–up pages
134–135)
2 Independent or Buddy
Reading – Trackers:
• Building Quiz
• Celebrations!
• Come Closer
• Discovering India
• Down Under Vacation
• Extreme Earth
• Food Around the World
• Out of this World
• The Sky is the Limit
• Space Quiz
• Wonders of the World
• World Cultures
• Zero Gravity
3 Take-home Reading –
High-Fliers Nonfiction:
• Elizabeth Blackwell: First
Woman Doctor
• My Friend, Mandela
• Mystery of the Cocos Gold
• Pacal A Maya King
• The Reward for Work Well
Done: Jonas Salk
• Theseus and the Minotaur
Summer School
Program Overview
Instructional Reading
Literacy Power is the core of the Summer School Program. The lesson plans
are flexible, and instructors/facilitators should encourage the students to
be as active and involved in their learning as possible. For example, if students are working on the unit “What a Laugh!” (themes: comedy, jokes,
cartoons, comic strips, riddles, etc.), students are encouraged to bring in
items to read and share, including comics, joke books, etc.. This allows
the students to take ownership of their learning.
In addition, the pacing of any unit can be adjusted to suit student
interest levels, or specific learning focuses.
Independent and Buddy Reading
Too Cool, Trackers/Trackers – Math, and High–Fliers are a variety of
nonfiction and fiction books that supplement the core program. They
link with the unit theme and extend the learning. Allow students to
access these books easily and without disruption. They should be
available before the after school program begins (as the students
are transitioning from room to room) and after the core lesson is
completed.
Take–Home Reading
High–Fliers fiction and nonfiction texts link with the unit theme, and give
the students opportunities to read more extensively at home.
1
During each day’s
session, students
complete the
designated
Literacy Power
activity.
2
Each student chooses a
title for Independent or
Buddy Reading to read
during rest of session.
NOTE: A student may
choose to read the same
title over several days.
3
Each student chooses a
title for take-home
reading.
NOTE: A student may
choose to read the
same title over several
days.
Day 1
Week
1
Week
2
Week
3
Week
4
1 Literacy Power Unit 1: Sports
Day 2
1 Literacy Power Unit 1: Sports
Day 3
1 Literacy Power Unit 1: Sports
(“Go Team!” pages 2–6)
2 Independent or Buddy
Reading – Trackers:
• Dance Fever
• Indoor Sports
• The Olympics
• Scuba Diving
• That’s Extreme
3 Take-home Reading – Toocool:
• Tennis Ace
(“Biking…” pages 7–15)
2 Independent or Buddy
Reading – Trackers:
• Dance Fever
• Indoor Sports
• The Olympics
• Scuba Diving
• That’s Extreme
3 Take-home Reading – Toocool:
• BMX Champ
• Sonic Mountain Bike
(“Bouncing…” pages 16–19)
2 Trackers: Independent or
Buddy Reading
• Dance Fever
• Indoor Sports
• The Olympics
• Scuba Diving
• That’s Extreme
3 Take-home Reading – Toocool:
• Slam Dunk Magician
1 Literacy Power Unit 1: Sports
1 Literacy Power Unit 1: Sports
1 Literacy Power Unit 1: Sports
(“The Missing Stanley Cup”
pages 20–25)
2 Independent or Buddy
Reading – Trackers:
• Dance Fever
• Indoor Sports
• The Olympics
• Scuba Diving
• That’s Extreme
3 Take-home Reading – Toocool:
• Daredevil on Ice
(Sports Poem pages 26–29)
2 Independent or Buddy
Reading – Trackers:
• Dance Fever
• Indoor Sports
• The Olympics
• Scuba Diving
• That’s Extreme
3 Take-home Reading – Toocool:
• Golfing Giant
(Unit Wrap-up pages 30–31)
2 Independent or Buddy
Reading – Trackers:
• Dance Fever
• Indoor Sports
• The Olympics
• Scuba Diving
• That’s Extreme
3 Take-home Reading – Toocool:
• Soccer Superstar
• Supreme Sailor
1 Literacy Power Unit 2: Send a
1 Literacy Power Unit 2: Send a
1 Literacy Power Unit 2: Send a
Message (“The Fortune” pages
32–37)
2 Independent or Buddy
Reading – Trackers:
• Beneath Our Feet
• Detective Work
• Hawk Eyes
• Eye Tricks
• Pick Out This Person
• Skeleton Clues
3 Take-home Reading – Toocool:
• Beach Patrol
• Rodeo Cowboy
Message (“Fun with…”
pages 38–42)
2 Independent or Buddy
Reading – Trackers:
• Beneath Our Feet
• Detective Work
• Hawk Eyes
• Eye Tricks
• Pick Out This Person
• Skeleton Clues
3 Take-home Reading – Toocool:
• Gocart Genius
• Water Slide Winner
Message (“How Fingers…”
pages 43–48)
2 Independent or Buddy
Reading – Trackers:
• Beneath Our Feet
• Detective Work
• Hawk Eyes
• Eye Tricks
• Pick Out This Person
• Skeleton Clues
3 Take-home Reading – Toocool:
• Discuss Dynamo
• Skateboard Standout
1 Literacy Power Unit 2: Send a
1 Literacy Power Unit 2: Send a
1 Literacy Power Unit 3: Media
Message (“Joan, Joan…” pages
49–52)
2 Independent or Buddy
Reading – Trackers:
• Beneath Our Feet
• Detective Work
• Hawk Eyes
• Eye Tricks
• Pick Out This Person
• Skeleton Clues
3 Take-home Reading – Toocool:
• Invincible Iron Man
Message (Wrap–up pages
53–54)
2 Independent or Buddy
Reading – Trackers:
• Beneath Our Feet
• Detective Work
• Hawk Eyes
• Eye Tricks
• Pick Out This Person
• Skeleton Clues
3 Take-home Reading – Toocool:
• Space Captain
Mix (“It’s All In…”
pages 55–60)
2 Independent or Buddy
Reading – Trackers:
• Art Gallery
• Being a Cartoonist
• From Rock to Rap
• High Tech
• Making Movies
• Nothing But the Truth
• Rock Stars
• What Does a Book Designer
Do?
Take-home
Reading – Toocool:
3
• Fishing Fanatic
Day 1
Week
5
Week
6
Week
7
1 Literacy Power Unit 3: Media
Day 2
1 Literacy Power Unit 3: Media
Day 3
1 Literacy Power Unit 3: Media
Mix (“Fast Food Facts”
pages 61–66)
2 Independent or Buddy
Reading – Trackers:
• Art Gallery
• Being a Cartoonist
• From Rock to Rap
• High Tech
• Making Movies
• Nothing But the Truth
• Rock Stars
• What Does a Book Designer
Do?
3 Take-home Reading – Toocool:
• Surfing Pro
Mix (“Ads and You”
pages 67–71)
2 Independent or Buddy
Reading – Trackers:
• Art Gallery
• Being a Cartoonist
• From Rock to Rap
• High Tech
• Making Movies
• Nothing But the Truth
• Rock Stars
• What Does a Book Designer
Do?
3 Take-home Reading – Toocool:
• Surfing Pro
Mix (“Are You a Couch…”
pages 72–77)
2 Independent or Buddy
Reading – Trackers:
• Art Gallery
• Being a Cartoonist
• From Rock to Rap
• High Tech
• Making Movies
• Nothing But the Truth
• Rock Stars
• What Does a Book Designer
Do?
3 Take-home Reading – Toocool:
• Baseball’s Best
1 Literacy Power Unit 3: Media
1 Literacy Power Unit 4: Nature
1 Literacy Power Unit 4: Nature
Mix (Wrap–up pages 78–79)
2 Independent or Buddy
Reading – Trackers:
• Art Gallery
• Being a Cartoonist
• From Rock to Rap
• High Tech
• Making Movies
• Nothing But the Truth
• Rock Stars
• What Does a Book Designer
Do?
3 Take-home Reading – Toocool:
• Football Legend
(“Goliath…” pages 80–81)
2 Independent or Buddy
Reading – Trackers:
• Big Art
• Caring for Wild Animals
• Creepy Crawlies
• Dinosaurs
• Do Animals Think?
• Outside Art
• People and Pets
• Sleep
• Stripes and Stars
• Tropical Rain Forests
• What Are You Scared Of?
• What Rots?
3 Take-home Reading –
High-Fliers Fiction:
• Bones!
• Cool Clive and the Little Pest
• Hamper’s Great Escape
• Me and My Newt
• Scrapman and Scrapcat
Reading – Trackers:
• Big Art
• Caring for Wild Animals
• Creepy Crawlies
• Dinosaurs
• Do Animals Think?
• Outside Art
• People and Pets
• Sleep
• Stripes and Stars
• Tropical Rain Forests
• What Are You Scared Of?
• What Rots?
3 Take-home Reading –
High-Fliers Fiction:
• Bones!
• Cool Clive and the Little Pest
• Hamper’s Great Escape
• Me and My Newt
• Scrapman and Scrapcat
1 Literacy Power Unit 4: Nature
1 Literacy Power Unit 4: Nature
1 Literacy Power Unit 4: Nature
(“Butterflies…” pages 91–96)
2 Independent or Buddy
Reading – Trackers:
• Big Art
• Caring for Wild Animals
• Creepy Crawlies
• Dinosaurs
• Do Animals Think?
• Outside Art
• People and Pets
• Sleep
• Stripes and Stars
• Tropical Rain Forests
• What Are You Scared Of?
• What Rots?
3 Take-home Reading –
High-Fliers Fiction:
• Bones!
• Cool Clive and the Little Pest
• Hamper’s Great Escape
• Me and My Newt
• Scrapman and Scrapcat
(“Insect…” pages 97–103)
2 Independent or Buddy
Reading – Trackers:
• Big Art
• Caring for Wild Animals
• Creepy Crawlies
• Dinosaurs
• Do Animals Think?
• Outside Art
• People and Pets
• Sleep
• Stripes and Stars
• Tropical Rain Forests
• What Are You Scared Of?
• What Rots?
3 Take-home Reading –
High-Fliers Fiction:
• Bones!
• Cool Clive and the Little Pest
• Hamper’s Great Escape
• Me and My Newt
• Scrapman and Scrapcat
(“A Walk in…” pages 82–90)
2 Independent or Buddy
(“Good News” pages 104–108)
Independent or Buddy
2 Reading – Trackers:
• Big Art
• Caring for Wild Animals
• Creepy Crawlies
• Dinosaurs
• Do Animals Think?
• Outside Art
• People and Pets
3 • Sleep
• Stripes and Stars
• Tropical Rain Forests
• What Are You Scared Of?
• What Rots?
Take-home Reading –
High-Fliers Fiction:
• Bones!
• Cool Clive and the Little Pest
• Hamper’s Great Escape
• Me and My Newt
• Scrapman and Scrapcat