Spice
Up The Basal 
Using the Basal Across the Curriculum
Spice
Up The Basal is an interdisciplinary unit designed for Limited English
Proficient (LEP) students in the fifth grade.
It engages students
in a challenging, yet fun way, in reading, language arts, science,
social studies, mathematics and technology.
The students are exposed to grade level
text and vocabulary through teacher read-a-louds.
English for
Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) strategies used throughout the
unit include gestures, modeling, illustration, Total Physical Response
(TPR), and oral repetition.
Through the use of computers students will be
able to access learning sites for kids on the web and practice basic data
entry skills.
Interdisciplinary new media activities incorporating
tornado studies are introduced to enhance curriculum and motivate students to
read and write more.
Basal Selection
The Night of the Twisters
by Ivy Ruckman