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This special grade-band one-year subscription gives you access to all student materials for Junior Great Books® Series 2–5 through the new and improved Junior Great Books Digital Classroom.
These materials include:
- Junior Great Books Series 2, 3, 4, and 5 Fiction. Each grade level has a Book One and Book Two, with nine outstanding stories grouped by theme in both books. The program, focused on high-quality literature and student-centered discussion, provides a superb framework for teaching reading comprehension, critical thinking, vocabulary, and writing.
- Junior Great Books Nonfiction Inquiry for grades 2, 3, 4, and 5. The nine selections in each grade level explore historical and contemporary issues and align with national social studies and science standards. They also connect to concepts in Junior Great Books literature so that students can meaningfully compare texts across genres and curricular areas.
Grade-Band Benefits
- Users get access to content at varied reading levels to meets their specific needs. Because reading levels can vary widely at a grade level, many students may work more comfortably a grade down, or need more “stretch” texts than a single grade provides.
- Users get access to a wider range of texts and topics to better fit the module topic or theme of their primary curriculum. Current curriculums heavily emphasize staying within a topic/theme, but topics in each grade vary by program. This allows maximum flexibility for teachers.
- Teachers can provide additional content to students who have shown independence and would like additional practice with reading and discussion, or for afterschool activities, camps, and other programs.
Students using the NEW Junior Great Books Digital Classroom can:
- Listen to professionally recorded audio versions of the readings (fiction series only) with tracked audio to help them follow along as they listen
- Highlight and annotate texts in several different ways and colors
- Type comments and questions as they read
- See glossary definitions, which appear alongside the text, of potentially unfamiliar words
- Make notes and highlights that carry over from one activity to the next throughout each unit
- Track their thinking through each unit using free-response activities
Series 2
Fiction Book One
FRIENDSHIP
- The Happy Lion
- Miss Maggie
- Anancy and Dog and Puss and Friendship
RESPONSIBILITY
- Catalog Cats/Our Garden (from The Stories Julian Tells)
- Carlos and the Cornfield
- The Wedding Basket
BRAVERY
- The Jade Stone
- The Girl and the Chenoo
- Jack and the Beanstalk
Fiction Book Two
GENEROSITY
- Erandi’s Braids
- The Invisible Hunters
- Fishing Day
COMMUNITY
- Perfect Crane
- Hurricane Flowers
- My Great-Grandmother’s Gourd
BEING YOURSELF
- The Wise Little Toad
- Doodle Flute
- The Velveteen Rabbit
Nonfiction Inquiry 2
UNITS
- Life Science: Bees and Pollination
- Physical Science: Properties of Stones
- Economics: Economic Decision-Making
- Life Science: Animals and Habitats
- Social Studies: Individual Development and Community
- Physical Science: Extreme Weather
- Social Studies: Folktales and Culture
- Social Studies: Social Responsibility
- Physical Science: Weather and Climate
Series 3
Fiction Book One
RELATIONSHIPS
- Boundless Grace
- The Scarebird
- Chin Yu Min and the Ginger Cat
KINDNESS
- The Gold Coin
- The Magic Listening Cap
- The Mushroom Man
CONFIDENCE
- The Banza
- The Upside-Down Boy
- The Ugly Duckling
Fiction Book Two
GRATITUDE
- White Wave
- Luba and the Wren
- Basho and the River Stones
COURAGE
- The Monster Who Grew Small
- The Buffalo Storm
- Pierre’s Dream
CLEVERNESS
- The Dream Weaver
- The Man Whose Trade Was Tricks
- The Emperor’s New Clothes
Nonfiction Inquiry 3
UNITS
- STEM: Engineering to Solve a Problem
- Social Studies: Social Responsibility
- Social Studies: Personal Growth and Identity
- Life Science: Animal Growth and Development
- Physical Science: Weather and Climate
- Social Studies: The Oral Tradition
- American History: Westward Expansion
- Social Studies: Justice and Fairness
- Economics: Economic Decision-Making
Series 4
Fiction Book One
TRUST
- Thank You, M'am
- Crow Call
- Fresh
RESOURCEFULNESS
- Shrewd Todie and Lyzer the Miser
- On Sand Island
- The Green Man
COMMUNICATION
- Song of Hope
- Jean Labadie's Big Black Dog
- Thunder, Elephant, and Dorobo
Fiction Book Two
STRENGTH
- Tuesday of the Other June
- Doesn’t Fall Off His Horse
- The Cello of Mr. O
INTEGRITY
- The No-Guitar Blues
- The Fire on the Mountain
- Ooka and the Honest Thief
PERSPECTIVE
- The Old Woman and the Wave
- Letting Swift River Go
- The Apple and the Envelope
Nonfiction Inquiry 4
UNITS
- Economics: Wants vs. Needs
- Life Science: Animal Intelligence
- STEM: Engineering to Solve a Problem
- Social Studies: The Oral Tradition
- American History: Westward Expansion
- Social Studies: Social Responsibility
- Social Studies: Justice and Fairness
- Physical Science: Weather and Climate
- Social Studies: Personal Growth and Identity
Series 5
Fiction Book One
HONESTY
- Charles
- The Special Powers of Blossom Culp
- The Peddler’s Gift
SELF-RESPECT
- In the Time of the Drums
- Learning the Game
- The Invisible Child
FITTING IN
- The Coming of the Surfman
- All Summer in a Day
- A Game of Catch
Fiction Book Two
FAMILY
- Kamau’s Finish
- Ghost Cat
- The Hemulen Who Loved Silence
HUMILITY
- The Enchanted Sticks
- Kaddo’s Wall
- The Prince and the Goose Girl
COMPASSION
- A Bad Road for Cats
- Lenny’s Red-Letter Day
- Through the Mickle Woods
Nonfiction Inquiry 5
UNITS
- American History: Westward Expansion
- Economics: Wants vs. Needs
- Social Studies: The Oral Tradition
- Physical Science: Weather and Climate
- Social Studies: Individual Development and Group Dynamics
- STEM: Engineering to Solve a Problem
- Social Studies: Social Responsibility
- Social Studies: Leadership
- Life Science: Habitat Destruction
