4th 2011

Unit 1Growing Up

What experiences can cause a person to change?

Theme Video Growing Upwww.macmillanmh.com

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AwardWinningAuthor

David (Ali Baba) Bernstein

The Adventures of

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Theme: Growing Up

ORAL LANGUAGE

• Listening Comprehension

• Speaking/Viewing

ThemeMaking a Move

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ThemeChanging

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WORD STUDY

• Vocabulary

• Phonics/Word Study

• Spelling

Vocabulary opportunities, border, unions, strikes, boycotts, citizen

Dictionary: Word Origins

PhonicsShort Vowels

SpellingShort Vowels

Vocabulary curious, policy, ranged, temporary, several, frequently

Thesaurus: Synonyms

PhonicsLong a

SpellingLong a

READING

• Comprehension

• Fluency

• Leveled Readers

ComprehensionStrategy: Analyze Story StructureSkill: Make Inferences

FluencyRepeated Reading:Intonation and Expression

Approaching Lili Kiat

On Level Paolo

Beyond Jin

ELL A New Home

ComprehensionStrategy: Analyze Story StructureSkill: Character, Setting, Plot

FluencyRepeated Reading: Accuracy

Approaching The Mystery of the Lost Glasses

On Level The Case of the Missing Scarf

Beyond The Trash Detectives

ELL The Missing Scarf

LANGUAGE ARTS

• Writing

• Grammar

WritingTrait: Ideas

GrammarSentences

WritingTrait: Ideas

GrammarSubjects and Predicates

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ThemeKids at Work

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ThemeMentors

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ThemeFriends of All Ages

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Show What You Know Spiral ReviewMake InferencesCharacter, Setting, PlotCompare and ContrastSynonymsMap

WritingPersonal Narrative

Unit 1 Assessment, 131M–131N

ComprehensionMake Inferences; Character, Setting, Plot; Compare and Contrast; Sequence

Vocabulary StrategiesDictionary: Word Origins, Using a Dictionary, Connotation and Denotation; Thesaurus: Synonyms, Antonyms

Text Features/Literary Elements/Study SkillsTime Lines; Maps; Using a Library; Recipe; Stanzas, Line Breaks, Similes

GrammarSentences


Fluency Assessment

Diagnose and PrescribeInterpret Assessment Results

Vocabulary identified, enterprising, persistence, venture

Thesaurus: Antonyms

PhonicsLong e

SpellingLong e

Vocabulary endless, realistic, sensible, protested, paralyzed, display

Using a Dictionary

PhonicsLong i

SpellingLong i

Vocabulary peculiar, positive, selecting, consisted, advanced, aware

Dictionary: Connotation and Denotation

PhonicsLong o

SpellingLong o

ComprehensionStrategy: Analyze Text StructureSkill: Compare and Contrast

FluencyRepeated Reading: Expression and Rate

Approaching Kids Work

On Level Kids Work

Beyond Kids Work

ELL Kids at Work

ComprehensionStrategy: SummarizeSkill: Character

FluencyRepeated Reading: Rate

Approaching Elevator to Trouble

On Level Summer in Space

Beyond Back to School

ELL Space Adventure

ComprehensionStrategy: SummarizeSkill: Sequence

FluencyRepeated Reading: Phrasing and Rate

Approaching The ABC Volunteer

On Level Drawing Highland

Beyond A Change of Weather

ELL Pictures of Highland


GrammarCompound Sentences

WritingTrait: Ideas

GrammarComplex Sentences

WritingTrait: Ideas

GrammarRun-on Sentences

pp. 70–73 pp. 82–95 pp. 108–119

WEEK 3 WEEK 4 WEEK 5 WEEK 6

Each year the news magazine Time

For Kids selects several young people

to serve as TFK kid reporters. These

enterprising kids are not professional

journalists, but like adult reporters

they still have to show they are

qualified for the job. Three skills they

must have are persistence in tracking

down a story, good interviewing

skills, and the ability to write clearly

about complicated topics.

Here’s a behind-the-scenes

look at two TFK reporters and two

of the stories they covered for the

magazine. The reporters don’t have

much in common, except that they

are both determined to do a good job

as reporters covering an interesting

story. The stories seem quite different

at first, too. However, they have some

strong similarities.

KID REPORTERSAT WORK

How do kid reporters tell the story when the news is about improving the lives of children?

GenreAn Expository article in a

newspaper or magazine

tells a true story.

Analyze Text StructureCompare and ContrastWhen you look for

similarities, you compare

two or more things or

ideas. When you look for

differences, you contrast

two or more things or ideas.

Real World Reading

Comprehension

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Theme: Take a Stand

ORAL LANGUAGE

• Listening, Speaking, Viewing ThemeBaseball

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ThemeNew Places, New Faces

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WORD STUDY

• Vocabulary

• Phonics/Decoding

Vocabulary muttered, gaped, insult,

snickering, legendary, fluke, flinched

Context Clues: Descriptions

Phonicsch and tch

Vocabulary overheard, opportunities,

boycotts, citizen, unions, strikes, border

Dictionary: Word Origins

Phonicsth, sh, wh, ph

READING

• Comprehension

• Fluency

• Leveled Readers/ELL Readers

ComprehensionStrategy: Make Inferences and Analyze

Skill: Author’s Purpose

Repeated Reading: Intonation/Pausing

APPROACHINGWilma Rudolph

ON LEVELDetermined to Win

BEYONDJackie Robinson

ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERSChampion Athlete

ComprehensionStrategy: Generate Questions

Skill: Make Inferences

Repeated Reading: Punctuation/Quotation Marks

APPROACHINGLili Kiat

ON LEVELPaolo

BEYONDJin

ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERSA New Home

LANGUAGE ARTS

• Writing

• Grammar

• Spelling

WritingPersuasive Letter

Grammar Common and Proper Nouns

Spelling Words with ch and tch

WritingRadio or TV Ad

Grammar Singular and Plural Nouns

Spelling Words with th, sh, wh, and

ph

pages 148H–175V pages 176A–207V

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148B

During the day, the people of Xiaoli

(ZHOW•LEE), China, sit outside their mud-

brick shacks. Xiaoli is a poor village. Most

people in town are farmers. It has become

diffi cult to make a good living from farming,

however. So the farmers wait for darkness to fall.

That’s when Xiaoli comes alive. At night, tomb

raiders get to work.

Nearly 5,000 years of Chinese history lie

underground in Xiaoli. Fields contain tombs

of royalty of many dynasties. Valuable works

of art are buried in the tombs. Stealing these

treasures, called looting, can bring the poor

farmers of Xiaoli lots of money.

Little Su, a doctor in Xiaoli, paid for medical

school by selling stolen art. He was also able

to buy a big-screen TV. Over the past few

To whom do a country’s valuable objects from past

civilizations belong?

This Buddha was nearly smuggled out of Cambodia by a tourist.

ComprehensionGenreA Nonfiction Article in a


tells a true story.

Make Inferences and AnalyzeFact and OpinionA fact is something that

can be proved to be true.

An opinion is a belief

that does not have to be

supported by facts.

Real World Reading

pages 208A–219V

ThemeFocus on China

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ThemeBright Ideas

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ThemeSnakes

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Vocabulary temples, dynasties,

heritage, preserve, overjoyed

Word Parts: Plural Endings

PhonicsComplex Consonant Clusters

Vocabulary hilarious, dizzy, nowadays,

independence, convinced, handy, whirlwind, mischief

Dictionary: Idioms

Phonics/är/ and /ôr/

Vocabulary apologize, genuine, harmless,

cardboard, slithered, ambulance, weekdays

Word Parts: Base Words

Phonics/âr/ and /îr/

ComprehensionStrategy: Make Inferences and Analyze

Skill: Fact and Opinion

Repeated Reading: Pronunciation

APPROACHINGThe Bamboo Eaters

ON LEVELThe Story of Silk

BEYONDThree Gorges Dam

ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERSSilk


Skill: Problem and Solution

Repeated Reading: Tempo

APPROACHINGClara Barton

ON LEVELThomas Alva Edison

BEYONDAlexander Graham Bell

ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERSA Great Inventor


Skill: Make Inferences


APPROACHINGSnakes in the Rain Forest

ON LEVELSnakes in North America

BEYONDSnakes in Asia and Africa

ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERSNorth American Snakes


Grammar Irregular Plural Nouns

Spelling Complex Consonant

Clusters

WritingBook Review

Grammar Possessive Nouns

Spelling Words with ar, or, and uar

WritingLetter of Complaint

Grammar Plurals and Possessives

Spelling Words with air, are, ear, and

ere

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Test StrategyThink and Search

Writing Persuasive

Unit 2 Assessment, 25–42

ComprehensionMake Inferences, Author’s Purpose, Fact and Opinion,Problem and Solution

Vocabulary StrategiesContext Clues: Description; Dictionary: Word Origins, Idioms; Word Parts: Base Words, Plural Endings

Text Features/Literary Elements/Study Skills

Table, Primary Sources, Toolbars, Parts of a Book, Figurative Language, and Alliteration

GrammarNouns

WritingPersuasive Writing

Fluency Assessment

Diagnose and PrescribeInterpret AssessmentResults

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Theme: Making a Difference

ORAL LANGUAGE

• Listening, Speaking, Viewing ThemeFriend or Foe?

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ThemePeople Who Made a

Difference

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WORD STUDY

• Vocabulary


Vocabulary interfere, guardian,

awkward, agile, proclaimed, tottered

Thesaurus: Synonyms

Phonics/ûr/

Vocabulary injustice, ancestors, unfair,

avoided, numerous, unsuspecting, segregation

Word Parts: Prefixes

PhonicsSilent Letters

READING

• Comprehension

• Fluency


ComprehensionStrategy: Evaluate



APPROACHINGThe Mud Monster

ON LEVELThree Tricky Tales

BEYONDMiki and the North Wind

ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERSAnimal Tales



Repeated Reading: Punctuation

APPROACHINGHarriet Tubman

ON LEVELCoretta Scott King

BEYONDSusan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton: Fighting for Rights

ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERSCoretta Scott King

LANGUAGE ARTS

• Writing

• Grammar

• Spelling

WritingDialogue

Grammar Action Verbs

Spelling Words with /ûr/

WritingPoem

Grammar Verb Tenses

Spelling Words with silent letters

pages 276J–303V pages 304A–329V

WEEK 1 WEEK 2

276B

Real World Reading



tells a true story.

SummarizeCompare and ContrastWhen you look for

similarities, you compare

two or more things or

ideas. When you look for

differences, you contrast

two or more things or ideas.

Each year, the news magazine Time For Kids selects several young people

to serve as TFK kid reporters. These

enterprising kids are not professional

journalists, but like adult reporters,

they still have to show they are

qualified for the job. Three skills they

must have are persistence in tracking

down a story, good interviewing

skills, and the ability to write clearly

about complicated topics.

Here’s a behind-the-scenes

look at two TFK reporters and two

of the stories they covered for the

magazine. The reporters don’t have

much in common, except that they

are both determined to do a good job

as reporters covering an interesting

story. The stories seem quite different

at first, too. However, they have some

strong similarities.

KIDREPORTERSAT WORK

How do kid reporters tell the story when the news is about improving the lives of children?

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pages 330A–341V

ThemeKids Get It Done

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ThemeGreat Plains Indians

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ThemePrecipitation

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Vocabulary enterprising, persistence,

venture, identified

Word Parts: Inflected Verb Endings

PhonicsSoft c and g

Vocabulary patchwork, sores, midst,

mysterious, responsibility, loosened, amazement

Dictionary: Homophones

PhonicsPlural Words

Vocabulary evaporate, inspire,

foolishness, magnify, negatives, technique, microscope, blizzard

Dictionary: Multiple- Meaning Words

PhonicsCompound Words

ComprehensionStrategy: Summarize

Skill: Compare and Contrast


APPROACHINGYoung Inventors

ON LEVELDream Jobs for Kids

BEYONDKids Work

ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERSFun Jobs for Kids

ComprehensionStrategy: Summarize

Skill: Sequence


APPROACHINGOjibwe Legends

ON LEVELQuileute Legends

BEYONDNavajo Legends

ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERSThree Legends


Skill: Summarize

Repeated Reading:Pronunciation

APPROACHINGHurricanes

ON LEVELTornadoes

BEYONDExtreme Weather

ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERSTwisters

WritingPersuasive Writing

Grammar Main and Helping Verbs

Spelling Words with soft c and g

WritingPlay

Grammar Linking Verbs

Spelling Words with plural endings

WritingCharacter Sketch

Grammar Irregular Verbs

Spelling Compound Words


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Test StrategyRight There

Writing Fictional Narrative


ComprehensionCompare and Contrast,Sequence, Summarize,Author’s Purpose

Vocabulary StrategiesThesaurus: Synonyms; Word Parts: Prefixes, Inflected Verb Endings; Dictionary: Homophones, Multiple-Meaning Words


Salutation and Body, Links, Foreshadowing and Symbolism, Imagery and Figurative Language, Using the Library

GrammarVerbs

WritingStory

Fluency Assessment

Diagnose and PrescribeInterpret Assessment

ResultsEvaluate Small Groups

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Theme: Viewpoints

ORAL LANGUAGE

• Listening, Speaking, Viewing ThemeMan’s Best Friend

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ThemeCreative Solutions

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WORD STUDY

• Vocabulary


Vocabulary

risks, desperate, obedience, appreciated, bluffing, neglected, endured, misunderstood

Word Parts: Prefix

PhonicsInflected Endings

Vocabulary

fade, cautiously, crisscrossed, jealousy, disguised, faint, wisdom

Word Parts: Word Families

PhonicsInflectional Endings

READING

• Comprehension

• Fluency


Comprehension

Strategy: Generate

QuestionsSkill: Draw Conclusions


APPROACHINGHollywood Hounds

ON LEVELPresidential Pooches

BEYONDCanine Companions

ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERSWhite House Dogs

Comprehension

Strategy: Generate

QuestionsSkill: Draw Conclusions


APPROACHINGCharles Drew

ON LEVELMarie Curie

BEYONDDr. Jonas Salk

ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERSMarie Curie

LANGUAGE ARTS

• Writing

• Grammar

• Spelling

WritingExplanatory

Grammar Pronouns and

Antecedents

Spelling Words with inflected

endings

WritingExplanatory

Grammar Pronouns

Spelling Words that change y to i


WEEK 1 WEEK 2

410B

What makes oil so valuable and also

so challenging?

Real World Reading



tells facts about a person,

place, or event.

EvaluatePersuasionPersuasion is a method

of getting other people

to agree with your ideas

or opinions.

Oil fi eld worker

What can you find deep

beneath Earth’s surface? Here’s

a hint: it’s shiny, sticky, slick, and very

powerful. It’s oil.

Oil began forming hundreds of millions

of years ago as plant and animal remains

were covered with layers of rock. Over the

ages, those remains decayed. They turned

into a mighty black brew that we use to

make fuels. Fuels, such as gasoline, are

energy sources that are usually burned to

produce power.

Some nations sit atop huge

underground lakes of oil. Other places,

such as Japan and some European

countries, have little or no oil of their

own. The United States produces oil, but

it also buys about 59% of what it needs.

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ThemeEnergy: Power Sources

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ThemeThe Sea

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Vocabulary

electrical, globe, fuels, decayed

Context Clues: Definition

Phonics/ü/, /ū/, and /u· /

Vocabulary

dove, politicians, snoring, massive, tangles, rumbling, unique

Dictionary: Homographs

Phonics/oi/ and /ou/

Vocabulary

coral, reef, brittle, eventually, current, partnership, suburbs


Phonics/ô/


Skill: Persuasion


APPROACHINGAn Eye on Energy

ON LEVELGiant Dams: Waterpower

Wonders

BEYONDThe Power of Wind

ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERSWaterpower!

ComprehensionStrategy: Analyze Text Structure

Skill: Sequence


APPROACHINGSaving the Whales

ON LEVELLooking at Whales

BEYONDGray Whales

ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERSThe World of Whales

ComprehensionStrategy: Analyze Text Structure

Skill: Compare and Contrast

Repeated Reading:Punctuation

APPROACHINGThe Arctic Ocean

ON LEVELTide Pools

BEYONDHydrothermal Vents

ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERSTiny Oceans

WritingFictional Narrative

Grammar Pronoun-Verb Agreement

Spelling Words with /ü/, /ū/, and /u· /

WritingExplanatory

Grammar Possessive Pronouns

Spelling Words with /oi/ and /ou/

WritingExplanatory

Grammar Pronouns and

Homophones

Spelling Words with /ô/


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Test StrategyAuthor and Me

Writing Workshop

Explanatory


ComprehensionDraw Conclusions, Compare and Contrast, Sequence, Persuasion

Vocabulary StrategiesWord Parts: Prefixes, Word Families; Context Clues: Definition, Descriptions; Dictionary: Homographs


Line Graphs; Glossary; Meter and Rhyme Scheme; Protagonist and Hyperbole; Using Computers in the Media Center

GrammarPronouns

WritingExplanatory Writing

Fluency Assessment

Diagnose and Prescribe Interpret Assessment

Results

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Theme: Relationships

ORAL LANGUAGE

• Listening, Speaking, Viewing ThemeGoing to the LIbrary

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ThemePutting on a Play

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• Vocabulary


Vocabulary snuffled, selecting,

positive, consisted, peculiar, advanced

Dictionary: Connotation/Denotation

PhonicsVCCV patterns

Vocabulary cranky, bumbling, selfish,

exasperated, specialty, famished, commotion

Thesaurus: Antonym

PhonicsV/CV and VC/V patterns

READING

• Comprehension

• Fluency



Skill: Summarize


APPROACHINGThe ABC Volunteer

ON LEVELDrawing Highland

BEYONDA Change of Weather

ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERSPictures of Highland


Skill: Make Judgments

Repeated Reading: Stress/Inflection

APPROACHINGHans and Greta

ON LEVELThe Dragon’s Dinner

BEYONDSleeping Beauty and the Prince of Andequesta

ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERSDragon Stew

LANGUAGE ARTS

• Writing

• Grammar

• Spelling

WritingCompare and Contrast

Grammar Adjectives

SpellingWords with the VCCV pattern

WritingPoster

Grammar Articles

SpellingWords with VCV patterns


WEEK 1 WEEK 2

540B

Why are scientists devoting their lives to learning about

the least explored territory on Earth—the ocean?

Off the coast of Hawaii in 2000, Sylvia Earle pilots a one-person submarine designed by a company she helped found.

Real World Reading

ComprehensionGenreA Nonfiction Article gives

information about real

people, places, or things.

EvaluateFact and OpinionA fact is something that

can be proved to be true.

An opinion is a belief

that does not have to be

supported by facts.

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ThemeExplorations

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ThemeArtists at Work

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ThemeWild Horses

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Vocabulary period, vessels, valuable,

documenting, estimated

Analogies: Relationships

PhonicsAccented Syllables

Vocabulary strutting, swarms, fl icked,

barbecue, skyscrapers, glorious, collage


PhonicsFinal /ә r/

Vocabulary descendants, habitat,

threatened, sanctuary, coaxing, fragile, glistening

Context Clues: Paragraph clues

PhonicsFinal /ә l/


Skill: Fact and Opinion


APPROACHINGSo Many Fish!

ON LEVELThe (Really!) Great Barrier Reef

BEYONDMarco Polo

ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERSThe Great Barrier Reef

ComprehensionStrategy: Monitor

Comprehension Skill: Character


APPROACHINGGirl Arranging Her Hair

ON LEVELBeautiful or Not

BEYONDThe Goldsmith’s Apprentice

ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERSEveryday Beauty


Comprehension Skill: Cause and Effect


APPROACHINGHorses of the Plains

ON LEVELCattle-Driving Horses of the Old West

BEYONDFull Gallop

ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERSHorses in the Old West

WritingExtended Response to Literature

Grammar Adjectives that Compare

SpellingAccented Syllables

WritingIntroduction Speech

Grammar Comparing with More

and Most

SpellingWords with Final /ә r/

WritingScientific Observation

Grammar Comparing with Good

and Bad

SpellingWords with Final /ә l/

Test StrategyThink and Search

Writing Workshop Descriptive

Unit 5 Assessment, 79-96

ComprehensionSummarize, Make Judgments, Fact and Opinion, Character, Cause and Effect

Vocabulary StrategiesDictionary: Connotation/Denotation; Thesaurus: Antonyms; Analogies: Relationship; Context Clues: Paragraph Clues, Descriptions


Interviews, Directions, Onomatopoeia and Simile, Hyperbole and Figure of Speech, Skim and Scan

GrammarAdjectives

WritingDescriptive

Fluency Assessment


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ORAL LANGUAGE

• Listening, Speaking, Viewing ThemeThe Gold Rush

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ThemeWild Visitors

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• Vocabulary


Vocabulary

annoyed, prospectors, circular, outstretched, glinted, reference, disappointment

Word Parts: Suffixes

PhonicsFinal /ә n/

Vocabulary

eavesdropping, scuffling, wistfully, logical, jumble, scornfully, acquaintance

Context Clues: Paragraph

Clues

PhonicsHomophones

READING• Comprehension

• Fluency


ComprehensionStrategy: Analyze Story

Structure

Skill: Cause and Effect


APPROACHINGThere’s Gold in Those Hills!

ON LEVELTowns of the West, from

Boom to Bust

BEYONDThe Story of San Francisco

ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERSTowns of the Old West

ComprehensionStrategy: Analyze Story Structure

Skill: Theme


APPROACHINGIn the Land of the Giants

ON LEVELThe Tiger-Stripe Potion

BEYONDThe Wood Sprite

ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERSJani and the Leopard

LANGUAGE ARTS• Writing

• Grammar

• Spelling

WritingMagazine Article

Grammar

Adverbs

Spelling

Words with Final /ә n/

WritingNews Article

Grammar

Comparing with Adverbs

Spelling

Homophones


WEEK 1 WEEK 2

662B

What does a paleontologist do next after she’s discovered the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus Rex

fossils ever found?

A T. rex named Sue, on display at the Field Museum in Chicago

Real World Reading

ComprehensionGenreA Nonfiction Article gives

information about real

people, places or things.

Monitor Comprehension Make GeneralizationsA generalization is a broad

statement. It combines

facts in a selection with

what a reader already

knows to tell what is true

in many cases.

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ThemeDiscovering Nature’s Secrets

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ThemeAirplanes

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ThemeAnts

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Vocabulary

fossil, inspected, stumbled upon, paleontologist

Words Parts: Latin Roots

PhonicsPrefixes dis-, mis-, non-, un-

Vocabulary

glider, assured, wingspan, unstable, headlines, applauded, hoisting

Words Parts: Inflectional

Endings

PhonicsSuffixes -less, -ly, -ness, -ful, -y

Vocabulary

overcome, territory, investigates, solitary, prehistoric, nutrients, communication, astronomer

Words Parts: Greek Roots

Phonics/ûr/ and/ә r/


Comprehension

Skill: Make Generalizations

Repeated Reading:Punctuation

APPROACHINGDiscovering Pompeii

ON LEVELDiscovering Tutankhamen

BEYONDDinosaur Sue: Tale of a T. Rex

ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERSA Discovery in Egypt


Comprehension

Skill: Author’s Perspective


APPROACHINGRiding the Wind:

Amelia Earhart

ON LEVELAgainst the Wind:

James H. Banning

BEYONDWomen in Flight

ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERSPilot James Banning

ComprehensionStrategy: Analyze Text

Structure

Skill: Description

Repeated Reading: Pausing

APPROACHINGButterflies and Moths

ON LEVELGrasshoppers and Crickets

BEYONDBeetles

ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERSGrasshopper or Cricket?

Writing

Grammar

Negatives

Spelling

Words with prefixes dis-,

mis-, non-, un-

WritingInterview

Grammar

Prepositions

Spelling

Words with suffixes -less,

-ly, -ness, -ful, -y

WritingSummary

Grammar

Sentence Combining with Prepositions

Spelling

Words with /ûr/ and/ә r/


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Test StrategyAuthor and Me

Writing Workshop Expository Writing


ComprehensionCause and Effect, Theme, Make Generalizations, Author’s Perspective, Description

Vocabulary StrategiesWord Parts: Suffixes, Latin Roots, Inflectional Endings, Greek Roots; Context Clues: Paragraph Clues


Time Lines, Advertisements, Repetition and Personification, Character and Moral, Functional Documents

GrammarAdverbs, Prepositions, Negatives

WritingExpository Writing

Fluency Assessment


Personal Essay

Discovery 662C

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