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“Look Who’s Reading!”Genre: Rhymes and Fantasy

“LAS HORMIGUITAS” (The Little Ants)

Grammar, Usage, Mechanics p. 14(ants; verbs)

“THERE ONCE WAS A FISH”Expository Card 7: “Under the Sea”

(theme connection)

“RAGS”Narrative Card 8: “Taking Care of Pets”

Persuasive Card 2: “Dear Mom and Dad”(theme connections)

“GOOSE’S BABY”Expository Card 2: “Bringing Up Baby”

(theme connections)

“RAIN”Expository Card 3: “Weather Report” (theme connections)

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Grammar, Usage,Mechanics p. 43

(matching parts of sentences)

Narrative Card 3: Story “HandMade” (identify and classify thewords in the story that have thelong a and short a sound)

Expository Lesson Plan 7p. 24-28 (writing a summary)

Narrative Lesson Plan 7p. 34-38 (organizing a narrative sequence; puttingevents and pictures in order)

Expository Lesson Plan 13p. 52-55 (clarifying; writingsuper sentences)

Expository Card 3: Story & Show What You Know(making predictions)

Expository Lesson Plan 6p. 21-23 (comparing and contrasting with a Venn diagram)

Expository Card 2: ShowWhat You Know (comparinghow different animals carefor young)

Expository Lesson Plan 9p. 35-36 (writing fromdrawing; illustration to textrelationship)

Visual Presen. Lesson Plan10 p. 39-42 (writing captionsfor pictures & illustrations)

Narrative Card 7: Do It!(drawing then writing abouta picture)

PHONEMICAWARENESS

2002 Teacher Created Materials, Inc. Level 1-A UNIT 1: of 2

Persuasive Cards 1, 2: (letters)

Persuasive LessonPlan 2 p. 6-7(writing a friendly letter)

Student Writer’sNotebook p. 32(antonyms word list)

Resource NotebookManagement

p. 28-29(journaling)

Narrative LessonPlan 6 p. 33

(generating ideaswith mind maps)

Student Writer’sNotebook p. 8

(types of writing; ideas for writing)

Narrative Lesson Plan 1p. 2-3 (introduction tonouns)

Grammar, Usage,Mechanics p. 2-4, 6

(nouns)

Visual Presen. Card 1: (math–graphing)

Expository Card 7: (science–life in thewater)

Persuasive Card 3: (science–tidepools)

Expository Card 3: (science–weatherwords)

VOCABULARYLITERARYELEMENTS

LISTENING/SPEAKING/VIEWING

ACROSS THECURRICULUM

GRAMMAR, USAGE,& MECHANICS

WRITINGDICTATION ANDSPELLING

Narrative LessonPlan 12 p. 65-68(understanding and developing characters)

Narrative Card 9: Do It! (turn a storyinto a play)

Narrative Card 5: Do It! (write riddlesabout city workers)

Narrative Card 9: (drama–putting on a play)

Unit Introduction

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PHONEMICAWARENESS

“Raccoons”Genre: Expository Prose

“Baby Animals”Genre: Expository ProseExpository Card 2: “Bringing Up Baby”

(baby animals)

“Munch Crunch: The Foods Animals Eat”Genre: Expository ProseExpository Card 5: “Busy as a Bee”

(how bees make honey)

“Spiders”Genre: Expository ProseVisual Presen. Card 2, Side 2:

“Garden Animals” (spiders and insects)

“The Hermit Crab”Genre: Expository Prose

Unit Wrap Up

Narrative Lesson Plan 9p. 48-50; 52-54(using capitals)

Grammar, Usage, Mechanicsp. 27 (capitalization

reference page)


(asking questions)

Narrative Lesson Plan 8p. 44-47 (4Ws; question words)

Expository Lesson Plan 5p. 18-19 (introduction toidentifying similarities anddifferences)

Student Writer’sNotebook p.51-52

(main idea/details: expository writing organizational templates)

Expository Lesson Plan 7p. 24-27 (writing a good summary; identifyingmain idea)

Expository Card 4: Story,Show What You Knowand Do It! (drawing conclusions)

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Expository Card 10 Story Persuasive Lesson Plan p. 43

(read about pandas, thenmake an endangered animalbook about them)

VOCABULARYLITERARYELEMENTS

LISTENING/SPEAKING/VIEWING



WRITING

Visual Presen. Card 2,Side 2: Do It! (art–animal art)

Persuasive Card 2, Side 2: (science–animal sounds) Idea: have students imitatethe sounds the various animals make

Narrative Card 8: (listening)Idea: read the story aloud,then have students answerthe Show What You Knowquestions orally.

Expository Lesson Plan 14p. 56-60 (writing sensorydescriptions)

Grammar, Usage,Mechanics p. 34-36

(end punctuation–period,question mark, exclamationpoint)

Expository Lesson Plan 5p. 20 (identifying similarities and differences)

Expository Card 10: Storyand Show What YouKnow (science–animalfeatures)


(connecting words: conjunctions)

Grammar, Usage,Mechanics p. 15 (words

that show action)

Visual Presen. Lesson Plan 10 p. 39-42 (writing

captions for picturesand illustrations)

Narrative Lesson Plan 2p. 9-14 (“doing” words)


(regular plurals)

Student Writer’sNotebook p.32

(antonyms word list)


(topic poems) Idea: havestudents apply concept towrite animal poems

Persuasive Card 2, Side 2:Do It! (science–dramatiz-ing) Idea: have studentsuse the puppets to put ona play

Student Writer’sNotebook p. 22-24

(capitalization & punctuation referenceposters)


(synonyms word list)

Expository Card 4: (listeningfor information) Idea: readthe story aloud, then havestudents answer the ShowWhat You Know questions.

Narrative Lesson Plan 13p. 69-71 (writing a narrative about an animal)

“Our Neighborhood at Work”Genre: Nonfiction Poetry

“GUESS WHO?” Narrative Card 5: “Working”

(theme connection)

“TRASH”Persuasive Card 5:

“Thinking About Junk” (theme connection)

“PANDA BAND”Expository Card 10: “Meet a Panda”

(theme connection)

“GRAB A STAR”Narrative Card 6: “Get Set for Space”

(theme connection)

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Student Writer’s Notebookp. 26-29 (spelling counts: high-frequency word and personal spelling dictionary)

Grammar, Usage,Mechanics

p. 42 (identifying sentences) p. 46 (scrambled sentences)

Visual Presen. Lesson Plan10 p. 39-42 (writing captions for pictures andillustrations)

Visual Presen. Card 4: Story &Show What You Know (classify/categorize)

Narrative Card 1: Story & Show What You Know (draw conclusions)

Persuasive Lesson Plan 8p. 36-39 (drawing conclusions:writing about the qualities of agood friend)

Persuasive Card 4: Side 1 &Show What You Know (draw conclusions; clarifying)

Persuasive Card 4: Side 2(making connections)

Expository Card 9: Story & Do It! (asking questions)


(asking questions)

Narrative Lesson Plan 8 p. 44(sorting question words)

Narrative Lesson Plan 7 p. 40(prediction: putting a story in the right order)

Narrative Card 2: (photostell a story) Idea: discusshow the photos tell thestory and which gives moreinformation–the words orthe pictures

Expository Card 2 &Persuasive Card 4: (fiction vs. nonfiction)Idea: compare the lions inthe two stories; discuss howthey are alike and different;use the animals to definefiction and nonfiction

Persuasive Lesson Plan 4p. 16-20 (differentiatingfacts and feelings)


(creating topic poems)

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Student Writer’s Notebookp. 25 (sight word lists)


(question words)

Narrative Lesson Plan 8 p. 47(the 4 W’s graphic organizer)


(connecting words: conjunctions)

Resource Notebook Managementp. 35-37 (making books; simple book binding)

Student Writer’s Notebookp. 56 (the 5 W’s and H)

Narrative Card 3: Story (artisticappreciation; working withhands) Idea: discuss kinds ofwork–providing product orservice; have students sharewhat kind of work they thinkthey would enjoy doing

Expository Card 4: Show WhatYou Know and Do It! (theme connection: animals as workers)

Expository Card 6: Story(theme connection: kids as workers)

Narrative Lesson Plan 9p. 48-53 (types of sentences;using capitals and end punctuation)

Persuasive Lesson Plan 11p. 49-52 (types of sentences;using question marks and periods)


(finding complete sentences)

Narrative Lesson Plan 5p. 29 (finishing sentences)


(plurals with -es)

Narrative Card 5: Story, ShowWhat You Know, and Do It!(social studies:workplaces–reading and writing about city workers)

VOCABULARYLISTENING/SPEAKING/

VIEWINGGRAMMAR, USAGE,

& MECHANICSACROSS THECURRICULUM

WRITING

“Machines in Our Garden”Genre: Narrative &

Expository Prose

Expository Card 6: “Kid Power” (theme connection: kids in community)

Visual Presen. Transparency Card 5:“Parts of a Bike” (theme connection: simple machines)

“AT THE VET” Narrative Card 8: “Taking Care of Pets”

(theme connection)

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Narrative Lesson Plan 2 p. 14(alphabetical order)

Persuasive Lesson Plan 11p. 49-52 (question marks)


(exclamation point)

Visual Presen. Lesson Plan 8p. 31-34 (clarifying with illustrations)

Grammar, Usage, Mechanicsp. 35 (asking questions)

Expository Lesson Plan 3p. 12-13 (predicting: beginning,middle, and end) &

Expository Lesson Plan 4p. 16-17 (predicting: first, next, last)

Expository Lesson Plan 2p. 8 (main idea and details) &

Expository Lesson Plan 7 p. 26 (main idea)


(dialogue: interjections)

Visual Presen. Lesson Plan 10 p.39-42 (writing captions for pictures and illustrations)

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Student Writer’sNotebookp. 30-31 (synonym

word lists)p. 32 (antonym word list)p. 25 (high-frequency

word list)

Narrative Card 7 Story &Persuasive Card 5 Side 2:

(context clues) Idea: discuss how clues in thepictures help readers tofigure out new words


(listing items)


(concept map: basic web)

Narrative Lesson Plan 8p. 47 (the 4 W’s graphicorganizer)

Narrative Card 9: Do It!(collaborative writing:turn a story into a play)

Expository Lesson Plan 2p. 9 (writing detail sentences for main idea)

Resource Notebook Management p. 28-29

(journaling)

Narrative Lesson Plan 9p. 51 (telling or asking sentences) &

Narrative Lesson Plan 4p. 28-29 (telling sentences)


(apostrophe: contractions)


(contractions word lists)

Visual Presen. Card 3:Story & Show What YouKnow (reading a map)

Visual Presen. Lesson Plan4 p. 15-18 (reading andlabeling a map)

Visual Presen. Card 4:Story & Show What YouKnow (reading a diagram)

Visual Presen. Lesson Plan7 p. 27-30 (reading andlabeling a diagram)

Visual Presen. Lesson Plan3 p. 11-14 (reading andmaking a chart)

Grammar, Usage,Mechanics p. 55 (reading

and using a chart–editing)

Visual Presen. Card 5:Story & Show What YouKnow (science–simplemachines; reading a diagram with labels)

VOCABULARY LISTENING/SPEAKING/VIEWING



WRITING STUDY &RESEARCH

Narrative Card 10: Story(listening for information)Idea: read the story aloudthen ask students to recallinformation

Expository Card 5: Story &Show What You Know (listening for information)Idea: read the story aloudand have students answerthe questions orally

Narrative Card 4: Story(listening for information) Idea: read the story aloud,then have students fold apaper into fourths and drawfour ways they can stayhealthy

THINGS THAT GOUnit Introduction

“I Go With My Family to Grandma’s”

Genre: Realistic FictionVisual Presen. Card 3, Side 2: “Read a

Map” (theme connection: navigating)

“Song of the Train”Genre: Poetry

“On the Go”Genre: Expository Text/Photo EssayNarrative Card 2: “This Is the Way We

Go to School” (theme connection:transportation)

Visual Presen. Card 5: “Parts of a Bike” (theme connection: things that go)

“Trucks”Genre: Poetry

Unit Wrap-up

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Expository Card 5: Story(similes) Idea: point out the examples of similes inthe title and story “Busy asa Bee”

PHONICS

Grammar, Usage,Mechanics

p. 42 (sentence recognition) p. 29 (capitalize the firstword of a sentence)

Grammar, Usage,Mechanics p. 8-9 (plurals)

Narrative Lesson Plan 9p. 48-53 (capital letters)

Student Writer’s Notebook p. 22-23

(capitalization)

Student Writer’s Notebookp. 6 (The Writing Process: categorizing)

Expository Lesson Plan 5p. 18-20 (comparing & contrasting)

Expository Lesson Plan 7p. 24-28 (summarizing)

Narrative Lesson Plan 11p. 64 (asking questions: interviewing)

Expository Card 9: Do It! (answering questions)

Expository Lesson Plan 14p. 60 (visualizing: description)

Visual Presen. Lesson Plan 7p. 29-30 (label a picturediagram)

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Student Writer’sNotebook

p. 30-33 (synonym,antonym, and homophoneword lists)


(proofreading marks)

Narrative Card 2: Do It! (math–take a poll; make a pictograph)

VOCABULARY& SPELLING

LISTENING, SPEAKING,& VIEWING



WRITING STUDY & RESEARCH

Visual Presen. Card 5, Side 2:Story (listening for informa-tion) Idea: listen for the threerules for safe bike riding

Narrative Lesson Plan 4p. 25 (rhyming words; word play)

Student Writer’sNotebook

p. 25 (sight word list)p. 19 (conjunctions)

Narrative Lesson Plan 5p. 30 (using contextclues)

Narrative Lesson Plan 8p. 41-43, 47 (4 W’s)

Student Writer’sNotebook p. 56 (5 W’s+H)

Persuasive Card 4: Do It!(collaborative writing)Idea: have students writeand trade riddles.

Expository Lesson Plan13 p. 52-55(independent writing: writing super sentences)

Narrative Lesson Plan 12p. 65-68 (independentwriting: writing aboutcharacters)

Persuasive Card 1: Do It!(collaborative writing)Idea: have students workwith a partner to do theactivity

Persuasive Lesson Plan 10p. 45-48 (independentwriting: writing about agood day; using graphicorganizers)

Narrative Card 9: Do It! (collaborative writing)

Narrative Lesson Plan 7p. 34-40 (organizing a narrative sequence)

Visual Presen. Card 3, Side 2:Story (theme connection: onthe road) Idea: discuss thesigns of the road

Visual Presen. Card 2: Story(retelling) Idea: have studentsretell the sequence of a butterfly’s life

Expository Card 1: Story(listening for information)Idea: read aloud, then ask students to name fourAmerican symbols

Visual Presen. Card 4: Story(comparing visual and writtenmaterial)

Visual Presen. Card 3: ShowWhat You Know & Do It! (giving and following directions; maps)

Persuasive Card 4:Story & Show What YouKnow (listening critcallyto evaluate)

Narrative Lesson Plan 2p. 9-14 (identifying verbs)


(verbs: notes for teachers)

Expository Lesson Plan 12p. 47-51(using vivid verbs)


(action/non-action verbs)

Visual Presen. Lesson Plan4 p. 15-18 (reading andlabeling a map) & Lesson Plan 5 p. 19-22(interpreting maps)

Visual Presen. Card 3:Show What You Know(read a map)

Persuasive Lesson Plan 14p. 63 (social studies–the “best” way...) &

Persuasive Lesson Plan 4p. 16-20(facts vs. feelings)

Narrative Lesson Plan 13p. 69-75 & Expository Card 7 Story(science– animals & theirenvironment: writing anarrative about animals;ocean animals)

Narrative Card 7: Story(social studies–homesaround the world)

Expository Card 3: Story &Do It! (science–weather)

“Captain Bill Pinkney’sJourney”

Genre: Expository Prose

Expository Card 7: “Under the Sea” &

Persuasive Card 3, Side 2: “Tide Tales”(theme connection: marine animals)

Visual Presentation Card 3: “Read a Map”(theme connection: maps)

Visual Presentation Lesson Plan 6p. 23-26 (theme connection: navigating with maps)

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Grammar, Usage,Mechanics (capitalization)

p. 26 (notes for teachers)p. 27 (reference pages)p. 28 (capitalize the word I)p. 30 (capitalize names)


(exclamation mark)

Narrative Lesson Plan 9p. 48-54 (using capitals andend punctuation)

Grammar, Usage, Mechanicsp. 48 (main idea)

Expository Lesson Plan 2 p. 6-9(main idea and details)

Expository Lesson Plan 6 p. 21-23(use a Venn diagram to classify)

Narrative Lesson Plan 8 p. 41-47(question words)

Expository Lesson Plan 7 p. 24-28(write a summary)

Visual Presen. Lesson Plan 8 p. 34(clarifying with illustration)

Student Writer’sNotebook p. 8 (The Writing

Process–types of writing)

Expository Lesson Plan 1p. 2-5 (writing informative sentences)

Expository Lesson Plan 10p. 37-40 (using story webs)

Student Writer’s Notebookp. 51-53 (expository writing; using webs)

Visual Presen. Lesson Plan 10p. 39-42 (writing captions)

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(high-frequency word list)


(contractions)


(contractions word list)

Resource NotebookManagementp. 28-29(using journals)

Visual PresentationLesson Plans 4, 5 p.15-25 (map skills)

Visual Presen. Card 3(read a map) ALSO ON TRANSPARENCY

Narrative Lesson Plan 11p. 61-64 (conducting an interview)


(end punctuation, quota-tion marks, and commas)

Narrative Card 5: Story (quotations) Idea: on the transparancy, showstudents how to usequotes around the wordsof various speakers.

ALSO ON TRANSPARENCY

Narrative Lesson Plan 9p. 51 (telling/asking sentences)

Persuasive Lesson Plan 11p. 52 (question vs. statement)


(parts of speech wordlists)

Expository Lesson Plan 11p. 41-46(using adjectives)

Narrative Lesson Plan 10p. 55-60(adding adjectives)


(conjunctions)

Visual Presen. Card 2:Story & Show What YouKnow (time line) Idea:have students mark thepoints from the time lineon a calendar

Narrative Card 6: Story (science–theme connec-tion: travel into space)

Student Writer’sNotebook p. 45 (friendly

letter form) Idea: have students write a letter to or from Captain Bill during his journey

Visual Presen. Card 1:Story (math–showingnumbers on a bar graph)

Expository Cards 2, 7, 10:Stories (science/art–animals of the world)Idea: use as art back-ground for students’animals of the continents art project

Grammar, Usage,Mechanics p. 13 (poetry)

Idea: have students construct a topic poemabout Captain Bill’s adventures

VOCABULARY LISTENING/SPEAKING/VIEWING



WRITING STUDY &RESEARCH

Persuasive Card 2:Story & Show What YouKnow (listening critcallyto evaluate)

Expository Card 5: Story (sequence) Idea: have students tell how honey ismade in sequence

Visual Presen. Card 3: Do It! (make a map)

GAMESUnit Introduction

“A Game Called Piggle”Genre: Humorous FictionExpository Card 10: “Meet a Panda”

(theme connection: a bear at play)

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Visual Presen. Card 2, Side2: Story(long vowel review)Idea: brainstorm a list of“things in a garden” then sortthem by vowel sounds–long a,e, i, o, u, (spider, rose, bee, . . . )

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“Jafta”Genre: FictionPersuasive Card 4: “The Lion King”

(theme connection: reality vs. fantasy; animals of Africa)

“The Big Team Relay Race”Genre: Humorous FictionVisual Presentation Card 1 Side 1: “Silly

Sack Race” (theme connection: racinggames) and Side 2: Showing Numbers(graphing sports)

“Mary Mack”Genre: Rhyme

“Matthew and Tilly”Genre: Realistic FictionPersuasive Lesson Plan 8 p. 36-39

(theme connection: friendship–WritingAbout the Qualities of a Good Friend)

Unit Wrap-up

Narrative Card 9: Story (doublemeanings) Idea: discuss the variedmeanings of the word “play” andhow they are alike and different

Persuasive Card 3 Side 2: Story (compound words) Idea: definecompound words, ask students toidentify two animals pictured whosenames are compound words, thenchallenge them to think of ten more

Student Writer’s Notebook p. 32(antonym word list)

Student Writer’s Notebook p. 30-31(synonym word lists)

Student Writer’s Notebook p. 33(homophone word list)

Narrative Lesson Plan12 p. 65-68(understanding and developing characters)

Expository Card 5:Title (similes) Idea:have students complete“animal” similesfrom“Jafta” (as fast as as_;as strong as _. . . )

Expository Lesson Plan3 p. 10-13 (plot:understanding beginning, middle,and end)

Grammar, Usage, Mechanics p. 48-50(main idea; sticking to the subject)

Student Writer’s Notebook p. 38-39(main idea: paragraphs)

Expository Lesson Plan 7 p. 24-27(writing a good summary; identifying main idea)

Persuasive Card 5: Story (cause & effect) Idea: discusscause & effect of pollution

Expository Lesson Plan 6p. 21-23 (compare/contrast with a Venn diagram)

Persuasive Lesson Plan 11p. 49-52 (identifying questions)

Expository Lesson Plan 4 p. 14-17(sequencing information)

Persuasive Lesson Plan 2 p. 6-10(sequencing parts of a friendlyletter)

Expository Card 2: Story(short vowel review) Idea: identify animals in the storywhose names contain a shortvowel sound (kitten, chick, cub elephant, hen, puppies . . . )

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Narrative Lesson Plan 1 p. 2-3(introduction to nouns) p. 4-8(identifying/using naming words)

Grammar, Usage, Mechanicsp. 4 (find the nouns)

Narrative Card 8: Story (science–games animals play) Idea: askstudents if real animals need toplay, then have students describehow different pets like to play


LISTENING, SPEAKING,VIEWING

STUDY &RESEARCH SKILLS


WRITING

Persuasive Card 4, Side 2: DoIt! (movement–Who Am I?)Idea: instead of writing riddles,have students act them out bypantomiming the movementsof the animals

Narrative Card 2: Story (dramatization–getting toschool) Idea: have students actout the roles of a bus driverand students, stressing safetyand courtesy

Narrative Card 3: Story (socialstudies– making things)Idea: after reading the story,introduce the word “unique” and challenge students maketheir friendship mural unique

Expository Lesson Plan 12p. 47-51 (using vivid verbs)

Grammar, Usage, Mechanicsp. 15 (verb hunt)

Narrative Lesson Plan 9 p. 51(telling or asking sentences)

Student Writer’s Notebook p. 37(ways to begin a sentence)

Narrative Card 1: Story (pasttense words) Idea: make twocolumns: now and before;identify each verb in the storyand ask students to place it inthe correct column

Grammar, Usage, Mechanicsp. 11 (pronouns)

Narrative Lesson Plan 3p. 15-19 (identifying/using pronouns)

Expository Card 9: Story (listening critically to evaluate) Idea: have students identify statement that are fact and thosethat are opinion

Narrative Lesson Plan 7p. 38 (putting pictures insequence)p. 40 (putting a story in order)

Expository Card 5: Do It! (following directions)

Visual Presen. Lesson Plan 2 p.10(follow directions to make a pet graph)

Visual Presen. Lesson Plan 8 p. 33 (compare visual and written material: matching stories and pictures)

Visual Presen. Card 1, Side 2:Do It! (dramatization: actingout sports)

Expository Card 4: Story (listen-ing for information) Idea: readthe information aloud then havestudents list four ways animalsdo jobs for people

Resource Notebook Managementp. 11-17 (The Writing Process forteachers)

Student Writer’s Notebookp. 2-3 (The Writing Process: overview for students)

Narrative Lesson Plan 6 p. 31-33(brainstorming for topics)

Student Writer’s Notebookp. 4-5 (brainstorming andclustering)

Student Writer’s Notebook p. 40(revising: paragraph checklist)

Grammar, Usage, Mechanicsp. 52-55 (editing, proofreading)

Resource Notebook Managementp. 34-37 (publishing student work)

Visual Presen. Lesson Plan 9 p. 38 (group story) Idea: havestudents work in small groups to write a story about the pictureof their choice

Student Writer’s Notebook p. 41(structure of a good story)

Grammar, Usage, Mechanicsp. 13 (group writing) Idea: usethe directions given, exceptmake it a group writing activityinstead of an individual writingactivity

FOLKTALESUnit Introduction

“The Chase”Persuasive Transparency Card 4:

“The Lion King” (reality vs. fantasy)



LITERARYELEMENTS

DICTATION, VOCABULARY& SPELLING


PHONICS REVIEW

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“The Bossy Gallito”Visual Presentation Card 4, Side 2:

“Good Food Manners” (theme connection: manners)

“Anansi and the Talking Melon”Resource Notebook Management

p. 18, 24 Using Graphic Organizers:Relationship Chart (attributes and relationships of a main character)

“The Three Billy Goats Gruff”Student Writer’s Notebook p. 48

Narrative Writing Web (beginning, middle, end) Idea: have students usethis web to summarize the story

“Little Green Riding Hood”Resource Notebook Management

p. 18, 20 Using Graphic Organizers: VennDiagram (compare/contrast) Idea: havestudents use the diagram to comparethe two versions of the story

Wrap-up

Expository Card 2: Title and Story(long e sound spelled as -y) Idea:have students locate words that endwith -y and categorize them bysound–long e or long a (baby, many,they, copy, play, way, family. . . )

Visual Presen. Card 2: Time Line (timeand order words) Idea: introduce thewords first, second, third, fourth, fifth;ask students “when” questions aboutthe stages of butterfly’s life (Whendoes the caterpillar come out? second)


Persuasive Lesson Plan12 p. 53-56(characterization:writing about a character)

Persuasive Card 2, Side 2: Pictures(reality vs. fantasy) Idea: havestudents compare the goat in thepicture with the goats in the story

Expository Lesson Plan 7 p. 26(identifying main idea)

Grammar, Usage, Mechanicsp. 48 (main idea)

Student Writer’sNotebook p. 41(story elements:structure of a goodstory)

Persuasive Card 4, Side 2: Story (reality vs. fantasy)

Persuasive Card 2: Story & ShowWhat You Know (predicting)

Expository Lesson Plan 4 p. 14-17(sequencing) &

Expository Lesson Plan 7 p. 24,25, 27 (writing a good summary)

Narrative Card 4: Story & Show What You Know (drawing conclusions)


Persuasive Lesson Plan 7 p. 32-34(prefixes)

Student Writer’s Notebook p. 35(common prefixes and suffixes)


Narrative Card 3: Story & Do It(art) Idea: ask students to makesomething related to the story“The Chase”

GRAMMAR, USAGE, & MECHANICS




WRITING

Visual Presen. Lesson Plan 7p. 27-29 (science–research)Idea: challenge students to findout how a spider is differentfrom an insect then make andlabel diagrams of each

Narrative Card 10: Story (socialstudies– folktale travel) Idea: usethe information on this card as aspringboard for finding out moreabout the customs of other cultures

Expository Lesson Plan 11p. 41-46 (using adjectives)

Grammar, Usage, Mechanicsp. 39 (commas in a series: listing items)

Grammar, Usage, Mechanicsp. 9 (plurals: exceptions to the rule)

Narrative Lesson Plan 9 p. 51(telling/asking sentences)

Grammar, Usage, Mechanicsp. 33-36 (types of sentences:punctuation)

Expository Card 4: Story & ShowWhat You Know (listening critically to evaluate) Idea: havestudents offer their opinionsabout using animals to do jobsfor people

Expository Card 6: Story(retelling) Idea: read the storyaloud then have students retellhow the children helped maketheir communities nicer

Visual Presen. Card 3: Map & Lesson Plan 5 p. 19-22 (giving

directions) Idea: have studentsgive directions from school tohome or from the classroom tothe school office

Narrative Card 1: Story (listening for information) Idea:read the information aloud thenhave students list five things todo in Chicago

Resource Notebook Managementp. 19, 26, 27 (using graphic organizers: outline form)

Student Writer’s Notebook p. 55(newsletter outline form)

Grammar, Usage, Mechanicsp. 17-21 (adjectives andadverbs)

Narrative Lesson Plan 10p. 55-60 (descriptive writing)

Expository Lesson Plan 14p. 56-60 (writing sensorydescriptions)

Persuasive Lesson Plan 13 p. 60(description: What’s so goodabout it?)

Narrative Card 9: Story & ShowWhat You Know (dramatization)Idea: have students turn the storyof “Little Green Riding Hood”into a skit

Grammar, Usage, Mechanicsp. 30 (capitalizeproper nouns)

Narrative Lesson Plan 9p. 53-54 (capitalize first wordof a sentence)

Visual Presen. Lesson Plans4, 5, 6 p. 15-26 (reading, labeling, using maps)

KEEP TRYINGUnit Introduction



LITERARYELEMENTS

DICTATION, VOCABULARY& SPELLING


PHONICS ANDFLUENCY

Wrap-up


Narrative Lesson Plan12 p. 65-68(understanding and developing characters)

Expository Lesson Plan 7p. 24-28 (summarizing)

Persuasive Card 5: Story & ShowWhat You Know (cause& effect)

Expository Lesson Plan 5 p. 18-20(comparing & contrasting) &

Lesson Plan 6 p. 21-23 compare/contrast with a Venn diagram)

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“The Little Red Hen”Genre: Folktale

“The Kite”Genre: Fantasy

“The Garden”Genre: FantasyVisual Presen. Card 2, Side 2: “Garden

Animals” (topic extension: garden)

“74th Street”Genre: Poem

“The Way of an Ant”Genre: Folktale

“The Fox and the Grapes”Genre: Fable

“The Hare and the Tortoise”Genre: Fable

Narrative Card 1: Story (short i review)Idea: challenge students to find all the short i words in the story (visit, Chicago, in, big, city, is, it, swim., fish, trip, into)

Persuasive Card 5, Side 2: Story &Pictures (compound words) Idea: askstudents to write the words under the pictures that are compounds, then addthree more of their own.

Narrative Lesson Plan 13 p. 74(drawing conclusions) Idea: havestudents write the conclusion tothe story

Grammar, Usage, Mechanics p. 48-50(main idea; sticking to the subject)

Student Writer’s Notebook p. 38-39(main idea: paragraphs)


Narrative Lesson Plan 7 p. 38 (putting pictures in sequence)p. 40 (putting a story in order)

Expository Lesson Plan3 p. 10-13 (plot:beginning, middle,and end)

Narrative Lesson Plan 13 p. 74(context clues) Idea: have students use context clues to fill in the missingwords and ending punctuation

Expository Lesson Plan 12p. 47-51 (using vivid verbs)


Visual Presen. Card 1: Story(math–graphing sports)





WRITING

Narrative Card 4: Story (listeningfor information) Idea: read theinformation aloud then havestudents list five ways to stayhealthy

Resource Notebook Managementp. 11-17 (The Writing Process forteachers)

Student Writer’s Notebookp. 2-3 (The Writing Process)

Grammar, Usage, Mechanicsp. 34-36 (end punctuation–period, question mark, exclamation point)

Resource Notebook Managementp. 28-29 (journaling)

Visual Presen. Card 4: Story(compare visual and writtenmaterial)

Narrative Lesson Plan 1p. 2-3 (introduction to nouns)

Expository Card 9: Story (successstory) Idea: use as a springboardfor students to write their ownsuccess story about a hero

Narrative Card 6: Story (successstory) Idea: use as a springboardfor students to write a storyabout how they would like tosucceed in the future

Expository Card 6: Story (successstory) Idea: use as a springboardfor students to write about atime they successfully helpedsomeone

Persuasive Card 1: Story (successstory) Idea: use as a springboardfor students to write about a timethey successfully persuadedsomeone

Narrative Card 5: Story & Do It! (dramatization) Idea: have students pantomimecity workers

Narrative Card 7: Story & ShowWhat You Know (listening attentively to appreciate)

Resource Notebook Managementp. 13 (peer response sheet forwriting)

Student Writer’s Notebook p. 9(The Writing Process: response)

Grammar, Usage, Mechanicsp. 39 (commas in a series: listing items)

Persuasive Card 2,Side 2:(quotations) Idea: have studentschoose one picture and writewhat each animal & personcould be saying

Expository Card 6 Story (pasttense words) Idea: make twocolumns: now and before; ask students to place it in thecorrect column

Visual Presen. Lesson Plan 4p. 15-18 (reading/labeling a map)

Visual Presen. Card 3: Map & ShowWhat You Know (read a map)

Narrative Lesson Plan 11 p. 64(social studies–interviewing)

Expository Card 6 Story & ShowWhat You Know (science–caringfor plants)

Student Writer’s Notebook p. 7& Expository Lesson Plan 6p. 21-23 (compare/contrast characters with a Venn diagram)

BEING AFRAIDUnit Introduction



STUDY ANDRESEARCH

DICTATION& SPELLING


PHONICS

Unit Wrap-up Student Writer’s Notebookp. 25 (high-frequency word list)

Persuasive Lesson Plan 9p. 40-44 (parts of a book:table of contents

Persuasive Card 2: Story & ShowWhat You Know (predicting)

Expository Card 1: Story &Show What You Know #s 2, 3(drawing conclusions)

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“My Brother Is Afraid ofJust About Everything”

Genre: Realistic Fiction

“Goblin Story”Genre: Fantasy

“Something Is There”Genre: Poetry

“Strange Bumps”Genre: Fantasy

“Little Miss Muffet”Genre: Nursery Rhyme

“Clyde Monster”Genre: Fantasy

“The Cat and the Mice”Genre: Fable

Visual Presen. Card 4: Story(classifying/ categorizing) Idea:let students plan a nutritious lunchwith foods from each food group

Expository Card 2: Story & Do It! (making connections)

Persuasive Card 4, Side 2: Story (compare and contrast)

Narrative Card 8: Story & Do It (summarizing)

Expository Lesson Plan 7 p. 24,25, 27 (writing a good summary)

Persuasive Card 4, Side 2: Story& Show What You Know(summarizing, drawing conclusions)

Grammar, Usage, Mechanicsp. 9 (plurals; changing y to iand adding -es)

Grammar, Usage, Mechanicsp. 32, 40 (contractions)

Student Writer’s Notebookp. 34 (contractions word list)


Grammar, Usage, Mechanics p. 53-55 &

Student Writer’s Notebook p.10 (revising)

Visual Presen. Lesson Plan 8p. 31, 32, 34 (art–illustratea story)



LITERARYELEMENTS


WRITING

Expository Card 3: Story(setting) Idea: have students describe settingsusing weather words


(Traits of Good Writing;Writing Criteria)

Expository Lesson Plan 2 p. 6-9 & Grammar, Usage, Mechanics p. 50(drafting;developing topic)

Student Writer’sNotebook p. 41 (the

structure of a good story)

VOCABULARY

Narrative Lesson Plan 12p. 65-68 (understandingand developing characters)

Expository Card 5: Title(similes) Idea: studentsuse similes to describescary things (as big as...)

Persuasive Lesson Plan 10p. 45-48(plot: beginning, middle, and end)

Resource Notebook Management

p. 11-17 (The WritingProcess for teachers)


(editing/proofreading)

Student Writer’s Notebook p. 11-12

(editing/proofreading)

Student Writer’s Notebook p. 13

(publishing)


(regular & irregularplurals)





Expository Lesson Plan 12 p. 47-51(using vivid verbs)

Grammar, Usage, Mechanicsp. 33-36 (types of sentences:punctuation)

Expository Lesson Plan 11p. 41-46 (using adjectives)


(end punctuation: quotation marks)

Expository Lesson Plan 13p. 52-55 (sentence structure: writing super sentences)

Narrative Lesson Plan 5p. 26-30 (sentence structure: writing simple sentences)

Narrative Lesson Plan 3p. 15-19 & Grammar,Usage, Mechanics p. 10-11(identifying & using pronouns)

Expository Card 3: Story &Show What You Know (listening for information)Idea: have students listenthen answer questions orally

Visual Presen. Card 3: Story& Do It! (events insequence)

Expository Card 4: Story,Show What You Know &Do It! (listening to appreciate)

Narrative Card 9: Story &Show What You Know(dramatizations)

Visual Presen. Card 2: Story(retelling stories) Idea: have students retell the story ofthe stages of a butterfly’s life

Narrative Card 1: Story &Show What You Know #2, 3(listening critically to evaluate)

Visual Presen. Card 2,Side 2: Story (science–garden animals: spidersand insects)

HOMESIntroduction



STUDY ANDRESEARCH

DICTATION& SPELLING


PHONICS

Unit Wrap-up

Persuasive Card 5: Story &Show What You Know (summarizing) & Side 2:(categorizing: recyclables)

“Homes Around the World”Genre: Pictorial Essay Narrative Card 7: “Where Do You Live?”

(theme connection: homes around the world)

“Building a House”Genre: Informational TextExpository Card 8: “Homes From Clay”

(theme connection: types of homes)

“The Three Little Pigs”Genre: Folktale

“Animal Homes”Genre: Informational TextExpository Card 7: “Under the Sea”

(theme connection: animal homes)

“Make a Home”Genre: Explaining a ProcessVisual Presen. Card 2: “A Butterfly’s Life”

(genre connection: explaining a process)

“Home for a Bunny”Genre: Fantasy

“The Rabbit Warren”Genre: Pictorial Essay Persuasive Card 3, Side 2: “Tide Tales”

(theme connection: animal habitats)

“Is This a House for Hermit Crab?”Genre: Informational TextPersuasive Card 3: “A Letter to the White

House” (theme connection: habitats)

Visual Presen. LessonPlans 4, 5, 6 p. 15-26(reading, labeling &using maps)

Narrative Card 5: Story (classifying) Idea: have studentslist jobs and classify them as providing a product or service

Persuasive Card 4, Side 2: Story (reality vs. fantasy)

Grammar, Usage, Mechanicsp. 35 (asking questions) &p. 48-50 (main idea; sticking tothe subject)

Expository Lesson Plan 6 p. 21-23& Student Writer’s Notebookp. 7 (compare/contrast using Venn diagrams)

Expository Lesson Plan 7p. 24, 25, 27(writing a good summary)

Narrative Lesson Plan 7p. 38 (putting pictures insequence)p. 40 (putting a story in order)

Grammar, Usage, Mechanicsp. 18 (using adjectives to clarify)

Grammar, Usage, Mechanicsp. 8-9 (plurals)

Narrative Lesson Plan 11p. 64 (interviewing)

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Narrative Card 7: Story &Show What You Know(social studies– neighborhoods)



LITERARYELEMENTS


WRITING

Expository Card 3:Pictures (captions) Idea:have students write theirown captions for the pictures


(The Writing Process)

Visual Presen. Lesson Plans1-2 p. 2-10 (math–makingand using graphs)

Student Writer’s Notebook p. 8

(the basic types of writ-ing: practical and

VOCABULARY

Resource NotebookManagement p. 35-37

(publish: simple bookbindery)

Visual Presen. LessonPlan 10 p. 39-42(writing captions for pictures and illustrations)

Persuasive Card 2,Side 2: Do It! (dialogue)

Visual Presen. Card 2,Side 2: Do It! (following instructionsto make a project)

Narrative Card 7: Story(settings) Idea: classifythe setting of eachhome as city or country






(homophones word list)

Expository Card 6: Story(days of the week) Idea:have students make acalendar like the oneshown.

Expository Card 10: Title(homophones) Idea: writemeet/meat on a chart andask student to find moreexamples

Expository Card 5,Side 2: Do It! (writing directions)

Expository Card 8, Side 2: Do It! (writing about homes)

Narrative Card 7: ShowWhat You Know (writing about homes)


(revising: paragraphchecklist)


(editing, proofreading)

Expository Card 1: Story &Show What You Know (listening for information)

Visual Presen. Card 5, Side 2:Story & Do It! (followinginstructions)

Persuasive Card 1: Story &Show What You Know (listening to solve problems)Idea: discuss the problem andpossible solutions

Narrative Card 9: Story(retelling events in a sequence)Idea: have students use first,then, next, and last in theirdescriptions

Visual Presen. Card 3, Side 2:Story & Do It (following instructions)

Grammar, Usage, Mechanicsp. 32, 40 (contractions)

Student Writer’s Notebookp. 34 (contractions word list)

Expository Lesson Plan 13p. 52-55 (sentence structure: writing super sentences)

Narrative Lesson Plan 5p. 26-30 (sentence structure: writing simple sentences)

Narrative Card 9: Story & DoIt! (drama–stories into plays)Idea: have students drama-tize “Home for a Bunny” or“The Three Pigs”

Narrative Card 8: Story,Show What You Know &Do It! (social studies–homes for pets)

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