Unit 6-Week 1 Day 1

Theme Question: How are living things connected?• What roles do the parts of an

ecosystem play? (Wk 1)• Why do living things need each other?

(Wk 2)• What happens when there are changes

to an ecosystem? (Wk 3)• How do people play a part in ecosystems? (Wk 4)

Theme Vocabulary

Theme vocabulary ecosysteminterdepencesurvive

Living or Non Living Things?

Living or Non Living Things

birds dirt

trees water

flowers sun

insects air

ReadingPreview and Predict

pp. 320-325

PurposeFind answers to the Theme

Question.Set your own purpose.

VCCV patterndouble consonant WITHOUT double consonant

collect lumber

attend plastic

traffic seldom

Unit 6-Week 1 Day 2

Theme Question: How are living things connected?• What roles do the parts of an

ecosystem play? (Wk 1)• Why do living things need each other?

(Wk 2)• What happens when there are changes

to an ecosystem? (Wk 3)• How do people play a part in ecosystems? (Wk 4)

ecosystem

Theme Vocabulary

ecosysteminterdependencesurvive

Making Inferencespage

#What I Read What I Know Inferences

p. 320 My own yard is an ecosystem.

Trees and grass are outside my door.

Trees and grass are in the ecosystem.

p. 321

Make Inferences

ReadingPreview and Predict

(pp. 326-331): Balance in the Wild

PurposeFind answers to the Theme

Question.Set your own purpose.

Unit 6-Week 1, Day 3

What is the Theme Question?

Name the three theme vocabulary words and their meanings?

Connotation and DenotationPage # Connotation

* Is the feeling a word might give you.

Denotation*The actual meaning of the word.

p. 320 communities –positive showing people getting along and working together.

communities –the people living in a certain place or the area itself.

Categorize and ClassifyHow can I sort the ecosystems into groups?

Page # Water ecosystems Land ecosystems

pp. 320-321

ReadingReread

Pp. 320-331

PurposeFocus on how text features provide

important information about the text and help them answer the Theme Question.

Word StudyGreek and Latin Roots

bio- life -ology: the science of; the study ofbi- two -cycle: ring; circleact- active

1. If bio- means “life”, what does biology mean?

2. If bi- means “two”, what does bicycle mean?

Week 1, Day 4What is the Theme Question?

Name the three theme vocabulary words and their meanings.What’s the first word that comes

to mind when you hear each word?

Theme Vocabulary How do you think the living and

nonliving things around us are connected? Use the following words to answer the question:

Food chain living thing Food web nonliving thing Producer interdependence Survive habitat

Reading

Rereadpp. 322-329

PurposeFind text evidence to answer

the Theme Question.

p.322

p.326

p.329

How are living things connected?

Word StudyGreek and Latin RootsRoot Meaning New Word Meaning

-ology the science of; the study of

bio- life biology (study of life)

cardio- heart cardiology (study of heart)

-cycle ring; circle

uni- one, single unicycle (one-wheeled vehicle)