Unit Theme:
|Unit Theme: 4 |Week 1 |
|Working Together |Value of Friendship |
Theme
Connection
(The Big Idea)
|Friends of diverse backgrounds can help each other adapt to new surroundings and difficult situations. |Ants are unique in that they must work together to get food, build homes, and raise their young. |Local Californians work together to make their communities better places to live. |People come together during times of need to help each other. |Sometimes we form the best teams with those closest to us – our families. |Monday –
Show What You Know review
pgs. 552-537 | |Spelling
Phonics |Morphology
Inflectional Endings |Morphology
Inflectional Endings:
Changing y to i |Words with
/u/, /u/, and /u/ |Diphthongs
/oi/ and /ou/ |Variant vowel
/o/ |Tuesday and Wednesday –Summary Writing | |Comprehension
Strategy
Skill |Make Inferences and Analyze
Theme |Analyze Text Structure
Description |Evaluate
Fact and Opinion |Visualize
Draw Conclusions |Monitor Comprehension
Author’s Perspective |Thursday –
Computer Skills
| |Fluency |Intonation and Expression |Pacing |Accuracy |Expression |Pacing |Friday –
Grey test book
Unit Four test | |Grammar/
Mechanics |Pronouns and Antecedents
Pronoun Capitalization and Clarity |Types of Pronouns
Using Subject and Object Pronouns |Pronoun-Verb Agreement
Parentheses |Possessive Pronouns
Possessive Nouns and Pronouns |Pronouns and Homophones
Contractions and Possessives | | |Genre |Fantasy -
A story about characters and settings that could not exist in real life. |Informational Nonfiction –
Detailed compositions that explain something by presenting facts about it. |Nonfiction Article-
In a newspaper or magazine, tells facts about a person, place, or event. |Historical Fiction –
Tells a story in which fictional characters take part in actual historical events. |Narrative Nonfiction –
A story or an account of actual persons, living things, situations, or events. | | |Title
Author |The Cricket in Times Square
George Seldon |The Life and Times of the Ant
Charles Micucci |Writing on the Wall
various |The Earth Dragon Awakes
Laurence Yep |My Brothers’ Flying Machine
Jane Yolen | | |Vocabulary |eavesdropping, acquaintance, jumble, scornfully, logical, route |investigates, solitary, territory, communication, nutrients, prehistoric |community, linked, restore, calculates, donors |trembles, debris, rescuers, shifts, collapsed, area |Unstable, applauded, headlines, hoisting, assured, assembled | | |Vocabulary Strategy |Context Clues
Paragraph Clues |Greek Roots |Word Origins |Multiple-Meaning Words |Suffixes | | |Writing |Dialogue |Dialogue
|Summaries |Formatting Dialogue |Formatting Dialogue | | |Weekly Skills Tested |Vocab- Context Clues
Paragraph Clues
Read- Theme
Gram- Pronouns and Antecedents
Dialogue
Spell- Inflectional Endings |Vocab- Greek Roots
Read- Description
Gram- Types of Pronouns
Dialogue
Spell- Changing y to i |Vocab- Word Origins
Read- Fact and Opinion
Gram- Pronoun-Verb Agreement
Summaries
Spell- Words with
/u/, /u/, and /u/ |Vocab- Mulitple-Meaning Words
Read- Draw Conclusions
Gram- Possessive Pronouns
Formatting Dialogue
Spell- Diphthongs
/oi/ and /ou/ |Vocab- Suffixes
Read- Author’s Perspective
Gram- Pronouns and Homophones
Formatting Dialogue
Spell- Variant vowel
/o/ | | |
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