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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