Weekly Words: Week #1
Leveled Readers
Below-Level
Florida Everglades
On-Level
Something to Do
Advanced
The Story of Libraries
Skill Focus Sequence
Author’s Purpose
Summarize Cause/Effect
Word Work Short Vowel VCCV Suffix Review
Word Structure
Grammar Declarative & Interrogative Sent Idiom
Writing Workshop Writer’s Craft:
Voice/Tone
Writing Trait:
Word Choice
Genre:
Memoir
Story Genre Realistic Fiction
Spelling Words: Unit # 1
1. admire 2. magnet 3. contest 4. method
5. custom 6. rally 7. soccer 8. engine
9. sudden 10. finger 11. accident 12. mitten
13. intend 14. fabric 15. flatten 16. rascal
17. gutter 18. mammal 19. happen 20. cannon
Challenge Spelling
1. dungeon 2. magnify 3. festival 4. thunderstorm
5. injury 6.
Reading Vocabulary: Because of Winn-Dixie Unit 1-1
1. grand 2. memorial 3. peculiar 4. positive
5. prideful 6. recalls 7. selecting 8. consisted
9. friendless 10. den 11. keen 12. prey
Weekly Words: Week #2
Leveled Readers
Below-Level
The Long Trip West
On-Level
Lewis and Clark
Advanced
Two Great Rivers
Skill Focus Author's Purpose Answering ?'s Word Structure
Word Work Long a & i eigh, ai, ay ight
Grammar Imperative & Exclamatory Sentences
Writing Workshop Writer’s Craft:
Transitions
Writing Trait:
Sentences
Genre:
Journal Entry
Story Genre Historical fantasy
Spelling Words: Unit # 2
1. sigh 2. right 3. weigh 4. eight
5. detail 6. height 7. spray 8. braid
9. bait 10. grain 11. slight 12. thigh
13. tight 14. raisin 15. trait 16. highway
17. frighten 18. dismay 19. sleigh 20. freight
Challenge Spelling
1. eighteen 2. mayonnaise 3. campaign 4. daylight
5. twilight
Reading Vocabulary: Lewis and Clark and Me Unit 1-2
1. docks 2. migrating 3. scan 4. scent
5. wharf 6. yearned 7. consulted 8. leisurely
9. mutual 10. scout 11. interpreted 12. scout
Weekly Words: Week #3
Spelling Words: Unit # 3
1. sweet 2. each 3. three 4. least
5. freedom 6. below 7. throat 8. float
9. foam 10. flown 11. greet 12. season
13. croak 14. shallow 15. eagle 16. indeed
17. rainbow 18. grown 19. seaweed 20. hollow
Challenge Words
1. Halloween 2. speedometer 3. underneath 4. seacoast
5. cocoa 6. 7. 8.
9. 10. 11. 12.
13. 14. 15. 16.
17. 18. 19. 20.
Reading Vocabulary: Grandfather's Journey Unit 1-3
1. amazed 2. bewildered 3. homeland 4. longed
5. sculptures 6. still 7. towering 8. seacoast
9. steamship 10. coast 11. lush 12. route
Leveled Readers
Below-Level
Grandpa's Scrapbook
On-Level
Childhood in Pre-
War Japan
Advanced
Innocent Prisoners!
Skill Focus Sequence Graphic Organizers Dictionary/Glossary
Word Work Long e & o ee, ea ow, oa
Grammar Subjects & Predicates Main idea/Theme
Writing Workshop Writer’s Craft:
Sequence
Writing Trait:
Voice
Genre:
Postcard
Story Genre Historical Fiction
Weekly Words: Week #4
Spelling Words: Unit # 4
1. prairie 2. calorie 3. honey 4. valley
5. money 6. finally 7. movie 8. country
9. empty 10. city 11. rookie 12. hockey
13. collie 14. breezy 15. jury 16. balcony
17. steady 18. alley 19. trolley 20. misty
Challenge Words
1. frequency 2. parsley 3. journey 4. chimney
5. attorney
Reading Vocabulary: The Horned Toad Prince Unit 1-4
1. bargained 2. favor 3. lassoed 4. offended
5. prairie 6. riverbed 7. shrieked 8. sassy
9. suspiciously 10. twang 11. corral 12. frontier rodeo
Leveled Readers
Below-Level
Flash Flood
On-Level
From Spain to
America
Advanced
The Dine
Skill Focus Author's Purpose Story Structure Context Clues
Word Work Long e ie, ey, y, Synonyms
Grammar Compound
Sentences
Dialect
Writing Workshop Writer’s Craft:
Know You
Purpose
Writing Trait:
Focus/Ideas
Genre:
E-mail Invitation
Story Genre Modern Fairy Tales
Weekly Words: Week #5
Spelling Words: Unit # 5
1. usual 2. huge 3. flute 4. mood
5. smooth 6. threw 7. afternoon 8. scooter
9. juice 10. cruise 11. truth 12. bruise
13. cruel 14. excuse 15. pupil 16. groove
17. confuse 18. humor 19. duty 20. curfew
Challenge Words
1. influence 2. aluminum 3. nutrition 4. accumulate
5. igloo
Reading Vocabulary: Letters Home from Yosemite Unit 1-5
1. glacier 2. impressive 3. naturalist 4. preserve
5. slopes 6. species 7. wilderness 8. altitudes
9. formations 10. reservoir 11. gulf stream 12. redwood
Leveled Readers
Below-Level
This Land is Our Land
On-Level
The Amazing
Geography of the West
Advanced
John Muir: A Man of
the Wilderness
Skill Focus Main Idea Graphic Organizer Word Structure
Word Work Long u ui, ew, u-e, oo Suffixes
Grammar Clauses & Complex Sent Point of View
Writing Workshop Writer’s Craft:
Style
Writing Trait:
Conventions
Genre:
Narrative Writing
Story Genre Narrative Nonfiction
Weekly Words: Week #6
Spelling Words: Unit # 6
1. monkeys 2. friends 3. plays 4. supplies
5. taxes 6. holidays 7. months 8. companies
9. costumes 10. sandwiches 11. hobbies 12. daisies
13. delays 14. scratches 15. countries 16. teammates
17. memories 18. bunches 19. batteries 20. donkeys
Challenge Words
1. eyelashes 2. ambulances 3. trophies 4. secretaries
5. inventions
Reading Vocabulary: What Jo Did Unit 2 -1
1. fouled 2. hoop 3. jersey 4. marveled
5. rim 6. speechless 7. swatted 8. unbelievable
9. backboard 10. dribbling 11. dunk 12. accept
13. learn 14. nervous
Leveled Readers
Below-Level
Cheers for Cheetah
On-Level
Fabulous Female
Athletes
Advanced
Equality in American
Schools
Skill Focus Prior Knowledge Cause & Effect Word Structure
Word Work Plurals s, es, ies, ys Word Structure
Grammar Common & Proper Nouns
Writing Workshop Writer’s Craft:
Figurative Lang.
Writing Trait:
Word Choice
Genre:
Poem
Story Genre Fiction
Weekly Words: Week #7
Spelling Words: Unit # 7
1. videos 2. teeth 3. potatoes 4. themselves
5. lives 6. leaves 7. cliffs 8. roofs
9. halves 10. moose 11. radios 12. sheep
13. cuffs 14. beliefs 15. patios 16. banjos
17. tornadoes 18. tomatoes 19. hoofs 20. loaves
Challenge Words
1. portfolio 2. embargoes 3. handkerchiefs 4. calves
5. lassoes
Reading Vocabulary: Coyote School News Unit 2-2
1. bawling 2. coyote 3. dudes 4. roundup
5. spurs 6. convince 7. mesquite 8. promoted
9. convince 10. energetic 11. offers 12.
Leveled Readers
Below-Level
Home on the Range
On-Level
On a Ranch
Advanced
The Life of Cesar
Chavez
Skill Focus Prior Knowledge Drawing
Conclusions
Dictionary/
Glossary
Word Work Plurals (-s & -es) f - ves
Grammar Regular Plural Nouns
Writing Workshop Writer’s Craft:
Include
Necessary Info.
Writing Trait:
Focus/Ideas
Genre:
News Story
Story Genre Historical Fiction
Weekly Words: Week #8
Spelling Words: Unit # 8
1. morning 2. forest 3. garbage 4. form
5. alarm 6. corner 7. story 8. argue
9. backyard 10. start 11. partner 12. storm
13. Florida 14. apartment 15. sport 16. force
17. forward 18. sharp 19. garden 20. Arkansas
Challenge Words
1. departure 2. margarine 3. informative 4. snorkel
5. carnation
Reading Vocabulary: Grace and the Time Machine Unit 2-3
1. aboard 2. atlas 3. awkward 4. capable
5. chant 6. mechanical 7. miracle 8. reseats
9. vehicle 10. contraption 11. pantomime 12. excursion
13. invention 14. research
Leveled Readers
Below-Level
A World Tour of
Culture
On-Level
To Market
To Market
Advanced
Geography Shapes
Our World
Skill Focus Answer ?'s Draw Conclusions Word Structure
Word Work ar, er, & or Word Structure
Grammar Irregular Plurals
Writing Workshop Writer’s Craft:
Visual Details
Writing Trait:
Organization/
Paragraphs
Genre:
Play Scence
Story Genre Play
Weekly Words: Week #9
Spelling Words: Unit # 9
1. Thanksgiving 2. among 3. think 4. blank
5. graph 6. young 7. wheel 8. nephew
9. belong 10. whiskers 11. whisper 12. elephant
13. white 14. shrink 15. wharf 16. trunk
17. strong 18. blink 19. chunk 20. skunk
Challenge Words
1. strengthen 2. bankrupt 3. phantom 4. whimsical
5. whatever
Reading Vocabulary: Marven of the Great North Woods Unit 2-4
1. cord 2. dismay 3. grizzly 4. immense
5. payroll 6. lumberjack 7. silhouettes 8. business
9. trustworthy 10. team 11. resourceful 12.
Leveled Readers
Below-Level
Lumberjacks
On-Level
After School
Excitement
Advanced
Danger Children at
Work
Skill Focus Fact & Opinion Monitor & Fix ups
Word Work ng, nk, ph, wh Consonant Blend
pairs or digraphs
Dictionary
Glossary
Grammar Singular Possessive Nouns
Writing Workshop Writer’s Craft:
Time Order Words
Writing Trait:
Focus/Ideas
Genre:
Job Description
Story Genre Biography
Weekly Words: Week #10
Spelling Words: Unit # 10
1. return 2. courage 3. surface 4. purpose
5. first 6. turkey 7. heard 8. early
9. turtle 10. birthday 11. journal 12. courtesy
13. nourish 14. purse 15. furniture 16. search
17. curtain 18. burrow 19. hamburger 20. survey
Challenge Words
1. turquoise 2. absurd 3. furthermore 4. flourish
5. nourishment
Reading Vocabulary: So You Want To Be President? Unit 2-5
1. Constitution 2. howling 3. humble 4. politics
5. responsibility 6. solemnly 7. vain 8. execute
9. oath 10. priority 11. capital 12. capitol
13. clerks
Leveled Readers
Below-Level
The Trip to the Capitol
On-Level
Meet the US Gov.
Advanced
The Power of Our
People
Skill Focus Main Idea Summarize
Word Work R controlled Dictionary
Glossary
Grammar Plural Possessive Nouns
Writing Workshop Writer’s Craft:
Writing Good Para
Writing Trait:
Organ/ Paragr.
Genre:
Explanation
Story Genre Expository Nonfiction
Weekly Words: Week #11
Spelling Words: Unit # 11
1. watched 2. watching 3. danced 4. dancing
5. studied 6. studying 7. stopped 8. stopping
9. dried 10. drying 11. happened 12. happening
13. noticed 14. noticing 15. robbed 16. robbing
17. slipped 18. slipping 19. hurried 20. hurrying
Challenge Words
1. answered 2. answering 3. magnified 4. magnifying
5. interfered 6. interfering
Reading Vocabulary: The Stranger Unit 3-1
1. draft 2. etched 3. fascinating 4. frost
5. parlor 6. terror 7. timid 8.
9. hermit 10. hypnotized 11. 12.
Leveled Readers
Below-Level
Sensational Seasons
On-Level
The Maple Tree
Advanced
Tracking Our Class
Garden
Skill Focus Cause & Effect Ask ?’s Compare &
Contrast
Word Work Adding -ed & -ing Context Clues
Grammar Action & Linking Verbs
Writing Workshop Writer’s Craft:
Powerful Verbs
Writing Trait:
Voice
Genre:
Description
Story Genre Fantasy
Weekly Words: Week #12
Spelling Words: Unit # 12
1. piece 2. peace 3. break 4. brake
5. threw 6. through 7. by 8. bye
9. beat 10. beet 11. thrown 12. throne
13. aloud 14. allowed 15. past 16. passed
17. weight 18. wait 19. there 20. their
Challenge Words
1. principal 2. principle 3. symbol 4. cymbal
5. stationary 6. stationery
Reading Vocabulary: Adelina's Whales Unit 3-2
1. biologist 2. bluff 3. lagoon 4. massive
5. rumbling 6. tropical 7. encounter 8. exhaling
9. 10. 11. 12.
Leveled Readers
Below-Level
Gray
Whales
On-Level
Marvelous Migr.
Advanced
Birds of Flight
Skill Focus Graphic Org. Fact & Opinion Generalization
Word Work Homophones Context Clues
Grammar Main & Helping Verbs
Writing Workshop Writer’s Craft:
Choosing Details
Writing Trait:
Sentences
Genre:
Friendly Letter
Story Genre Photo Essay
Weekly Words: Week #13
Spelling Words: Unit # 13
1. however 2. mountain 3. mound 4. scout
5. shout 6. couch 7. towel 8. ounce
9. coward 10. outdoors 11. flowerpot 12. scowl
13. browse 14. announce 15. hound 16. trout
17. drowsy 18. grouch 19. eyebrow 20. boundary
Challenge Words
1. cauliflower 2. foundation 3. surround 4. allowance
5. counselor
Reading Vocabulary: How Night Came for the Sea: A Story from Brazil Unit 3-3
1. brilliant 2. chorus 3. coward 4. gleamed
5. shimmering 6. dwells 7. reigns 8. creature
9. darkness 10. prowl 11. 12.
Leveled Readers
Below-Level
Day For Night
On-Level
Darkness into Light
Advanced
Orbiting the Sun
Skill Focus Generalize V isualize Cause & Effect
Word Work ou & ow words Context Clues
Grammar Subject-Verb Agreement
Writing Workshop Writer’s Craft:
Similes &
Metaphors
Writing Trait:
Word Choice
Genre:
Comparisons
Story Genre Pourquoi Tale
Weekly Words: Week #14
Spelling Words: Unit # 14
1. watermelon 2. homemade 3. understand 4. sometimes
5. shoelace 6. highway 7. upstairs 8. thunderstorm
9. shortcut 10. doorbell 11. jellyfish 12. touchdown
13. campfire 14. skateboard 15. anyway 16. fireworks
17. haircut 18. loudspeaker 19. laptop 20. flashlight
Challenge Words
1. materpiece 2. stomachache 3. cliffhanger 4. sweatshirt
5. afterthought
Reading Vocabulary: Eye of the Storm Unit 3-4
1. destruction 2. expected 3. forecasts 4. inland
5. shatter 6. surge 7. potential 8. withstand
9. wreckage 10. ditch 11. shelter 12. unpredictable
Leveled Readers
Below-Level
The Summer of
Hurricane Andrew
On-Level
Stormy Weather
Advanced
Wild West
Skill Focus Graphic Org. Predict
Word Work Compound
Words
Word Structure
Grammar Past, Present, & Future Tense
Writing Workshop Writer’s Craft:
Organization
Writing Trait:
Organ./ Paragr.
Genre:
Probl/Solution
Story Genre Expository Nonfiction
Weekly Words: Week #15
Spelling Words: Unit # 15
1. its 2. ours 3. mine 4. yours
5. family's 6. families' 7. man's 8. men’s
9. girl's 10. girls' 11. hers 12. theirs
13. brother's 14. brothers' 15. teacher's 16. teachers'
17. aunt's 18. aunts' 19. boy's 20. boys'
Challenge Words
1. country's 2. countries' 3. witness's 4. witnesses'
5. laboratory's 6. laboratories'
Reading Vocabulary: The Great Kapok Tree Unit 3-5
1. canopy 2. dangle 3. dappled 4. fragrant
5. pollen 6. pollinate 7. slithered 8. wondrous
9. gash 10. lulled 11. landmarks 12. mountain
13. wilderness
Leveled Readers
Below-Level
Tropical Rain Forests
& You
On-Level
Our Disappearing
Rain Forest
Advanced
Price Pipe Line
Skill Focus Generalize Story Structure
Word Work Possessives Word Structure
Grammar Irregular Verbs
Writing Workshop Writer’s Craft:
Dialogue
Writing Trait:
Conventions
Genre:
Fantasy
Story Genre Fantasy
Weekly Words: Week #16
Spelling Words: Unit # 16
1. don't 2. won't 3. wouldn't 4. there's
5. we're 6. you're 7. doesn't 8. I've
9. here's 10. wasn't 11. shouldn't 12. couldn't
13. where's 14. hadn't 15. aren't 16. they're
17. it's 18. we've 19. when's 20. haven't
Challenge Words
1. it'll 2. who'll 3. might've 4. mustn't
5. we'd
Reading Vocabulary: The Houdini Box Unit 4-1
1. appeared 2. bustling 3. crumbled 4. escape
5. magician 6. monument 7. vanished 8. engraved
9. unexpected 10. invisible 11. pretending 12. judge
Leveled Readers
Below-Level
Harry Houdini: The
Man & His Magic
On-Level
Tricks to Doing
Magic
Advanced
Tricking the Eye
Skill Focus Compare &
Contrast
Predict
Word Work Contractions Context Clues
Grammar Singular & Plural Pronouns
Writing Workshop Writer’s Craft:
Good Beginnings
Writing Trait:
Sentences
Genre:
Story About a
Discovery
Story Genre Historical Fiction
Weekly Words: Week #17
Spelling Words: Unit # 17
1. chicken 2. eleven 3. given 4. jungle
5. national 6. several 7. natural 8. needle
9. single 10. citizen 11. threaten 12. diagonal
13. paddle 14. animal 15. spiral 16. marble
17. oval 18. mumble 19. tangle 20. frighten
Challenge Words
1. stengthen 2. knuckle 3. individual 4. cubicle
5. three-dimensional
Reading Vocabulary: Ecantado: Pink Dolphin of the Amazon Unit 4-2
1. aquarium 2. dolphins 3. enchanted 4. flexible
5. glimpses 6. pulses 7. surface 8. destination
9. submerge 10. teem 11. agility 12. endowed
13. relationship
Leveled Readers
Below-Level
Dolphins
On-Level
Swimming
w/Dolphins
Advanced
Echolocation
Skill Focus Compare &
Contast
Visualize
Word Work Schwa –le, al,
en
Context Clues
Grammar Subjective & Objective Pronouns
Writing Workshop Writer’s Craft:
Sensory Details
Writing Trait:
Focus/Ideas
Genre:
Travel Brochure
Story Genre Expository Nonfiction
Weekly Words: Week #18
Spelling Words: Unit # 18
1. brother 2. together 3. dinner 4. popular
5. center 6. calendar 7. similar 8. regular
9. summer 10. clever 11. supper 12. pitcher
13. filter 14. hangar 15. never 16. shelter
17. cellar 18. caterpillar 19. theater 20. deliver
Challenge Words
1. character 2. singular 3. receiver 4. spectacular
5. binocular
Reading Vocabulary: The King in the Kitchen Unit 4-3
1. duke 2. dungeon 3. furiously 4. genius
5. majesty 6. noble 7. peasant 8. porridge
9. exiled 10. interior 11. treasury 12. adventure
13. concentrate 14. secret
Leveled Readers
Below-Level
Inventing Oatmeal
On-Level
The Amazing
Incredible Idea Kit
Advanced
Alexander Graham
Bell
Skill Focus Character/Setting Monitor & Fix Up
Word Work er, ar Dictionary/Glossary
Grammar Pronouns & Antecedents
Writing Workshop Writer’s Craft:
Elaborate
Writing Trait:
Voice
Genre:
Business Letter
Story Genre Play
Weekly Words: Week #19
Spelling Words: Unit # 19
1. village 2. except 3. explain 4. quick
5. charge 6. bridge 7. knowledge 8. question
9. equal 10. queen 11. excited 12. expect
13. Texas 14. fudge 15. excellent 16. exercise
17. quart 18. liquid 19. quilt 20. expert
Challenge Words
1. expedition 2. aquarium 3. inquire 4. frequent
5. advantage
Reading Vocabulary: Seeker of Knowledge Unit 4-4
1. ancient 2. link 3. scholars 4. seeker
5. temple 6. translate 7. triumph 8. uncover
9. decipher 10. hieroglyphs 11. spellbound 12. converse
13. scholar 14. symbol
Leveled Readers
Below-Level
The Rosetta Stone
On-Level
Cracking the
German Code
Advanced
The Code Talker
Skill Focus Graphic Org. Ask ?’s
Word Work Consonants j, ks, kw
(ge, dge, ex, x, qu)
Word Structure
Grammar Possessive Pronouns
Writing Workshop Writer’s Craft:
Show, Don’t Tell
Writing Trait:
Conventions
Genre:
Feature Story
Story Genre Biography
Weekly Words: Week #20
Spelling Words: Unit # 20
1. distrust 2. uncertain 3. incomplete 4. unlikely
5. unfair 6. discontinue 7. unaware 8. disorder
9. discount 10. indirect 11. unopened 12. disrespect
13. unimportant 14. unlisted 15. disrepair 16. inability
17. disapprove 18. unsolved 19. disobey 20. unsuspecting
Challenge Words
1. disintegrate 2. disillusioned 3. unconscious 4. unappetizing
5. intolerant
Reading Vocabulary: Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the
Slippery Salamander Unit 4-5
1. amphibians 2. crime 3. exhibit 4. lizards
5. reference 6. reptiles 7. salamanders 8. stumped
9. confided 10. frustration 11. specimen 12. case
13. damage 14. court
Leveled Readers
Below-Level
Top Hat, The
Detective
On-Level
The Case of the
Missing Iguana
Advanced
Professor Science
Skill Focus Plot/Prior Knowledge
Word Work Prefixes un-, dis-, in-
Grammar Contractions & Negatives
Writing Workshop Writer’s Craft:
Eliminate
Writing Trait:
Organ./Paragr.
Genre:
Plot Summary
Story Genre Realistic Fiction
Weekly Words: Week #21
Spelling Words: Unit # 21
1. reaction 2. prerecorded 3. incorrectly 4. incredibly
5. disobedient 6. disagreeable 7. refreshment 8. unbreakable
9. declaration 10. retirement 11. misdialed 12. undefined
13. unhappily 14. watchfully 15. gleefully 16. sportsmanship
17. repayment 18. questionable 19. displacement 20. midshipman
Challenge Words
1. multicultural 2. universally 3. understatement 4. outlandish
5. inflammable
Reading Vocabulary: Sailing Home: A Story of a
Childhood at Sea Unit 5-1
1. bow 2. cargo 3. celestial 4. conducted
5. dignified 6. navigation 7. quivered 8. stern
9. nautical 10. plush 11. blasts 12. tempest
13. tide
Leveled Readers
Below-Level
The Seafaring Life
On-Level
The Incredible Sea
Journey
Advanced
The Incr. Journey of
Thor Heyerdohl…
Skill Focus Author’s Purpose Predict
Word Work Multisyllabic Words
Grammar Adjectives & Articles
Writing Workshop Writer’s Craft:
Support Your
Opinion
Writing Trait:
Focus/Ideas
Genre:
Book Review
Story Genre Historical Fiction
Weekly Words: Week #22
Spelling Words: Unit # 22
1. basic 2. vacant 3. secret 4. honor
5. local 6. novel 7. olive 8. tiger
9. spinach 10. second 11. donate 12. locust
13. beware 14. emotion 15. cabin 16. tripod
17. dragon 18. habit 19. tribute 20. lizard
Challenge Words
1. icicles 2. lemonade 3. momentum 4. economy
5. isosceles
Reading Vocabulary: Lost City: The Discovery of Machu Picchu Unit 5-2
1. curiosity 2. glorious 3. granite 4. ruins
5. terraced 6. thickets 7. torrent 8. remote
9. rugged 10. ventured 11. adobe 12. highland
13. terraces
Leveled Readers
Below-Level
Let’s Get.. Know Incas
On-Level
Pompeii
Advanced
Meet the Maya
Skill Focus Compare & Contrast Visualize
Word Work Syllable Patterns v/cv & vc/v Word Structure
Grammar Comparative & Superlative Adjectives
Writing Workshop Writer’s Craft:
Choosing Exact
Words
Writing Trait:
Word Choice
Genre:
Editorial
Story Genre Narrative Nonfiction
Weekly Words: Week #23
Spelling Words: Unit # 23
1. telephone 2. biography 3. telescope 4. photograph
5. microwave 6. diameter 7. barometer 8. microscope
9. headphones 10. microphone 11. autograph 12. microchip
13. telegraph 14. perimeter 15. paragraph 16. phonics
17. symphony 18. saxophone 19. periscope 20. megaphone
Challenge Words
1. stethescope 2. xylophone 3. cacophony 4. microorganism
5. microbe
Reading Vocabulary: Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride Unit 5-3
1. aviator 2. brisk 3. cockpit 4. daring
5. elegant 6. outspoken 7. solo 8. escorting
9. miniatures 10. determined 11. independence 12. military
Leveled Readers
Below-Level
Meeting Amelia
On-Level
Brave Bessie
Advanced
Two Women
Astronauts
Skill Focus Sequence Story Structure
Word Work Greek Word Parts Context Clues
Grammar Adverbs
Writing Workshop Writer’s Craft:
Focus
Writing Trait:
Focus/Ideas
Genre:
Interview
Story Genre Historical Fiction
Weekly Words: Week #24
Spelling Words: Unit # 24
1. dictionary 2. abrupt 3. predict 4. import
5. locally 6. verdict 7. locate 8. portable
9. transport 10. bankrupt 11. dictate 12. location
13. erupt 14. passport 15. export 16. contradict
17. rupture 18. interrupt 19. disrupt 20. dislocate
Challenge Words
1. vindictive 2. portfolio 3. jurisdiction 4. corruption
5. interruption
Reading Vocabulary: Antarctic Journal: Four Months at
the Bottom of the World Unit 5-4
1. anticipate 2. continent 3. convergence 4. depart
5. forbidding 6. heaves 7. icebergs 8. abundance
9. exposure 10. splendor 11. supply 12. survived
13. wily
Leveled Readers
Below-Level
Plants & Animals in
Antarctica
On-Level
Let’s Explore
Antarctica
Advanced
Danger: The World is
Getting Hot
Skill Focus Main Idea Text Structure
Word Work Words w/Latin Roots
Grammar Comparative & Superlative Adverbs
Writing Workshop Writer’s Craft:
Know Your
Audience
Writing Trait:
Voice
Genre:
Letter of
Acceptance
Story Genre Journal
Weekly Words: Week #25
Spelling Words: Unit # 25
1. please 2. pleasant 3. breath 4. breathe
5. image 6. imagine 7. product 8. production
9. heal 10. health 11. triple 12. triplet
13. relate 14. relative 15. meter 16. metric
17. compose 18. composition 19. crumb 20. crumble
Challenge Words
1. origin 2. original 3. academy 4. academic
5. inspire 6. inspiration
Reading Vocabulary: Moonwalk Unit 5-5
1. loomed 2. rille 3. runt 4. staggered
5. summoning 6. taunted 7. trench 8. trudged
9. conscious 10. feebly 11. rift 12. astronomers
13. crater 14. launch 15. probes
Leveled Readers
Below-Level
Stuart’s Moon Suit
On-Level
To the Moon!
Advanced
Life on Mars
Skill Focus Drawing Conclusions Monitor & Fix up
Word Work Related Words Context Clues
Grammar Prepositions & Prepositional Phrases
Writing Workshop Writer’s Craft:
Using Persuasive
Words
Writing Trait:
Word Choice
Genre:
Write Your
Opinion
Story Genre Science Fiction
Weekly Words: Week #26
Spelling Words: Unit # 26
1. stomach 2. memory 3. Canada 4. element
5. mystery 6. science 7. remember 8. forget
9. suppose 10. iron 11. gravel 12. difficult
13. fortune 14. giant 15. architect 16. normal
17. notify 18. privilege 19. cement 20. yesterday
Challenge Words
1. ridiculous 2. syllable 3. magnificent 4. asparagus
5. cinnamon
Reading Vocabulary: My Brother Martin Unit 6-1
1. ancestors 2. avoided 3. generations 4. minister
5. numerous 6. pulpit 7. shielding 8. confronted
9. injustice 10. nourishing 11. demonstrating 12. integrate
13. sympathy
Leveled Readers
Below-Level
We Shall Overcome
On-Level
The Civil Rights
Movement
Advanced
The Women’s
Movement
Skill Focus Cause & Effect Answer ?’s
Word Work Schwa Word Structure
Grammar Conjunctions
Writing Workshop Writer’s Craft:
Sentence Variety
Writing Trait:
Sentences
Genre:
Biography
Story Genre Biography
Weekly Words: Week #27
Spelling Words: Unit # 27
1. misplace 2. nonsense 3. reread 4. repack
5. misfortune 6. remove 7. mishandle 8. nonstop
9. recover 10. reseal 11. misbehavior 12. reunion
13. nonfiction 14. rebound 15. mistreat 16. readjust
17. misprint 18. nonprofit 19. nonstick 20. misquote
Challenge Words
1. misinterpret 2. mispronounce 3. noncommittal 4. reconstruct
5. reorganize
Reading Vocabulary: Jim Thorpe's Bright Path Unit 6-2
1. boarding school 2. dormitory 3. endurance 4. manual
5. reservation 6. society 7. inconsolable 8. recruiter
9. confident 10. hurdle 11. prove 12. rival
Leveled Readers
Below-Level
The Sauk & Fox
On-Level
A Shifting Society
Advanced
Jim Thorpe
Skill Focus Fact & Opinion Text Structure
Word Work Prefixes mis-, non-, re- Dictionary/Glossary
Grammar Capitalization
Writing Workshop Writer’s Craft:
Paragraph
Writing Trait:
Focus/Ideas
Genre:
Notes
Story Genre Biography
Weekly Words: Week #28
Spelling Words: Unit # 28
1. countless 2. payment 3. goodness 4. fairness
5. hopeless 6. treatment 7. statement 8. breathless
9. restless 10. enjoyment 11. pavement 12. flawless
13. tireless 14. amazement 15. amusement 16. greatness
17. punishment 18. timeless 19. needless 20. painless
Challenge Words
1. announcement 2. appointment 3. requirement 4. awkwardness
5. expressionless
Reading Vocabulary: How Tia Lola Came to Visit Stay Unit 6-3
1. affords 2. colonel 3. glint 4. lurking
5. palettes 6. quaint 7. resemblance 8. embarrassment
9. landlord 10. confused 11. recognize 12. wandered
Leveled Readers
Below-Level
Hosting Grandpa
Joseph
On-Level
The Seahaven
Squids
Advanced
Julia’s New Home
Skill Focus Character & Theme Summarize
Word Work Suffixes –less, -ment, -ness Context Clues
Grammar Commas
Writing Workshop Writer’s Craft:
Good Conclusions
Writing Trait:
Conventions
Genre:
Character Sketch
Story Genre Realistic Fiction
Weekly Words: Week #29
Spelling Words: Unit # 29
1. careful 2. tasteful 3. lonely 4. powerful
5. suggestion 6. peaceful 7. recently 8. extremely
9. certainly 10. wisely 11. harmful 12. monthly
13. yearly 14. successful 15. playful 16. thoughtful
17. actually 18. pollution 19. correction 20. eagerly
Challenge Words
1. separation 2. description 3. immediately 4. suspenseful
5. completely
Reading Vocabulary: To Fly: The Story of the Wright
Brothers Unit 6-4
1. cradle 2. drag 3. flex 4. glider
5. hangars 6. rudder 7. stalled 8. aviation
9. resistance 10. controls 11. daring 12. license
13. maintenance
Leveled Readers
Below-Level
Fly Like A Bird
On-Level
Up, Up & Away
Advanced
The Wheel on the Bike
Skill Focus Generalize Ask ?’s
Word Work Suffixes –ful, -ly, -ion Context Clues
Grammar Quotations & Quotation Marks
Writing Workshop Writer’s Craft:
Include Imp.
Details
Writing Trait:
Organization/
Paragraphs
Genre:
Outline
Story Genre Biography
Weekly Words: Week #30
Spelling Words: Unit # 30
1. island 2. column 3. knee 4. often
5. known 6. castle 7. thumb 8. half
9. calf 10. whistle 11. autumn 12. knuckles
13. numb 14. Illinois 15. rhyme 16. climber
17. limb 18. plumbing 19. ghost 20. clothes
Challenge Words
1. raspberry 2. symptom 3. Wyoming 4. salmon
5. cologne
Reading Vocabulary: The Man Who Went to the Far Side of the Moon:
The Story of Apollo 11 Astronaut Michael Collins Unit 6-6
1. astronauts 2. capsule 3. hatch 4. horizon
5. lunar 6. module 7. quaratine 8. impact
9. sphere 10. transmission 11. feeble 12. missions
13. muscles 14. nauseous
Leveled Readers
Below-Level
The Moon
On-Level
One Giant Step
Advanced
Exploring the
Mysterious of Space
Skill Focus Graphic Sources Monitor & Fix Up
Word Work Words w/Silent Consonants Context Clues
Grammar Titles
Writing Workshop Writer’s Craft:
Topic Sentence
Writing Trait:
Sentences
Genre:
Info. Article
Story Genre Narrative Nonfiction