4th tx Unit Plans

Unit 1Growing Up

What experiences can cause a person to change?

Theme Video Growing Upwww.macmillanmh.com

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ORAL LANGUAGE

• Listening Comprehension

• Speaking/Viewing

ThemeMaking a Move

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ThemeChanging

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WORD STUDY

• Vocabulary

• Phonics/Word Study

• Spelling

Vocabulary opportunities, border, unions, strikes, boycotts, citizen

Dictionary: Word Origins

PhonicsShort Vowels

SpellingShort Vowels

Vocabulary curious, policy, ranged, temporary, several, frequently

Thesaurus: Synonyms

PhonicsLong a

SpellingLong a

READING

• Comprehension

• Fluency

• Leveled Readers

ComprehensionStrategy: Analyze Story StructureSkill: Make Inferences

FluencyRepeated Reading:Intonation and Expression

Approaching Lili Kiat

On Level Paolo

Beyond Jin

ELL A New Home

ComprehensionStrategy: Analyze Story StructureSkill: Character, Setting, Plot

FluencyRepeated Reading: Accuracy

Approaching The Mystery of the Lost Glasses

On Level The Case of the Missing Scarf

Beyond The Trash Detectives

ELL The Missing Scarf

LANGUAGE ARTS

• Writing

• Grammar

WritingTrait: Ideas

GrammarSentences

WritingTrait: Ideas

GrammarSubjects and Predicates

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ThemeKids at Work

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ThemeMentors

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ThemeFriends of All Ages

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Show What You Know Spiral ReviewMake InferencesCharacter, Setting, PlotCompare and ContrastSynonymsMap

WritingPersonal Narrative

Unit 1 Assessment, 131M–131N

ComprehensionMake Inferences; Character, Setting, Plot; Compare and Contrast; Sequence

Vocabulary StrategiesDictionary: Word Origins, Using a Dictionary, Connotation and Denotation; Thesaurus: Synonyms, Antonyms

Text Features/Literary Elements/Study SkillsTime Lines; Maps; Using a Library; Recipe; Stanzas, Line Breaks, Similes

GrammarSentences


Fluency Assessment

Diagnose and PrescribeInterpret Assessment Results

Vocabulary identified, enterprising, persistence, venture

Thesaurus: Antonyms

PhonicsLong e

SpellingLong e

Vocabulary endless, realistic, sensible, protested, paralyzed, display

Using a Dictionary

PhonicsLong i

SpellingLong i

Vocabulary peculiar, positive, selecting, consisted, advanced, aware

Dictionary: Connotation and Denotation

PhonicsLong o

SpellingLong o

ComprehensionStrategy: Analyze Text StructureSkill: Compare and Contrast

FluencyRepeated Reading: Expression and Rate

Approaching Kids Work

On Level Kids Work

Beyond Kids Work

ELL Kids at Work

ComprehensionStrategy: SummarizeSkill: Character

FluencyRepeated Reading: Rate

Approaching Elevator to Trouble

On Level Summer in Space

Beyond Back to School

ELL Space Adventure

ComprehensionStrategy: SummarizeSkill: Sequence

FluencyRepeated Reading: Phrasing and Rate

Approaching The ABC Volunteer

On Level Drawing Highland

Beyond A Change of Weather

ELL Pictures of Highland


GrammarCompound Sentences

WritingTrait: Ideas

GrammarComplex Sentences

WritingTrait: Ideas

GrammarRun-on Sentences

pp. 70–73 pp. 82–95 pp. 108–119

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Each year the news magazine Time For Kids selects several young people

to serve as TFK kid reporters. These

enterprising kids are not professional

journalists, but like adult reporters

they still have to show they are

qualified for the job. Three skills they

must have are persistence in tracking

down a story, good interviewing

skills, and the ability to write clearly

about complicated topics.

Here’s a behind-the-scenes

look at two TFK reporters and two

of the stories they covered for the

magazine. The reporters don’t have

much in common, except that they

are both determined to do a good job

as reporters covering an interesting

story. The stories seem quite different

at first, too. However, they have some

strong similarities.

KID REPORTERSAT WORK

How do kid reporters tell the story when the news is about improving the lives of children?

GenreAn Expository article in a

newspaper or magazine

tells a true story.

Analyze Text StructureCompare and ContrastWhen you look for

similarities, you compare

two or more things or

ideas. When you look for

differences, you contrast

two or more things or ideas.

Real World Reading

Comprehension

Genre StudyTraditional Tales, Drama

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Unit 2Making a Difference

How do people make a diff erence in their communities?

Theme Launcher Video

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Theme: Making a Difference

ORAL LANGUAGE



ThemeCivil Rights

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ThemeInspiring Women

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WORD STUDY

• Vocabulary


• Spelling

Vocabulary unfair, ancestors, numerous, segregation, avoided, injustice

Word Parts: Prefixes and Suffixes

PhonicsPrefixes

SpellingPrefixes

Vocabulary legendary, muttered, gaped, snickering, insult, flinched

Context Clues: Description

PhonicsDigraphs

SpellingDigraphs

READING

• Comprehension

• Fluency

• Leveled Readers

ComprehensionStrategy: Monitor ComprehensionSkill: Author’s Purpose

FluencyRepeated Reading:Intonation/Expression

Approaching Harriet Tubman

On Level Coretta Scott King

Beyond Fighting for Rights

ELL Coretta Scott King

ComprehensionStrategy: Monitor ComprehensionSkill: Author’s Purpose

FluencyRepeated Reading: Intonation/Expression

Approaching Wilma Rudolph

On Level Determined to Win

Beyond Jackie Robinson

ELL Champion Athlete

LANGUAGE ARTS

• Writing

• Grammar

WritingTrait: Ideas

GrammarCommon and Proper Nouns

WritingTrait: Word Choice

GrammarSingular and Plural Nouns

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ThemeFacing Challenges

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ThemeSaving Animals

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ThemeCourage

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Show What You Know Spiral ReviewCause and EffectSequenceMain Idea and DetailsPrefixes and SuffixesChart

WritingProcedural Text: How-to Article


ComprehensionAuthor’s Purpose; Main Idea and Details; Cause and Effect; Sequence

Vocabulary StrategiesPrefixes and Suffixes; Idioms; Context Clues: Description, Paragraph Clues; Homophones

Text Features/Literary Elements/Study SkillsSurvey; Chart; Stanza, Line Breaks, Rhyme/Meter; Hyperbole, Metaphor; Using Parts of a Book

GrammarNouns


Fluency Assessment


Vocabulary similar, challenges, designed, achieved, varied

Idioms

PhonicsThree-Letter Blends

SpellingThree-Letter Blends

Vocabulary descendants, sanctuary, threatened, fragile, habitat, emerge

Context Clues: Paragraph Clues

Phonicsr-Controlled Vowels /är/, /ôr/

Spellingr-Controlled Vowels /är/, /ôr/

Vocabulary sores, loosened, mysterious, amazement, midst, responsibility

Homophones

PhonicsSuffixes

SpellingSuffixes

ComprehensionStrategy: Monitor ComprehensionSkill: Main Idea and Details


Approaching Citizens at Work

On Level Citizens at Work

Beyond Citizens at Work

ELL Citizens at Work

ComprehensionStrategy: Analyze Text StructureSkill: Cause and Effect


Approaching Cattle-Driving Horses of the Old West

On Level Cattle-Driving Horses of the Old West

Beyond Cattle-Driving Horses of the Old West

ELL Horses in the Old West

ComprehensionStrategy: Analyze Story StructureSkill: Sequence

FluencyRepeated Reading: Expression and Phrasing

Approaching Caddo Legends

On Level Quileute Legends

Beyond Navajo Legends

ELL Three Legends


GrammarIrregular Plural Nouns


GrammarPossessive Nouns


GrammarPlurals and Possessives

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SplashSplashHow does a

person with physical disabilities become a

world-champion athlete?

Rudy Garcia-Tolson is not an ordinary

athlete. He holds world records for

swimming, running, and biking. He takes

part in top competitions around the world,

where all eyes are on him. This talented

athlete has won many medals and honors.

There is one other thing special about

Rudy: He has no legs.

Rudy was born in Bloomington,

California, with a serious illness. He went

through 15 operations as a baby. At five

years old, Rudy and his family had to make

a big decision. Rudy’s legs could no longer

function. He could keep his legs and stay

in a wheelchair or he could walk with

artificial legs. Rudy knew what he wanted;

he chose to walk. The brave five-year-old

had his legs amputated. From that point

on, Rudy’s life was never the same.

Making Making aaGenreAn Expository article

in a newspaper or

magazine presents facts

and information.

Monitor ComprehensionMain Idea and DetailsTo find the main idea of

an article, first identify the

most important details.

Then decide what these

details have in common.

Comprehension

Real World Reading

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ixMaking a Difference

How can words be powerful?

Theme VideoThe Power of Wordswww.macmillanmh.com

Unit 3The Power of Words

The

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Theme: The Power of Words

ORAL LANGUAGE



ThemeLetters

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ThemeThe Art of Persuasion

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WORD STUDY

• Vocabulary


• Spelling

Vocabulary weekdays, slithered, genuine, apologize, harmless, ambulance

Word Parts: Base Words

Phonicsr-Controlled Vowels

Spellingr-Controlled Vowels

Vocabulary neglected, appreciated, misunderstood, desperate, endured, obedience

Word Parts: Prefixes

PhonicsSilent Letters

SpellingSilent Letters

READING

• Comprehension

• Fluency

• Leveled Readers

ComprehensionStrategy: Generate QuestionsSkill: Make Inferences

FluencyRepeated Reading:Phrasing and Expression

Approaching Snakes in North America

On Level Snakes in North America

Beyond Snakes in North America

ELL North American Snakes

ComprehensionStrategy: Generate QuestionsSkill: Draw Conclusions

FluencyRepeated Reading: Expression

Approaching Melvin and the Princess

On Level Fish Tricks

Beyond Hopping to Victory

ELL Fish Tricks

LANGUAGE ARTS

• Writing

• Grammar

WritingTrait: Ideas

GrammarAction Verbs

WritingTrait: Ideas

GrammarVerb Tenses


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ThemeFrom Words to Action

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ThemeKeeping Promises

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ThemeExpression Through Art

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Show What You Know Spiral ReviewMake InferencesDraw ConclusionsFact and OpinionPrefixesLine Graph

WritingPersuasive Essay


ComprehensionMake Inferences; Draw Conclusions; Fact and Opinion; Theme; Character, Setting, Plot

Vocabulary StrategiesWord Parts: Base Words, Prefixes, Latin Prefixes; Analogies: Synonyms and Antonyms; Context Clues: Definitions and Examples

Text Features/Literary Elements/Study SkillsTool Bars, Guide Words; Line Graphs; Using Computers; Theme; Multiple-Step Instructions

GrammarVerbs


Fluency Assessment


Vocabulary dismiss, interact, motivate, conceived, definition

Word Parts: Latin Prefixes

PhonicsSoft c and g

SpellingSoft c and g

Vocabulary selfish, cranky, commotion, exasperated, specialty, famished

Analogies: Synonyms and Antonyms

PhonicsPlurals

SpellingPlurals

Vocabulary skyscrapers, collage, barbecue, glorious, strutting, swarms

Context Clues: Definitions and Examples

PhonicsCompound Words

SpellingCompound Words

ComprehensionStrategy: Monitor ComprehensionSkill: Fact and Opinion


Approaching Symbols of America

On Level Symbols of America

Beyond Symbols of America

ELL Symbols of America

ComprehensionStrategy: Monitor ComprehensionSkill: Theme


Approaching Hans and Greta

On Level The Dragon’s Dinner

Beyond Sleeping Beauty and the Prince of Andequesta

ELL Dragon Stew

ComprehensionStrategy: VisualizeSkill: Character, Setting, Plot


Approaching Girl Arranging Her Hair

On Level Beautiful or Not

Beyond The Goldsmith’s Apprentice

ELL Everyday Beauty


GrammarMain and Helping Verbs


Grammar

Linking Verbs

WritingTrait: Ideas

GrammarIrregular Verbs

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GenreAn Expository selection,

such as a magazine article,

presents facts about a

person, place, or event.

Monitor ComprehensionFact and OpinionA fact is something that

can be proven true. An

opinion is a belief that does

not have to be supported

by facts.

Jaime Escalante was a math

teacher at Garfield High School

in East Los Angeles. However, he

quickly became a national figure.

On his first day, he knew his

students were in trouble. ‘‘They

were using their fingers adding stuff

at the board,’’ he says. ‘‘They came

in without supplies, with nothing.’’

Escalante wanted to help them.

His first challenge was to get their

attention. Many of the students at

Garfield didn’t care about education.

They were involved in gangs and

violence. Math wasn’t an important

subject for most of them. Escalante

needed to make math real and

interesting to them. He had to find a

way to interact with his students.

So one day in 1974, Escalante

came to school wearing a chef’s hat.

He carried a meat cleaver and apple

into his classroom. With one swift

chop, he cut the apple in two. “Let’s

talk about percentages,” he said.

With one quick action, he had the

students’ attention.

Comprehension

Real World Reading

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Why do people work in teams?

Theme VideoWorking Togetherwww.macmillanmh.com

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ORAL LANGUAGE



ThemeValue of Friendship

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ThemeAnimal Teams

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WORD STUDY

• Vocabulary


• Spelling

Vocabulary eavesdropping, acquaintance, jumble, scornfully, logical, route

Context Clues: Paragraph Clues

MorphologyInflectional Endings

SpellingInflectional Endings

Vocabulary investigates, solitary, territory, communication, nutrients, prehistoric

Greek and Latin Roots

MorphologyInflectional Endings: Changing y to i

SpellingInflectional Endings: Changing y to i

READING

• Comprehension

• Fluency

• Leveled Readers

ComprehensionStrategy: VisualizeSkill: Theme

FluencyRepeated Reading:Intonation/Expression

Approaching In the Land of the Giants

On Level The Tiger-Stripe Potion

Beyond The Wood Sprite

ELL Jani and the Leopard

ComprehensionStrategy: Generate QuestionsSkill: Description


Approaching Butterflies and Moths

On Level Butterflies and Moths

Beyond Butterflies and Moths

ELL Butterflies and Moths

LANGUAGE ARTS

• Writing

• Grammar

WritingTrait: Voice

GrammarPronouns and Antecedents


GrammarTypes of Pronouns


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ThemeEnergy

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ThemeTeaming Up

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ThemeFamily Teams

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Show What You Know Spiral ReviewTheme DescriptionDraw ConclusionsLatin/Greek RootsDirections

WritingFictional Narrative


ComprehensionTheme; Description; Author’s Purpose; Draw Conclusions; Author’s Perspective

Vocabulary StrategiesContext Clues; Greek and Latin Roots; Analogies: Synonyms/Antonyms; Suffixes

Text Features/Literary Elements/Study SkillsAdvertisements; Personification, Moral; Skim and Scan; Multiple Text Features; Repetition

GrammarPronouns


Fluency Assessment


Vocabulary electrical, fuels, globe, decayed

Context Clues: Definitions

PhonicsWords with /ü/, /ū/, and /u

. /

SpellingWords with /ü/, /ū/, and /u

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Vocabulary anticipation, enormous, encouraged, slender, released, glanced

Analogies: Synonyms and Antonyms

PhonicsDiphthongs /oi/ and /ou/

SpellingDiphthongs /oi/ and /ou/

Vocabulary unstable, applauded, headlines, hoisting, assured, assembled

Word Parts: Suffixes

PhonicsVariant Vowel /ô/

SpellingVariant Vowel /ô/

ComprehensionStrategy: Generate QuestionsSkill: Author’s Purpose


Approaching The Power of Wind

On Level The Power of Wind

Beyond The Power of Wind

ELL The Power of Wind

ComprehensionStrategy: VisualizeSkill: Draw Conclusions


Approaching The Southwest

On Level The Southwest

Beyond The Southwest

ELL The Southwest

ComprehensionStrategy: VisualizeSkill: Author’s Perspective


Approaching From Gliders to Rockets

On Level From Gliders to Rockets

Beyond From Gliders to Rockets

ELL From Gliders to Rockets


GrammarPronoun-Verb Agreement

WritingTrait: Ideas

GrammarPossessive Pronouns


GrammarPronouns and Homophones

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GenreExpository writing

such as a magazine

article presents facts and

information about a topic.

Generate QuestionsAuthor’s PurposeAn author’s purpose is the

reason the author wrote

the selection. Authors

write to entertain, inform,

or persuade.

What makes oil so valuable and so challenging?

What can you find deep beneath Earth’s

surface? Here’s a hint: it’s shiny, sticky,

slick, and very powerful. It’s oil.

Oil began forming hundreds of millions

of years ago as plant and animal remains

were covered with layers of rock. Over the

ages those remains decayed. They turned

into a mighty black brew that we use to make

fuels. Fuels, such as gasoline, are energy

sources that are usually burned to produce

power.

Some nations sit atop huge underground

lakes of oil. Other places, such as Japan and

some European countries, have little or no oil

of their own. The United States produces oil,

but it also buys about 59% of what it needs.

Oil fi eld worker

Comprehension

Real World Reading

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What makes a habitat unique?

Unit 5Habitats

Theme Video Habitatswww.macmillanmh.com

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ORAL LANGUAGE



ThemeDeserts

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WORD STUDY

• Vocabulary


• Spelling

Vocabulary shimmer, eerie, lurk, climate, silken, lumbering

Context Clues: Surrounding Words

PhonicsClosed Syllables

SpellingClosed Syllables

Vocabulary interfere, awkward, proclaimed, agile, guardian, convinced

Thesaurus: Synonyms

PhonicsOpen Syllables

SpellingOpen Syllables

READING

• Comprehension

• Fluency

• Leveled Readers

ComprehensionStrategy: SummarizeSkill: Main Idea and Details

FluencyRepeated ReadingRate

Approaching Survival in the Sahara Desert

On Level Survival in the Sahara Desert

Beyond Survival in the Sahara Desert

ELL Life in the Sahara Desert

ComprehensionStrategy: SummarizeSkill: Problem and Solution

FluencyRepeated ReadingExpression and Rate

Approaching The Mud Monster

On Level Three Tricky Tales

Beyond Miki and the North Wind

ELL Animal Tales

LANGUAGE ARTS

• Writing

• Grammar


GrammarAdjectives

WritingTrait: Ideas

GrammarArticles


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ThemeOceans

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Show What You Know Spiral ReviewProblem and SolutionCompare and ContrastSequence; Multiple-Meaning Words; Point of View

WritingExpository Letter


ComprehensionMain Idea and Details; Problem and Solution; Compare and Contrast; Sequence

Vocabulary StrategiesContext Clues; Synonyms; Latin Roots; Homographs; Multiple-Meaning Words

Text Features/Literary Elements/Study SkillsProcess Diagram; Foreshadowing; Symbolism; Using a Dictionary; Point of View; Hyperbole; Meter; Rhyme Scheme

GrammarAdjectives

WritingExpository

Fluency Assessment


Vocabulary roamed, completed, journey, natural, relocated

Word Parts: Latin Roots

PhonicsVowel Teams

SpellingVowel Teams

Vocabulary reef, partnership, current, eventually, brittle, suburbs

Context Clues: Multiple-Meaning Words

Phonicsr-Controlled Vowel Syllables

Spellingr-Controlled Vowel Syllables

Vocabulary rumbling, unique, dove, massive, tangles, encounter

Homographs

PhonicsConsonant + le Syllables

SpellingConsonant + le Syllables

ComprehensionStrategy: SummarizeSkill: Main Idea and Details

FluencyRepeated ReadingAccuracy

Approaching Our National Parks

On Level Our National Parks

Beyond Our National Parks

ELL Saving Our Parks

ComprehensionStrategy: Analyze Text StructureSkill: Compare and Contrast

FluencyRepeated ReadingIntonation/Expression

Approaching Changing Earth

On Level Changing Earth

Beyond Changing Earth

ELL Earth Changes

ComprehensionStrategy: Analyze Text StructureSkill: Sequence

FluencyRepeated ReadingExpression

Approaching Looking at Whales

On Level Looking at Whales

Beyond Looking at Whales

ELL The World of Whales

WritingExpository Letter

GrammarAdjectives that Compare

WritingTrait: Ideas

GrammarComparing with More and Most

WritingTrait: Voice

GrammarComparing with Good and Bad

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GenreAn Expository article

presents information about

a person, place, or event.

SummarizeMain Idea and DetailsTo find the main idea of

an article, first identify the

most important details.

Then decide what these

details have in common.

How did the return of elk to one national park and gray

wolves to another aff ect the ecosystems of those parks?

A male and female elk graze in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Female elk are called cows.

National parks protect wildlife, history, and culture.

Still, hundreds of plants and animals have disappeared

from our national parks. That’s because their environment

has changed, mostly because of human activities.

Today park rangers work to restore the balance of each

park ecosystem. They are bringing plants and animals

back into their natural environments. So far the programs

are working—especially for elk and wolves.

Real World Reading

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Unit 6Problem Solving

How do we solve problems?

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ThemeWorking Together to Find Solutions

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ThemeFinding Out About the Past

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• Vocabulary


• Spelling

Vocabulary items, clustered, overflowing, sturdy, glistened, bidding

Dictionary: Unfamiliar Words

PhonicsWords with /әn/

SpellingWords with /әn/

Vocabulary reference, disappointment, annoyed, circular, outstretched, conducted

Suffixes

PhonicsHomophones

SpellingHomophones

READING

• Comprehension

• Fluency

• Leveled Readers

ComprehensionStrategy: Analyze Story StructureSkill: Problem and Solution

FluencyRepeated ReadingPhrasing

Approaching Explorers of the Southwest

On Level Explorers of the Southwest

Beyond Explorers of the Southwest

ELL Explorers of the Southwest

ComprehensionStrategy: Analyze Story StructureSkill: Cause and Effect

FluencyRepeated ReadingIntonation/Expression

Approaching Buffalo!

On Level Camel Ride

Beyond On Board!

ELL Camel Ride

LANGUAGE ARTS

• Writing

• Grammar

WritingTrait: Ideas

GrammarAdverbs

WritingTrait: Ideas

GrammarComparing with Adverbs


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ThemeImproving Lives

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ThemeStep by Step

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ThemeInvent It

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Show What You Know Spiral ReviewProblem and Solution, Cause and Effect, Fact and Opinion, Idioms, Primary Sources

WritingExpository: Research Report


ComprehensionProblem and Solution, Cause and Effect, Fact and Opinion, Draw Conclusions, Author’s Perspective

Vocabulary StrategiesDictionary: Unfamiliar Words; Idioms; Multiple-Meaning Words; Suffixes; Latin, Greek, and Other Linguistic Roots

Text Features/Literary Elements/Study SkillsMap, Time Lines, Imagery, Metaphor, Figurative Language, Alliteration, Functional Documents

GrammarAdverbs, Prepositions


Fluency Assessment


Vocabulary decades, active, volunteer, transform, violated

Latin, Greek, and Other Linguistic Roots

PhonicsPrefixes

SpellingPrefixes

Vocabulary technique, foolishness, inspire, evaporate, magnify, annual

Dictionary: Multiple-Meaning Words

PhonicsSuffixes

SpellingSuffixes

Vocabulary hilarious, mischief, independence, dizzy, nowadays, came in handy

Dictionary: Idioms

PhonicsPrefixes and Suffixes

SpellingPrefixes and Suffixes

ComprehensionStrategy: Generate QuestionsSkill: Fact and Opinion

FluencyRepeated ReadingExpression

Approaching Charles Drew

On Level Marie Curie

Beyond Dr. Jonas Salk

ELL Marie Curie

ComprehensionStrategy: Generate QuestionsSkill: Draw Conclusions

FluencyRepeated ReadingAccuracy

Approaching Amazing Stuff

On Level Amazing Stuff

Beyond Amazing Stuff

ELL How Materials Work

ComprehensionStrategy: Generate QuestionsSkill: Author’s Perspective

FluencyRepeated ReadingRate and Accuracy

Approaching Who Invented It?

On Level Thomas Alva Edison

Beyond Alexander Graham Bell

ELL A Great Inventor


GrammarNegatives

WritingTrait: Sentence Fluency

GrammarPrepositions

WritingTrait: Organization

GrammarSentences Using Prepositions

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GenreExpository text, such as a

magazine article, presents

facts and information.

Generate QuestionsFact and OpinionA fact is something that

can be proven true using

reference sources. An

opinion is a belief that does

not have to be supported

by facts.

TakingTaking the Leadthe Lead

Dolores Huerta is an important leader in the Latino community. She has spent the

last few decades helping farmworkers. After college, Huerta became a teacher. Many of her students’ parents worked on farms. Their children often came to school hungry. Huerta realized that these families needed help.

“I couldn’t stand seeing farmworker children come to class hungry and in need of shoes,” Huerta has said. “I thought I could do more by organizing their parents than by trying to teach their hungry children.”

How did Dolores Huerta help solve the problems faced by farmworkers?

B Dolores Huerta and supporters celebrate the birthday of César Chávez in Los Angeles in 2006.

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