Concept Question What can we discover from new places and people? Comprehension Vocabulary Language Arts. /Strategy Suffixes R 1.4

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1 Unit 1 Turning Points Aug Aug Yang the Youngest His Terrible Ear /Realistic Hurry Freedom the What experiences bring diverse people together? What opportunities can be found in new places? What can we discover from new places people? Skill Strategy Skill Lesson Vocabulary Workshop/Trait of Author s Purpose R 2.2 Summarize *R 2.2, * /Strategy /Glossary * R 1.7 Root /Glossary * R 1.7 (Tested ) insulted, audience, rehearsal, praises, moody, audition, uncomfortable, sympathetic employment, assortment, hardware, contractor, accounts, distinction, wages *Declarative Interrogative sentences *Imperative Exclamatory * Realistic fiction/ Word W 1.1,W 2.1a, / Focus W 1.1, W 1.2 c, W 2.3 b, W 2.3 c, * with Short Vowels (VCCV) LC1.8 * with Long a i Aug Aug. 30- Sept. 3 Sept. 7-10** Sept Grfather s Journey Historical The Horned Toad Prince Modern Fairy Tale Letters from Yosemite Narrative Unit 1 Cumulative Review What can we learn about the United States as we travel? What can we discover In the lscape of the Southwest? How does Yosemite reflect the unique qualities of the West? Author s Purpose Main Idea Details Organizers Structure R 3.4 Organizers Multiple- Meaning /Glossary * R 1.7 Synonyms R 1.2 Thesaurus R 1.5 amazed, bewildered,homel, longed, sculptures, still, towering bargain, favor, lassoed, offended, prairie, riverbed, shrieked glacier, impressive, naturalist, preserve, slopes, species, wilderness Unit 1 Review Unit 1 Test Subjects Predicates Compound Clauses Complex Historical / Word W 1.1, W 2.1a, W 2.1 b, W 2.1 d, Modern Fairy Tale/ Word W 1.1, W 2.1.b, W 2.1c Narrative /Voice W 1.1, W 2.1a, W 2.1 b, W 2.1 d, with Long e o * LC1.8 with Long e * LC1.8 with Long u sounds * LC1.8

2 Unit 2 Teamwork What is the value of teamwork? Skill Strategy Skill Strategy Lesson Vocabulary (Tested ) Workshop/Trait of Sep Sep. 27-Oct. 1 Oct 4-7 Oct What Jo Did / Coyote School News / Historical Scene Two / Play How can we learn to appreciate the talents of others? How can we work together to achieve a goal? What can team accomplish? Cause Effect Draw Conclusions, Draw Conclusions Prior Knowledge Prior Knowledge Steps in a Process, R 2.4 R 3.0 Prefixes *() * () * G3 fouled, hoop, jersey, marveled, rim, speechless, swatted, unbelievable bawling, coyote, dudes, roundup, spurs District Benchmark Assessment Stards Review/Teacher s *Prefixes () * G3 R 1.7 script, arrangements, advice, dishonest, argument, snag, descendants Common Proper Regular Plural LC 1.0 Irregular Plural LC 1.0 / Word Historical / Word Play / Word Adding s es Irregular plurals with ar, or LC 1.0 Oct Oct Nov. 1-5 Horse Heroes: True Stories of Amazing Horses / So you want to be President? / Cumulative Review How do animals help with our work? What is the job of the President of the United States? Fact Opinion R 2.6 Main Idea Details, *G3, G3 R 1.7 * G3 Unit Review Unit Test vast, ambition, roamed, rickety, quicks, resistance, infested, lslide Constitution, howling, humble, politics, responsibility, solemnly, vain Singular Possessive Plural Possessive / / How-to Reports *Consonant Pairs ng, nk, ph, wh * G3 * with ear, ir, our, ur * G3

3 Unit 3 Patterns in Nature Nov Nov Nov ( 3 days) Nov Dec.3 Dec.6-10 Dec ( 4 days) The Stranger / Fantasy Adelina s Whales How Night Came From the Sea Eye of the Storm Paul Bunyan Cumulative Review What changes in nature take place in the fall? What patterns in nature guide the lives of animals? How have people explained the pattern of day night? How do weather patterns affect our lives? What causes changes in nature? What is the value of teamwork? Skill Strategy Skill Strategy Cause Effect Fact opinion R 2.6 Generalize Sources Generalize R 2.4 Ask *R 2.2 Organizer fix up Visual Author s Purpose R 2.4 Predict Web Site Structure Compare Multiple meaning words *R1.6 Multiple meaning words * * Root R 1.3 Lesson Vocabulary (Tested ) draft, etched, fascinated, frost, parlor, terror, timid biologist, bluff, lagoon, massive, rumbling, tropical brilliant, chorus, coward, gleamed, shimmering destruction, expected, forecasts, inl, shatter, surge feature, unnatural, harness, untamed, announcement, requirements, lumberjacks, thaw Unit Review/ District Benchmark Assessment Unit Test Action Linking Verbs Main Helping Verbs Subject-Verb Agreement Compound * Irregular Verbs Workshop/Trait of the Fantasy / W 1.1, W 2.1b,, /focus W 1.1, W1.2a, W1.2b, W1.2c, W1.2d, W1.2e, W1.3, W 2.3a, W 2.3b, W 2.3c Myth / W 1.1, / W 1.1, W1.2a, W1.2b, W1.2c, W1.2d, W1.2e, W1.3, W 2.3b, Tall Tale/ Word W 1.1, W1.1, Adding ed ing Homophones * Vowel Sound in Shout Compound * Possessives

4 Unit 4 Puzzles Mysteries Is there an explanation for everything? the Skill Strategy Skill Lesson Vocabulary Workshop/Trait Strategy (Tested ) of Jan 3-7 (2 days) Jan Jan ( 4 days) The Houdini Box/ Historical Encantado: Pink Dolphin of the Amazon / Navajo Code Talkers / Can you always believe what you see? Why do animals behave the way they do? Why are secret codes necessary? Compare Categorize Classify Predict Visualize Summarize Steps in a Process R 2.2, Synonyms Antonyms R 1.2 Multiple- Meaning * appeared, busted, crumbled, escape, magician, monument, vanished aquarium, dolphins, enchanted, flexible, glimpses, pulses, surface messages, developed, advance, headquarters, exhausting, impossible, intense, reveal *Singular Plural Subject Object Pronouns *Pronouns Antecedents Historical : Word W 1.1, W 2.1.b, W 2.1.d, : Focus /Ideas W 1.1, W 1.2.c, W 2.3.b, W2.3.c : Focus W 1.1, W 1.2.a, W 1.2.c, W 2.3.b, W2.3.c, Contractions Final le, al, en with final er, ar Jan Seeker of Knowledge / Biography How can knowing another language create understing? Sources, R 2.2 Ask *Greek Latin Roots ancient, link, scholars, Seeker, temple, translate, triumph, uncover Possessive Pronouns Biography: W 1.1, W 1.2.c, W 1.3, W 2.3.b, W2.3.c, W 2.4 *Consonants /j/,/ks/, /kw/ Jan. 31-Feb.4 Feb Encyclopedia Brown the case of the Slippery Salamer / Realistic Fictiction How can attention to detail help solve a problem? Plot/Theme, R 3.2 Prior Knowledge R 2.2 Synonyms Antonyms R 1.2, R 1.5 Unit Review Unit Test amphibians, crime, exhibit, lizards, reference, retiles, salamers, stumped Contractions Negatives Realistic : Word W 1.1, Prefixes un-, dis in-

5 Unit 5 Adventures by L, Air, Water Feb Feb Feb. 28- March 4 March 7-11 Smokejumpers: Life fighting Fires / Lost City: The Discovery of Machu Picchu / Narrative Cliff Hanger/Realistic Can we prepare for emergencies? What surprises can happen on an expedition? What does it take to be a hero? What makes an adventure? Skill Strategy Strategy Lesson Vocabulary (Tested ) Categorize And Classify Compare Setting plot R 3.2 Ask *R 2.2 Cause effect Visualize Structure * R 2.6 Homographs * * R1.6 District Benchmark Assessment Stard Review/ Teacher s March Spring Break March Antarctic Journal / Journal March 28- April 1 April 4-8 Moonwalk/ Science What does a person sacrifice to explore the unknown? What are the risks when walking on the moon? Main Idea Details *R 2.5 Character Setting R 3.3 Text Structure R 3.3 Compare Greek Latin Prefixes Synonyms R 1.5 Wind, parachute, concentrating, underbrush, essential, dedication, steer, method Curiosity, glorious, granite, ruins, terraced, thickets, torrent Trekked, ridge, coil, rappel, void, foresaw, descent, shaft anticipation, continent, convergences, depart, forbidding, heaves, icebergs Loomed, rille, runt, straggered, summoning, taunted, trench, trudged Unit Review Unit Test Adjectives Articles Comparative Superlative Adjectives * Adverbs Comparative Superlative adverbs Prepositions Prepositional Phrases Workshop/Trait of the / W 1.1, W 2.3 b, Narrative / W 1.1, W 1.2 a, W 2.3 b, Realistic / Word W 1.1, W 2.1b, Journal /Voice W 1.1, W 1.3, W 2.1 a, W 2.1b, Science / W 1.1,W 2.1 a, W 2.1b, Multisyllabic words with Syllable Patterns V/CV VC/V Greek Word Parts Latin Roots Related R 1.2

6 Unit 6 Reaching for Goals Apr Apr (3 days) My Brother Martin / Biography How can words change people s lives? What dos it take to achieve our goals dreams? Skill Strategy Skill Strategy Cause Effect Ask, R 2.6 State Testing Root R1.3 Lesson Vocabulary (Tested ) ancestors, avoided, generations, minister, numerous, pulpit, shielding Conjunctions LC1.3 Workshop/Trait of Biography: Focus W1.1, W1.2b-c, W2.3 b-c Schwa LC1.7 Apr (3 days) May 2 6 May 9 13 May days May Jim Thorpe s Bright Path / Biography How Tia Lola Came to Visit Stay / Realistic Dream Water / Play The Man Who Went to the Far Side of the Moon / Narrative How can our abilities influence our dreams goals? How can one person s view of the world affect others? What can people do to achieve their goals? How do the achievements of other influence our dreams? Compare R 25 Character Theme R3.3 Character Plot R3.2, R3.3 Sources R2.3 Text Structure Summarize R2.2 Monitor, clarify summarize R2.3 R2.1 Multiple Meaning R1.6 *G3 R1.6 *G3R1.3 Multiple- Meaning R1.6 Unit 6 Review Unit 6 Test boarding school, dormitory, endurance, manual, reservation, society affords, colonel, glint, lurking, palettes, quaint, resemblance assignment, transforms, murky, fortitude, coral, rumors astronauts, capsule, hatch, horizon, lunar, module, quarantine Capitalization LC1.6 Commas LC1.4 Quotations Quotation Marks LC1.4, LC1.6 Titles LC1.4, LC 1.5 Biography: W1.2 a-e, W1.3, W 2.3 b-c Realistic : Word W1.1,W2.1b-c, W2.4 Play:, W2.4 Narrative : W1.1, W2.1a-b, W2.4, LC1.2 Prefixes mis-, non-, re- less, -ment, -ness ful, -ly,-ion with Silent Consonants *G3LC1.8