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Skills (Fundations, Spelling) |
Unit 10/Week1 Double vowel syllable type-sound of ay and ai; use spelling option procedure (long a sound-plain, plane); Teach trick words: great, country, away Unit 10/week2 Combining all types of syllables; homophones; Teach trick words: America, school, thought Unit 11/Week1 Review sounds of ee, ea, and ey: spelling option procedure for long e sound; Teach trick words: whose,won, son
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Unit 12/week1 Teach sounds of oi, oy: spelling generalizations of /oi/ sounds: Teach trick words: favorite, early, ocean Unit 13/Week1 Introduce ltr. sounds oa, oe, and ow; use of spelling option procedure (long /o/ sound);Teach trick words: Monday, Tuesday, cousin Unit 13/Week 2 Review of suffix endings; Teach trick words: lose, tomorrow, beautiful
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Unit 14/Week 1 Introduce the /ou/ sound of ow: reading words with sound options: Teach trick words: Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday Unit 14/Week2 Flexability in sound choices for reading; Spelling generalizations of /ou/ sound; Teach trick words: bought, brought, piece Unit 15/Week 1 Introduce /u/ sound: ou, oo, ue, ew; Teach trick words: January, February, July Unit 15/Week 2 /u/ sound of ue; use of spelling option procedure for /u/ sounds ( ou-soup, ue-rescue); Teach trick words: enough, special, December
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Unit 16/ Week 1 Introduce the sounds of au and aw; spelling generalizations for au and aw; Teach trick words: August, laugh, daughter Unit 17/ Week 1 Consonant "le" syllable type; Teach trick words: trouble, couple, young
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Unit 17/ Week 2 Spelling of consonant " le" words; review of all six types |
Literacy Learning Units of Study for Teaching Reading |
Unit 3, Bigger Books Mean Amping Up Reading Power Bend II: Understanding Literary Language Lessons 8-9 Bend III: Meeting the Challenges of Longer Books Lessons 10-13 Bend IV: Tackling Goals in the Company of Others Lessons 14-15
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Unit 3, Bigger Books Mean Amping Up Reading Power Bend IV: Tackling Goals in the Company of Others Lessons 16-17 Unit 4, Series Book Clubs Bend I: Becoming Experts on Characters Lessons 1-6 Bend II: Becoming Experts on Author's Craft Lessons 7-9
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Unit 4, Series Book Clubs Bend II: Becoming Experts on Author's Craft Lessons 10-12 Bend III: Sharing Opinions With the World Lessons 13-16
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Unit 4, Series Book Clubs Bend III: Sharing Opinions With the World Lesson 17 (Optional 1 week) If... Then... Curriculum Reading and Role Playing: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Fables, and Fantasy (pg.118) |
Celebrate Units of Study for Teaching Reading |
Writing |
Unit 1: Lessons from the Masters: Improving Narrative Writing(Domains) Unit 2: (Informational) Lab Reports and Science Books (Domains & Science) Unit 3: (Opinion) Writing About Reading (Domains, Pen pal letters) |
Unit 1: Lessons from the Masters: Improving Narrative Writing(Domains) Unit 2: (Informational) Lab Reports and Science Books (Domains & Science) Unit 3: (Opinion) Writing About Reading (Domains, Pen pal letters) |
Unit 1: Lessons from the Masters: Improving Narrative Writing(Domains) Unit 2: (Informational) Lab Reports and Science Books (Domains & Science) Unit 3: (Opinion) Writing About Reading (Domains, Pen pal letters) Unit 4: Poetry: Big Thoughts in Small Packages |
Spring Writing Benchmark Unit 1: Lessons from the Masters: Improving Narrative Writing(Domains) Unit 2: (Informational) Lab Reports and Science Books (Domains & Science) Unit 3: (Opinion) Writing About Reading (Domains, Pen pal letters) Unit 4: Poetry: Big Thoughts in Small Packages |
Unit 1: Lessons from the Masters: Improving Narrative Writing(Domains) Unit 2: (Informational) Lab Reports and Science Books (Domains & Science) Unit 3: (Opinion) Writing About Reading (Domains, Pen pal letters) Unit 4: Poetry: Big Thoughts in Small Packages |
Vocabulary |
Lesson 18: mend, sly, peer, shriek, dependable, prepared, grateful Lesson 19: lavender, trifle, prune, focus, combination, compromise, improve Lesson 20: prowl, tremble, scorch, fragile, fragant, persistent, inventive
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Lesson 21: demand, crimson, caravan, hearty, impatient, nourish, tradition Lesson 22: peek, treasure, glisten, dangle, descend, fortunate, remedy Lesson 23: insist, precious, impressed, regret, calamity, heroic, redeem Lesson 24: magnificent, inquisitive, protest, plunge, futile, marooned, collaborate |
Vocabulary Skills
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Vocabulary Skills
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Vocabulary Skills
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Grammar |
Action verbs Present and past tense of "to be"
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Review: Complete v. incomplete sentences Recognize and correct run on sentences Subject and Predicate |
Continue: Review: Complete v. incomplete sentences Recognize and correct run on sentences Subject and Predicate
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Adjectives Adverbs Changing Verb Tense |
Continue: Changing Verb Tense |
Science |
Investigation 5: Magnets & Tools |
Air and Weather Investigation 1: Exploring Air Domain 9: Human Body Building Blocks and Nutrition
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Investigation 2: Observing Weather Investigation 3: Wind Explorations |
Continue: Investigation 3: Wind Explorations Investigation 4: Looking for Change |
Continue: Investigation 4: Looking for Change |
Social Studies |
Domain 6: Cycles in Nature |
Domain 7: Westward Expansion Domain 8: Insects
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Domain 9: U.S. Civil War |
Domain 10: Human Body: Building Blocks and Nutrition Domain 11: Immigration
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Continue: Domain 12: Fighting for Cause |
Mathematics |
Domain: Number and Operations in Base Ten Topic: 8: Adding Two-Digit Numbers Interactive Math Story/Topic Opener Lessons: 8-1, 8-2, 8-3, 8-4, 8-5, 8-6, 8-7, 8-8, 8-9 Reteaching/Topic 8 Test/Performance Assessment
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Benchmark Test Topics 5-8 Domain: Number and Operations in Base Ten Topic: 9 Subtracting Two-Digit Numbers Interactive Math Story/Topic Opener Lessons: 9-1,9-2,9-3, 9-4, 9-5, 9-6, 9-7, 9-8, 9-9 Reteaching/Topic 9 Test/Performance Assessment Topic 10: Place Value to 1,000 Interactive Math Story/Topic Opener Lessons: 10-1, 10-2, 10-3, 10-4, 10-5, 10-6, 10-7, 10-8, 10-9 Reteaching/Topic 10 Test/Performance Assessment
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Topic 10 Continued Domain: Number and Operations in Base Ten Topic 11: Three-Digit Addition and Subtraction Interactive Math Story/Topic Opener Lessons: 11-1, 11-2, 11-3, 11-4, 11-5, 11-6, 11-7, 11-8, 11-9 Reteaching/Topic 11 Test/Performance Assessment Domain: Measurement and Data
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Topic 11 Continued Domain: Measurement and Data Topic 13: Counting Money Interactive Math Story/Topic Opener Lessons: 13-1, 13-2, 13-3, 13-4, 13-5 Reteaching/Topic 13 Test/Performance Assessment Topic 14: Money Interactive Math Story/Topic Opener Lessons: 14-1,14-2, 14-3, 14-4 Reteaching/Topic 14 Test/Performance Assessment
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Topic 16: Time, Graphs, and Data Interactive Math Story/Topic Opener Lessons: 16-1,16-2, 16-3, 16-4, 16-5, 16-6 Reteaching/Topic 16 Test/Performance Assessment End of the Year Math Test Step-up to 3rd Grade Lessons If time allows: Topics 12, Geometry & Topic 15, Measuring Length
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Mentor Texts |
Recommended Mentor Texts from Units of Study Minnie and Moo Go Dancing, Happy Like Soccer Owl Moon, Science Forces & Motion, Old Elm Speaks, The Leaving Morning Dear Mrs. LaRue, A Letter to Amy, I Wanna Iguana, Can I Keep Him?, Hey Little Ant |
Recommended Mentor Texts from Units of Study Minnie and Moo Go Dancing, Happy Like Soccer, The Stories Julian Tells Owl Moon, Science Forces & Motion, Old Elm Speaks, The Leaving Morning Dear Mrs. LaRue, A Letter to Amy, I Wanna Iguana, Can I Keep Him?, Hey Little Ant |
Recommended Mentor Texts from Units of Study The Stories Julian Tells Owl Moon, Science Forces & Motion, Old Elm Speaks, The Leaving Morning Dear Mrs. LaRue, A Letter to Amy, I Wanna Iguana, Can I Keep Him?, Hey Little Ant |
Recommended Mentor Texts from Units of Study The Stories Julian Tells Owl Moon, Science Forces & Motion, Old Elm Speaks, The Leaving Morning Dear Mrs. LaRue, A Letter to Amy, I Wanna Iguana, Can I Keep Him?, Hey Little Ant |
Recommended Mentor Texts from Units of Study Owl Moon, Science Forces & Motion, Old Elm Speaks, The Leaving Morning |