Theme Theme Dates Main Selection(s) Genre Strategy; Skill Practice Book Structural Analysis & Spelling Practice Book Vocabulary Practice Book Grammar Skills Practice Book Back to School Unit 8/29/12 - 9/7/12 The Rule Predict/Infer, Decoding, Monitor/Clarify, Question, Evaluate, Summarize Pgs. 1-7 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A THEME 1: Off To Adventure 9/10/12 Cliff Hanger Realistic Fiction Cause and Effect (T) Predict/Infer 12, 14, 15 Base Words (T) Short Vowels (T) 16 17, 18, 19 ABC Order in a Dictionary 20 What is a Sentence (T) Capitalizing days and months (T) 21- 23 9/17/12 Ballad of Mulan Folktale (What is a folktale?) Making Inferences (T) Monitor and Clarify 32, 34,35 Syllabication (T) More Short Vowels 36 37,38,39 Multiple Meaning Words 40 Kinds of sentences (T) 41-43 9/24/12 The Lost and Found Fantasy (What is a fantasy?) Sequence of Events (T) Summarizing 48, 50,51 Inflected Endings –ed and –ing V/C/- e 52 53,54,55 Parts of the Dictionary 56 Subjects and Predicates (T) 57-59 10/1/12 to 10/5/12 Theme 1 Skills Test Reader’s Workshop or Theme 1 Wrap-Up MONTHLY WRITING FOCUS: Changing question into a statement, Writing a Response Journal Entry, Writing a Personal Narrative WRITING PROMPT – SEPTEMBER 13, 2012
Theme Theme Dates Main Selection(s) Genre Strategy; Skill Practice Book Structural Analysis & Spelling Practice Book Vocabulary Practice Book Grammar Skills Practice Book THEME 2: Celebrating Traditions 10/10/12 – 10/19/12 Grandma’s Records Realistic Fiction Categorizing and Classifying Questioning (T) 116,118,119 Plurals (T) Long O Sound 120 121,122,123 Dictionary Guide Words 124 Proper Nouns (T) 125,126,127 10/22/12- 10/26/12 The Talking Cloth Realistic Fiction Noting Details (T) Summarizing (T) 131,133,134 Contractions(T) Consonant Clusters/ Patterns 135 136,137,138 Rhyming Words 139 Singular and Plural Nouns (T) 140,141,142 Dancing Rainbows Nonfiction Topic, Main Idea, Supporting Details (T) 146, 148,149 Plurals with words ending in -ch-sh-x-s (T) Long I sound 150 151,152,153 Dictionary Definition 154 Special Plural Nouns (T) 155,156,157 11/5/12 and 11/16/12 The Keeping Quilt Personal Narrative Author’s Viewpoint (T) Evaluate (T) 96,98,99 Compound Words Long Vowels 100 101,102,103 Word Families (T) 104 Common Nouns (T) 105,106,107 THEME ONE/TWO Benchmark READER’S WORKSHOP THEME WRAP-UP OR GENRE STUDY Folktales/Myths(optional) MONTHLY WRITING FOCUS – Writing a character sketch (Theme 2), Writing a paragraph that explains ( Theme 1), Correcting run-on sentences (Theme 2) (T)
Theme Theme Dates Main Selection(s) Genre Strategy; Skill Practice Book Structural Analysis & Spelling Practice Book Vocabulary Practice Book Grammar Skills Practice Book THEME 3: Incredible Stories 12/3/12- 12/14/12 Writing Prompt this Week 12/13 Dogzilla Fantasy Fantasy and Realism (T) Evaluate 196,198,199 Plurals with Words Ending in f fe (T) Vowel sounds ow, aw 200 201,202,203 Using Context (T) 204 Possessive Nouns 205,206,207 12/17/12- 12/21/12 The Mysterious Giant of Folktale Following Directions Questions (T) 216,218,219 Word endings er est /r/ Controlled Vowels Antonyms 220 221,222,223 Choosing a Dictionary Meaning 224 What is a verb? (T) 225,226,227 1/2/13- 1/11/13 Raising Dragons Fantasy Drawing Conclusions (T) Predict and Infer 231, 233, 234 Suffixes –y and –ly (T) /j/, /k/, and /kw/ 235 236,237,238 Pronunciation Key in the Dictionary 239 Present Time (T) Subject Verb Agreement (T) 240,241 242 The Fantasy Story Structure (T) Monitor and Clarify (T) 246,248,249 Prefixes (T) Un, bi, dis, mis, non Homophones (T) 250 251, 252, 253 Using a Thesaurus 254 Past / Future Tense (T) 256-257 1/22/13 THEME 3 SKILLS TEST READER’S WORKSHOP THEME WRAP-UP (optional) MONTHLY WRITING FOCUS – WRITING A FICTIONAL NARRATIVE (See Theme 3 RWW); Capitalizing and punctuating quotes (Theme 2 pgs. M419K,L)
Theme Theme Dates Main Selection(s) Genre Strategy; Skill Practice Book Structural Analysis & Spelling Practice Book Vocabulary Practice Book Grammar Skills Practice Book Theme 5: Voyagers Across the Historical Fiction Making Inferences (T) Questions 86,88,89 Suffixes less, ness (T) Sounds of /oo/ 90 91,92,93 Syllables in the Dictionary 94 Subject Pronouns (T) 95,96,97 4/9/12- 4/13/12 Yunmi and Halmoni’s Trip Realistic Fiction Predicting Outcomes (T) Predict and Infer (T) 106,108,109 Possessives Vowel Sounds in bought (T) 110 111,112,113 Analogies 114 Object Pronouns (T) 115,116,117 Trapped by the Ice Narrative Nonfiction Text Organization (T) Monitor and Clarify 121,123,124 VCCV Pattern (T) 125, 126,127,128 Homophones (T) 129 Possessive Pronouns 130,131,132 4/30-5/4/12 THEME SKILLS TEST FAIRY TALES GENRE STUDY – READ AND INTERPRET WRITE FAIRY TALES
Theme Dates Main Genre Strategy; Skill Practice Book Structural Analysis & Spelling Practice Book Vocabulary Practice Book Grammar Skills Practice Book THEME 6: Smart Solutions Pepita Talks Twice Realistic Fiction Problem Solving (T) Evaluate 168,170,171 VCCCV Pattern (T) Words Ending with er ,le 172-175 Synonyms (T) 176 Adjectives (T) 177-179 \ Poppa’s New Pants Realistic Fiction Drawing Conclusions (T) Predict and Infer 188,190,191 VCV Pattern (T) Words beginning with a- or be- 192-195 Antonyms (T) 196 Comparing with Adjectives (T) 197,198 DRA TESTING STARTS Ramona Quimby Realistic Fiction Making (T) Summarizing (T) 203,205,206 Contractions (T) 207-210 Spelling Table in a Dictionary 211 Adverbs (T) Writing Prompt this Week Helen Keller Summarizing 223 Review 225, 227-229 Review 226 Review 230-231 ASSESSMENTS THIS MONTH BENCHMARK 5/6 DRA WRITING PROMPT