Week Topic Essential Question Skill/ Strategy Anchor Text/Genre Paired Selection/ Genre Phonics skills Vocabulary Strategy Spelling Writing Grammar Read Aloud Ideas 6 Tales What lessons can you learn from story Summarize Jack and the Beanstalk Three Pigs short a, phonogram ack, double final consonants and ck Shades of meaning short a words Writing : Sentences Focus Trait: Ideas Complete Sentences 7 Animal How do animals Main Idea and Details/ Infer and Predict How Animals Communicate Insect Message short I, blends with r, phonogram ip Using a glossary short I words Writing: Poetry Focus Trait: Word Choice Commas in a Series 8 Music How is music part of your everyday life? Sequence of Events/ Analyze and Evaluate A Musical Day Drums phonogram ock, short o, l blends Define words short o words Writing: Thank You Notes Focus Trait: Word Choice 9 Dr.Seuss What makes a story or poem funny? Text and Graphic Features/ Question Dr. Seuss 2 Dr. Seuss poems short e, blends with s (sl, st) Antonyms short e words Writing: Focus Trait: Ideas Singular and Plural Nouns 10 Feelings How can you show a friend that you care about him or her? Story Structure/ Visualize A Cupcake Party Happy Times short u and medial and final blends Synonyms short u words Writing: Focus Trait: Using a, an, and the e e
Week Topic Essential Question Skill/ Strategy Anchor Text/Genre Paired Selection/ Genre Phonics skills Vocabulary Strategy Spelling Writing Grammar Read Aloud Ideas 11 Marine Habitats What kinds of plants and animals would you find in the ocean? Author’s Purpose/ At Home in the Ocean Water th diagraph, base words with s, es, ed, ing Classify and categorize words words with th Writing: Sentences Focus Trait: Sentence Fluency Proper Nouns 12 Jungle animals How are jungle animals different from animals on a farm? Sequence of Events/ Question How the Leopard got it's Spots Rain Forest ch, tch diagraph, possessives 's, atch words with ch and tch Writing: Focus Trait: Sentence Fluency 13 Seasons What changes do the different seasons cause? Cause and Effect/ Visualize Seasons Four Seasons for Animals diagraphs sh, ph, wh and contractions Words ending in -ed, -ing, -s words with sh, ph, wh Writing: Sentences Focus Trait: Ideas Subject and Verbs 14 Why is it to have rules? The Big Race Rules and Laws CVCe, long a, phonogram ace, soft c,g,dge Shades of meaning words with long a Writing: Report Focus Trait: Ideas Verbs and Time 15 Animal groups What makes birds different from Compare and Contrast/ Animal Groups Animal Picnic long I, CVCe, diagraph kn, wr, gn Suffixes -er, -est words with long i Writing: Report Focus Trait: Word Choice The Verb be
Week Topic Essential Question Anchor Text/Genre Paired Phonics skills Vocabulary Strategy Spelling Writing Grammar Read Aloud Ideas 16 Moon What do do? Main Idea and Details/ Question Let's go to the Moon Mae Jemison long o & u , open syllable CV Suffixes -y, -ful words with long o Narrative Writing: Sentences Focus Trait: Ideas Questions 17 Ways to Travel What are some different ways to travel? Compare and Contrast/ Visualize The Big Trip Lewis and Clark long e, CV and CVCe words, vowel teams ee, ea Define words words with long Narrative Writing: Sentences About Yourself Focus Trait: Ideas Sentences 18 What do farmers need to grow food? Author’s Purpose/ Summarize Where does Food come Jack and the Beanstalk vowel teams ai,ay phonograms ain, ay Multiple meaning words vowel teams ai, ay Narrative Writing: Friendly Letter Focus Trait: Sentence Fluency Names of Months, Days, Holidays 19 History Why is it to learn about people from the past? Sequence of Events/ Tomas' Rivera Life Then and Now oa and ow vowel teams, phonograms ow, oat Synonyms vowel teams oa, ow Narrative Writing: Personal Narrative Focus Trait: Future Tenses 20 Feelings How can you help a friend who feels sad? Cause and Effect/ Little Rabbit's Tale Silly Poems Syllable combine and segment Compound words compound words Narrative Writing: Personal Narrative Focus Trait: Word and Phrases