Theme: Back To School The Rule (Realistic Fiction) STRATEGY Segment 1: Transparency BTS: 4-6 Predict/Infer Segment 2 : Transparency BTS: 7-8 Phonics/Decoding Segment 3 : Transparency BTS: 9-10 Monitoring/Clarify Segment 4: Transparency BTS: 11-12 Question Segment 5: Transparency BTS: 13-14 Evaluate Segment 6: Transparency BTS: 15-17 Summarize Welcome Back To School!
Theme 1: Off to Adventure (September-October) Story Phonics Fluency Vocabulary Comprehension Grammar/Study Skills Radio Rescue (Realistic Fiction) Skill/ Spelling Patterns: Long i Theme 1, Stories 1-3 Review Leveled Readers: BL: OL: AL: LS: Vocabulary Skill: Review Key Vocabulary (Radio Rescue): ferocious, raise, hurricane, acknowledged, distress, relaying, transmitting Strategy: Summarize Flow Map Skills: Sequence of Events Fantasy and Realism Predicting Outcomes Grammar: (Review) What is a sentence? Kinds of Sentences Subjects & Predicates (New) Adjectives Comparing with Adjectives Study Skills: Venn Diagrams/ Double Bubble KWL Flow Map Sybil Ludingtons’s Midnight Ride (Nonfiction) Key Vocabulary (Midnight Ride): route, trot, urged, reins Focus on Genre: Poetry Skill/ Spelling Patterns: Vowel + r Prefixes: un, dis, non Suffixes: y, ly Continue long & short vowels Leveled Readers: BL: Douglas Florian: Poet and Artist OL: Pat Mora: Two Languages, One Poet AL: Gwendolyn Brooks: A Life of Poetry LS: Douglas Florian Vocabulary Skill: Synonyms Descriptive Language Key Vocabulary: beats, pattern, rhythm, lines, rhyme, stanzas Strategy: Evaluate Skills: Understanding Poetry: Rhyming Alliteration Visualizing Grammar: Complete Sentences Punctuation Capitalization Study Skills: N/A
Theme 2: Celebrating Traditions (October-November) Story Phonics Fluency Vocabulary Comprehension Grammar/Study Skills The Keeping Quilt (Personal Narrative) Skills/ Spelling Pattern: Long Vowels: a, e Compound Words Leveled Readers: BL: Grandma’s Table OL: The Traveling Guitar AL: Grandpa’s Baseball Card LS: The Family Table Vocabulary Skill: Word Families Key Vocabulary: border, gathering, needles, scraps, sewn, threaded Vocabulary Reader: Quilting in America Strategy: Evaluate Skills: Author’s Viewpoint Fact and Opinion Noting Details Grammar: Common Nouns Commas in Series Study Skills: Using the Library Grandma’s Records (Realistic Fiction) Skills/ Spelling Pattern: Long O Plurals Leveled Readers: BL: The Mask Makers OL: A World of Games AL: Miyu and the Cranes for Peace LS: Grandfather’s Mask Vocabulary Skill: Dictionary Guide Words Key Vocabulary: conga, percussion, performing, record, salsa, theater Vocabulary Reader: The Music of Tito Puente Strategy: Question Skills: Categorize & Classify Making Inferences Predicting Outcomes Grammar: Proper Nouns Study Skills: Conducting an Interview Tree Maps The Talking Cloth (Realistic Fiction) Skill/ Spelling Patterns: Three-letter clusters and unexpected consonant patterns Contractions Leveled Readers: BL: The Weaver’s Gift OL: A True Cortez AL: Fly Fishing with Grandpa LS: Rug Weavers Vocabulary Skill: Rhyming Words Key Vocabulary: collection, flourish, symbols, collector, royalty, wealth, embroidered Vocabulary Reader: Special Stories Strategy: Summarize Skills: Noting Details Categorize and Classify Drawing Conclusions Grammar: Singular and Plural Nouns Review: Writing in complete sentences Study Skills: Taking Notes Dancing Rainbows (Nonfiction) Skill/ Spelling Patterns: Long i sound Plurals ending in: ch, sh, x, and s Leveled Readers: BL: Festival in Valencia OL: With a Dance and a Roar AL: Drum Dancers, an Inuit Story LS: Parade in Valencia Vocabulary Skill: Dictionary Definitions Key Vocabulary: ancestors, honor, respect, elders, imitating Vocabulary Reader: A Visit to a Pueblo Strategy: Monitor/Clarify Skills: Topic Main Idea Supporting Details Following Directions Compare and Contrast Grammar: Special Plural Nouns Study Skills: Outlining Story Map Story Diagram Review: Venn Diagram
Theme 2: Celebrating Traditions (October-November) Story Phonics Fluency Vocabulary Comprehension Grammar/Study Skills Miss Rumphius (Realistic fiction) Skill/ Spelling Patterns: Theme 2, Stories 1-4 Review Leveled Readers: BL: Review OL: AL: LS: Vocabulary Skill: Review Key Vocabulary (Miss Rumphius): bloomed, headlands, lupines, hollows, bushels Strategy: Evaluate Skills: Comprehension Skills Review Grammar: (Review) Common nouns Proper nouns Singular and plural nouns Special plural nouns Subjects and predicates Study Skills: Review study skills for stories 1-4 Celebrating Chinese New Year Key Vocabulary (Celebrating Chinese New Year): unity, hosts, elaborate, feast, chef Focus on Genre: Trickster Tales Skill/ Spelling Patterns: Vowel sound in join Inflected Endings: ed, ing Leveled Readers: BL: The Tiger the Man and the Jackal OL: The High-Flying Contest AL: The Rabbit and the Coyote LS: The Tiger’s Promise Vocabulary Skill: Synonyms Key Vocabulary: boastfulness, folktale, qualities, clever, greediness, trickster, culture, mischief Vocabulary Reader: Meet Some Tricksters Strategy: Predict/Infer Skills: Understanding Trickster Tales Visualizing Grammar: Stringy Sentences Study Skills: Using an Atlas Sequence Chart/Flow Map Theme 3: Incredible Stories (November-December) Story Phonics Fluency Vocabulary Comprehension Grammar/Study Skills
Dogzilla (Fantasy) Skills/ Spelling Pattern: Vowel sounds in clown and lawn Plurals with words ending in f and fe Leveled Readers: BL: Robocat OL: Attack of the Giant Squirrel AL: A Town in Trouble LS: Robocat Stops Crime Vocabulary Skill: Using Context Key Vocabulary: colossal, creature, heroic, horrifying, monstrous, terrifying, tremendous Vocabulary Reader: Pet Pictures Strategy: Evaluate Skills: Fantasy and Realism Text Organization Problem Solving Grammar: Possessive nouns apostrophes Study Skills: Using newspapers The Mysterious Giant of Barletta (Folktale) Skills/ Spelling Pattern: Vowel + r Words ending in er and est Leveled Readers: BL: The Dragon of Krakow OL: The Brave Little Tailor AL: The Giant Rock of Yosemite LS: Krakus and the Dragon Vocabulary Skill: Choosing a dictionary meaning. Key Vocabulary: giant, pedestal, statue, mysterious, square, weakling Vocabulary Reader: Statues Across America Strategy: Question Skills: Following Directions Fantasy and Realism Making Inferences Grammar: What is a verb? Study Skills: Using an Atlas Flow-map Raising Dragons (Fantasy) Skill/ Spelling Patterns: The j, k, and kw sounds Suffixes: y and ly Leveled Readers: BL: My Green Thumb OL: Miriam Dives into a Good Book AL: Driscoll and the Singing Fish LS: Pick a Pumpkin Vocabulary Skill: The pronunciation key in the dictionary Key Vocabulary: appetite, hitched, sown, chores, plow, tended, harvested Vocabulary Reader: A Farm for Wild Animals Strategy: Predict/Infer Skills: Drawing Conclusions Cause and Effect Grammar: Present Time Subject-Verb agreement Study Skills: Using an Encyclopedia The Garden of Abdul Gasazi (Fantasy) Skill/ Spelling Patterns: homophones Prefixes: un, bi, dis, mis, and non Leveled Readers: BL: Luna OL: Welcome, Wilma AL: A Strange Bird LS: Saul’s Special Pet Vocabulary Skill: Using a thesaurus Key Vocabulary: awesome, disappeared, impossible, convinced, discovered, incredible Vocabulary Reader: Mazes are Amazing Strategy: Monitor/Clarify Skills: Story structure Noting details Drawing Conclusions Grammar: Past Time and Future Time Keeping tenses consistent Study Skills: Using charts, tables, and graphs Theme 3: Incredible Stories (November-December) Story Phonics Fluency Vocabulary Comprehension Grammar/Study Skills
Nights Of the Pufflings (Non-fiction) Skills/ Spelling Pattern: Vowel Plus r (sound in hair) Leveled Readers: BL: Deer Butterflies OL: The Bison are Back AL: Urban Wildlife LS: A Box of Butterflies Vocabulary Skill: The parts of speech in the dictionary Key Vocabulary: assure, burrows, instinctively, launching, stranded, uninhabited, venture Vocabulary Reader: Nests Strategy: Evaluate Skills: Fact and Opinion Topic Main Idea Supporting Details Making Generalizations Grammar: The Verb Be Forms of the Verb Be Study Skills: Multimedia Resources Seal Surfer (Realistic Fiction) Skills/ Spelling Pattern: Added endings Consonant Clusters Leveled Readers: BL: Henry and the Fox OL: Whale Music AL: Hometown Turtles LS: Henry’s New Friend Vocabulary Skill: More multiple meaning words Key Vocabulary: Basked, quay, swell, swooped, surfed, buffeted, horizon Vocabulary Reader: Seals of the World Strategy: Summarize Skills: Compare and Contrast Grammar: Helping Verbs Study Skills: Skim and Scan Venn Diagram/ Double Bubble Two Days in May (Realistic Fiction) Skills/ Spelling Pattern: Prefixes: un and re Suffixes: ful, ly, and er Diagraphs: ch, sh, th, tch, wh, wr) Leveled Readers: BL: The Upside Down Elephant OL: Eagle Watchers AL: Poor Little Kittens LS: Elephant Rescue Vocabulary Skill: Base words and inflected forms in the dictionary Key Vocabulary: appreciate, starve, territory, grazing, surrounding, wonder, population Vocabulary Reader: Animal Neighbors Strategy: Monitor/Clarify Skills: Making Judgments Problem Solving Predicting Outcomes Grammar: Irregular Verbs Study Skills: Adjusting reading rate Theme 4: Animal Habitats (January-February) Story Phonics Fluency Vocabulary Comprehension Grammar/Study Skills
Alejandro’s Gift (Realistic Fiction) Skills/ Spelling Pattern: Review of Vowel plus r Added Endings Prefixes & Suffixes Introduce homophones Leveled Readers: Review Vocabulary Skill: Review Key Vocabulary: companion, refresh, cherished, furrows, dwellers, drudgery, shunned Strategy: Review Skills: Review Grammar: Review of verbs: The Verb Be Helping Verbs Irregular Verbs Introduce present time, past time, future time Study Skills: Review Skim and Scan Review adjusting reading rate Theme 5: Voyagers (March-April) Story Phonics Fluency Vocabulary Comprehension Grammar/Study Skills
Across the Wide Dark Sea (Historical Fiction) Skills/ Spelling Pattern: Vowel sounds in tooth-cook Suffixes less and ness Leveled Readers: BL: The Golden Land OL: Chasing the Train Al: Faith’s Journey LS: Going to America Vocabulary Skill: Syllables in a Dictionary Key Vocabulary: Anchor, cramped, journey, seeping, settlement, survived, weary Vocabulary Reader: Coming to America Strategy: Question Skills: Making inferences Grammar: Subject Pronouns Study Skills: Multimedia Report Yummi and Halmoni’s Trip (Realistic Fiction) Skills/ Spelling Pattern: Vowel sound in bought Leveled Readers: BL: Brothers are Forever OL: South Pole Bound Al: The Same, but Different LS: Max Visits London Vocabulary Skill: Analogies Key Vocabulary: bustling, customs, foreigner, passport, sightseeing, skyscrapers, vendor Vocabulary Reader: Welcome to Hong Kong Strategy: Predict/Infer Skills: Predicting Outcomes Making Generalizations Cause/Effect Grammar: Possessive’s Object Pronouns Study Skills: Using Graphic Organizers SQRR Trapped by the Ice Skills/ Spelling Pattern: VCCV Leveled Readers: BL: Iceberg Rescue OL: Racing Danger Al: Voyage Across the Pacific LS: Stuck in the Ice Vocabulary Skill: Homophones Key Vocabulary: barren, crevice, deserted, floes, grueling, impassible, perilous, terrain Vocabulary Reader: An Antarctic Adventure Strategy: Monitor/Clarify Skills: Text Organization Topic Main Idea Sequence of Events Supporting Detail Grammar: Possessive Pronouns Proofreading Its and It’s Study Skills: Using a Time- line Theme 5: Voyagers (March-April) Story Story Story Story Story Story
Cinderella (Fairy Tale) Skills/ Spelling Pattern: The s sound in face Leveled Readers: BL: Smudge-Face OL: The Little Sparrow AL: Rella’s Wish LS: To Tell the Truth Vocabulary Skill: Connotations Key Vocabulary: folktale, fairy, hero, heroine, culture, Strategy: Monitor/Clarify Skills: Understanding Fairy Tales Grammar: Using Pronouns Daily Language Practice Study Skills: Using an Almanac Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story from China (Fairy Tale) Skills/ Spelling Pattern: Review the s sound in face Leveled Readers: BL: Smudge-Face OL: The Little Sparrow AL: Rella’s Wish LS: To Tell the Truth Vocabulary Skill: Review Connotations Key Vocabulary: Review genre vocabulary Strategy: Monitor/Clarify Skills: Visualizing Grammar: Review Pronouns Study Skills: Review Theme 6: Smart Solutions (April-May) Story Phonics Fluency Vocabulary Comprehension Grammar/Study Skills Pepita Talks Twice (Realistic Fiction) Skills/ Spelling Pattern: VCCCV patterns Word endings: er and le Leveled Readers: BL: Tall Tony OL: Talented Alex AL: Paul the Artist LS: The Tallest Boy in the Class Vocabulary Skill: Synonyms Key Vocabulary: Language, Spanish, Enchiladas, Salsa, Tortilla, Tamales, Tacos Vocabulary Reader: Two Languages Strategy: Evaluate Skills: Problem Solving Author’s Viewpoint Making Inferences Grammar: Adjectives Study Skills: Bilingual Dictionary Graphic Organizers: Pros/Cons (+/-)
Poppa’s New Pants (Realistic Fiction) Skill/ Spelling Patterns: VCV pattern Words beginning with a- and be- Leveled Readers: BL: A Little Bit Hotter Can’t Hurt OL: The Mural AL: Gampy’s Lamp LS: Chili for Lindy Vocabulary Skill: Antonyms Definitions Key Vocabulary: draped, fabric, hem, mended, pattern, plaid, rustling Vocabulary Reader: Clothes Around the Word Strategy: Predict/Infer Skills: Drawing Conclusions Cause/Effect Compare/Contrast Grammar: Comparing with Adjectives Study Skills: Following Directions Graphic Organizers: Venn Diagrams Ramona Quimby Age 8 (Realistic Fiction) Skill/ Spelling Patterns: Contractions Soft C and Soft G Leveled Readers: BL: The Dive OL: First Day for Carlos AL: Real Team Soccer LS: Christy’s First Dive Vocabulary Skill: Spelling Table in a Dictionary Multiple meanings Key Vocabulary: Ceaseless, companionable, discouraged, dismal, dreary, exhausted, pelting, sullenly Vocabulary Reader: A Rainy Day Solution Strategy: Summarize Flow Map Skills: Making Generalizations Making Judgments Drawing Conclusions Grammar: Adverbs Study Skills: Real Life Reading (Signs, etc.) Theme 6: Smart Solutions (April-May) Story Phonics Fluency Vocabulary Comprehension Grammar/Study Skills Helen Keller: Sisters In Strength: American Women Who Make a Difference (Non-Fiction) Skill/ Spelling Patterns: Theme 6, Stories 1-3 Review Leveled Readers: BL: Review OL: AL: LS: Vocabulary Skill: Review Key Vocabulary ( Helen Keller): Miraculously, condemned, frustrated, communicate, restored Strategy: Summarize *Flow Map Skills: Problem Solving Making Inferences Making Generalizations Grammar: (Review) Adjectives Comparing with Adjectives Adverbs (New) Subject Pronouns Object Pronouns