Unit 1
Week 1
Theme: Mysteries
Strategy: Making Inferences and Analyzing
Skill: Problem and Solution
Grammar: Sentences
Research and Activity |
Unit 1
Week 2
Theme: Adapting to Survive
Strategy: Summarizing
Skill: Main Idea and Details
Grammar: Subjects and Predicates
Research and Activity |
Unit 1
Week 3
Theme: Our National Parks
Strategy: Summarizing
Skill: Main Idea and Details
Grammar: Simple and Compound Sentences
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Unit 1
Week 4
Theme: Astronauts
Strategy: Making Inferences and Analyzing
Skill: Analyzing the Characters
Grammar: Complex Sentences
Research and Activity |
Unit 1
Week 5
Theme: Wildlife Watchers
Strategy: Making Inferences and Analyzing
Skill: Characters, Setting, and Plot
Grammar: Run-On Sentences
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Unit 2
Week 1
Theme: Baseball
Strategy: Making Inferences and Analyzing
Skill: Author's Purpose
Grammar:
Common and Proper Nouns
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Unit 2
Week 2
Theme: New Places, New Faces
Strategy: Generating Questions
Skill: Make Inferences
Grammar: Singular and Plural Nouns
Research Question and Activity
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Unit 2
Week 3
Theme: Focus on China
Strategy: Making Inferences and Analyzing
Skill: Fact and Opinion
Grammar: Irregular Plural Nouns
Research and Activity |
Unit 2
Week 4
Theme: Bright Ideas
Strategy: Generating Questions
Skill: Problem and Solution
Grammar: Possessive Nouns
Research and Activity
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Unit 2
Week 5
Theme: Snakes
Strategy: Generating Questions
Skill: Making Inferences
Grammar:
Plurals and Possessives
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Unit 3
Week 1
Theme: Friend or Foe?
Strategy: Evaluate
Skill: Author's Purpose
Grammar: Action Verbs
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Unit 3
Week 2
Theme: People Who Made a Difference
Strategy: Evaluate
Skill: Author's Purpose
Grammar: Verb Tenses |
Unit 3
Week 3
Theme: Kids Get it Done
Strategy: Summarizing
Skill: Compare and Contrast
Grammar: Main and Helping Verbs |
Unit 3
Week 4
Theme: Great Plains Indians
Strategy: Summarizing
Skill: Sequencing
Grammar: Linking Verbs |
Unit 3
Week 5
Theme:Precipitation
Strategy: Evaluate
Skill: Summarize
Grammar: Irregular Verbs
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Unit 4
Week 1
Theme: Man's Best Friend
Strategy: Generating Questions
Skill: Drawing Conclusions
Grammar:
Pronouns and Antecedents |
Unit 4
Week 2
Theme: Creative Solutions
Strategy: Generating Questions
Skill: Drawing Conclusions
Grammar: Pronouns |
Unit 4
Week 3
Theme: Energy: Power Sources
Strategy: Evaluating the Text
Skill: Persuasion
Grammar: Pronoun-Verb Agreement |
Unit 4
Week 4
Theme: Whales
Strategy: Analyzing Text Structure
Skill: Sequence
Grammar: Possessive Pronouns |
Unit 4
Week 5
Theme: The Sea
Strategy: Analyzing Text Structure
Skill: Compare and Contrast
Grammar: Pronouns and Homophones |
Unit 5
Week 1
Theme: Going to the Library
Strategy: Evaluate
Skill: Summarize
Grammar: Adjectives
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Unit 5
Week 2
Theme: Putting on a Play
Strategy: Evaluate
Skill: Making Judgements
Grammar: Articles |
Unit 5
Week 3
Theme: Explorations
Strategy: Evaluate
Skill: Fact and Opinion
Grammar: Adjectives that Compare |
Unit 5
Week 4
Theme: Artists at Work
Strategy: Monitor Comprehension
Skill: Character
Grammar: Comparing with More and Most |
Unit 5
Week 5
Theme: Wild Horses
Strategy: Monitor Comprehension
Skill: Cause and Effect
Grammar: Comparing with Good and Bad
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Unit 6
Week 1
Theme: The Gold Rush
Strategy: Analyze Story Structure
Skill: Cause and Effect
Grammar: Adverbs
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Unit 6
Week 2
Theme: Wild Visitors
Strategy: Analyze Story
Skill: Theme
Grammar: Comparing with Adverbs
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Unit 6
Week 3
Theme: Discovering Nature's Secrets
Strategy: Monitor Comprehension
Skill: Making Generalizations
Grammar: Negatives
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Unit 6
Week 4
Theme: Airplanes
Strategy: Monitor Comprehension
Skill: Author's Perspective
Grammar: Prepositions
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Unit 6
Week 5
Theme: Ants
Strategy: Analyze Text Structure
Skill: Description
Grammar: Combining Sentences with Prepositions
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