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Week | Grade Unit | Weekly Theme | Main Selection | Comprehension Strategy Skill | Phonics / Spelling Skill | Grammar Skill | Writing Mode | Writing Trait | |
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| 8/31/2009 | Start Smart AL: OL: BL: | ||||||||
| 9/7/2009 | School Days | David's New Friends AL: School Star OL: Sprouts BL: The Get-Well Wall | Analyze Story Structure (TE) Story Structure (PE) Character and Setting | short /a/a, /i/i | Statements and Questions | Personal Narrative Personal Narrative paragraph-event (first day of school) | Ideas Attention to detail | ||
| 9/14/2009 | Making Friends | Mr. Putter & Tabby Pour the Tea AL: City Garden OL: Garden Park BL: Over the Fence | Analyze Story Structure (TE) Story Structure (PE) Plot | short /e/e, /o/o, /u/u | Commands and Exclamations | Personal Narrative Personal Writing- description of a neighbor or friend | Sentence Fluency Complete sentences | ||
| 9/21/2009 OLSAT 8, Stanford 10 | AL: OL: BL: | ||||||||
| 9/28/2009 | Firefighters at Work | Fighting the Fire-TFK AL: Call 911! OL: How We Use Fire BL: Wildfires | Summarize (PE/TE) Main Idea and Details | short /a/a, long /a/a_e | Subjects | Personal Narrative Test Prep Writing: Personal Narrative | Voice Use of lively words that show enthusiasm Writing Strategy: Add words | ||
| 10/5/2009 | Being Yourself | Meet Rosina AL: Guide Dogs OL: Signing a Language BL: Technology that Helps | Summarize (PE/TE) Main Idea and Details | short /i/i, long /i/i_e | Predicates | Personal Narrative Personal Writing-- introducing self to a new friend | Ideas Adhering to the topic | ||
| 10/12/2009 | Coming to America | My Name is Yoon AL: Remember Me OL: Daniel's New Home BL: Eva's Journey | Summarize (PE/TE) Make and Confirm Predictions | short /o/o, long /o/o_e | Sentence combining; Day 1: Combining Subjects; Day 2: Combining Predicates | Personal Narrative Journal Entry about a personal experience | Voice Use of lively words that show enthusiasm | ||
| 10/19/2009 | Review |
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| 10/26/2009 | Plants Alive! | Tiny Seed, The AL: Plants You Can Eat OL: Amazing Plants BL: Power-Packed Plants! | Summarize (PE/TE) Draw Conclusions | short /u/u, long /u/u_e | Nouns | Explanatory Poster about how to do something, contains three steps | Organization Picture and text match; correct sequencing of steps | ||
| 11/2/2009 | Animal Rescue | Harbor Seal Pup Grows Up, A AL: Whale Watch OL: Save the Tigers BL: Bald Eagle Alert | Summarize (PE/TE) Sequence | blends /sl/sl, /dr/dr, /sk/sk, /sp/sp, /st/st | Plural Nouns | Explanatory How to care for an animal (e.g. a pet; class fish or other animal; backyard birds). Include labels, notes | Ideas Attention to detail | ||
| 11/9/2009 | A Hospital Visit | A Trip to the Emergency Room-TFK AL: Hospital Helpers OL: Stay Healthy, Stay Happy BL: It's Easy To Be Healthy! | Summarize (PE/TE) Sequence | long /a/ay, ai | Proper Nouns | Personal Narrative Test Prep Writing | Organization: Topic: beginning, middle, end Adhering to the topic; beginning, middle, end Writing Strategy: Sequence Map | ||
| 11/16/2009 last week of trimester 1 | How Animals Grow | Farfallina and Marcel AL: Little Bat OL: Hermie the Hermit Crab BL: Pip the Penguin | Generate Questions (TE) As Questions (PE) Make Inferences | long /i/i, igh, ie, y | Possessive Nouns | Letter Letter to a friend | Ideas Attention to detail | ||
| 11/23/2009 Thanksgiving 11/25-27 | AL: OL: BL: | ||||||||
| 11/30/2009 | Staying Fit | There's Nothing Like Baseball AL: Tom's Tryouts OL: Harry's Game BL: The Laughter Club | Generate Questions (TE) Ask Questions (PE) Make Inferences | long /o/o, oa, ow, oe | Plurals and Possessives | Explanatory Explanation Explain something you like to do and why you like to do it | Voice Use of lively words | ||
| 12/7/2009 | Review |
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| 12/14/2009 | Telling Stories | Head, Body, Legs: A Story From Liberia AL: Wasted Wishes OL: Three Wishes from a Fish BL: Three Dog Wishes | Monitor Comprehension: Reread (TE) Reread (PE) Cause and Effect | long /e/e, ee, ea, ey, y | Action Verbs | Persuasive Persuasive Poster: When/ why something is important | Organization Picture and text match | ||
| 1/4/2010 | Safety First | Officer Buckle and Gloria AL: Home Safety OL: Road Safety BL: Water Safety | Monitor Comprehension: Read Ahead (TE) Read Ahead (PE) Use Illustrations | long /u/u, u_e | Present-tense Verbs | Persuasive Persuasive Speech: how and why you should stay safe when biking | Ideas Attention to detail; clear message | ||
| 1/11/2010 | Creatures Old and Older | Meet the Super Croc - TFK AL: 100-Year-Old-Animals OL: Extinct Animals BL: Living Fossils | Monitor Comprehension: Adjust Reading Rate (TE) Reread (PE) Summarize | digraphs /ch/ch; /sh/sh; /th/th; /hw/wh | Past-tense Verbs | Personal Narrative Test Prep Writing: Personal Narrative | Organization Adhering to the topic; beginning, middle, end Writing Strategy: Events map | ||
| 1/18/2010 | Curtain Up! | The Alvin Ailey Kids: Dancing As a Team AL: Sarah Hughes, Figure Skater OL: Zhang Nan BL: Gregory Hines: Tap Dancing Man | Visualize (PE/TE) Summarize | digraphs /ch/ch, tch; /sh/sh; /th/th | The Verb 'Have' | Persuasive Persuasive advertisement | Voice Use of lively words | ||
| 1/25/2010 | On the Farm | Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type AL: Eggcellent! OL: Knitwits and Woolly Sweaters BL: What Good is Goat? | Visualize (PE/TE) Cause and Effect | blends /scr/scr-, /spr/spr-, /str/str | Sentence combining Day 1: Combining Sentences; Day 2: Combining predicates | Persuasive Persuasive Letter to the Editor | Word Choice Precise Words | ||
| 2/1/2010 | Review |
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| 2/8/2010 | Animal Needs | Splish! Splash! Animal Baths AL: Yaks of the Mountains OL: Giraffes of the Savanna BL: Sloths of the Rainforest | Generate Questions (TE) Ask Questions (PE) Compare and Contrast | r-controlled vowels /är/ar, /ôr/or | Linking Verbs | Expository Summary ( gather information, take notes, and summarize ) | Conventions Punctuation and capitalization | ||
| 2/15/2010 | Animal Survival | Goose's Story AL: Dolphin Rescue OL: The Last Pond BL: The Lost Elephant | Generate Questions (TE) Ask Questions (PE) Cause and Effect | r-controlled vowel /ûr/er, ir, ur | Helping Verbs | News Story News Story (may research information) | Ideas Attention to details | ||
| 2/22/2010 | Helping Planet Earth | A Way To Help Planet Earth--TFK AL: What Happens to Your Trash? OL: Spoiled by a Spill BL: Simple Ideas to Save the Earth | Generate Questions (TE) Ask Questions (PE) Description | variant vowel /u/oo, ou | Irregular Verbs | Persuasive Test Prep Writing: Persuasive | Organization One main idea and supporting details Writing Strategy: Make a list | ||
| 3/1/2010 last week of trimester 2 | Wild Weather | Super Storms AL: The Snowed-Under Sled OL: That's Wild! BL: Storm Riders | Monitor Comprehension: Reread (TE) Reread (PE) Make and Confirm Predictions | variant vowel /ü/oo, ui, ew | Irregular verbs | Expository Comparison/Contrast paragraph-about weather | Ideas Attention to details | ||
| 3/8/2010 | Habitats and Homes | Nutik, the Wolf Pup AL: The Rainforest OL: The Coral Reef BL: Grasslands | Monitor Comprehension: Adjust Reading Rate (TE) Reread (PE) Make Inferences | variant vowel /ô/au, aw | Contractions | Book Report Book Report/ Review | Word Choice Precise words | ||
| 3/15/2010 | Review |
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| 3/22/2010 | Life In the Desert | Dig, Wait, Listen: A Desert Toad's Tale AL: Sonoran Desert Animals OL: Australian Desert Animals BL: Kalahari Desert Animals | Summarize (TE) Author's Purpose (PE) | diphthong /ou/ow, ou | Pronouns | Fictional Narrative dialogue (for a fictional character or animal in the desert) | Voice Lively Words | ||
| 4/5/2010 | Play Time! | Pushing Up the Sky AL: Sky Colors OL: Why the Sky Is Far Away BL: Sky Seeds | Visualize (PE/TE) Problem and Solution | diphthong /oi/oi, oy | I and me, we and us | Play Fantasy-short play | Organization Play structure | ||
| 4/12/2010 | Exploration | Columbus Explores New Lands--TFK AL: Discovering Shipwrecks OL: Exploring the South Pole BL: Discovering Lost Cities | Summarize (PE/TE) Main Idea and Details | schwa /?/a | Possessive Pronouns | Extended Response to Literature Test Prep Writing: Extended Response to Literature | Conventions Punctuation and capitalization Writing Strateg: Use details | ||
| 4/19/2010 | In the Garden | Ugly Vegetables, The AL: All About Pumpkins OL: All About Tomatoes BL: All About Corn | Summarize (TE/PE) Sequence | consonants /n/gn, kn; /r/wr; /m/mb | Pronouns-verb Agreement | Story Story (realistic story about a family) | Ideas Attention to detail | ||
| 4/26/2010 | Our Moon | Moon, The AL: Let's Visit Space! OL: Star Sailor BL: Wathcing the Stars | Summarize (TE/PE) Classify and Categorize | hard/soft consonants /k/c, /g/g; /s/c, /j/g | Contractions | Fictional Narrative Description of an imaginary place; setting ) | Ideas Adhering to the topic; beginning, middle, end | ||
| 5/3/2010 | Review |
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| 5/10/2010 | Count on a Celebration! | Mice and Beans AL: Saving Sofia OL: A Party and a Half BL: A Lucky New Year | Analyze Story Structure (TE) Story Structure (PE) Fantasy and Reality | endings -dge, -ge, -lge, -nge, -rge | Adjectives | Descriptive Poster/flyer: description of an event | Word Choice Precise words | ||
| 5/17/2010 | Creating Stories | Stirring Up Memories AL: Illustrators at Work OL: A World of Words BL: Shutterbugs | Analyze Text Structure (TE) Text Structure (PE) Draw Conclusions | r-controlled vowels /är/ar; /âr/are, air | Use 'a' and 'an' | Poem Descriptive Poem | Voice Lively words that show enthusiasm | ||
| 5/24/2010 | Worlds of Art | Music of the Stone Age--TFK AL: A World of Colors OL: A Collection of Cats BL: A World of Puppets | Analyze Text Structure (TE) Text Structure (PE) Make Judgments | r-controlled vowels /ûr/er; /îr/eer, ere, ear | Adjectives that Compare | Fictional Narrative Test Prep Writing: Fictional Narrative | Organization Beginning, middle, end Writing Strategy: Story Map | ||
| 5/31/2010 | Inventors Then and Now | African-American Inventors AL: Telephones Then and Now OL: Cars Then and Now BL: Computers Then and Now | Monitor Comprehension (TE) Reread (PE) Compare and Contrast | r-controlled vowel /ôr/or, ore, oar | Adverbs | Biography biography | Ideas Attention to detail | ||
| 6/7/2010 last week of trimester 3 | Review |
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