Literacy
* Fluency--How fast and smooth
* Character and Setting Who the story is about and where it takes
place.
* Theme The overall message or lesson in a story
* Context Clues Using the text to help you figure out the meaning
of unknown words
* Homonyms Words that sound the same, but have different meanings. Bat, Bat
* Narrative Poems Usually have a rhyme and rhythm.
They tell a story and include humorous details.
* Sequencing Details in a story Clue words: first, next, after that, then,
finally
* Summarizing a story Putting the main details in order to retell the story.
* Visualizing Creating a visual picture in your mind
* Compare and Contrast Telling how things are alike and how they are different.
* Mulitple Meaning Words bat, bat
* Author’s Purpose Author’s write to inform (teach), persuade, entertain, or express an emotion
* Story Structure Plot or problem, beginning, middle, and end with a conclusion.
Spelling
* Short Vowels VCCV problem, happen, subject
* Plurals—adding s, es, ies pockets, pennies, bunches
* Prefixes and Suffixes Prefixes are parts added to the beginning of words: ie-undo, rewrite
Suffixes are parts added to the end of words: ie slowly, thankful
* Long vowel Diagraphs clean, agree, window, peach
* Compound Words skateboard, sunshine, bookshelf
* adding: ed, ing, er, est using, heavier, pleased
* Long vowel Diphthongs proud, hour, amount, voyage, prowl
Writing
* Realistic Fiction real characters, real setting, real events
* Pourquoi Tales
* Subjects and Predicates (subject)-who or what the sentence is about and (predicate)-what the subject is or does
* Friendly Letter
* Fables
* Writing a Description
* Compound sentences contain and, or, but
* Commands (end with a “.” )
* Exclamations (end with a “!”)
* Statements (end with a “.”)
* Questions (end with a “?”)
Math
* Basic Addition and Subtraction Facts strategies and skills
* Place value to hundred thousands place
* Expanded, word, standard form of numbers
* Comparing and ordering numbers
* Money skills rounding, estimation, giving
change
LITERACY
Unit 1--
Week 1--When Charlie McButton Lost Power (Narrative Poem)
Character, Setting, and Theme
Background Knowledge
Context Clues/Homonyms
Accuracy
Short vowels; syllables vc/cv
Week 2--What About Me? (Fable)
Sequence
Summarize
Word Structure/Compound Words
Rate of Reading (fluency)
Plurals -s, -es, -ies
Week 3--Kumak's Fish (Tall Tale)
Sequencing details
Visualize
Dictionary/Glossary
Expression
Base Words and Endings
Week 4-- Supermarket (Expository Text)
Compare and Contrast
Background Knowledge
Context Clues/Multiple-Meaning Words
Accuracy
Vowel Diagraphs
Week 5--My Rows and Piles of Coins
Author's Purpose
Story Structure
Word Structure/ Prefixes-Suffixes
Appropriate Phrasing
Vowel Diphthongs
Literacy--Unit 2
Week 1-Penguin Chick (Expository Text)
Main Idea and Details
Monitor and Clarify
Context Clues/Synonyms
Accuracy When Reading
Syllable v/cv, vc/v
Week 2--I Wanna Iguana (Realistic Fiction)
Compare and Contrast
Visualize
Context Clues/Unfamiliar Words
Expression when reading
Final syllable -le
Week 3--Prudy's Problem and How She Solved It (Fantasy)
Drawing Conclusions
Questioning
Word Structure/Compound Words
Rate (fluency)
Compound Words
Week 4--Tops and Bottoms (Animal Fantasy)
Author's Purpose
Predict and Set Purpose for Reading
Context Clues/Antonyms
Appropriate Phrasing
Consonant Blends spl, thr, squ, str, scr
Week 5--Amazing Bird Nests (Expository Text)
Main Idea and Details
Text Structure
Context Clues/Unfamiliar Words
Rate
Consonant Diagraphs
UNIT 3
Week 1--How Do You Raise a Raisin? (Expository Text)
Drawing Conclusions
Important Ideas
Context Clues/Homophones
Expression when reading
Contractions
Week 2--Pushing Up the Sky (Drama)
Character, Setting, and Plot
Inferring
Dictionary/Glossary
Accuracy
Prefixes
Week 3--Seeing Stars
Graphic Sources
Text Structure
Dictionary/Glossary
Appropriate Phrasing
Consonant Sounds j, s, k
Week 4--A Symphony of Whales (Fiction)
Generalize
Story Structure
Context Clues/Unfamiliar Words
Rate
Suffixes, -ly, -ful, -ness, -less, -able, -ible
Week 5--Around One Cactus (Narrative Non-Fiction)
Cause and Effect
Predict and Set Purpose
Word Structure/Prefixes and Suffixes
Expression
Consonant Patterns wr, kn, mb, gn, st
Unit #4 Classroom Profile/ Problem-Solution Essay
4.1 The Man who invented Basketball: James Naismith—Biography
· Generalize
· Persuasive Text
· irregular plurals
· Singular and Plural Pronouns
· Autobiography
4.2 Hottest, Coldest, Highest, Deepest—Expository Text
· Graphic Sources
· Story
· vowels with r
· Subject and Object Pronouns
· Legend
4.3 Rocks in His Head—Biography
· Fact and Opinion
· Biography
· prefixes (pre, mid, over, out)
· Possessive Pronouns
· Persuasive Text
4.4 Gertrude Ederle--Biography
· Fact and Opinion
· Autobiography
· suffixes –er, -or, -ess, -ist
· Contractions
· 21st Century
4.5 Fly, Eagle, Fly!—Folk Tale
· Cause and Effect
· Summary
· Syllable patterns vcccv
· Prepositions
· Trickster Tale
Unit #5 E-Newsletter/Persuasive Essay
5.1 Suki’s Kimono—Realistic Fiction
· Compare and Contrast
· Editorial
· Syllable pattern cv/vc
· Adjectives and Articles
· Expository Text
5.2 I Love Saturday’s—Realistic Fiction
· Main Idea and Details
· Personal Narrative
· Homophones
· Adjectives that Compare
· Textbook
5.3 Good-Bye, 382 Shin Dang Dong—Realistic Fiction
· Sequence
· Poem
· Vowel sounds in ball
· Adverbs
· Poetry
5.4 Jalepeno Bagels—Realistic Fiction
· Draw Conclusions
· Invitation
· Vowel patterns ei and eigh
· Adverbs that compare
· Expository Text
5.5 Me and Uncle Romie—Realistic Fiction
· Author’s Purpose
· Story Review
· Suffixes –y, -ish, -hood, -ment
· Conjunctions
· 21st Century Skills
Unit #6 Discussion Forum/Research Report
6.1 The Story of the Statue of Liberty—Narrative Non-Fiction
· Fact and Opinion
· Taking Notes
· Vowel sounds in tooth and cook
· Capital Letters
· Textbook
6.2 Happy Birthday Mr. Kang—Realistic Fiction
· Cause and Effect
· Poem
· Schwa
· Abbreviations
· Expository Text
6.3 Talking Walls—Photo Essay
· Graphic Sources
· Description
· words with –tion, -sion, -ture
· Combining Sentences
· Palindromes
6.4 Two Bad Ants—Animal Fantasy
· Plot and Theme
· Comic Book
· multisyllabic words
· Commas
· 21st Century Skills
6.5 Atlantis—Legend
· Generalize
· Historical Fiction
· related words
· Quotations and Parenthesis
· Drama
Science
Unit A: Science, Engineering, and Technology
Chapter 1: The Nature of Science
o Text Features
What is Science?
1. What questions to scientists ask?
2. What skills to scientists use?
3. How do scientists answer questions?
4. How do scientists communicate?
5. How do scientists use tools and stay safe?
Chapter 2: Technology and the Design Process
o Main Idea and Details
How can technology effect our lives?
1. What is technology?
2. What is a machine?
3. What is the design process?
Unit B: Life Science
Chapter 3: Plants
o Text Features
How do plants grow and Change?
1. How can you classify plants?
2. How do plants use leaves to make food?
3. How do plants use flowers or cones to reproduce?
4. What are the life cycles of some plants?
Chapter 4: Living Things
o Sequence
How do living things grow and change?
1. How can you classify animals?
2. How are offspring like their parents?
3. What are the life cycles of some animals?
Chapter 5: Ecosystems
o Cause and Effect
How do living things interact?
1. What is an ecosystem?
2. How do living things get energy?
3. How do ecosystems change?
Unit C: Earth Science
Chapter 6: Earth and Weather
o Sequence
How do forces cause changes on Earth’s surface?
1. What is the water cycle?
2. What are weather and climate?
3. What are minerals and rocks?
4. What is soil?
5. How do we describe features of Earth’s surface?
6. What are weathering and erosion?
Chapter 7: Earth and Our Universe
o Main Idea and Details
How do objects in space affect one another?
1. What is a star?
2. What do you know about our solar system?
3. What are Earth’s patterns?
4. What is known about the moon?
Unit D: Physical Science
Chapter 8: Matter
o Compare and Contrast
How can matter be described?
1. What is matter?
2. What are states of matter?
3. How is matter measured?
Chapter 9: Energy and Its Forms
o Cause and Effect
How can energy change?
1. What are some forms of energy?
2. How does energy change form?
3. How do light and matter interact?
4. What are heat and light energy?
5. What is sound energy?
6. What is electrical energy?
Chapter 10: Forces and Motion
o Draw Conclusions
What forces cause motion?
1. What is motion?
2. How does force affect motion?
3. What is gravity?
Chapter 1: The Nature of Science
o Text Features
What is Science?
1. What questions to scientists ask?
2. What skills to scientists use?
3. How do scientists answer questions?
4. How do scientists communicate?
5. How do scientists use tools and stay safe?
Chapter 2: Technology and the Design Process
o Main Idea and Details
How can technology effect our lives?
1. What is technology?
2. What is a machine?
3. What is the design process?
Unit B: Life Science
Chapter 3: Plants
o Text Features
How do plants grow and Change?
1. How can you classify plants?
2. How do plants use leaves to make food?
3. How do plants use flowers or cones to reproduce?
4. What are the life cycles of some plants?
Chapter 4: Living Things
o Sequence
How do living things grow and change?
1. How can you classify animals?
2. How are offspring like their parents?
3. What are the life cycles of some animals?
Chapter 5: Ecosystems
o Cause and Effect
How do living things interact?
1. What is an ecosystem?
2. How do living things get energy?
3. How do ecosystems change?
Unit C: Earth Science
Chapter 6: Earth and Weather
o Sequence
How do forces cause changes on Earth’s surface?
1. What is the water cycle?
2. What are weather and climate?
3. What are minerals and rocks?
4. What is soil?
5. How do we describe features of Earth’s surface?
6. What are weathering and erosion?
Chapter 7: Earth and Our Universe
o Main Idea and Details
How do objects in space affect one another?
1. What is a star?
2. What do you know about our solar system?
3. What are Earth’s patterns?
4. What is known about the moon?
Unit D: Physical Science
Chapter 8: Matter
o Compare and Contrast
How can matter be described?
1. What is matter?
2. What are states of matter?
3. How is matter measured?
Chapter 9: Energy and Its Forms
o Cause and Effect
How can energy change?
1. What are some forms of energy?
2. How does energy change form?
3. How do light and matter interact?
4. What are heat and light energy?
5. What is sound energy?
6. What is electrical energy?
Chapter 10: Forces and Motion
o Draw Conclusions
What forces cause motion?
1. What is motion?
2. How does force affect motion?
3. What is gravity?