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Week	Grade Unit	Weekly Theme	Main Selection Leveled Readers AL - Approaching Level OL - On Level BL - Beyond Level	Comprehension Strategy Skill	Phonics / Spelling Skill	Grammar Skill	Writing Mode	Writing Trait
9/13/2010	Gr. 4 Unit 1 Wk 2	Adapting to Survive	Walk in the Desert, A AL: Survival in the Great Sandy Desert OL: Survival in the Sahara Desert BL: Survival in the Great Basin Desert	Summarize Main Idea and Details	Words with Long a (date, tray, bail) 5/30/2005	Subjects and Predicates (simple, complete, and compound)	Poem Poem (cinquain)	Word Choice Precise Words (using a thesaurus)
9/13/2010 taught two weeks	Gr. 5 Unit 1 Wk 2	American Legends	Davy Crockett Saves the World AL: Sluefoot Sue: An American Legend OL: Johnny Appleseed: An American Legend BL: Old Stormalong: An American Legend	Story Structure Plot and Setting	Long Vowels ai, ay, ee, ea, igh, oa, ow, Vce	Subjects and Predicates (simple, complete, compound)	Personal Narrative Personal Narrative—how a real-life hero inspired/influenced the writer	Voice Show your feelings
9/20/2010 taught two weeks	Gr. 5 Unit 1 Wk 2	American Legends	Davy Crockett Saves the World AL: Sluefoot Sue: An American Legend OL: Johnny Appleseed: An American Legend BL: Old Stormalong: An American Legend	Story Structure Plot and Setting	Long Vowels ai, ay, ee, ea, igh, oa, ow, Vce	Subjects and Predicates (simple, complete, compound)	Personal Narrative Personal Narrative—how a real-life hero inspired/influenced the writer	Voice Show your feelings
9/27/2010	Gr. 2 Unit 1 Wk 4	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
10/4/2010	Gr. 2 Unit 1 Wk 5	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
10/4/2010	Gr. 3 Unit 1 Wk 4	Antarctic Life	Penguin Chick AL: The Blue Whales of Antarctica OL: The Weddell Seals of Antarctica BL: The Wandering Albatross	Summarize Main Idea and Details	Words with /o/ (long o) (o, ow, oa—grow, road)	Predicates	Poem Poem—about a wild animal—An acrostic poem—unrhymed	Word Choice Precise words
1/24/2011	Gr. 2 Unit 3 Wk 5	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
5/23/2011	Gr. 1 Unit 6 Wk 2	Exploring Space	Little Bear AL: A Good Little Visit OL: The Trip BL: A Space Race	Monitor Comprehension: Reread Make Predictions	variant vowel /u/oo	Predicates	Personal Narrative (Modified Writing Process) Write about something you like to pretend.	Sentence Fluency