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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	Gr. 2 Unit 1 Wk 3	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
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. 3 Unit 1 Wk 3	Building Communities	Whose Habitat Is It?--TFK AL: A Year at the Pond OL: Saving the Rainforest BL: The Deep Green Forest	Summarize Main Idea and Details	Words with /a/ (long a) (ai, ay train, play)	Subjects	TP: Extended Response to Literature WW: Expository TP: Extended Response to Literature 1 page WW: Article (Report about Harlem in the 1920s)
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
5/16/2011	Gr. 1 Unit 6 Wk 1	Bugs, Bugs, Bugs!	Dot and Jabber and the Big Bug Mystery AL: A Bee Like Me OL: The Painted Lady Butterfly BL: Where are the Butterflies?	Monitor Comprehension: Reread Use Illustrations	diphthong /ou/ou, ow	Subjects	Personal Narrative (Modified Writing Process) Write about an interesting bug you have seen.	Sentence Fluency