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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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| 8/30/2010
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Start Smart AL: OL: BL: |
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| 9/6/2010
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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
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Personal Narrative Personal Narrative paragraph-event (first day of school) |
Ideas Attention to detail |
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| 10/18/2010
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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
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Explanatory Poster about how to do something, contains three steps |
Organization Picture and text match; correct sequencing of steps |
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| 12/13/2010
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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
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Persuasive Persuasive Poster: When/ why something is important |
Organization Picture and text match |
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| 2/7/2011
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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
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Expository Summary ( gather information, take notes, and summarize ) |
Conventions Punctuation and capitalization |
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| 3/21/2011
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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
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Fictional Narrative dialogue (for a fictional character or animal in the desert) |
Voice Lively Words |
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| 5/9/2011
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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
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Descriptive Poster/flyer: description of an event |
Word Choice Precise words |