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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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| 9/20/2010
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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
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Personal Narrative Test Prep Writing: Personal Narrative |
Voice Use of lively words that show enthusiasm Writing Strategy: Add words |
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| 11/1/2010
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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
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Personal Narrative Test Prep Writing |
Organization: Topic: beginning, middle, end Adhering to the topic; beginning, middle, end Writing Strategy: Sequence Map |
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| 1/10/2011
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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
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Personal Narrative Test Prep Writing: Personal Narrative |
Organization Adhering to the topic; beginning, middle, end Writing Strategy: Events map |
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| 2/21/2011
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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
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Persuasive Test Prep Writing: Persuasive |
Organization One main idea and supporting details Writing Strategy: Make a list |
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| 4/11/2011
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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
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Extended Response to Literature Test Prep Writing: Extended Response to Literature |
Conventions Punctuation and capitalization Writing Strateg: Use details |
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| 5/23/2011
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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
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Fictional Narrative Test Prep Writing: Fictional Narrative |
Organization Beginning, middle, end Writing Strategy: Story Map |