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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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| 9/6/2010
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We Are Special (idea: how each of us is unique. What we like to do etc...) |
Animals in the Park: An ABC Book AL: Cat Can Jump OL: Can You? BL: Look at Chameleon? |
Analyze Story Structure
Character |
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1. List 2. List 3. List 4. Sentence 5. Sentence |
Ideas |
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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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| 9/20/2010
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We Are Special (idea: how each of us is unique. What we like to do etc...) |
Pam and Sam AL: Cat Can Jump OL: Can You? BL: Look at Chameleon? |
Analyze Story Structure
Character |
short /a/a; consonants c, m, n, p, r, s, t |
Sentences
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Personal Narrative (modified writing process) Sentence |
Ideas |
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| 9/27/2010
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Ready, Set, Move! |
I Can! Can You? AL: Play Ball OL: We Like Sports BL: Sports Fun |
Analyze Story Structure
Sequence |
short /a/a; consonants b, f, g, h, k/ck, l, v |
Word Order
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Personal narrative (modified writing process) Sentence |
Ideas |
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| 9/27/2010
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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
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Personal Narrative Personal Writing-- introducing self to a new friend |
Ideas Adhering to the topic |
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| 9/27/2010
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Astronauts |
Gloria Rising AL: Elevator to Trouble OL: Summer in Space BL: Back to School |
Make Inferences and Analyze
Analyze Character |
Words with Long i (prime, slight, mild, lie, sly) 5/30/2005 |
Complex Sentences (Sentence combining)
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Personal Narrative Personal Letter [(e-mail with technology) 1 paragraph] |
Ideas and Content With elaboration (add details) |
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| 10/4/2010
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Growing Up |
How You Grew--TFK AL: Growing Up OL: We Grow Up BL: What Will You Be? |
Analyze Text Structure
Sequence |
short /i/i; consonants d, j, qu, w, x, y, z |
Statements
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Descriptive (modified writing process) Sentence Frame and Drawing: A ____ is big. A ____ is little. |
Ideas |
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| 10/11/2010
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People and Their Pets |
Perfect Pet, The AL: The Rescue OL: Charlie's Pet Problem BL: Dan's Idea |
Analyze Story Structure
Problem and Solution |
Words with /i/ (long i) ( i, ie, y, igh child, lie, fly, slight,) |
Compound Sentences
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Personal Narrative Personal Narrative paragraph about an animal 1 paragraph |
Ideas and Content Elaboration/add details |
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| 10/11/2010
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Rescue Dogs |
Pipiolo and the Roof Dogs AL: It's Fun When Sam Listens OL: The Wag Brigade BL: Rusty to the Rescue! |
Generate Questions
Cause and Effect |
Words with /ûr/, /îr/ r-controlled vowels, ur (fur), ear (fear) |
Run-on Sentences
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Personal Narrative Journal about an experience relating to an animal |
Ideas and Content Elaborate by adding details that describe, explain, or give examples |
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| 10/25/2010
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Animal Rescue |
Harbor Seal Pup Grows Up, A AL: Whale Watch OL: Save the Tigers BL: Bald Eagle Alert |
Summarize (PE/TE)
Sequence |
blends /sl/sl, /dr/dr, /sk/sk, /sp/sp, /st/st |
Plural Nouns
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Explanatory How to care for an animal (e.g. a pet; class fish or other animal; backyard birds). Include labels, notes |
Ideas Attention to detail |
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| 11/15/2010
last week of trimester 1 |
How Animals Grow |
Farfallina and Marcel AL: Little Bat OL: Hermie the Hermit Crab BL: Pip the Penguin |
Generate Questions (TE)
As Questions (PE)
Make Inferences |
long /i/i, igh, ie, y |
Possessive Nouns
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Letter Letter to a friend |
Ideas Attention to detail |
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| 11/29/2010
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The Caribbean Islands |
Salsa Stories AL: Nothing Is Impossible 7/12/2005 OL: Where We Belong BL: All or Nothing |
Summarize
Problem and Solution |
Words with /ô/, /ou/, /oi/ (ambiguous vowels au, aw, ough, augh –haul, straw, thought daughter, and ou (mountain) , oy, oi , (loyal, boiling) |
Possessive Nouns
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Persuasive Point of View (persuasive essay —why your hometown is a good place to live) |
Ideas Think about your audience as you choose ideas to emphasize |
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| 1/3/2011
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Safety First |
Officer Buckle and Gloria AL: Home Safety OL: Road Safety BL: Water Safety |
Monitor Comprehension: Read Ahead (TE)
Read Ahead (PE)
Use Illustrations |
long /u/u, u_e |
Present-tense Verbs
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Persuasive Persuasive Speech: how and why you should stay safe when biking |
Ideas Attention to detail; clear message |
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| 1/24/2011
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Into the Future |
Zathura: A Space Adventure AL: Return to Planet Weird OL: Me, Robot? BL: The Terrarium |
Make Inferences and Analyze
Draw Conclusions |
Final /schwa-r/ final unaccented syllables with schwa, er, ar, or (beggar, barber, actor) |
Irregular Verbs
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Fictional Narrative Diary (of fictional character about one event in a story) |
Ideas Elaborate by putting yourself into your character’s skin |
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| 1/31/2011
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Russ and the Firehouse AL: OL: BL: |
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h (initial only) |
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Dialogue (Speech Balloons) |
Ideas |
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| 2/14/2011
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Animal Survival |
Goose's Story AL: Dolphin Rescue OL: The Last Pond BL: The Lost Elephant |
Generate Questions (TE)
Ask Questions (PE)
Cause and Effect |
r-controlled vowel /ûr/er, ir, ur |
Helping Verbs
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News Story News Story (may research information) |
Ideas Attention to details |
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| 2/28/2011
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Wild Weather |
Super Storms AL: The Snowed-Under Sled OL: That's Wild! BL: Storm Riders |
Monitor Comprehension: Reread (TE)
Reread (PE)
Make and Confirm Predictions |
variant vowel /ü/oo, ui, ew |
Irregular verbs
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Expository Comparison/Contrast paragraph-about weather |
Ideas Attention to details |
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| 3/14/2011
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Making a Difference |
Beatrice’s Goat AL: Henry Bergh and the ASPCA OL: John Muir: Friend of Nature BL: Alexander Fleming and His Great Discovery |
Make Inferences and Analyze
Cause and Effect |
Words with inflected endings (–s, -ed and –ing with doubling—chops, chopping, chopped) |
Subject and Object Pronouns
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Descriptive Paragraph describing something or someone that has changed your life 1 paragraph |
Ideas and Content Elaborate and add vivid details |
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| 3/21/2011
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Exploring Space |
Seed Secrets AL: A Good Little Visit OL: The Trip BL: A Space Race |
Monitor Comprehension: Reread
Make Predictions |
u (initial and medial) |
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Similes |
Ideas |
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| 4/18/2011
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In the Garden |
Ugly Vegetables, The AL: All About Pumpkins OL: All About Tomatoes BL: All About Corn |
Summarize (TE/PE)
Sequence |
consonants /n/gn, kn; /r/wr; /m/mb |
Pronouns-verb Agreement
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Story Story (realistic story about a family) |
Ideas Attention to detail |
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| 4/25/2011
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I Can Do It |
Whistle for Willie AL: Swim Like a Dolphin OL: Jill's Shoelaces BL: The Not-So Gigantic Bike |
Generate Questions
Make Inferences |
r-controlled vowel /ôr/or |
Number Words
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How-to Pick something you learned how to do recently. Write a how-to for other kids who want to learn it. |
Ideas |
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| 4/25/2011
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Our Moon |
Moon, The AL: Let's Visit Space! OL: Star Sailor BL: Wathcing the Stars |
Summarize (TE/PE)
Classify and Categorize |
hard/soft consonants /k/c, /g/g; /s/c, /j/g |
Contractions
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Fictional Narrative Description of an imaginary place; setting ) |
Ideas Adhering to the topic; beginning, middle, end |
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| 5/2/2011
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How Does It Grow? |
Fruit is a Suitcase for Seeds, A AL: How Do Apples Grow? OL: Growing Strawberries BL: All About Cranberries |
Generate Questions
Classify and Categorize |
r-controlled vowel /ûr/er, ir, ur |
Synonyms and Antonyms
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Descriptive (modified writing process) Poem telling what your favorite fruit looks like, feels like and tastes like...grammar: color words |
Ideas |
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| 5/23/2011
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Balloon Flight |
Up in the Air: The Story of Balloon Flight AL: The Sky's the Limit OL: Airships: Sailors of the Sky BL: Up, Up and Away: Science in the Sky |
Monitor Comprehension
Make Generalizations |
Number Prefixes uni-, bi-, tri-, cent- |
Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases
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Expository Explain how something works |
Ideas Is explanation clear to the audience? |
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| 5/30/2011
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Inventors Then and Now |
African-American Inventors AL: Telephones Then and Now OL: Cars Then and Now BL: Computers Then and Now |
Monitor Comprehension (TE)
Reread (PE)
Compare and Contrast |
r-controlled vowel /ôr/or, ore, oar |
Adverbs
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Biography biography |
Ideas Attention to detail |
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| 6/13/2011
not taught |
Whales |
Adelina's Whales AL: Saving the Whales OL: Looking at Whales BL: Gray Whales |
Analyze Text Structure
Sequence |
Words with /oi/ and /ou/ (oy, oi, foil, enjoy and /ou/ ou/ow couch, chowder) |
Possessive Pronouns
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Explanatory Writing Point of View Article [expressing writer’s opinion why animals (an animal) is important to people 1 -2 paragraphs] |
Ideas and Content Focus on audience |