1. Theme: Friends and Family
Unit 1 Planner
Unit 1
Friends and Family
The
Big
Question
What are the
qualities of a
good friend?
Theme
Launcher
Video
Find out more about
friends and family at
www.macmillanmh.com.
2 3
Theme Opener pp. 10/11–24/25 pp. 38/39–58/59
WEEK 1 WEEK 2
ORAL LANGUAGE
• Oral Vocabulary Theme Theme
Friends at School Pet Friends
• Phonemic Awareness Phonemic Awareness Phonemic Awareness
Listen for Short /a/ and /i/ Listen for Short /a/ and /i/
WORD STUDY
• Phonics Phonics Phonics
Short /a/a, /i/i; Consonant Short /e/e, /o/o, /u/u;
Blends Consonant Digraphs
• Spelling Spelling Spelling
Words with Short a and i Words with Short e, o, u
• Vocabulary Words Vocabulary Words Vocabulary Words
groan, excited, whisper, share, enjoyed, wonderful,
carefully, different thinning, delighted, company
READING
• Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension
Strategy: Analyze Story Strategy: Analyze Story
Structure Structure
Skill: Character and Setting Skill: Plot
• Fluency Fluency Fluency
Build Fluency: Word Build Fluency: Word
Automaticity Automaticity
Echo-Read Echo-Read
• Skill-Based Practice Readers Approaching Approaching
School Star City Gardens
On Level On Level
Sprouts Garden Park
Beyond Beyond
The Get-Well Wall Over the Fence
English Learners English Learners
Eating Sprouts A Special Garden
LANGUAGE ARTS
• Grammar Grammar Grammar
Statements and Questions Commands and
Exclamations
• Writing Writing Writing
Personal Narrative Personal Narrative
viii Unit 1
2. Unit 1 Planner
Real World Reading
Their
Comprehension
Native
Tongue
Genre
Nonfiction articles
give information
about real people, How did a school help
places, and events. save a language?
Summarize
Main Idea and Details
The main idea is
what an article
is mostly about.
Details give more
information about
the main idea.
Kahentawaks goes to the
Akwesasne Freedom School.
She is a fourth-grader.
B efore classes, the Akwesasne Freedom School
sounds like any other school. But when classes start, it
sounds different. Why? Freedom School students are
learning Kanien’keha:ka (Gah-nyah-gay-ha-gah).
This is the language of their Native American
ancestors, the Mohawk Indians.
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WEEK 3 WEEK 4 WEEK 5 WEEK 6
Theme Theme Theme Writing
Family Friends Special Friends Friends from Faraway Personal Narrative
Phonemic Awareness Phonemic Awareness Phonemic Awareness
Listen for Final e (/ā/a_e) Listen for Final e (/ī/i_e) Listen for Final e (/ō/o_e;
/ū/u_e)
Unit 1 Assessment,
151M–151N
Phonics Phonics Phonics
Short a and Long a(a_e); Short i and Long i(i_e); Soft Short o, u, and Long o(o_e), Comprehension
Consonant Blends (2-letter) c and g u(u_e); Consonant Digraphs Character and Setting,
Plot, Identify Main Idea
Spelling Spelling Spelling and Details, Summarize,
Word with Final e (/ā/a_e) Word with Final e (/ī/i_e) Word with Final e (/ō/o_e; Make and Confirm
/ū/u_e) Predictions
Phonemic Awareness/
Vocabulary Words Vocabulary Words Vocabulary Words Phonics
ancestors, heritage, reclaim, cultures, deaf, signing, patient, practiced, favorite, Short /a/a, /i/i; Short /e/e,
native, local, traditions relatives, celebrate wrinkled, settled, cuddle /o/o, /u/u; Final e (/ā/a_e);
Final e (/ī/i_e); Final e (/ō/
o_e; /ū/u_e)
Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension
Strategy: Summarize Strategy: Summarize Strategy: Summarize Text Features/Study
Skill: Identify Main Idea and Skill: Identify Main Idea and Skill: Make and Confirm Skills
Details Details Predictions Photos and Captions,
Rhyme and Rhythm,
Fluency Fluency Fluency Bar Graphs
Build Fluency: Word Build Fluency: Word Build Fluency: Word Grammar
Automaticity Automaticity Automaticity Sentences
Echo-Read Echo-Read Echo-Read
Approaching Approaching Approaching
Family History Three American Heroes Remember Me
On Level On Level On Level Fluency Assessment
Family History Three American Heroes Daniel’s New Home
Diagnose and Prescribe
Beyond Beyond Beyond Interpret Assessment
Family History Three American Heroes Eva’s Journey
English Learners English Learners English Learners
Family History Three Heroes The New Americans
Grammar Grammar Grammar
Subjects Predicates Sentence Combining
Writing Writing Writing
Report Personal Narrative Personal Narrative
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3. Theme: Community Heroes
Unit 2 Planner
Unit 2
Community Heroes
The
Tomás and the
Big
Question
Library Lady
by Pat Mora • Illustrated by Raul Colón
What heroes live in
your community?
Theme
Launcher
Video
Find out more about
community heroes at
www.macmillanmh.com.
152 153
Theme Opener pp. 160/161–186/187 pp. 200/201–224/225
WEEK 1 WEEK 2
ORAL LANGUAGE
• Oral Vocabulary Theme Theme
Family Heroes Local Heroes
• Phonemic Awareness Phonemic Awareness Phonemic Awareness
Listen for Long a Listen for Long e
WORD STUDY
• Phonics Phonics Phonics
Long a; Consonant Blends Long e; Prefixes
• Spelling Spelling Spelling
Words with Long a Words with Long e
• Vocabulary Vocabulary Words Vocabulary Words
exclaimed, concern, vendors, finally, thorny, eager, glaring,
figure, collection peeked, lap
READING
• Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension
Strategy: Monitor Strategy: Generate
Comprehension/Reread Questions
Skill: Character, Setting, Plot Skill: Cause and Effect
• Fluency Fluency Fluency
Build Fluency: Build Fluency:
Word Automaticity Word Automaticity
Echo-Read Echo-Read
• Skill-Based Practice Readers Approaching Approaching
Ice Cool Wilson Riles: Educator
On Level On Level
Lions at Last Wilson Riles: Educator
Beyond Beyond
Jolly Good Hockey! Wilson Riles: Educator
English Learners English Learners
The Soccer Team Wilson Riles: Educator
LANGUAGE ARTS
• Grammar Grammar Grammar
Nouns Plural Nouns
• Writing Writing Writing
Story Directions
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4. Unit 2 Planner
Real World Reading
Comprehension
Fighting the Fire
Genre
A Nonfiction article
gives information
about real people,
things, or events.
Summarize
Main Idea and Details
A MATHEMATICAL FOLKTALE
The main idea is
the most important
idea in an article. Written and Illustrated by
Details give more
information.
What happens when a fire breaks
out in a forest?
One day the sky over the forest in Bear Valley,
California, filled with smoke. The people who
lived nearby knew what it meant. They knew
a fire was close. The smoke made it hard to
see and to breathe. People were afraid they
would choke.
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WEEK 3 WEEK 4 WEEK 5 WEEK 6
Theme Theme Theme Writing
Community Worker Heroes What Makes a Hero? Heroes from Long Ago Expository Writing: How-To
Phonemic Awareness Phonemic Awareness Phonemic Awareness
Listen for Long i Listen for Long o Listen for Long u
Unit 1 Assessment,
317M–317N
Phonics Phonics Phonics
Comprehension
Long i; Compound Words Long o; Inflectional Endings Long u; Inflectional Endings
Character, Setting and
Plot; Cause and Effect;
Spelling Spelling Spelling Main Idea and Details;
Words with Long i Words with Long o Words with Long u Make Inferences; Compare
and Contrast
Vocabulary Words Vocabulary Words Vocabulary Words Phonemic Awareness/
safe, flames, forest, heat, collectors, store, reward, allowed, powerful, invented, Phonics
containers clever, double, amount instrument, products, design Long a, e, i, o, u;
Consonant Blends,
Prefixes, Compound
Words, Inflectional
Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension Endings
Strategy: Summarize Strategy: Generate Strategy: Monitor
Questions Comprehension/Reread
Skill: Main Idea and Details Skill: Make Inferences Text Features/Study
Fluency Skill: Compare and Contrast Skills
Fluency Maps; Photographs and
Build Fluency: Fluency
Build Fluency: Captions; Headings; Time
Word Automaticity Word Automaticity Build Fluency:
Echo-Read Word Automaticity Line
Echo-Read
Echo-Read
Approaching Approaching
Grammar
Call 911! Cinderella: A Tale from France Approaching Nouns (singular, plural,
Computers - Then and Now possessive, proper)
On Level On Level
How We Use Fire On Level
The Story of Yeh-Shen: A
Cinderella Tale Computers - Then and Now
Beyond
Wildfires Beyond Beyond Fluency Assessment
Little Ashes: A Native Computers - Then and Now
English Learners
We Use Fire American Cinderella English Learners Diagnose and Prescribe
Computers Interpret Assessment
English Learners
Yeh-Shen
Grammar Grammar Grammar
Proper Nouns Possessive Nouns Plurals and Possessives
Writing Writing Writing
Report Friendly Letter Biography
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5. Theme: Let’s Create
Unit 3 Planner
Unit 3
Let’s Create
The
Big
Question
How do people
express their ideas
and emotions in
creative ways?
Abuelo and
Theme
Launcher
Video The Three Bearsby Jerry Tello
Find out more about expressing
yourself in artistic ways at illustrated by
www.macmillanmh.com.
Ana López Escrivá
318 319
Theme Opener, pp. xvi–320/321 pp. 326/327–342/343 pp. 354/355–374/375
WEEK 1 WEEK 2
ORAL LANGUAGE
• Oral Vocabulary Theme Theme
Dancing Folktales
• Phonemic Awareness Phonemic Awareness Phonemic Awareness
Listen for r-Controlled Vowels Listen for r-Controlled Vowels
WORD STUDY
• Phonics Phonics Phonics
r-Controlled Vowels; r-Controlled Vowels;
Inflectional Endings Silent Letters
• Spelling Spelling Spelling
Words with r-Controlled Vowels Words with r-Controlled Vowels
• Vocabulary Words Vocabulary Words Vocabulary Words
effort, mood, perform, proud, argue, arrive, cozy, medium,
remember noticed, stubborn
READING
• Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension
Strategy: Visualize Strategy: Visualize
Skill: Summarize Skill: Summarize
• Fluency Fluency Fluency
Build Fluency: Build Fluency:
Word Automaticity Word Automaticity
Echo-Read Echo-Read
• Skill-Based Practice Readers Approaching Approaching
Our Statue of Liberty Anansi
On Level On Level
Our Statue of Liberty Rabbit Tricks Coyote
Beyond Beyond
Our Statue of Liberty Rabbit Trickster Tales
English Learners English Learners
The Statue of Liberty Rabbit and Coyote
LANGUAGE ARTS
• Grammar Grammar Grammar
Action Verbs Present-Tense Verbs
• Writing Writing Writing
Expository Personal Narrative
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6. Unit 3 Planner
Real World Reading
Comprehension
Genre
Nonfiction articles
give information
about real people,
places, and events. This exhibit shows what
people from the Stone Age
might have looked like.
Ask Questions
Author’s Purpose
When you read, you
should identify the
author’s reason for
writing the text.
Today, recorded music surrounds us.
You can buy CDs of your favorite
music. You can hear singers on the
radio. You can even watch them on
TV. Thousands of years from now,
people will know about our music
because we have made recordings of it.
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WEEK 3 WEEK 4 WEEK 5 WEEK 6
Theme Theme Theme Writing
Music and Art Writing Our Stories Expository: Persuasive Letter
Phonemic Awareness Phonemic Awareness Phonemic Awareness
Listen for r-Controlled Vowels Listen for r-Controlled Vowels Listen for r-Controlled Vowels
Unit 1 Assessment,
463M–463N
Phonics Phonics Phonics
r-Controlled Vowels; r-Controlled Vowels; Suffixes r-Controlled Vowels; Prefixes Comprehension
Inflectional Endings Summarize, Author’s
Purpose, Cause and Effect,
Spelling Spelling Spelling Draw Conlusions
Words with r-Controlled Vowels Words with r-Controlled Vowels Words with r-Controlled Vowels
Phonemic Awareness/
Vocabulary Words Vocabulary Words Vocabulary Words Phonics
impossible, pleasant, talent, demand, emergency, furious, creating, familiar, glamorous,
r-Controlled Vowels,
treasures impatient, neutral, sincerely imagination, memories,
Inflectional Endings, Silent
occasions
Letters, Suffixes, Prefixes
Text Features/Study
Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension Skills
Strategy: Generate Strategy: Visualize Strategy: Generate Questions Bar Graphs
Questions Skill: Cause and Effect Skill: Draw Conclusions
Skill: Author’s Purpose Grammar
Fluency Action Verbs, Present-
Build Fluency: Tense Verbs, Past-Tense
Fluency Fluency Word Automaticity Verbs, The Verb Have,
Build Fluency: Build Fluency: Echo-Read Sentence Combining
Word Automaticity Word Automaticity Approaching
Echo-Read Echo-Read Two Marjories:
Keepers of the Land
Approaching Approaching Fluency Assessment
Sounds All Around Eggcellent On Level
Two Marjories: Diagnose and Prescribe
On Level On Level Keepers of the Land Interpret Assessment
Sounds All Around Knitwits and Woolly Sweaters
Beyond
Beyond Beyond Two Marjories:
Sounds All Around What Good Is a Goat Keepers of the Land
English Learners English Learners English Learners
Sounds Knitting Fever Two Marjories
Grammar Grammar Grammar
Past-Tense Verbs The Verb Have Sentence Combining
Writing Writing Writing
Expository Expository Poem
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7. Theme: Better Together
Unit 4 Planner
Unit 4
Better Together
The
Big
Question
How is working
together better than
working alone?
Theme
Launcher
Video
Find out more about
teamwork at
www.macmillanmh.com.
2 3
Theme Opener, pp. xvi–4/5 pp. 10/11–34/35 pp. 46/47–68/69
WEEK 1 WEEK 2
ORAL LANGUAGE
• Oral Vocabulary Theme Theme
Getting the Job Done Special Teams
• Phonemic Awareness Phonemic Awareness Phonemic Awareness
Listen for Diphthong ou, ow Listen for Diphthong oi, oy
WORD STUDY
• Phonics Phonics Phonics
Diphthong ou, ow Diphthong oi, oy
• Spelling Spelling Spelling
Words with Diphthong ou, Words with Diphthong oi, oy
ow
• Vocabulary Words Vocabulary Words Vocabulary Words
attached, delicious, accident, attention, buddy,
frantically, gasped, swung enormous, obeys, tip
READING
• Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension
Strategy: Monitor Strategy: Monitor
Comprehension/Reread Comprehension/Reread
Skill: Cause and Effect Skill: Use Illustrations
• Fluency Fluency Fluency
Build Fluency: Build Fluency:
Word Automaticity Word Automaticity
Echo-Read Echo-Read
• Skill-Based Practice Readers Approaching Approaching
Wasted Wishes Road Safety
On Level On Level
Three Wishes From a Fish Road Safety
Beyond Beyond
Three Dog Wishes Road Safety
English Learners English Learners
Three Wishes Street Safety
LANGUAGE ARTS
• Grammar Grammar Grammar
Linking Verbs Helping Verbs
• Writing Writing Writing
Personal Narrative Essay
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8. Unit 4 Planner
Real World Reading
A Trip to the
Comprehension Emergency Room
Who works in the emergency room?
Genre
Nonfiction gives
information about
real people, things,
or events.
Text Structure
Sequence of Events
Sequence is the
order in which
things happen.
Oh, no! You have a broken bone. Where do
you go? To the hospital emergency room, of
course. The emergency room can be a busy place.
Ambulances and people arrive there during the day
and night. People are brought there if they have a
serious medical problem.
Doctors and nurses work in the emergency room.
Their job is to aid people who are sick or hurt.
Other people help patients, too. They help keep the
hospital running properly. Let’s meet some of the
people who work in a hospital emergency room.
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WEEK 3 WEEK 4 WEEK 5 WEEK 6
Theme Theme Theme Writing
Worker Teams Community Teams Surprising Teamwork Expository
Phonemic Awareness Phonemic Awareness Phonemic Awareness
Listen for Variant Vowel oo, Listen for Variant Vowel oo, Listen for Variant Vowel au,
ui, ew, ue, u, ou, oe ou aw, a
Unit 4 Assessment,
167M–167N
Phonics Phonics Phonics
Comprehension
Variant Vowel oo, ui, ew, ue, Variant Vowel oo, ou Listen for Variant Vowel au,
u, ou, oe aw, a Cause and Effect, Use
Illustrations, Sequence
Spelling Spelling Spelling of Events in Order,
Words with Variant Vowel Words with Variant Vowel Words with Variant Vowel Distinguish Between
oo, ui, ew, ue, oe oo, ou au, aw, a Fantasy and Reality
Vocabulary Words Vocabulary Words Vocabulary Words Phonemic Awareness/
aid, heal, informs, personal, examines, hunger, mammal, assembled, devoured, fetch, Phonics
serious normal, rescued, young menu, simmered Diphthong ou, ow, oi, oy;
Variant Vowel oo, ui, ew,
ue, u, ou, oe; Variant Vowel
au, aw, a
Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension
Strategy: Analyze Text Strategy: Summarize Strategy: Analyze Story Text Features/Study
Structure Skill: Sequence of Events Structure Skills
Skill: Sequence of Events Skill: Distinguish Between Drop-Down Menu, Floor
Fantasy and Reality Plans, Written Directions
Fluency Fluency Fluency Grammar
Build Fluency: Build Fluency: Build Fluency: Linking Verbs, Helping
Word Automaticity Word Automaticity Word Automaticity Verbs, Irregular Verbs,
Echo-Read Echo-Read Echo-Read Contractions
Approaching Approaching Approaching
People at Work Bald Eagle Alert Saving Sofia
On Level On Level On Level
People at Work Bald Eagle Alert A Party and a Half Fluency Assessment
Beyond Beyond Beyond Diagnose and Prescribe
People at Work Bald Eagle Alert A Lucky New Year Interpret Assessment
English Learners English Learners English Learners
People Work Bald Eagles The Summer Party
Grammar Grammar Grammar
Irregular Verbs Irregular Verbs Contractions
Writing Writing Writing
Expository Friendly Letter Descriptive Flyer
Better Together ix
9. Theme: Growing and Changing
Unit 5 Planner
Unit 5
Growing and Changing
The
Big
Question
How do animals
and plants change
as they grow?
Theme
Launcher
Video
Find out more about how
animals and plants change
as they grow at
www.macmillanmh.com.
168 169
Theme Opener, pp. xvi–170/171 pp. 176/177–198/199 pp. 210/211–230/231
WEEK 1 WEEK 2
ORAL LANGUAGE
• Oral Vocabulary Theme Theme
A Plant’s Life Garden Plants
• Phonemic Awareness Phonemic Awareness Phonemic Awareness
Listen for Closed Syllables Listen for Closed Syllables
WORD STUDY
• Phonics Phonics Phonics
Closed Syllables Closed Syllables
• Spelling Spelling Spelling
Words with Closed Syllables Words with Closed Syllables
• Vocabulary Vocabulary Words Vocabulary Words
burst, drifts, desert, drowns, aroma, blooming, muscles,
gently, neighbor prickly, scent, trade
READING
• Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension
Strategy: Summarize Strategy: Summarize
Skill: Draw Conclusions Skill: Sequence of Events
• Fluency Fluency Fluency
Build Fluency: Build Fluency:
Word Automaticity Word Automaticity
Echo-Read Echo-Read
• Skill-Based Practice Readers Approaching Approaching
The World of Plants All About Tomatoes
On Level On Level
The World of Plants All About Tomatoes
Beyond Beyond
The World of Plants All About Tomatoes
English Learners English Learners
Plants Learn About Tomatoes
LANGUAGE ARTS
• Grammar Grammar Grammar
Pronouns I and me, we and us
• Writing
Writing Writing
Expository Narrative
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10. Unit 5 Planner
Real World Reading
Comprehension
Meet the
Genre
Nonfiction articles
give information
about real people,
things, or events.
Adjust Reading Rate
Summarize
To summarize an
article, you tell only Did a crocodile the size
the most important of a school bus once
ideas without
retelling the whole
live on Earth?
article.
What kind of animal was it? Its body was
about 40 feet long. That’s about the size
of a school bus. Its jaws were about 5 feet
long. That’s about as long as some people
are tall! It had about 100 teeth.
Name: Sarcosuchus imperator (“Super Croc”)
Length: Up to 50 feet
Weight: About 17,500 pounds
Lived: About 110 million years ago
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WEEK 3 WEEK 4 WEEK 5 WEEK 6
Theme Theme Theme Writing
A nimals Long Ago Special Animals Wild Animals Realistic Fiction
Phonemic Awareness Phonemic Awareness Phonemic Awareness
Listen for Open Syllables Listen for Consonant + le Listen for Open Syllables
Syllables
Unit 5 Assessment,
323M–323N
Phonics Phonics Phonics
Open Syllables Consonant + le Syllables Open Syllables Comprehension
Sequence of Events,
Spelling Spelling Spelling Summarize, Draw
Words with Open Syllables Words with Consonant + le Words with Open Syllables Conclusions, Make
Syllables Inferences
Vocabulary Words Vocabulary Words Vocabulary Words Phonemic Awareness/
ancient, confirm, hopeful, fluttered, giggled, peered, beloved, glanced, gleamed, Phonics
site, unable, valid recognized, snuggled, noble, promised, wiggled Closed Syllables, Open
vanished Syllables, Consonant + le
Syllables
Text Features/Study
Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension Skills
Strategy: Monitor Strategy: Generate Strategy: Monitor Diagrams and Labels,
Comprehension: Adjust Questions Comprehension: Adjust Written Directions,
Reading Rate Skill: Make Inferences Reading Rate Illustrations, Captions,
Skill: Summarize Skill: Make Inferences Encyclopedia Heads
Fluency Fluency Fluency Grammar
Build Fluency: Build Fluency: Build Fluency: Pronouns; I and me,
Word Automaticity Word Automaticity Word Automaticity we and us; Possessive
Echo-Read Echo-Read Echo-Read Pronouns; Contractions;
Approaching Approaching Approaching Pronoun-Verb Agreement
Living Fossils Little Bat Look Out for Dolphins
On Level On Level On Level
Living Fossils Hermie the Hermit Crab Look Out for Dolphins Fluency Assessment
Beyond Beyond Beyond Diagnose and Prescribe
Living Fossils Pip the Penguin Look Out for Dolphins Interpret Assessment
English Learners English Learners English Learners
What Are Living Fossils? The Happy Hermit Crab Dolphins
Grammar Grammar Grammar
Possessive Pronouns Contractions Pronoun- Verb Agreement
Writing Writing Writing
Expository Friendly Letter Expository
Growing and Changing ix
11. Theme: The World Around Us
Unit 6 Planner
Unit 6
The World Around Us
The
Big
Question
How do we learn
about nature?
Theme
Launcher
Video
Find out more about nature
at www.macmillanmh.com.
324 325
Theme Opener, pp. xvi–326/327 pp. 332/333–352/353 pp. 366/367–386/387
WEEK 1 WEEK 2
ORAL LANGUAGE
• Oral Vocabulary Theme Theme
Plant and Animal Habitats Animal Survival/Needs
• Phonemic Awareness Phonemic Awareness Phonemic Awareness
Listen for Consonant + le Listen for Vowel Team
Syllables Syllables
WORD STUDY
• Phonics Phonics Phonics
Consonant + le Syllables Vowel Team Syllables
• Spelling Spelling Spelling
Words with Consonant + le Words with Vowel Team
Syllables Syllables
• Vocabulary Vocabulary Words Vocabulary Words
beyond, burrow, distant, beasts, handy, itches, nibble,
lengthy, warning preen, puddles
READING
• Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension
Strategy: Summarize Strategy: Generate
Skill: Author’s Purpose Questions
Skill: Compare and Contrast
• Fluency Fluency Fluency
Build Fluency: Build Fluency:
Word Automaticity Word Automaticity
Echo-Read Echo-Read
• Skill-Based Practice Readers Approaching Approaching
Sonoran Desert Animals Giraffes of the Savanna
On Level On Level
Sonoran Desert Animals Giraffes of the Savanna
Beyond Beyond
Sonoran Desert Animals Giraffes of the Savanna
English Learners English Learners
Sonoran Desert Animals Giraffes
LANGUAGE ARTS
• Grammar Grammar Grammar
Adjectives Use Articles a and an
• Writing Writing Writing
Friendly Letter Expository
viii Unit 6
12. Unit 6 Planner
Real World Reading
A Way to Help
Comprehension
Genre
Planet Earth
Nonfiction gives What can everyone do to
information about help keep Earth clean?
real people, things,
or events. Keeping Earth healthy is an important job.
That’s what environmental conservation is all
Text Structure
Problem and Solution about. People who do that job are working to
A problem is keep the air, land, and water clean. They are
something that also working to keep endangered plants and
needs to be worked animals from becoming extinct.
out. A solution is
something that fixes One of the hardest jobs is solving the
a problem. problem of trash. The trouble with trash is
that it keeps piling up. We could run out
Plastic bottles are piled high of places to put it.
at recycling centers.
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pp. 398/399–400/401 pp. 410/411–430/431 pp. 442/443–454/455
WEEK 3 WEEK 4 WEEK 5 WEEK 6
Theme Theme Theme Writing
Saving the World Around Us Wild Weather Explaining Nature Expository
Phonemic Awareness Phonemic Awareness Phonemic Awareness
Listen for Final e Syllables Listen for Vowel Team r-Controlled Syllables
Syllables
Unit 6 Assessment,
467M–467N
Phonics Phonics Phonics
Comprehension
Final e Syllables Vowel Team Syllables r-Controlled Syllables
Author’s Purpose,
Compare and Contrast,
Spelling Spelling Spelling Problem and Solution,
Words with Final e Syllables Words with Vowel Team Words with r-Controlled Cause and Effect
Syllables Syllables
Phonemic Awareness/
Vocabulary Words Vocabulary Words Vocabulary Words Phonics
conservation, extinct, beware, destroy, grasslands, agreed, gathered, jabbing, Consonant + le Syllables,
hardest, remains, trouble prevent, uprooted, violent randomly, signal Vowel Team Syllables,
Final e Syllables,
r-Controlled Syllables
Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension Text Features/Study
Strategy: Analyze Text Strategy: Monitor Strategy: Visualize Skills
Structure Comprehension: Reread Skill: Problem and Solution Charts, Interview
Skill: Problem and Solution Skill: Cause and Effect
Grammar
Adjectives, Use Articles
Fluency Fluency Fluency a and an, Synonyms and
Build Fluency: Build Fluency: Build Fluency: Antonyms, Adverbs
Word Automaticity Word Automaticity Word Automaticity
Echo-Read Echo-Read Echo-Read
Approaching Approaching Approaching Fluency Assessment
Spoiled by a Spill The Snowed-Under Sled Sky Colors
On Level On Level On Level Diagnose and Prescribe
Spoiled by a Spill That’s Wild Why the Sky Is Far Away Interpret Assessment
Beyond Beyond Beyond
Spoiled by a Spill Storm Riders Sky Seeds
English Learners English Learners English Learners
Oil Spills A Wild Picnic A Sky Story
Grammar Grammar Grammar
Synonyms and Antonyms Adjectives That Compare Adverbs
Writing Writing Writing
Nonfiction Article Expository Play
The World Around Us ix