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We will be supplementing Harcourt's Storytown with Rigby's Literacy by Design.
Unit 1 - American Journeys
Modeled Reading: Historical Fiction - Oranges
on Golden Mountain Vocabulary: ambition, gleaming, flourished Skill: Model and Introduce
Making Connections
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Shared Reading - Two Homes Vocabulary: ancestor, artifact Skill: Making Connections Genre: Interview
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Interactive Reading: Realistic Fiction - Mystery of the Box in the Wall
Vocabulary: Review wk1- Week 2: cautious, youth, immigrant Skill:
Practice Making Connections, Main Idea and Details |
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Interactive Reading - Poem - Working
on the Transcontinental Railroad \ Vocabulary: prosper, settler Skill: Making Connections, Contractions,
Main Idea and Details
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Interactive Reading - Biography - Sam Goldwyn, Picture This Vocabulary: Structured Discussion, Reflect and Refine, Apply in Learning
Game Skill: Making connections, Main Idea and Details, Comparing and Contrasting
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Shared and Interactive Writing
Process
- Writing Process Introduction Organizational Pattern - Ideas/Details Form:
Interview |
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Comprehension Bridge: Making Connections
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Writing Bridge: Ideas/Details |
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Grammar: Declarative and Interrogative Sentences, Imperative and Exclamatory
Sentences; Interjections Subjects/Predicates Short Vowels
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Skills: Character's
Traits and Motivations, Comparing and Contrasting, Sentence Structure, Making Connections |
Modeled Reading: Expository - Coming to America: The Story of Immigration Vocabulary: permanent, relocation, origin Skill:
Determining Importance
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Shared Reading: Historical Fiction - Family Treasures Vocabulary: regulate, necessities Genre: Historical Fiction Skill:
Story Structure, Determining Importance Fluency: Convey Emotion and Meaning
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Interactive Reading: Expository - The World on Your Plate Vocabulary: Discuss, Reflect and Refine; Apply in Learning Game -
week 1; Week 2: belief, border, accompany Skill: Determining Importance
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Interactive Reading: Poem - Celebrating Our Roots Vocabulary: audience, nationality Skill: Determining Importance;
Theme
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Interactive Reading: Play - The
Fair Vocabulary: Review - Structured Discussion, Reflect and Refine, Apply in Learning Game Skill:
Making Connections, Answering Questions
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Shared and Interactive Writing:
Trait:
Trait Introduction
Form: Story |
Comprehension Bridge: Main Idea
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Writing Bridge: Trait Trait: Trait
Introduction
Form: Story
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Grammar: Subjects and Predicates (Simple and Complete); Subject-Verb Agreement
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Skills: Answering Questions,
Using Story Structure, Determining Importance, Subjects and Predicates
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Unit 2 - Remarkable Living Things
Theme 3: So Many Kinds of Animals
Modeled Reading: Seal Vocabulary: variety, species, researchers Skill: Inferencing |
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Shared Reading: Weird
Animals Vocabulary: abandon, definite Genre: Expository,
Bar Graph - Non-fiction feature Skill: Inferencing
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Interactive
Reading: Slimy, Spiny Riddles Vocabulary: Review, Apply in Learning Game - week 1; week 2 - characteristic,
identity, catergorize Skill: Inferencing
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Interactive Reading: Vertebrate or Invertabrate - What's My ID? Vocabulary: invertebrate, vertebrate Skill: Inferencing; Abbreviations
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Interactive
Reading: Animals Vocabulary: Structured Discussion, Reflect and Refine, Learning Game Skill:
Determining Importance; Inferencing
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Shared and Interactive Writing
Process
- Pre-writing Trait - Ideas Form: Report |
Comprehension
Bridge: Determining Importance, Inferencing |
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Writing
Bridge: Applying Ideas, Report
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Grammar: Types of Sentences, Nouns
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Skills: Inferencing, Determining
Importance, Types of Sentences, Nouns
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Theme 4: Seeds, Fruits, and Flowers
Modeled Reading: Expository - Century Farm Vocabulary:
require, pollinate, equipment Skill: Creating Images
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Shared Reading - Mrs. McClary's Very Weird Garden Vocabulary: reproduction, century Skill: Creating Images Genre: Realistic Fiction
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Interactive Reading: Waking Up a Bean Vocabulary:
Review wk1- Week 2: criteria, conditions, germinate Skill: Images, Sequencing |
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Interactive Reading - Poem - Ode
to the Giant Redwood Vocabulary: cones, adapt Skill:
Images, Metaphor
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Interactive Reading - The Pea Blossom Vocabulary: Structured Discussion, Reflect and Refine, Apply in Learning Game Skill: Inferencing, Creating
Images
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Shared and Interactive Writing
Process
- Prewriting Organizational Pattern - Sequencing Form:
Report |
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Comprehension Bridge: Creating Images, Inferencing
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Writing Bridge: Pre-writing, Sequencing |
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Grammar: Proper Nouns, Combining Sentences
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Skills: Images, Sequencing,
Proper Nouns, Inferencing |
Unit 3 - Across the USA
Theme 5: One Country, Many Regions
Modeled Reading: Firestorm Vocabulary:
canyon, region, surround Skill: Fix-Up Strategies
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Shared Reading - The Superstition Mountain Vocabulary: solution, dense Skill: Fix-Up Strategies Genre: Personal Narrative Fluency: Convey Emotion and Meaning
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Interactive Reading: Who Believes in Buried Treasure? Vocabulary: Review wk1- Week 2: aspect, impact, alter Skill: Synonyms and Antonyms, Fix-Up Strategies |
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Interactive Reading - This Land is Your Land Vocabulary: climate, plateau Skill: Fix-Up Strategies, Contractions
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Interactive Reading - Take a Virtual Field Trip Vocabulary: Structured Discussion, Reflect and Refine, Apply in Learning Game Skill: Creating Images,
Fix-Up Strategies
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Shared and Interactive Writing
Process
- Drafting Organizational Pattern - Incorporating Dialogue Form:
Personal Narrative |
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Comprehension Bridge: Use Fix-Up Strategies, Creating Images
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Writing Bridge: Drafting, Personal Narrative |
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Grammar: Common and Proper Nouns, Singular and Plural Nouns
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Skills: Fix-Up Strategies,
Synonyms and Antonyms, Contractions, Creating Images, Multiple-Meaning Words |
Theme 6: The Land Shapes People's Lives
Modeled Reading: Arctic Lights, Arctic Nights Vocabulary: farmland, fertile, vast Skill: Homonyms, Synthesize
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Shared Reading - My A-mazing Summer Vacation Vocabulary: horizon, reflection Skill: Synthesize, Plot Genre: Realistic Fiction
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Interactive Reading: Memoir: The Gigantic Redwoods Vocabulary: Review wk1- Week 2: cautious, youth, immigrant Skill: Synthesize |
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Interactive Reading - Poem - Key
West, Florida Vocabulary: port, altitude Skill:
Setting, Synthesize
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Interactive Reading - Mountain Homestead Vocabulary:
Structured Discussion, Reflect and Refine, Apply in Learning Game Skill: Fix-Up Strategies, Synthesize
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Shared and Interactive Writing
Process
- Writing Process Introduction Organizational Pattern - Problem/Solution Trait:
Organization |
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Comprehension Bridge: Synthesize
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Writing Bridge: Organization, Problem-Solution |
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Grammar: Possessive Nouns, Homonyms, Verbs
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Skills: Synthesize, Homonyms,
Fix-Up Strategies, Problem and Solution |
Unit 4: Thinking Like a Scientist
Theme 7: Why Does Water Move?
Modeled Reading: Very Last First Time Vocabulary:visible, tide, shore Skill:
Helping Verbs, Monitor Understanding
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Shared Reading - Making Waves Vocabulary: chisel, wedge Skill: Monitor Understanding Genre: Procedural Non-Fiction Feature: Flow Chart
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Interactive Reading: Realistic Fiction - Typhoon! Vocabulary: Review wk1-
Week 2: swift, analyze, model Skill: Monitor Understanding |
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Interactive Reading - Poem - The
Vessel Vocabulary: current, coastline Skill:
Monitor Understanding, Analogies
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Interactive Reading - Fighting Coastal Erosion: Why We Should Save Our Wetlands Vocabulary:
Structured Discussion, Reflect and Refine, Apply in Learning Game Skill: Review Synthesize, Monitor Understanding
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Shared and Interactive Writing
Trait:
Voice Organizational Pattern - Sequence |
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Comprehension Bridge: Monitor Understanding
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Grammar: Verbs: Helping, Action, and Linking
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Skills: Monitor Understanding,
Synthesize, Sequence, Verbs |
Theme 8: What Makes Soil Different?
Modeled Reading: The Living Earth Vocabulary:consist, geology, property Skill:
Adjectives, Asking Questions
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Shared Reading - A Very Dirty Subject Vocabulary: layer, artificial Skill: Asking Questions Genre: Fantasy
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Interactive Reading: Case of Vanishing Soil Vocabulary: Review wk1- Week 2: combine, seperate, texture Skill: Asking Questions |
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Interactive Reading - Poem - What
Does Weather Do To Soil? Vocabulary: replace, particles Skill: Asking Questions, Alliteration
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Interactive Reading - Black Blizzard Vocabulary:
Structured Discussion, Reflect and Refine, Apply in Learning Game Skill: Monitor Understanding, Asking Questions
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Shared and Interactive Writing
Process:
Revising Form- Story |
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Comprehension Bridge: Ask Questions, Monitor Understanding
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Writing Bridge: Revising, Story |
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Skills: Asking Questions,
Alliteration, Adjectives, Verbs |
Unit 5: The Early Americans
Theme 9: Native People of North America
Modeled Reading: Folktale - Eagle Boy: A Pacific Northwest Native Tale Vocabulary: coastal, waterway, plentiful Skill:
Making Connections, Ask Questions
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Shared Reading: Biography - Sequoyah Vocabulary:
scarce, population Skill: Connections Genre: Biography; Nonfiction Feature - Time Line Fluency:
Reading In Phrases
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Interactive Reading: Pourquoi Tale - How the Crow
Got Its Color - A Traditional Lakota Vocabulary: plain, survive, surplus Skill: Making Connections
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Interactive Reading: Poem - Morning
Light Vocabulary: vegetation, resources Skill: Connections, Symbolism
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Interactive Reading: Nonfiction Article - It's Only Natural Vocabulary: Structured Discussion, Reflect and Refine, Learning Game Skill:
Asking Questions, Connections
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Shared and Interactive Writing
Process:
Editing
Form: Biography
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Comprehension Bridge: Making Connections, Ask Questions
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Writing Bridge: Process: Editing
Forms: Biography |
Grammar: Irregular Verbs, Pronouns |
Skills: Making Connections, Verbs, Prefixes, Asking Questions, Pronouns |
Theme 10: Explorers Arrive
Modeled Reading: Christopher Columbus Vocabulary: claimed, injured, foreign Skill:
Determining Importance: Purpose for Reading, Contractions
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Shared Reading: Return of Ponce de Leon Vocabulary:explorer, cargo
Skill:
Determine Importance Genre: Play - Identify Character
Fluency: Use Punctuation to Inform Meaning
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Interactive Reading: Jessie
Oonark: Inuit Artist Vocabulary: Review week 1; Week 2: anniversary, valuable, civilization Skill: Determining
Importance
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Interactive Reading: Poem - My
Park, My City
Vocabulary: passage, historian
Skill: Abbreviations, Determining Importance,
Setting, Contractions
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Interactive Reading: Exploring the Explorers Vocabulary: Structured Discussion, Reflect and Refine, Learning
Game Skill:Connections, Determining Importance
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Shared and Interactive Writing
Trait:
Word Choice
Form: Biography Pattern:
Problem and Solution
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Comprehension Bridge: Determining Importance: Purpose for Reading, Making Connections
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Writing Bridge: Process: Word
Choice, Problem and Solution |
Grammar: Contractions, Pronouns |
Skills: Determining Importance, Connections, Problem and Solution, Pronouns,
Contractions, Characterization, Purpose and Audience |
Unit 6: Under the Canopy
Theme 11: Life in a Rain Forest
Modeled Reading: Great Kapok Tree Vocabulary: zone, slither, suspended
Skill:
Inferencing: Fact/Opinion
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Shared Reading: Tiger Talk: What Do You Think? Vocabulary: organism, nutrients Genre:
Persuasive Essay Nonfiction Feature: Circle Graph
Skill: Inferencing: Fact/Opinion
Fluency:
Convey Emotion and Meaning
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Interactive Reading: Walking on the Treetops Vocabulary: Discuss, Reflect and Refine; Apply
in Learning Game - week 1; Week 2: complex, vital, predator
Skill: Infer: Fact/Opinion, Idioms
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Interactive Reading: Poem - Sounds of the Rain Forest Vocabulary: thrive, prey
Skill:
Infer: Fact/Opinion, Onomatopoeia
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Interactive Reading: Meet Janalee P. Caldwell, Frog Detective Vocabulary: Review - Structured Discussion, Reflect and Refine, Apply
in Learning Game Skill: Idioms, Determine Importance, Fact Opinion
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Shared and Interactive Writing:
Trait:
Sentence Fluency
Form: Persuasive Essay Craft: Purpose and Audience |
Comprehension Bridge: Fact/Opinion, Determining Importance |
Writing Bridge: Trait Trait: Sentence
Fluency
Form: Persuasive Essay
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Grammar: Pronouns, Adjectives: Comparative/Superlative, Articles
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Skills: Inferencing, Fact/Opinion,
Pronouns, Adjectives, Determine Importance, Idioms, Articles, Onomatopoeia
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Theme 12: Affecting the Rain Forest
Modeled Reading: Rickie and Henri Vocabulary:
beneficial, bewilderment, eventually Skill: Adverbs, Creating Images, Fact/Opinion
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Shared Reading - A Letter to Treetop Products, Inc. Vocabulary:
convince, sacrafice Skill: Creating Images, Adverbs,
simile
Genre: Letter Fluency: Use Punctuation to Inform Meaning
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Interactive Reading: People of the Rainforest
Vocabulary: Review wk1- Week 2: interaction, ecosystem,
tropical Skill: Adverbs, Create images
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Interactive Reading - Poem - Gorillas
in the Wild Vocabulary: improvement, relationship
Skill: Create Images, Prepositions, Rhythm
and Rhyme
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Interactive Reading - The Forest Has Eyes Vocabulary: Structured Discussion, Reflect and Refine,
Apply in Learning Game Skill: Prepositions, Fact/Opinion, Creating Images
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Shared and Interactive Writing
Process
- Publishing Form: Letter |
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Comprehension Bridge: Create Images
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Writing Bridge: Publishing |
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Grammar: Adverbs, Prepositions
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