October 8-11:
Theme: Natural Connections (Parts of the whole)
Essential Question: How are all living things connected?
Vocabulary: droughts, ecosystem, extinct, flourished, fragile, imbalance, ripples
Vocabulary Strategy: Context clues
Comprehension Skill: Main Idea and Key Details
Genre: Narrative Nonfiction
Literature: Rescuing Our Reefs, The Buffalo Are Back, Energy In the Ecosystem
Writing Trait: Ideas, Informative Text
Writing Prompt: "Explain why plants and animals need each other. Include facts and details that support your ideas."
Grammar: Irregular Plural Nouns
Spelling: (3 letter blends and Roots: chron [time] ) shred, shriek, shrimp, shrink, script, screw, screech, straighten, straps, strand, sprout, sprawl, sprang, splashing, splotch, thrill, throb, throat, thrift, through, chronic, chronicle
September 24- October 5 (2 weeks):
Theme: Animals in Fiction
Essential Question: How do animal characters change familiar stories?
Vocabulary: annoyed, attitude, commotion, cranky, familiar, frustrated, selfish, specialty
Strategy: Ask and answer questions
Comprehension Skill: Theme
Genre: Drama
Literature: Plays: The Ant and the Grasshopper, Ranita, Saving the Green Bird, The Prince Who Could Fly, The Trapdoor,
Writing Trait: Setting/Voice
Writing Prompt: "Write a story that takes place in the forest."
Grammar: Digraphs/Nouns
Spelling: Continued from last week due to short week
September 17-21:
Theme: Natural Disasters
Essential Question: What do people do in a natural disaster?
Vocabulary:
Strategy:
Comprehension Skill:
Genre: Non Fiction
Literature:
Writing Trait:
Writing Prompt:
Grammar: Verbs (plural)
Spelling: ann= yearly; anniversary, annual, biannual
aqua= water; aquarium, aquamarine, aquatic
arch= ancient people; archeology, archeologist, archive
ast/astsr= space among the stars; astronomy, astrologer, astronaut
Sept. 9-14:
act= to do; action, react, character
ang= to bend; triangle, rectangle, mangle
anim= life/spirit; animal, inanimate, unanimous