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Month/Weeks
September Unit: At School Week 1
Standards
1.1 3.2.A.4 3.2.B.6 3.2.C.1 3.2.C.3 3.2.D.10 2.1 3.1.G.13 3.1.G.16 3.4.B.2
Skill Focus
Respond to commands pertaining to classroom routines (e.g. Close your book) Complete forms read orally with identifying information or produce facts about self. Identify People: Greetings and Introductions Initial Consonants: b,c,f,g,m,p,s,t Final Consonants: b, f,g,m,p,s,t Words and Sentences Giving and Following Instructions Initial Consonants: d, j, l, n, r, v Final Consonants: d, l,n,r,x Poem: "The American Flag" Identify and locate sources of information based on oral directions and visual support. Identify text features or web resources used for assignments (such as titles, authors) Describing clothes Giving Complements: Thanking Parts of the face and body Initial Consonants: h, k, q, w, y, z Consonant Diagraphs: sh, ch, th, ng Vowel Diagraphs and Diphthongs
Resources
SE: Unit B pp.23-24 SE: 94-100, 112-113 SE:. 2 SE: 8 WB: -5 WB: 6-11
Assessment
TR Unit test: pp. 9-14
SE: 16 WB: 12-23 SE: p.22-28 WB: 24-28 SE: p.30 WB: 29-33 SE: p.38 WB: 34-39 SE: 238, 58, 354, 160, 230, 114, 163 SE: 95-96, 103-104, 129-130 163-164, 164, 171, 205-206
Projects: Personal Dictionary Nationality Bar Graph TR Unit Test: pp. 15-20
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SE: 42 WB: 40-42 SE: 50 WB: 43-47 SE: 52-53 SE: 54-57
TR Unit Test: pp.21-26 Projects: Fashion Show Writing Tongue Twisters Holiday Chart
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Week 3
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2.1 3.3.A.1 3.3.A.5 3.3.B.1 3.3.B.5 3.3.C.3 3.4.B.1 3.4.B.2 3.4.B.3
Skill Focus
Expressing Needs and Wants Ask and answer questions that express likes and dislikes. Asking for and Giving Directions Initial and Final Consonant Blends: cl, fl, gl, sl Controlled Vowelsd, ar, er, ir, ur Compound Words Give Information in the school office Writing Sentences Greet People, Request Help Discuss Information about you and others Emergency Information Produce key words or phrases from written texts. Solving Word Problems Talk about math words and operations
Resources
SE: 62-65 SE: 48-53, 84,153, 256, 259 SE: 66-67 SE: 70-73 SE: 74-75 SE: 76-77 SE: 84, 94 SE; 90-91
Assessment
TR Unit Test: 27-32
TR Quiz: 41-43 WB: 60 WB: 61 WB: 66-69 TR Quiz: 44-46 Project: Biographies Class Calendar School Plan
Week 4
SE: 19, 155, 156, 157, 159, 272, 278, 339, 350-359 Project: Write a Word SE: 102, 110 Problem SR: Math Textbook TR Unit test: 47-49
State facts related to the news or information in visually supported magazines or newspaper read orally and discuss with peeers. Identify words and phrases related to author's purpose and paraphrase to clarify view points. Match key vocabulary within graphic supported texts to visuals. Copy facts pertaining to current events or issues. Talk about family, describe people and pets and role play different scenarios. Descriptive adjectives, antonyms Contractions and negatives with "be", Verb "have", Simple present tense.
SE: 8-15, 22-27, 42-47, 50-57, 62-67, 70-77, 120-129 SE: Unit 8 Chapter 3 Internet Research 350-353 SE: 118-127 WB: 88-95 Project: Make a Family Chart
TR Quiz: 56-58
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1.1 2.1 3.3.A.3 3.3.B.3 3.3.C.3 3.1.D.1 3.1.F.2 3.1.G.2 1.1 2.1 3.3.A.5
Identify words and phrases related to author's purpose and discuss with peers. Discuss family words. Question peers about their famlies. Identify main idea and details in poems. Use descriptive adjectives in writing. Recognize rhymes and free verse in poems. Regular plurals.
SE: 240, 312-315 SE: 128-135 SE: 130-131 SE: 132-133 SE: 134-135 WB: 96 Project: Write a Poem Organize rhyme cards. WB: 99 TR Quiz: 59-61
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3.3.B.3 3.3.C.4 3.1.D.4 3.1.F.2 3.1.G.2 Week 4 1.1 2.1 3.3.B.3, 3.2.A.6
1.1 2.1 3.1 5.1 3.5.C.1 3.5.A.1 3.3.D.1 3.1.E.1 3.1.F.4 3.1.G.4 3.1.H.1
Classify animals and discuss with peers. SE: 136-137 WB: 102-107 Scan to locate information. Identify main Science textbook idea and details. Reading a bar graph. SE: 138-139 Match key vocabulary within graphic supported texts to visuals. Regular and irregular plurals. SE: 140-141
Give a descriptive presentation. Compare and contrast two famlies. Write a descriptive paragraph. Select problem-solving tools from oral statements and visual support. Bar Graphs. Match events with people in US history using timelines, graphics, or illustrations. Identify agricultural icons on maps. Learn to use resources to understand concepts. Talk about after-school activities. Preferences Ask and asnwer questions about activities. Adverbs of frequency. Simple past tense of verbs. Telling time.
SE: 144 Project: Write a descriptive paragraph. SE: Math Problems Unit 1 Chap.3 102-108 Unit 4 Chap. 3 204-210 Unit 7 Chap. 3 310-318 SE: 152 -153 WB: 108-127 WB: 108-115 SE: 154-155 WB: 109-111 SE: 158-159 Projects: Activities Collage
Tr Quiz: 65-70
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1.1 2.1 3.1.D.4 3.1.E.2 3.1.G.1 3.1.H.4 3.2.A.6 3.5.A.3 1.1 2.1 3.1.D.4
Talk about after-school jobs. Understanding synonyms, Identify sequence. Identify and retell a plot. Compound words and contractions. Quotations marks and commas
WB: 116-121
TR Quiz: 74-76
Week 3
Use a dictionary to find defenitions SE: 170-171 WB: 122-127 Summarize. Read with expression. SE: 172-173 Use an index to find information. SE: 174-175 WB: 124-125 Identify topic sentences and supporting detatils.
Talk about homes. Describe a home. State which derived attributes match units of measurement from pictures and notation. Ask and answer questions. There is/ There are Articles a/an Compound words Possesive nouns Identify multiple-meaning words in context. Personal narrative. Making a prediction. Figurative language: similes Homophones
SE: 184-185 WB: 128-147 SE: Unit 4 Chap. 3 204-210 WB: 128-135 SE: 190-191 WB: 129-131
SE: 192-193 WB:134-135 Project: Favorite room poster SE: 196-197 WB: 136-141 SE: 198-199 SE: 200-201 WB: 139
TR Quiz: 86-88
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Week 3
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1.1 2.1
Skill Focus
Name operations that apply to numbers and figures.
Resources
SE: Unit 1 Chap. 3 102-108 Unit 4 Chap.3 204-210
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Talk about perimeter and area: measure Using math words in context State the purpose in reading. Scan to locate information. Use graphic aids and abbreviations for measurements. Compare and contrast houses. Writing personal narratives.
Unit 7 Chap.3 31-318 SE: 204-205 SE: 206-207 SE: 208-209 WB: 144-145
Week 4
SE: 212
January 1.1 Unit: Places in the 3.1 Community 3.1.F.4 Week 1 Week 2
1.1 2.1 3.1.F.3
Identify numbers in a variety of forms and mathematical notation within visually supported phrases. Identify places in the community.
SE: Unit 1 Chap.3 102-108 Unit 4 Chap.3 204-210 Unit 7 Chap. 3 10-318 SE: 218-221 WB: 148-155 TR Quiz: 109-111
Talk about transportation. Give directions and advice. Recognize signs. SE: 222-223 WB: 148 Present Continuous Tense Use prepositions of place. Project: Bus Line Brochure Distinguish multiple-meaning words. Digraphs. SE: 228-229 Present Continuous Tense Use prepositions of place. Distinguish multiple-meaning words. Digraphs.: ch, ph, sh, th, wh, ng. Imperatives Capatalization SE: 224-225 WB: 149-151
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February Unit: Community Week 1
Standards
1.1 2.1 3.1
Skill Focus
Produce math equations or formulas from dictation with visual support. Select a focus when writing.
Resources
SE: Unit 1 Chap. 3 102-108 Unit 4 Chap.3 204-210 Unit 7 Chap.3 310-318
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3.4.B.1 3.2.C.2
Word families.
SE: 230
TR Quiz: 112-114
Week 2
Recognize features of newspapers. Recognize fact and opinion. Use wh- questions. Locate information in headings. Irregular sight words. Understanding maps. Words and symbols for resources. Produce tables rom everyday sets of facts (such as months and precipitation rates). Resources in the USA Use headings to find information. Distinguish main idea and details. Capitalization and punctuation. Develop your article by including facts and details to support your topic sentence. Locate physical, biological, chemical, or earth/ structures from pictures and oral statements. Talk about food, likes, dislikes. Make polite requests and give advice. Adjectives for food Count and noncount nouns Modals would and should Syllabication
Week 3
SE: 238 TR Quiz SE: 239 SE: 108, 114, 139, 148, 154, 216 255, 260, 265, 272, 283, 314-316 SE: 242-243 SE: 243 SE: 244-245 WB: 166-167 WB: 164-165
Week 4
2.1, 3.5.A.4 3.5.C.1 3.2.C.5 3.2.C.6 1.1 2.1 4.1 3.2.D.8 3.2.D.15
136-142
WB: 168
SE: 258-259
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Week 2
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1.1 2.1 4.1 3.2.D.1
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Project: Write an Expository Composition.
Identify components of systems, chains, or cycle SE: Unit 6 Chap. 3 272-280 from diagrams or graphic organizer (food chains) Identify multiple meaning words. Poems SE: 264 WB: 176-181 Understanding mental images: metaphor SE: 266-267
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SE: 268-269
WB: 178-179
TR Quiz: 127-129
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Identify data from scientific studies from tables, SE: Unit 6 Chap. 3 274-276 charts, or graphs. Talk about healthy foods. Use context to find SE: 272 WB: 182-187 meaning. Recognize cause and effect. SE: 274-275 Interpret a diagram in an expository text. SE: 276-277 Fluency in speech. SE: 278-279 WB: 184-185 TR Quiz: 130-132 Select a focus when writing. Project: Expository Comp. cont Draw pictures and label steps in scientific SE: Unit 6 Chap. 3 272-280 experiment. Distinguish facts and opinions in commercials. SE: 282-283 Present an oral report about nutrition. Identify regions of countries: political,economic,SE: Unit 5 Chap.3 (Economic) or historical significance to US or world history 238, 241-242. from oral statements and maps. SE: Unit 3 Chap.3 (Political) Talk about clothes, ask about prices and 170-176 make comparisons. SE: 288-293 WB: 188-207 Future tense verbs SE: 294-295 WB: 189-191 Prefixes: re-, un-, pre-, disSE: 296-297 WB: 194-195 Name elements of major historial, cultural, or economic themes depicted in illustration. Making predictions: myths Understanding story elements: character, plot, main idea, details. SE: Unit 3 Chap. 3 170-176 Unit 5 Chap. 3 SE: 300-305 WB: 196-201 SE: 306-309 WB: 199 Project: Personal Narrative
Week 4
TR Quiz: 139-141
Week 2
TR Quiz: 142-144
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Week 3
Standards
1.1 2.1 3.5.B.1 3.4.B.3
Skill Focus
Making a budget Using resources: dictionary, magazines Undertanding the author's purpose. Interpreting charts Controlled vowels
Resources
SE: 310-311 WB: 202-207 SE: 312-313 SE: 314-316 SE: 317 WB: 205
Assessment
TR Quiz: 145-147
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Present a role-play Compare and contrast a story and a video Write a persuasive composition Match people and places with significant periods in world history through illustrations and timelines. Talk about jobs and careers Communication: interrupting, apologizing Descriptive adjectives Object pronouns. Suffixes
SE: 320-321
Project: Opinion Composition
SE: 322-323 SE: Unit 8 Chap. 2 (people) 338-346, 170-176, 166, 305, 339 SE: 326-329 WB: 208-215 SE: 330-331 WB: 208 SE: 332-334 WB: 209-312 Unit 8 Chap. 2 338-346
ACCESS TEST
State mandated language proficiency test
Week 2
Label significant individuals, through illustrations SE: or photographs, in history, politics, economics or society. Discusss science subjects SE: Description of a process SE: Biographies SE: Suffixes: -er, -or, -ist SE: Talk about the internet Understanding multiple meaning words Taking notes and using resources: web sites and encyclopedias. Logical order to describe steps in a process
TR Quiz: 157-159
Week 3
SE: 348 WB: 222-227 SE: 349 SE: 350-351 SE: 352-353
TR Quiz: 160-162
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Week 4
Standards
1.1 2.1 3.4.B.2 3.2.D.4
Skill Focus
Give a "how to" presentation Research jobs in the newspaper and on the internet. An autobiography
Resources
SE: 358-359
Assessment
SE: 360-361
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September Unit: Traditions and Culture Week 1
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Audio: Unit 1, CD 1 Tracks 1-6 CD-ROM Unit 1
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SE: 11, 27, 39, 40-41, 51, 55, 70 93, 104, 116, 119, 130, 142, 147, 160-161, 221, 225, 231, 264, 310
Answer a range of questions that express SE: 295, 186-187, 248, 280 personal preferences. First person point of view 344, 348, 374, 404 TE: 29, 79 WB: 3 Learn words for family members. SE: 2-3 WB: 1 Compare and contrast SE: 4-9 Plurals. Compound words. SE: 12 WB: 5-6 Present Continuous Verbs Project: Write a personal narrative Match text features or web resources with assignments. Learn words or animal sounds: Folktales Understanding Author's Purpose Synonyms Identifying subjects and verbs SE: 134, 141, 147 SE: 14-21 WB: 9 SE: 23 SE: 24 WB: 11 WB: 13-14 Project: Animal Narrative TR Quiz 9-10
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Week 3
Standards
1.1 2.1 5.1 3.3.D.2
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Learn words for foods. Describe mental images. Poem Identify rhyme. Capitalization. Holidays. Plurals: Words ending in -fe Suffix: -ful Subject Pronouns Read a map
Resources
SE: 26-27 SE: 28-38 WB: 17-18 SE: 39 WB: 19
Assessment
SE: 40
SE: 41 WB: 24 Project: Write a narrative about a holiday. WB: 23 SE: 42-43 WB: 25-26 SE: 44-50 SE: 51 SE: 51 WB: 27 SE: 52 WB: 28 SE: 52 WB: 29-30 SE: 53 WB: 31 Project: Wirte a personal narrative Design a Turkish rug Audio: Unit 1, CD 1 Tracks 1-6 CD-ROM Unit 1 SE: 175 SE: 54-55 WB: 33 SE: 56-63 SE: 64-65 WB: 35 WB: 36
Week 4
Identify words that show time. Compare text events with own experiences. Distinguishing fact from opinion Following instructions Recognize root words and suffix -ish Use the verb "To Be" with complements Personal narrative
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13-14
Week 1
Complete real life forms (elases, applications, Identify words with setting Identify caruse and effect Understand characterization Adverbs ending in -ly Apostrophes and contractions Capitaliztion: Titles Ajectives ending in -ed Possessive nouns Writing fictional narratives Learning geometric shapes
TR Quiz 15-16
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1.1 2.1
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Select or sort sources of information based on SE: 11, 2, 39, 51, 65, 89, 103, 115, oral descriptions and visual support. Present a narrative about your favorite holiday Compare and contrast cultures Projects: Wirte a personal narrative about a trip/holiday 129, 141, 159, 173 SE: 68-71 Project: Create a poster about a new tradition Give a cross-cultural presentation Audio: Unit 2, CD 1 Tracks 7-11 CD-ROM Unit 2 SE: 51, 94, 96-100, 309, 344, 358 SE: 74-77 WB: 41 SE: 78-87 WB: 42 SE: 89 WB: 43 SE: 90 WB: 44 SE: 90 WB: 45-46 SE: 91 WB: 47-48 Project: Writing Poems SE: 92-101 WB: 50 SE: 103 WB: 51 SE: 104 WB: 52 SE: 104 WB: 53-54 SE: 105 WB: 55 Project: Design a Mural SE: 105 WB: 56
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Differentiate opinions from facts related to information in visually suported magazines or newspapers read orally. Use context to understand vocabulary Describe Images. Poem Recognize Free Verse Recognize word origins Long vowel sounds and -ed sufix Identify Simple Present Tense Writing poems about environment
Week 4
Interview Distinguish facts from opinions Understanding character motivation Prefix SubIdentify and punctuate questions Writing a personal narrative
TR Quiz 25-26
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November Unit: Environment Week 1
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Audio: Unit 2, CD 1 Tracks 7-11 CD-ROM Unit 2 SE: 9-10, 23, 37, 101, 113, 139-140 SE: 106-114 WB: 57-58
Assessment
3.5.A.3
Identify ideas related to author's purpose Fable. Understanding words in context Identify main idea and details Punctuation: quotations and semicolons Understand personification Learning words with multiple meaning Identify Object pronouns
SE: 116 WB: 61-62 Project: Write a fable Learn about conservation WB:64
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1.1 2.1 3.3.D.6 Locate key facts in graphics and texts Word Square to remember meaning Narrative Fiction Drawing Conclusions Capitalization: Titles Interpreting nonverbal communication Using the dictionary Recognize and use comparative adjectives Writing narrative fiction Express opinions or reactions to current events or issues. Using text features Informational text Outlining information to undestand reading Scanning. Examining visual features Learning word origins Identifying subject and verb of a sentence Writing Informational Reports Reading Pie Charts SE: 11, 16, 26, 40-43, 50, 51, 55-56 SE: 118-119 WB: 65-66 SE: 120 SE: SE: SE: SE: 128-129 130 130 131 WB: WB: WB: WB: 67 68 69-70 71-72 TR Quiz 29-30 SE: 403-405, 406-408, 265, SE: 132-133 WB: 73 SE: 134-139 WB: 74 SE: 134 SE: 140-141 WB: 75 SE: 142 WB: 76 SE: 142 WB: 77-78 SE: 143 WB: 79 TR Quiz 31-32 SE: 143 WB: 80 Project Project:Write an Informational Report
3.2.A.6 3.2.C.9
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Week 4
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1.1 2.1 3.1.G.4
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Performing an interview View, compare and contrast. Respond to media Writing Rules
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SE: 144 SE: 145 SE: 146
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Extract key phrases or sentences from writtten texts. Learn words about freedom. Song Lyrics Practice Intonation. Recognize repetition Punctuation: comma (city and state) Recognize homographs Future using will and shall Writing songs
Audio: Unit 3, CD 1 tracks 12-16 CD-ROM: Unit 3 Transparencies SE: 39, 93, 141, 222, 280, 282, 134, 136-139, 282-283, 343 SE: 150-153 WB: 81 SE: 154-157 WB: 82 SE: 159 WB: 83 SE: 160 WB: 84 SE: 160 WB: 85-86 SE: 161 WB: 87-88 Project: Write a song about the future TR Quiz 39-40 Project Math Textbook: 13, 67, 377 WB: 176 SE: 162-163 SE: 164-171 WB: 89
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Select problem-solving methods and tools from TE: 51, 69, 141, 191, 245, 289 oral descriptions and visual support. Finding antonyms in a thesaurus Diary. Recognize sequence of events. Punctuation: comma (date) Recognizing homographs Capitalization: Letter greetings and closings Persuasive conversation Forming contractions
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1.1 2.1 3.1
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Describe derived attributes and their units of measurement using pictures and notation. Using verbs with infinitives Learning points of the compass Define words related to nature Play. Analyze cause and effect. Punctuation: colon, comma (address) Spelling: Silent w before r Recognize problems and solutions Identify Homophones Compound sentences with and Writing a summary Winter Recess
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SE: 330-339, 341 SE: 174 SE: 175 SE: 176-177 SE: 178-185 WB: 93-94 WB: 96 WB: 97 WB: 97
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TR Quiz: 41-42
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TR Quiz: 43-44
Audio: Unit 3, CD 1 tracks 12-16 CD-ROM: Unit 3 Transparencies TE: 51, 69, 141, 191, 245, 289, 323 SE: 190-191 SE: 192-201 WB: 105-106
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Produce math equations or formulas from illus- TE: trations (using math sentences to describe equations for this igure). Identify numbers in a variety o forms and mathe-SE: matical terms within supported sentences. Learn words related to stress in context SE: Informational text SE: Punctuation: colon (list), quoatation marks Spelling: PH (f) and silent p SE: Capitalization: Headings Using headings to find inormation SE:
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Identify features of significant periods in world history from written statements and timelines. List characteristics of major historical, cultural, or economic themes depicted in illustrations. Literary response: Report your favorite selection View, compare, and contrast: Learn about the Civil Rights Movement Response to literature: Write a review of Literature
SE: 73, 57-64, 155-158, 223, 255-258 262-265 SE: 164, 262, 265, 282 TR: 235, 246, 261, 348, 376, 384 SE: 222 SE: 223 SE: 224-225 Project: Create a storyboard Present a Radio Program SE: 226-227
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Unit: Heroes
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CD_ROM: Unit 4 Transparencies Audio: Unit 4, CD 2, Tracks 1-6 SE: 228-231 WB: 121 SE: 232-238, 241 WB: 122, 127
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Evaluate your understanding of words Make predictions: Legend Punctuation: Italics, hyphen, exclamation point Spelling: Silent K, Kn Determine main and minor characters Using suffix -ly to form adverbs Using prepositional phrases Using map features to read a map
TR Quiz: 61-62+F305
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CD_ROM: Unit 4 Transparencies Audio: Unit 4, CD 2, Tracks 1-6 Produce tables, charts, or graphs from authenticSE: 13, 42, 51, 56, 68, 70, 104, 115, data sources. 119, 132, 143, 145, 148, 152, 159, 162 Recognize Baseball terms SE: 242-243 WB: 129 Use chronological order to recall and locate information: Biography Spelling: abbreviations Recognize Third-person pont of view Understand prefix unIdentify prepositional phrases of time SE: 244-248 , 251 WB: 130
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Differentiate types of physical, biological, SE: 131, 328-329, 330-339, 343 chemical, or earth/space structures from 289, 291 pictures and oral statements (plant cells, kidney and liver, compounds, or solar systems). Infer meanings of homonyms SE: 252-253 Biography and speech: Drawing inferences. SE: 254-262 WB: 138-139 Identify the sufix -ion SE: 264 WB: 140 Recognize commands with Let Se: 264 WB: 141-142 Project: Write a persuasive speech
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Week 3
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1.1 2.1 4.1 3.2.C.2 3.5.A.4
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Give examples of or describe components of systems, chains, or cycles from diagrams or graphic organizers (circulatory system) Using squares to remember meaning: poem Compare and contrast Dependent adjective clauses Recognize imagery Identify the suffix -er Recognize reported speech
Resources
SE: 133, 138, 149, 77-78, 25
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TR Quiz: 65-66
WB: 147 WB: 148 TR Quiz: 67-68 Descriptive Presentation Contrast Biographies
SE: 278 WB: 149-150 Projects: Wrting poems Reading ads or jobs
Biography Presentation
Audio: Unit 5, CD 2 Tracks 7-10 CD-ROM, Unit 5 Match sources of data depicted in tables,charts SE: 327, 331-334 or graphs from scientific studies with reWB: 72, 176 search questions. Use context to identify correct homophones Draw conclusions: Personal narrative Analyze figurative language Recognize compound adjectives Recognize and use the simple past tense. Identify types of scientists SE: SE: SE: SE: SE: SE: 286-289 WB: 153 290-294,297 WB: 154, 159 295 WB: 155 296 WB: 156 296 WB: 157-158 297 WB: 160
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1.1 2.1 4.1
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State procedures for scientific experiments in biology, chemistry, physics, or earth science. Explore multiple meaning words Make inferences from text evidence Analyze setting Use Latin root words to find meaning Use dependent clauses with Because Write an ending to science fiction story Identify Internet Terms
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SE: 312-323, 325 SE: SE: SE: SE: SE: SE: SE: 298-299 300-308 309 310 310 311 311 WB: 161 WB: 162 WB: 163 WB: 164 WB: 165-166 WB: 168
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1.1 5.1
Match regions or countries with similar political, SE: 27, 41, 55, 77, 107, 153, 163, economic, or historical significance to U.S. 231, 243, 253, 267,353, 363, 379, or world history frm oral descriptions and maps. 391
WB: 169
SE: 314--323 WB: 170-171 SE: 325 WB: 175 Science Project SE: 324 WB: 172 SE: 173-174 Project: Learn about Sleep WB: 176 Science Project continued SE: 326-327 WB: 177 SE: 328 SE: 326-3340 WB: 178 Science Project continued
Week 4
Using Greek word origins to study words Using "might" to show possibility Wirte an informational text. Recognize cause and effect relationship Using diferent resources to find meaning Using informational text Summarizing information (continued) Capitalization: Planets Spellilng Abbreviations or temperature Irregular plurals
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Punctuation: apostrophe for possession Spelling: Ea for the long /e/ sound Exploring graphic aids Recognizing words with sounds with the spelling oo Identify superlative adjectives Outline an informational text Writing a research report: Workshop Oral presentations
WB: 179 WB: 180 WB: 181-182 WB: 183-184 Oral Presentations Portfolio Science Project
Week 3
SE: 346-349 CNN Video: Unit 5 Video script and worksheet TE: Lesson plan p.28 transparencies Science Fair Exhibit Audio: Unit 6, CD 2, Tracks 11-15 CNN Video: Unit 6 Teacher Resource Book and Assessment Program. Transparencies
Understanding words in context: fiction Making inferences Spelling: Silent u Analyzing characters. Facts vs Opinion Distinguishing denotative and connotative meanings Identifying possessive adjectives Writing a fictional story
SE: 350-354 SE: 359 SE: 360 SE: 360 SE: 361
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May Unit: Connections Week 1
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1.1 2.1 3.1
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Learn words about emotion. Fiction Identify main idea and details Recognize style, tone and mood.Persuasion Using a thesaurus Using past perfect tense Writing a paragraph Math concepts: Multiplication
Resources
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Audio:Unit 6,Chapter 3 CD 2 Track 1-3ACCESS Test: State Teacher Resource Book and Assess. Mandated SE: 362-363 WB: 193 SE: 364-373 WB: 194 SE: 375 WB: 195 SE: 376 WB: 196 SE: 376 WB: 197-198 SE: 377 WB: 199 SE: 377 WB: 200 TR Quiz 91-92
Week 2 Connections
Outline the contributions of significant individuals in history, politics, economics, or society. Identify syllables and meanings of words Biography. Identify cause and effect. Discussing themes across cultures Recognize the suffix -ian Undestanding modal auxiliaries Identifying symbols
SE: 282-283
SE: 378-379 WB: 201 SE: 380-387, 389 WB:202, 207 SE: 387 WB: 203 SE: 388 WB: 204 SE: 388 WB: 205-206 SE: 389 WB: 208
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Resource: Visions, Thomson-Heinle SE: Student Edition WB: Student Workbook(same as Teacher's Edition)
Month/Weeks
September Unit: Challenges
Standards
Skill Focus
Resources
Audio: Unit 1, CD 1 Tracks 1-2 CD-ROM: Unit 1, Chapter 1 Transparencies
Assessment
Week 1
Respond (non-verbally) to questions perSE: 69, 117, 145, 165, 217, 343 taining to multiple-step classroom instrucTE: 2, 24, 40, 10 tions. Express personal preferences or points of view SE: 69, 342, 388, 402, 406-407 Find synonyms using a reference. SE: 1-3 WB: 1 Make inferences: Poem and fable SE: 4-11 WB: 2-3 Capitalizing names,plural nouns,analyze suffix-erSE: 12 WB: 4 Past tense verbs SE: 12 WB: 4-5 Writing poems. Classifying animals. SE: 13 WB: 7-8 Match types of books or web resources with information needed for assignments. Using Context Cause and effect: Realistic Adventure Fiction Controlled vowels, punctuation: periods, quotes Figurative language Compound words. Past tense "To Be" SE: 3, 130,133, 155, 163, 203, 236, 253, 262, 13, 191, 279,, 91, 76, 148 SE: 14-15 WB:9 SE: 16-24 WB: 10 SE: 25 WB: 11 SE: 27 WB: 15 SE: 26 WB: 13-14
TR Quiz: 7-8
Week 2
TR Quiz: 9-10
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Month/Weeks
Week 3
Standards
1.1 2.1 5.1 3.3.D.2
Skill Focus
Discuss directions. Identify words about ships Predictions: Historical narrative Abbreviations, Capitalization (days/months) Identify Personification Using adverbs Using "and" to join words and sentences Writing Historical Novel Learning about bodies of land and water
Resources
SE:28-29 SE: 30- 37 SE: SE: SE: SE: 37 38 38 39 WB: 17 WB: 18 WB: WB: WB: WB: 19 20 21-22 24
Assessment
TR Quiz: 11-12
Week 4
Identifying homonyms
First-person narrative. Comparing own experiences
WB: 25 WB: 26
Punctuation(apostrophe) Capitalization(countries/languages), Spelling /au/ Analyzing characters SE: 51 Define words with a Latin Root SE: 52 Complex Sentences with dependent clauses SE: 52 First Person narrative SE: 53 Understanding culture SE: 53
27 28 29-30 31 32
TR Quiz : 13-14
October
Create announcements, invitations, or forms paragraphs stating who, what, when, why Learn words about emotions Main Idea and details: Short Story Punctuation (commas, appositives, ellipses) Long e, ending /k/, -l, -ll Analyze character motivation. Debate issues Identify root words Use Could and Couldn't or past ability Writing short stories Learning about nutrition SE: 76, 218, 282, 342 SE: 54-55 SE: 56-68 WB: 33
Week 1
TR Quiz SE: SE: SE: SE: SE: 69 70 70 71 71 WB: WB: WB: WB: WB: 35 36 37-38 39 40
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Month/Weeks
Standards
Skill Focus
Compare and contrast sources of information
Resources
SE: 1,50, 69, 76, 88, 128, 212,228-232 TE: 23, 35, 49, 113, 127, 140, 173 SE: 72-73
Assessment
1.1 2.1
based on oral discousrse. Make a Speech: News Report Compare and Contrast Electronic Media with written stories Write to narrate: Tell How Someone Faced a Challenge
Week 2
SE: 74-75
3.1.F.2
Provide facts and oppinions to articulate arguments related to editorials or reviews Using a word wheel Scientific Informational Text. Making Inferences Spelling: Use ch for /k/, use c for /s/ Identify Processess Use pronunciation in contextL ph Identify and use Simple Present Tense Writing a scientific informational text Learn about trees
Audio: Unit 2, CD 1, Track 7-12 Transparencies SE: 192, 388, 394, 396-402 SE: 78-81 SE: 82-89 SE: 89 SE: 90 SE: 90 SE: 91 WB: 41
Week 4
Using varied word choices Summarize: Historical Fiction Diary Punctuation: hyphen in numbers Identiying flashbacks Understanding the suffix -ty Using future tense with Will Diary Entry. Genres
SE: 92-93 SE: 94--99 SE: 99 SE: 100 SE: 100 SE: 101
TR Quiz: 25-26
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Month/Weeks
November Week 1
Standards
Skill Focus
Identify ideas and supporting details related to author's purpose. Use the LINK strategy Determine Sequence of Events: Play Spelling: Silent b and gh Punctuation: Questions, Capitalization: Places Contrast Its and It's Identify and use the future conditional Writing dialogue for a scene in a play Understanding State Flags
Resources
SE: 10, 36, 56, 58-68,136-137,170-173 SE: 102-103 SE: 104-115 WB: 57 WB: 58-59
Assessment
3.5.A.3
Week 2
1.1 2.1 3.3.D.6
3.2.A.6 3.2.C.9
Summarize information to graphics and texts. Identify related words Draw conclusions: Realistic fiction Adverbs with suffix -ly, -less, aposgtrophes First-Person Narrative: Choral reading Using adjectives before nouns Realistic Stories Learn about families
SE: 118-119 SE: 120-129 SE: 130 SE: 129 SE: 130 SE: 131 SE: 131
TR Quiz : 29-30
Week 3
Produce editorial comments on current events Finding root words Sequence of events: Historial Fiction Journal Spelling: ie, ei, silent l, /aw/ Understanding metaphors Suffix -ness Present continuous tense Writing poems
SE: 344, 335 SE 132-133: SE: 134-143 SE: SE: SE: SE: 143 144 144 145
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Month/Weeks
Week 4
Standards
1.1 2.1 3.1.G.4
Skill Focus
Intrerview and Report Analize film and video: Tell How a Scene is Effective Writing to Persuade
Resources
SE: 146 SE: 147 SE: 148-149
Assessment
3.3.D.3 3.3.D.6
Audio: Unit 3, CD 2, Tracks 1-5 Take notes or produce outlines rom written texts Transparencies Preview new vocabulary: Poem SE:235, 408, 318, 320-323 Use images to understand and enjoy poetry SE: 152-155 WB: 81 Capitalization: Titles, Spelling: It's and Its SE: 156-163 WB: 82 Identify rhyming words SE: 163 WB: 83 Identify congtractions SE: 164 WB: 84 Prepositional phrases SE: 164 WB: 85-86 Writing poems SE: 165 WB: 87 Learning about the respiratory system SE: 165 WB: 88
TR Quiz: 39-40
Week 2
Select problem-solving methods and tools to TE:25, 41, 83, 119, 133, 167, 265, 275 Project address everyday experiences described orally Learn synonyms with reference aids SE: 166-167 WB: 89 Main Idea and Supporting Details: Biography Punctuation: commas, Capitalization: places Chronological Order and Transitions Recognize proper nouns Identify two-word verbs Writing a short biography Using context SE: 168-175 SE: 175 SE: 176 SE: 176 WB: 90 WB: 91 WB: 92 WB: 93-94 WB: 96 WB: 97 WB: 98 WB: 99 WB: 100 WB: 101-102 WB: 103 WB: 104
Week 3
Week 4
1.1
SE: 177 SE: 178-179 Use chronology to locate and recall information: diary SE: 180-187 Punctuation: semicolons, Capitalization: letters Understanding tone SE: 187 Using suffix -ion SE: 188 Using conjuctions to form compound sentences SE: 188 Writing a diary SE: 189 Describing social groups SE: 189 Winter Recess
TR Quiz: 41-42
TR Quiz: 43-44
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Month/Weeks
January Unit:
Standards
Skill Focus
Give examples of derived attributes along with their units of measurement presented orally for math text. Using multiple reference aids Distinguish fact from opinion: Speech Spelling: To/two/too Punctuation: Colons, dashes Identify style, tone, and mood in a speech Interpreting figurative language Using superlative adjectives Writing a speech Reading charts
Resources
SE: 363, 201, 177, 379 TE: 239, 267, 279, 299 SE: 190-191 SE: 192-199 WB: 105 WB: 106-107
Assessment
Week 1
TR Quiz: 45-46
Week 2
(tips, discounts, or earn run averages). Using the dictionary Drawing conclusions: Memoir Spelling: Plurals, Past tense: -ed, -y Recognize foreshadowing Compound words Identify Pronoun referents Writing memoirs Reading maps Classify mathematical functions and relations Present a biographical narrative Compare and contrast visual and electronic media with written stories: Compare points of view Response to literature
TE: 343, 393, 407 SE: 202-203 WB; 113 SE: 204-212 WB: 114 SE: 213 SE: 214 SE: 214 SE: 215 SE: 215 WB: WB: WB: WB: WB: 115 116 117-118 119 120
TR Quiz: 47-48
Week 3
TE: 239, 267, 299 SE: 216-217 TR: CNN Video: Unit 3 SE: 217 SE: 218-219
Portfolio Project Give a Speech, Design a Web Page Design an Art Exhibit
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Month/Weeks
Week 4 Unit: Discoveries
Standards
Skill Focus
Resources
Transparencies Audio: Unit 4, CD 2 Tracks 6-10 SE:224-225 WB: 121 SE: 226-234 WB: 122
Assessment
Use repitition to find meaning Fiction and Poem. Compare and Contrast Capitalization: Direct quotations Spelling: Long vowel sounds Punctuation: Italics for emphasis Recognize a writing style SE: 235 Undestand historical influences on English wordsSE: 236 Identify sentences with relative clauses SE: 236 Writing a story SE: 237 Using the library SE: 237 Understanding key words and related words Nonfiction narrative. Using graphic sources Capitalization: Proper adjectives Spelling: Words with double consonants Punctuation:Commas within large numbers Undestanding first-person point of view Spell -ed forms of verbs Identify Be + Adjective + Infinitive Understanding First-person narrative Understading atmosphere and altitude SE: 249 SE: 250 SE: 250 SE: 251 SE: 251
WB: 123 WB: 124 WB: 125-126 WB: 127 WB: 128 WB: 129 WB: 130
TR Quiz:
February Week 1
WB: 131 WB: 132 WB: 133-134 WB: 135 WB: 136 WB: 137 WB: 136
TR Quiz: 63-64
Week 2
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Month/Weeks
Week 3
Standards
1.1 4.1 3.2.C.2 3.5.A.4 5.1
Skill Focus
Resources
Assessment
Describe uses of math equations or formulas TE: 239, 267, 279, 299, 363 Adjusting rading rate.Reading about space. SE: 264-265 WB: 145 Inductive organization: Main idea and supportingSE: 266-274 WB: 146 details. Capitalization: Proper nouns. Acronyms Punctuation: Parentheses Recognizing flashbacks SE: 275 WB: 147 Identifying Greek and Latin Word origins SE: 276 WB: 148 Use and punctuate dependent clauses Writing a short biography Understanding gravity SE: 276 SE: 277 SE: 277 WB: 149-150 WB: 151 WB: 152 Portfolio Project: Biographical Sketch, Essay: Writing to Inform, Future-Discovery Poster, Discoveries about our community TR Quiz: 67-68
Week 4
Outline steps for producing tables, charts, graphsSE: 145 TE: 343, 393, 407 Report a biographical sketch about a person's SE: 278-279 hobby Interpreting important ideas from maps: View a Historical Atlas Writing to inform. Writing E-mail. SE: 279 SE: 280-281
Match the functions of related physical, biological, Audio: Unit 5, CD 3 Tracks 1-5 chemical, or earth/space structures from oral CD-ROM, Unit 5, CNN Video Unit 5 desriptions (homeostasis/dormancy/atomic/nu- SE: 82-87, 89, 319-323 clea structures) TE: 95 Using context clues. Narrative SE: 284-287 WB: 153 Predict. Narrative SE: 288-298 WB: 154 Spelling: Their, there, They're Punctuation: Italics Recogniizing point of view SE: 299 WB: 155 Using prefixes: un- and imSE: 300 WB: 156 Recognizing present perfect tense SE: 300 WB: 157-158 Writing narrative with dialogue Social Studies: Reading Weather maps SE: 301 SE: 301 WB: 159 WB: 160
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Month/Weeks
Week 2
Standards
1.1 2.1 4.1
Skill Focus
Describe how systems, chains, or cycles operate from diagrams or graphic organizers Finding synonyms for action verbs Compare and contrast: Biography and drama Punctuation: Hyphens, colons, italics Analyze stage directions Using the suffix -ly Using past progressive verbs Science: Cause of diseases
Resources
SE: 82-87, 89, 317-323 Science Textbook, Science Fair Project SE:302-302 WB: 161 SE: 304-313 WB: 162-163 SE: 313 SE: 314 SE: 314 SE: 315 WB: 163 WB: 164 WB : 165-166 WB: 167-168
Assessment
Week 3
3.2.D.1
Extract information on the use of data presented SE: 91, 165 in texdt and tables. Identifying science vocabulary SE: 316-317 Represent text information in an outline SE: 318-325 Capitalization: titles, headings Spelling: words ending in -ing
WB: 169
WB: 170-171
TR Quiz 79-80 Science Projects
Week 4
Provide information learned from scientific expe- WB: 43, 48, 80, 152 riments in a lab report, including predictions Read to scan for information Recognizing descriptive language Identify words with Greek origins SE: 326 WB: 172 Recognize subjectg and verb in present tense SE: 326 WB: 173-174 Writing to inform SE: 327 WB: 175 Arts: Learn about the voice SE: 327 WB: 176
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Month/Weeks
Standards
Skill Focus
Resources
Assessment
Find examples of regions or countries that have SE: 28-29, 41, 81, 93, 103, 119, 133,
April Week 1
similar economics, political or historical signifi- 167, 170, 179, 191, 203, 215, 239, 269 cance to US or world histgory from oral scenarios 279, 287, 290, 301, 351, 354, 410 and maps. WB: 215 Learn words about art: How To Book SE:328-329 WB: 177 Make inferences using text evidence SE: 330-339 WB: 178 Recognizing writing style SE: 339 WB: 179 The Suffix -ian SE: 340 WB: 180 Undertanding present conditional SE: 340 WB: 181-182 TR Quiz: 81-82 Writing an illustrated "How To Article" SE: 341 WB: 183 Arts: Learn about art forms SE: 341 WB: 184
Week 2
Give examples or descriptions of major historical, cultural or economic themes. Present an oral summary of a reading Evluate visual media Writing a persuasive editorial
SE: 93, 151, 172, 203, 223, 267-272 279, 354-357, 117, 179, 351, 383-401 TR Unit Test: 83-88 SE: 342 SE: 343 SE: 344-345 Project: SE 346-347 Design your own media Communication: Different Language
Using a word wheel Informational text: Using chronology to locate and recall information Punctuation: commas Spelling: th, t, thr and tr Analyze characters Using a thesaurus: Synonyms Using appositives Writing informational text. Using headings
Audio:Unit 6, CD 3 Tracks 6-10 SE: 348-351 WB: 185 CNN Video: Unit 6 Transparencies SE: 352-358 WB: 186
TR Quiz: 89-90
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Month/Weeks
Week 4 Unit:
Standards
1.1 2.1 3.2.D.4 3.2.D.15 5.1
Skill Focus
Using context clues Science fiction. Describe mental images. Spelling: f sound using f, ph, gh; silent h Ordinal numbers Capitalization: Titles. Punctuation: italics Understanidng mood Understanidng prefixes: un-, in- and imIdentify past perfect tense Writing a science fiction narrative
Resources
SE: 362-363 SE: 364-376 WB: 193 WB: 194
Assessment
TR Quiz: 91-92
ACCESS Test: State Match features of significant periods in world SE: 93, 151, 172, 203, 223, 267-268, Mandated history with written descriptions. 270-272, 279, 354-357 Distinguish denotative and connotative meaning SE:380-381 WB: 201 Draw conclusions with text evidence: Speech SE: 382-388 WB: 202 Spelling: Irregular plurals Punctuation: Apostrophes/singular/plural posse. Identify audience and purpose SE: 389 WB: 203 Recognize figurative language SE: 390 WB: 204 Use dependent clauses with that SE: 390 WB: 205-206 Write a persuasive speech SE: 391 WB: 207 Social Studies: Learn about United States SE: 391 WB: 208 TR Quiz: 93-94 Constitution Describe the contributions of significant indiv. in history, politics, economics, or society. Identify key words about government Biography: Distinguish fact from opinion Spelling: qu for kw sound Punctuation: commas/dates Capitalization: Proper names Conduct an interview SE: 267-272, 354-357 SE: 392-393 SE: 394-402 WB: 209 WB: 210
Week 2
SE: 403
TR Quiz: 95-96
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Month/Weeks
Week 3
Standards
1.1 2.1 5.1 3.5.B.2
Skill Focus
Recognize repetition in a speech Identify adjectives Recognize the suffix to show contrast Using conjunction Yet -ian Write a biography Social Studies: Branches of Government Prepare a persuasive speech
Resources
SE: SE: SE: SE: SE: SE: 403 404 404 405 405 406-407 WB: WB: WB: WB: WB: 211 212 212-214 215 216
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