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Dewey. Copyright 2001 by Jennifer Owings Dewey. Reprinted by
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Unit
Challenges
THEME: School Contests
Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Miss Alaineus
Realistic Fiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
written and illustrated by Debra Frasier
Language Arts . . . . . . . . . 42
by Nicole Lee
Writing: Personal Narrative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Grandmas Tales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Vocabulary/Comprehension: Plot and Setting
Tall Tale
. . . 52
Social Studies
. . . . . . . 72
by Kyle Seulen
Writing: Personal Narrative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
TREE-RIFIC! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Vocabulary/Comprehension
Nonfiction Article
Science
. . . . . . . . 82
. . . . . . . . . 86
Jobs in Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Vocabulary/Comprehension: Summarize
Im Building a Rocket
Poetry
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
by Kenn Nesbitt
Writing: Personal Narrative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Fantasy
. . . . . . . . . 116
by Brian Meunier, illustrated by Perky Edgerton
Doggone Work
Science
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134
by Lori Marquez
Writing: Personal Narrative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138
Drama
. . . . . . 140
Unit
Discoveries
THEME: People Helping Animals
Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Shiloh
Social Studies
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
by Amy Yin
Writing: Persuasive Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .168
Rattlers!
Nonfiction Article
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
by Ellen Lambeth
Language Arts
.188
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196
A Salute to Servicewomen
Social Studies
. 200
Fiction
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
by Kaneesha Smith
Writing: Persuasive Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Biography
. . . . . 232
Poetry
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
words by John A. Lomax, music by Daniel Kelley
Social Studies
. . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Unit
Turning Points
THEME: The American Revolution
Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Poetry
. . . . . . . 284
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
by Connie Nordhielm Wooldridge,
illustrated by Jacqueline Rogers
Social Studies
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
by Maria Chan
Writing: Poem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .312
Nonfiction Article
. . . . . . . . .318
Science
. . . 322
My Great-Grandmothers
Gourd Realistic Fiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
by Cristina Kessler, illustrated by Walter Lyon Krudop
Science
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
by Haritha Gupta
Writing: Fictional Narrative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
Zathura
Science Fiction
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
written and illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg
Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
by William Brackman
Writing: Fictional Narrative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
Social Studies
. . . . . . . . . 388
Unit
4
THEME: Civil Rights
Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392
Through My Eyes
Social Studies
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .414
by Ruby Bridges
Writing: Expository Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .418
Realistic Fiction
. . . . . . . 424
by Jan Romero Stevens, illustrated by Jeanne Arnold
Animal Self-Defense
Science
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442
by Elle Wainwright
Writing: Expository Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446
THEME: Democracy
Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448
Nonfiction Article
Social Studies
. . . . . . 452
. . . . . . . . . 456
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Hurricanes
Informational Nonfiction
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 464
by Seymour Simon
Suspense
Poetry
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478
by Pat Mora
Writing: Expository Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486
by Angela Shelf Medearis,
illustrated by Wendy Born Hollander
Language Arts
. . . . . . . . . . . 506
Science
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510
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Unit
5
THEME: North Pole, South Pole
Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .514
Spirit of Endurance
Nonfiction
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .518
Social Studies
. . . . . . . . 536
Weslandia
Fantasy
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546
by Paul Fleischman, illustrated by Kevin Hawkes
Science
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 562
by Omar Naid
Writing: Descriptive Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 564
A Historic Journey
Nonfiction Article
Designed by Nature
Science
. . . . . . . . . 570
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 574
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Historical Fiction
. . . . 582
Poetry
. . . 600
by Mary Willie
Writing: Descriptive Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 602
THEME: Whales
Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604
Realistic Fiction
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 608
Science
. . . . . . . . 628
by Yolanda Robertson
Writing: Descriptive Poem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 632
Social Studies
. . . . . . . . . . . 634
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Unit
Great Ideas
THEME: Fairy Tales
Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 638
Social Studies
. . . 662
by Lateesha Gray
Writing: Explanatory Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 666
Skunk Scout
Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 692
by Tanya Sumanga
Writing: Explanatory Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 696
Nonfiction Article
Profile of a Paralympian
. . . . . . 702
Social Studies
. . . 706
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Up in the Air:
The Story of Balloon Flight
Nonfiction
. . . . . .714
by Patricia Lauber
Poetry
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 732
by Rita Bristol
Writing: Explanatory Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 734
Hidden Worlds
Nonfiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 740
from the book by Stephen Kramer, photos by Dennis Kunkel
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 754
Social Studies
. . . . . . . . . . . . 760
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .764
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