Unit 5 Week 1

Boom Town By: Sonia Levitin

Genre: historical fictiona story in which fictional characters take part

in an actual historical events.

Vocabulary: blossomed, grumbled, lonesome, sidewalks, traders, and

wailed.

Spelling.compound words

1. airplane 10. somebody

2. daytime 11. someone
3. birthday 12. newspaper
4. daylight 13. sidewalks
5. hairdo 14. basketball
6. notebook 15. stagecoach
7. birdhouse 16. states
8. barefoot 17. inches
9. headlight 18. cities

Note: 16-18 are review words from last week.

 Unit 5 Week 2
Beatrices Goat By: Page McBrier

Genre: narrative nonfictiona story that gives facts about actual people
and situations.

Vocabulary: gift, kindhearted, produce, schoolhouse, sturdy, tend, and

yearned.

Spelling.word endings s, ed, and ing

1. names 10. drops

2. named 11. dropped
3. naming 12. dropping
4. hopes 13. wraps
5. hoped 14. wrapped
6. hoping 15. wrapping
7. dances 16. airplane
8. danced 17. someone
9. dancing 18. newspaper

Note: 16-18 are review words from last week.

 Unit 5 Week 3

A Carousel of Dreams By: Time For Kids

Genre: nonfiction articlegives information about a real person, place,

or event.

Vocabulary: artists, declared, existed, powered, and pride.

Spelling.words ending change the y to i then add suffix

1. tries 10. studies

2. tried 11. studied
3. trying 12. studying
4. dries 13. plays
5. dried 14. played
6. drying 15. playing
7. hurries 16. dances
8. hurried 17. hoping
9. hurrying 18. wrapping

Note: 16-18 are review words from last week.

 Unit 5 Week 4
The Printer By: Myron Uhlberg

Genre: realistic fictionan invented story that could of happened in real

life.

Vocabulary: escape, fled, image, newspaper, numb, screamed, and

shuddered.

Spelling.vowel consonant consonant vowel (VCCV) pattern

1. basket 10. chapter

2. rabbit 11. follow
3. napkin 12. problem
4. letter 13. chicken
5. invite 14. butter
6. bedtime 15 Sunday
7. mammal 16. tried
8. number 17. studies
9. fellow 18. drying

Note: 16-18 are review words from last week.

 Unit 5 Week 5
Animal Homes By: Ann O. Squire

Genre: informational nonfictiona detailed explanation of real things

using facts.

Vocabulary: architects, contain, hives, retreats, shallow, shelter, and

structure.

Spelling.vowel consonant vowel (VCV) pattern

1. pilot 10. tiny

2. diner 11. label
3. tiger 12. cozy
4. favor 13. silent
5. lemon 14. spider
6. planet 15. frozen
7. model 16. follow
8. shady 17. basket
9. robot 18. Sunday

Note: 16-18 are review words from last week.