Theme 1: Off to Adventure (September-October) Grammar/Study Story Phonics Fluency Vocabulary Comprehension Skills Cliff Hanger Skills/ Spelling Leveled Readers: Vocabulary Skill: Strategy: Grammar: (Realistic Fiction) Pattern: BL: A Great Day for ABC order/ Dictionary Predict/ Infer What is a Sentence? Short vowels a, e, i snorkeling Key Vocabulary: OL: Roaring Down the belay, descent, harness, ledge, Skills: Study Skills: Base Words Rapids rappel, trekked Cause/ Effect Using KWL chart AL: Regina’s Ride Vocabulary Reader: Text Organization LS: Snorkeling Let’s Go Rock Climbing Noting Details The Ballad of Skill/ Spelling Leveled Readers: Vocabulary Skill: Strategy: Grammar: Mulan Patterns: BL: Sacagawea Multiple meaning words Monitor and Clarify Kinds of Sentences (Folktale) Short vowels o, u OL: Johnny Appleseed Key Vocabulary: AL: Ida Lewis and the armor, farewell, troops, Skills: Study Skills: Syllabication Lighthouse comrades, triumphant, Making inferences Using the dictionary LS: Sacagawea’s Journey victorious, endured Making judgments Vocabulary Reader: Sequencing The Great Wall of China The Lost and Skill/ Spelling Leveled Readers: Vocabulary Skill: Strategy: Grammar: Found Patterns: BL: The Lunch Room Parts of a Dictionary Summarize Subjects and Predicates (Fantasy) VCe OL: Alligator in the Key Vocabulary: Flow Map Endings: Bathtub directions, situations, visible, Study Skills: -ed AL: The Unusual Coin rumpled, unusual, worried, Skills: How to read a poem -ing LS: A Good Dessert Vocabulary Reader: Sequence of Events Parts of a book No More Lost and Found Fantasy and Realism Predicting Outcomes
Theme 1: Off to Adventure (September-October) Story Phonics Fluency Vocabulary Comprehension Grammar/Study Skills Cliff Hanger (Realistic Fiction) Skills/ Spelling Pattern: Short vowels a, e, i Base Words Leveled Readers: BL: A Great Day for snorkeling OL: Roaring Down the Rapids AL: Regina’s Ride LS: Snorkeling Vocabulary Skill: ABC order/ Dictionary Key Vocabulary: belay, descent, harness, ledge, rappel, trekked Vocabulary Reader: Let’s Go Rock Climbing Strategy: Predict/ Infer Skills: Cause/ Effect Text Organization Noting Details Grammar: What is a Sentence? Study Skills: Using KWL chart The Ballad of Mulan (Folktale) Skill/ Spelling Patterns: Short vowels o, u Syllabication Leveled Readers: BL: Sacagawea OL: Johnny Appleseed AL: Ida Lewis and the Lighthouse LS: Sacagawea’s Journey Vocabulary Skill: Multiple meaning words Key Vocabulary: armor, farewell, troops, comrades, triumphant, victorious, endured Vocabulary Reader: The Great Wall of China Strategy: Monitor and Clarify Skills: Making inferences Making judgments Sequencing Grammar: Kinds of Sentences Study Skills: Using the dictionary The Lost and Found (Fantasy) Skill/ Spelling Patterns: VCe Endings: -ed -ing Leveled Readers: BL: The Lunch Room OL: Alligator in the Bathtub AL: The Unusual Coin LS: A Good Dessert Vocabulary Skill: Parts of a Dictionary Key Vocabulary: directions, situations, visible, rumpled, unusual, worried, Vocabulary Reader: No More Lost and Found Strategy: Summarize Flow Map Skills: Sequence of Events Fantasy and Realism Predicting Outcomes Grammar: Subjects and Predicates Study Skills: How to read a poem Parts of a book