Choice Paired Essential Skill/ Anchor Vocabulary Read Aloud Topic Selection/ Phonics skills Spelling Writing Grammar Week Question Strategy Text/Genre Strategy Ideas Genre Narrative Writing: What Story syllables, Story grows in Structure/ Garden Good Prefix controlled Subject/ 21 Gardens The Garden substitute Sentences a Guys re- vowel ar Pronouns vowel sounds Focus garden? Trait: Voice Narrative Why do Writing: substitute some Story vowel sounds, Using a r controlled The animals Amazing Sentences 22 Animals Ugly Duckling syllable dictionary vowels ir, Pronouns have Animals Focus Visualize segment & entry er, ur I and me spots or Trait: blend stripes? Word Choice Narrative Writing: How can Cause and substitute Story you take vowel Effect/ Whistle for vowel sounds Define Summary 23 Pets good Pet Poems diagraph Willy and segment words Focus Pronouns care of a oo syllables Trait: pet? Narrative What substitute Writing: happens Sequence Multiple oo, ou, ew Life A Tree is a Grow Apples vowel sounds Story Indefinite 24 to a tree of Events/ meaning vowel Cycles Plant Grow and segment Focus Pronouns as it Question words diagraph syllables Trait: grows? Ideas What Narrative can you Writing: substitute Synonyms learn vowel Story Our Symbols of vowel sounds with 25 from A New Friend teams ou, Focus Country Characters/ our Country and segment introduction someone ow Trait: Summarize syllables to thesaurus who is Sentence from Fluency
Choice Week Topic Essential Question Skill/ Strategy Anchor Text/Genre Paired Selection/ Genre Phonics skills Vocabulary Strategy Spelling Writing Grammar Read Aloud Ideas 21 Gardens What grows in a garden? Story Structure/ The Garden Garden Good Guys syllables, substitute vowel sounds Prefix re- controlled vowel ar Narrative Writing: Story Sentences Focus Trait: Voice Subject/ Pronouns 22 Animals Why do some animals have spots or stripes? Visualize Amazing Animals Ugly Duckling substitute vowel sounds, syllable segment & blend Using a dictionary entry r controlled vowels ir, er, ur Narrative Writing: Story Sentences Focus Trait: Word Choice The Pronouns I and me 23 Pets How can you take good care of a pet? Cause and Effect/ Whistle for Willy Pet Poems substitute vowel sounds and segment syllables Define words vowel diagraph oo Narrative Writing: Story Summary Focus Trait: Pronouns 24 Life Cycles What happens to a tree as it grows? Sequence of Events/ Question A Tree is a Plant Grow Apples Grow substitute vowel sounds and segment syllables Multiple meaning words oo, ou, ew vowel diagraph Narrative Writing: Story Focus Trait: Ideas Indefinite Pronouns 25 Our Country What can you learn from someone who is from Characters/ Summarize A New Friend Symbols of our Country substitute vowel sounds and segment syllables Synonyms with introduction to thesaurus vowel teams ou, ow Narrative Writing: Story Focus Trait: Sentence Fluency