GRADE 4 ONLINE PLANNER - My Savvas Training

GRADE 4 ONLINE PLANNER

Unit Lesson Time to Read Vocabulary Read Aloud, Think Aloud

Classroom Conversation

Whole Group Instruction

Work Time

1 Read Aloud, Think Aloud: Because of Winn-Dixie

Week 1 Interactive Reading: From Wild to Mild: A Cat Story (Level 1)

1 Introduction; 10 minutes Independent Reading

Introduction; produce and admit

Introduction; Preview and Set Purpose

Introduction; Academic Conversation

Introduction; Ask Questions

Assignment: Ask Questions; Reading Strategy Small Group

2 10 minutes Independent Reading

constellation and sigh

Ask Questions Academic Conversation

Compare and Contrast

Phonics Assignment: Short Vowels; Reading Strategy Small Group


howled and applauded


Academic Conversation

Use Related Words Assignment: Related Words; Reading Strategy Small Group


embarrassed and properly


Write a Narrative Paragraph

Assignment: Plan a Narrative Paragraph; Phonics Reader: Community Dinner; Reading Strategy Small Group


Word Slam Vocabulary Game



Read Fluently Assignment: Write a Narrative Paragraph; Weekly Reading Check; Reading Strategy Small Group

Week 2 Interactive Reading: Awesome Ants! (Level 1), Furry Friends and Feathered Friends (Level 2) and How Did the Animals Know? (Level 3)


whispered and rely


Recognize Cause and Effect

Assignment: Cause and Effect; Reading Strategy Small Group





Work Time


whining and forgive

Identify Cause and Effect


Use Context Clues Assignment: Use Context Clues; Phonics Assignment: Read Words with Long Vowels CVC; Reading Strategy Small Group


confused and blushed



Clarify Text by Retelling

Assignment: Retelling; Reading Strategy Small Group


arrange and imitated

Retell Academic Conversation

Write Informative Text

Assignment; Plan an Informative Paragraph; Phonics Reader: We Can Do a Lot; Reading Strategy Small Group





Predict Assignment: Write an Informative Paragraph; Weekly Reading Check; Reading Strategy Small Group

Week 3 Interactive Reading: Animal Expressions (Level 1), The Amazing Butterfly (Level 2) and Flight for Survival (Level 3)


decision and ingredient

Predict Academic Conversation

Make Inferences Assignment: Make an Inference; Reading Strategy Small Group


invented and conversation


Write an Opinon Piece

Assignment: Plan an Opinion Paragraph; Phonics Assignment: Consonant Blends; Reading Strategy Small Group


nerve and account Make Inferences Academic Conversation


Assignment: Write an Opinion Piece; Reading Strategy Small Group





Work Time


lonely and invite Predict Academic Conversation

Use Synonyms Assignment; Use Synonyms; Phonics Reader: His Biggest Fan; Reading Strategy Small Group





Make Inferences Assignment: Make an Inference; Weekly Reading Check; Reading Strategy Small Group

Week 4 Interactive Reading: Dogs to the Rescue! (Level 1), Rescuing Whales (Level 2) and A Little Help, Please (Level 3)


offer and appreciate


Write a Narrative Essay

Assignment: Plan a Narrative Essay; Reading Strategy Small Group


memorized and quit


Understand Setting Assignment: Prewrite a Narrative Essay; Phonics Assignment: Inflected Endings; Reading Strategy Small Group


exist and swell Ask Questions Academic Conversation

Visualize Assignment: Write a Narrative Essay; Reading Strategy Small Group


warning and echoed

Visualize Academic Conversation

Use Suffixes Assignment: Write a Narrative Essay; Phonics Reader: Showing and Telling; Reading Strategy Small Group





Revise Writing Assignment: Write a Narrative Essay; Weekly Reading Check; Reading Strategy Small Group





Work Time

Week 5 Interactive Reading: Nature’s Balance (Level 1), The Mysterious Amazon River Dolphin (Level 2) and Camouflage in the Wild (Level 3)


trotted and anxious


Speak to an Audience

Assignment: Peer Conferencing; Reading Strategy Small Group


shrink and appear Identify Cause and Effect


Edit Writing Assignment: Write a Narrative Essay; Reading Strategy Small Group


signals and track Compare and Contrast


Preview and Set Purpose

Assignment: Present a Narrative Essay; Reading Strategy Small Group


close-ups and wingspan



Understand Compound Words

Assignment: Present a Narrative Essay; Phonics Reader: Chowder Surprise; Reading Strategy Small Group

25 Unit Benchmark Assessment

Unit Benchmark Assessment

Visualize Unit Benchmark Assessment



2 Read Aloud, Think Aloud: Sahara Special

Week 1 Interactive Reading: A Life in Science: Mae Jemison (Level 1), Striking It Rich (Level 2) and They Never Gave Up (Level 3)


file and organized Ask Questions Academic Conversation



ambition and reflection

Make Inferences Academic Conversation

Analyze Similies and Metaphors

Assignment: Interpret Figurative Language; Phonics Assignment: Words with /oi/; Reading Strategy Small Group


authors and regulars


Make Connections Assignment: Plan a Narrative Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group





Work Time


fierce and impression

Make Connections Academic Conversation

Write About Characters

Assignment: Write a Narrative Paragraph; Phonics Reader: The Snow Day; Reading Strategy Small Group




Visualize Assignment: Visualize the Scene; Reading Strategy Small Group

Week 2 Interactive Reading: Fighting for Freedom: Harriet Tubman (Level 1), Let’s Move! (Level 2) and The Power of a Story (Level 3)


relieved and journals


Clarify by Retelling Assignment: Retell What You Read; Reading Strategy Small Group


persuade and curiosity

Clarify by Retelling Academic Conversation

Write About Literature

Assignment: Plan an Explanatory Paragraph; Phonics Assignment: Consonant Digraphs; Reading Strategy Small Group


honest and imagination



Assignment: Write an Explanatory Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group


skyscrapers and dome


Analyze Shades of Meaning

Assignment: Synonyms with Shades of Meaning; Phonics Reader: Make Tacos; Reading Strategy Small Group





Read with Expression

Assignment: Read with a Partner; Reading Strategy Small Group

Week 3 Interactive Reading: The Race into Space (Level 1), The Power of Perseverance (Level 2) and A Good Friend Is Hard to Find (Level 3)


unimpressive and records



Understood Point of View

Assignment: Point of View; Reading Strategy Small Group





Work Time


shuffle and wrinkled


Write an Opinion Paragraph

Assignment: Plan an Opinion Paragraph; Phonics Assignment: r-Controlled Vowels; Reading Strategy Small Group


orphan and miserable




Assignment: Write an Opinion Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group


mourns and snarled


Use Context Clues Assignment: Use Context Clues; Phonics Reader: Thursday’s Storm; Reading Strategy Small Group




Analyze Similies and Metaphors

Assignment: Figurative Language; Reading Strategy Small Group

Week 4 Interactive Reading: Safer Energy (Level 1), Lily Yeh: Art Builds a Village (Level 2) and Kid Entrepreneurs: Taking Care of Business (Level 3)


twitched and pursed


Begin Multimedia Project

Assignment: Plan a Story; Reading Strategy Small Group


eager and delicious


Analyze Dialogue Assignment: Plan a Presentation; Phonics Assignment: Contractions; Reading Strategy Small Group


coaxed and horizon


Analyze Characters Assignment: Write a Story for Multimedia Project; Reading Strategy Small Group


stroked and comforting



Identify Main Ideas and Supporting Details

Phonics Reader: The Shooting Star; Reading Strategy Small Group





Work Time






Assignment: Share and Review Stories; Reading Strategy Small Group

Week 5 Interactive Reading: Turn It Down! (Level 1), The Art of Demolition (Level 2) and The Right Sport (Level 3)


consequences and bully




Assignment: Create a Visual; Reading Strategy Small Group


competition and creative


Use Related Words Phonics Assignment: r-Controlled Vowels; Reading Strategy Small Group


scholarship and challenges



Use Text Features Assignment: Revise and Edit Presentation; Reading Strategy Small Group


furious and injured Compare and Contrast


Make a Presentation

Phonics Reader: The Family Trip; Reading Strategy Small Group



Clarify by Retelling Unit Benchmark Assessment



3 Read Aloud, Think Aloud: Knucklehead

Week 1 Interactive Reading: Hidden Ads (Level 1), Video Games: The Good and the Bad (Level 2) and Too Much Media? (Level 3)


humble and weird Preview and Predict Academic Conversation

Understand Autobiography

Assignment: Understand Autobiography; Reading Strategy Small Group


argument and debate


Recognize Author’s Purpose

Assignment: Recognize Author’s Purpose; Phonics Assignment: Plural Suffixes; Reading Strategy Small Group





Work Time


medical and lumber



Use Precise Words Assignment: Plan an Explanatory Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group


statues and corral Recognize Author’s Purpose


Clarify Text by Paraphrasing

Assignment: Write an Explanatory Paragraph; Phonics Reader: The Yard Sale; Reading Strategy Small Group





Understand Multi-Meaning Words

Assignment: Multi-Meaning Words; Reading Strategy Small Group

Week 2 Interactive Reading: Newspapers for Students (Level 1), Tavi Gevinson, Style Rookie (Level 2) and A Journalist’s Dream (Level 3)


slaughter and squashing



Make Connections Assignment: Make Connections; Reading Strategy Small Group


afford and patients


Use Suffixes -er and -est

Assignment: Make Words with -er and -est; Phonics Assignment: Digraphs; Reading Strategy Small Group


haunted and worthless



Predict Assignment: Plan a Narrative Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group


ceiling and crammed


Write a Satisfying Conclusion

Assignment: Write a Narrative Paragraph; Phonics Reader: The Main Trail Reading Strategy Small Group




Read Fluently Assignment: Read at an Appropriate Rate;Reading Strategy Small Group





Work Time

Week 3 Interactive Reading: The Real Story on Kids and Reading (Level 1), Binge TV (Level 2) and Digital Creativity (Level 3)


instantly and pinch Make Connections Academic Conversation

Use Prefixes and Suffixes

Assignment: Divide Words with Prefixes and Suffixes; Reading Strategy Small Group


pitcher and launching


Support an Opinion Assignment: Plan an Opinion Paragraph; Phonics Assignment: Digraphs; Reading Strategy Small Group


advantages and entry



Make Inferences Assignment: Write an Opinion Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group


heaved and crouched


Identify Main Idea and Supporting Details

Assignment: Identify Main Ideas; Phonics Reader: A New Season; Reading Strategy Small Group





Report on a Topic Assignment: Report on Summer; Reading Strategy Small Group

Week 4 Interactive Reading: The Magic of Special Effects (Level 1), Sports Reporting (Level 2) and Sending the Message (Level 3)


classics and elbowing


Write an Explanatory Essay

Assignment: Brainstorm!; Reading Strategy Small Group


unwrapped and lame


Plan Writing Assignment: Organize Your Ideas; Phonics Assignment: Digraphs; Reading Strategy Small Group


wreck and blurry Make Connections Academic Conversation

Analyze Theme Assignment: Write an Explanatory Essay; Reading Strategy Small Group





Work Time


quality and critical Preview Academic Conversation

Summarize Assignment: Write an Explanatory Essay; Phonics Reader: Row a Boat; Reading Strategy Small Group




Use Greek and Latin Roots

Assignment: Write an Explanatory Essay; Reading Strategy Small Group

Week 5 Interactive Reading: Apps for Health (Level 1), The Power of Music, Color, and Images (Level 2) and Too Young for Cell Phones? (Level 3)


audience and advertising

Summarize Academic Conversation


Assignment: Peer Conference; Reading Strategy Small Group


cautious and violent



Edit Writing Phonics Assignment: Digraphs; Reading Strategy Small Group


harmful and pressure


Ask Questions Reading Strategy Small Group


commuters and generations


Use a Dictionary or Glossary

Phonics Reader: Kyla’s Trip; Reading Strategy Small Group



Recognize Author's Purpose




4 Read Aloud, Think Aloud: Night of the Twisters

Week 1 Interactive Reading: Volcanoes (Level 1), After the Storm: Galveston Rebuilds (Level 2) and Warning: Bugs at Work! (Level 3)


radar and unexpected


Ask Questions Assignment: Ask Questions; Reading Strategy Small Group





Work Time


gazing and brooding


Visualize Assignment: Plan a Narrative Paragraph; Phonics Assignment: Syllables; Reading Strategy Small Group


content and mechanic



Write Descriptive Details

Assignment: Write a Narrative Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group


alongside and disgusted


Predict Assignment: Make Predictions; Phonics Reader: The Happiest Day; Reading Strategy Small Group




Use Domain-Specific Vocabulary

Assignment: Domain Specific Vocabulary; Reading Strategy Small Group

Week 2Interactive Reading: Ready or Not: Learning from Weather Disasters (Level 1), The “Unsinkable” Titanic (Level 2) and Smokejumpers (Level 3)


siren and tremendous


Analyze Story Structure

Assignment: Fluency Practice; Reading Strategy Small Group


huddled and hail Visualize Academic Conversation

Clarify by Retelling Assignment: Retell a Story; Phonics Assignment: Syllable Consonant + -le; Reading Strategy Small Group


rubble and foundation



Assignment: Recognize Cause and Effect; Reading Strategy Small Group


wail and wreckage Recognize Cause and Effect


Research a Topic Assignment: Plan an Explanatory Paragraph; Phonics Reader: Nell, Chuck, and a Puzzle; Reading Strategy Small Group





Work Time







Week 3 Interactive Reading: A “Successful Failure” (Level 1), The Nightmare of Kudzu (Level 2) and Bomb Dogs: Canine Heroes (Level 3)


rescue and bellowed




remains and whirling


Understand Figurative Language

Assignment: Understand Figurative Language; Phonics Assignment: Digraphs; Reading Strategy Small Group


dazed and shattered


Support an Opinion Assignment: Plan an Opinion Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group


disaster and shove Make Inferences Academic Conversation


Assignment: Write an Opinion Paragraph; Phonics Reader: The Field Trip; Reading Strategy Small Group





Use Phrasing to Read Fluently

Assignment: Use Phrasing to Read Fluently; Reading Strategy Small Group

Week 4Interactive Reading: Manatees: Endangered Giants (Level 1), A Peek at the Past: Dinosaurs and Their Disappearance (Level 2) and Disasters in the Air (Level 3)


scarcely and operator


Begin Multimedia Project

Assignment: Plan a Multimedia Project; Reading Strategy Small Group


overflowing and desparate



Take Notes Assignment: Take Notes for the Unit Project; Phonics Assignment: Digraphs; Reading Strategy Small Group





Work Time


mattress and baffled



Understand Idioms and Adages

Reading Strategy Small Group


massive and surrounded



Assignment: Choose Your Media; Phonics Reader: Shopping Day;Reading Strategy Small Group





Understand Poetry Assignment: Write a Presentation; Reading Strategy Small Group

Week 5 Interactive Reading: Learning from Mistakes (Level 1), When Disaster Strikes (Level 2) and In the Wake of an Earthquake (Level 3)


tragedy and stranded



Connect Images and Ideas

Assignment: Create Visual; Reading Strategy Small Group


funnel and moisture



Recognize Text Structure

Assignment: Practice Project Presentation; Phonics Assignment: Digraphs; Reading Strategy Small Group


motionless and fragments



Assignment: Present Your Project; Reading Strategy Small Group


sparks and gap Recognize Cause and Effect


Make Connections Assignment: Present Your Project; Phonics Reader: Paula’s Treehouse; Reading Strategy Small Group



Make Connections Unit Benchmark Assessment







Work Time

5 Read Aloud, Think Aloud: A Strong Right Arm: The Story of Mamie “Peanut” Johnson

Week 1 Interactive Reading: Let’s Eat (Level 1), People Helping People (Level 2) and Connecting Through Time (Level 3)




Understand Varieties of English










Write a Personal Narrative




Week 2Interactive Reading: Peace and Harmony Begins at Home: Chinese Families (Level 1), New Language, New Friends (Level 2) and Unusual Pets (Level 3)



Understand Domain-Specific Words




Make Connections









Work Time




Write an Explanatory Paragraph





Week 3 Interactive Reading: Traditional Native American Homes (Level 1), Wolf Families (Level 2) and Sasha and Malia (Level 3)



Visualize



Summarize



Use Context Clues







Read Fluently

Week 4Interactive Reading: The Fresh Air Fund: Fresh Air for City Kids (Level 1), Famous Political Families (Level 2) and The Friendship Top 40: Pop Songs About New Friends (Level 3)



Write an Opinion Essay




Use a Dictionary





Work Time




Organize Writing






Revise Writing

Week 5 Interactive Reading: Pharaohs and Parking Lots (Level 1), Cat and Dog Tales (Level 2) and Entertainment Families (Level 3)








Use Latin Roots



Connect Visuals to Text




Compare Point of View











Work Time

1 Read Aloud, Think Aloud: Alamo Wars

Week 1 Interactive Reading: A Quiet Hero: The Story of Barbara Johns (Level 1)


Introduction; collapsed and assemble

Introduction; Preview and Set Purpose



Assignment: Ask Questions; Grammar Study Plan; Reading Strategy Small Group


rhythm and beam Ask Questions Academic Conversation

Visualize Assignment: Visualize the Scene; Phonics Assignment: Short Vowels; Reading Strategy Small Group


illegal and ceremony


Read Multisyllabic Words

Assignment: Read Multisyllabic Words; Reading Strategy Small Group


abrupt and hesitated



Assignment: Plan a Narrative Paragraph; Phonics Reader: At the Bus Stop; Reading Strategy Small Group




Analyze Dialogue Assignment: Write a Narrative Paragraph; Weekly Reading Check; Reading Strategy Small Group

Week 2 Interactive Reading: Covenant House (Level 1), One Animal Makes a Difference (Level 2) and Friendly Opponents (Level 3)


compliment and resemble



Assignment: Compare and Contrast Two Characters; Reading Strategy Small Group





Work Time


rehearsals and separated



Predict Assignment: What Happens Next?; Phonics Assignment: Read Plural Nouns; Reading Strategy Small Group


advice and surrendered


Write Explanatory Text

Assignment: Plan an Explanatory Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group


combination and rebels



Retell Assignment; Write an Explanatory Paragraph; Phonics Reader: Drumbeats; Reading Strategy Small Group




Read Fluently with Expression

Assignment: Read Fluently with Expression; Reading Strategy Small Group

Week 3 Interactive Reading: Oprah’s School (Level 1), Eleanor Roosevelt’s Declaration (Level 2) and Thurgood Marshall (Level 3)


composed and applied



Assignment: Why Did That Happen?; Reading Strategy Small Group


refused and insulting



Use Context Clues Assignment: Use Context Clues; Phonics Assignment: Inflected Endings; Reading Strategy Small Group


dispute and intention


Write an Opinion Piece

Assignment: Plan an Opinion Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group


annual and underground


Visualize Assignment: Write an Opinion Paragraph; Phonics Reader: Troops on Duty; Reading Strategy Small Group





Work Time




Speak to an Audience

Assignment: Readers’ Theater; Reading Strategy Small Group

Week 4 Interactive Reading: Anne Frank (Level 1), Doctors Without Borders (Level 2) and Superman’s Sister (Level 3)


respect and predicted



Assignment: Brainstorm!; Reading Strategy Small Group


cradling and uncomfortable



Write Events Assignment: Plan a Narrative Essay; Phonics Assignment: Vowel Digraphs; Reading Strategy Small Group


unique and solo Retell Academic Conversation

Identify Author’s Purpose

Assignment: Write a Narrative Essay; Reading Strategy Small Group


original and mixture


Understand Compound Words

Assignment: Write a Narrative Essay; Phonics Reader: On the Road; Reading Strategy Small Group





Assignment: Revise a Narrative Essay; Reading Strategy Small Group

Week 5 Interactive Reading: Bastille Day (Level 1), Not a Game: Escaping Gange Life (Level 2) and Medha Patkar (Level 3)


legal and entertainment




Assignment: Peer Review; Reading Strategy Small Group


illnesses and thoughtful




Assignment: Write a Narrative Essay; Phonics Assignment: Phonics: Words with ou, ow, oi, oy; Reading Strategy Small Group





Work Time


justice and outrage






equal and homeless




Assignment: Present a Narrative Essay; Phonics Reader: The Super Heroes; Reading Strategy Small Group







2 Read Aloud, Think Aloud: Kickoff!

Week 1 Interactive Reading: Young Athletes of the World Unite (Level 1) Secrets of Karate (Level 2) and Pablo Morales, Champion at Work (Level 3)


crumbling and mistake

Introduction; Preview and Predict




usual and favorite Make Connections Academic Conversation

Write Sensory Details

Assignment: Plan a Narrative Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group


serious and pretend





natural and couple Compare and Contrast



Assignment: Clarify Text by Retelling; Reading Strategy Small Group






Assignment: Understand Figurative Language; Reading Strategy Small Group

Week 2 Interactive Reading: Heart of a Champion (Level 1) One Man and His Bicycle (Level 2) and The Battle of the Sexes (Level 3)





Work Time


frowned and grateful




limped and talent Make Inferences Academic Conversation


Assignment: Identify Cause and Effect; Phonics Assignment: Syllable Consonant + -le; Reading Strategy Small Group


insisted and factory



Use Greek and Latin Roots

Assignment: Use Greek and Latin Roots; Reading Strategy Small Group


patience and scattered




Assignment: Plan an Opinion Paragraph; Phonics Reader: The Great Bicycle Race; Reading Strategy Small Group




Understand Theme. Assignment: Write an Opinion Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group

Week 3 Interactive Reading: The King of Football (Level 1) Tanni Grey-Thompson, Aiming High (Level 2) and The Jamaican Bobsled Team (Level 3)


muttered and agreed



Predict Assignment: Review a Prediction; Reading Strategy Small Group


pass and fumble Predict Academic Conversation

Use Reference Sources

Assignment: Use a Reference Source; Phonics Assignment: Compound Words; Reading Strategy Small Group


courage and proud



Write an Informative Paragraph

Assignment: Plan an Informative Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group





Work Time


designed and earn Predict Academic Conversation


Assignment: Write an Informative Paragraph; Phonics Reader: The Postcard; Reading Strategy Small Group



Recognize Cause and Effect.


Understand Characters’ Viewpoints.

Assignment: Understand Characters’ Viewpoints; Reading Strategy Small Group

Week 4 Interactive Reading: A Shooting Star from China (Level 1) Kristi Yamaguchi: Skating Toward Gold (Level 2) and Surf’s Up! (Level 3)


extended and rusty



Assignment: Compare and Contrast Characters; Reading Strategy Small Group


whole and distance



Plan a Multimedia Project

Assignment: Plan a Multimedia Project; Phonics Assignment: Consonant Blends; Reading Strategy Small Group


rooting and stubborn



Make Inferences Assignment: Write a Poem, Song, or Rap; Reading Strategy Small Group


fastened and gripped

Make inferences Academic Conversation

Understand Metaphors

Assignment: Write a Poem, Song, or Rap; Phonics Reader: The Play; Reading Strategy Small Group





Understand Theme Assignment: Plan Images and Visuals; Reading Strategy Small Group

Week 5 Interactive Reading: Ancient Sports History (Level 1) Touch to Beat: Grete Waltz (Level 2) and A Different Kind of Victory (Level 3)





Work Time


skill and lacked Compare and Contrast


Analyze Poetry Assignment: Revise and Edit; Reading Strategy Small Group


success and ambulance


Visualize. Assignment: Choose or Create a Visual; Phonics Assignment: Consonant Digraphs; Reading Strategy Small Group


raise and peak Visualize Academic Conversation

Speak and Listen Well

Assignment: Multimedia Project Practice; Reading Strategy Small Group


ancient and torch Compare and Contrast


Read Multisyllablic Words.

Assignment: Present Multimedia Project; Phonics Reader: A Whale of a Time; Reading Strategy Small Group






3 Read Aloud, Think Aloud: Tales of Famous Heroes

Week 1 Interactive Reading: My Brother and Sister Drive Me Crazy! (Level 1) Venus and Serena (Level 2) and All Together Now (Level 3)


struggle and daring


Make Connections Assignment: Make a Connection; Reading Strategy Small Group


deserved and goal Make Connections Academic Conversation

Understand Biography

Assignment: Understand a Biography; Phonics Assignment: Contractions; Reading Strategy Small Group


traveler and speech



Assignment: Paraphrase; Reading Strategy Small Group





Work Time


escape and doubted


Use Precise Words Assignment: Plan a Narrative Paragraph; Phonics Reader: Where’s My Cap?; Reading Strategy Small Group







Week 2 Interactive Reading: Symbiosis (Level 1) Invented by Love (Level 2) and Heroes of the American Revolution (Level 3)


peaceful and symbol



Assignment: Identify Main Idea and Supporting Details; Reading Strategy Small Group


inspired and responsible



Write an Effective Conclusion

Assignment: Plan an Informative Paragraph; Phonics Assignment: Words with Sounds /j/, /s/, /k/; Reading Strategy Small Group


difficult and customers




Assignment: Write an Informative Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group


disease and adults Clarify Text by Paraphrasing


Understand Domain-Specific Vocabulary

Assignment: Understand Domain-Specific Vocabulary; Phonics Reader: Just an Okay Icy Day; Reading Strategy Small Group





Explore Ideas Assignment: Make Connections; Reading Strategy Small Group

Week 3 Interactive Reading: A Brilliant Relationship: Gilbert and Sullivan (Level 1) High-Tech Animal Tracking (Level 2) and Youthville Detroit (Level 3)





Work Time


soared and selected



Support an Opinion Assignment: Plan an Opinion Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group


convinced and approached



Assignment: Write an Opinion Paragraph; Phonics Assignment Silent Consonants; Reading Strategy Small Group


entire and efforts Recognize Author’s Purpose


Summarize Assignment: Summarize; Reading Strategy Small Group


defeat, and champions,



Understand Similes Assignment: Write a Simile; Phonics Reader: Climbing the Wall; Reading Strategy Small Group




Read Fluently Assignment: Read Fluently; Reading Strategy Small Group

Week 4 Interactive Reading: Friends in Literature (Level 1) Community Art (Level 2) and Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig: Unlikely Friends (Level 3)


energy, and serve Recognize Author’s Purpose



Assignment: Brainstorm Ideas; Reading Strategy Small Group


TBD Clarify Text by Paraphrasing


Plan Writing Assignment: Plan an Explanatory Essay; Phonics Assignment; Reading Strategy Small Group


relatives and president



Assignment: Write an Explanatory Essay (draft); Reading Strategy Small Group





Work Time


awful and notice Recognize Cause and Effect


Understand Synonyms

Assignment: Write an Explanatory Essay (draft); Phonics Reader: The Picnic Thieves; Reading Strategy Small Group




Revise Writing Assignment: Revise an Explanatory Essay; Reading Strategy Small Group

Week 5 Interactive Reading: Gabby Douglas: Going Far for Olympic Gold (Level 1) Sister Cities (Level 2) and Pets in the White House (Level 3)


desire and lesson Summarize Academic Conversation

Report on a Topic Assignment: Peer Conferencing; Reading Strategy Small Group


musicians and brilliant



Compare Point of View

Assignment: Write an Explanatory Essay (edit); Phonics Assignment: r-Controlled Vowels; Reading Strategy Small Group


towed and giggle Recognize Author’s Purpose


Analyze Multiple Sources

Assignment: Present an Explanatory Essay; Reading Strategy Small Group


lightening fast and attending



Assignment: Present an Explanatory Essay; Phonics Reader: Merle Is First; Reading Strategy Small Group






4 Read Aloud, Think Aloud: Frindle

Week 1 Interactive Reading: Raising Puppies, Raising Protectors (Level 1) Teenagers: Then and Now (Level 2) and Raising Baby Animals (Level 3)





Work Time



Assignment: Recognize Author’s Purpose; Reading Strategy Small Group






Assignment:



Assignment: Understand Idioms; Reading Strategy Small Group



Assignment: Read at an Appropriate Rate; Reading Strategy Small Group

Week 2 Interactive Reading: Young People Who Cook (Level 1) Famous Kids Grow Up (Level 2) and Becoming a Knight (Level 3)



Assignment: Predict; Reading Strategy Small Group



Assignment: Reader’s Theater; Reading Strategy Small Group



Assignment: Use Prefixes and Suffixes; Reading Strategy Small Group







Assignment:





Work Time

Week 3 Interactive Reading: Growing Up with a Twin (Level 1) Learning in Isolation (Level 2) and Wonders of the Plant World (Level 3)



Assignment: Use Context Clues; Reading Strategy Small Group



Assignment: Retell What You Read; Reading Strategy Small Group



Assignment: Recognize Cause and Effect; Reading Strategy Small Group



Assignment: Plan an Opinion Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group




Assignment:

Week 4 Interactive Reading: Growing Up Royal (Level 1) A Poet in the Making: Langston Hughes (Level 2) and Jobs at the White House (Level 3)






Assignment: Take Notes;Phonics Assignment: Vowel Sound in ball; Reading Strategy Small Group



Assignment: Continue Research; Reading Strategy Small Group



Assignment: ; Phonics Reader: Taught is Better Than Caught; Reading Strategy Small Group




Assignment:





Work Time

Week 5 Interactive Reading: Taking Care of Siblings (Level 1) Growing Up in the White House (Level 2) and Being an Apprentice (Level 3)



Assignment: Create Visual Portion of Presentation; Reading Strategy Small Group



Assignment: ; Phonics Assignment: Vowel Patterns ei, eigh; Reading Strategy Small Group



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Assignment: ; Phonics Reader: The Neighbor’s Gift; Reading Strategy Small Group






5 Read Aloud, Think Aloud: Rocket Man

Week 1 Interactive Reading: A Band of Brave Men (Level 1) Looking Deep into Space (Level 2) and Antarctica: The Last Wilderness (Level 3)


astronaut and orbit


Ask Questions Assignment:


pilot and patriotic Ask Questions Academic Conversation

Understand Text Structure

Assignment:


aviation and combat

Ask Questions. Academic Conversation


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enclosed and navigate




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Understand Idioms Assignment:

Week 2 Interactive Reading: Obama’s Road to the Presidency (Level 1) Discovered by Mistake (Level 2) and Beyond the Speed of Sound (Level 3)


consciousness and astonishing


Use Time-Order Words

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candidate and prodded




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pioneer and confident,



Summarize Assignment:


immense and weightless



Assignment:



Summarize. Academic Conversation

Analyze Author’s Ideas

Assignment:

Week 3 Interactive Reading: Mary Searcole: Her Little-Known Story (Level 1) Linda Garcia Cubero (Level 2) and Outside Independence Hall (Level 3)


suspenseful and hovering



Make Inferences Assignment:





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isolation and console


Write an Opinion Piece

Assignment:


vibrations and appreciative



Visualize Assignment:


impact and reentry


Use Domain-specific Words

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Read Fluently Assignment:

Week 4 Interactive Reading: Latina Ladies in Hollywood (Level 1) Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Cartoons (Level 2) and Four Who Beat the Odds (Level 3)


enthusiasm and opposed


Summarize Assignment:


descend and tether



Write an Opinion Essay

Assignment:


satellite and recovered



Understand Related Words

Assignment:


affectionately and casually


Organize Writing Assignment:




Revise Writing Assignment:

Week 5 Interactive Reading: Making the World a Better Place: The Google Science Fair (Level 1) Going Viral (Level 2) and Listen to the Beat (Level 3)





Work Time


limb and advances



Compare Text Structure

Assignment:


marine and compelled

Identify Main Idea and Details



Assignment:


former and stalled Clarify Text by Paraphrasing


Use Suffixes Assignment:


commentary and gravity



Connect Texts Assignment:











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1 Read Aloud, Think Aloud: Saint Louis Armstrong

Week 1 Interactive Reading: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch (Level 1) and Are People Ruining Antarctica? (Level 2)


Introduction; clarinet and canine

Introduce Unit Theme; Preview, Ask Questions, and Visualize



Assignment: Ask Questions About Text; Reading Strategy Small Group


nudged and proclaimed

Ask Questions Academic Conversation (in pairs)

Make Predictions Assignment: Make a Prediction; Reading Strategy Small Group


summoned and snarled

Make Predictions Academic Conversation (in small groups)

Visualize Assignment: Visualize Action; Reading Strategy Small Group


abruptly and stowed

Ask Questions Academic Conversation (in small groups)

Plan an Informative Paragraph




Visualize Academic Conversation (in pairs)

Read Fluently: Phrasing

Assignment: Write an Informative Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group; Grammar Study Plan due

Week 2 Interactive Reading: Saving the Colorado Delta River (Level 1), Holding Back the Desert (Level 2) and Saving Wolves and Crocodiles (Level 3)


incurable and confident

Make Predictions Academic Conversation (in pairs)



tropical and evacuate



Assignment:Comapre and Contrast; Reading Strategy Small Group





Work Time


levee and inquired Compare and Contrast Characters


Plan an Explanatory Paragraph



gestured and obvious


Academic Conversation (in small groups)

Paraphrase Assignment: Write an Explanatory Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group



Paraphrase Academic Conversation (in small groups)

Analyze a Theme Assignment: Analyze a Theme; Reading Strategy Small Group; Spelling Study Plan due

Week 3 Interactive Reading: Tornado! (Level 1), Tsunami! (Level 2), and Earthquake! (Level 3)


confided and eavesdropped

Analyze Theme Academic Conversation (in small groups)

Related Words Assignment:Recognize Related Words; Reading Strategy Small Group


compromise and clenched

Paraphrase Academic Conversation (in small groups)

Use Domain-Specific Words

Assignment: Understand Domain-Specific Words; Reading Strategy Small Group


provisions and identical


Academic Conversation (in pairs)

Plan a Narrative Paragraph



vacant and inflatable


Analyze Characters Assignment: Write a Narrative Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group




Connect Story Elements

Assignment:Connect Character and Plot; Reading Strategy Small Group; Vocabulary Study Plan due

Week 4 Interactive Reading: The Nature Connection (Level 1), Lion Lights (Level 2), and Surviving in the Wild (Level 3)





Work Time


consoled and frantic

Make and Review Predictions


Plan a Narrative Essay

Assignment:Plan a Narrative Essay; Reading Strategy Small Group


huddled and debris

Paraphrase Academic Conversation

Develop Setting Assignment: Plan the Setting of a Narrative Essay; Reading Strategy Small Group


trudging and surrender

Visualize Academic Conversation (in small groups)

Identify a Sequence of Events

Assignment: Plan the Sequence of Events of a Narrative Essay; Reading Strategy Small Group


ushered and access

Recognize Sequence of Events








Develop Believeable Characters


Week 5 Interactive Reading: Jacques Cousteau: Ocean Pioneer (Level 1), Alien Invaders (Level 2), and Life in the Cold (Level 3)


dynamic and glaciers


Paraphrase Assignment: Write a Narrative Essay; Reading Strategy Small Group


wildlife and aviation


Preview Text Assignment: Revise a Narrative Essay; Reading Strategy Small Group


captivity and grooming

Preview and Set a Purpose for Reading


Revise and Edit Writing

Assignment: Revise and Edit a Narrative Essay; Multimedia Presentation Checklist Reading Strategy Small Group


impact and habitats

Recognize Related Words


Analyze Text Structure






Work Time







2 Read Aloud, Think Aloud: Don’t Call Me Hero

Week 1 Interactive Reading: The Street Soccer Effect (Level 1), Puppy Raisers (Level 2), and Circus Kids (Level 3)


destinty and smug Introduce Unit Theme; Compare and Contrast Characters


Connecting Characters and Places

Assignment: Connect Characters and Places; Reading Strategy Small Group


skittish and pelt Visualizing Academic Conversation (in small groups)

Ask Questions About Text

Assignment: Ask Questions About Text; Reading Strategy Small Group


fumed and salivate Ask Questions Academic Conversation (in small groups)

Make Logical Inferences

Assignment: Make a Logical Inference; Reading Strategy Small Group


routine and blurted









Use Vivid, Exact Words to Describe

Assignment: Write a Narrative Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group; Grammar Study Plan due

Week 2 Interactive Reading: The Maker Revolution (Level 1), Bullies Beware! (Level 2), Sowing the Seeds of Community (Level 3)


chaos and irate Make Connections Academic Conversation


Assignment: Compare and Contrast; Reading Strategy Small Group


accelerated and recoiled



Analyze Character and Plot

Assignment: Analyze Character Development; Reading Strategy Small Group





Work Time


hilarious and scowled

Analyze Character Development


Make Connections Assignment: Make Connections; Write an Opinion Piece; Reading Strategy Small Group


columns and pivoted

Make Connections Academic Conversation (in small groups)

Plan an Explanatory Paragraph




Analyze Plot Development


Analyze Development of Theme

Assignment: Write an Explanatory Paragraph; Expression Fluency Rubric; Reading Strategy Small Group; Spelling Study Plan due

Week 3 Interactive Reading: Taking the Stage (Level 1), A Passion for Trash (Level 2), and The Comback Champions (Level 3)


paramedics and client

Analyze Theme Academic Conversation (in pairs)

Make Predictions Assignment:Make a Prediction; Reading Strategy Small Group


hectic and snicker Make Predictions Academic Conversation

Recognize Related Words

Assignment: Recognize Related Words; Reading Strategy Small Group


forecast and harass

Analyze Character and Plot Development


Plan an Argumentative Paragraph

Assignment: Plan an Argumentative Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group


opportunity and murky

Analyze Theme Academic Conversation


Assignment: Write an Argumentative Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group





Make Connections Assignment: Make Connections Among Events; Reading Strategy Small Group; Vocabulary Study Plan due





Work Time

Week 4 Interactive Reading: Telling the American Story (Level 1), Visiting Comic-Con (Level 2), and The Amazing World of Math (Level 3)


bewildered and privileges


Plan a Multimedia Project



circular and spacious



Plan a Multimedia Presentation



scrawny and irritated

Analyze Character and Plot


Research for a Presentation

Assignment: Plan Interviews for a Multimedia Project; Reading Strategy Small Group


pathetic and candid



Practice Fluent Reading

Assignment: Practoce Fluent Reading; Expression Fluency Rubric; Reading Strategy Small Group



Recognize Cause-and-Effect


Present Information to an Audience

Assignment: Prepare a Multimedia Component; Reading Strategy Small Group

Week 5 Interactive Reading: Racing Tough (Level 1), The Girl Who Wouldn’t Stop Surfing (Level 2), and Climbing Everest (Level 3)


deliberate and means


Preview Text Assignment: Complete Your Presentation Components; Reading Strategy Small Group


sizable and enthusiasm

Make Connections Academic Conversation (in pairs)

Practice Speaking and Listening

Assignment: Rehearse Your Presentation; Edited Personal Narrative; Reading Strategy Small Group


founder and individual

Preview Text Academic Conversation (in pairs)

Analyze Theme or Central Idea

Assignment: Evaluate the Presentations; Reading Strategy Small Group


exclamation and straddling


Visualize Evaluate Today's Presentations; Reading Strategy Small Group





Work Time






3 Read Aloud, Think Aloud: Kids On Strike

Week 1 Interactive Reading: Kids Saving the Rain Forest (Level 1), Ray Charles: The Father of Soul Music (Level 2), and Football Legend Vince Lombardi (Level 3)


consent and textile

Introduce Unit Theme; Preview Text


Make Connections Assignment: Explain a Connection; Reading Strategy Small Group


thrift and independence

Make a Prediction Academic Conversation


Assignment:Recognize Causes and Effects; Reading Strategy Small Group


unbearable and wages






thrived and mend Make Connections Academic Conversation

Use Word Parts and Context Clues





Use Descriptive Details

Assignment: Write a Narrative Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group; Grammar Study Plan due

Week 2 Interactive Reading: Fighting for What’s Right (Level 1), The Farm Worker Who Fought for Change (Level 2), and Severn Suzuki’s Six Minutes (Level 3)


erected and eagerly

Make Predictions Academic Conversation


Assignment: Make and Support an Inference; Reading Strategy Small Group


evicted and protest



Summarize Text Assignment: Summarize; Reading Strategy Small Group


unite and furious Recognize Cause-and-Effect


Brainstorm Ideas for Writing






Work Time


ached and shacks Visualize the Action Academic Conversation






Read Fluently: Expression

Assignment: Practice Fluent Reading; Strategy Small Group; Spelling Study Plan due

Week 3 Interactive Reading: William’s Windmill (Level 1), Making a Difference, One Heart at a Time (Level 2), and Fighting for the Right to Learn (Level 3)


loyalty and idle Make Connections Between Text and Prior Experience


Monitor and Clarify Understanding by Paraphrasing or Retelling

Assignment: Paraphrase to Monitor Understanding; Reading Strategy Small Group


refused and wealthy

Paraphrase/Retell to Monitor and Clarify Understanding


Vocabulary: Antonyms

Assignment: Use Antonyms; Reading Strategy Small Group


exhausted and fortunate


Ask Questions About Text

Assignment: Ask Questions About a Text; Reading Strategy Small Group


principal and select



Writing: Use a Formal Voice




Draw Conclusions Assignment: Write an Argumentative Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group

Week 4 Interactive Reading: The Man Who Loved Freedom (Level 1), Race to the Moon (Level 2), and Trekking Across Antarctica (Level 3)


poverty and rage Visualize the Action Academic Conversation

Writing: Prewriting and Brainstorming

Assignment:Plan an Explanatory Essay; Reading Strategy Small Group





Work Time


sympathetic and equality

Draw Conclusions Academic Conversation


Assignment: Share Ideas and Revise; Reading Strategy Small Group


census and abolish

Compare and Contrast Characters and Ideas


Analyze Theme Assignment: Draft an Explanatory Essay; Reading Strategy Small Group


career and dignity Compare and Contrast Characters and Ideas


Synthesize Information and Ideas

Assignment: Draft an Explanatory Essay; Reading Strategy Small Group




Main Idea and Supporting Details

Assignment: Revise an Explanatory Essay; Reading Strategy Small Group

Week 5Interactive Reading: James Cook: Leading the World in Exploration (Level 1), Annie Smith Peck: Opening Doors for Women (Level 2), and Bill Cosby: Leader in Learning and Laughter (Level 3)


opposed and racism




Assignment: Peer Review of Explanatory Essay; Reading Strategy Small Group


sculptures and target



Writing: Revise and Edit

Assignment: Edit an Explanatory Essay; Reading Strategy Small Group


nervous and ban Draw Conclusions Academic Conversation

Analyze Plot Development

Assignment: Explanatory Essay presentations; Reading Strategy Small Group


encourage and severely

Ask Questions to Determine What a Text Says



Assignment: Explanatory Essay presentations; Reading Strategy Small Group



Monitor and Clarify Understanding by Retelling








Work Time

4 Read Aloud, Think Aloud: Zora and Me

Week 1 Interactive Reading: Humans and Dogs: Best Friends Forever (Level 1), Finding Good Friends (Level 2), and The Technology of Friendship (Level 3)


recognition and strutting



Visualize Using Figurative Language

Assignment: Visualize Using Figurative Language; Reading Strategy Small Group


jealous and beamed

Visualize Using Figurative Language


Ask Questions to Make Inferences

Assignment: Make an Inference; Reading Strategy Small Group


crouched and pleasure

Connect Text to Prior Experience/Knowledge


Writing: Use sensory and descriptive details to develop characters



saluting and wanderer

Compare and Contrast Characters







Vocabulary: Common Idioms

Assignment: Determine Meaning of Idioms; Reading Strategy Small Group; Grammar Study Plan due

Week 2Interactive Reading: Surprising Animal Friends (Level 1), A Remarkable Friendship: Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass (Level 2), and A Friendship That Changed a Nation: Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton (Level 3)


clutching and nestled



Make, Review, and Modify a Prediction

Assignment: Make a Predictiont; Reading Strategy Small Group


benefit and gleamed



Vocabulary: Context Clues

Assignment: Identify Unfamiliar Words and Phrases; Reading Strategy Small Group





Work Time


quivering and solemn

Mak, Review, and Modify Predictions


Writing: Use Quotations in an Informative Paragraph



preach and curiosity







Analyze Character Development Through Dialogue

Assignment:Write a Short Dialogue; Reading Strategy Small Group; Spelling Study Plan due

Week 3Interactive Reading: Sayers and Piccolo: A Football Friendship (Level 1), Friend of the Orangutans (Level 2), and A Friendship That Changed the World (Level 3)


hesitate and errands

Mak, Review, and Modify Predictions


Cause and Effect Assignment: Tell About a Person Who Had an Effect on You; Reading Strategy Small Group


vanished and sturdy

Recognize Cause-and-Effect Relationships


Summarize Assignment: Personification; Reading Strategy Small Group


prospect and impress


Personification Assignment: Plan an Argumentative Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group


groped and interrupt








Read Fluently: Accuracy

Assignment: Practice Fluent Reading; Expression Fluency Rubric; Reading Strategy Small Group; Vocabulary Study Plan due





Work Time

Week 4 Interactive Reading: Helen and Anne: A Lifelong Friendship (Level 1), Helping Hands (Level 2), and The Three Doctors (Level 3)


budged and conjured

Summarize Text Academic Conversation

Analyze Character Assignment:Analyze Character; Reading Strategy Small Group


dread and artificial Draw Conclusions Academic Conversation

Vocabulary: Context Clues

Assignment: Use Context Clues; Reading Strategy Small Group


knowledge and sparkling




Assignment: Analyze Mr. Pendir; Reading Strategy Small Group


burden and sorrow



Brainstorm Ideas for Multimedia Project

Assignment: Brainstorm Ideas for Multiledia Project; Reading Strategy Small Group




Figurative Language: Metaphors and Similes

Assignment: Begin Writing Your Multimedia Project; Reading Strategy Small Group

Week 5 Interactive Reading: Sowing the Seeds of Friendship (Level 1), Matthew Henson and Robert Peary (Level 2), and Buddy Baseball (Level 3)


relate and frustration

Monitor and Clarify Understanding by Paraphrasing


Author's Voice Assignment: Write and Revise Your Multimedia Project; Reading Strategy Small Group


support and comradeship



Analyze Theme Assignment: Organize and Evaluate Your Multimedia Project; Reading Strategy Small Group


disappointment and superior

Make, Review, and Modify Predictions



Assignment: Present Multimedia Projects; Reading Strategy Small Group


caretakers and realistic



Vocabulary: Grade-appropriate Academic Vocabulary






Work Time



Summarize Text Unit Benchmark Assessment



5 Read Aloud, Think Aloud: Heroes of the Environment

Week 1 Interactive Reading: Smart Homes (Level 1), High-Tech Pets (Level 2), and Video Games Are Good for You! (Level 3)


communities and anchored



Preview Text and Set a Purpose for Reading

Assignment: Write a Preview and Purpose Statement for Heroes of the Environment; Reading Strategy Small Group


productive and techniques





quantities and reliable



Writing: Make Connections



deliver and determination









Read Fluently: Rate and Emphasis

Assignment: Practice Fluent Reading; Expression Fluency Rubric; Reading Strategy Small Group; Grammar Study Plan due

Week 2 Interactive Reading: Telemedicine (Level 1), The Power of Crowdfunding (Level 2), and OPERAcraft (Level 3)


ignited and opponent

Visualize the Action Academic Conversation

Ask Questions to Determine What the Text Says Explicitly

Assignment: Ask Questions About the Text; Reading Strategy Small Group


observing and specimens



Writing: Use Transitions






Work Time


dispose and global



Summarize Assignment: Write an Explanatory Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group


surface and fertile Summarize Academic Conversation


Assignment: Use Sequence Words to Summarize Text; Reading Strategy Small Group





Analyze Word Choice

Assignment: Analyze Word Choice; Reading Strategy Small Group; Spelling Study Plan due

Week 3Interactive Reading: Social Media: Law Enforcement’s New Friend (Level 1), Keeping Up with Technology (Level 2), and A World of Information (Level 3)


inspected and pave

Make Connections Between Text and Prior Experience





catastrophe and marshes



Vocabulary: Use Domain-specific Vocabulary

Assignment: Use Content-Area Vocabulary; Reading Strategy Small Group


abandon and crucial


Writing: Write an Introduction

Assignment: Create a Travel Plan; Reading Strategy Small Group


educate and applause



Draw Conclusions Assignment: Plan an Argumentative Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group





Author's Purpose Assignment: Write an Argumentative Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group; Vocabulary Study Plan due





Work Time

Week 4 Interactive Reading: Robot Explorers (Level 1), Music in the Digital Age, and Do You “Like” that Car?


emptiness and shallow



Writing: Plan an Argumentative Essay

Assignment: Plan an Argumentative Essay; Reading Strategy Small Group


hasty and variety Mak, Review, and Modify Predictions


Vocabulary: Suffixes

Assignment: Share Ideas and Revise Plans for an Argumentative Essay; Reading Strategy Small Group


ambitious and regretted



Writing: Write an Argumentative Essay

Assignment: Write an Argumentative Essay; Reading Strategy Small Group


browse and insecure

Make Connections Between Text and Prior Experience


Analyze Development of Theme

Assignment: Write an Argumentative Essay; Reading Strategy Small Group




Paraphrase to Clarify Understanding

Assignment: Revise an Argumentative Essay; Reading Strategy Small Group

Week 5 Interactive Reading: Technology to the Rescue! (Level 2), Printing in 3 Dimensions (Level 2)


population and donated




Assignment: Peer Review of Argumentative Essay; Reading Strategy Small Group


atmosphere and accomplish



Writing: Revise and Edit

Assignment: Edit an Argumentative Essay; Reading Strategy Small Group


device and devise Preview Text and Set a Purpose for Reading



Assignment: Present Your Argumentative Essay; Reading Strategy Small Group


complex and flexible




Assignment: Present Your Argumentative Essay; Reading Strategy Small Group





Work Time



Paraphrase to Monitor and Clarify Understanding








Work Time

1 Read Aloud, Think Aloud: Virtual War

Week 1 Interactive Reading: Technology That Changes Lives (Level 1), How Smart Are Your Clothes? (Level 2)


arc and maternal Introduce Unit Theme; Preview and Set a Purpose for Reading

Introduction; Academic Conversation (whole class)

Ask Questions Assignment: Ask Questions; Reading Strategy Small Group


malfunction and indulgent



Assignment: What Happens Next?; Reading Strategy Small Group


diameter and strategist

Make and Review a Prediction


Visualize Assignment: Visualize; Reading Strategy Small Group


occupied and perplexed

Ask Questions to Predict


Write and Informative Paragraph





Fluency: Phrasing Assignment: Write an Informative Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group; Grammar Study Plan due

Week 2 Interactive Reading: Hooked on Cellphones (Level 1), Teenage Techies (Level 2), How Smart Is Your Smartphone? (Level 3)


conscientious and rebuke

Make Predictions Academic Conversation (in pairs)

Make Connections Assignment: Make Personal Connections to Text; Reading Strategy Small Group





Work Time


spindly and prickly Connect to Prior Experience

Academic Conversation (whole class)


Assignment: Compare and Contrast Two Characters; Reading Strategy Small Group


flawless and pleaded






transport and sprint



Paraphrase Assignment: Write an Explanatory Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group





Analyze a Theme Assignment: Analyze a Theme; Reading Strategy Small Group; Spelling Study Plan due

Week 3Interactive Reading: Special Effects: Making the Unreal Real (Level 1), Tweeting for Change: Protests and Social Media (Level 2), Technology and the Superhuman Athlete (Level 3)


industrious and urgent


Related Words Assignment: Find Related Words; Reading Strategy Small Group


depressions and recreate

Retell or Paraphrase Academic Conversation (in pairs)

Domain-Specific Words

Assignment: Using Domain-Specific Words; Reading Strategy Small Group


scoffed and agile Compare and Contrast





squirmed and pact

Make Connections Academic Conversation (whole class)

Analyze Characters Assignment: Write a Narrative Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group





Work Time



Visualize Action Academic Conversation (in small groups)


Assignment: Choose a Teammate; Reading Strategy Small Group; Vocabulary Study Plan due

Week 4 Interactive Reading: Inventions from Outer Space (Level 1), Cars Without Drivers (Level 2), Medical Miracles (Level 3)


incentive and carnage

Make and Review Predictions



Assignment: Topics for a Narrative Essay; Reading Strategy Small Group


assemble and industrial

Paraphrase Academic Conversation (in pairs)

Develop a Setting Assignment: Develop a Setting; Reading Strategy Small Group


subtle and grueling

Visualize Academic Conversation (whole class)

Identify the Sequence of Events

Assignment: Create a Sequence of Events; Reading Strategy Small Group


pallor and disputes




Assignment: Write a Narrative Essay, first draft; Reading Strategy Small Group





Develop Believable Characters

Assignment: Write a Narrative Essay, second draft; Reading Strategy Small Group

Week 5Interactive Reading: Fact, Fiction, or Scam: Trusting the Internet (Level 1), Photography in the Digital Age (Level 2), Technology Is Golden (Level 3)


fluid and gelatinous

Ask Questions Academic Conversation (whole class)

Analyze the Development of Theme

Assignment: Write a Narrative Essay, final draft; Reading Strategy Small Group


hoax and adaptation

Paraphrase Academic Conversation (whole class)

Preview Text Assignment: Write a Narrative Essay, revise; Reading Strategy Small Group





Work Time


scam and plunged Preview and Set a Purpose


Revise and Edit Assignment: Write a Narrative Essay, revise and edit; Reading Strategy Small Group


clustered and garments







Connect Text to Outside Knowledge




2 Read Aloud, Think Aloud: Trino’s Choice

Week 1 Interactive Reading: Part of the Team (Level 1), Born to Be You (Level 2), Clique or Click? (Level 3)


suspense and intense

Preview and Identify Author's Purpose




hassles and gaze Make Inferences Academic Conversation (in small groups)


Assignment: What Happens Next?; Reading Strategy Small Group


gnaw and defiance



Visualize the Action Assignment: Plan a Narrative Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group


gasps and glimpse






Cause and Effect Academic Conversation (in pairs)

Fluence: Read with Expression

Assignment: Read with Expression; Reading Strategy Small Group; Grammar Study Plan due





Work Time

Week 2Interactive Reading: The Great Dress Code Debate (Level 1), Rosemary Casals: Rising to Greatness (Level 2), The Tricks of Advertising (Level 3)


eerie and accusations



Assignment: Compare Image and Theme; Reading Strategy Small Group


soar and squinted Compare and Contrast


Analyze Character and Plot Development

Assignment: Analyze Character Development: Trino; Reading Strategy Small Group


threat and resentment

Summarize Text Academic Conversation (whole class)


Assignment: Make Connections; Reading Strategy Small Group


outstanding and impulse







Paraphrase to Monitor Understanding



Assignment: Write an Informative Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group; Spelling Study Plan due

Week 3Interactive Reading: Stories from an Outsider: The Life of Sherman Alexie (Level 1), Kehinde Wiley: On the World Stage (Level 2), Sonia Sotomayor: A Justice for All (Level 3)


traitor and saracasm

Make Inferences Academic Conversation (in pairs)

Analyze Characters Assignment: Analyze Trino or Nick; Reading Strategy Small Group


acknowledge and transferred



Identify the Sequence of Events

Assignment: Order of Events; Reading Strategy Small Group





Work Time


edgy and intrusion Visualize Action Academic Conversation (whole class)

Write an Argumentative Paragraph

Assignment: Plan an Argmentative Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group


vandalism and extended






Connect to Prior Experience



Assignment: Analyze a Theme; Reading Strategy Small Group; Vocabulary Study Plan due

Week 4 Interactive Reading: World Pop Cutures (Level 1), The Pressure Is On (Level 2), No Limits: The Story of Jean Driscoll (Level 3)


elite and heritage Compare and Contrast Individuals


Evaluate Author's Viewpoint

Assignment: Author's Viewpoint; Reading Strategy Small Group


exclusive and mayhem

Make Predictions Academic Conversation (whole class)


Assignment: Make a Prediction; Reading Strategy Small Group


choreographed and triumphant



Make Connections Assignment: Review and Modify a Prediction; Reading Strategy Small Group


devoted and fetching


Introduce Multimedia Project




Summarize Text Academic Conversation (in pairs)

Understand Metaphors and Similes

Assignment: Write a Poem, Song, or Rap; Reading Strategy Small Group





Work Time

Week 5 Interactive Reading: Everyday Art (Level 1), At First Sight (Level 2), Do Something! (Level 3)


inherit and shuffling

Visualize Action Academic Conversation (whole class)

Make Connections Assignment: My Ideas and Images; Reading Strategy Small Group


accompanied and detect



Analyze Theme Assignment: Organize Multimedia Project; Reading Strategy Small Group


vineyard and jotted


Make Inferences Assignment: Revise and Edit; Reading Strategy Small Group


savoring and hesitant

Make Inferences Academic Conversation (in small groups)

Make Generalizations




Make Generalizations Unit Benchmark Assessment



3 Read Aloud, Think Aloud: At the Edge: Daring Acts in Desperate Times

Week 1 Interactive Reading: Lynne Cox: Swimming Beyond Boundaries (Level 1), Someone Has to Do It (Level 2), A Show of Strength (Level 3)


evacuate and valiant

Preview and Set a Purpose


Make Predictions Assignment: Push the Limits; Reading Strategy Small Group


piercing and mutiny



Examine Cause-and-Effect Relationships

Assignment: Why Did That Happen?; Reading Strategy Small Group


ease and altering Examine Cause-and-Effect Relationships


Use Transitions to Convey a Sequence of Events



brilliant and clingy Make Connections to Outside Knowledge


Use Context Clues Assignment: Write a Narrative Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group





Work Time





Read Fluently Assignment: Read with Accuracy; Reading Strategy Small Group; Grammar Study Plan due

Week 2 Interactive Reading: Nature’s Guardian: The Story of John Muir (Level 1), The Age Factor (Level 2), Belles of the Ball Game (Level 3)


stabilize and amble

Connect to Experience or Knowledge


Analyze Word Choice

Assignment: Precise Words; Reading Strategy Small Group


pondered and rumors



Summarize Assignment: Summarize; Reading Strategy Small Group


preserve and escort

Summarize Academic Conversation (in small groups)

Develop a Topic Assignment: Plan an Explanatory Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group


descend and inescapable







Summarize Academic Conversation (in pairs)

Draw Conclusions Assignment: Draw Conclusions; Reading Strategy Small Group; Spelling Study Plan due

Week 3 Interactive Reading: Teen Solo Sailors (Level 1), Race to the Bottom of the World (Level 2), An Unlikely Hero (Level 3)


smuggling and haunted


Analyze Interactions Between Individuals, Events, and Ideas

Assignment: The Apple Tree; Reading Strategy Small Group


exterminate and operational



Assignment: Same and Different; Reading Strategy Small Group





Work Time


similar and frail Ask Questions Academic Conversation (whole class)

Use Synonyms to Learn or Understand Words

Assignment: Synonyms; Reading Strategy Small Group


condemned and forge


Make a Claim for an Argument






Summarize Assignment: Write an Argumentative Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group

Week 4 Interactive Reading: Light Sculptor James Turrell (Level 1), Tourists in Outer Space (Level 2), He Took a Chance for Change (Level 3)


venture and vessel Paraphrase Academic Conversation


Assignment: Plan an Explanatory Essay; Reading Strategy Small Group


desparate and launch



Visualize the Action Assignment: Plan an Explanatory Essay; Reading Strategy Small Group


altitude and rural Visualize Action Academic Conversation

Use Transitions Assignment: Write an Explanatory Essay—Draft Reading Strategy Small Group


toiled and debris Connect Text to Outside Knowledge


Learn and Use Domain-Specific Words

Assignment: Write an Explanatory Essay—Draft ; Reading Strategy Small Group



Visualize Action Academic Conversation







Work Time

Week 5 Interactive Reading: Chasing Danger (Level 1), Modern Adventurers (Level 2), A Place of Their Own (Level 3)


frigid and energetic



Doing a Peer Review

Assignment: Write an Explanatory Essay—Revise; Reading Strategy Small Group


exposed and immigrant

Summarize Academic Conversation (whole class)


Assignment: Write an Explanatory Essay—Edit; Reading Strategy Small Group


distracted and mentally



Present and Explanatory Essay

Assignment: Present an Explanatory Essay; Reading Strategy Small Group


summit and lacks Visualize Action Academic Conversation (whole class)


Assignment: Review an Explanatory Essay; Reading Strategy Small Group



Paraphrase Unit Benchmark Assessment



4 Read Aloud, Think Aloud: Ask Me No Questions

Week 1Interactive Reading: Someone to Look Up To (Level 1), Laws That Work for Kids Who Work (Level 2), Homeless to Harvard: A Story of Survival (Level 3)


asylum and residency



Read Closely and Ask Questions

Assignment: Read Closely and Ask Questions; Reading Strategy Small Group


deported and register

Make Generalizations Academic Conversation (in small groups)


Assignment: Analyze Theme; Reading Strategy Small Group


detention and authorities








Work Time


monsoon and agriculture








Fluency: Purpose and Understanding

Assignment: Practice Reading Fluently; Reading Strategy Small Group; Grammar Study Plan due

Week 2 Interactive Reading: The Coldest Village on Earth (Level 1), Cross Your Fingers! (Level 2), The Animal Connection (Level 3)


illegal and policy Paraphrase Academic Conversation (in small groups)

Draw Conclusions Assignment: Draw Conclusions; Reading Strategy Small Group


supervisor and annoyance

Draw Conclusions Academic Conversation (whole class)

Figurative Language



application and competition

Cause and Effect Academic Conversation (whole class)

Related Words Assignment: Related Words; Reading Strategy Small Group


generation and relented








Draw Conclusions Assignment: Write a Narrative Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group; Spelling Study Plan due

Week 3 Interactive Reading: The World’s Water Woes (Level 1), Who Grows Your Food (Level 2), The Strength of the Navajo (Level 3)


flagging and fund Draw Conclusions Academic Conversation (in pairs)


Assignment: Valid and Invalid Generalizations; Reading Strategy Small Group





Work Time


tinge and defy Compare and Contrast



Assignment: Synthesize Ideas and Information; Reading Strategy Small Group


facility and ravenous


Use Context Clues Assignment: Context Clues; Reading Strategy Small Group


versions and humiliated

Make Generalizations Academic Conversation (whole class)

Write an Argumentative Paragraph




Synthesize Academic Conversation (whole class)

Analyze Setting Assignment: Write an Argumentative Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group; Vocabulary Study Plan due

Week 4Interactive Reading: Endangered Paradise (Level 1), Barrington Irving: A Hero of the Skies (Level 2), Friend or Foe? The Truth About Germs (Level 3)


appointment and clamber



Analyze Characters and Theme

Assignment: Analyze Characters; Reading Strategy Small Group


exception and overjoyed

Synthesize Ideas and Information


Introduce Multimedia Project



forecefully and overwhelmed


Identify Reliable Sources

Assignment: Select Topic; Reading Strategy Small Group


unfastened and aloft

Make Connections Between Events


Gather Information from Sources

Assignment: Take Notes; Reading Strategy Small Group





Work Time





Summarize Assignment: Research and Take Notes; Reading Strategy Small Group

Week 5 Interactive Reading: Rebirth of a Town (Level 1), Wilma Rudolph: World-Class Winner (Level 2), Pompeii—The Lost City (Level 3)


dissolved, and patrolling

Draw Conclusions Academic Conversation (whole class)

Organize and Present Information

Assignment: Write Information for Multimedia Project; Reading Strategy Small Group


fatal and unsuccessful



Use Text Features Assignment: Create Visual; Reading Strategy Small Group


burden and fearsome



Good Presentation Skills

Assignment: Rehearse Multimedia Project Presentation; Reading Strategy Small Group


reclaim and retrieve



Assignment: Present and Multimedia Projects; Reading Strategy Small Group







5 Read Aloud, Think Aloud: The Greatest: Muhammad Ali

Week 1Interactive Reading: Old Enough to Vote? (Level 1), Baseball Heroes Make History (Level 2), A Hero in Disguise: The Story of Emma Edmonds (Level 3)


glowered and jab Visualize Academic Conversation

Similes Assignment: Figurative Language; Reading Strategy Small Group


degregation and dedicated



Preview and Set a Purpose to Guide Reading

Assignment: Preview a Text; Reading Strategy Small Group





Work Time


bragged and broadcast



Narrative Writing Assignment: Plan a Narrative paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group


maintain and fatigue


Analyze Author's Claim





Fluency: Read with Expression

Assignment: Practice Reading with Expression; Reading Strategy Small Group; Grammar Study Plan due

Week 2Interactive Reading: Doctors Without Borders (Level 1), Claudette Colvin: Unsung Civil Rights Hero (Level 2), One Step Toward Equality (Level 3)


recuperate and integrate



Use Synonyms to Learn or Understand Words

Assignment: Use Synonyms to Understand Words; Reading Strategy Small Group


taunted and refer Preview and Set a Purpose


Expository Writing Assignment: Plan an Explanatory Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group


brute and contempt

Make Generalizations Academic Conversation

Synthesize Ideas Assignment: Write an Explanatory Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group


barriers and objection


Understand Symbols

Assignment: Symbols; Reading Strategy Small Group




Draw Conclusions Assignment: Debate; Reading Strategy Small Group; Spelling Study Plan due





Work Time

Week 3Interactive Reading: Peace Activist Samantha Smith (Level 1), The Most Dangerous Woman in America (Level 2), Rodolfo Gonzales, the Voice of a People (Level 3)


guarantee and promote


Supporting an Argument



outcome and defeat


Cite Relevant Text Evidence



enbraced and prevail



Analyze Key Individuals

Assignment: Analze Individuals; Reading Strategy Small Group


sluggish and disgrace



Root Words Assignment: Root Words; Reading Strategy Small Group



Make Connections Between Ideas in a Text



Assignment: Synthesize Ideas and Information; Reading Strategy Small Group; Vocabulary Study Plan due

Week 4 Interactive Reading: Born to Give: The Story of Zach Bonner (Level 1), What it Takes to Lead (Level 2), One Sandwich at a Time (Level 3)


technique and represented


Plan a Literary Review

Assignment: Identify a Topic; Reading Strategy Small Group


renew and staggered

Synthesize Information


Summarize Assignment: Plan the Literary Review; Reading Strategy Small Group


retire and vital Make Generalizations Academic Conversation

Support Opinions Assignment: Draft the Literary Review; Reading Strategy Small Group





Work Time


inferior and sufficient


Recognize Author's Viewpoint

Assignment: Draft the Literary Review; Reading Strategy Small Group




Revise a Literary Review

Assignment: Revise; Reading Strategy Small Group

Week 5 Interactive Reading: The Children’s Champion (Level 1), Speaking for the Wolves (Level 2), Performers Fight for Justice! (Level 3)


budget and monitored



Presenting and Listening

Assignment: Practice Presenting Literary Review; Reading Strategy Small Group


forces and applying

Make Connections Between Ideas in a Text


Edit the Literary Review

Assignment: Review and Edit; Reading Strategy Small Group


wincing and prey Make, Review, and Modify Predictions


Analyze Approaches

Assignment: Present the Literary Review; Reading Strategy Small Group


profiles and boycott



Assignment: Present the Literary Review; Reading Strategy Small Group











Work Time

1 Read Aloud, Think Aloud: Among the Hidden

Week 1 Interactive Reading: Sharing Online (Level 1), Celebrity Scoop (Level 2)


Introduction; defiance

Introduction; Preview Introduction; Academic Conversation (whole class)


Assignment: Ask Questions About Chapter 2; Reading Strategy Small Group


hulking, enforce, and bellowed


Make Predictions Assignment: Predict the Outcome; Reading Strategy Small Group


recline and habitation


Visualize Assignment: Visualize the Scene; Reading Strategy Small Group


stupefied and hordes



Write a Paragraph Assignment: Plan an Explanatory Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group




Fluency—Expression

Assignment: Write an Explanatory Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group; Grammar Study Plan due

Week 2 Interactive Reading: Where Are You Now? (Level 1), Google: Up Close and Personal (Level 2), A New Kind of Media (Level 3)


reluctantly, irritable, and pathetic



Connect to Experience

Assignment: Personal Connections to the Text; Reading Strategy Small Group





Work Time


sanctuary Make Connections to Prior Experience



Assignment: Pan an Informative Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group


universal and violation


Clarify Understanding by Restating



propaganda and infiltrator

Clarify Understanding by Retelling



Assignment: Compare and Contrast Luke and Jen; Reading Strategy Small Group





Analyze the Development of a Theme

Assignment: Analyze a Theme; Reading Strategy Small Group; Spelling Study Plan due

Week 3 Interactive Reading: An Online State of Mind (Level 1), The Irresistible Urban Myth (Level 2), Teens and Video Games (Level 3)


unfurling and sarcastic



Related Words Assignment: Find Related Words; Reading Strategy Small Group


hydroponics and genocide

Paraphrase for Understanding



Assignment: Using Domain-Specific Words; Reading Strategy Small Group


compromise Compare and Contrast


Writing a Personal Narrative



enthralled, distraction, and giddy








Work Time





Assignment: Create Mood Through Setting; Reading Strategy Small Group; Vocabulary Study Plan due

Week 4 Interactive Reading: Cyber School (Level 1), And the Password Is . . . (Level 2), A New Kind of Slang (Level 3)


fervently, deranged, and observant

Ask Questions to Make Predictions


Personal Narrative Essay

Assignment: Develop Ideas by Describing a Friend; Reading Strategy Small Group


assured and sabotage

Monitor Understanding by Paraphrasing


Writer's Craft: Capture a Setting

Assignment: Capture a Setting Where You Met a Friend; Reading Strategy Small Group


totalitarian Visualize Academic Conversation (in small groups)

Identify and Organize a Sequence of Events

Assignment: Create a Sequence of Events; Reading Strategy Small Group


dictatorship and opposition









Use Accurate Detail Assignment: Write a Narrative Essay, first draft; Reading Strategy Small Group

Week 5 Interactive Reading: Teen Tech Inventors (Level 1), DNA Profiling (Level 2), Time Warp! (Level 3)


refuge and anguish





ingriguing and distinguishing




Assignment: Write a Narrative Essay, revise and edit; Reading Strategy Small Group





Work Time


validate and transactions



Revise and Edit Assignment: Write a Narrative Essay, revise and edit; Reading Strategy Small Group


remorse and compliance



Recognize Text Structure








2 Read Aloud, Think Aloud: Accidental Love

Week 1 Interactive Reading: New Country, New School (Level 1), Succeeding in School (Level 2), Extremem Challenges (Level 3)


admonished and appealed



Assignment: Make Inferences; Reading Strategy Small Group


subside and intimate

Make Inferences and Predictions


Make Cause-and-Effect Connections

Assignment: Identify Cause and Effect; Reading Strategy Small Group


retract and interjected




Assignment: Make Inferences; Reading Strategy Small Group


gangly and mystified

Connect Cause and Effect


Use Precise Language





Understand Prefixes and Suffixes

Assignment: Write an Informative Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group; Grammar Study Plan due





Work Time

Week 2 Interactive Reading: “My Friends Made Me Do It!” (Level 1), Performing in Panic (Level 2), True Team Spirit (Level 3)


precariously and momentary

Retell to Clarify Understanding





inkling and stupendous




Assignment: Analyze Character Development: Trino; Reading Strategy Small Group


compatible and distinction


Conduct Research Assignment: Plan an Explanatory Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group


resolved and sneered

Cause-and-Effect Relationships


Make Connections Between Characters




Make Connections Between Ideas


Fluency—Read with Expression

Assignment: Practice Reading with Fluency; Reading Strategy Small Group; Spelling Study Plan due

Week 3 Interactive Reading: Dancing to the Top (Level 1), Jennifer Hudson: Dream Girl (Level 2), Phobias: Beyond Fear (Level 3)


cryptic and lamenting

Make and Confirm Predictions


Recognize and Evaluate Generalizations

Assignment: Recognize and Evaluate Generalizations; Reading Strategy Small Group


sauntered and rendezvous

Recognize Generalizations


Connect Themes to Characters and Plot

Assignment: Identify a Theme; Reading Strategy Small Group





Work Time


animosity and instinctive



Organize Ideas and Use Transitions



anticipation and envisioned

Make Inferences Academic Conversation (whole class)






Analyze Dialogue Assignment: Dialogue and Character; Reading Strategy Small Group; Vocabulary Study Plan due

Week 4 Interactive Reading: At the Top of Their Game (Level 1), Unexpected Barriers(Level 2), Changing the Game (Level 3)


salvaged and reprimand




Assignment: Plan a Multimedia Presentation; Reading Strategy Small Group


commotion and scrutinized

Make Inferences Academic Conversation (whole class)

Identify Sources and Take Notes



encountered and delirious

Make Connections Academic Conversation (whole class)

Plan an Interview Assignment: Plan an Interview; Reading Strategy Small Group


evolved and adaptations



Determine Main Idea

Assignment: Gather Information for Presentations; Reading Strategy Small Group





Create a Handout Assignment: Select Visuals and Create a Handout; Reading Strategy Small Group





Work Time

Week 5 Interactive Reading: First-Generation Pioneers (Level 1), A Winning Attitude (Level 2), Winning Words (Level 3)


isolation and vertigo



Plan a Presentation Assignment: Organize Information and Choose Roles; Reading Strategy Small Group


exceptional and affirm



Make a Presentation

Assignment: Give Challenge Multimedia Presentations; Reading Strategy Small Group


incapable and unintentional




Assignment: Give Multimedia Presentations; Reading Strategy Small Group


anthem and prodigy



Author's Purpose Assignment: Give Multimedia Presentations; Reading Strategy Small Group



Reognize Author's Purpose




3 Read Aloud, Think Aloud: We’ve Got a Job

Week 1 Interactive Reading: Out Too Late? (Level 1), The IQ Question (Level 2), Making Peace with Competition (Level 3)


segretation and integration




Assignment: Read Closely and Ask Questions; Reading Strategy Small Group


vindictive and prosecuted

Preview Academic Conversation (in small groups)

Determine Author's Purpose

Assignment: Identify Author's Purpose; Reading Strategy Small Group


confront and activism




Assignment: Make Cause-and-Effect Connections; Reading Strategy Small Group





Work Time


inevitable and fortitude

Identify Cause-and-Effect Relationships


Analyze Word Choice





Make Connections Assignment: Write an Informative Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group; Grammar Study Plan due

Week 2 Interactive Reading: The argument for Debate (Level 1), Keeping Peace in School (Level 2), Is Age Just a Number? (Level 3)


moderate and meticulous

Clarify Understanding by Retelling



Assignment: Identify Related Words; Reading Strategy Small Group


impenetrable and explicit



Use Strategies to Determine Meaning

Assignment: Determine Word Meaning; Reading Strategy Small Group


unconstitutional and reconciliation


Cite Evidence Assignment: Plan an Explanatory Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group


disintegrating and injunction

Analyze Author's Purpose


Identify Main Idea and Key Details






Fluency—Read with Accuracy

Assignment: Practice Reading Fluently; Reading Strategy Small Group; Spelling Study Plan due

Week 3 Interactive Reading: Resolving Family Conflicts (Level 1), Bigs and Littles (Level 2), Cell Phones in Schools: To Ban or not to Ban? (Level 3)


aspiring and abundance

Identify Main Idea and Key Details



Assignment: Understand Figurative Language; Reading Strategy Small Group





Work Time


disperse and inflict Make Personal Connections


Make and Evaluate Generalizations

Assignment: Make Generalizations; Reading Strategy Small Group


surging and cease Make Generalizations Academic Conversation (in pairs)

Summarize Assignment: Write a Summary; Reading Strategy Small Group


option and despised


Understand Connotations




Compare and Contrast and Contrast Ideas


Identify Author's Viewpoint


Week 4 Interactive Reading:Leveling the Playing Field (Level 1), Changing Lives with Words (Level 2) , Cesar Chavez: Fighting for Fairness (Level 3)


relatively and peered

Make and Revise Predictions



Assignment: Plan an Explanatory Essay; Reading Strategy Small Group


reinforcements and vacuum


Cite Text Evidence Assignment: Develop Ideas for an Explanatory Essay; Reading Strategy Small Group


unity and accord Make Inferences Academic Conversation (whole class)

Organize Ideas Assignment: Write an Explanatory Essay—Draft Reading Strategy Small Group


brutal and tentative



Write an Introduction

Assignment: Write an Introduction ; Reading Strategy Small Group





Work Time



Summarize Academic Conversation (whole class)

Write a Conclusion Assignment: Write a Conclusion; Reading Strategy Small Group

Week 5Interactive Reading: The Legacy of the Olympic Truce (Level 1), Homeboy Industries: Jobs, not Jails (Level 2), Creating Peace—with Pen and Paper (Level 3)


unanimous and venture


Revise and Edit Assignment: Write an Explanatory Essay—Revise and Edit; Reading Strategy Small Group


escalating and determined


Speaking and Listening

Assignment: Practice Presenting and Giving Feedback; Reading Strategy Small Group


relentless and advocate


Analyze Author's Viewpoint

Assignment: Revise and Edit an Explanatory Essay; Reading Strategy Small Group


refugee and permanent



Analyze Different Points of View

Assignment: Present Explanatory Essays; Reading Strategy Small Group







4 Read Aloud, Think Aloud: Freak the Mighty

Week 1 Interactive Reading: Kelvin Doe, Teen Inventor (Level 1), Champion of the Rocks (Level 2), Wilderness Learning (Level 3)


vanquished and consequences


Cite Text Evidence Assignment: Cite Text Evidence; Reading Strategy Small Group


demeanor and invincible


Analyze Allusions Assignment: Understand Allusions; Reading Strategy Small Group





Work Time


intruding and impression






deficiency and fearsome



Analyze Dialogue Assignment: Analyze Dialogue to Understand Character Development; Reading Strategy Small Group




Analyze Characters Assignment: Write an Explanatory Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group; Grammar Study Plan due

Week 2 Interactive Reading: Happy Global Youth Service Day! (Level 1), Pat Derby: A Hero to Wild Animals (Level 2), Look Who’s Talking (Level 3)


confrontation and quest




Assignment: Connect to the Theme; Reading Strategy Small Group


artifact and divulged




devised and accomplished


Verb Choice Assignment: Plan an Argumentative Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group


decline and scuttling

Main Idea and Key Details


Word Choice Assignment: Write an Argumentative Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group





Assignment: Connect to the Unit Theme; Reading Strategy Small Group; Spelling Study Plan due





Work Time

Week 3 Interactive Reading: More Than Words (Level 1), Bill Gates, Computer Pioneer (Level 2), Taking Sides on Time (Level 3)


intervention and expression


Summarize Assignment: Summarize the Text; Reading Strategy Small Group


abide and toxic Summarize Academic Conversation


Assignment: Synthesize Ideas and Information; Reading Strategy Small Group


paralyzed and deprived

Synthesize Ideas Academic Conversation

Symbols and Figurative Language



dysfunctional and injustice

Compare Text Elements


Analyze Dialogue Assignment: Write an Explanatory Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group





Fluency—Read with Correct Phrasing

Assignment: Practice Fluent Reading; Reading Strategy Small Group; Vocabulary Study Plan due

Week 4 Interactive Reading: Learning in Style (Level 1, Making Sport of Tradition (Level 2, Lessons from the Animal World (Level 3)


ignorant and corrosive



Introduce a Multimedia Presentation

Assignment: Plan a Multimedia Presentation Reading Strategy Small Group


humor and aberration


Research Assignment: Plan a Multimedia Project; Reading Strategy Small Group


facilitate and stabilize



Assignment: Work on Multimedia Presentaton; Reading Strategy Small Group





Work Time


puny and pointless



Assignment: Analyze the Development of a Theme; Reading Strategy Small Group





Strategies for Determining Meaning

Assignment: Work on Multimedia Presentation; Reading Strategy Small Group

Week 5 Interactive Reading: Our Plastic Brains (Level 1), Smart Money (Level 2), Extreme Lessons: The Story of Jordan Romero (Level 3)


prominence and alienation



Organize Information

Assignment: Organize Information for Multimedia Project; Reading Strategy Small Group


perspective and wanly



Speaking and Listening

Assignment: Rehearse a Multimedia Presentation; Reading Strategy Small Group


persistent and pandemonium



Analyze Relevance of Text Evidence

Assignment: Present Multimedia Project Presentation; Reading Strategy Small Group


adherents and attribute


Determine Author's Point of View




Identify Central Idea Unit Benchmark Assessment



5 Read Aloud, Think Aloud: Four Perfect Pebbles: A Holocaust Story

Week 1 Interactive Reading: OMahatama Ghandi: A Leader in Nonviolence (Level 1), Separate Justice (Level 2), It’s a Free Country! (Level 3)


notorious and invaluable



Connect to Prior Knowledge

Assignment: Connect to Prior Knowledge; Reading Strategy Small Group





Work Time


mimicked and succession

Connect to Prior Knowledge


Determine Central Idea

Assignment: Determine Central Idea; Reading Strategy Small Group


denounced and prosperity

Determine the Central Idea


Write Arguments to Support Claims

Assignment: Recognize Claims in Text; Reading Strategy Small Group


complying and destination


Make Connections Assignment: Plan an Argumentative Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group






Assignment: Write an Arugmentative Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group; Grammar Study Plan due

Week 2 Interactive Reading: Choosing Peace: The Carter Center (Level 1), Bob Zellner: Against the Odds (Level 2), Free the Children! (Level 3)


prolonged and degraded

Determine the Central Idea


Strategies for Determining Meaning

Assignment: Determine Meaning of Unknown Words; Reading Strategy Small Group


tolerant and neutrality



Fluency—Expression and Speed

Assignment: Practice Fluent Reading; Reading Strategy Small Group


impoverish and deportation


Word Choice Assignment: Word Choice; Reading Strategy Small Group


vividly and endangered


Summarize Assignment: Plan an Explanatory Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group





Work Time




Determine Central Idea

Assignment: Write an Explanatory Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group; Spelling Study Plan due

Week 3 Interactive Reading: Searching for Justice (Level 1), Life Beyond the Trash Dump (Level 2), The Chinese Struggle in America (Level 3)


onset and incubating



Assignment: Connect to Experience; Reading Strategy Small Group


scourges and extensive




Assignment: Make Inferences and Predictions; Reading Strategy Small Group


foraged and abated





luxurious and inhospitable


Visualize Assignment: Plan an Explanatory Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group






Assignment: Write an Explanatory Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group; Vocabulary Study Plan due

Week 4 Interactive Reading: A Declaration for All of Us (Level 1), Mr. Mom and Madam Speaker (Level 2), South Africa’s Peacemaker (Level 3)


bewilderment and indulge


Write an Argumentative Essay

Assignment: Identify a Topic; Reading Strategy Small Group


frugally and compensating


Supporting a Claim Assignment: Identify Logical Reasoning; Reading Strategy Small Group





Work Time


reconstruct and subsequent



Assignment: Synthesize Ideas for an Argumentative Essay; Reading Strategy Small Group


endowed and arbitrary


Paraphrase Assignment: Write an Argumentative Essay—Draft; Reading Strategy Small Group





Compare Two Texts on the Same Topic

Assignment: Write an Argumentative Essay—Draft; Reading Strategy Small Group

Week 5Interactive Reading: Growing Power: The Work of Will Allen (Level 1), Fighting to Learn: Equality in American Schools (Level 2), You Have the Right to Know (Level 3)


entangled and obstructed


Organize Evidence Logically

Assignment: Write an Argumentative Text—Revise; Reading Strategy Small Group


disheveled and motivated



Write a Conclusion Assignment: Write an Argumentative Essay; Reading Strategy Small Group


flourish and liberate



Evaluate Claims in a Text

Assignment: Write an Argumentative Essay—Revise and Edit; Reading Strategy Small Group


abided and illusion Connect to Experience


Cause and Effect Text Structure

Assignment: Present the Argumentative Essays; Reading Strategy Small Group



Identify Central Idea Unit Benchmark Assessment







Work Time

1 Read Aloud, Think Aloud: Last Book in the Universe

Week 1 Interactive Reading: Check for Messages (Level 1) and Facebook or Face-to-Face? (Level 2)


Introduction; clandestine and virtual

Introduction; Connect Text to Experience and Knowledge



Assignment: The Pros and Cons of Digitial Life; Reading Strategy Small Group


obsessive and tantalizingly

Connect Text to Experience and Knowledge

Academic Conversation (in pairs, then with class)

Write a Paragraph - Organization



loftily, nonchalantly, and exponentially





tribute, abode, and emissary



Make and Modify Predictions

Assignment: Make Predictions; Reading Strategy Small Group






Assignment: Compare and Contrast Characters; Reading Strategy Small Group; Grammar Study Plan due

Week 2 Interactive Reading: In Your Name (Level 1), Museum Hopping Online (Level 2) and Words on the Wire (Level 3)


adoptive, epilepsy, and compensates



Visualize Assignment: Identify Descriptive Details; Reading Strategy Small Group





Work Time


banished Visualize Academic Conversation


Assignment: Connect to the Unit Question; Reading Strategy Small Group


remedy, intervened, and puny



Use Descriptive Language

Assignment: Prewrite for an Informative Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group


innumerable, ponder, and veers


Monitor and Clarify by Retelling








Week 3 Interactive Reading: Text Talk (Level 1), Too Much Information (Level 2) and Cyberfriends (Level 3)


degenerated, odyssey, and spew

Retell to Check Understanding

Academic Conversation (interview a partner)

Make Inferences Assignment: Research and Plan an Explanatory Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group


genetic and traits Retell to Check Understanding


Vary Sentence Structure



hovels, edibles, and swarming


Analyze Literature Assignment: Reader's Theater; Reading Strategy Small Group


musing and confer Make Inferences Academic Conversation

Figurative Language






Work Time




Analyze Theme Assignment: Discuss Theme; Reading Strategy Small Group; Vocabulary Study Plan due

Week 4 Interactive Reading: Games People Play (Level 1), Getting the News (Level 2) and Internet Smarts (Level 3)


stealthy, taunt, and squalor



Develop a Multimedia Presentation

Assignment: Multimedia Project Assignment and Timeline; Reading Strategy Small Group


leukemia, glommed, and defect

Monitor Understanding by Paraphrasing


Research Assignment: Conduct Research to Find Reliable Sources; Reading Strategy Small Group


disarm and concept


Related Words Assignment: Dramatization for a Multimedia Presentation; Reading Strategy Small Group


conserve and anemia


Develop a Multimedia Presentation

Assignment: Multimedia Presentation; Reading Strategy Small Group



Analyze a Character

Assignment: Prepare a Visual; Reading Strategy Small Group

Week 5 Interactive Reading: Blogs (Level 1), Media Madness (Level 2) and Staying Connected (Level 3)


contemptuously, despise, and anarchy


Analyze a Character

Assignment: Finalize the Multimedia Presentation checklist; Reading Strategy Small Group





Work Time


deactivated, hobbling, and bunker


Make a Presentation

Assignment: Rehearse the Multimedia Presentation; Reading Strategy Small Group


innovation and amplifying




Assignment: Multimedia Project presentations; Multimedia Presentation Checklist Reading Strategy Small Group


deploys and portable

Previewing and Setting a Purpose for Reading


Determine Text Structure

Assignment: Multimedia Project presentations; Reading Strategy Small Group



Make Inferences Unit Benchmark Assessment



2 Read Aloud, Think Aloud: We Beat the Street

Week 1 Interactive Reading: Mentors Make a Difference (Level 1), Having Friends, Making Choices (Level 2) and The Power to Move (Level 3)


sustain and proximity

Make Connections Academic Conversation (interview a partner)

Context Clues Assignment: Context Clues; Reading Strategy Small Group


skulked and unimaginable

Making Connections Academic Conversation (in small groups)

Author's Purpose Assignment: Preview and Predict; Reading Strategy Small Group


obstacles, daunting, and intensity

Author's Purpose Academic Conversation (interview a partner)

Narrative Nonfiction Assignment: Personal Narrative Plan; Reading Strategy Small Group


disruptions and dysfunctional

Author's Purpose Academic Conversation (in pairs)

Visualize Assignment: Write a Narrative Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group





Work Time


Visualizing Academic Conversation

Making Connections

Assignment: Speaking Checklist for Talk About an Influential Adult; Reading Strategy Small Group; Grammar Study Plan due

Week 2 Interactive Reading: Building Trust and Replacing Fear (Level 1), Help You, Help Me (Level 2) and Dealing With Conflicts (Level 3)


sparse, chaos, and justify



Assignment: Notes About the Three Doctors; Reading Strategy Small Group


intentions and plaintively



Reasons and Evidence

Assignment: Plan for an Opinion Piece; Reading Strategy Small Group


inquisitive and insignificant



Identify Similies and Metaphors

Assignment: Organizing Your Paragraph; Write an Opinion Piece; Reading Strategy Small Group


potential, lucrative, and legitimate



Assignment: Role Play; Reading Strategy Small Group




Fluency—Rate and Expression

Assignment: Practice Reading Fluently; Expression Fluency Rubric; Reading Strategy Small Group; Spelling Study Plan due

Week 3 Interactive Reading: Seeking Student Success (Level 1), The Word on Bullying (Level 2) and Called Out (Level 3)


discrimination and affects



Recognizing Author's Purpose

Assignment: Analyzing an Author's Purpose; Reading Strategy Small Group


seethed, insubordinate, and impulsive

Using Cause-and-Effect Relationships to Make Connections


Make and Confirm Predictions

Assignment: Cause-and-Effect Relationships





Work Time


entrepreneur, authoritarian, and pact

Making Predictions Academic Conversation (in pairs, then with class)

Suffixes Assignment: Plan a Descriptive Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group


allegiance, inevitable, and bravado



Develop Characters Assignment: Write a Description of a Friend; Reading Strategy Small Group


Cause-and-Effect Connections


Domain-Specific Words in the Courtroom

Assignment: Role Play; Reading Strategy Small Group; Vocabulary Study Plan due

Week 4 Interactive Reading: Athletes as Role Models (Level 1), Learning Character (Level 2) and In or Out of the In Crowd (Level 3)


brash, promote, and vigorously

Making and Modifying Predictions


Write a Personal Narrative

Assignment: Write a Personal Narrative; Reading Strategy Small Group


remediation and rigors


Organize Events in Sequence

Assignment: Organize Sequence of Events; Reading Strategy Small Group


arrogant and repentant



Assignment: Draft a Personal Narrative; Reading Strategy Small Group


diligently, perseverance, and suppress

Making Inferences Academic Conversation (in pairs)

Writer's Craft—Establish a Situation

Assignment: Compose a Personal Narrative; Reading Strategy Small Group


Examining Cause-and-Effect Relationships


Write a Satisfying Conclusion

Assignment: Use a Rubric to Revise Writing; Reading Strategy Small Group





Work Time

Week 5 Interactive Reading: The Ripple Effect (Level 1), How Attitude Helps (Level 2) and Asking for Help (Level 3)


disastrous, strived, and mentoring

Recognize and Evaluate Generalizations


Ask Questions to Monitor Comprehension

Assignment: Peer Conferencing Form; Reading Strategy Small Group


essential Visualize Academic Conversation

Figurative Language

Assignment: Editing Checklist; Edited Personal Narrative; Reading Strategy Small Group


appalling, clamor, and grimaced



Identify Author's Viewpoint

Assignment: Present Personal Narrative; Reading Strategy Small Group


melancholy, aloof, and empathy

Ask Questions to Monitor Comprehension


Analyze an Argument

Complete Benchmark Assignment?; Reading Strategy Small Group







3 Read Aloud, Think Aloud: Somebody Everybody Listens To

Week 1 Interactive Reading: A Trip to Mars (Level 1), Racing with the Wind (Level 2) and Creative Connections (Level 3)


audible and purifying



Use Latin Roots to Determine Meaning

Assignment: Find Latin Roots; Reading Strategy Small Group


smear and implications



Make Connections Assignment: Connecting Songs to My Life; Reading Strategy Small Group


discretely, intonations, and perspective


Characterization Assignment: Plan a Personal Narrative; Reading Strategy Small Group





Work Time


bludgeon, glissandos, and assault

Making Connections in the Text



Assignment: Write a Perosnal Narrative Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group





Assignment: Make and Modify Predictions; Reading Strategy Small Group; Grammar Study Plan due

Week 2 Interactive Reading: Restoring Cities (Level 1), Price of Discovery (Level 2) and In Your Dreams (Level 3)


degrading and grovel



Visualize Assignment: Visualize; Reading Strategy Small Group


remnants and lingered


Figurative Language

Assignment: Identify Figurative Language; Reading Strategy Small Group


anecdote, intrinsic, and gingerly



Assignment: Plan a Paragraph About the Future; Reading Strategy Small Group


analyze, residential, and pathetic

Question, Infer, Predict


Make Connections to Prior Experiences

Assignment: Write a Paragraph About the Future; Reading Strategy Small Group




Understand Expressions and Sayings

Assignment: Share Expressions; Reading Strategy Small Group; Spelling Study Plan due

Week 3 Interactive Reading: Samuel Morse (Level 1), A Meaningful Life (Level 2) and American Dream (Level 3)


endeavor and disorientation

Monitor and Clarify by Paraphrasing


Make Connections Between Ideas

Assignment: Identify Logical and Emotional Appeals; Reading Strategy Small Group





Work Time


contorted and tainted



Fluency — Read Text with Accuracy

Assignment: Read Fluently; Reading Strategy Small Group


lounge, pasty, and appetizing



Draw Conclusions Assignment: Plan a Persuasive Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group


vintage, depleting, and dingy

Draw Conclusions Academic Conversation (in small groups)

Make Connections in a Text

Assignment: Write a Persuasive Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group



Connotation and Denotation

Assignment: Discuss and Summarize; Reading Strategy Small Group

Week 4 Interactive Reading: Alone in Alaska (Level 1), A Time to Protest (Level 2) and Writing That Heals (Level 3)


pristine, foraging, and rummaged



Create a Group Multimedia Project

Assignment: Brainstorm Song Choices; Reading Strategy Small Group


complied, phobia, and penance




Assignment: Identify a Meaningful Song; Reading Strategy Small Group


stupors and evaded


Work in a Group Assignment: Working in Groups; Reading Strategy Small Group


restoration and indelible



Prefixes and Suffixes

Assignment: Visual Choices; Reading Strategy Small Group



Analyze Themes Assignment: Organize Your Presentation; Reading Strategy Small Group





Work Time

Week 5 Interactive Reading: Science’s Double-Edged Swords (Level 1), Up a Tree (Level 2) and Has the Dream Come True? (Level 3)


calamity, rupture, and strummed



Group Decision-Making

Assignment: Finalize Photo Choices; Reading Strategy Small Group


outskirts, ricocheted, and abundantly


Character Development

Assignment: Practice Presentations; Reading Strategy Small Group


conventional and visionary






scenario and mundane



Understand Suffixes








4 Read Aloud, Think Aloud: Lost Boy, Lost Girl: Escaping Civil War in the Sudan

Week 1 Interactive Reading: Astronauts (Level 1), On Patrol (Level 2) and Young People With Hope (Level 3)


lethargic, confinement, and altruistic




Assignment: Discuss the Meaning of Community; Reading Strategy Small Group


stanzas Read Closely Academic Conversation (in pairs)


Assignment: Evaluate Graphics; Reading Strategy Small Group


predators, ordeals, and marauding


Connect to Experience and Knowledge

Assignment: The Rules of a Dinka Fighter; Reading Strategy Small Group





Work Time


scorching, critical, and imposed







Understand Similies and Metaphors


Week 2 Interactive Reading: Help Yourself and Others (Level 1), The Possiblity of Peace (Level 2) and Facing Danger at Sea (Level 3)


militia and refugee Make Inferences Academic Conversation (in pairs)

Sequence of Events Assignment: Sequence of Events List; Reading Strategy Small Group


sanitation, crude, and infesting


Understand Latin Roots

Assignment: Latin Roots; Reading Strategy Small Group


lurking, marveling, and seasonal





tensions and flailing



Use Precise Language





Fluency—Expression

Assignment: Read with Expression; Reading Strategy Small Group; Spelling Study Plan due





Work Time

Week 3 Interactive Reading: Making Things Better (Level 1), Campers Give Peace a Chance (Level 2) and The Kindness of Strangers (Level 3)


caretaker and hostile

Understand Sequence of Events


Determine Author's Viewpoint

Assignment: Role-Play the Journey to Kapoeta; Reading Strategy Small Group


integrated, strife, and famine

Connect Text to Prior Experience and Knowledge


Summarize Assignment: Summarize Text; Reading Strategy Small Group


relocate and access


Select and Organize Content



initiated, rations, and equivalent


Analyze Nouns with Suffixes





Paraphrase or Retell to Clarify Understanding

Assignment: Discuss Dating Practices in Different Cultures; Reading Strategy Small Group; Vocabulary Study Plan due

Week 4 Interactive Reading: Preparing for the Flu (Level 1), Giving Back (Level 2) and Holocausts in Rwanda and Darfur (Level 3)


emigrate, coordinator, and maturity

Make Connections to Experience and Knowledge


Unit Writing Assignment—Explanatory Essay

Assignment: Identify Causes and Effects; Reading Strategy Small Group


eligible and utilities Draw Conclusions Academic Conversation

Use an Outline Assignment: Write an Outline


turbulence, overwhelming, and traumatized


Writer's Craft: Sentence Variety






Work Time


imposter and campaign



Assignment: Write a Cause-and-Effect Essay?; Reading Strategy Small Group


Draw Conclusions Academic Conversation (in small groups)

Determine Author's Purpose

Assignment: Peer Conferences; Reading Strategy Small Group

Week 5 Interactive Reading: Peacekeepers (Level 1), Borders of Giving (Level 2) and Heroes of 9/11 (Level 3)


comprehensive, prosperity, and cultivate

Make Text-to-Text Connections


Evaluate Text Structure

Assignment: Peer Conferences and Essay Revision; Reading Strategy Small Group


constructive and suffice

Ask Questions to Understand Ideas


Analyze Point of View and Rhetoric

Assignment: Edit and Finalize Essay; Reading Strategy Small Group


contemporary, fundamental, and collaborating

Preview Text and Set a Purpose


Identify Author's Purpose

Assignment: Present Essays


harassment and conscience

Ask Questions to Infer and Predict


Make Connections Assignment: Relate Texts to Theme; Reading Strategy Small Group







5 Read Aloud, Think Aloud: An Island Like You

Week 1 Interactive Reading: Teens at Work (Level 1), Acts of Kindness (Level 2) and What Makes a Hero? (Level 3)


staunchest and egotism

Monitor and Clarify Understanding



Assignment: Discuss Life Choices; Reading Strategy Small Group


oasis, ancestry, and interrogated



Draw Conclusions and Make Generalizations

Assignment: Summarize a Poem; Reading Strategy Small Group





Work Time


spiritual and inlet Connect Text to Experience and Knowledge


Organize Ideas in Writing



asylum, relic, and ambushed



Use a Dictionary and Context to Clarify Word Meaning







Assignment: Compare and Contrast Characters; Reading Strategy Small Group; Grammar Study Plan due

Week 2 Interactive Reading: Happiness: A Two-Way Street? (Level 1), The Kindness of Kin (Level 2) and Return to Humanity (Level 3)


welfare, requirement, and disdain



Context Clues Assignment: Act Out a Scene; Reading Strategy Small Group


inventory and glamorous

Comparing and Contrasting


Visualize Assignment: Ask and Answer Questions About Choices; Reading Strategy Small Group


specialty, correspondence, and mahogany


Use Descriptive Details



monstrous and congestion


Ask Questions to Make Inferences and Predictions




Ask Questions to Make Inferences and Predictions


Fluency—Recognize Phrasing






Work Time

Week 3 Interactive Reading: Riding Waves (Level 1), One Book (Level 2) and Luol Deng: A True Winner (Level 3)


droned and tragic Ask Questions to Make Inferences and Predictions


Identify Causes and Effects



disconnected, nausea, and tragic

Identify Causes and Effects


Clarify Understanding by Summarizing

Assignment: Write Sentences About Causes and Effects; Reading Strategy Small Group


ceded, commonwealth, and variation

Make Generalizations and Draw Conclusions


Take Notes Assignment: Create a Travel Plan; Reading Strategy Small Group


inferno and custodian


Character Motivation




Compare and Contrast Character Motivations


Integrate Information

Assignment: Write a Narrative Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group; Vocabulary Study Plan due

Week 4 Interactive Reading: The Effects of Fear (Level 1), The Choice to Lead (Level 2) and Brain Battle (Level 3)


obnoxious and posture



Work on a Group Multimedia Presentation

Assignment: Plan the Life Choices Documentary; Reading Strategy Small Group


menagerie, evolve, and conversationalist


Analyze Dialogue and Plot Incidents

Assignment: Multimedia Project Assignment; Reading Strategy Small Group


compressions and supervising


Plan an Interview Assignment: Write Interview Questions; Reading Strategy Small Group





Work Time


alternate, enforcing, and baritone


Ask and Answer Questions

Assignment: Conduct the Interview; Reading Strategy Small Group




Identify Point of View

Assignment: Write an Introduction and Conclusion; Reading Strategy Small Group

Week 5 Interactive Reading: In the Path of Danger (Level 1), What is a Life Coach? (Level 2) and The Path to Learning (Level 3)


persecuting and ridiculed


Synthesize Ideas Assignment: Produce an Introduction and Conclusion; Reading Strategy Small Group


audition and prickled

Synthesize Ideas Academic Conversation (in small groups)

Edit Your Writing Assignment: Edit and Finalize a Documentary; Reading Strategy Small Group


precariously, sullen, and solemn


Identify Theme Assignment: Present a Documentary; Reading Strategy Small Group


preventable, lobbied, and adversity

Synthesize Ideas Academic Conversation (in small groups)

Synthesize Ideas Assignment: Present a Documentary; Reading Strategy Small Group



Synthesize Ideas Unit Benchmark Assessment







Work Time

1 Read Aloud, Think Aloud: So Yesterday

Week 1 Interactive Reading: Statistics Don’t Lie (Level 1) and Major League Baseball (Level 2)


Introduction; pursued



Introduction; Connect to Prior Experience

Assignment: Discuss Consumerism; Reading Strategy Small Group


disposable and contaminating

Connect Text to Prior Experience and Knowledge


Organize a Paragraph

Phonics Assignment: Narrative Paragraph Plan; Reading Strategy Small Group


exposure, digital and rationales





logo, innovator and exploited



Make Predictions Assignment: Write a Prediction; Reading Strategy Small Group



Make, Review, and Modify Prediction


Identify Realistic Fiction

Assignment: Cool Pyramid; Reading Strategy Small Group; Grammar Study Plan due

Week 2 Interactive Reading: The Big Money (Level 1), Just Add Ads (Level 2) and Age and Beauty (Level 3)


maven and derelict



Visualize Action Assignment: Visualize Characters; Reading Strategy Small Group


hybrids, exclusive and fraud

Connect Text to Experience or Knowledge


Word Choice Assignment: Informative Paragraph Plan; Reading Strategy Small Group





Work Time


agnostic and scandalized






rampant, consultant, and commandos



Recognize Foreshadowing and Make Predictions

Assignment: Identify Foreshadowing; Reading Strategy Small Group







Week 3 Interactive Reading: Pay Days (Level 1), A New Way to Shop (Level 2) and Advertising in America (Level 3)


industrialization and consumption



Understand Cause-and-Effect Relationships



perplexed, individuality, and induced

Connect Text to Prior Experience or Outside Knowledge





horde, demographic, and sham






revelation and trepidation




Assignment: Identify Figurative Language; Reading Strategy Small Group





Identify Themes Assignment: Identify Support for Theme; Reading Strategy Small Group; Vocabulary Study Plan due





Work Time

Week 4 Interactive Reading: City Spam (Level 1), Buy Me This, Buy Me That (Level 2) and As Big As All Outdoors (Level 3)


franchise, contagion, and charisma






miniscule and domain



Conduct Research Assignment: Conduct Research; Reading Strategy Small Group


resourcefulness, parody, and pigeonholed




Assignment: Plan a Dramatization; Reading Strategy Small Group


antidote and inconspicuous



Organize Content for a Presentation

Assignment: Organize and Create a Multimedia Presentation; Reading Strategy Small Group




Connect Literary Elements

Assignment: Create a Multimedia Presentation; Reading Strategy Small Group

Week 5 Interactive Reading: The Greed Game (Level 1), Testing the Market (Level 2) and Buying Power (Level 3)


imperious and incredulous



Make Connections Assignment: Create Visuals; Reading Strategy Small Group


proposition, sovereign, and theorize



Deliver a Presentation

Assignment: Practice the Multimedia Presentation; Reading Strategy Small Group


discernible, oblivious, and aspirations




Assignment: Multimedia Project Presentations and Evaluation; Reading Strategy Small Group





Work Time


sequel and debut Identify Causes and Effects



Assignment: Multimedia Project Presentations and Evaluation; Reading Strategy Small Group







2 Read Aloud, Think Aloud: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

Week 1 Interactive Reading: The Insanity Defense (Level 1), Either Too Young or Too Old (Level 2) and Policing Changes (Level 3)


indifference, embody, and grudgingly

Connect Text to Prior Experience or Knowledge





artillery, civilians, and futility





authentic and impertinent



Use Context Clues Assignment: Use Context to Determine Meaning; Reading Strategy Small Group


barbarity and commenced

Use Details to Analyze Author’s Purpose


Monitor and Clarify by Summarizing

Assignment: Summarize Your Knowledge; Reading Strategy Small Group



Monitor and Clarify Academic Conversation

Make Predictions Assignment: Making Predictions; Reading Strategy Small Group; Grammar Study Plan due

Week 2 Interactive Reading: Wrongfully Accused (Level 1), Community Comes to School (Level 2) and Moms and Dads in the Military (Level 3)


temptation, sundered, and imbibe



Visualize the Action and Setting

Assignment: Use Sensory Details; Reading Strategy Small Group





Work Time


severity and premises

Sensory Details Academic Conversation

Ask Questions to Understand Text

Assignment: Write Interview Questions; Reading Strategy Small Group


consolation, inferior, and galling




Assignment: Examine Cause and Effect; Write an Opinion Piece Reading Strategy Small Group


tranquil and atrocious

Examining Cause-and-Effect Relationships


Understand Narrative Nonfiction

Assignment: Plan a Narrative Nonfiction Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group



Connect Ideas Academic Conversation


Assignment: Write a Narrative Nonfiction Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group; Spelling Study Plan due

Week 3 Interactive Reading: Women’s Wage Gap (Level 1), The Witness Dilemma (Level 2) and Privacy vs. Safety (Level 3)


entreaties, desolate, and impassable



Understand Narrative Writing

Assignment: Plan a Fictional Narrative Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group


prevail, abolished, and divisive

Connect Texts to Make Inferences


Summarize Assignment: Write a Fictional Narrative Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group


disposition and indulged


Analyze Setting Assignment: Analyze Setting; Reading Strategy Small Group


accompanied and adrift



Read Fluently and Expression

Assignment: Read with Fluency and Expression; Reading Strategy Small Group





Summarize Assignment: Write a Summary; Reading Strategy Small Group; Vocabulary Study Plan due





Work Time

Week 4 Interactive Reading: Whose Justice Is it? (Level 1), Support Our Troops (Level 2) and Fit to a Tee (Level 3)


refrain, compels and reverence



Assignment: Plan a Narrative Essay; Reading Strategy Small Group


sentinel and beckoning

Compare and Contrast Events


Organize and Sequence a Narrative

Assignment: Write an Introduction; Reading Strategy Small Group


transaction and indignation



Word Choice Assignment: Write a Narrative Essay; Reading Strategy Small Group


relinquish, fugitive, and afflicted



Analyze a Conclusion

Assignment: Write a Conclusion; Reading Strategy Small Group



Evaluate Author’s Purpose


Draw Conclusions Assignment: Revise Narrative Essay; Reading Strategy Small Group

Week 5 Interactive Reading: Development Debate (Level 1), Protesting Protests (Level 2) and National Service (Level 3)


enlist, yearning, and compensation



Recognize and Make Generalizations

Assignment: Edit a Narrative Essay; Reading Strategy Small Group


sophisticated, option and maimed

Evaluate Author’s Purpose



Assignment: Evaluate Presentations; Reading Strategy Small Group


endure and forbearance



Analyze Author’s Purpose

Assignment: Rewrite Stanzas of a Poem; Reading Strategy Small Group


incarcerated and oppressors



Evaluate Author’s Viewpoint

Assignment: Write Interview Questions; Reading Strategy Small Group





Work Time






3 Read Aloud, Think Aloud: To JaeKae: Life Stinks

Week 1 Interactive Reading: Tracking Teen Drivers (Level 1), Bridging the Generation Gap (Level 2) and Learning the Truth in China (Level 3)


diagnosis and duplicates

Connect Text to Prior Experience or Knowledge



Assignment: Technology and You; Reading Strategy Small Group


canvasses, limbo and adrenaline


Write an Expository Paragraph

Assignment: Plan an Expository Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group


seminar, executive, and competent



Assignment: Write an Expository Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group


pouffy and pudgy Make, Review, and Modify Predictions


Visualize a Character

Assignment: Character Sketch; Reading Strategy Small Group



Visualize the Action Academic Conversation

Interpret Figurative Language

Assignment: Figurative Language; Reading Strategy Small Group; Grammar Study Plan due

Week 2 Interactive Reading: Thinking Computers (Level 1), Covering the News (Level 2) and Textbook Technology (Level 3)


investigations and vivacious



Make Inferences Assignment: Make Inferences; Reading Strategy Small Group


clobbered and frolicking


Evaluate Word Choice

Assignment: Plan a Descriptive Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group





Work Time


hassle, hypnotized, and semester


Compare and Contrast Character

Assignment: Write a Descriptive Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group


materialize, pivoting, and allergies







Analyze Cause-and-Effect Relationships


Analyze Theme Assignment: Theme Clues; Reading Strategy Small Group; Spelling Study Plan due

Week 3 Interactive Reading: Instant Friends (Level 1), Looking Over Your Shoulder (Level 2) and Texting on Trial (Level 3)


raspy, radically and adjacent




Assignment: Plan a Response to a Writing Prompt; Reading Strategy Small Group


envious, irritable, and sleazy





concentrating and convenient

Recognize How Word Choice Affects Tone and Mood



Assignment: Make a Prediction; Reading Strategy Small Group


drawback and globalization

Analyze the Development of a Central Idea


Use Word Structure to Understand Words

Assignment: Analyze Word Structure; Reading Strategy Small Group





Fluency: Read with Understanding

Assignment: Practice Reading with Understanding; Reading Strategy Small Group

Week 4 Interactive Reading: Athletes as Role Models (Level 1), Learning Character (Level 2) and In or Out of the In Crowd (Level 3)


ballistic, obliterate and aggressive

Examine Cause and Effect


Prepare a Multimedia Presentation






Work Time


congregation and serendipity

Make Connection Academic Conversation

Conduct Research for a Multimedia Presentation

Assignment: Conduct Research; Reading Strategy Small Group


credibility and abrasive


Make Inferences Assignment: Multimedia Presentation Outline; Reading Strategy Small Group


gritted, scrounged, and scraggy

Make Text-to-Self Connections


Organize Content for a Multimedia Presentation

Assignment: Organize Content for a Multimedia Presentation; Reading Strategy Small Group



Compare and Contrast Events


Analyze Character Development and Plot

Assignment: Visuals Checklist; Reading Strategy Small Group

Week 5 Interactive Reading: The Internet is Forever (Level 1), A New World of Shopping (Level 2) and Recycling Electronics (Level 3)


ingrained and plunged


Identify Theme Assignment: Rehearse Multimedia Presentations; Reading Strategy Small Group


obscene and legislation

Analyze Author’s Purpose


Summarize Text by Identifying Central Ideas

Assignment: Multimedia Presentations and Evaluation; Reading Strategy Small Group


nomadic, girth, and enlightened




Assignment: Multimedia Presentations; Reading Strategy Small Group


disclosure, incorporated, and blatant



Analyze Texts for Arguments

Assignment: Multimedia Presentations; Reading Strategy Small Group











Work Time

4 Read Aloud, Think Aloud: Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two

Week 1 Interactive Reading: Art with Attitude (Level 1), Overnight Sensation (Level 2) and The Memoir (Level 3)


breadth Monitor and Clarify by Paraphrasing


Paraphrase Poetry Assignment: Write a Poem; Reading Strategy Small Group


improvisation, quell, and transient




Assignment: Write Fie “Why” Sentences; Reading Strategy Small Group


segregation, gullies, and composure

Preview and Predict Academic Conversation


Assignment: Main Idea and Supporting Details; Reading Strategy Small Group


geographic, critiqued, and pivotal



Recognize Word Parts

Assignment: Plan an Expository Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group



Recognize Word Parts


Organize an Expository Paragraph


Week 2Interactive Reading: Ready or Not: Learning from Weather Disasters (Level 1), The “Unsinkable” Titanic (Level 2) and Smokejumpers (Level 3)


socialize and intermission

Analyze Cause-and-Effect Relationships




counterpart, bushels, and scalded



Assignment: Use Descriptive Language; Reading Strategy Small Group


creeds and technicians








Work Time


vocational, insulation, and evaluating

Visualize Action and Setting



Assignment: Plan a Compare-and-Contrast Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group



Connect to Prior Experience or Knowledge



Assignment: Write a Compare-and-Contrast Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group; Spelling Study Plan due

Week 3 Interactive Reading: Frida Kahlo (Level 1), Handwriting on the Wall (Level 2) and The Bulldozer Exhibition (Level 3)


facility and bedlam Recognize and Make Generalizations


Read Aloud with Expression

Assignment: Practice Reading for Fluency; Reading Strategy Small Group


coverage, holdup, and absurd




Assignment: Describe Your Favorite Activity; Reading Strategy Small Group


dismantle and privileges



Use Descriptive Language

Assignment: Plan and Prewrite an Expository Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group


authorized, grapevine, and devour


Understand Idioms Assignment: Write an Expository Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group





Assignment: Identify Author’s Purpose; Reading Strategy Small Group; Vocabulary Study Plan due

Week 4 Interactive Reading: Manatees: Anton Chekhov (Level 1), All That Jazz (Level 2) and A Festival of Fringe (Level 3)


elated, propaganda, and stressful




Assignment: Support a Statement with Textual Evidence; Reading Strategy Small Group





Work Time


terminated, unanimously, and tangible


Write Expository Nonfictions

Assignment: Brainstorm Topics; Reading Strategy Small Group


delegated and witheld


Research Assignment: Research the Topic; Reading Strategy Small Group


resentment and drastically



Organize and Outline

Assignment: Write Your Outline; Reading Strategy Small Group




Write with Sentence Variety

Assignment: Write a Presentation; Reading Strategy Small Group

Week 5 Interactive Reading: Learning from Mistakes (Level 1), When Disaster Strikes (Level 2) and In the Wake of an Earthquake (Level 3)


traversing quaint, and broth


Voice in Introductions and Conclusions

Assignment: Write Expository Nonfiction Essay; Reading Strategy Small Group


wielded, morbid and acute


Analyze Text Structure and Organization

Assignment: Revise Essay; Reading Strategy Small Group


intertwining and elaborate

Analyze Text Structure and Organization


Summarize Assignment: Edit Expository Essay; Reading Strategy Small Group


engulfed and foundation


Identify Central Ideas and Supporting Details

Assignment: Present and Evaluate Expository Essay; Reading Strategy Small Group



Draw Conclusions Unit Benchmark Assessment







Work Time

5 Read Aloud, Think Aloud: Students on Strike

Week 1 Interactive Reading: Making Everyone Welcome (Level 1), Krumping (Level 2) and Fighting Sports Stereotypes (Level 3)


distended, alliance, and electrified



Connect to Prior Experience or Knowledge

Assignment: Discuss the Unit Theme; Reading Strategy Small Group


envelops, moot, and smoldered



Use Context Clues and Dictionaries

Assignment: Write a Letter; Reading Strategy Small Group


calloused and lurched


Historical Fiction Assignment: Write Questions About What You’ve Read; Reading Strategy Small Group


interpreter and shorn



Visualize Settings and Characters

Assignment: Plan a Persuasive Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group




Persuasive Writing Assignment: Write a Persuasive Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group; Grammar Study Plan due

Week 2 Interactive Reading: Sibling Strife (Level 1), The Christmas Truce (Level 2) and The Titans Remember (Level 3)


treachery, recruiter, and contradict


Draw Conclusions Assignment: Write and Support Conclusions; Reading Strategy Small Group


reverberated, dismissive and hilarious


Visualize Action in a Text

Assignment: Write to Visualize; Reading Strategy Small Group


platoons and cadence


Persuasive Text: Organization and Conventions

Assignment: Plan a Persuasive Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group





Work Time


furloughs and fluency

Make Logical Inferences and Predictions



Assignment: Write a Persuasive Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group



Modify and Revise Predictions


Reading with Phrasing

Assignment: Practice Reading with Phrasing; Reading Strategy Small Group; Spelling Study Plan due

Week 3 Interactive Reading: Volunteers for Peace (Level 1), The Hand of Friendship (Level 2) and The Space Race (Level 3)


scuttlebutt, frequency, and briefed


Draw Conclusions Assignment: Write and Support Conclusions; Reading Strategy Small Group


reverberated, dismissive, and hilarious



Assignment: Write About Character Development; Reading Strategy Small Group


maneuvers, preliminary, and liberating



Assignment: Write Compare and Contrast Statements; Reading Strategy Small Group


terrain and optimistic



Voice in Writing Assignment: Plan a Narrative Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group



Determine What Text Says Explicitly



Assignment: Write a Narrative Paragraph; Reading Strategy Small Group; Vocabulary Study Plan due

Week 4 Interactive Reading: Resolving a Quarrel (Level 1), Talking It Out (Level 2) and A Model for Peace (Level 3)


recommendations and regiment


Plan a Multimedia Persentation

Assignment: Multimedia Project Plan; Reading Strategy Small Group


hurtling, casualties, and skirmishing

Read Closely to Understand Explicit Information


Analyze Dialogue, Plot, and Character

Assignment: Plan the Interview; Reading Strategy Small Group





Work Time


camouflage and morale


Conduct Research and Interviews

Assignment: Conduct Research for Interviews; Reading Strategy Small Group


distilleries, transmissions, and amphibious

Read Closely to Make Logical Inferences


Complete the Interview Preparation

Assignment: Write Interview Questions and Conduct the Interview; Reading Strategy Small Group




Identify Point of View

Assignment: Begin Writing the Presentation; Reading Strategy Small Group

Week 5 Interactive Reading: Crisis Negotiation (Level 1), Unlikely Allies (Level 2) and Seward’s Folly (Level 3)


armada, objectives and advertising



Synthesize Ideas Assignment: Write Introduction and Conclusion Ideas; Reading Strategy Small Group


discharge, prejudiced, and declassified


Edit a Multimedia Presentation

Assignment: Edit the Multimedia Presentation; Reading Strategy Small Group


profundity and jibe Synthesize Information and Ideas



Assignment: Present and Evaluate Multimedia Presentations; Reading Strategy Small Group


corny and devastated

Make Connections Between Ideas in Texts



Assignment: Present and Evaluate Multimedia Presentations; Reading Strategy Small Group







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