Grade 4 • Unit 1 • Scope and Sequence

Text Set Focus Read Aloud Shared Read Literature Anthology Leveled Readers Vocabulary Comprehension Phonics and Spelling Fluency Writing and Grammar Research and Inquiry

Text Set 1: Interactive “A World of Anchor Text Main Selections Academic Reread Week 1 Week 1 Respond to Reading Project:
Read Aloud: Change” Earthquakes Vocabulary: Short Vowels Accuracy and Natural Disasters
Weeks 1 and 2 “Avalanche” Genre: Expository Genre: Expository Text
Genre: Expository Text
alter,
Diagrams and
Intonation
Writing Process
A: Changing Landscapes Headings Structural Analysis: Write to Sources: Argumentative Writing Product: Pamphlet
Text Lexile: 870L collapse,
Essential Question: Lexile: 790L
Lexile: 670L
crisis, destruction, Text Structure:
Inflectional Endings Week 2 Analyze the Rubric
Blast: “Masters of
How do people respond to Paired Selection O: Changing Landscapes Expression Rubric Minilesson: Make a Claim
hazard, Compare and Week 2 Disasters”
natural disasters? ELL Scaffolded “Weathering Lexile: 840L and Rate Analyze the Student Model
severe, Contrast Long a
Shared Read the Storm” ELL: Changing Landscapes
substantial, Grammar and Mechanics
available Genre: Personal Lexile: 740L Author's Structural Analysis:
Genre: Expository Text Narrative B: Changing Landscapes
unpredictable Perspective Inflectional Endings
Week 1: Sentences; Sentence Punctuation
Week 2: Subjects and Predicates;
Lexile: 770L Lexile: 920L Multiple-Meaning Differentiated Spelling
Differentiated Genre Punctuate Compound Subjects and
Words Lists available
Passages available Paired Selections Predicates
Homographs
Genre: Expository Text
A: “Students Save Wetlands”
O: “Students Save Wetlands”
ELL: “Students Save Wetlands”
B: “Students Save Wetlands”

Text Set 2: Interactive “The Talent Show” Anchor Text Main Selections Academic Make Predictions Week 3 Week 3 Respond to Reading Project: Solving a
Read Aloud: Genre: Realistic Experts, Incorporated Vocabulary: Long e Accuracy Community Problem
Weeks 3 and 4 “Say Something” Fiction Genre: Realistic Fiction
Genre: Realistic Fiction
accountable,
Plot Writing Process
A: The Dream Team Structural Analysis: Week 4 Write to Sources: Argumentative Writing Product: Formal Letter
Lexile: 620L Lexile: 730L advise, Plot: Conflict
Essential Question: Lexile: 530L
desperately,
Plurals Phrasing Analyze the Prompt
Blast: “Friends Forever”
How do your actions affect others? ELL Scaffolded Paired Selection O: Rosa's Garden Author's Claim and Rate Analyze the Sources: “How to Build in
hesitated, Week 4
Shared Read “Speaking Out to Lexile: 710L Flood Zones”; “More Wetlands Needed”;
humiliated, Long i
Genre: Realistic Fiction available Stop Bullying” ELL: Rosa's Garden “Debate on Flood Zones”
inspiration, Structural Analysis:
Genre: Expository Text Lexile: 540L Plan: Organize Ideas
self-esteem, Inflectional Endings
Lexile: 800L B: Saving Grasshopper Draft: Relevant Evidence
Differentiated Genre Lexile: 810L
uncomfortably
Revise: Peer Conferences
Passages available Differentiated Spelling
Idioms Lists available
Paired Selections Grammar and Mechanics
Homophones Week 3: Compound Sentences;
Genre: Expository Text
Punctuating Compound Sentences
A: “Making a Difference”
Week 4: Clauses and Complex Sentences;
O: “Fresh from the City”
Punctuate Complex Sentences
ELL: “Fresh from the City”
B: “Backyard Bird Habitats”

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Text Set Focus Read Aloud Shared Read Literature Anthology Leveled Readers Vocabulary Comprehension Phonics and Spelling Fluency Writing and Grammar Research and Inquiry

Text Set 3: Interactive “Dollars Anchor Text Main Selections Academic Reread Week 5 Week 5 Respond to Reading Project: Businesses
Read Aloud: and Sense” Kids in Business Vocabulary: Long o Phrasing That Help Others
Week 5 “Kids Can Help” Genre: Genre: Argumentative
Genre: Argumentative Text
compassionate,
Graphs and
and Rate
Writing Process
A: Start Small, Think Big Headings Structural Analysis: Write to Sources: Argumentative Writing Product:
Argumentative Text Text enterprise,
Essential Question: How can Lexile: 800L Lexile: 790L
Lexile: 660L
exceptional, Central Idea and
Compound Words Analyze the Rubric Biographical Report
starting a business help others? O: Start Small, Think Big Rubric Minilesson: Elaboration
funds, Relevant Details Differentiated Spelling Blast: “Helping Others
ELL Scaffolded Paired Selection Lexile: 780L Analyze the Student Model
innovative, Lists available Is Good Business”
Shared Read “Starting a Successful ELL: Start Small, Think Big Sequence
Genre: Argumentative Text process, Grammar and Mechanics
available Business” Lexile: 710L
routine, Week 5: Run-On Sentences; Correcting
Genre: Procedural Text B: Start Small, Think Big
Differentiated Genre Lexile: 770L Lexile: 890L
undertaking Fragments and Run-Ons
Passages available Suffixes
Paired Selections
Genre: Procedural Text
A: “Spending and Saving”
O: “Spending and Saving”
ELL: “Spending and Saving”
B: “Spending and Saving”

Week 6 Reading Digitally Fluency Connect to Content: Science Connect to Content: Social Studies Writing Presentation Options

Extend, Connect, and Assess Genre: Online Article Reader's Theater: Passages Passage Writing Process Reader's Theater
“Bullying: It's Against the Law” Whodunit? Genre: Expository Text Genre: Biography Write to Sources: Argumentative Writing
Inquiry Space
Woo Knows … “Landforms Shaped by Weathering and “Developing a Nation’s Economy” Analyze the Prompt
Erosion” Analyze the Sources: Writing
Activities
“Help Wanted”; “Skills for the Future”;
Genre: Narrative Nonfiction Determining Cause and Effect
“Look to the Future”
“Dust Bowl Blues” Create a Fact Card
Plan: Organize Ideas
Activities Draft: Strong Introduction
Compare the Passages Revise: Peer Conferences
Make a Chronology Chart
Write a Science Article

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 Grade 4 • Unit 2 • Scope and Sequence
Text Set Focus Read Aloud Shared Read Literature Anthology Leveled Readers Vocabulary Comprehension Phonics and Spelling Fluency Writing and Grammar Research and Inquiry

Text Set 1: Interactive “Animal Anchor Text Main Selections Academic Summarize Week 1 Week 1 Respond to Reading Project:
Read Aloud: Adaptations” Spiders Vocabulary: Prefixes Expression Animal Survival
Weeks 1 and 2 “Adaptations Genre: Expository Genre: Expository Text
Genre: Expository Text
camouflaged,
Photographs Writing Process
A: Extreme Animals and Captions; Structural Analysis: Week 2 Write to Souces: Expository Writing Product: Report with
at Work” Text Lexile: 820L dribbles,
Essential Question: Lexile: 850L
Lexile: 590L
extraordinary,
Headings Inflectional Endings Intonation Analyze the Rubric Life-Cycle Diagram
What helps an animal survive? Paired Selection O: Extreme Animals Rubric Minilesson: Central Idea
poisonous, Central Idea and Week 2 Blast: “Hidden in
ELL Scaffolded “Anansi and the Birds” Lexile: 830L Analyze the Student Model
pounce, Relevant Details Digraphs Plain Sight”
Genre: Expository Text Shared Read Genre: Trickster Tale ELL: Extreme Animals
predator, Grammar and Mechanics
available Lexile: 740L Lexile: 680L Character Structural Analysis:
prey, Week 1: Common and Proper Nouns;
B: Extreme Animals Development Possessives
Differentiated Genre Lexile: 890L
vibrations Capitalizing Proper Nouns
Passages available Differentiated Spelling Week 2: Singular and Plural Nouns;
Prefixes Lists available
Paired Selections Commas in a Series
Suffixes
Genre: Trickster Tale
A: “Hare and the Water”
O: “Hare and the Water”
ELL: “Hare and the Water”
B: “Hare and the Water”

Text Set 2: Interactive “The Ant and the Anchor Text Main Selections Academic Ask and Answer Week 3 Week 3 Respond to Reading Project: Make a
Read Aloud: Grasshopper” Ranita, The Frog Vocabulary: Questions Three-Letter Blends Accuracy Food Web
Weeks 3 and 4 “A Grasshopper's Genre: Drama Princess
Genre: Drama
annoyed, attitude,
Writing Process
A: Saving the Green Bird Theme Structural Analysis: Week 4 Write to Souces: Expository Writing Product: Food Web
Sad Tale” Lexile: NP Genre: Drama commotion,
Essential Question: Lexile: NP
Lexile: NP
cranky, Hyperbole
Words Ending in -er Rate Analyze the Prompt
Blast: “Cast of Animals”
How do animal characters ELL Scaffolded O: The Prince Who Could Fly and -est Analyze the Sources: “Life in Coral Reefs”;
familiar, Elements of a Play
change familiar stories? Shared Read Paired Selection Lexile: NP “Where Are the Bees?”; “Energy in the
frustrated, Week 4
available “Pecos Bill and the ELL: The Prince Who Could Fly Everglades Ecosystem”
selfish, r-Controlled Vowels
Bear Lake Monster” Lexile: NP Plan: Organize Ideas
Genre: Drama Genre: Tall Tale B: Behind the Secret Trapdoor
specialty /är/ and /ôr/
Draft: Transitional Strategies
Lexile: 890L Lexile: NP Antonyms Structural Analysis: Revise: Peer Conferences
Differentiated Genre Suffixes -ful and -less
Passages available Paired Selections Greek Roots Grammar and Mechanics
Differentiated Spelling Week 3: Irregular Plural Nouns; Correct
Genre: Mystery
Lists available Plural Forms
A: “The Missing Pie Mystery”
Week 4: Possessive Nouns; Apostrophes
O: “The Mystery of the
“Spotted Dogs”
ELL: “The Mystery of the
Spotted Dogs”
B: “The Mystery of the
Messy Room”

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Text Set Focus Read Aloud Shared Read Literature Anthology Leveled Readers Vocabulary Comprehension Phonics and Spelling Fluency Writing and Grammar Research and Inquiry

Text Set 3: Interactive “Dog,” Anchor Text Main Selections Academic Meter and Rhyme Week 5 Week 5 Respond to Reading Project: Present Fun
Read Aloud: “The Eagle,” “The Sandpiper,” Vocabulary: Suffixes Expression Animal Facts
Week 5 “Animal Haiku: “Chimpanzee,” “Bat,”
Genre: Realistic Fiction
brittle,
Lyric Poetry and
and Phrasing
Writing Process
A: Putting on an Act Haiku Structural Analysis: Write to Sources: Expository Writing Product: Bibliography
Cricket, Lizard, “Rat” “The Grasshopper creative,
Essential Question: Firefly, Ants, Snail” Genre: Lyric Poetry Springs,”
Lexile: 620L
descriptive, Character
Contractions Analyze the Rubric
Blast:
How are writers inspired O: The Big One Rubric Minilesson: Strong Conclusion
and Haiku “Fireflies at Dusk” outstretched Perspective Differentiated Spelling “Inspiring Animals”
by animals? Lexile: 690L Analyze the Student Model
Lexile: NP Genre: Lyric Poem and Lists available
ELL: The Big One Poetry Terms: Imagery and
Haiku Grammar and Mechanics
ELL Scaffolded Lexile: 530L metaphor, Assonance
Genre: Poetry Shared Read
Lexile: NP
B: Dolphin Cove simile,
Week 5: Combining Sentences;
Phrases and Interjections
available Paired Selection Lexile: 780L rhyme,
Differentiated Genre “Fog,” meter
Passages available Paired Selections
“White Cat Winter”
Similes and
Genre: Poetry Genre: Poetry
Metaphors
Lexile: NP A: “Broken Wing,” “Rat,” “Seal”
O: “Catfish,” “Crow,” “Black Bull”
ELL: “Peacock,” “Grass Snake,”
“Robin”
B: “Dolphin,” “Rabbit Field,”
“Squirrel”

Week 6 Reading Digitally Fluency Connect to Content: Science Connect to Content: Social Studies Writing Presentation Options

Extend, Connect, and Assess Genre: Online Article Reader's Theater: Passages Passages Writing Process Reader's Theater
“Sharks Under Attack” The Nightingale Genre: Expository Text Genre: Expository Text Write to Sources: Expository Writing
Inquiry Space
“Everglades Mammals” “Volunteering at National Parks” Analyze the Prompt
Analyze the Sources: “A Fight to Truly Writing
Genre: Expository Text Genre: Biography
Be Heard”; “Inspiration on a Farm”;
“Nine-Banded Armadillos” “A Hero of Conservation”
“A Writer to Celebrate”
Activities Activities Plan: Organize Ideas
Compare the Passages Compare the Passages Draft: Strong Introduction
Create a Podcast Make a Volunteer Poster Revise: Peer Conferences

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 Grade 4 • Unit 3 • Scope and Sequence
Text Set Focus Read Aloud Shared Read Literature Anthology Leveled Readers Vocabulary Comprehension Phonics and Spelling Fluency Writing and Grammar Research and Inquiry

Text Set 1: Interactive “Remembering Anchor Text Main Selections Academic Visualize Week 1 Week 1 Respond to Reading Project: Volunteering in
Read Aloud: Hurricane Katrina” Aguinaldo Vocabulary: r-Controlled Vowels Expression Your Community
Weeks 1 and 2 “Books” Genre: Realistic Genre: Realistic Fiction
Genre: Realistic Fiction
assigned,
Plot: Flashback
er, ir, ur
Writing Process
A: Playground Buddy Week 2 Write to Souces: Argumentative Writing Product: Public Service
Fiction Lexile: 650L generosity, Point of View and
Essential Question: Lexile: 800L
Lexile: 590L
gingerly, Perspective
Structural Analysis: Expression Analyze the Rubric Announcement
In what ways can you help Paired Selection O: Brick by Brick Closed Syllables Rubric Minilesson: Logical Progression
mature, Blast: “Let's Pitch In”
your community? ELL Scaffolded “Partaking in Public Lexile: 690L Text Structure: Analyze the Student Model
organizations, Week 2
Shared Read Service” ELL: Brick by Brick Problem and
residents, Words with Silent Grammar and Mechanics
available Genre: Expository Text Lexile: 500L Solution
Genre: Realistic Fiction Lexile: 770L B: Standing Guard
scattered, Letters Week 1: Action Verbs; Titles
selective Week 2: Verb Tenses;
Lexile: 760L Structural Analysis:
Differentiated Genre Subject-Verb Agreement
Context Clues Open Syllables
Passages available Paired Selections
Suffixes Differentiated Spelling
Genre: Expository Text
Lists available
A: “Making a Difference”
O: “A Big Heart”
ELL: “A Big Heart”
B: “The Great Big Birthday Bash”

Text Set 2: Interactive “Judy's Appalachia” Anchor Text Main Selections Academic Reread Week 3 Week 3 Respond to Reading Project: People Who
Read Aloud: Genre: Expository Delivering Justice: W.W. Vocabulary: Soft c and g Accuracy Made a Difference
Weeks 3 and 4 “Nelson Mandela: Text Law and the Fight for
Genre: Biography
boycott,
Timeline Writing Process
A: Jacob Riis: Champion of Structural Analysis: Week 4 Write to Souces: Argumentative Writing Product: Book Cover
Working for Lexile: 830L Civil Rights encouragement, Author's
Essential Question: Freedom” Genre: Biography
the Poor
fulfill, Perspective
Final e Syllables Expression Analyze the Prompt
Blast: “The Power
How can one person make ELL Scaffolded Lexile: 610L Analyze the Sources: “Civil Rights
Lexile: 830L injustice, Week 4 Is Yours”
a difference? Shared Read O: Jacob Riis: Champion of Author's Purpose Pioneers”; “The Montgomery Bus
mistreated, Plurals
available Paired Selection the Poor Boycott”; “Freedom Summer and
protest, Structural Analysis:
“Keeping Freedom in Lexile: 790L the Civil Rights Movement”
Genre: Biography the Family: Coming of ELL: Jacob Riis: Champion of
qualified, Suffixes -ment, -ness, Plan: Organize Ideas
registered -age, -ance, -ence
Age in the Civil Rights the Poor Draft: Sentence Fluency
Differentiated Genre Movement” Lexile: 650L Synonyms and Revise: Peer Conferences
Passages available Differentiated Spelling
Genre: Autobiography B: Jacob Riis: Champion of Antonyms Lists available Grammar and Mechanics
Lexile: 940L the Poor
Use a Dictionary Week 3: Main and Helping Verbs;
Lexile: 870L
Punctuation in Contractions
Paired Selections Week 4: Linking Verbs;
Subject-Verb Agreement
Genre: Biography
A: “The Fight for Equality”
O: “The Fight for Equality”
ELL: “The Fight for Equality”
B: “The Fight for Equality”

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Text Set Focus Read Aloud Shared Read Literature Anthology Leveled Readers Vocabulary Comprehension Phonics and Spelling Fluency Writing and Grammar Research and Inquiry

Text Set 3: Interactive “Food Fight” Anchor Text Main Selections Academic Reread Week 5 Week 5 Respond to Reading Project: Advances in
Read Aloud: Genre: “A New Kind of Corn” Vocabulary: Compound Words Accuracy Farming Technology
Week 5 “All About Organic” Argumentative Text Genre: Argumentative
Genre: Argumentative Text
advancements,
Maps and
and Rate
Writing Process
A: The Battle Against Pests Headings Structural Analysis: Write to Sources: Argumentative Writing Product: Slideshow
Lexile: 870L Text agriculture,
Essential Question: Lexile: 910L
Lexile: 750L
characteristics, Author's Claim
Base Words and Analyze the Rubric
Blast: “Fertilizers: The
In what ways can advances in ELL Scaffolded O: The Battle Against Pests Related Words Rubric Minilesson: Transitional Strategies
concerns, Good and the Bad”
science be helpful or harmful? Shared Read Paired Selection Lexile: 880L Text Structure: Analyze the Student Model
disagreed, inherit, Differentiated Spelling
available “The Pick of the Patch” ELL: The Battle Against Pests Sequence
prevalent, Lists available Grammar and Mechanics
Genre: Sequence Text Lexile: 770L
Genre: Argumentative Text Lexile: 920L B: The Battle Against Pests
resistance Week 5: Irregular Verbs;
Correct Verb Usage
Lexile: 910L Greek Roots
Differentiated Genre
Passages available Paired Selections
Genre: Sequence
A: “Making an Organic Garden”
O: “Making an Organic Garden”
ELL: “Making an Organic Garden”
B: “Making an Organic Garden”

Week 6 Reading Digitally Fluency Connect to Content: Science Connect to Content: Social Studies Writing Presentation Options

Extend, Connect, and Assess Genre: Online Article Reader's Theater: Passages Passages Writing Process Reader's Theater
“Kids Lead the Way” “Nat Love, Genre: Expository Text Genre: Expository Text Write to Sources: Argumentative Writing
Inquiry Space
Western Hero” “Flowering and Nonflowering Plants” “Challenging Times: The 1886 Analyze the Prompt
Hurricane” Analyze the Sources: “A River in Danger”; Writing
Genre: Expository Text
“Balancing Conservation and Energy
“Seasonal Changes” Genre: Expository Text
Needs”; “A Winter Refuge for Geese”
“Earth Day Action”
Activities Plan: Organize Ideas
Compare the Passages Activities Draft: Domain-Specific Vocabulary
Compare and Contrast Flowering and Compare the Passages Revise: Peer Conferences
Nonflowering Plants Read a Chart
Write a Speech

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 Grade 4 • Unit 4 • Scope and Sequence
Text Set Focus Read Aloud Shared Read Literature Anthology Leveled Readers Vocabulary Comprehension Phonics and Spelling Fluency Writing and Grammar Research and Inquiry

Text Set 1: Interactive “A World Anchor Text Main Selections Academic Ask and Answer Week 1 Week 1 Respond to Reading Project: Government
Read Aloud: Without Rules” See How They Run Vocabulary: Questions Inflectional Endings Phrasing
Weeks 1 and 2 “Speaking Out Genre: Narrative Genre: Narrative
Genre: Narrative Nonfiction
amendments, and Rate
Writing Process Product: Slideshow
A: A Day in the Senate Headings and Structural Analysis: Write to Souces: Expository Writing
Against Child Nonfiction Nonfiction commitment, Blast: “Vote for Me”
Essential Question: Labour” Lexile: 830L Lexile: 870L
Lexile: 680L
compromise,
Pronunciations Vowel Team Syllables Week 2 Analyze the Rubric
Why do we need government? O: A Day in the Senate Phrasing and Rubric Minilesson: Logical Text Structure
democracy, Text Structure: Week 2
ELL Scaffolded Paired Selection Lexile: 820L Expression Analyze the Student Model
eventually, Cause-and-Effect Inflectional Endings:
Genre: Narrative Nonfiction Shared Read “The Birth of American ELL: A Day in the Senate
legislation, Changing y to I Grammar and Mechanics
available Democracy” Lexile: 800L Homophones and
privilege, Week 1: Pronouns and Antecedents;
Genre: Expository Text B: A Day in the Senate Homographs Structural Analysis:
Differentiated Genre Lexile: 830L Lexile: 890L
version r-Controlled Vowel
Pronoun Capitalization and Clarity
Passages available Week 2: Types of Pronouns; Subject and
Latin Roots Syllables
Paired Selections Object Pronouns
Greek Roots Differentiated Spelling
Genre: Expository Text
Lists available
A: “A New President
Takes Office”
O: “A New President Takes
Office”
ELL: “A New President
Takes Office”
B: “A New President
Takes Office”

Text Set 2: Interactive “A Telephone Anchor Text Main Selections Academic Make Predictions Week 3 Week 3 Respond to Reading Project: Technological
Read Aloud: Mix-Up” The Moon Over Star Vocabulary: Words with /ü/, /ū/, Expression Advances
Weeks 3 and 4 “Good-bye Icebox!” Genre: Historical Genre: Historical
Genre:
decade, directing,
Plot: Setting
and /ů/
Writing Process
A: Ron's Radio Week 4 Write to Souces: Expository Writing Product: Chart
Fiction Fiction engineering, Perspective and
Essential Question: Lexile: 950L Lexile: 860L
Lexile: 620L
gleaming, Point of View
Structural Analysis: Accuracy Analyze the Prompt
Blast: “Technology
How does technology affect O: The Freedom Machine Consonant + le Analyze the Sources:
scouted, Today”
your life? ELL Scaffolded Paired Selection Lexile: 690L Description Syllables “State Government: The Executive Branch”;
squirmed,
Shared Read “Star Parties” ELL: The Freedom Machine “State Government: The Legislative Branch”;
technology, Week 4
available Genre: Expository Text Lexile: 540L “State Government: The Judicial Branch”
Genre: Historical Fiction Lexile: 810L B: A Better Way
tinkering Diphthongs /oi/
Plan: Organize Ideas
and /ou/
Lexile: 790L Synonyms Draft: Elaboration
Differentiated Genre Structural Analysis: Revise: Peer Conferences
Passages available Paired Selections Context Clues
Greek and Latin Roots
Grammar and Mechanics
Genre: Expository Text
Differentiated Spelling Week 3: Pronoun-Verb Agreement;
A: “Roosevelt's Fireside Chat”
Lists available Punctuation in Dialogue
O: “The Interstate Highway
Week 4: Possessive Pronouns; Possessive
System”
Nouns and Pronouns
ELL: “The Interstate Highway
System”
B: “A History of Washing
Technology”

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Text Set Focus Read Aloud Shared Read Literature Anthology Leveled Readers Vocabulary Comprehension Phonics and Spelling Fluency Writing and Grammar Research and Inquiry

Text Set 3: Interactive “Sing to Me,” Anchor Text Main Selections Academic Poetry: Structure Week 5 Week 5 Respond to Reading Project: Looking at
Read Aloud: “The Climb” “Swimming to the Vocabulary: Variant Vowel /ô/ Expression Success
Week 5 “Sam's Box” Genre: Narrative Rock,” “The Moondust
Genre: Realistic Fiction
attain,
Narrative Poetry
and Rate
Writing Process
A: Try, Try Again Structural Analysis: Write to Sources: Expository Writing Product: Interview
Poetry Footprint” dangling, Theme
Essential Question: Lexile: NP Genre: Narrative
Lexile: 600L
hovering,
Frequently Confused Analyze the Rubric
Blast: “Defining
How do writers look at success O: The Math-lete Rhyme and Words Rubric Minilesson: Central Idea
Poetry triumph Success”
in different ways? ELL Scaffolded Lexile: 740L Structure Analyze the Student Model
Lexile: NP Differentiated Spelling
Shared Read ELL: The Math-lete Poetry Terms:
Lists available Grammar and Mechanics
available Paired Selection Lexile: 510L connotation,
Genre: Narrative Poetry “Genius,” “Winner” B: The Final denotation,
Week 5: Pronouns and Homophones;
Contractions and Possessives
Genre: Narrative Lexile: 800L repetition,
Differentiated Genre Poetry stanza
Passages available Paired Selections
Lexile: NP
Connotation and
Genre: Poetry
Denotation
A: “Sunlight Sparkling on
Chrome”
O: “Cross-Country Race”
ELL: “Cross-Country Race”
B: “Talent Show”

Week 6 Reading Digitally Fluency Connect to Content: Science Connect to Content: Social Studies Writing Presentation Options

Extend, Connect, and Assess Genre: Online Article Reader's Theater: Passages Passages Writing Process Reader's Theater
“Log On to Online Learning” “All the Money Genre: Expository Text Genre: Expository Text Write to Sources: Expository Writing
Inquiry Space
in the World” “Turn Up the Heat” “The United States Constitution Analyze the Prompt
and the Rights of States” Analyze the Sources: “How Technology Writing
Genre: Expository Text
Is Aiding Senior Citizens”; “The New
“3…2…1: We Have Spin-Off!” Genre: Expository Text
Science of Animal Prosthetics”;
“A Government That Depends
Activities “Healthcare and Drones”
on Its States”
Compare the Passages Plan: Organize Ideas
Space to Earth Chart Activities Draft: Precise Language
Compare the Passages Revise: Peer Conferences
Research Facts

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Text Set Focus Read Aloud Shared Read Literature Anthology Leveled Readers Vocabulary Comprehension Phonics and Spelling Fluency Writing and Grammar Research and Inquiry

Text Set 1: Interactive “Your World Anchor Text Main Selections Academic Summarize Week 1 Week 1 Respond to Reading Project: Looking
Read Aloud: Up Close” A Drop of Water Vocabulary: Closed Syllables Expression Closely
Weeks 1 and 2 “Stick Like Genre: Genre: Expository Text
Genre: Expository Text
cling,
Photographs and
and Accuracy
Writing Process
A: Secrets of the Ice Captions Structural Analysis: Personal Narrative Product: Picture Book
a Gecko” Expository Text Lexile: 870L dissolves,
Essential Question: Lexile: 860L
Lexile: 650L
gritty, Text Structure:
Latin Prefixes Week 2 Analyze an Expert Model
Blast: “How Old Is
What can you discover when you Paired Selection O: Secrets of the Ice Intonation Plan: Choose Your Topic
humid, Chronology Week 2 Your Water?”
look closely at something? ELL Scaffolded “The Incredible Lexile: 850L and Phrasing Plan: Sequence of Events
magnify, Open Syllables
Shared Read Shrinking Potion” ELL: Secrets of the Ice Imagery Draft: Sensory Details
microscope, Structural Analysis:
available Genre: Fantasy Lexile: 780L
Genre: Expository Text Lexile: 980L B: Secrets of the Ice
mingle, Irregular Plurals
Grammar and Mechanics
typical Week 1: Adjectives; Punctuation
Lexile: 900L Differentiated Spelling
Differentiated Genre Week 2: Articles; Articles and
Antonyms Lists available
Passages available Paired Selections Demonstrative Adjectives
Homophones
Genre: Fantasy
A: “Super-vision”
O: “Super-vision”
ELL: “Super-vision”
B: “Super-vision”

Text Set 2: Interactive “Sadie’s Game” Anchor Text Main Selections Academic Visualize Week 3 Week 3 Respond to Reading Project: Community
Read Aloud: Genre: Mama, I'll Give You Vocabulary: Vowel Teams Expression Organizations
Weeks 3 and 4 “A Special Realistic Fiction the World
Genre: Realistic Fiction
bouquet,
Plot: Writing Process
A: Saving Stolen Treasure Foreshadowing Structural Analysis: Week 4 Personal Narrative Product: Report
Birthday Hug” Lexile: 850L Genre: Realistic Fiction emotion,
Essential Question: Lexile: 970L
Lexile: 560L
encircle, Plot: Conflict
Greek and Latin Roots Intonation Revise: Strong Conclusion
Blast: “Lending a
In what ways do people show they ELL Scaffolded O: The Perfect Present and Phrasing Peer Conferences
express, Week 4 Helping Hand”
care about each other? Shared Read Paired Selection Lexile: 690L Plot: Character Edit and Proofread
fussy, r-Controlled Vowel
available “Miami by Way of ELL: The Perfect Present Development Publish, Present, and Evaluate
portraits, Syllables
Fujian” Lexile: 560L
Genre: Realistic Fiction Genre: Realistic Fiction B: First Edition
sparkle, Structural Analysis:
Grammar and Mechanics
whirl Week 3: Adjectives That Compare;
Lexile: 580L Lexile: 750L Frequently Misspelled
Differentiated Genre Punctuation in Letters
Similes and Words
Passages available Paired Selections Week 4: Comparing with More and Most;
Metaphors Differentiated Spelling Combining Sentences
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Idioms Lists available
A: “Miguel’s Amazing Shyness
Cure”
O: “Fly Me to the Moon”
ELL: “Fly Me to the Moon”
B: “Magnolia Leaves”

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Text Set Focus Read Aloud Shared Read Literature Anthology Leveled Readers Vocabulary Comprehension Phonics and Spelling Fluency Writing and Grammar Research and Inquiry

Text Set 3: Interactive “The Founding of Anchor Text Main Selections Academic Summarize Week 5 Week 5 Respond to Reading Project: Effects of
Read Aloud: Jamestown” Rediscovering Our Vocabulary: Consonant + le Rate and Spanish Rule in Florida
Week 5 “Learning About the Genre: Expository Spanish Beginnings
Genre: Expository Text
archaeology,
Sidebars and
Syllables Expression
Writing Process
A: Treks Through Time Maps Expository Writing Product: Slideshow
Past” Text Genre: Expository Text document,
Essential Question: Lexile: 930L Lexile: 940L
Lexile: 690L
era, Text Structure:
Structural Analysis: Analyze an Expert Model or Poster
How can learning about the past O: Treks Through Time Latin Suffixes Plan: Choose Your Topic
evidence, Chronology Blast: “Live and Learn”
help you understand the present? ELL Scaffolded Paired Selection Lexile: 860L Plan: Write an Outline
expedition, Differentiated Spelling
Shared Read “History's Mysteries” ELL: Treks Through Time Author's Draft: Relevant Evidence
permanent, Lists available
available Genre: Informative Lexile: 730L Perspective
Genre: Expository Text Article B: Treks Through Time
tremendous, Grammar and Mechanics
uncover Week 5: Comparing with Good and Bad;
Lexile: 890L Lexile: 930L
Differentiated Genre Combining Sentences
Proverbs and
Passages available Paired Selections
Adages
Genre: Expository Text
A: “The Ancient One”
O: “The Ancient One”
ELL: “The Ancient One”
B: “The Ancient One”

Week 6 Reading Digitally Fluency Connect to Content: Science Connect to Content: Social Studies Writing Presentation Options

Extend, Connect, and Assess Genre: Online Article Reader's Theater: Passages Passages Writing Process Reader's Theater
“Help in a Box” The Camera in Genre: Expository Text Genre: Expository Text Expository Writing
Inquiry Space
the Attic “Minerals and Rocks” “European Explorers” Revise: Sentence Fluency
Peer Conferences Writing
Genre: Expository Text Genre: Biography
Edit and Proofread
“Marvelous Magnets” “Estéban Dorantes”
Publish, Present, and Evaluate
Activities Activities
Compare the Passages Compare the Passages
Conduct a Magnet Experiment Make a Timeline
What Other Objects Are Magnetic?

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Text Set Focus Read Aloud Shared Read Literature Anthology Leveled Readers Vocabulary Comprehension Phonics and Spelling Fluency Writing and Grammar Research and Inquiry

Text Set 1: Interactive “The Great Energy Anchor Text Main Selections Academic Ask and Answer Week 1 Week 1 Respond to Reading Project: Energy
Read Aloud: Debate” Energy Island Vocabulary: Questions Words with /ən/ Rate and Resources
Weeks 1 and 2 “Light Through Genre: Narrative Genre: Narrative
Genre: Narrative Nonfiction
coincidence, Accuracy
Writing Process
A: Planet Power Sidebars Structural Analysis: Fictional Narrative Product: Game
the Ages” Nonfiction Nonfiction consequences,
Essential Question: Lexile: 910L Lexile: 840L
Lexile: 700L
consume, Central Idea and
Number Prefixes Week 2 Analyze an Expert Model or Puzzle
How have our energy resources O: Planet Power Intonation Plan: Choose Your Topic
converted, Relevant Details Week 2 Blast: “Fueling the
changed over the years? ELL Scaffolded Paired Selection Lexile: 850L Plan: Sequence of Events
efficient, Homophones Future”
Shared Read “Of Fire and Water” ELL: Planet Power Plot: Conflict Draft: Dialogue
incredible, Structural Analysis:
available Genre: Myths Lexile: 770L
Genre: Narrative Nonfiction Lexile: 910L B: Planet Power
installed, Latin Suffixes
Grammar and Mechanics
renewable Week 1: Adverbs; Good vs. Well
Lexile: 920L Differentiated Spelling
Differentiated Genre Week 2: Comparing with Adverbs;
Latin and Greek Lists available
Passages available Paired Selections Punctuation and Capitalization
Prefixes
Genre: Myth
Prefixes
A: “Helios and Phaeton”
O: “Helios and Phaeton”
ELL: “Helios and Phaeton”
B: “Helios and Phaeton”

Text Set 2: Interactive “A Surprise Anchor Text Main Selections Academic Reread Week 3 Week 3 Respond to Reading Project: Comparing
Read Aloud: Reunion” The Game of Silence Vocabulary: Prefixes Expression Traditions and Culture
Weeks 3 and 4 “Reading the Sky” Genre: Historical Genre: Historical
Genre: Historical Fiction
ancestors,
Plot: Setting Writing Process
A: Maple Sugar Moon Structural Analysis: Week 4 Fictional Narrative Product: Comparison
Fiction Fiction despised, Theme
Essential Question: Lexile: 650L Lexile: 900L
Lexile: 620L
endurance,
Words from Mythology Accuracy Revise: Description Chart
How do traditions connect people? O: Grandfather's Basket Maps Peer Conferences
forfeit, Week 4 Blast: “Living Your Past”
ELL Scaffolded Paired Selection Lexile: 700L Edit and Proofread
honor, Suffixes
Genre: Historical Fiction Shared Read “Native Americans: ELL: Grandfather's Basket Publish, Present, and Evaluate
intensity, irritating, Structural Analysis:
available Yesterday and Today” Lexile: 600L
retreated Grammar and Mechanics
Genre: Expository Text B: A Song for Marie and Greek and Latin Roots
Differentiated Genre Lexile: 900L Ajidamo Connotation and
Week 3: Negatives; Correcting Double
Passages available Differentiated Spelling Negatives
Lexile: 790L Denotation Lists available Week 4: Prepositions; Review Using
Paired Selections Words from Quotations
Mythology
Genre: Expository Text
A: “Maple Sugar”
O: “Penobscot Nation”
ELL: “Penobscot Nation”
B: “The Civilization Regulations”

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Text Set Focus Read Aloud Shared Read Literature Anthology Leveled Readers Vocabulary Comprehension Phonics and Spelling Fluency Writing and Grammar Research and Inquiry

Text Set 3: Interactive “Climbing Anchor Text Main Selections Academic Imagery and Week 5 Week 5 Respond to Reading Project: Create a
Read Aloud: Blue Hill,” “the drum,” Vocabulary: Personification Prefixes and Suffixes Accuracy Podcast
Week 5 “Papa's Pastry “My Name Is Ivy,” “Birdfoot's Grampa,”
Genre: Realistic Fiction
gobble, and Phrasing
Writing Process
A: Hooked Free Verse Structural Analysis: Free Verse Poetry Product: Podcast
Shop” “Collage” “My Chinatown” individuality,
Essential Question: Genre: Free Verse Genre: Free Verse
Lexile: 620L
mist, Theme
Words from Around Analyze an Expert Model
Blast: “Becoming
What shapes a person's identity? O: Homesick for American the World Plan: Choose Your Topic
Lexile: NP Lexile: NP (non-prose) roots Bessie”
Samoa Character Plan: Metaphor and Simile
(non-prose) Differentiated Spelling
Paired Selection Lexile: 740L Poetry Terms: Perspective Draft: Alliteration
Genre: Free Verse Lists available
ELL Scaffolded “Growing Up,” ELL: Homesick for American free verse,
Grammar and Mechanics
Shared Read “My People” Samoa imagery,
Differentiated Genre available Genre: Free Verse Lexile: 570L metaphor,
Week 5: Using Prepositions; Using
Passages available Commas with Phrases
Lexile: NP (non-prose) B: Saving Snowdrop personification
Lexile: 810L
Figurative
Paired Selections Language
Genre: Poetry
A: “Let’s Make Music”
O: “Piecing It All Together”
ELL: “Piecing It All Together”
B: “I Can Do It!”

Week 6 Reading Digitally Fluency Connect to Content: Science Connect to Content: Social Studies Writing Presentation Options

Extend, Connect, and Assess Genre: Online Article Reader's Theater: Passages Passages Writing Process Reader's Theater
“Charge!” Little Talk Genre: Expository Text Genre: Expository Text Free Verse Poetry
Inquiry Space
But I Wonder “Renewable Energy” “Native Americans During Revise: Precise Words
Times of Exploration” Peer Conferences Writing
Genre: Expository Text
Edit and Proofread
“Nonrenewable Energy” Genre: Expository Text
Publish, Present, and Evaluate
“The Tradition of Making Baskets”
Activities
Compare the Passages Activities
Conserve Now Compare the Passages
Charge Make a Basket Design

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