Unit 1: Week 2

Grade 5
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Lesson 1
 Page 46,
Interact with Sources 47

Discuss the different

places scientists will go
to find evidence of life.

Freewrite your ideas.

Listening Comprehension

Question Answer
 Page
Text Features 48,49

Turn to page 48 in
your Student
Interactive.
Apply Page 48

Discuss a purpose for reading

an informational text. Describe
a text you read recently that
has text features.
Academic Vocabulary Page 73

Complete the graphic

organizer on pg. 73 in your
Student Interactive.
Word Study

chron-

chronological chronology

chronic
Writing – Personal Narrative Page 79

Turn to page 79 in your

Student Interactive.

Use your notes to focus on

an idea for your own
narrative.
Independent Writing

Freewrite your ideas for your own

personal narrative.

Review your ideas and circle two or three

that most interest you .
 Spelling
1. Stanley studied meteorology and works as a weatherman at a local TV station.
2. Please make a photocopy of this test to take home.
3. My favorite geometric shape is a square.
4. Texting and passing notes in class are outside the parameters of our school rules.
5. When you study geography you usually use a lot of maps.
6. Nobody’s face has perfect symmetry, with one side exactly the same
as the other.
7. List the events in chronological order starting in 1776.
8. Nadiri studied geology and now teaches classes about Earth’s physical
structure.
9. Chronic pain is horrible because it keeps coming back.
10. Dad checked the speedometer to see how fast he was driving.
Language and Conventions

1. Stop barking, Hollie!

2. Why are you barking?
3. I can’t stand listening to non-stop barking!
4. Hollie barks at strangers.

Write one declarative, one interrogative, one

exclamatory, and one imperative sentence.
You can use the same topic for all four.
Lesson 2
Preview Vocabulary Page 50

astrobiologists microbes

colony sensors

radiation rovers
First Read Strategies Page 50
First Read – Life on Earth – and Beyond Page 51
 Page
First Read – Life on Earth – and Beyond 52,53
 Page 54,
First Read – Life on Earth – and Beyond 55
 Page 56,
First Read – Life on Earth – and Beyond 57
 Page 58,
First Read – Life on Earth – and Beyond 59
 Page 60,
First Read – Life on Earth – and Beyond 61
 Page 62,
First Read – Life on Earth – and Beyond 63
 Page 64,
First Read – Life on Earth – and Beyond 65
 Page 66,
First Read – Life on Earth – and Beyond 67
Respond and Analyze

Brainstorm: In what other places on

Earth could Chris McKay look for life in
inhospitable conditions?

Discuss: Do you think Chris McKay’s

research will ultimately be helpful to the
space program? Why or why not?
Develop Vocabulary Page 68

Turn to page 68 in your

Student Interactive and
complete the activity.
Check for Understanding Page 69

Complete page 69 in your

Student Interactive.
Word Study Page 74

geology

mythology

barometer
Writing – Personal Narative Page 80

Turn to page 80 in your

Student Interactive.
Independent Writing

the first time I

cooked by myself

Create word webs for your

personal narrative.
Spelling Page 77

ch
Turn to page 77 in
chron your Student
Interactive and
complete the activity.
Language and Conventions
Independent and Dependent Clauses

Because I never/always______,
I never/always __________.

Write two complex sentences.

Lesson 3
Close Read – Analyze Text Features Page 53

Turn to page 53 in
your Student
Interactive.
Close Read – Analyze Text Features Page 53

Turn to page 53 in your

Student Interactive.
Close Read – Analyze Text Features Page 54

Turn to page 54 in your

Student Interactive.
Close Read – Analyze Text Features Page 56

Turn to page 56 in your

Student Interactive.
Close Read – Analyze Text Features Page 58

Turn to page 58 in your

Student Interactive.
Close Read – Analyze Text Features Page 60

Turn to page 60 in your

Student Interactive.
Close Read – Analyze Text Features Page 64

Turn to page 64 in your

Student Interactive.
Close Read – Analyze Text Features Page 67

Turn to page 67 in your

Student Interactive.
Analyze Text Features Page 70

Turn to page 70 in your

Student Interactive and
complete the activity. 
Read Like a Writer, Page 75

Turn to page 75 in your

Student Interactive.
Word Study

chronological

thermometer

geology
Writing – Personal Narrative Page 81

Turn to page 81 in your

Student Interactive.
Independent Writing
Use the list on page 81 if you’re writing
about a place you have visited.

If you want to write about another topic,

freewrite about an idea you have.

Focus on sensory details.

Spelling

photo

Identify and write the spelling words

that illustrate this root’s spelling.
Language and Conventions
Lesson 4
Close Read – Make Inferences Page 66

Turn to page 66 in
your Student
Interactive.
Close Read – Make Inferences Page 66

Turn to page 66 in your

Student Interactive.
Close Read – Make Inferences Page 52

Turn to page 52 in your

Student Interactive.
Close Read – Make Inferences Page 55

Turn to page 55 in your

Student Interactive.
Close Read – Make Inferences Page 57

Turn to page 57 in your

Student Interactive.
Close Read – Make Inferences Page 59

Turn to page 59 in your

Student Interactive.
Close Read – Make Inferences Page 62

Turn to page 62 in your

Student Interactive.
Close Read – Make Inferences Page 65

Turn to page 65 in your

Student Interactive.
Close Read – Make Inferences Page 71

Turn to page 71 in your

Student Interactive and
complete the activity.
Writing for a Reader Page 76

Turn to page 76 in your

Student Interactive and
complete the activity.
Word Study – Greek Roots

history historic tour tourism

narrate narrative

Add –ic, -ism, or –ive to acid, critic,

and mass.
Writing – Personal Narrative Page 82

Turn to page 82 in your

Student Interactive.
Independent Writing

Use the prompts on p. 82 to spark

ideas for your own personal
narrative.

Remember to craft your narrative

from first-person point of view.
Spelling

-ic -ism -ive

active myth
execute narrate

history relate
Language and Conventions Page 78

Turn to page 78 in your

Student Interactive and
complete the activity.
Lesson 5
Reflect and Share Page 72

Turn to page 72 in your

Student Interactive.
Apply

What can scientists discover by

traveling to distant places?
Word Study – Greek Roots

antibiotics

speedometer

archeology
Writing – Personal Narrative Page 83

Turn to page 83 in your

Student Interactive.
Independent Writing – Writing Club

Discuss
• Why did you choose _____ to write about?
• What makes that topic engaging to you?
• Where do you plan to include dialogue?
• Which details in your narrative do you think are most
specific and vivid?
• To how many senses did you appeal in your narrative?
• How do you think your narrative will end?
 Spelling
1. Stanley studied meteorology and works as a weatherman at a local TV station.
2. Please make a photocopy of this test to take home.
3. My favorite geometric shape is a square.
4. Texting and passing notes in class are outside the parameters of our school
rules.
5. When you study geography you usually use a lot of maps.
6. Nobody’s face has perfect symmetry, with one side exactly the same as the
other.
7. List the events in chronological order starting in 1776.
8. Nadiri studied geology and now teaches classes about Earth’s physical structure.
9. Chronic pain is horrible because it keeps coming back.
10. Dad checked the speedometer to see how fast he was driving.
Language and Conventions
1. Until next summer vacation.
2. I will start reading the story.
3. I am going to concentrate on finishing my
projects.
4. While I wait for Mom.
Which two clauses are dependent?
A 1 and 2 are dependent.
B 1 and 3 are dependent.
C 1 and 4 are dependent.
D 2 and 3 are dependent.
Unit 1: Week 2

Grade 5