Unit 6 Week 1
How can we work together to make our lives better?
Vocabulary:fair, conflict, shift, risk, argument
Synonyms
HFW: answer, brought, busy, door, enough, eyes
Phonics:oo, u, u_e, ew, ue, ui, ou
suffixes -ful and -less
Reading Strategies and Skills:
Reread
Theme
Grammar Skill:
Pronouns: I, you, he, she, it, we, they
Capitalize I
Unit 6 Week 2
Who helps you?
Vocabulary:inspire, respect, distance, swiftly, decision
Antonyms
HFW: brother, father, friend, love, mother, picture
Phonics:a, aw, au, augh, al
Vowel-team syllables
Reading Strategies and Skills:
Reread
Author’s Purpose
Grammar Skill:
Possessive Pronouns
Capitalize Days, Months, and Holidays
Unit 6 Week 3
How can weather affect us?
Vocabulary:predict, cycle, creative, frigid, scorching
Similes
HFW: been, children, month, question, their, year
Phonics: wr, kn, gn
Compound words
Reading Strategies and Skills:
Visualize
Plot: Cause and Effect
Grammar Skill:
Special Pronouns
Commas in Dates and Letters
Unit 6 Week 4
What traditions do you know about?
Vocabulary:tradition, effort, ancient, movement, drama
Compound Words
HFW: before, front, heard, push, tomorrow, your
Phonics:scr, spl, spr, str, thr, shr
-ed and -ing
Reading Strategies and Skills:
Visualize
Theme
Grammar Skill:
I and Me
Commas in Date and Letters
Unit 6 Week 5
Why do we celebrate holidays?
Vocabulary:pride, display, design, purpose, represent
Metaphors
HFW: favorite, few, gone, surprise, wonder, young
Phonics:r-controlled vowels air, are, ear
r-controlled vowel syllables
Reading Strategies and Skills:
Reread
Author’s Purpose
Grammar Skill:
Adverbs That Tell How
Name Titles