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1st Nine Weeks

Week 1

Prepare for Success!

Week 2

Module 1 Week 1 - Inventors at Work

Language/Vocabulary:  Story Vocabulary, Use Context Clues, Prefixes ex-/e-, Roots phon, meter, therm, tele

Reading Workshop: Genre -- Narrative Nonfiction, Central Idea/Main Idea, Summarize  

Decoding: Short Vowels

Spelling: Words with Short Vowels 

Writing Workshop:  Informational Text/Expository Essay

Grammar: Complete Sentences 

Week 3

Module 1 Week 2 - Inventors at Work

Language/Vocabulary:  Story Vocabulary, Context Clues, Roots photo, aud, and vis

Reading Workshop: Genre -- Nonfiction Expository Text, Text Structure: Cause and Effect, Central Idea/Main Idea

Decoding: Long a and e

Spelling: Words with Long a and e

Writing Workshop:   Informational Text/Expository Essay

Grammar:  Kinds of Sentences

Week 4

Module 1 Week 3 - Inventors at Work

Language/Vocabulary:  Story Vocabulary, Reference Materials, Roots auto, bio, Prefixes ir–, il–

Reading Workshop:  Genre -- Fantasy, Inferences, Plot, Conflict and Resolution, Setting  

Decoding: Long i and o

Spelling: Words with Long i and o

Writing Workshop:  Informational Text/Expository Essay

Grammar: Compound Sentences

Week 5

Module 2  Week 1 - What a Story

Language/Vocabulary:  Story Vocabulary, Antonyms/Synonyms, Prefixes un–, non–, dis–, Suffixes –y, –ly, –ily  

Reading Workshop:  Genre -- Fantasy, Figurative Language, Characters

Decoding: Words with /oo/ and /yoo/

Spelling: /oo/ and /yoo/

Writing Workshop:  Narrative Story 

Grammar: Common and Proper Nouns

Week 6

Module 2 Week 2 - What a Story

Language/Vocabulary:  Story Vocabulary, Antonyms/Synonyms, Prefixes re–, pre–, post–, fore– 

Reading Workshop:  Genre -- Drama, Figurative Language, Characters, Plot

Decoding: Words with /ou/, /o/, /oi/

Spelling: Words with /ou/, /o/, /oi/

Writing Workshop:  Narrative Story 

Grammar: Singular and Plural Nouns

Week 7

Module 2 Week 3 - What a Story

Language/Vocabulary:  Story Vocabulary, Context Clues, Suffixes –ful, –less, –ment, –ness 

Reading Workshop: Genre -- Poetry, Theme

Decoding: r-Controlled Vowels/or/, /ar/, /ar/

Spelling: r-Controlled Vowels/or/, /ar/, /ar/

Writing Workshop: Narrative Story

Grammar: Verbs

Week 8

Module 3 Week 1 - Natural Disasters

Language/Vocabulary:  Story Vocabulary, Multiple-Meaning Words, Roots: graph, gram, rupt, fer 

Reading Workshop: Genre -- Narrative Nonfiction, Text Structure: Sequence, Figurative Language, Support Inferences/Conclusions

Decoding: r-Controlled Vowels /ur , /ir/

Spelling: r-Controlled Vowels /ur/, /ir/

Writing Workshop:  Persuasive Essay

Grammar: Direct and Indirect Objects

Week 9

Cumulative Review