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4th Nine Weeks

Week 1

Module 9 Week 2 - Unexpected, Unexplained

Language/Vocabulary: Story Vocabulary, Multiple-Meaning Words, Review Suffixes

Reading Workshop:  Genre -- Nonfiction Informational Text (Expository), Fact and Opinion, Text Features 

Decoding: Suffixes -ant, -ent, -able, -ible, -ism, -ist

Spelling: Adding the Suffixes -ant, -ent, -able, -ible, -ism, -ist

Writing Workshop: Narrative Writing - Imaginative Story

Grammar: Possessive Nouns

Week 2

Module 9 Week 3 - Unexpected, Unexplained

Language/Vocabulary:  Story Vocabulary, Homophones/Homographs, Review Suffixes

Reading Workshop:  Genre -- Fiction (Mystery), Draw Conclusions/Make Inferences, Author’s Style, Point of View  

Decoding: Greek Word Roots

Spelling: Words with Greek Roots 

Writing Workshop: Narrative Writing - Imaginative Story

Grammar: Commas in Sentences 

Week 3

Module 10 Week 1 -The Lives of Animals

Language/Vocabulary: Story Vocabulary, Antonyms and Synonyms, Review Prefixes

Reading Workshop:  Genre -- Narrative Nonfiction, Author’s Style, Synthesize, Theme, Character Development 

Decoding: Latin Word Roots

Spelling: Words with Latin Roots

Writing Workshop: Argument Writing - Letter to the Editor

Grammar:  Commas 

Week 4

Module 10 Week 2 - The Lives of Animals

Language/Vocabulary: Story Vocabulary, Antonyms and Synonyms, Review Roots

Reading Workshop: Genre -- Nonfiction Informational Text (Expository), Central Idea/Main Idea, Summarize Supporting Details  

Decoding: Suffixes -ion, -ation

Spelling: Adding the Suffixes -ion or -ation

Writing Workshop: Argument Writing - Letter to the Editor

Grammar: Punctuation 

Week 5

Module 10 Week 3 - The Lives of Animals

Language/Vocabulary:  Story Vocabulary, Multiple-Meaning Words, Review Roots

Reading Workshop:  Genre -- Poetry/Nonfiction, Theme, Text Features, Author’s Style 

Decoding: Final Stable Syllables with /er/

Spelling: Words with Final /er/

Writing Workshop: Argument Writing - Letter to the Editor

Grammar: Commonly Misspelled Words 

Weeks 6 - 8

Module 11 & Module 12

Spiral Review:  Vocabulary, Word Study, Writing and Grammar

Genre Study:    Nonfiction, Fiction, and Literary Texts 

Week 9

Finish With Success!