Genre: fantasy
Target Skill: Story Structure
Target Strategy: Monitor / Clarify
Essential Question: What might the problembe in a story about ants?
Big Idea: There are many reasons to take a journey.
Vocabulary Words:
scout: Someone who goes out from a group to gather information.
narrow: Small or thin in width
surround: To be on all sides of: encircle
underground: Located below the surface of the ground
puzzling: Confusing; baffling
glassy: Smooth, clear, and shiny; like glass
violently: With great physical force
liquid: A substance that flows easily
soggy: Soaked; very wet
unaware: Without knowledge of
Spelling Words:
coming swimming dropping tapping taping invited saving stared planned changing joking loved gripped tasted making stopped freezing scared
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Grammar: Possessive Nouns and Possesive Pronouns
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Genre: Informational Text
Target Skill: Compare and Contrast
Target Strategy: Visualize
Vocabulary Strategy: Words Roots
Essential Question: Why do animals migrate to other places?
Vocabulary Words:
migrate: to move to another place
survival: the act of staying alive
plenty: more than enough
frightening: scary
accidents: unexpected injuries
solid: firm and hard
chilly: cold
landscape: scenery
thunderous: very loud
dramatic: exciting
Spelling Words:
cities cried puppies hurried stories flies parties tried pennies
fried carried babies spied ponies pretty very countries libraries
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Grammar: Using Proper Nouns
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Genre: Fantasy
Target Skill: Sequence of Events
Target Strategy: Analyze/Evaluate
Vocabulary Strategy: Suffixes er, est
Essential Question: How can people communicate over long distance?
Vocabulary Words:
sincere: honest, truthful
managed: succeeded
loaded: piled
loveliest: most beautiful, most delightful
conversations: talks with someone
inspired: caused someone to act, think, or feel a certain way
reunion: a coming together again
currently: as of now
pleasure: enjoyment
terror: great fear
Spelling Words:
singer loudly joyful teacher fighter closely powerful farmer quickly careful friendly speaker wonderful truly hopeful safely listener calmly
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Genre: Realistic Fiction
Target Skill: Author's Purpose
Target Strategy: Question
Vocabulary Strategy: Shades of Meaning
Essential Question: What changes do volcanoes cause?
Vocabulary Words:
voyage: a long trip
lava: melted rock that flows from a volcano
rippled: flowed or covered with small waves
arrival: the act of coming to a place
guided: led or steered in the right direction
twisted: wound together
aboard: onto a ship or other mode of transportation
anchor: big hook that keeps a ship in place
spotted: caught sight of
bay: sheltered water area
Spelling Words:
unfold rejoin untie reheat unfair unclear repaid rewrite unhurt
recheck unlucky unwrap reuse unsure reread unsafe unbuckle unknown
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Grammar: YouTube Video: What is and Adverb?
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Genre: Informational Text
Target Skill: Text and Graphic Features
Target Strategy: Infer/Predict
Vocabulary Strategy: Analogies
Essential Question: Why do mountain climbers need to be well prepared?
Vocabulary Words:
approached: came near
section: part or area
avalanches: snow or rock slides on a mountain
increases: becomes more
equipment: supplies
tanks: containers
slopes: a slanted surface
altitude: height above Earth's surface
succeed: accomplished something attempted
halt: a temporary stop
Spelling Words:
painless sickness sadness helpless thankless kindness hopeless darkness fearless thickness careless goodness spotless softness useful weakly breathless eagerness
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