Unit 5
Reading Street Unit 5 Stories
Smokejumpers
This is a non-fiction, expository text that tells about the lives of brave fire fighters that fight fires from the air.
We will be learning about word choice and important ideas. We will be reviewing author's purpose and graphic sources.
Cliff Hanger
This is a realistic fiction story that looks at what it takes to be a hero.
We will be learning about imagery and the climax of a story. We will review story structure and author's purpose.
Lost City
This is a biography that tells of the discovery of Machu Pichu by Professor Hiram Bingham.
We will be learning about sensory words and sequencing. We will review comparing and contrasting as well as plot.
Antarctic Journal
This is an autobiography about Jennifer Owings Dewey, a researcher who lived in Antarctica for four months.
We will be learning about main idea and details. We will review fact and opinion and word choice.
Moonwalk
This is a science fiction story that looks at space and what it would be like to visit the moon.
We will be learning about the point of view of a story as well as the rising action. We will review drawing conclusions and literary elements.
Reading Street Unit 5 Spelling
Spelling words for
Unit 5 Week 1
When spelling words with many syllables, look carefully at each word part.
1. reaction
2. prerecorded
3. incorrectly
4. incredibly
5. disobedient
6. disagreeable
7. refreshment
8. unbreakable
9. declaration
10. retirement
11. misdialed
12. undefined
13. unhappily
14. watchfully
15. gleefully
16. sportsmanship
17. repayment
18. questionable
19. displacement
20. midshipman
Spelling words for
Unit 5 Week 2
Sometimes double consonants stand for one sound: slippers, worry.
1. tomorrow
2. borrow
3. different
4. rabbit
5. matter
6. written
7. bottle
8. ridden
9. odd
10. bubble
11. offer
12. suffer
13. slippers
14. grasshopper
15. worry
16. current
17. lettuce
18. saddle
19. shudder
20. hobby
lost_city_spelling.pdf
smoke_jumpers_spelling.docx
Spelling words for
Unit 5 Week 3
The Greek word part phon means “sound,” graph means “write,” meter means “measure,” scop means “see,” and micro means “small.”
1. telephone
2. biography
3. telescope
4. photograph
5. microwave
6. diameter
7. barometer
8. microscope
9. headphones
10. microphone
11. autograph
12. microchip
13. telegraph
14. perimeter
15. paragraph
16. phonics
17. symphony
18. saxophone
19. periscope
20. megaphone
1. please
2. pleasant
3. breath
4. breathe
5. image
6. imagine
7. product
8. production
9. heal
10. health
11. triple
12. triplet
13. relate
14. relative
15. meter
16. metric
17. compose
18. composition
19. crumb
20. crumble
Spelling words for
Unit 5 Week 4
The Latin root dic means “speak,” loc means “place,” port means “carry,” and
rupt means “break.”
1. dictionary
2. abrupt
3. predict
4. import
5. locally
6. verdict
7. locate
8. portable
9. transport
10. bankrupt
11. dictate
12. location
13. erupt
14. passport
15. export
16. contradict
17. rupture
18. interrupt
19. disrupt
20. dislocate
cliff_hanger_spelling.pdf
antarctic_journal_spelling.pdf
Spelling words for
Unit 5 Week 5
Related words often have parts that are spelled the same but pronounced differently: please, pleasant.
moonwalk_spelling.pdf