THEME 1

Anchor Text: A Fine, Fine School

Genre: Humorous Fiction

Target Skill: Story Structure

Target Strategy: Summarize

Supporting Skills: Analyze Illustrations

Spelling:

1. crop 2. plan 3. thing 4. smell 5. shut 6. sticky 7. spent 8. lunch 9. pumpkin 10. clock

11. gift 12. class 13. skip 14. swing

Review Words

15. next 16. hug

Challenge Words

17. hospital 18. fantastic

Vocabulary: principal, strolled, proud, worried, soared, announced, fine, certainly

Listen to the story here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GecPV4iOpLQ

Vocabulary Practice Quizlet: https://quizlet.com/224080403/a-fine-fine-school-flash-cards/

Comprehension Practice: https://quizlet.com/236705697/a-fine-fine-school-reading-comprehension-flash-cards/

Anchor Text: The Trial of Cardigan Jones

Genre: Fantasy

Target Skill: Conclusions

Target Strategy: Infer/Predict

Supporting Skills: Author’s Word Choice

Spelling: Long Vowels a, e, i, o, u Words with the VCe Pattern

1. spoke 2. mile 3. save 4. excuse 5. cone 6. invite 7. cube 8. price 9. erase 10. ripe 11. broke

12. flame 13. life 14. rule

Review Words

15. these 16. those

Challenge Words

17. surprise 18. decide

Vocabulary: convinced, trial, jury, guilty, pointed, honest, murmur, stand

Listen to the story here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IXKlvmS4i4

Vocabulary Practice Quizlet: https://quizlet.com/227412397/cardigan-jones-flash-cards/

Comprehension Practice: https://quizlet.com/227415743/the-trial-of-cardigan-jones-reading-comprehension-flash-cards/

Anchor Text: Destiny’s Gift

Genre: Realistic Fiction

Text Target Skill: Understanding Characters

Target Strategy: Analyze/Evaluate

Supporting Skills: Story Message

Spelling: Common Vowel Pairs ai, ay, ee, ea

1. lay 2. real 3. trail 4. sweet 5. today 6. dream 7. seem 8. tea 9. treat 10. afraid 11. leave

12. bait 13. screen 14. speed

Review Words

15. paint 16. please

Challenge Words

17. yesterday 18. explain

Vocabulary: raise, spreading, earn, figure, contacted, block, afford, customers

Listen to the story here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IHYnTfh844

Vocabulary Practice Quizlet: https://quizlet.com/229076004/destinys-gift-flash-cards/

Comprehension Practice: https://quizlet.com/229076489/destinys-gift-comprehension-flash-cards/

Anchor Text Pop’s Bridge

Genre: Historical Fiction

Target Skill :Compare and Contrast

Target Strategy: Infer/Predict

Secondary Skills: Story Structure

Spelling: Long o Spelled oa, ow

1. load 2. open 3. told 4. yellow 5. soak 6. shadow 7. foam 8. follow 9. glow 10. sold 11. window

12. coach 13. almost 14. throat

Review Words

15. cold 16. most

Challenge Words

17. tomorrow 18. sailboats

Vocabulary: balancing, tide, crew disappears, foggy, stretch, excitement, cling

Listen to the story here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVugxrm-C9o&t=17s

Vocabulary Practice Quizlet: https://quizlet.com/231780807/pops-bridge-vocabulary-flash-cards/

Comprehension Practice: https://quizlet.com/231782865/journeys-pops-bridge-comprehension-flash-cards/

Anchor Text: Roberto Clemente: Pride of the Pittsburgh Pirates

Genre: Biography

Target Skill :Cause and Effect

Target Strategy: Visualize Supporting Skills Literal and Nonliteral Meanings

Spelling: Long i spelled i, ie, igh

1. slight 2. mild 3. sight 4. pie 5. mind 6. tie 7. pilot 8. might 9. lie 10. tight 11. blind 12. fight

13. die 14. midnight

Review Words

15. find 16. night

Challenge Words

17. silent 18. frightening

Vocabulary: stands, score, fans, league, slammed, pronounced, style, polish,

Listen to the story here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lR3eTMiEhoc

Vocabulary Practice Quizlet: https://quizlet.com/234494599/roberto-clemente-vocabulary-flash-cards/

Comprehension Practice: https://quizlet.com/234495333/roberto-clemente-comprehension-questions-flash-cards/