Week 1:

Essential Question: How do Living Things Survive in their Environments?

Writing Skill: Informational Essays

Vocabulary Words: adaptation, coral, prey, mammals, survive, camouflage, predators, traits, species, frigid

Grammar Skill: Concrete and Abstract Nouns

Spelling Words: Short Vowels

product, upset, contact, helpful, address, until, bread, listen

Week 2:

Essential Question: How do Living Things Survive in their Environments?

Writing Skill: Informational Essays

Vocabulary Words: Artic Circle, amphibians, contour feathers, down feathers, flight feathers, guard layer, undercoat, keratin, scales, dewlap, reptiles, toxins, mucus

Grammar Skill: Present Tense Verbs

Spelling Words:( Long A-VCe, ai, ay, a)

able, afraid, indicate, explained, became, raise, Tuesday, horray

Week 3:

Essential Question: How do Living Things Survive in their Environments?

Writing Skill: Informational Essays

Vocabulary: consume, scarce, blubber, sheds, Arabian Camel, Bactrian camel, structural adaptation

Grammar Skill: Subject/Verb Agreement & Form Simple Sentences

Spelling Words: (Long O-VCe, oa, ow, o, and Long U-VCe, ue, ew, u)

float, broken, obey, tomorrow, few, united, continue, contribute