Week 1:

Essential Question: What Helps us Solve Problems?

Writing Skill: Narrative Essays

Vocabulary Words: lively, piteously, privilege, retired, vigorous, whimpering, designate, honor, campaign, slogan

Grammar Skill: Irregular Plural Nouns

Spelling Words: (Irregular Plurals)

leaves, women, people, wolves, fungi, lives, geese, themselves

Week 2:

Essential Question: What Helps us Solve Problems?

Writing Skill: Informative Essays

Vocabulary Words: afford, attend, dash, interrupted, magical, magnificent, palm, real-looking, registration, rhyme

Grammar Skill: Adjectives & Adverbs

Spelling Words: (Long oo and Short oo)

choose, loose, soup, fruit, foolish, good, lose, through

Week 3:

Essential Question: What Helps us Solve Problems?

Writing Skill: Opinion Essays

Vocabulary Words: strutting, chugging, congratulates, droop, gazelle, nudge, rivals, umpire, locomotive, regret

Grammar Skill: Differences Between Written & Spoken English

Spelling Words: (/ou/ as in How and Out)

announce, around, about, however, flower, crowd, found, brown