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Everything Changes
Make a concept map with the answers to the Big Question:
Why is nature always changing? Answers will vary.
Seasons
Day and
Night
Why is
nature always
changing?
Weather
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Thinking Map
My Favorite Story
Make a theme chart to tell the details about a favorite story.
Answers will vary.
Title Characters
Theme
Setting Plot
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Grammar
A Glorious Trip!
Grammar Rules Kinds of Sentences
Grammar
Is It OK to be Negative?
Grammar Rules Kinds of Sentences
For each sentence, underline the end punctuation. Then circle what type
of sentence it is.
Tell a partner about the moon. Include one question and one
negative sentence.
Title Characters
“When the Wind Stops” makes me The characters are a boy and
think that the story is about nature. his mother. They like to talk
about nature.
Theme:
Nature is always
Setting Plot
changing.
Share your theme chart with a partner. Tell about the clues you
used.
5.6 Unit 5 | Everything Changes
Phonics Practice
1. 2.
have hair heat pair peer pier
3. 4.
part pear pore stair stop stand
Work with a partner. Take turns reading the sentence and answering
the question.
Can you eat a pear on the stair?
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Fluency
The bright sun had shone all day, and now the day 11
glowing pink clouds. The little boy was sorry to see the 33
day end. 35
Expression
B Does not read with feeling A Reads with appropriate feeling for most content
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I Reads with some feeling, but does not match content AH Reads with appropriate feeling for all content
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“Day and Night”
Use the K-W-L-Q chart to record your ideas as you read “Day and Night.” Answers will vary.
5.9
Date
With a partner, share what you learned about night and day. Then write questions
21/08/19 3:33 PM
Name Date
• to tell about patterns in nature • to explain how day becomes night
Grammar
Build a Sentence
1. Play with a partner.
2. Use the words below to build sentences. Write a question,
a statement, a command, and an exclamation.
3. Begin with a capital letter. Add an end mark.
4. The player who first writes all four types of sentences
correctly wins. Possible answers:
Thinking Map
Picture card 1:
Picture card 2:
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Share your chart with a partner. Tell how your picture cards are
alike and different.
Grammar
The Seasons
Grammar Rules Yes/No Questions
Question Answer
1. Is winter a season?
Yes, winter is a season.
2. Do leaves fall in spring?
No, leaves do not fall in spring.
3. Are there four seasons?
Yes, there are four seasons.
4. Does it snow in summer?
No, it does not snow in summer.
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Grammar
Questions that ask for more information often start with Who,
What, Where, Why, When, or How.
Who asks about a person. Why asks for a reason.
What asks about a thing. When asks about a time.
Where asks about a place. How asks about the way things
happen.
Each sentence needs a question word. Spell the question word that
belongs with each sentence by filling in the blanks. Work with a partner
to see who can complete the word first.
Use the information from the chart to tell your partner how the
seasons are alike and different.
Phonics Practice
gnome knee
Read each word. Circle the word that goes with each picture.
1. 2.
gnome
knit
knight gnu knee glue
3. 4.
knock gnat get kick clock knock
5. 6.
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align light alive knit gnat knight
Work with a partner. Take turns reading the sentence and pointing to
the objects.
Find a gnu, a knight, and a gnat.
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Fluency
Intonation
Varies intonation; usually uses end marks (questions
Does not vary intonation or use end marks to determine whether voice
B A marks and periods) to determine whether voice should
should rise or fall during reading
rise or fall during reading
Sometimes varies intonation, using end marks (question marks and Varies intonation; always uses end marks to determine
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I AH
periods) to determine whether voice should rise or fall during reading whether voice should rise or fall during reading
Reading Options
“A Winter Wonder”
Make fact cards about frogs. Write the topic, state a fact, and draw
a picture on each card. Answers will vary.
That’s Amazing!
Fact Card 1
An amazing fact about
is
Picture
That’s Amazing!
Fact Card 2
An amazing fact about
is
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Picture
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Respond and Extend
Name
Compare Genres
Use the Venn diagram to tell how “What Makes the Seasons?” and “A Winter Wonder”
are alike and different. Possible answers:
5.20
• about all the • about wood frogs
seasons • tell about
• explains how
animals
• explains why wood frogs
Date
Tell a partner one way the selections are the same and one way they are different.
09/08/19 9:37 AM
Name Date
Grammar
Wonderful Winter
Grammar Rules Questions
Writing Project
Organization
Writing is organized when it is easy to follow. All the ideas make sense
together and flow from one idea to the next in an order that fits the
writer’s audience and purpose.
Is the writing
well-organized? Does it fit Does the writing flow?
the writer’s purpose?
q The writing is very q The writing is smooth and
well-organized logical.
4
Wow! q It clearly fits the writer’s q Each sentence flows into
purpose. the next one.
at all.
1 q The sentences do not flow
Huh? q It does not fit the writer’s smoothly or logically.
purpose.
Writing Project
Comparison Chart
Complete the chart to compare two seasons. Answers will vary.
Season: Season:
Temperature
Weather
Sports
Writing Project
Revise
Use revision marks to make changes
Revision Marks
to these paragraphs. Look for:
Add
• well-organized ideas
• words that show comparisons Take out
• correct spelling Move to here
• capitalization
Possible answers:
Winter and Summer
swim in the winter. I can wear sandals and shorts. In winter, I need
, though.
warm clothes.
ski and ice skate. Both winter and summer are fun. It’s also fun to
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build a snowman.
Writing Project
Revision Marks
Edit and Proofread Add
Use revision marks to edit and Take out
proofread these paragraphs. Look for: Move to here
• spellings with ie or ei Check spelling
• different kinds of sentences and Insert period
their punctuation
Insert question
• apostrophes
mark
Possible answers:
Insert
apostrophe
Weather Opposites
during summer?
gets in the 30’s, we think it’s warm. Why do I love winter! The snow is
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Winter and summer are very different, but I like them both.
5.25 Unit 5 | Everything Changes
Better Together
Make a concept map with the answers to the Big Question:
Why is it good to work together? Answers will vary.
Why is it
good to work
together?
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Thinking Map
Story Elements
Use a story map to tell about the characters, setting, and plot of a story.
Setting:
Plot:
Event 1:
Event 2:
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Event 3:
Use your story map to tell a partner a story about being part
of a team.
6.2 Unit 6 | Better Together
Grammar
“Domino Soup”
Listen as your teacher reads. Follow with your finger.
Grammar
Soup for Us
Grammar Rules Object Pronouns
Circle the object pronoun that takes the place of the noun.
2. The butcher sees Maria and asks her if the soup needs chicken.
4. Maria likes to cook for Grandpa. Maria gives some soup to him.
5. M
y friend and I see the baker. The baker shares her bread
with us.
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“Domino Soup”
Make a story map for “Domino Soup.” Possible answers:
Setting:
Little Havana
in Miami
Plot:
Share your story map with a partner. Compare the story elements
you found for “Domino Soup.”
Phonics Practice
lamb wrist
Read each word. Write the word that completes each sentence.
thumb wrench
comb vase
tube wrap
knitter lamb
writer wrist
climber limb
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Work with a partner. Take turns reading the sentence and pointing to
the objects.
Find a writer, a limb, and a thumb.
Fluency
“Domino Soup”
Use this passage to practice reading with proper expression.
Do not read the character names aloud.
I Reads with some feeling, but does not match content. AH Reads with appropriate feeling for all content.
Reading Options
Page
Page
Page
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Talk to a partner about how your opinions are the same and
different.
Tell a partner how the two versions of the story are the same
and different.
6.10 Unit 6 | Better Together
Grammar
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he, hi
i rl
g er
oy
m
e
you on she, h
rself
I, me
on
eo
le bj
Make a Spinner
p ec
1. Place one loop of
or peo we, it t
o e ,
da
m ey, t u
circle.
friend
we, us
a
2. Push a sharp
th , yo
u
pencil through
us
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paper.
3. Spin the paper
clip around the
pencil.
Thinking Map
Main Idea
Make a main idea diagram to tell about a time you worked with
someone to reach a goal. Answers will vary.
Detail: Detail:
Main idea:
Grammar
Write the possessive adjective that completes each sentence. Then circle
the noun it describes.
“Saving an Island”
Listen as your teacher reads. Follow with your finger.
Grammar
Vocabulary
“Saving an Island”
Make a main idea diagram for “Saving an Island.” Possible answers:
Detail: Detail:
They cut down the trees on They started to raise
the island. bees to help pollinate
the plants.
Main idea:
The people of Pemba worked together to help save
their island.
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Share your main idea diagram with a partner. See if you found
the same main idea.
Phonics Practice
moon juice
Read each word. Circle the word that goes with each picture.
1. 2.
fed for food cause
cruise
cross
3. 4.
spin spoon soon root ran ruin
Work with a partner. Take turns reading the sentence and pointing to
the objects.
Find a bruise, a spoon, and a boot.
6.18 Unit 6 | Better Together
Fluency
“Saving an Island”
Use this passage to practice reading with proper phrasing.
in the sea. 32
I Occasionally pauses while reading the text AH Consistently pauses at all appropriate points in the text
– =
words attempted number of errors words correct per minute
in one minute (wcpm)
Compare Texts
Use the comparison chart to show how “Saving an Island” and
“Mi Barrio” are alike and different.
“Saving an
“Mi Barrio”
Island”
It is in an urban
✓
community.
It is in a rural
community. ✓
The community
members help each ✓ ✓
other.
The selection is
illustrated with ✓ ✓
photographs.
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It is a true story. ✓ ✓
Compare your chart with a partner’s. See if you found the same
information.
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Grammar
Nouns
Lee and Ana’s Samir and your
Our project Lilu’s marker
notes plans
My goals Your skill Jackson’s paper
Possessive Pronouns
Mine Yours Ours Theirs
His Hers Yours
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Use three of the nouns above. Tell a partner something about you.
Writing Project
Organization
Writing is organized when it is easy to follow. All the ideas make sense
together and flow from one idea to the next in an order that fits the
writer’s audience and purpose.
Is the writing
well-organized? Does it Does the writing flow?
fit the writer’s purpose?
q The writing is very q The writing is smooth and
4 well-organized. logical.
Wow! q It clearly fits the writer’s q Each sentence flows into
purpose. the next one.
Writing Project
Story Map
Complete the story map for your story. Answers will vary.
Characters: Setting:
Beginning:
Middle:
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End:
Writing Project
Revise
Use revision marks to make changes
Revision Marks
to the story. Look for:
• character and setting descriptions Add
• missing details Take out
Insert quotation
Possible answers: marks
Insert new
paragraph
Show Time
It is filled with dirty dishes. Dinner plates
and bowls are stacked high.
Tina looks at the kitchen sink. There are many dishes.
in an annoyed voice. “Then you can
watch the movie with your friends.”
“It’s your turn to do the dishes,” says Tina’s dad.
Tina sits down and stares into space. for one person
The movie starts in fifteen minutes. There are too many dishes!
Tina asks her big sister to help. “I will wash the dishes if you will dry
Tina and her sister quickly wash and dry the
dishes. They are done in no time.
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“Its time to take your cat to the vet, “ Gabby’s mom said. “Put
his
Buddy in their pet carrier.”
her
Gabby looked everywhere for my cat. “Buddy! Where are you.”
Gabby found Buddy hiding under the bed. “How will I get him out?”
She
Her had an idea.
Buddy loves cheese? Gabby made a cheese trail from the bed
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into the pet carrier Slowly Buddy came out. He ate all the cheese
Best Buddies
Make a concept map with answers to the Big Question:
How do living things depend on each other? Answers will vary.
Thinking Map
Characters’ Motives
Make a character map for the animal in your story. Answers will vary.
Tell a partner your story. Then share your character map and talk
about the character’s motives.
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Grammar
Food Chains
Grammar Rules Regular Past Tense Verbs
wish + ed = wished
Write the past tense form of each verb. Then read each sentence aloud.
Choose a verb from one of the boxes and make a new sentence.
Have a partner use the verb in the past tense and say the
sentence again.
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Grammar
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is goes
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He complains about
Gecko He can’t sleep.
the fireflies.
They want to
They flash their keep others from
Fireflies
lights all night. stepping in holes in
the road.
Phonics Practice
glue screw
Read each word. Circle the word that goes with each picture.
1. 2.
few flew flow crew globe clue
3. 4.
step stew stool Sue Sam Peter
5. 6.
/-
1000
now new grew threw thread throne
Fluency
Gecko thought. 2
content.
Accuracy and Rate Formula
Use the formula to measure a reader’s accuracy and rate while reading aloud.
– =
words attempted number of errors words correct per minute
in one minute (wcpm)
Reading Options
Clues:
Definition:
WORD
DETECTIVE
New Word:
What I think it means:
Clues:
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Definition:
Compare Genres
Complete a comparison chart to compare “Go to Sleep, Gecko!” and
“Enric Sala: Marine Ecologist.” Possible answers:
Grammar
Thinking Map
Use the chart to discuss the topic and main idea with a partner.
Grammar
“Odd Couples”
Listen as your teacher reads. Follow with your finger.
Grammar
There are two ways to make a verb tell about the future.
1. Add will before a present tense verb.
Example: I will call you tomorrow.
2. Add a phrase with going to before a verb in the simple form.
Examples:
I am going to respond.
Vocabulary
Yes or No?
1. Listen to the questions. Write the missing Key Word where it belongs
in each sentence.
2. Listen to the questions again.
3. Write yes or no for each question.
1.
Do animals in the wild hide from danger ? Yes.
“Odd Couples”
Fill out the topic and main idea chart for “Odd Couples.”
Possible answers:
Detail:
Cleaner shrimp keep other fish clean.
Detail:
Coyotes and badgers help each other hunt.
Use your topic and main idea chart to tell a partner about
“Odd Couples.”
Phonics Practice
Schwa Sound
1. 2.
parrot family
3. 4.
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balloon open
Fluency
“Odd Couples”
Use this passage to practice reading with proper intonation.
The big animals don’t mind. Why not? Well, the birds 24
I Changes pitch, but does not match content. AH Changes pitch to match all of the content.
Reading Options
“Working Together”
Make a K-W-L-Q chart as you read “Working Together.”
Possible answers:
K W L Q
What I know What I want What I Questions
to learn learned I still have
Partners help Can plants be Flowers help What are
each other. partners? bees make other plant
honey. and animal
partnerships?
Share your chart with a partner. Talk about how to find answers
to the questions you still have after reading.
7.20 Unit 7 | Best Buddies
Use the comparison chart to explain the topic and main idea of
each selection.
7.21 Unit 7 | Best Buddies
Grammar
Make a Spinner
1. Place one loop
of a paper clip
over the center
am/are/is going
threaten
w
will threaten,
of the circle.
g el l
to threaten
o
ill h he
in p, a p
g
2. Push a sharp
to m/
pencil through
re
he are/
the loop and
the paper. s
am will po lp is
/a resp n
to re/ on d
3. Spin the paper
going to live
clip around the r is
es g d, will live, am/are/is
pencil. po oin live
nd g
grow
/is
/a m
i , am swi
re
li l s oin
m
w g
going to hide
t
/a ll pr ec
ot o ,
hide
pr /is g tect
t g
ec in
am wi ot
r o
pr
e
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to
Writing Project
Organization
Writing is organized when it is easy to follow. All the ideas make sense
together and flow from one idea to the next in an order that fits the
writer’s audience and purpose.
Is the writing
well-organized? Does it fit Does the writing flow?
the writer’s purpose?
Writing Project
Topic:
Writing Project
Revise
Use revision marks to make changes
Revision Marks
to these paragraphs. Look for:
• details that support main ideas Add
• an order that makes sense Take out
Move to here
Possible answers:
Crocodiles and Plovers
The reason is that the crocodiles need their help.
Plovers are small birds. They are not afraid of crocodiles.
Plovers and crocodiles help each other.
A crocodile opens its mouth, and a plover hops in. The plover
Writing Project
they help each other get their favorite food—honey! What are
these creatures? Ratels are mammals and are also known as “honey
If the ratel has heared the noise, it will rush to the hive. It uses its
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sharp claws to tear open the hive. Sadly this is not good for the bees.
The ratel and honeyguide work well together. When they do, they
are
know they is goings to have a good meal!
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Our World
Make a concept map with the answers to the Big Question:
What does the world mean to you? Answers will vary.
Thinking Map
Why the
How the
Character character feels
character feels
this way
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Grammar
1. Color objects that are on the table yellow. cake, hamburgers, corn
2. Color objects that are under the table blue. dog, cat
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3. Color the object that is beside the table green. garbage can
Grammar
ac
thr
ro
ou
ss
gh
2. Push a sharp
pencil through
u
aro
the paper.
pencil.
Phonics Practice
Read the word under each blank line. Add the correct ending. Write the
new word on the line.
Fluency
Cheng read the letter from his pen pal in the United States. 12
Cheng ran to the kitchen. His mother was making rice dumplings 59
Cheng loved those dumplings, with sweet bean paste or with meat. 79
B A
I Changes pitch, but does not match content. AH Changes pitch to match all of the content.
Grammar
An American Restaurant
Grammar Rules Prepositions
Circle the word to complete each sentence. Then read the sentence.
Thinking Map
Author’s Purpose
Make an author’s purpose chart to tell about a nonfiction text you
have read. Answers will vary.
Author’s purpose:
Grammar
Grammar
Author’s purpose
to inform
Clues from the details: Clues from the main idea:
Phonics Practice
Read the word below each blank line. Add the correct ending. Write the
new word on the line.
Fluency
I Occasionally pauses while reading the text. AH Consistently pauses at all appropriate points in the text.
Reading Options
WORD
DETECTIVE
New word: roamed
What I think it means: went to faraway places
WORD
DETECTIVE
New word: rambled
What I think it means: wandered
persuade readers ✓ ✓
inform readers ✓
entertain readers ✓ ✓
share experiences ✓ ✓
express feelings ✓ ✓
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express creativity ✓
Grammar
Sentences
Sentence Starters
Koji and
Teresa and I You and I
We go . Lynn have
write . read .
fun .
Prepositional Phrases
about
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Writing Project
Voice
Every writer has a special way of saying things, or a voice. The voice
should sound genuine, or real, and be unique to that writer.
Writing Project
Feelings Chart
Complete a chart for your personal narrative. Answers will vary.
Why the
How the person
Person person feels
feels
this way
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Writing Project
Revise
Use revision marks to make changes
to these paragraphs. Look for: Revision Marks
• words and sentences that sound Add
like you Take out
• details that tell why the event was
important
Possible answers:
Our Class Party
Writing Project
Possible answers:
A New Life in America
My class went to Ellis Island. Until 1954, Ellis Island was where many
in two write
were under one or too suitcases. They could not read or rite English.
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America is a place where people can start a new life. That’s what