This document contains a unit planner for a theme on growing up. It outlines the weekly lessons, activities, and skills covered over the course of 6 weeks. Week 1 focuses on making a move and includes vocabulary like opportunities and borders. Week 2 focuses on changing and includes vocabulary like curious and policy. Subsequent weeks cover related themes and build on vocabulary, phonics, reading, writing, grammar and language arts skills. The document provides details on theme launchers, readings, assessments and more to support teaching and learning about growing up.

1. Unit 1 Planner Theme: Growing Up
Unit 1 Award
Growing Up Winning
The Adventures of
Author
Big
The Display Type: Coop OTF Condensed
Ali Baba Bernstein
Title Treatment revised 7/25 Design
Question
What experiences
can cause a person
to change? Display Type: Circus Dog Reg
Theme
Launcher
Video
Find out more about growing up
at www.macmillanmh.com.
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WEEK 1 WEEK 2
ORAL LANGUAGE
• Listening Comprehension Theme Theme
Making a Move Changing
• Speaking/Viewing Build Background Build Background
WORD STUDY
• Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary
opportunities, border, unions, curious, policy, ranged,
strikes, boycotts, citizen temporary, several, frequently
Word Origins Thesaurus: Synonyms
• Phonics/Word Study Phonics Phonics
Short Vowels Long a
• Spelling Spelling Spelling
Short Vowels Long a
READING
• Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension
Strategy: Make Predictions Strategy: Analyze Story
Skill: Make Inferences Structure
Skill: Character, Setting, Plot
• Fluency Fluency Fluency
Repeated Reading: Repeated Reading:
Intonation and Expression Accuracy
• Skill-Based Practice Readers Approaching Approaching
Lili Kiat This Friend, That Friend: A
Tale from The Arabian Nights
On Level
Paolo On Level
This Friend, That Friend: A
Beyond Tale from The Arabian Nights
Jin
Beyond
English Learners This Friend, That Friend: A
A New Home Tale from The Arabian Nights
English Learners
The Fisherman and the Well
LANGUAGE ARTS
• Writing Writing Writing
Topic Development: Topic Development:
Moment Moment
• Grammar Grammar Grammar
Sentences Subjects and Predicates
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2. Unit 1 Planner
Real World Reading
Comprehension REPORTERS
KID
Genre
A Nonfiction Article in a
newspaper or magazine
AT WORK
tells a true story.
Summarize
Compare and Contrast
When you look for
similarities, you compare
two or more things or
ideas. When you look for
differences, you contrast
two or more things or ideas.
How do kid reporters tell the story when the
news is about improving the lives of children?
Each year the news magazine Time Here’s a behind-the-scenes
For Kids selects several young people look at two TFK reporters and two
to serve as TFK kid reporters. These of the stories they covered for the
enterprising kids are not professional magazine. The reporters don’t have
journalists, but like adult reporters much in common, except that they
they still have to show they are are both determined to do a good job
qualified for the job. Three skills they as reporters covering an interesting
must have are persistence in tracking story. The stories seem quite different
down a story, good interviewing at first, too. However, they have some
skills, and the ability to write clearly strong similarities.
about complicated topics.
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WEEK 3 WEEK 4 WEEK 5 WEEK 6
Theme Theme Theme Writing
Kids at Work Mentors Friends of All Ages Personal Narrative
Build Background Build Background Build Background
Unit 1 Assessment,
Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary 129M–129N
identified, enterprising, endless, realistic, sensible, peculiar, positive, selecting,
persistence, venture protested, paralyzed, display consisted, advanced, aware
Comprehension
Antonyms Using a Dictionary Connotation and Make Inferences;
Denotation Character, Setting, Plot;
Compare and Contrast;
Sequence
Phonics Phonics Phonics
Long e Long i Long o Vocabulary Strategies
Spelling Spelling Spelling Dictionary: Word
Words with Long e Words with Long i Words with Long o Origins, Connotation
and Denotation, Using
a Dictionary; Thesaurus:
Synonyms, Antonyms
Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension
Strategy: Summarize Strategy: Make Inferences Strategy: Summarize Text Features/
Skill: Compare and Contrast and Analyze Skill: Sequence Literary Elements/
Skill: Character Study Skills
Time Lines; Maps; Using
Fluency Fluency Fluency
a Library; Metaphor,
Repeated Reading: Repeated Reading: Repeated Reading: Personification;
Intonation and Pacing Pacing and Pausing Intonation and Pacing Onomatopoeia, Simile
Approaching Approaching Approaching
Kids Work Elevator to Trouble The ABC Volunteer Grammar
Sentences
On Level On Level On Level
Kids Work Summer in Space Drawing Highland Writing
Beyond Beyond Beyond Personal Narrative
Kids Work Back to School A Change of Weather
English Learners English Learners English Learners
Kids Work Space Adventure Pictures of Highland
Fluency Assessment
Diagnose and Prescribe
Interpret Assessment Results
Writing Writing Writing
Personal Narrative Topic Development: Object, Topic Development: Object,
Setting Setting
Grammar Grammar Grammar
Simple and Compound Complex Sentences Run-on Sentences
Sentences
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3. Unit 2 Planner Theme: Making a Difference
Unit 2
Making a Difference
Big
The
Question
How do people make
a difference in their
communities?
Theme
Launcher
Video
Find out more about making a
difference at www.macmillanmh.com.
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WEEK 1 WEEK 2
ORAL LANGUAGE
• Listening Comprehension Theme Theme
Civil Rights Inspiring Women
• Speaking/Viewing Build Background Build Background
WORD STUDY
• Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary
unfair, ancestors, numerous, legendary, muttered, gaped,
segregation, avoided, snickering, insult, flinched
injustice
Context Clues/
Prefixes Description
• Phonics/Word Study Phonics Phonics
Prefixes Digraphs
• Spelling Spelling Spelling
Prefixes Digraphs
READING
• Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension
Strategy: Evaluate Strategy: Make Inferences
Skill: Author’s Purpose and Analyze
Skill: Author’s Purpose
• Fluency Fluency Fluency
Repeated Reading Repeated Reading
Expression/Intonation Intonation
• Skill-Based Practice Readers Approaching Approaching
Harriet Tubman Force and Motion in Sports
On Level On Level
Coretta Scott King Force and Motion in Sports
Beyond Beyond
Fighting for Rights Force and Motion in Sports
English Learners English Learners
Coretta Scott King Sports in Motion
LANGUAGE ARTS
• Writing Writing Writing
Showing Showing
• Grammar Grammar Grammar
Common and Proper Nouns Singular and Plural Nouns
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4. Unit 2 Planner
Real World Reading
Comprehension Makin g a
Splash
Genre
A Nonfiction article
in a newspaper or
magazine presents facts
and information.
Summarize How does a
Main Idea and Details person with physical
The main idea of an article
is what the article is mostly
disabilities become a
about. Details give more world-champion athlete?
information about the
R
main idea. udy Garcia-Tolson is not an ordinary
athlete. He holds world records for
swimming, running, and biking. He takes
part in top competitions around the world,
where all eyes are on him. This talented
athlete has won many medals and honors.
There is one other thing special about
Rudy: He has no legs.
Rudy was born in Bloomington,
California, with a serious illness. He went
through 15 operations as a baby. At five
years old, Rudy and his family had to make
a big decision. Rudy’s legs could no longer
function. He could keep his legs and stay
in a wheelchair or he could walk with
artificial legs. Rudy knew what he wanted;
he chose to walk. The brave five-year-old
had his legs amputated. From that point
on, Rudy’s life was never the same.
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WEEK 3 WEEK 4 WEEK 5 WEEK 6
Theme Theme Theme Writing
Facing Challenges Saving Animals Being Brave Response to Literature
Build Background Build Background Build Background
Unit 2 Assessment,
Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary 263M–263N
similar, challenges, designed, descendants, sanctuary, sores, loosened,
achieved, varied threatened, fragile, mysterious, amazement,
habitat, emerge midst, responsibility
Comprehension
Idioms Author’s Purpose; Main
Context Clues/Paragraph Homophones Idea and Details; Cause
Clues and Effect; Sequence
Vocabulary
Phonics Phonics Phonics Strategies
Three-Letter Blends r-Controlled Vowels /är/, /ôr/ Suffixes Word Parts/Prefixes;
Spelling Spelling Spelling Context Clues/
Three-Letter Blends r-Controlled Vowels /är/, /ôr/ Suffixes Descriptions, Paragraph
Clues; Idioms;
Homophones
Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension Text Features/
Strategy: Summarize Strategy: Analyze Text Strategy: Summarize Literary Elements/
Skill: Main Idea and Details Structure Skill: Sequence Study Skills
Skill: Cause and Effect Salutation and Body;
Primary Sources;
Fluency Fluency Fluency
Using Parts of a Book;
Repeated Reading Repeated Reading Repeated Reading Hyperbole; Figure of
Accuracy Pacing Intonation/Pacing Speech; Tables
Approaching Approaching Approaching
Wilma Rudolph: A True Winner Cattle-Driving Horses of the California Indian Legends Grammar
Old West Nouns
On Level On Level
Wilma Rudolph: A True Winner On Level Quileute Legends Writing
Cattle-Driving Horses of the Response to Literature
Beyond Old West Beyond
Wilma Rudolph: A True Winner Navajo Legends
Beyond
English Learners English Learners
Cattle-Driving Horses of the
Wilma Rudolph Old West Three Legends
Fluency Assessment
English Learners
Horses in the Old West Diagnose and Prescribe
Interpret Assessment
Writing Writing Writing
Response to Literature Strong Verbs Strong Verbs
Grammar Grammar Grammar
Irregular Plural Nouns Possessive Nouns Plurals and Possessives
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5. Unit 3 Planner Theme: The Power of Words
I Went to the Libr
Unit 3
hen ar
The Power of Words
W by Ken Roberts
Big
The
y
Illustrated by Nicole E. Wong
Question
How can words be
powerful?
Theme
Launcher
Video
Find out more about the power
of words at www.macmillanmh.com.
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WEEK 1 WEEK 2
ORAL LANGUAGE
• Listening Comprehension Theme Theme
Letters The Art of Persuasion
• Speaking/Viewing Build Background Build Background
WORD STUDY
• Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary
weekdays, slithered, genuine, neglected, appreciated,
apologize, harmless, misunderstood, desperate,
ambulance endured, obedience
Word Parts: Base Words Word Parts: Prefixes
• Phonics/Word Study Phonics Phonics
r-Controlled Vowels Silent Letters
• Spelling Spelling Spelling
r-Controlled Vowels Silent Letters
READING
• Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension
Strategy: Generate Strategy: Generate
Questions Questions
Skill: Make Inferences Skill: Draw Conclusions
• Fluency Fluency Fluency
Repeated Reading Repeated Reading
Tempo/Intonation Expression
• Skill-Based Practice Readers Approaching Approaching
Snakes in North America Hollywood Hounds
On Level On Level
Snakes in North America Presidential Pooches
Beyond Beyond
Snakes in North America Canine Companions
English Learners English Learners
North American Snakes White House Dogs
LANGUAGE ARTS
• Writing Writing Writing
Capitalization and Capitalization and
Punctuation Punctuation
• Grammar Grammar Grammar
Action Verbs Verb Tenses
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6. Unit 3 Planner
Real World Reading
Comprehension
Genre
A Nonfiction article in a
newspaper or magazine
tells facts about a person,
place, or event.
Evaluate
Fact and Opinion
A fact is something that
can be proven true. An
opinion is a belief that does
not have to be supported
by facts.
J aime Escalante was a math
teacher at Garfield High School
They were involved in gangs and
violence. Math wasn’t an important
in East Los Angeles. However, he subject for most of them. Escalante
quickly became a national figure. needed to make math real and
On his first day, he knew his interesting to them. He had to find a
students were in trouble. ‘‘They way to interact with his students.
were using their fingers adding stuff So one day in 1974, Escalante
at the board,’’ he says. ‘‘They came came to school wearing a chef’s hat.
in without supplies, with nothing.’’ He carried a meat cleaver and apple
Escalante wanted to help them. into his classroom. With one swift
His first challenge was to get their chop, he cut the apple in two. “Let’s
attention. Many of the students at talk about percentages,” he said.
Garfield didn’t care about education. With one quick action, he had the
students’ attention.
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WEEK 3 WEEK 4 WEEK 5 WEEK 6
Theme Theme Theme Writing
Keeping Promises From Words to Action Expression Through Art Persuasive Essay
Build Background Build Background Build Background
Unit 3 Assessment,
Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary 401M–401N
selfish, cranky, commotion, dismiss, interact, motivate, skyscrapers, collage,
exasperated, specialty, conceived, definition barbecue, glorious, strutting,
famished swarms Comprehension
Word Parts: Latin Prefixes Make Inferences; Draw
Thesaurus: Antonyms Context Clues: Description Conclusions; Make
Judgments; Fact and
Opinion; Character,
Phonics Phonics Phonics Setting, Plot
Soft c and Soft g Plurals Compound Words
Spelling Spelling Spelling Vocabulary Strategies
Soft c and Soft g Plurals Compound Words Word Parts: Base Words,
Prefixes, Latin Prefixes;
Thesaurus: Antonyms;
Context Clues: Description
Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension
Strategy: Evaluate Strategy: Evaluate Strategy: Monitor Text Features/Literary
Skill: Make Judgments Skill: Fact and Opinion Comprehension Elements/Study Skills
Skill: Character, Setting, Plot Toolbars, Line Graphs,
Fluency Fluency Fluency Theme, Using Computers,
Directions
Repeated Reading Repeated Reading Repeated Reading
Expression Accuracy Pacing Grammar
Approaching Approaching Approaching Action Verbs; Verb Tenses;
Hans and Greta Ronald Reagan: President of Girl Arranging Her Hair Main and Helping Verbs;
the United States Linking Verbs, Irregular
On Level On Level Verbs
On Level
The Dragon’s Dinner Beautiful or Not
Ronald Reagan: President of
Beyond the United States Beyond Writing
Sleeping Beauty and the The Goldsmith’s Apprentice Persuasive Essay
Beyond
Prince of Andequesta Ronald Reagan: President of English Learners
English Learners the United States Everyday Beauty
Dragon Stew English Learners
Ronald Reagan: President of Fluency Assessment
the United States
Diagnose and Prescribe
Interpret Assessment Results
Writing Writing Writing
Persuasive Essay Sensory Details Sensory Details
Grammar Grammar Grammar
Main and Helping Verbs Linking Verbs Irregular Verbs
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7. Unit 4 Planner Theme: Working Together
Unit 4
Working Together
Big
The
Question
Why do people work
in teams?
Theme
Launcher
Video
Find out more about working
together at
www.macmillanmh.com.
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WEEK 1 WEEK 2
ORAL LANGUAGE
• Listening Comprehension Theme Theme
Value of Friendship Animal Teams
• Speaking/Viewing Build Background Build Background
WORD STUDY
• Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary
eavesdropping, investigates, solitary,
acquaintance, jumble, territory, communication,
scornfully, logical, route nutrients, prehistoric
Context Clues/Paragraph Greek Roots
Clues
• Phonics/Word Study Morphology Morphology
Inflectional Endings Inflectional Endings:
Changing y to i
• Spelling Spelling Spelling
Inflectional Endings Inflectional Endings:
Changing y to i
READING
• Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension
Strategy: Make Inferences Strategy: Analyze Text
and Analyze Structure
Skill: Theme Skill: Description
• Fluency Fluency Fluency
Repeated Reading: Repeated Reading: Pacing
Intonation/Expression
• Skill-Based Practice Readers Approaching Approaching
In the Land of the Giants Grasshoppers and Crickets
On Level On Level
The Tiger-Stripe Potion Grasshoppers and Crickets
Beyond Beyond
The Wood Sprite Grasshoppers and Crickets
English Learners English Learners
Jani and the Leopard Grasshoppers and Crickets
LANGUAGE ARTS
• Writing Writing Writing
Dialogue Dialogue
• Grammar Grammar Grammar
Pronouns and Antecedents Types of Pronouns
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8. Unit 4 Planner
Real World Reading
The
Earth
Award
Winning
Selection
Comprehension Writing
Dragon
Genre
A Nonfiction article in a on the Wall
newspaper or magazine
tells facts about a person,
How can a mural bring people together?
A
place, or event.
wakes
Evaluate
Fact and Opinion
A fact is something that
can be proven true. An Imagine painting on a canvas that’s 13 feet
opinion is a belief that does tall! That’s what some kids in Los Angeles
not have to be supported are doing. Their canvas is a wall of concrete
by facts. that stretches for a half mile. These teens
are helping to restore The Great Wall of
By Laurence Yep
Los Angeles. The Great Wall is a
mural—a huge painting created
on a building, wall, or ceiling.
The Great Wall is the longest
mural in the world. It is located
at the Tujunga Flood Control
Channel of the San Fernando
Valley. Artist Judy Baca began
painting this public mural
in 1974.
Judy Baca stands in front
of her Great Wall mural
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WEEK 3 WEEK 4 WEEK 5 WEEK 6
Theme Theme Theme Writing
Californians Team Up Teams in Time of Need Family Teams Summaries
Build Background Build Background Build Background
Unit 4 Assessment,
Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary
537M–537N
community, linked, restore, trembles, debris, rescuers, unstable, applauded,
calculates, donors shifts, collapsed, area headlines, hoisting, assured,
assembled Comprehension
Word Origins Multiple-Meaning Words Theme; Description;
Suffixes Fact and Opinion; Draw
Conclusions; Author’s
Phonics Phonics Phonics Perspective
.
Words with /ü/, /ū/, and /u / Diphthongs /oi/ and /ou/ Variant Vowel /ô/
Vocabulary
Strategies
Spelling . Spelling Spelling Context Clues/Paragraph
Words with /ü/, /ū/, and /u / Diphthongs /oi/ and /ou/ Variant Vowel /ô/ Clues; Greek Roots; Word
Origins; Multiple-Meaning
Words; Suffixes
Text Features/
Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension Literary Elements/
Strategy: Evaluate Strategy: Visualize Strategy: Monitor Study Skills
Comprehension Advertisements; Character,
Skill: Fact and Opinion Skill: Draw Conclusions
Moral; Skim and Scan;
Skill: Author’s Perspective
Technical Manual;
Fluency Fluency Fluency Repetition, Personification
Repeated Reading: Accuracy Repeated Reading: Repeated Reading: Pacing
Expression Grammar
Pronouns and
Approaching Approaching Approaching Antecedents; Types of
John Sutter, California Settler The Story of San Francisco From Gliders to Rockets Pronouns; Pronoun-Verb
On Level On Level On Level Agreement; Possessive
John Sutter, California Settler The Story of San Francisco From Gliders to Rockets Pronouns; Pronouns and
Homophones
Beyond Beyond Beyond
John Sutter, California Settler The Story of San Francisco From Gliders to Rockets Writing
Summaries
English Learners English Learners English Learners
John Sutter, California Settler San Francisco From Gliders to Rockets
Fluency Assessment
Writing Writing Writing
Summaries Formatting Dialogue Formatting Dialogue Diagnose and Prescribe
Interpret Assessment Results
Grammar Grammar Grammar
Pronoun-Verb Agreement Possessive Pronouns Pronouns and Homophones
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9. Unit 5 Planner Theme: Habitats
Unit 5
Habitats
Big
The
Question
What makes a
habitat unique?
Theme
Launcher
Video
Find out more about habitats at
www.macmillanmh.com.
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WEEK 1 WEEK 2
ORAL LANGUAGE
• Listening Comprehension Theme Theme
Deserts Desert Animals
• Speaking/Viewing Build Background Build Background
WORD STUDY
• Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary
shimmer, eerie, lurk, climate, interfere, awkward,
silken, lumbering proclaimed, agile, guardian,
convinced
Context Clues: Surrounding Thesaurus: Synonyms
Words
• Phonics/Word Study Phonics Phonics
Closed Syllables Open Syllables
• Spelling Spelling Spelling
Closed Syllables Open Syllables
READING
• Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension
Strategy: Summarize Strategy: Evaluate
Skill: Main Idea and Details Skill: Author’s Purpose
• Fluency Fluency Fluency
Repeated Reading Repeated Reading
Pacing Intonation/Pacing
• Skill-Based Practice Readers Approaching Approaching
Survival in the Sahara Desert The Mud Monster
On Level On Level
Survival in the Sahara Desert Three Tricky Tales
Beyond Beyond
Survival in the Sahara Desert Miki and the North Wind
English Learners English Learners
Life in the Sahara Desert Animal Tales
LANGUAGE ARTS
• Writing Writing Writing
Logical Structure: Logical Structure:
Chronological Order Chronological Order
• Grammar Grammar Grammar
Adjectives Articles
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