1. Unit 1 Planner Theme: Taking a Stand
Unit 1
Taking a Stand
The
Big
Question
Why do people take
action to support
what they believe in?
Theme Video
Taking a Stand
www.macmillanmh.com
2 3
Theme Opener, pp. xvi–4/5 pages 6A–33JJ pages 34A–59JJ
WEEK 1 WEEK 2
ORAL LANGUAGE
• Listening Comprehension Theme Theme
Fighting Back Stand Up for What’s Right
• Speaking/Viewing
Build Background Build Background
WORD STUDY
• Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary
scald, permission, autograph, injury, mournful, sympathy,
fare, blurted, clenched, delivering, shrieks, decency,
spectacular, approached couple
Context Clues: Homophones Idioms and Adages
Phonics Phonics
• Phonics/Word Study Short Vowels Long Vowels
Spelling Spelling
• Spelling Short Vowels Long Vowels
READING
• Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension
Strategy: Analyze Story Strategy: Analyze Story
Structure Structure
Skill: Character and Setting Skill: Make Inferences
• Fluency Fluency Fluency
Repeated Reading: Repeated Reading:
Expression and Accuracy Intonation/Expression
• Leveled Readers Approaching Approaching
The Way It Should Be The Habits of Rabbits
On Level On Level
Gramma’s Garden The Elephant in the Room
Beyond Beyond
Sandy’s Song Black Bear’s Backyard
ELL ELL
Dreaming of a Garden Elephants in Africa
LANGUAGE ARTS
• Writing Writing Writing
Trait: Ideas Trait: Ideas
• Grammar Grammar Grammar
Sentences Subjects and Predicates
viii Unit 1
2. Unit 1 Planner
Real World Reading
MAYA LIN
ARCHITECT OF MEMORY
Comprehension
Genre
An Expository article in a
newspaper or magazine
presents verifiable facts and
information.
Summarize
Main Idea and Details
The main idea of an article
is what the article is mostly
about. Supporting details
give more information about
the main idea.
A
Maya Lin
s is her habit, architect Maya Lin stayed away from the
crowds—and the limelight. She stood behind the tinted
windows of the Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery,
Alabama. Outside, hundreds of visitors arrived at the site for
the opening of the Civil Rights Memorial, which Lin designed.
‘‘I like standing back quietly,’’ Lin said. ‘‘You create your
message, and then it is out there on its own.’’
Lin’s message can be found in the memorial’s exhibits. This
memorial honors those who died fighting for equality during
the civil rights movement. Some visitors reached out to touch
the names of loved ones carved into a black granite disk. Their
faces were wet with tears. ‘‘I’m so thankful,’’ said Sarah Salter,
h h b d Willi Ed d J kill d i M
pages 60A–71NN pages 72A–95JJ pages 96A–125JJ
WEEK 3 WEEK 4 WEEK 5 WEEK 6
Theme Theme Theme Show What You Know
Remembering The Past Helping a Friend Heroes Young and Old Spiral Review
Character/Setting; Main
Idea/Details; Problem/
Build Background Build Background Build Background Solution; Suffixes; Photos/
Captions
Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary Genre Study
dedicated, equality, artifacts, forbidden, reluctant, navigation, instruct, patriots, Biography/Autobiography;
exhibits, site gossiped, irresistible, elegant, tyrant, stark, governor, Drama
mischievous, hesitation, inspect Writing
Word Parts: Inflectional purchased Personal Narrative
Endings Word Parts: Word Families
Word Parts: Suffixes
Phonics Phonics Phonics
Words with /ū/, /˙ and /ü/
u/, r-Controlled Vowels r-Controlled Vowels
Unit 1 Assessment,
Spelling Spelling Spelling 131M–131N
Words with /ū/, /˙ and /ü/
u/, r-Controlled Vowels r-Controlled Vowels
Comprehension
Character and Setting;
Make Inferences; Main
Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension Idea and Details; Problem
Strategy: Summarize Strategy: Summarize Strategy: Summarize and Solution; Draw
Skill: Main Idea and Skill: Problem and Solution Skill: Draw Conclusions Conclusions
Details
Vocabulary Strategies
Fluency Fluency Fluency Homophones; Idioms
Repeated Reading: Repeated Reading: Repeated Reading: Phrasing and Adages; Inflectional
Phrasing Expression and Phrasing Endings; Suffixes; Word
Approaching
Approaching Approaching The Shot Heard Round the Families
Ellis Island: The Golden Doors Nothing Is Impossible World
Text Features/ Literary
On Level On Level On Level Elements/ Study Skills
Ellis Island: The Golden Doors Where We Belong The Shot Heard Round the Time Line, Photographs
World and Captions, Diagram,
Beyond Beyond
Meter and Alliteration,
Ellis Island: The Golden Doors All or Nothing Beyond
Using the Internet
The Shot Heard Round the
ELL ELL
World Grammar
Ellis Island The Family Farm
ELL Sentences
The American Revolution
Begins! Writing
Personal Narrative
Writing Writing Writing
Personal Narrative Trait: Ideas Trait: Ideas Fluency Assessment
Grammar Grammar Grammar
Diagnose and Prescribe
Sentence Combining Sentence Combining/ Run-on Sentences
Complex Sentences Interpret Assessment
Taking a Stand ix
3. Unit 2 Planner Theme: Investigations
Unit 5
Investigations
The
Big
Question
How do scientists
learn about the
natural world?
Theme
Launcher
Video
Find out more about scientists at
www.macmillanmh.com.
536 537
Theme Opener, xvi-134/135 pp. 136A–157JJ pp. 158A–179JJ
WEEK 1 WEEK 2
ORAL LANGUAGE
• Listening Comprehension Theme Theme
Scientists at Work Slithery Snakes
• Speaking/Viewing Build Background Build Background
WORD STUDY
• Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary
specimens, murky, dormant, species, survive, alert,
scoured, biology, research, vibrates, surroundings, prey,
observer, transferred predators, lunging
Greek and Latin Roots Context Clues
• Phonics/Word Study Phonics/Word Study Phonics/Word Study
Variant Vowel /ô/; Plurals
Diphthongs /oi/, /ou/
• Spelling
Spelling Spelling
Variant Vowel /ô/; Plurals
Diphthongs /oi/, /ou/
READING
• Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension
Strategy: Summarize Strategy: Summarize
Skill: Sequence Skill: Main Idea and
Details
• Fluency Fluency Fluency
Repeated Reading: Repeated Reading:
Expression and Phrasing Expression and Phrasing
• Leveled Readers Approaching Approaching
Searching for Cures Tracing the Food Web
On Level On Level
Searching for Cures Tracing the Food Web
Beyond Beyond
Searching for Cures Tracing the Food Web
ELL ELL
Science Finds Cures Food Webs
LANGUAGE ARTS
• Writing Writing Writing
Trait: Ideas Trait: Ideas
• Grammar Grammar Grammar
Common and Proper Nouns Singular and Plural Nouns
viii Unit 2
4. Unit 2 Planner
Real World Reading
These
Comprehension
Genre
An Expository article in a
newspaper or magazine
presents facts and
Are Wild!
information about real The latest robots look like insects.
people, places, and events. How may they help us one day?
Monitor Comprehension
mitating nature has become popular in
I
Author’s Purpose
Authors have three main building machines. This is especially true
purposes for writing: to among those trying to create the next
entertain, to inform, or generation of robots. Why? When it comes to
to persuade. Identifying solving really difficult design problems, nature
important details and ideas
has a billion-year head start.
can help you determine the
author’s purpose.
Going Buggy
Most people think that cockroaches are nasty
pests. But Roy Ritzmann has observed a lot that
he loves about them. “They’re fast. They’re agile,”
Ritzmann says.
In The Swim
Joseph Ayers holds up
a lobster. It inspired his
invention, RoboLobster,
shown half-built in tank.
184
pp. 180A–191NN pp. 192A–217JJ pp. 218A–239JJ
WEEK 3 WEEK 4 WEEK 5 WEEK 6
Theme Theme Theme Show What You Know
Scientific Discoveries Balloon Flight Extreme Weather Spiral Review
Draw Conclusions; Main
Build Background Build Background Build Background Idea/Details; Author’s
Purpose; Latin Roots; Charts
Genre Study
Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary Procedural Text; Drama
investigating, observed, launched, particles, damages, property, available,
inhibit, conquer, insight dense, inflate, anchored, contact, atmosphere, Writing
companion, hydrogen, destruction, surge Persuasive Essay
Word Parts: Greek and Latin scientific
Roots Multiple-Meaning Words
Word Parts: Greek Roots
Phonics/Word Study Phonics/Word Study Phonics/Word Study Unit 2 Assessment,
Inflectional Endings Contractions Closed Syllables 245M–245N
Spelling Spelling Spelling Comprehension
Inflectional Endings Contractions Closed Syllables Sequence; Main Idea and
Details; Author’s Purpose;
Fact and Opinion;
Description
Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension Vocabulary Strategies
Strategy: Monitor Strategy: Monitor Strategy: Analyze Text Word Parts: Greek and
Comprehension Comprehension Structure Latin Roots; Context Clues;
Skill: Author’s Purpose Skill: Fact and Opinion Skill: Description Multiple-Meaning Words
Fluency Fluency Fluency Text Features/ Literary
Repeated Reading: Repeated Reading: Repeated Reading: Elements/ Study Skills
Phrasing Rate and Accuracy Expression and Phrasing Rhythm and Rhyme
Approaching Approaching Approaching Scheme; Hero;
Discovering the Elements Sky Watchers Weather Extremes Personification; Simile
and Metaphor; Imagery;
On Level On Level On Level Onomatopoeia;
Discovering the Elements Sky Watchers Weather Extremes Library/Media Center
Beyond Beyond Beyond
Discovering the Elements Sky Watchers Weather Extremes Grammar
Nouns
ELL ELL ELL
The Elements Sky Watchers Weather Extremes Writing
Persuasive Essay
Writing Writing Writing
Persuasive Essay Trait: Voice Trait: Word Choice Fluency Assessment
Grammar Grammar Grammar Diagnose and Prescribe
More Plural Nouns Possessive Nouns Plurals and Possessives Interpret Assessment
Investigations ix
5. Unit 3 Planner Theme: Using Your Wits
Unit 3
Using Your Wits
The
Big
Question
How can you use
your intelligence to
outwit others?
Theme Video
Using Your Wits
www.macmillanmh.com
246 247
Theme Opener, xvi–248/249 pp. 250A–277JJ pp. 278A–307JJ
WEEK 1 WEEK 2
ORAL LANGUAGE
• Listening Comprehension Theme Theme
Tricksters Thinking It Through
• Speaking/Viewing Build Background Build Background
WORD STUDY
• Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary
wares, treasurer, merchandise, dismiss, intentions, despair,
educate, instruct, burdens, descended, accompany,
appreciation, unfortunate delicacies, consented, seek
Analogies: Synonyms/ Homophones
Antonyms
• Phonics/Word Study Phonics Phonics
Open Syllables Open Syllables (V/V)
• Spelling Spelling Spelling
Open Syllables Open Syllables (V/V)
READING
• Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension
Strategy: Analyze Story Strategy: Summarize
Structure Skill: Sequence
Skill: Theme
• Fluency Fluency Fluency
Repeated Reading Repeated Reading
• Leveled Readers Rate Expression and Phrasing
Approaching Approaching
Coyote and the Rock Graham the Kind Hearted
On Level On Level
Brer Rabbit and the Gizzard Daisies in Winter
Eater
Beyond
Beyond The Three Sisters
How Thor Got His Hammer
ELL
ELL Flowers in Winter
Brer Rabbit’s Ride
LANGUAGE ARTS
• Writing Writing Writing
Trait: Voice Trait: Voice
• Grammar Grammar Grammar
Action Verbs Verb Tenses
viii Unit 3
6. Unit 3 Planner
Real World Reading
Comprehension Tricky
Tales
by Alma Flor Ada
Genre illustrated by Valerie Sokolova
Expository articles present
facts and information about
a person, place, or event.
Where does the wind come from?
Summarize Why is there night? Why does
Compare and Contrast
a leopard have spots?
When you compare two or
more things or ideas, you
make logical connections to
find similarities. When you
Q uestions about nature and how
the world works have been around
forever—and so have the stories that have
contrast them, you look for
helped provide answers. Trickster tales
differences.
were created in the days before science
made events like tornadoes and floods
understandable. These stories, whose main
characters use their wits to get what they
want, helped to explain nature and the
world around us.
Meet the Trickster
What is a trickster? A trickster is a type of
character that appears in many different
stories, but doesn’t always have the same
name or even the same body. Usually a
male, he is often an animal with human
features, such as a coyote, fox, tortoise, or
spider. The name “trickster” can be tricky.
He isn’t always tricking others—sometimes
he is the foolish one being tricked.
A Havasupai storyteller
312
pp. 308A–319NN pp. 320A–349JJ pp. 350A–375JJ
WEEK 3 WEEK 4 WEEK 5 WEEK 6
Theme Theme Theme Show What You Know
Tales Challenges Talking in Codes Spiral Review
Theme ; Sequence
Build Background Build Background Build Background Compare and Contrast;
Context Clues; Metaphor;
Time Line
Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary Genre Study
generations, globe, preserve, consulted, recover, tasks, corridor, reservation, enlisted, Persuasive; Drama
reveal, amusing previous, pursuit, proceeded, invasion, shield, location,
urgency, detected creased, transmission Writing
Fictional Narrative
Homographs Context Clues: Figurative Context Clues
Language
Phonics Phonics Phonics
Vowel Team Syllables Consonant + le Syllables r-Controlled Vowel Syllables
Unit 3 Assessment,
Spelling Spelling Spelling
381M–381N
Vowel Team Syllables Consonant + le Syllables r-Controlled Vowel Syllables
Comprehension
Theme, Sequence,
Compare and Contrast,
Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension Author’s Perspective
Strategy: Summarize Strategy: Visualize Strategy: Visualize Vocabulary Strategies
Skill: Compare and Contrast Skill: Theme Skill: Author’s Perspective Analogies, Homophones,
Homographs, Context
Clues/Figurative
Fluency Fluency Fluency Language, Context Clues
Repeated Reading Repeated Reading Repeated Reading
Phrasing Rate Expression and Phrasing Text Features/ Literary
Approaching Approaching Approaching Elements/ Study Skills
Trickster Jack and the Three- Arthur and the Sword On the Home Front Metaphor and Moral, Venn
Headed Giants Diagrams, Study Strategies,
On Level On Level Tables, Consonance and
On Level Isis and the Seven Scorpions On the Home Front Symbolism
The Tale of the Trickster
Beyond Beyond
Rabbit Grammar
Theseus and the Minotaur On the Home Front
Beyond Verbs
ELL ELL
The Trickster Jackal Writing
The Story of Isis Life At Home During World
ELL War II Fictional Narrative
The Trickster Rabbit
Writing Writing Writing
Fictional Narrative Trait: Word Choice Trait: Word Choice Fluency Assessment
Grammar Grammar Grammar
Diagnose and Prescribe
Main and Helping Verbs Linking Verbs Irregular Verbs
Interpret Assessment
Using Your Wits ix
7. Unit 4 Planner Theme: Team Up to Survive
Unit 4
Team Up to Survive
The
Big
Question
How can teamwork
help in a difficult
situation?
Theme Video
Team Up to Survive
www.macmillanmh.com
382 383
Theme Opener, xvi–384/385 pp. 386A–413JJ pp. 414A–437JJ
WEEK 1 WEEK 2
ORAL LANGUAGE
• Listening Comprehension Theme Theme
Extreme Conditions Teams on the Job
• Speaking/Viewing Build Background Build Background
WORD STUDY
• Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary
frigid, treacherous, triumph, mission, disasters,
uninhabited, expedition, environment, zone, gravity,
labor, dismantled, abandon maze, adjusted, function
Word Parts: Root, Prefix, Context Clues
Suffix
• Phonics/Word Study Phonics Phonics
Words with Final /ә l/ and Prefixes
/ә n/
• Spelling Spelling Spelling
Words with Final /ә l/ and Prefixes
/ә n/
READING
• Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension
Strategy: Generate Strategy: Generate
Questions Questions
Skill: Problem and Solution Skill: Main Idea and Details
• Fluency Fluency Fluency
Repeated Reading Repeated Reading
Rate Accuracy
• Leveled Readers Approaching Approaching
Science in the Snow On the Moon
On Level On Level
Science in the Snow On the Moon
Beyond Beyond
Science in the Snow On the Moon
ELL ELL
Science at the North and On the Moon
South Poles
LANGUAGE ARTS
• Writing Writing Writing
Trait: Word Choice Trait: Ideas
• Grammar Grammar Pronouns and Grammar
Antecedents Subject and Object Pronouns
viii Unit 4
8. Unit 4 Planner
Real World Reading
Comprehension
Heroes in
Genre
Time of Need
An Expository article in a How can kids make a difference
newspaper or magazine when natural disasters strike?
presents facts and
I
information. n 2005 Mother Nature proved just how
powerful she can be. In the United States,
Monitor Comprehension one of the worst hurricane seasons
Fact and Opinion pounded coastal areas. Katrina, the strongest
A fact is something that can hurricane that year, slammed the Gulf Coast.
be proven to be true. An
The violent hurricane destroyed parts of
opinion is a belief that may
Mississippi and Alabama, and it flooded the
not be supported by facts.
city of New Orleans.
In South Asia, citizens began the year
rebuilding after a tsunami destroyed coastlines
from southern India to the island nation of
Indonesia. On December 26, 2004, more than
200,000 people were killed in the tsunami, and
Rescue workers search for victims millions were left in need of help.
after Hurricane Katrina.
442
pp. 438A–449NN pp. 450A–483JJ pp. 484A–513JJ
WEEK 3 WEEK 4 WEEK 5 WEEK 6
Theme Theme Theme Show What You Know
Helping Out Family Teams Camping Out Spiral Review
Problem/Solution, Draw
Build Background Build Background Build Background Conclusions, Fact/Opinion,
Multiple-Meaning Words,
Primary Sources
Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary Genre Study
impact, supplies, survived, robot, defective, meteor, guaranteed, supervise, Expository; Drama
violent, involved rotated, staggered, reversed, frustrated, coordination, ease, Writing
dangling, tokens scenery, bundle, fused Expository: Compare and
Word Parts: Greek and Latin
Roots Analogies: Synonyms Dictionary: Multiple- Contrast Essay
Meaning Words
Phonics/Word Study Phonics Phonics/Word Study
Homographs Words with /chә r/and /zhә r/ Words with -ance and -ence Unit 4 Assessment,
519M–519N
Spelling Spelling Spelling
Homographs Words with /chә r/and /zhә r/ Words with -ance and -ence Comprehension
Problem/Solution;
Main Idea and Details;
Fact /Opinion; Draw
Conclusions; Character
Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension /Setting
Strategy: Monitor Strategy: Monitor Strategy: Monitor Vocabulary Strategies
Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension Root, Prefix, Suffix;
Skill: Fact and Opinion Skill: Draw Conclusions Skill: Character and Setting Context Clues; Greek/
Fluency Latin Roots; Analogies/
Fluency Fluency
Repeated Reading Repeated Reading Repeated Reading Expression Synonyms; Dictionary/
Phrasing Expression and Phrasing Multiple-Meaning Words
Approaching
Approaching Approaching A Visit to Grand Canyon Text Features/ Literary
Environmental Heroes Return to Planet Weird National Park Elements/ Study Skills
Primary Sources;
On Level On Level On Level Symbolism and Moral;
Environmental Heroes Me, Robot? A Visit to Grand Canyon Parts of a Book; Toolbar
National Park and Link; Interview
Beyond Beyond
Environmental Heroes Beyond
The Terrariums Grammar
A Visit to Grand Canyon
ELL ELL National Park Pronouns
Environmental Heroes The Prize ELL Writing
The Amazing Grand Canyon Expository: Compare and
Contrast Essay
Writing Writing Writing
Compare and Contrast Essay Trait: Ideas Trait: Organization Fluency Assessment
Grammar Grammar Grammar
Pronoun-Verb Agreement Possessive Pronouns Pronouns, Contractions, and Diagnose and Prescribe
Homophones Interpret Assessment Results
Team Up to Survive ix
9. Theme: The American West
Valley
Unit 5 Planner
of the Moon
Unit 5
The American West
The
Big
Question
by Sherry Garland
How did the illustrated by Kristina Rodanas
American West
change during our
country’s early years?
Theme Video
The American West
www.macmillanmh.com
520 521
Theme Opener, xvi–522/523 pp. 524A–549JJ pp. 550A–577JJ
WEEK 1 WEEK 2
ORAL LANGUAGE
• Listening Comprehension Theme Theme
The Spanish in the Early Cowboys
West
• Speaking/Viewing
Build Background Build Background
WORD STUDY
• Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary
eldest, depicts, detested, vastness, enthusiasm,
ignored, refuge, projects, horizon, ravine, presence,
obvious, obedience swerved, suspended, distinct
Thesaurus: Synonyms Analogies: Antonyms
• Phonics/Word Study Phonics/Word Study Phonics/Word Study
Suffixes Homophones
• Spelling Spelling Spelling
Suffixes Homophones
READING
• Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension
Strategy: Monitor Strategy: Monitor
Comprehension Comprehension
Skill: Cause and Effect Skill: Make Inferences
• Fluency Fluency Fluency
Repeated Reading Repeated Reading
Expression Rate
• Leveled Readers Approaching Approaching
The Oregon Trail: Westward Nat Love: A Man of the Old
Ho! and New West
On Level On Level
The Oregon Trail: Westward Alice Greenough: A New
Ho! Woman of the Old West
Beyond Beyond
The Oregon Trail: Westward William F. Cody: Showman of
Ho! the Old West
ELL ELL
The Oregon Trail: Westward Cowgirl Alice Greenough
Ho!
LANGUAGE ARTS
• Writing Writing Writing
Trait: Ideas Trait: Ideas
• Grammar Grammar Grammar
Independent and Independent and
Dependent Clauses Dependent Clauses
viii Unit 5
10. Unit 5 Planner
Real World Reading
A Historic
Comprehension
Genre
Journey
An Expository article in a
newspaper or magazine
presents facts and
information about real
people, places, and events.
Analyze Text Structure
Cause and Effect
A cause is an action that
makes something happen.
An effect is the thing that
happens because of an
action.
How did the leaders of the
Lewis and Clark expedition
make history as both
explorers and scientists?
pp. 578A–589NN pp. 590A–619JJ pp. 620A–643JJ
WEEK 3 WEEK 4 WEEK 5 WEEK 6
Theme Theme Theme Show What You Know
Explorations Tall Tales The Right to Vote Spiral Review
Plot and Setting; Make
Inferences; Cause and Effect;
Build Background Build Background Build Background Antonyms; Maps
Genre Study
Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary Fiction; Drama
instill, combined, naturalist, original, wring, advertisement, representative, colonel,
vacant, diverse commenced, impress, elected, attorney, qualify, postpone, Writing
sauntered, posed submit, satisfactory, notion Expository: Research Report
Thesaurus: Antonyms
Word Parts: Compound Dictionary: Word Origin
Words
Phonics/Word Study Phonics/Word Study Phonics/Word Study
Prefixes Suffixes -ion Unit 5 Assessment,
Spelling Spelling Spelling 649M–649N
Prefixes Suffixes -ion
Comprehension
Cause and Effect; Make
Inferences; Plot and
Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension Setting; Fact and Opinion
Strategy: Analyze Text Strategy: Analyze Story Strategy: Generate
Structure Structure Questions Vocabulary Strategies
Skill: Cause and Effect Skill: Plot and Setting Skill: Fact and Opinion Thesaurus: Synonyms;
Analogies: Antonyms;
Fluency Fluency Fluency Thesaurus: Antonyms;
Repeated Reading Repeated Reading Repeated Reading Word Parts: Compound
Phrasing Expression Accuracy Words; Word Origin
Approaching Approaching Approaching
Animal Observers Sluefoot Sue The Story of African American Text Features/ Literary
Voting Rights Elements/ Study Skills
On Level On Level Time Lines, Maps,
Animal Observers Johnny Appleseed On Level Toolbars, Links, Repetition,
The Story of African American Assonance, Using a
Beyond Beyond
Voting Rights Dictionary/Thesaurus
Animal Observers Old Stormalong
Beyond
ELL ELL Grammar
The Story of African American
Animal Watchers The Story of Johnny Voting Rights Clauses; Adjectives
Appleseed
ELL Writing
African Americans Win the Vote Expository: Research
Report
Writing Writing Writing
Expository: Research Report Trait: Organization Trait: Sentence Fluency Fluency Assessment
Grammar Grammar Grammar Diagnose and Prescribe
Adjectives that Compare Comparing with more/most Comparing with good/bad Interpret Assessment
The American West ix
11. Unit 6 Planner Theme: Changes
Unit 6
Changes
The
Big
Question
What events can
help you change
the way you think?
Theme Video Changes
www.macmillanmh.com
By Brian Meunier
650 651
Theme Opener, pp. xvi–652/653 pp. 654A–685JJ pp. 686A–713JJ
WEEK 1 WEEK 2
ORAL LANGUAGE
• Listening Comprehension Theme Theme
Overcoming Obstacles Growing Up
• Speaking/Viewing Build Background Build Background
WORD STUDY
• Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary
slumped, soggy, capable, wearily, suspicious, jubilant,
categories, strands, gigantic, debris, parched, frayed,
credit, luminous sensation, abruptly
Context Clues: Synonyms Context Clues
• Phonics/Word Study Phonics Phonics
Greek Roots Latin Roots
• Spelling Spelling Spelling
Words with Greek Roots Words with Latin Roots
READING
• Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension
Strategy: Generate Strategy: Monitor
Questions Comprehension
Skill: Character and Plot Skill: Problem and Solution
• Fluency Fluency Fluency
Repeated Reading Repeated Reading
Expression and Phrasing Intonation/Expression
• Leveled Readers Approaching Approaching
What’s the Buzz about the Survival Instincts: Insects
Geography Bee?
On Level
On Level Survival Instincts: Insects
Nadia Gomez Sees the Light
Beyond
Beyond Survival Instincts: Insects
The Car Wash Chronicles
ELL
ELL How Insects Stay Alive
Nadia’s Project
LANGUAGE ARTS
• Writing Writing Writing
Trait: Ideas Trait: Voice
• Grammar Grammar Grammar
Adverbs Adverbs That Compare
viii Unit 6
12. Unit 6 Planner
Real World Reading
A Dream
Comprehension
Genre
An Expository article in a
Comes True Why do ALL kids
newspaper or magazine need a place to play?
reports on real people,
places, and events.
Most kids love recess, but for Hannah Kristan, it
Monitor Comprehension
was her least favorite part of the school day.
Persuasion
Persuasion is a method of “I never got to do anything except sit there,”
convincing others that they she recalls.
should believe something or Hannah was born with a disease that kept the
feel a certain way about a
bones in her back from forming properly. She
subject.
uses a wheelchair. Sadly, for kids like her, most
playground equipment is off limits. In fact, Hannah
is one of 5 million kids in the United States who
cannot use traditional playground equipment
because of some type of disability.
Paint panel
Talk tube
718
pp. 714A–725NN pp. 726A–749JJ pp. 750A–779JJ
WEEK 3 WEEK 4 WEEK 5 WEEK 6
Theme Theme Theme Show What You Know
Improving Lives Fitting In Taking a Chance Spiral Review
Theme; Problem/Solution;
Build Background Build Background Build Background
Persuasion; Synonyms;
Headings
Genre Study
Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary Poetry; Drama
elementary, physical, rigid, shortage, outcast, reflected, ventured, discussions,
interact, wheelchair strategy, civilization, emerged, sprawled, Writing
traditional, complex, unreasonable, focused, Procedural: How-To Letter
Context Clues founding attraction, inquire
Dictionary: Word Origin Word Parts: Latin Roots
Phonics Phonics Phonics Unit 6 Assessment,
Words from Mythology Number Prefixes -ible, -able 785M–785N
Spelling Spelling Spelling
Words from Mythology Words with Number Prefixes Words with -ible, -able Comprehension
Character/Plot; Problem/
Solution; Persuasion;
Theme; Summarize
Vocabulary
Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension Strategies
Strategy: Monitor Strategy: Generate Strategy: Generate Context Clues: Synonyms;
Comprehension Questions Questions Context Clues; Word
Skill: Persuasion Skill: Theme Skill: Summarize Origin; Latin Roots
Fluency Fluency Fluency
Repeated Reading Repeated Reading Repeated Reading Text Features/ Literary
Accuracy Expression and Phrasing Rate Elements/ Study Skills
Photographs/Captions;
Approaching Approaching Approaching Diagram; Heading;
Taking a Stand Food Fight Dan’s Whale Hyperlink; Key Word;
Graphs; Everyday
On Level On Level On Level
Communications
Taking a Stand Fruit From Space Into the Depths of the Sea
Beyond Beyond Beyond Grammar
Taking a Stand Land of the Peppertoes The Gold at Sunset Cove Adverbs; Prepositions;
Sentence Combining
ELL ELL ELL
Taking a Stand Space Fruit Down in the Sea Writing
Procedural: How-To Letter
Writing Writing Writing
Procedural: How-To Letter Trait: Word Choice Trait: Sentence Fluency Fluency Assessment
Grammar Grammar Prepositions and Grammar Diagnose and Prescribe
Negatives Prepositional Phrases Sentence Combining Interpret Assessment
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