This document provides a unit planner for a theme on friends and family. It includes two weeks of lessons focusing on oral language, word study, reading, language arts, and leveled readers. The lessons cover topics like phonemic awareness, phonics, spelling, vocabulary, comprehension strategies, fluency building, grammar, and writing. The unit aims to help students think about what makes a good friend and uses stories and activities to explore themes of friends at school and pet friends.

1. Theme: Friends and Family
Unit 1 Planner
Unit 1
Friends and Family
The
Big
Question
Think about
what makes a
good friend.
Theme Video
Friends and Family
www.macmillanmh.com
2 3
Theme Opener pp. 10/11–24/25 pp. 38/39–58/59
WEEK 1 WEEK 2
ORAL LANGUAGE
• Oral Vocabulary Theme Theme
Friends at School Pet Friends
Phonemic Awareness Phonemic Awareness
• Phonemic Awareness Listen for Short /a/ and /i/ Listen for Short /e/, /o/, /u/
WORD STUDY
• Phonic Phonics Phonics
Short /a/a, /i/i; Consonant Short /e/e, /o/o, /u/u;
Blends Consonant Digraphs
• Spelling
Spelling Spelling
Words with Short a and i Words with Short e, o, u
• Vocabulary
Vocabulary Words Vocabulary Words
groan, excited, whisper, share, enjoyed, wonderful,
carefully, different thinning, delighted, company
READING
• Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension
Strategy: Analyze Story Strategy: Analyze Story
Structure Structure
Skill: Character and Setting Skill: Plot
• Fluency Fluency Fluency
Build Fluency: Word Build Fluency: Word
Automaticity Automaticity
Echo-Read Echo-Read
Approaching Approaching
• Leveled Readers School Star City Gardens
On Level On Level
Sprouts Garden Park
Beyond Beyond
The Get-Well Wall Over the Fence
ELL ELL
Eating Sprouts A Special Garden
LANGUAGE ARTS
• Grammar Grammar Grammar
Statements and Questions Commands and
Exclamations
• Writing
Writing Writing
Personal Narrative Description
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2. Unit 1 Planner
Real World Reading
Comprehension
Genre
Expository text gives
information about
real people, places,
and events.
Summarize
Main Idea and Details
The main idea is
what an article is
mostly about. Details
and facts give more
information about housands of years before people
the main idea.
from Europe and Africa arrived in
North America, Native Americans
were successful farmers. They
grew beans, corn, squash, and
cotton. In the dry Southwest,
Native Americans dug canals
to bring water from rivers to
their crops. Bringing water to
crops is called irrigation.
Animals such as horses and oxen helped
farmers plow the land and plant crops.
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pp. 70/71–72/73 pp. 82/83–100/101 pp. 112/113–136/137
WEEK 3 WEEK 4 WEEK 5 WEEK 6
Theme Theme Theme Show What You Know
Family Friends Special Friends Friends from All Over Spiral Review
Character; Setting; Plot;
Phonemic Awareness Phonemic Awareness Phonemic Awareness Inflected Verbs
Long a Long i Long o, u
Phonics Phonics Phonics Writing
Short a and Long a (a_e); Short i and Long i (i_e); Soft Short o, u, and Long o (o_e), Personal Narrative
Consonant Blends (2-letter) c and g u (u_e); Consonant Digraphs
Spelling Spelling Spelling
Word with Final e (/ā/a_e) Word with Final e (/ī/i_e) Word with Final e (/ō/o_e;
/ū/u_e) Unit 1 Assessment,
151M–151N
Vocabulary Words Vocabulary Words Vocabulary Words
harvest, crops, regrow, cultures, deaf, signing, patient, practiced, favorite, Comprehension
machines, irrigate relatives, celebrate wrinkled, settled, cuddle Character and Setting;
Plot; Main Idea and
Details; Summarize; Make
and Confirm Predictions;
Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension Analyze Story Structure
Strategy: Summarize Strategy: Summarize Strategy: Summarize
Skill: Identify Main Idea and Skill: Identify Main Idea and Skill: Make and Confirm Phonemic Awareness/
Details Details Predictions Phonics
Short /a/a, /e/e, /i/i, /o/o,
Fluency Fluency Fluency /u/u; Final e : (/ā/a_e),
Build Fluency: Word Build Fluency: Word Build Fluency: Word (/ī/i_e), (/ō/o_e), (/ū/u_e)
Automaticity Automaticity Automaticity
Echo-Read Echo-Read Echo-Read Text Features/Study
Skills
Approaching Approaching Approaching Photos and Captions;
Family History Three American Heroes Remember Me Rhyme and Rhythm; Parts
of a Book; Bar Graphs
On Level On Level On Level
Family History Three American Heroes Daniel’s New Home Grammar
Beyond Beyond Beyond Sentences/Combining;
Family History Three American Heroes Eva’s Journey Subjects; Predicates;
Statements and
ELL ELL ELL Questions; Commands
Family History Three Heroes The New Americans and Exclamations
Grammar Grammar Grammar
Subjects Predicates Sentence Combining Fluency Assessment
Writing Writing Writing Diagnose and Prescribe
Expository Report Friendly Letter Journal Entry Interpret Assessment
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3. Theme: Community Heroes
Unit 2 Planner
DOñA FLOr
Unit 2
Community Heroes
The
Big
Question
A T ALL T ALE A BOUT A G IANT W OMAN WITH A G REAT B IG H EART
B Y P AT M ORA
I LLUSTRATED BY R AUL C OLÓN
What heroes live
in your community?
Theme Video
Community Heroes
www.macmillanmh.com
152 153
Theme Opener pp. 160/161–186/187 pp. 202/203–228/229
WEEK 1 WEEK 2
ORAL LANGUAGE
• Oral Vocabulary Theme Theme
Family Heroes Local Heroes
• Phonemic Awareness Phonemic Awareness Phonemic Awareness
Listen for Long a Listen for Long e
WORD STUDY
• Phonic Phonics Phonics
Long a; Consonant Blends Long e; Prefixes
• Spelling Spelling Spelling
Words with Long a Words with Long e
• Vocabulary
Vocabulary Words Vocabulary Words
exclaimed, concern, vendors, advice, commotion, rattled,
figure, collection respected, shivering, tangle
READING
• Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension
Strategy: Monitor Strategy: Monitor
Comprehension/Reread Comprehension/Reread
Skill: Character, Setting, Plot Skill: Cause and Effect
Fluency Fluency
• Fluency Build Fluency: Build Fluency:
Word Automaticity Word Automaticity
Echo-Read Echo-Read
Approaching Approaching
• Leveled Readers Ice Cool Texas Cowboys
On Level On Level
Lions at Last Texas Cowboys
Beyond Beyond
Jolly Good Hockey! Texas Cowboys
ELL ELL
The Soccer Team Texas Cowboys
LANGUAGE ARTS
• Grammar Grammar Grammar
Nouns Plural Nouns
• Writing
Writing Writing
Story Procedural: Directions
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4. Unit 2 Planner
Real World Reading
Comprehension
Genre
Expository text gives
information about
real people, places,
and events.
Read Ahead
Main Idea and Details A MATHEMATICAL FOLKTALE
The main idea is the
most important idea
Written and Illustrated by
in an article. Details
and facts give more
information.
Independence for Texas
The San Jacinto (SAN juh–SIN–toh)
Monument rises 570 feet into the Texas sky. At
the top of the monument is a huge star. It is a
symbol of Texas, the Lone Star State. Inside the
monument is a museum. It tells the story of the
Battle of San Jacinto. This amazing landmark
stands on the spot where that battle was fought.
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pp. 240/241–242/243 pp. 254/255–276/277 pp. 290/291–308/309
WEEK 3 WEEK 4 WEEK 5 WEEK 6
Theme Theme Theme Show What You Know
Remembering Community What Makes a Hero? Heroes from Long Ago Spiral Review
Workers Cause and Effect
Main Idea and Details
Phonemic Awareness Phonemic Awareness Phonemic Awareness Maps
Listen for Long i Listen for Long o Listen for Long u Suffixes
Headings
Phonics Phonics Phonics
Long i; Compound Words Long o; Inflectional Endings Long u; Inflectional Endings
Writing
Procedural: How-To Article
Spelling Spelling Spelling
Words with Long i Words with Long o Words with Long u
Vocabulary Words Vocabulary Words Vocabulary Words
independence, landmark, collectors, store, reward, allowed, powerful, invented, Unit 1 Assessment,
state, government, symbol clever, double, amount instrument, products, design 321M–321N
Character, Setting and
Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension Plot; Cause and Effect;
Strategy: Generate Main Idea and Details;
Strategy: Monitor Strategy: Generate Make Inferences; Compare
Comprehension/Read Questions Questions
Skill: Make Inferences and Contrast
Ahead Skill: Compare and Contrast
Skill: Main Idea and Details Fluency Phonemic Awareness/
Fluency
Build Fluency: Phonics
Fluency Build Fluency:
Word Automaticity Long a, e, i, o, u;
Build Fluency: Echo-Read Word Automaticity
Word Automaticity Echo-Read Consonant Blends,
Echo-Read Approaching Prefixes, Compound
Approaching Words, Inflectional
Cinderella: A Tale from France
Approaching Computers — Then and Now Endings
Wildfires On Level
On Level Text Features/Study
The Story of Yeh-Shen:
On Level Computers — Then and Now Skills
A Cinderella Tale
Wildfires Maps; Photographs and
Beyond Beyond
Beyond Computers — Then and Now Captions; Headings; Time
Little Ashes: A Native Line; Using Parts of a Book
Wildfires American Cinderella ELL
ELL ELL Computers Grammar
Wildfires Yeh-Shen Nouns (singular, plural,
possessive, proper)
Grammar Grammar Grammar
Proper Nouns Possessive Nouns Plurals and Possessives
Fluency Assessment
Writing Writing Writing Diagnose and Prescribe
Research Report Friendly Letter Biography Interpret Assessment
Community Heroes ix

5. Theme: Let’s Create
Unit 3 Planner
Unit 3
Let’s Create
The
Big
Question
How do people
express their ideas
and emotions in
creative ways?
Theme Video
Let’s Create
www.macmillanmh.com
Abuelo and
The Three Bears
by Jerry Tello
illustrated by
Ana López Escrivá
322 323
Theme Opener pp. 330/331–346/347 pp. 358/359–378/379
WEEK 1 WEEK 2
ORAL LANGUAGE
• Oral Vocabulary Theme Theme
Dancing Folktales
• Phonemic Awareness Phonemic Awareness Phonemic Awareness
Listen for r-Controlled Vowels Listen for r-Controlled Vowels
WORD STUDY
• Phonic Phonics Phonics
r-Controlled Vowels; r-Controlled Vowels;
Inflectional Endings Silent Letters
• Spelling
Spelling Spelling
Words with r-Controlled Vowels Words with r-Controlled Vowels
• Vocabulary Vocabulary Words Vocabulary Words
effort, mood, perform, proud, argue, arrive, cozy, medium,
remember noticed, stubborn
READING
• Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension
Strategy: Visualize Strategy: Visualize
Skill: Summarize Skill: Summarize
• Fluency Fluency Fluency
Build Fluency: Build Fluency:
Word Automaticity Word Automaticity
Echo-Read Echo-Read
• Leveled Readers Approaching Approaching
Our Statue of Liberty Anansi
On Level On Level
Our Statue of Liberty Rabbit Tricks Coyote
Beyond Beyond
Our Statue of Liberty Rabbit Trickster Tales
ELL ELL
The Statue of Liberty Rabbit and Coyote
LANGUAGE ARTS
• Grammar Grammar Grammar
Action Verbs Present-Tense Verbs
• Writing Writing Writing
Advertisement (persuasive) Personal Narrative: Story
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6. Unit 3 Planner
Real World Reading
Comprehension
Genre
Expository text gives
information about
real people, places,
and events. This exhibit shows what
people from the Stone Age
might have looked like.
Ask Questions
Author’s Purpose
When you read, you
should identify the
author’s reason for
writing the text.
Today recorded music surrounds us.
You can buy CDs of your favorite
music. You can hear singers on the
radio. You can even watch them on
TV. Thousands of years from now,
people will know about our music
because we have made recordings of it.
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pp. 392/393–394/395 pp. 404/405–426/427 pp. 440/441–454/455
WEEK 3 WEEK 4 WEEK 5 WEEK 6
Theme Theme Theme Show What You Know
Music and Art Writing Our Stories Spiral Review
Author’s Purpose; Cause
and Effect; Summarize;
Phonemic Awareness Phonemic Awareness Phonemic Awareness Antonyms; Headings; Photos
Listen for r-Controlled Vowels Listen for r-Controlled Vowels Listen for r-Controlled Vowels and Captions
Phonics Phonics Phonics
r-Controlled Vowels; r-Controlled Vowels; Suffixes r-Controlled Vowels; Prefixes Writing
Inflectional Endings Expository: Persuasive Letter
Spelling Spelling Spelling
Words with r-Controlled Vowels Words with r-Controlled Vowels Words with r-Controlled Vowels
Vocabulary Words Vocabulary Words Vocabulary Words
impossible, pleasant, talent, demand, emergency, furious, creating, familiar, glamorous, Unit 3 Assessment,
treasures impatient, neutral, sincerely imagination, memories, 467M–467N
occasions
Comprehension
Summarize; Author’s
Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension Purpose; Cause and
Strategy: Generate Strategy: Generate Strategy: Generate Questions Effect; Draw Conclusions;
Questions Questions Visualize; Generate
Skill: Draw Conclusions Questions
Skill: Author’s Purpose Skill: Cause and Effect
Phonemic Awareness/
Phonics
Fluency Fluency Fluency r-Controlled Vowels;
Build Fluency: Build Fluency: Build Fluency: Inflectional Endings; Silent
Word Automaticity Word Automaticity Word Automaticity Letters; Suffixes; Prefixes
Echo-Read Echo-Read Echo-Read
Text Features/Study
Approaching Approaching Approaching Skills
Sounds All Around Eggcellent Caves Choose Research Material;
On Level Bar Graphs
On Level On Level
Caves Grammar
Sounds All Around Knitwits and Woolly Sweaters
Beyond Verbs: action, present-
Beyond Beyond Caves tense, past-tense, the
Sounds All Around What Good Is a Goat verb Have; Sentence
ELL Combining
ELL ELL Caves
Sounds All Around Knitting Fever
Grammar Grammar Grammar Fluency Assessment
Past-Tense Verbs The Verb Have Sentence Combining
Diagnose and Prescribe
Writing Writing Writing Interpret Assessment
Nonfiction Article Friendly Letter (persuasive) Descriptive Poem
Let’s Create ix

7. Theme: Better Together
Unit 4 Planner
Unit 4
Better Together
The
Big
Question
How is working
together better than
working alone?
Theme Launcher Video
Better Together
www.macmillanmh.com
2 3
Theme Opener pp. 10/11–34/35 pp. 46/47–68/69
WEEK 1 WEEK 2
ORAL LANGUAGE
• Oral Vocabulary Theme Theme
Getting the Job Done Special Teams
• Phonemic Awareness Phonemic Awareness Phonemic Awareness
Listen for Diphthong ou, ow Listen for Diphthong oi, oy
WORD STUDY
• Phonics Phonics Phonics
Diphthong ou, ow Diphthong oi, oy
• Spelling Spelling Spelling
Words with Diphthong ou, Words with Diphthong oi, oy
• Vocabulary ow
Vocabulary Words Vocabulary Words
attached, delicious, accident, attention, buddy,
frantically, gasped, swung enormous, obeys, tip
READING
• Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension
Strategy: Monitor Strategy: Monitor
Comprehension/Reread Comprehension/Read
Skill: Cause and Effect Ahead
Skill: Use Illustrations
• Fluency Fluency Fluency
Build Fluency: Build Fluency:
Word Automaticity Word Automaticity
Echo-Read Echo-Read
• Leveled Readers Approaching Approaching
Wasted Wishes Road Safety
On Level On Level
Three Wishes From a Fish Road Safety
Beyond Beyond
Three Dog Wishes Road Safety
ELL ELL
Three Wishes Street Safety
LANGUAGE ARTS
• Grammar Grammar Grammar
Linking Verbs Helping Verbs
• Writing Writing Writing
Personal Narrative Expository: Persuasive Essay
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8. Unit 4 Planner
Real World Reading
A Trip to the
Comprehension Emergency Room
Who works in the emergency room?
Genre
Expository text gives
information about
real people, things,
or events.
Text Structure
Sequence of Events
Sequence is the
order in which
things happen.
Oh, no! You have a broken bone. Where do
you go? To the hospital emergency room, of
course. The emergency room can be a busy place.
Ambulances and people arrive there during the day
and night. People are brought there if they have a
serious medical problem.
Doctors and nurses work in the emergency room.
Their job is to aid people who are sick or hurt.
Other people help patients, too. They help keep the
hospital running properly. Let’s meet some of the
people who work in a hospital emergency room.
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pp. 82/83–84/85 pp. 94/95–112/113 pp. 124/125–152/153
WEEK 3 WEEK 4 WEEK 5 WEEK 6
Theme Theme Theme Show What You Know
Worker Teams Community Teams Surprising Teamwork Spiral Review
Cause and Effect; Sequence
of Events; Fantasy and
Phonemic Awareness Phonemic Awareness Phonemic Awareness
Reality; Character; Setting;
Listen for Vowel Digraph oo, Listen for Vowel Digraph Listen for Vowel Digraph au, Synonyms
ui, ew, ue, u, ou, oe oo, ou aw, a
Phonics Phonics Phonics
Vowel Digraph oo, ui, ew, ue, Vowel Digraph oo, ou Vowel Digraph au, aw, a Writing
u, ou, oe Expository: Composition
Spelling
Spelling Spelling Words with Vowel Digraph
Words with Vowel Digraph Words with Vowel Digraph au, aw, a
oo, ui, ew, ue, oe oo, ou
Vocabulary Words
Vocabulary Words Vocabulary Words assembled, devoured, fetch, Unit 4 Assessment,
aid, heal, informs, personal, examines, hunger, mammal, menu, simmered 167M–167N
serious normal, rescued, young
Comprehension
Monitor Comprehension/
Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension Reread and Read Ahead;
Strategy: Analyze Text Strategy: Analyze Text Strategy: Analyze Story Cause and Effect; Use
Structure Structure Structure Illustrations; Analyze Text
and Structure; Sequence
Skill: Sequence of Events Skill: Sequence of Events Skill: Distinguish Between of Events; Fantasy/Reality
Fantasy and Reality
Phonemic Awareness/
Fluency Fluency Fluency Phonics
Build Fluency: Build Fluency: Build Fluency: Diphthong ou, ow, oi, oy;
Word Automaticity Word Automaticity Word Automaticity Vowel Digraph oo, ui, ew,
Echo-Read Echo-Read Echo-Read ue, u, ou, oe, au, aw, a
Approaching Approaching Approaching Text Features/Study
People at Work Bald Eagle Alert Saving Sofia Skills
Drop-Down Menu, Floor
On Level On Level On Level Plan (Diagram), Written
People at Work Bald Eagle Alert A Party and a Half Directions; Using the
Beyond Internet
Beyond Beyond
People at Work Bald Eagle Alert A Lucky New Year Grammar
ELL Verbs (linking, helping,
ELL ELL irregular), Contractions
People Work Bald Eagles The Summer Party
Grammar Grammar Grammar
Irregular Verbs Irregular Verbs Contractions Fluency Assessment
Writing Writing Writing
Expository: Nonfiction Diagnose and Prescribe
Expository: Friendly Letter Expository: Descriptive Flyer
Article Interpret Assessment
Better Together ix

9. Theme: Growing and Changing
Unit 5 Planner
Unit 5
Growing and Changing
The
Big
Question
How do animals
and plants change
as they grow?
Theme Video
Growing and Changing
www.macmillanmh.com
168 169
Theme Opener pp. 176/177–198/199 pp. 210/211–230/231
WEEK 1 WEEK 2
ORAL LANGUAGE
• Oral Vocabulary Theme Theme
A Plant’s Life Garden Plants
• Phonemic Awareness Phonemic Awareness Phonemic Awareness
Listen for Closed Syllables Listen for Closed Syllables
WORD STUDY
• Phonic Phonics Phonics
Closed Syllables Closed Syllables
• Spelling Spelling Spelling
Words with Closed Syllables Words with Closed Syllables
• Vocabulary Vocabulary Words Vocabulary Words
burst, drifts, desert, drowns, aroma, blooming, muscles,
gently, neighbor prickly, scent, trade
READING
• Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension
Strategy: Summarize Strategy: Summarize
Skill: Draw Conclusions Skill: Sequence of Events
• Fluency Fluency Fluency
Intonation Pronunciation
Approaching Approaching
The World of Plants All About Tomatoes
• Leveled Readers
On Level On Level
The World of Plants All About Tomatoes
Beyond Beyond
The World of Plants All About Tomatoes
ELL ELL
Plants Learn About Tomatoes
LANGUAGE ARTS
• Grammar Grammar Grammar
Pronouns I and me, we and us
• Writing Writing Writing
Procedural: How-to Poster Narrative
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10. Unit 5 Planner
Real World Reading
Comprehension Meet the
Genre
Expository text gives
information about
real people, things,
or events.
Adjust Reading Rate
Summarize
To summarize
a selection, you Did a crocodile the size
tell only the most of a school bus once
important ideas
without retelling the live on Earth?
whole selection.
What kind of animal was it? Its body was
about 40 feet long. That’s about the size
of a school bus. Its jaws were about 5 feet
long. That’s about as long as some people
are tall! It had about 100 teeth.
Name: Sarcosuchus imperator (“Super Croc”)
Length: Up to 50 feet
Weight: About 17,500 pounds
Lived: About 110 million years ago
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pp. 244/245–246/247 pp. 256/257–276/277 pp. 290/291–308/309
WEEK 3 WEEK 4 WEEK 5 WEEK 6
Theme Theme Theme Show What You Know
Animals Long Ago Special Animals Wild Animals Spiral Review
Draw Conclusions; Sequence
of Events; Summarize;
Phonemic Awareness Phonemic Awareness Phonemic Awareness Diagrams and Labels;
Listen for Open Syllables Listen for Consonant + le Listen for Open Syllables Homophones
Syllables
Phonics Phonics Phonics
Open Syllables Consonant + le Syllables Open Syllables Writing
Realistic Fiction
Spelling Spelling Spelling
Words with Open Syllables Words with Consonant + le Words with Open Syllables
Syllables
Vocabulary Words Vocabulary Words Vocabulary Words Unit 5 Assessment,
ancient, confirm, hopeful, fluttered, giggled, peered, beloved, glanced, gleamed, 323M–323N
site, unable, valid recognized, snuggled, noble, promised, wiggled
vanished Comprehension
Sequence of Events,
Summarize, Draw
Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension Conclusions, Make
Strategy: Monitor Strategy: Monitor Strategy: Monitor Inferences, Reread, Adjust
Comprehension: Adjust Comprehension/Reread Comprehension: Adjust Reading Rate
Reading Rate Skill: Make Inferences Reading Rate Phonemic Awareness/
Skill: Summarize Skill: Make Inferences Phonics
Fluency Fluency Fluency Closed Syllables, Open
Pronunciation Phrasing Expression Syllables, Consonant + le
Syllables
Approaching Approaching Approaching
Living Fossils Little Bat Look Out for Dolphins Text Features/Study
Skills
On Level On Level On Level Diagrams and Labels,
Living Fossils Hermie the Hermit Crab Look Out for Dolphins Written Directions,
Beyond Beyond Beyond Illustrations, Captions,
Living Fossils Pip the Penguin Look Out for Dolphins Encyclopedia Heads,
Narrow a Topic for Research
ELL ELL ELL
What Are Living Fossils? The Happy Hermit Crab Dolphins Grammar
Pronouns; I and me,
we and us; Possessive
Pronouns; Contractions;
Pronoun-Verb Agreement
Grammar Grammar Grammar
Possessive Pronouns Contractions Pronoun- Verb Agreement Fluency Assessment
Writing Writing Writing Diagnose and Prescribe
Expository Friendly Letter Expository Interpret Assessment
Growing and Changing ix

11. Theme: The World Around Us
Unit 6 Planner
Unit 6
The World Around Us
The
Big
Question
How do we learn
about nature?
Theme Video Nature
www.macmillanmh.com
324 325
Theme Opener pp. 332/333–352/353 pp. 366/367–386/387
WEEK 1 WEEK 2
ORAL LANGUAGE
• Oral Vocabulary Theme Theme
Plant and Animal Habitats Animal Survival/Needs
• Phonemic Awareness Phonemic Awareness Phonemic Awareness
Listen for Consonant + le Listen for Vowel Team
Syllables Syllables
WORD STUDY
• Phonic Phonics Phonics
Consonant + le Syllables Vowel Team Syllables
• Spelling Spelling Spelling
Words with Consonant + le Words with Vowel Team
Syllables Syllables
• Vocabulary
Vocabulary Words Vocabulary Words
beyond, burrow, distant, beasts, handy, itches, nibble,
lengthy, warning preen, puddles
READING
• Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension
Strategy: Generate Strategy: Generate
Questions Questions
Skill: Author’s Purpose Skill: Compare and Contrast
• Fluency Fluency Fluency
Build Fluency: Build Fluency:
Word Automaticity Word Automaticity
Echo-Read Echo-Read
• Leveled Readers Approaching Approaching
Sonoran Desert Animals Giraffes of the Savanna
On Level On Level
Sonoran Desert Animals Giraffes of the Savanna
Beyond Beyond
Sonoran Desert Animals Giraffes of the Savanna
ELL ELL
Sonoran Desert Animals Giraffes
LANGUAGE ARTS
• Grammar Grammar Grammar
Adjectives Use Articles a, an, and the
• Writing Writing Writing
Friendly Letter Summary
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12. Unit 6 Planner
Real World Reading
A Way to Help
Comprehension
Genre
Planet Earth
Expository text gives What can everyone do to
information about
help keep Earth clean?
real people, things,
or events. Keeping Earth healthy is an important job.
That’s what environmental conservation is all
Text Structure
Problem and Solution about. People who do that job are working to
A problem is keep the air, land, and water clean. They are
something that also working to keep endangered plants and
needs to be worked
animals from becoming extinct.
out. A solution is the
steps taken to solve One of the hardest jobs is solving the
a problem. problem of trash. The trouble with trash is
that it keeps piling up. We could run out
Plastic bottles are piled high of places to put it.
at recycling centers.
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pp. 398/399–400/401 pp. 410/411–430/431 pp. 442/443–454/455
WEEK 3 WEEK 4 WEEK 5 WEEK 6
Theme Theme Theme Show What You Know
Saving the World Around Us Wild Weather Explaining Nature Spiral Review
Author’s Purpose; Problem
and Solution; Compare and
Phonemic Awareness Phonemic Awareness Phonemic Awareness
Contrast; Chart; Compound
Listen for Final e Syllables Listen for Vowel Team r-Controlled Syllables Words
Syllables
Phonics Phonics Phonics
Final e Syllables Vowel Team Syllables r-Controlled Syllables Writing
Expository: Compare and
Spelling Spelling Spelling Contrast Composition
Words with Final e Syllables Words with Vowel Team Words with r-Controlled
Syllables Syllables
Vocabulary Words Vocabulary Words Vocabulary Words
conservation, extinct, beware, destroy, grasslands, agreed, gathered, jabbing, Unit 6 Assessment,
hardest, remains, trouble prevent, uprooted, violent randomly, signal 467M–467N
Comprehension
Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension Generate Questions;
Strategy: Generate Strategy: Visualize Strategy: Visualize Visualize; Author’s
Questions Purpose; Compare and
Skill: Cause and Effect Skill: Problem and Solution Contrast; Problem and
Skill: Problem and Solution Solution; Cause and Effect
Fluency Phonemic Awareness/
Fluency Build Fluency: Fluency Phonics
Build Fluency: Word Automaticity Build Fluency: Consonant + le Syllables,
Word Automaticity Echo-Read Word Automaticity Vowel Team Syllables,
Echo-Read Echo-Read Final e Syllables,
Approaching r-Controlled Syllables
Approaching The Snowed Under Sled Approaching Text Features/Study
Spoiled by a Spill Sky Colors Skills
On Level
On Level That’s Wild On Level Charts, Interview, Using
Spoiled by a Spill Why the Sky Is Far Away Text Features
Beyond Grammar
Beyond Storm Riders Beyond
Adjectives; Use Articles a,
Spoiled by a Spill Sky Seeds an, and the; Synonyms and
ELL
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