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The document is a unit planner for a theme of "Let's Learn" with the big question of "Why is learning important?". It outlines the plan for 6 weeks, with themes each week of value of friendship, animal teams, building schools, wolves, and special places. Each week focuses on oral language, word study including vocabulary and phonics/spelling, reading including comprehension strategies and leveled readers, language arts including writing traits and grammar. Real world reading focuses on expository texts with comprehension questions.
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3rd 2011 plans & spell
- 1. Unit 1 Planner Theme: Let’s Learn Unit 1 Let’s Learn The Big Question Why is learning important? Theme Video Let’s Learn www.macmillanmh.com by Mary Hoffman 2 3 illustrated by Caroline Binch Theme Opener, pp. xvi–4/5 pp. 6A–33JJ pp. 34A–65JJ 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 chuckled, nervous, nonsense, auditions, adventure, fumbled, trudged exploring, sparkling, fantastic, success Word Parts/Prefixes dis-, un-, non-, in- Dictionary: Unknown Words • Phonics/Word Study Morphology Morphology Short Vowels Final e • Spelling Spelling Spelling Words with Short Vowels Words with Final e READING • Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension Strategy: Analyze Story Strategy: Analyze Story Structure Structure Skill: Character, Setting, Plot Skill: Cause and Effect • Fluency Fluency Fluency Repeated Reading: Repeated Reading: Phrasing Intonation • Leveled Readers Approaching Approaching The New House Puss in Boots On Level On Level The New Kid Anansi Wins Back the World’s Stories Beyond The New Hometown Beyond Aladdin and His Lamp English Learners The First Day English Learners Anansi and the Three Tasks LANGUAGE ARTS • Writing Writing Writing Trait: Ideas Trait: Ideas • Grammar Grammar Grammar Statements and Questions Commands and Exclamations viii Unit 1
- 2. Unit 1 Planner Real World Reading Comprehension EARTH Smart Genre Expository articles give information about real people, places, or things. How do green schools Generate Questions help the environment? Main Idea and Details A main idea is the most important point of an article. Details or facts Goodwillie Environmental School is friendly to the environment. support the main idea. Goodwillie is a green school in Ada, Michigan. Green schools do many things to help the Earth. Green schools use less energy than regular schools. At Goodwillie, solar panels use the sun’s power. The solar power heats the school in winter. As a result, the school’s energy bills are low. The school also believes in using recycled items. Its walls and floors are made with recycled material. Even the outdoor deck is made from sawdust and recycled milk jugs! Clara Cullen (left) and Seana Florida find frogs in Goodwillie’s pond. 70 pp. 66A–77NN pp. 78A–111JJ pp. 112A–145JJ WEEK 3 WEEK 4 WEEK 5 WEEK 6 Theme Theme Theme Show What You Know Building Schools Wolves Special Places Spiral Review Character, Setting, Plot; Build Background Build Background Build Background Cause/Effect; Main Idea and Details; Prefixes; Bar Graph Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary donate, unaware, members, passion, bothering, admire, separate, determination, contribute concentrate, ached, splendid storage, exact, ruined, luckiest Writing Personal Narrative Thesaurus/Synonyms Context Clues/Multiple- Word Parts/Suffixes, -er, -est Meaning Words Phonics Phonics Phonics Long a Long o Long i Unit 1 Assessment, Spelling Spelling Spelling 151M–151N Words with Long a Words with Long o Words with Long i Comprehension Character, Setting, Plot; Cause and Effect; Main Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension Idea and Details; Compare Strategy: Generate Strategy: Generate Strategy: Summarize and Contrast; Make and Questions Questions Skill: Make and Confirm Confirm Predictions Skill: Main Idea and Details Skill: Compare and Contrast Predictions Vocabulary Strategies Prefixes, Suffixes; Fluency Fluency Fluency Unknown Words; Repeated Reading: Rate Repeated Reading: Repeated Reading: Synonyms; Multiple- Expression Phrasing Meaning Words Approaching Resources All Around Us Approaching Approaching Text Features/ Literary Running with Wolves The Slightly Tipping Tree On Level Elements/ Study Skills House Resources All Around Us On Level Bar Graphs; Personification; Katie and the Wolf On Level Text Features; Encyclopedia Beyond Article A Winter Adventure Resources All Around Us Beyond A Dog’s Life Beyond Grammar English Learners The Science Fair Sentences; Subjects; Resources English Learners The Wolf English Learners Predicates Safe in the Storm Writing Ideas; Personal Narrative Writing Writing Writing Personal Narrative Trait: Ideas Trait: Ideas Fluency Assessment Grammar Grammar Grammar Complete Subjects Complete Predicates Compound Sentences Diagnose and Prescribe Interpret Assessment Let’s Learn ix
- 3. Unit 2 Planner Theme: Neighborhoods and Communities Unit 2 Neighborhoods and Communities The Big Question How do community members work together? Theme Video Neighborhoods and Communities www.macmillanmh.com 152 153 Theme Opener, pp. xvi–154/155 pp. 156A–189JJ pp. 190A–209JJ WEEK 1 WEEK 2 ORAL LANGUAGE • Listening Comprehension Theme Theme Birth of a Town Starting a Local Business • Speaking/Viewing Build Background Build Background WORD STUDY • Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary sidewalks, grumbled, traders, disappear, protect, harming, blossomed, wailed, lonesome supply, capture, enclosure Word Parts: Compound Words Context Clues: Multiple-Meaning Words • Phonics/Word Study Morphology Phonics Long e Silent Letters Spelling • Spelling Spelling Silent Letters Words with Long e READING • Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension Strategy: Summarize Strategy: Monitor Skill: Sequence Comprehension Skill: Draw Conclusions • Fluency Fluency Fluency Phrasing Rate Approaching Approaching • Leveled Readers Start Your Own Business! Purple Loosestrife On Level On Level Start Your Own Business! Purple Loosestrife Beyond Beyond Start Your Own Business! Purple Loosestrife English Learners English Learners Dog Wash The Marsh Monster LANGUAGE ARTS • Writing Writing Writing Trait: Ideas Trait: Word Choice • Grammar Grammar Grammar Common and Proper Nouns Singular and Plural Nouns viii Unit 2
- 4. Unit 2 Planner Real World Reading Comprehension Genre Expository texts give information about real people, places, or things. How did railroads change Monitor Comprehension Main Idea and Details the face of the Southwest? The main idea is the most important point about a topic. Details or facts support the main idea. B efore railroads arrived, not many people lived in the Southwest. Those who did were rugged pioneers and members of Native American tribes. However, the coming of railroads brought big changes in Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, and Oklahoma. In 1869, the first This map shows the first railroad routes in transcontinental railway the Southwest. line was completed. For the first time, railroad tracks stretched across the United States. Over the next few years, more railway lines were built. 214 pp. 210A–221NN pp. 222A–243JJ pp. 244A–275JJ WEEK 3 WEEK 4 WEEK 5 WEEK 6 Theme Theme Theme Show What You Know Communities Working Together Building Homes Spiral Review Main Idea and Details; Build Background Build Background Build Background Character, Setting, Plot; Theme; Multiple-Meaning Words; Textbook Features Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary culture, communities, tour, volunteers, thrilled, appliances, owners, immigrants, established, slogan, deserve construction, equipment, Writing traditional leaky, project Expository Context Clues: Examples Context Clues: Antonyms Context Clues: Paragraph Clues Phonics Phonics Phonics Unit 2 Assessment, 3-Letter Blends Digraphs Contractions 281M–281N Spelling Spelling Spelling Comprehension Words with 3-Letter Blends Words with Digraphs Words with Contractions Sequence; Draw Conclusions; Main Idea and Details (stated); Author’s Purpose; Theme Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension Vocabulary Strategy: Monitor Strategy: Monitor Strategy: Monitor Strategies Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension Compound Words; Skill: Main Idea and Skill: Author’s Purpose Skill: Theme Multiple-Meaning Details (stated) Words, Paragraph Clues; Fluency Fluency Fluency Antonyms Pronunciation and Phrasing Pacing Phrasing Text Features/ Literary Approaching Approaching Approaching Elements/ Study Skills Communities Across America Patching a Playground Heat Wave Chart, Map, On Level On Level On Level Personification, Assonance, Rhyme, Communities Across America Patching a Playground Emergency! Features in a Textbook Beyond Beyond Beyond Communities Across America Patching a Playground New Neighbors Grammar Nouns English Learners English Learners English Learners Communities Across America Kids Make a Difference The Flood Writing Expository Writing Writing Writing Expository Trait: Word Choice Trait: Word Choice Fluency Assessment Grammar Grammar Grammar Diagnose and Prescribe Irregular Plural Nouns Possessive Nouns Sentence Combining with Interpret Assessment Nouns Neighborhoods and Communities ix
- 5. Unit 3 Planner Theme: Express Yourself Unit 3 Express Yourself The Big Question How do writers and artists express themselves? Theme Video Express Yourself www.macmillanmh.com 282 283 Theme Opener, pp. xvi–284/285 pp. 285A–309JJ pp. 310A–345JJ WEEK 1 WEEK 2 ORAL LANGUAGE • Listening Comprehension Theme Theme Being a Writer Keeping in Touch • Speaking/Viewing Build Background Build Background WORD STUDY • Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary talented, single, proper, crackle, starry, announced, excitement, acceptance, useful soared, noticed Context Clues: Word Clues Context Clues: Sentence Clues • Phonics/Word Study Morphology Morphology r-Controlled Vowels, er, ir, ur r-Controlled Vowels, ar, or • Spelling Spelling Spelling Words with r-Controlled Words with r-Controlled Vowels Vowels READING • Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension Strategy: Generate Strategy: Generate Questions Questions Skill: Author’s Purpose Skill: Character, Setting, Plot • Fluency Fluency Fluency Repeated Reading: Phrasing Repeated Reading: Expression and Intonation Approaching • Leveled Readers Laura Ingalls Wilder Approaching The E-Mail Pals On Level E. B. White, Writer On Level Dear Ghana Beyond Sequoyah: The Gift of Writing Beyond Faraway Home English Learners A Great Writer English Learners Letters to Africa LANGUAGE ARTS • Writing Writing Writing Trait: Ideas Trait: Voice • Grammar Grammar Grammar Action Verbs Present-Tense Verbs viii Unit 3
- 6. Unit 3 Planner Real World Reading Messaging Mania Comprehension Genre Expository texts give information about real Kids are logging on and sounding off. people, places, or things. Will it change friendships and the Analyze Text Structure English language? Cause and Effect A cause is why something hey, mike! happens in a story or selection. An effect is what hey julia! wass^??? happens. nm, u??? n2m either jc, doin homework BLAH...brb Do you know what these mean? “Wass^?” “N2M, U?” sup jake? “JC.” “G2G. BFN.” hey nm jc u??? If you figured it out, jc...can’t wait til Saturday you probably use instant y? messaging, or IM. It lets goin to c Crazy Cats play people “talk” to each other in real time. Instant messages are typed very fast. Users usually don’t Crazy Cats?!! No way —they r totally my fave right now! slow down to capitalize i have xtra tix... or spell out words. As a Srsly???!!! Oooooo, wld b GR8!!! result, users keep inventing well let me no asap, julia on 2, shorter versions of words an i know she likes ‘em and IM slang. askin now. Brb. 350 pp. 346A–357NN pp. 358A–391JJ pp. 392A–423JJ WEEK 3 WEEK 4 WEEK 5 WEEK 6 Theme Theme Theme Show What You Know Let’s Communicate Being an Artist My Art Spiral Review Sequence, Make Inferences, Build Background Build Background Build Background Main Idea and Details, Homophones, Directions Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary estimate, focus, record instance, illustrate, style, annual, potential, expensive, textures, sketches, suggestions politely, wrapping, innocent Writing Context Clues/Homographs Friendly Letter Context Clues/Sentence Dictionary/Homophones Clues Phonics Phonics Phonics Prefixes, re-, un-, pre-, mis- Diphthong /oi/ Variant Vowels /u and /ü/ ˙/ Unit 3 Assessment, Spelling . Spelling Spelling 429M–429N Words with /ü/, /ū/, and /u / Words with Diphthong oi, oy Words with Variant Vowels oo, u_e, ue, ew Comprehension Author’s Purpose; Character, Setting, Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension Plot; Cause and Effect; Strategy: Analyze Text Strategy: Analyze Text Strategy: Visualize Sequence; Make Structure Structure Skill: Make Inferences Inferences Skill: Cause and Effect Skill: Sequence Vocabulary Strategies Fluency Fluency Fluency Word Clues, Sentence Repeated Reading: Repeated Reading: Phrasing Repeated Reading: Clues, Homographs, Pronunciation and Phrasing and Pacing Intonation and Expression Homophones Approaching Approaching Approaching Text Features/ Literary Bright Ideas: Inventions That Old and New: Painting A Different World Elements/ Study Skills Changed History Through Time Onomatopoeia, Rhythm; On Level On Level On Level Storm Surprise Time Line; Interviews; Bright Ideas: Inventions That Old and New: Painting Directions Changed History Through Time Beyond A Long Way to Go Grammar Beyond Beyond Verbs English Learners Bright Ideas: Inventions That Old and New: Painting Changed History Through Time The Hurricane Writing Ideas, Voice, Organization, English Learners English Learners Word Choice, Letter Bright Ideas Painting Through Time Writing Writing Writing Friendly Letter Trait: Organization Trait: Word Choice Fluency Assessment Grammar Grammar Grammar Diagnose and Prescribe Past-Tense Verbs Future-Tense Verbs Sentence Combining with Interpret Assessment Verbs Express Yourself ix
- 7. Unit 4 Planner Theme: Our Teams Unit 4 Our Teams The Big Question What makes a strong team? Theme Video Our Teams www.macmillanmh.com 2 3 Theme Opener, pp. xvi–4/5 pp. 6A–37JJ pp. 38A–67JJ WEEK 1 WEEK 2 ORAL LANGUAGE • Listening Comprehension Theme Theme Working as One Unique Talents • Speaking/Viewing Build Background Build Background WORD STUDY • Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary beamed, argued, possessions, brilliance, affection, pleaded, fabric, purchased, quarreling exhausted, guarantee, preparations Context Clues: Multiple- Meaning Words Thesaurus: Synonyms • Phonics/Word Study Phonics Morphology Diphthong ou, ow Plurals • Spelling Spelling Spelling Words with Diphthong ou, Plurals ow READING • Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension Strategy: Visualize Strategy: Visualize Skill: Draw Conclusions Skill: Theme • Fluency Fluency Fluency Repeated Reading: Phrasing Repeated Reading: Expression Approaching • Leveled Readers Androcles and the Lion Approaching The Turtle and the Deer: A On Level Trickster Tale from Cuba A True Hero On Level Beyond Paul Bunyan and Babe: An The Lost Brocade American Tall Tale English Learners Beyond The Diamond A Country of Mice: A Folk Tale from Asia English Learners Paul Bunyan: A Tall Tale LANGUAGE ARTS • Writing Writing Writing Trait: Voice Trait: Voice • Grammar Grammar Grammar Verbs Be, Do, Have Linking Verbs viii Unit 4
- 8. Unit 4 Planner Real World Reading Comprehension Genre Expository texts give information about real people, places, or things. Monitor Comprehension By Beverly Cleary Problem and Solution illustrated by Ilene Richard A problem is something that needs to be worked out. A solution fixes the problem. ouston, Texas, is a lot like park, a housing project, or at a other big cities. Kids can grow up school. there without knowing how the Community gardens do more food they eat is grown. This is a than make a neighborhood problem. Urban Harvest is trying beautiful. They raise awareness to solve that problem. This group about the environment. Gardens helps by teaching people about build community spirit. Adults community gardening and how as well as kids learn the health they can utilize, or use, those benefits of eating fruit and skills to create gardens in the vegetables. Gardeners learn middle of cities. Urban Harvest how nature works. Best of all, volunteers show that a garden gardeners get to eat the fresh, can grow in a vacant lot, a public tasty food they grow. by Liane B. Onish 72 pp. 68A–79NN pp. 80A–109JJ pp. 110A–131JJ WEEK 3 WEEK 4 WEEK 5 WEEK 6 Theme Theme Theme Show What You Know Community Teamwork Family Teams Astronauts Spiral Review Draw Conclusions; Problem Build Background Build Background Build Background and Solution; Sequence; Synonyms; Time Line Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary utilize, awareness, pollution, anxious, cross, managed, decisions, communicate, emphasize alarmed, pretend, essential, responsible, Writing unfortunately research, specialist Narrative Word Parts/Suffixes Word Parts/Prefixes Thesaurus/Synonyms Phonics Phonics Phonics Variant Vowels au, aw, alt, Homophones Soft c and g alk, all, ough Unit 4 Assessment, 137M–137N Spelling Spelling Spelling Words with Variant Vowels Homophones Words with Soft c and g Comprehension au, aw, alt, alk, all, ough Draw Conclusions; Theme; Problem/Solution; Sequence Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension Strategy: Monitor Strategy: Monitor Strategy: Summarize Vocabulary Comprehension Comprehension Skill: Sequence Strategies Skill: Problem/Solution Skill: Problem/Solution Multiple-Meaning Words; Fluency Fluency Fluency Synonyms; Suffixes; Repeated Reading: Repeated Reading: Repeated Reading: Prefixes Pronunciation and Phrasing Intonation Pronunciation and Phrasing Text Features/ Literary Approaching Elements/ Study Skills Our City Gardens Rules, Directions, Imagery, Approaching Approaching First-person narrator, On Level The New Dog What’s in the Sky? Metaphors Our City Gardens On Level On Level Beyond The Sanchez Family Store What’s in the Sky? Grammar Our City Gardens Verbs; Contractions Beyond Beyond English Learners The Lost Report What’s in the Sky? Writing Our City Gardens Voice, Ideas, Word Choice, English Learners English Learners The Family Store In the Sky Narrative Writing Writing Writing Narrative Trait: Ideas Trait: Word Choice Fluency Assessment Diagnose and Prescribe Grammar Grammar Grammar Interpret Assessment Contractions with not Main and Helping Verbs Irregular Verbs Our Teams ix
- 9. Unit 5 Planner Theme: Those Amazing Animals Unit 5 Those Amazing Animals The Big Question What makes each animal unique? Theme Video Those Amazing Animals www.macmillanmh.com 138 139 Theme Opener, pp. xvi–140/141 pp. 142A–171JJ pp. 172A–199JJ WEEK 1 WEEK 2 ORAL LANGUAGE • Listening Comprehension Theme Theme Antarctic Life Animal Homes • Speaking/Viewing Build Background Build Background WORD STUDY • Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary fierce, echoes, shuffles, architects, structures, contain, huddle, junior, down retreats, shallow, shelter Context Clues: Homographs Context Clues: Homophones • Phonics/Word Study Morphology Morphology Compound Words Inflectional Endings y to i • Spelling Spelling Spelling Compound Words Inflectional Endings y to i READING • Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension Strategy: Summarize Strategy: Analyze Text Skill: Main Idea and Details Structure Skill: Description • Fluency Fluency Fluency Repeated Reading Repeated Reading Pacing Pacing and Phrasing • Leveled Readers Approaching Approaching The Weddell Seals Amazing Bird Builders On Level On Level The Weddell Seals Amazing Bird Builders Beyond Beyond The Weddell Seals Amazing Bird Builders English Learners English Learners The Weddell Seals Bird Builders LANGUAGE ARTS • Writing Writing Writing Trait: Ideas Trait: Ideas Grammar Grammar • Grammar Pronouns Subject /Object Pronouns viii Unit 5
- 10. Unit 5 Planner Real World Reading Comprehension Call of the Genre Expository articles give information about real people, places, or events. Analyze Text Structure Wild How do animals react Cause and Effect when the environment A cause is why something happens. An effect is what they live in changes? happens. Have you ever heard a coyote howl at night? If you have, you may live near coyote country. These days, coyote country is nearly everywhere, but this was not always true. Coyotes used to live mostly in the Great Plains states. How did this coyote spread occur? Each year, more and more suburban homes are built near coyote country. Since coyotes prefer open land, they roam farther away from old habitats in search of it. As a result, coyotes have been forced to adjust to living near humans as open land becomes more difficult to find. humans. to live among Coyotes are learning for coyotes. us This can be dangero 239 204 pp. 200A–211NN pp. 212A–233JJ pp. 234A–267JJ WEEK 3 WEEK 4 WEEK 5 WEEK 6 Theme Theme Theme Show What You Know Animals on the Move Unusual Animal Talents Survival and Adaptation Spiral Review Cause and Effect, Sequence Build Background Build Background Build Background Draw Conclusions, Homophones, Directions Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary crucial, adjust, survive, conversation, interrupted, sight, odor, venom, female, source, unpredictable boasting, scrambled, seized, related, identical Writing rebuild Research Report Context Clues: Synonyms Dictionary: Unknown Words Word Parts: Prefixes re-, un-, dis-, pre- Phonics Phonics Phonics Closed Syllables Inflectional Endings Open Syllables Unit 5 Assessment 273M—273N Spelling Spelling Spelling Closed Syllables Inflectional Endings Open Syllables Comprehension Main Idea, Description, Cause and Effect, Draw Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension Conclusions, Compare Strategy: Analyze Text Strategy: Monitor Strategy: Monitor and Contrast Structure Comprehension Comprehension Vocabulary Strategies Skill: Cause and Effect Skill: Draw Conclusions Skill: Compare and Contrast Homographs, Fluency Fluency Fluency Homphones, Synonyms, Repeated Reading Repeated Reading Repeated Reading Prefixes, Unknown Words Phrasing Phrasing and Rate Intonation Text Features/ Literary Approaching Approaching Approaching Elements/ Study Skills Aliens in the Waters The Elephant’s Boast Natural Defenses Rhythmic Patterns, On Level On Level On Level Imagery, Multiple-Step Aliens in the Waters Mike’s Surprise Natural Defenses Directions, Personification, Foreshadowing Beyond Beyond Beyond Aliens in the Waters The Grizzly and the Frigate Natural Defenses Grammar Bird Pronouns English Learners English Learners Aliens English Learners Special Defenses Writing Animal Friends Research Report Writing Writing Writing Fluency Assessment Research Report Trait: Sentence Fluency Trait: Organization Diagnose and Prescribe Grammar Grammar Grammar Interpret Assessment Pronoun-Verb Agreement Possessive Pronouns Pronoun Contractions Those Amazing Animals ix
- 11. Unit 6 Planner Theme: Storytellers Unit 6 Storytellers The Big Question What makes a good story? Theme Video Storytellers www.macmillanmh.com 274 275 Theme Opener, pp. xvi–276/277 pp. 278A–309JJ pp. 310A–335JJ WEEK 1 WEEK 2 ORAL LANGUAGE • Listening Comprehension Theme Theme Folktales Plays • Speaking/Viewing Build Background Build Background WORD STUDY • Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary guests, banquet, agreeable, decorated, symbol, darkened, curiosity, gaze, untrusting gnaws, securing, weakest Context Clues: Synonyms Context Clues: Antonyms • Phonics/Word Study Phonics Phonics Prefixes Consonant + al, el, le Syllables • Spelling Spelling Spelling Prefixes Words with Consonant + el, al, le Syllables READING • Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension Strategy: Visualize Strategy: Visualize Skill: Make Inferences Skill: Summarize • Fluency Fluency Fluency Repeated Reading Repeated Reading Phrasing Expression and Intonation • Leveled Readers Approaching Approaching The Popcorn Dancers Storytellers of the World On Level On Level The Fox’s Banquet Storytellers of the World Beyond Beyond The Duke’s Banquet Storytellers of the World English Learners English Learners The Fox’s Dinner Storytellers LANGUAGE ARTS • Writing Writing Writing Trait: Ideas Trait: Ideas • Grammar Grammar Grammar Adjectives and Articles Adjectives that Compare viii Unit 6
- 12. Unit 6 Planner Real World Reading Comprehension Genre Expository texts present facts and details about real people, places, and things. Tales of the Generate Questions Compare and Contrast When authors compare Trickster and contrast two topics or ideas, they often tell how they are alike and different. They use signal words, such as similar and different. How do storytellers explain the world we live in? W here does the wind come from? Why is there night? Why does a leopard have spots? Nowadays, scientists investigate and answer questions like these. But long ago, people made up stories to explain how the world works. Some of these stories were trickster tales. Meet the Trickster A trickster is a character in a story. Tricksters use their wits to get what they want. Sometimes they trick other characters. Sometimes they are the ones being tricked. A trickster doesn’t always have the same name or even the same body. He is often an animal with human features, such as a coyote, fox, tortoise, or spider. 340 pp. 336A–347NN pp. 348A–383JJ pp. 384A–411JJ WEEK 3 WEEK 4 WEEK 5 WEEK 6 Theme Theme Theme Show What You Know Trickster Tales Telling Tales Fairy Tales Spiral Review Make Inferences, Draw Build Background Build Background Build Background Conclusions, Main Idea/Details, Prefixes, Suffixes, Diagram Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary insightful, technique, magnificent, masterpiece, depart, suitable, increases, majority, investigate, cunning ingredient, recipes, tasty, observed, advised, Writing tradition discouraged Persuasive Word Parts: Prefixes and Suffixes Dictionary: Idioms Dictionary: Unknown Words Phonics Phonics Phonics Vowel Team Syllables r-Controlled Vowel Syllables Suffixes Unit 6 Assessment, 417M–417N Spelling Spelling Spelling Words with Vowel Team Words with r-Controlled Suffixes Syllables Vowel Syllables Comprehension Make Inferences; Summarize; Compare and Contrast; Character, Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension Setting, Plot Strategy: Generate Strategy: Generate Strategy: Generate Questions Questions Questions Vocabulary Strategies Skill: Compare and Contrast Skill: Compare and Contrast Skill: Character, Setting, Plot Synonyms, Antonyms, Prefixes and Suffixes, Fluency Fluency Fluency Idioms, Unknown Words Repeated Reading Repeated Reading Repeated Reading Pronunciation and Phrasing Phrasing Phrasing and Intonation Text Features/ Literary Approaching Approaching Approaching Elements/ Study Skills How People Came to Texas From Farm to Dinner Table: The Monster’s Riddle Charts, Diagrams, Use Food’s Great Journey Functional Documents, On Level On Level Sensory Language How Animals Brought Fire On Level Magpies Mystery to People From Farm to Dinner Table: Grammar Beyond Food’s Great Journey Adjectives, Articles, Beyond Adding with Kevin Beyond Adverbs, Prepositions, How Coyote Helped Light English Learners Combining Sentences the World From Farm to Dinner Table: Food’s Great Journey The Mystery of Magpie English Learners Writing Getting Fire for People English Learners Word Choice, Persuasive Essay Food’s Great Journey Writing Writing Writing Persuasive Trait: Ideas Trait: Word Choice Fluency Assessment Grammar Grammar Grammar Diagnose and Prescribe Adverbs Prepositions Sentence Combining Interpret Assessment Storytellers ix
- 13. Unit 1 Week Vocabulary Differentiated Spelling Word List chuckled APPROACHING clap, step, sick, rock, mess, shut, miss, jump, pond, bag, 1 First Day Jitters nervous fan, fed, yet, hid, top nonsense fumbled ON LEVEL clap, step, sick, rock, luck, crop, snack, mess, head, shut, trudged miss, stamp, jump, click, pond BEYOND crops, snacks, messy, head, shut, stamp, click, pond, bathtub, anthill, clammy, slump, tunnel, gushed, chuckled auditions APPROACHING date, fine, rose, lake, life, home, safe, rice, wise, grade, 2 Amazing Grace adventure smile, base, code, use, woke exploring sparkling ON LEVEL date, fine, rose, lake, life, home, safe, rice, globe, plane, wise, fantastic smoke, grade, smile, come success BEYOND fine, rice, globe, plane, wisely, smoke, graded, smiled, come, whale, envelope, crime, shapes, skated, stripes donate APPROACHING fail, bay, pail, ray, tray, may, sway, gray, plays, paint, lady, 3 Earth Smart unaware tail, day, pain, way members contribute ON LEVEL fail, bay, pail, ray, plain, tray, trail, may, braid, sway, gray, plays, paint, snail, great BEYOND bay, pail, plainly, trail, braid, swaying, painted, snails, great, ladies, afraid, unfair, acres, explained, maybe For additional spelling activities, T14 Unit 1 Key Spelling words in bold appear in the selection. go to www.macmillanmh.com.
- 14. Unit 1 (continued) Week Vocabulary Differentiated Spelling Word List passion APPROACHING gold, bowl, sold, snow, loaf, coal, slow, grows, show, blow, 4 Wolf! bothering road, cold, boat, low, coat admire concentrate ached ON LEVEL gold, bowl, soak, sold, snow, loaf, roast, coast, scold, coal, splendid slow, grows, show, float, blow BEYOND bowl, soaked, loaves, roasted, coast, scolded, floating, window, program, shown, growth, folk, throat, swallow, roam separate APPROACHING sky, pie, might, find, flight, right, fry, tight, child, buy, 5 My Very Own Room determination wind, fly, try, sigh, bite storage exact ruined ON LEVEL mild, sky, pie, might, find, fight, tied, right, fry, tight, child, luckiest flight, bright, buy, dye BEYOND mild, mighty, fight, right, fry, tightly, flight, brightness, buy, dye, wind, children, satisfy, delight, grind For additional spelling activities, Key Spelling words in bold appear in the selection. go to www.macmillanmh.com. Word List T15
- 15. Unit 2 Week Vocabulary Differentiated Spelling Word List sidewalks APPROACHING heel, seal, week, bean, team, free, green, clean, street, 1 Boom Town grumbled teen, need, three, meet, leak, feel traders blossomed wailed ON LEVEL heel, seal, weak, week, bean, creek, speaks, team, free, green, lonesome clean, cream, street, freeze, field BEYOND heel, seal, creek, speaks, cream, street, freeze, field, sixteen, peanut, chief, repeat, freedom, weakest, weekly disappear APPROACHING wrap, knit, gnat, wrists, wrote, sign, knock, know, wring, 2 Home-Grown Butterflies protect write, wrong, knee, gnaw, wren, knot harming supply capture ON LEVEL wrap, knit, gnat, wrists, knots, wrote, knight, sign, knock, enclosure wreck, know, wring, gnaws, write, wrong BEYOND knitted, gnat, wrists, knots, wrote, knight, knock, wreck, wring, gnaws, writing, wrong, wristwatch, knapsack, wrinkle culture APPROACHING scrubs, spree, screams, stream, spread, three, screens, 3 Go West! communities spray, throw, strong, scrap, thrill, straw, street, strip immigrants established traditional ON LEVEL thread, scrubs, spree, screams, street, scratch, spread, throne, three, screens, spray, throw, strong, scraped, strength BEYOND threaten, scrubs, spree, screams, stream, scratch, spread, throne, screens, strong, scraped, strengthen, streamer, scribble, sprinkle For additional spelling activities, T14 Unit 2 Key Spelling words in bold appear in the selection. go to www.macmillanmh.com.
- 16. Unit 2 (continued) Week Vocabulary Differentiated Spelling Word List tour APPROACHING chick, much, pitch, teacher, cheese, bench, chair, chin, 4 Here’s My Dollar volunteers thick, truth, whales, fish, wheel, sixth, show thrilled slogan deserve ON LEVEL chick, much, pitch, teacher, lunch, hatch, cheese, stretch, thick, truth, whales, fish, what, them, pathway BEYOND pitch, teacher, cheese, crunching, sandwich, ached, searching, chuckled, whales, washing, pathway, shadow, thicken, seashells, wreath appliances APPROACHING he’d, she’d, that’s, what’s, won’t, there’s, you’re, wasn’t, 5 A Castle on Viola Street owners we’ll, isn’t, we’re, I’d, I’ve, didn’t, they’re construction equipment leaky ON LEVEL he’d, she’d, that’s, what’s, won’t, there’s, you’re, wasn’t, project we’ll, isn’t, we’re, couldn’t, I’ve, didn’t, they’re BEYOND he’d, she’d, that’s, what’s, won’t, there’s, you’re, wasn’t, we’ll, we’ve, we’re, couldn’t, I’ve, didn’t, they’re For additional spelling activities, Key Spelling words in bold appear in the selection. go to www.macmillanmh.com. Word List T15
- 17. Unit 3 Week Vocabulary Differentiated Spelling Word List talented APPROACHING first, herds, purr, third, nurse, girls, firm, world, serve, sir, 1 Author: A True Story single church, burn, curve, birds, burst proper excitement ON LEVEL turns, first, herds, learn, purr, third, earn, nurse, perch, girls, acceptance firm, word, world, serve, worth useful BEYOND nurse, third, learned, perch, serve, worth, perfectly, Thursday, preserve, suffered, reform, tempered, inform, infirm, emerge crackle APPROACHING bark, sore, hard, storms, yard, sport, sharks, porch, story, 2 Dear Juno starry chore, card, store, far, more, part announced soared ON LEVEL bark, shorts, sharp, sore, hard, storms, yard, sport, sharks, noticed porch, pour, story, chore, wore, carve BEYOND sharp, sore, sharks, porch, pour, chore, wore, carve, orchard, artist, heartache, courtyard, tortilla, ignore, ordeal estimate APPROACHING unfair, undo, unhappy, undone, unload, retell, recall, 3 Messaging Mania focus rename, misfile, misdo, misread, mistreat, precut, preplan, presale record ON LEVEL unfair, unwanted, unhappy, undone, unload, retold, recall, recycle, misfile, misnumber, misread, mistreat, precut, preplan, presale BEYOND unfair, unwanted, unhappy, undone, uncertain, retold, recalling, recycled, misfiled, misnumbered, misread, mistreat, precut, preplanned, presale For additional spelling activities, T14 Unit 3 Key Spelling words in bold appear in the selection. go to www.macmillanmh.com.
- 18. Unit 3 (continued) Week Vocabulary Differentiated Spelling Word List instance APPROACHING soil, foil, toil, coins, point, noise, boiled, spoiled, enjoys, 4 What Do Illustrators Do? illustrate voice, choice, toy, join, boy, oil style textures sketches ON LEVEL coy, soil, foil, toil, coins, point, noise, loyal, boiled, spoiled, suggestions enjoys, voice, choice, soybean, joyful BEYOND coy, foil, toil, point, noise, loyal, voice, choice, soybean, joyful, noisy, checkpoint, asteroid, royalty, broiled annual APPROACHING loop, rude, look, clue, spoon, blue, cubes, goose, true, 5 The Jones Family Express potential shoe, soup, group, food, glue, hoop expensive politely ON LEVEL loop, rude, look, clue, spoon, tube, shook, blue, cubes, goose, wrapping mules, gloom, true, shoe, stew innocent BEYOND rude, clues, tube, shook, cubes, goose, mules, gloom, stew, classroom, childhood, annual, snoop, include, assume For additional spelling activities, Key Spelling words in bold appear in the selection. go to www.macmillanmh.com. Word List T15
- 19. Unit 4 Week Vocabulary Differentiated Spelling Word List beamed APPROACHING found, town, shout, owl, bow, round, plow, crowd, 1 Seven Spools of Thread argued proud, clouds, mouse, down, house, gown, sound possessions fabric ON LEVEL found, town, shout, owl, couch, bow, scout, round, plow, purchased crowd, proud, clouds, ground, louder, bounce quarreling BEYOND found, shouted, couch, bowed, scout, plow, crowd, proudly, louder, bounce, snowplow, outline, scowled, pounce, prowling brilliance APPROACHING years, twins, trays, states, ashes, foxes, inches, flies, cities, 2 Nacho and Lolita affection lunches, horses, ties, skies, bodies, boxes pleaded exhausted ON LEVEL years, twins, trays, states, ashes, foxes, inches, flies, cities, guarantee ponies, bunches, alleys, lunches, cherries, daisies preparations BEYOND trays, ashes, foxes, inches, ponies, bunches, alleys, cherries, daisies, heroes, libraries, chimneys, eyelashes, journeys, scratches utilize APPROACHING yawn, salt, lawn, halls, hauls, hawks, caused, small, paw, 3 A Growing Interest awareness straw, crawl, draw, saw, mall, ball pollution emphasize ON LEVEL yawn, taught, salt, lawn, halls, hauls, hawks, squawk, bought, bawls, drawing, caused, paused, crawled, coughing BEYOND yawn, taught, salt, hauls, hawks, squawk, bought, bawls, paused, crawled, coughing, walrus, scrawny, stalk, fault For additional spelling activities, T14 Unit 4 Key Spelling words in bold appear in the selection. go to www.macmillanmh.com.
- 20. Unit 4 (continued) Week Vocabulary Differentiated Spelling Word List anxious APPROACHING sale, sail, beet, beat, rode, road, two, to, too, its, it’s, your, 4 Ramona and Her Father cross you’re, see, sea managed alarmed pretend unfortunately ON LEVEL sale, sail, beet, beat, rode, road, rowed, its, it’s, your, you’re, there, they’re, peace, piece BEYOND its, it’s, your, you’re, there, they’re, their, peace, piece, seen, scene, flea, flee, weight, wait decisions APPROACHING cell, gems, age, place, gyms, city, cents, price, space, 5 Out of This World! The Ellen Ochoa communicate nice, giant, pages, ice, large, pencil essential Story responsible research ON LEVEL cell, gems, age, place, gyms, city, cents, price, space, nice, specialist giant, changes, pages, gentle, message BEYOND cell, Egyptian, spacesuit, giant, changes, gently, messages, giraffe, celebrated, garage, dangerous, cabbage, courage, citizen, officer For additional spelling activities, Key Spelling words in bold appear in the selection. go to www.macmillanmh.com. Word List T15
- 21. Unit 5 Week Vocabulary Differentiated Spelling Word List fierce APPROACHING airplane, daytime, birthday, daylight, sunset, notebook, 1 Penguin Chick echoes birdhouse, railroad, headlight, sometime, someone, newspaper, shuffles sidewalks, doghouse, stoplight huddle junior ON LEVEL airplane, daytime, birthday, daylight, hairdo, notebook, down birdhouse, barefoot, headlight, sometime, someone, newspaper, sidewalks, basketball, stagecoach BEYOND windshield, lightheaded, birthday, thumbnail, hairdo, windowpane, whoever, barefoot, headlight, homemade, someone, newspaper, throughout, basketball, stagecoach architects APPROACHING tries, tried, trying, dries, dried, drying, cries, cried, crying, 2 Animal Homes structures flies, flying, stays, plays, played, playing contain retreats ON LEVEL tries, tried, trying, dries, dried, drying, hurries, hurried, shallow hurrying, studies, studied, studying, plays, played, playing shelter BEYOND tries, tried, trying, dries, dried, drying, hurries, replied, hurrying, studies, studied, studying, obeyed, obeying, worrying crucial APPROACHING basket, rabbit, hello, latter, invite, number, lesson, chapter, 3 Call of the Wild adjust follow, problem, army, butter, Sunday, ladder, pepper survive source ON LEVEL basket, rabbit, napkin, letter, invite, bedtime, mammal, unpredictable number, fellow, chapter, follow, problem, chicken, butter, Sunday BEYOND basket, rabbit, napkin, rascal, suppose, bedtime, mammal, narrate, fellow, chapter, method, problem, chicken, retreat, Sunday For additional spelling activities, T14 Unit 5 Key Spelling words in bold appear in the selection. go to www.macmillanmh.com.
- 22. Unit 5 (continued) Week Vocabulary Differentiated Spelling Word List conversation APPROACHING names, named, naming, hopes, hoped, hoping, races, 4 Wilbur’s Boast interrupted raced, racing, drops, dropped, dropping, hugs, hugged, hugging boasting scrambled ON LEVEL names, named, naming, hopes, hoped, hoping, dances, seized danced, dancing, drops, dropped, dropping, wraps, wrapped, wrapping rebuild BEYOND arrived, noticed, offering, hopes, hoped, hoping, achieves, danced, dancing, dropped, dropping, wrapped, wrapping, driving, traded sight APPROACHING pilot, diner, tiger, limit, lemon, planet, model, ever, robot, 5 Unique Animals of the Southwest odor tiny, cover, salad, silent, spider, frozen venom female ON LEVEL pilot, diner, tiger, favor, lemon, planet, model, shady, robot, related tiny, label, cozy, silent, spider, frozen identical BEYOND pilot, jealousy, favorite, lemon, planet, model, shady, robotic, tiny, label, cozy, modern, cousin, frozen, melon For additional spelling activities, Key Spelling words in bold appear in the selection. go to www.macmillanmh.com. Word List T15
- 23. Unit 6 Week Vocabulary Differentiated Spelling Word List guests APPROACHING untied, repay, unhappy, preheat, unfold, return, dislike, 1 Stone Soup banquet review, resell, precook, prepay, unkind, reprint, redo, unlucky agreeable curiosity ON LEVEL untied, repay, disagree, preheat, unafraid, return, preschool, gaze dislike, disappear, resell, precook, prepay, unbeaten, reprint, unwrap untrusting BEYOND untied, reread, disagree, rearrange, unafraid, rebuild, disappear, unknown, prehistoric, prepay, unbeaten, reenter, unwrap, unlucky, recover decorated APPROACHING able, purple, global, table, towel, eagle, puzzle, middle, 2 The Strongest One symbol little, bottle, camel, pickle, travel, tunnel, ankle darkened gnaws ON LEVEL able, purple, riddle, handle, towel, eagle, puzzle, castle, little, securing nickel, camel, pickle, travel, tunnel, squirrel weakest BEYOND unstable, terrible, riddle, handle, towel, whistle, motel, castle, single, nickel, camel, pickle, icicle, tunnel, squirrel insightful APPROACHING about, allow, appear, away, coffee, complain, enjoy, 3 Tales of the Trickster technique explain, poison, remain, repeat, unreal, unclear, reading, detail majority investigate ON LEVEL about, allowing, appear, wayward, coffee, complain, enjoyed, cunning explaining, poison, remain, repeat, unreal, unclear, reading, detail BEYOND textbook, allowable, appear, viewpoint, coffee, complaining, enjoyment, explaining, poisonous, remainder, repeatedly, unreal, unclear, reachable, detailed For additional spelling activities, T14 Unit 6 Key Spelling words in bold appear in the selection. go to www.macmillanmh.com.
- 24. Unit 6 (continued) Week Vocabulary Differentiated Spelling Word List magnificent APPROACHING sister, sailor, dollar, toaster, winter, doctor, later, dancer, 4 Cook-a-Doodle- Doo masterpiece better, writer, silver, solar, actor, December, author ingredient recipes ON LEVEL sister, sailor, dollar, toaster, winter, doctor, layer, dancer, tasty mayor, writer, silver, cellar, trailer, December, author tradition BEYOND circular, sailor, dollar, toaster, doctor, feather, dancer, mayor, governor, silver, cellar, trailer, December, author, editor depart APPROACHING careful, cheerful, helpful, harmful, careless, handful, 5 One Riddle, One Answer suitable painless, priceless, helpless, sleepless, rainless, weekly, wisely, hopeful, increase restless observed advised ON LEVEL careful, cheerful, helpful, colorful, harmful, peaceful, pitiful, discouraged painless, priceless, helpless, sleepless, rainless, helplessly, carefully, peacefully BEYOND careful, graceful, ungrateful, colorful, harmful, peaceful, pitiful, priceless, angrily, rainless, helplessly, carefully, peacefully, wonderful, cloudless For additional spelling activities, Key Spelling words in bold appear in the selection. go to www.macmillanmh.com. Word List T15