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DATES |
STORY |
AUTHOR |
ON LEVEL READER |
WEEKLY THEME |
COMP. STRATEGY |
WEEK |
COMP. SKILL |
VOCAB. SKILL |
GRAMMAR |
WRITING |
PHONICS/SPELLING |
RESEARCH |
CROSS CURRICULAR |
| 2nd |
2008-2009 |
THEME 1 : RELATIONSHIPS |
COMPUTER SKILL: |
Explore the Window |
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Aug. 8, 11-15 |
1. David's New Friends |
Pat Mora |
Sprouts |
School Days |
Story Structure |
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Character & Setting |
Dictionary/ABC |
Statements & Questions |
Personal Narrative |
Short a-i |
School Workers |
Economics |
| 2 |
Aug. 18-22 |
2. Mr. Putter and Tabby Pour theTea |
Cynthia Rylant |
Garden Park |
Making Friends |
Story Structure |
2 |
Plot |
Word Parts |
Commands & Exclamations |
Description |
Short e-o-u |
Making Friends |
Culture |
| 3 |
Aug. 25-29 |
3. TFK: Fighting the Fire |
Time for Kids |
How We Use Fire |
Firefighters at Work |
Summarize |
3 |
Main Idea/Details |
Word Parts |
Subjects |
Report |
Short a/Long a (a_e) |
Firefighters |
Earth /Changes |
| 4 |
Sept. 2-5 (4) |
4. Meet Rosina |
George Ancona |
Signing a Language |
Being Yourself |
Summarize |
4 |
Main Idea/Details |
Dictionary |
Predicates |
Personal Introduction |
Short i/Long i(i_e) |
Rhyming Poems |
Emotional Health |
| 5 |
Sept. 8-12 |
5. My Name is Yoon |
Helen Recorvits |
Daniel's New Home |
Coming to America |
Summarize |
5 |
Make Predictions |
Word Parts |
Sentence Combining |
Journal Entry |
Short o/Long o(o_e) |
Immigrants |
Culture |
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THEME 2: GROWTH & CHANGE |
COMPUTER SKILL: |
Mouse and Keyboard |
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| 6 |
Sept. 15-19 |
6. The Tiny Seed |
Eric Carle |
Amazing Plants |
Plants Alive! |
Summarize |
6 |
Draw Conclusions |
Context Clues |
Nouns |
Explanatory |
Short u/Long u(u_e) |
Plant Parts |
Plants & Animals |
| 7 |
Sept. 22-26 |
7. A Harbor Seal Pup Grows Up |
Joan Hewitt |
Save the Tigers |
Animal Rescue |
Summarize |
7 |
Sequence |
Antonyms |
Plural Nouns |
How To Explanation |
sl/dr/sk/sp/st |
Pet Care |
Plant & Animal Homes |
| 8 |
Sept. 29-Oct. 2(4) |
8. TFK: A Trip to the Emergency Room |
Time for Kids |
Stay Healthy Stay Happy |
A Hospital Visit |
Summarize |
8 |
Sequence |
Homophones |
Proper Nouns |
Nonfiction Article |
ay/ai |
Hospitals |
Community Health |
| 9 |
Oct.6-9(4) |
9. Farfallina and Marcel |
Holly Keller |
Hermie the Hermit Crab |
How Animals Grow |
Generate Questions |
9 |
Inferences |
Synonyms |
Possessive Nouns |
Letter to a Friend |
Long i |
How Animals Grow |
Plants & Animals |
| 10 |
Oct. 13-17 |
10. There's Nothing Like Baseball |
Angela Johnson |
Harry's Game |
Staying Fit |
Generate Questions |
10 |
Inferences |
Multiple Meanings |
Plurals & Possessives |
Explanation |
Long o |
Fitness |
Personal Health/Safety |
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THEME 3: BETTER TOGETHER |
COMPUTER SKILL: |
URL's |
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| 11 |
Oct. 20-24 |
11. Head, Body, Legs: A Story from Liberia |
Won-Ldy Paye |
Three Wishes from a Fish |
Telling Stories |
Reread |
11 |
Cause & Effect |
Context Clues |
Action Verbs |
Persuasive Poster |
Long e |
Oral Traditions |
Culture |
| 12 |
Oct.27-31 |
12. Officer Buckle and Gloria |
Peggy Rathmann |
Road Safety |
Safety First |
Read Ahead |
12 |
Illustrations |
Synonyms |
Present-Tense Verbs |
Persuasive Speech |
Long u |
Fire Safety |
Personal Health/Safety |
| 13 |
Nov. 3, 5-7(4) |
13. TFK: Meet the Super Croc |
Time for Kids |
Extinct Animals |
Creatures Old and Older |
Adjust Reading Rate |
13 |
Summarize |
Prefixes/Suffixes |
Past-Tense Verbs |
Report |
ch/sh/th/wh |
Dinosaurs |
Earth Yesterday & Today |
| 14 |
Nov. 10-14 |
14. The Alvin Alley Kids: Dancing As a Team |
Sharon D. Wyeth |
Zhang Nan |
Curtain Up! |
Visualize |
14 |
Summarize |
Antonyms |
The Verb Have |
Persuasive Advertisement |
ch/tch/sh/th |
Music |
Culture |
| 15 |
Nov. 17-21 |
THANKSGIVING |
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| 16 |
Dec. 1-5 |
15. Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type |
Doreen Cronin |
Knitwits & Wooly Sweaters |
On the Farm |
Visualize |
16 |
Cause & Effect |
Synonyms |
Sentence Combining |
Persuasive Letter |
scr/spr/str |
Farming |
Economics |
| 17 |
Dec. 8-12 |
BOOK WRAP UP |
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| 18 |
Dec.15-19(4.5) |
CHRISTMAS |
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THEME 4: LAND, SEA, SKY |
COMPUTER SKILL: |
Edit Sentences |
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| 19 |
Jan. 5-9 |
16. Splish! Splash! Animal Baths |
April P. Sayre |
Giraffes of the Savanna |
Animal Needs |
Generate Questions |
19 |
Compare/Contrast |
Inflected Nouns |
Linking Verbs |
Expository |
ar/or |
Fables |
Plants & Animals |
| 20 |
Jan. 12-16 |
17. Goose's Story |
Cari Best |
The Last Pond |
Animal Survival |
Generate Questions |
20 |
Cause & Effect |
Comparatives/Superlatives |
Helping Verbs |
News Story |
er/ir/ur |
Animal Rescue |
Plant & Animal Homes |
| 21 |
Jan. 20-23(4) |
18. TFK: A Way to Help Planet |
Time for Kids |
Spoiled by a Spill |
Helping Planet Earth |
Generate Questions |
21 |
Description |
Comparatives/Superlatives |
Irregular Verbs |
Nonfiction Article |
oo/ou |
Helping Planet Earth |
Plant & Animal Homes |
| 22 |
Jan. 26-30 |
19. Super Storms |
Seymour Simon |
That's Wild! |
Wild Weather |
Reread |
22 |
Make Predictions |
Compound Words |
Irregular Verbs |
Compare-Contrast |
ue/oo/ui/ew |
Weather & You |
Earth Science |
| 23 |
Feb 2-6 |
20. Nutik, the Wolf Pup |
Jean Craighead George |
The Coral Reef |
Habitats and Homes |
Adjust Reading Rate |
23 |
Inferences |
Inflected Verbs |
Contractions |
Book Report |
au/aw |
Wolves |
Plant & Animal Homes |
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THEME 5: DISCOVERIES |
COMPUTER SKILL: |
Understand Spreadsheets |
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| 24 |
Feb. 9-13 |
21. Dig Wait Listen: A Desert Toad's Tale |
April P. Sayre |
Australian Desert Animals |
Life in the Desert |
Summarize |
24 |
Author's Purpose |
Possessives |
Pronouns |
Fictional Dialogue |
ow/ou |
The Desert |
Plant & Animal Homes |
| 25 |
Feb. 16-20 |
22. Pushing Up the Sky |
Joseph Bruchac |
Why the Sky is Far Away |
Play Time! |
Visualize |
25 |
Problem & Solution |
Ed & ing endings |
I and Me, We and Us |
Play |
oi/oy |
Plays |
America's First People |
| 26 |
March 2-5(4) |
23. TFK: Columbus Explores New Lands |
Time for Kids |
Exploring the South Pole |
Discoveries |
Summarize |
26 |
Main Idea/Details |
Sorting Words |
Possessive Pronouns |
Report |
a as in ago |
Continents & Oceans |
History |
| 27 |
March 9-13 |
24. The Ugly Vegetables |
Grace Lin |
All About Tomatoes |
In The Garden |
Summarize |
27 |
Sequence |
Homophones |
Pronoun-Verb Agreement |
Realistic Story |
gn/kn/wr/mb |
Vegetables |
Culture |
| 28 |
March 16-20 |
25. The Moon |
Seymour Simon |
Star Sailor |
Our Moon |
Summarize |
28 |
Classify & Categorize |
Compound Words |
Contractions |
Description of Place |
Hard & soft c & g |
The Moon |
Earth Science |
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THEME 6: EXPRESSIONS |
COMPUTER SKILL: |
Power Point |
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| 29 |
March 23-27 |
26. Mice and Beans |
Pam M. Ryan |
A Party & a Half |
Count on a Celebration! |
Story Structure |
29 |
Fantasy/Reality |
Inflected Verbs |
Adjectives |
Descriptive Poster |
dge/ge/lge/nge/rge |
Fractions |
Numbers & Operations |
| 30 |
March 30-April 3 |
27. Stirring Up Memories |
Pam M. Ryan |
A World of Words |
Creating Stories |
Text Structure |
30 |
Draw Conclusions |
Greek & Latin roots |
Use "a" & "an" |
Poem |
ar/are/air |
Poetry |
Culture |
| 31 |
April 6-9(4) |
EASTER |
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| 32 |
April 20-24 |
28. TFK: Music of the Stone Age |
Time for Kids |
A Collection of Cats |
Worlds of Art |
Text Structure |
32 |
Make Judgements |
Multiple Meanings |
Adjectives that Compare |
Nonfiction Article |
er/eer/ear/ere |
Art |
Matter & Energy |
| 33 |
April 27-May 1 |
29. African-American Inventors |
Jim Haskins |
Cars Then & Now |
Inventions Then and Now |
Reread |
33 |
Compare & Contrast |
Suffixes |
Adverbs |
Biography |
or/ore/oar |
Inventors & Inventions |
History |
| 34 |
May 4-8 |
30. Babu's Song |
Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen |
Lions at Last! |
Other People, Other Places |
Reread |
34 |
Character & Setting |
