Storytown Theme 1: School Days

Storytown Theme 1: School Days

Lesson 1: Story: Ruby the Copycat by Peggy Rathmann (Realistic Fiction)

Phonics/Spelling-Short Vowels: a, e, i, o, u

Focus Skill-Characters and Setting

Focus Strategy-Use Graphic Organizers

Additional Skills-ABC Order

Robust Vocabulary-trudged, gushed, coincidence, pleasant, modeled, murmured, loyal, recited, frustrated, imitated

Grammar-Statements and Questions

Lesson 2: The Day Eddie Met the Author by Louise Borden (Realistic Fiction)

Phonics/Spelling-Root word + Ending –ed, -ing

Focus Skill-Characters and Setting

Focus Strategy-Use Graphic Organizers

Additional Skills-ABC Order

Robust Vocabulary-conquer, resistance, assembly, plenty, dismiss, squirmed, patchwork, autographed, ponder, anticipation

Grammar-Commands and Exclamations

Lesson 3: Schools Around the World by Margaret C. Hall (Expository Nonfiction)

Phonics/Spelling-Vowel Digraphs: long e–ee,ea; long a–ai,ay; long o–oa,ow

Focus Skill-Locate Information

Focus Strategy-Use Prior Knowledge

Additional Skills-Use a Dictionary

Robust Vocabulary-proper, boarding, chores, certain, resources, culture, tutor, uniforms, literacy, diverse

Grammar-Complete and Simple Subjects and Predicates

Lesson 4: Ellen Ochoa, Astronaut by Janet Michaels (Biography)

Phonics/Spelling-Plurals, -s,-es

Focus Skill-Locate Information

Focus Strategy-Use Prior Knowledge

Additional Skills-Use a Dictionary

Robust Vocabulary-persevere, confidence, talented, apply, research, invention, hinder, disappointed, ambitious, attain

Grammar-Compound Subjects and Predicates

Lesson 5: (Review Week) The School News (Reader’s Theater News Script)

Phonics/Spelling-Theme review

Focus Skill-Characters and Setting, Locate Information

Focus Strategy-Use Graphic Organizers, Use Prior Knowledge

Additional Skills-ABC Order, Use a Dictionary

Robust Vocabulary- viewers, survive, camouflage, concealed, independent, donated, media, feature, image, popular

Review Theme 1’s Robust Vocabulary

Grammar-Statements and Questions, Commands and Exclamation, Complete and Simple Subjects and Predicates, Compound Subjects and Predicates