TREASURES UNIT ORGANIZER 2/1/2009
GRADE: 5 BOOK 1 UNIT: 1 THEME: CHALLENGES
COMPONENTS / 1 Theme:School Contests / 2 Theme:
American Legends / 3 Theme:
Trees for Life / 4 Theme:
Exploring Space / 5 Theme:
Rescue Dogs
READ ALOUD / Anthology
La Bamba / Anthology
Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind / Anthology
A Symphony of Trees / Anthology
Who’s There? / Anthology
Barry: The Dog Who Saved People
MAIN SELECTION
GENRE / Miss Alaineus
Genre:
realistic fiction / Davy Crockett Saves the World
Genre:
tall tale / Forests of the World
Genre:
non-fiction article / Ultimate Field Trip 5: Blasting Off to Space Academy
Genre:
non-fiction / Pipiolo and the Roof Dogs
Genre:
fantasy
PAIRED SELECTION
GENRE / What Does It Take to Be a Scientist
Genre:
non-fiction article
Content Vocab: competition, investigation, bacteria / Observing the Night Sky
Genre:
online article
Content Vocab: astronomers, orbit, telescope / The Science of Wildfires
Genre:
non-fiction article
Content Vocab: N/A / I’m Building a Rocket
Genre:
poetry
Content Vocab:
N/A / Doggone Work
Genre:
non-fiction article
Content Vocab: characteristics, relays, retrieve, serum, stamina
PHONICS/SPELLING / Short vowles a, e, I, o, u (vowel patterns ea/thread, u/shove, rough, i/myth / long vowels ai, ay, ee, ea, igh, oa, ow, Vcl / words with /ü/, /u/, (mule, book) / words with /är/, /âr/, /ôr/
r-controlled vowels / words with /ûr/, /îr/
r-controlled vowels
VOCABULARY / Strategy: context clues
Skill: synonyms/ multiple meaning
Words: slumped, soggy, capable, categories, strands, gigantic, credit, luminous / Strategy: word parts
Skill: compound words
Words: fireball, original, writing, advertisement, commenced, impress, elected, sauntered / Strategy: dictionary
Skill: homographs/ root words
Words: quest, settings, reduce, buffet, major / Strategy: context clues
Skill: description or explanation
Words: mission, disasters, environment, zone, gravity, maze, adjusted, function, / Strategy:
thesaurus
Skill: words relating to smell/ homophones
Words: variety, transformed, celebration, moistened, fragrance, cooperation, canceled, theory,
COMPRHENSION
STRATEGY & SKILL / Strategy: story structure
Skill: plot development, character, plot
Skill: essential message / Strategy: story structure
Skill: plot development, setting, plot
Skill: chronological order / Strategy: text structure
Skill: compare and contrast / Strategy: generate questions
Skill: main idea and details
Skill: cause and effect / Strategy: generate questions
Skill: cause and effect
Skill: problem and solution/ conflict resolution
MONITOR & CLARIFY STRATEGIES / read ahead / self-correct / N/A / N/A / reread to clarify
LEVELED BOOKS / A What’s the Buzz About the Geography Bee?
O Nadia Gomez Sees the Lights
B The Car Wash Chronicles
ELL Nadia’s Project / A Sluefoot Sue: An American Legend
O Johnny Appleseed: An American Legend
B Old Stormalong: An American Legend
ELL The Story of Johnny Appleseed / A Amazing Plants
O Amazing Plants
B Amazing Plants
ELL Plants / A How Airplanes Fly: Force and Motion at Work
O How Airplanes Fly: Force and Motion at Work
B How Airplanes Fly: Force and Motion at Work
ELL How Airplanes Fly / A It’s Fun When Sam Listens
O The Wag Brigade
B Rusty to the Rescue!
ELL Mai and Fred
GRAMMAR / sentences / subjects and predicates / sentence combining / sentence combining/ complex sentences / run-on sentences
MECHANICS / punctuate sentences / commas in a series/ appositives / punctuate compound sentences / commas/ capital letters in a letter / correcting fragments
TRIUMPHS / Dan Can Rap! / Jane Wins a Job / Do They Make You Shudder and Shake? / Seeing Mars / Ray and Blaine Save the Day
Bold type = key comprehension focus for the week