| week | Word Study | Vocabulary | Reading Comprehension Strategies & Skills | Language and Writing | Main Text | Math | Social Studies | Science |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | none | none | none | • Writing Your Name • Introducing Yourself • Following Directions |
Teacher’s Choice | Classroom Rules and Expectations | Classroom Rules and Expectations | Classroom Rules and Expectations |
| Week 2 | Homographs Context Clues | compressions, minute, neutral, grumbled, insistently, intentionally, normally | • Character and Plot • Monitor and Clarify |
• Four Kinds of Sentences • Interview • Giving Directions |
Red Kayak | Whole-Number Place Value | Ancient Civilizations | Answering Questions |
| Week 3 | Homonyms Context Clues | branded, constructed, devastation, daintily, resourceful, lullaby, thieving, pitch, veins | • Cause and Effect • Summarize |
• Subjects and Predicates • Storytelling • Identifying Voice |
Thunder Rose | Decimal Place Value | Adapting to Different Places | Drawing Conclusions |
| Week 4 | Unknown Words Dictionary | lair, ravine, shellfish, gnawed, headland, kelp, sinew | • Theme and Setting • Inferring |
• Independent and Dependent Clauses • How-to • Focus on important details |
Island of the Blue Dolphins | Adding and Subtracting Decimals | Cultures | Introduction to Matter |
| Week 5 | Antonyms Context Clues | confidence, outfield, windup, fastball, mocking, unique, weakness | • Fact and Opinion • Questioning |
• Compound and Complex Sentences • Sportscast • Word Choice |
Satchel Paige | Adding and Subtracting Decimals | Technology and Exploration | Comparing Matter |
| Week 6 | Multiple-Meaning Words | barren, deafening, prying, lurched, previous, surveying | • Cause and Effect • Text Structure | • Common, Proper, & Collective Nouns • Job Advertisement • Problem-and-solution structure |
Ten Mile Day | Multiplying Whole Numbers | Spanish Explorers | Measuring Matter |
| Week 7 | Review | Review | Review | Review | Teacher’s ChoiceReview | Multiplying Whole Numbers | The Columbia Exchange | Mixtures and Solutions |
| Week 8 | Unfamiliar Words Context Clues | driftwood, hammocks, tweezers, algae, concealed, lamented, sea urchins, sternly | • Compare and Contrast • Visualize |
• Regular & Irregular Plural Nouns • Talk Show • Using A Variety of Sentences |
At the Beach | Multiplying Decimals | Spanish Colonies in the Americas | Physical and Chemical Changes |
| Week 9 | Unknown Words Dictionary | canteen, glory, stallion, confederacy, quarrel, rebellion, union | • Sequence • Inferring |
• Possessive Nouns • Informational Speech • Informal Letter |
Hold the Flag High | Multiplying Decimals | English Colonies in Virginia | Properties of Matter Review |
| Week 10 | Greek and Latin Roots | gratitude, procession, behavior, benefactor, distribution, recommend, sacred, traditions | • Compare and Contrast • Story Structure |
• Action and Linking Verbs • Readers’ Theater • Organizing a Poem |
The Ch;i-lin Purse | Dividing by 2-Digit Divisors | Pilgrims and Puritans in New England | Multiplying Decimals |
| Week 11 | Unfamiliar Words Context Clues | Hogan, mesa, turquoise, bandana, bracelet, jostled, Navajo | • Author’s Purpose • Monitor and Clarify |
• Main and Helping Verbs • Panel Discussion • Personal Narrative |
A Summer’s Trade | Dividing by 2-Digit Divisors | French and Dutch in North America | Changes in Forces |
| Week 12 | Endings –s, -ed, -ing | fearless, glimmer, somber, fate, lingers, magnified, steed | • Author’s Purpose • Background Knowledge |
• Subject-Verb Agreement • Documentary • Sensory Words |
The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere | Dividing Decimals | New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies | Constructing and Argument |
| Week 13 | Review | Review | • Review | • Review | Teacher’s Choice Review | Dividing Decimals | Daily Life in the Colonies | Shadows |
| Week 14 | Multiple-Meaning Words | applauds, inspecting, project browsing, fabulous | • Sequence • Summarize | • Past, Present, Future Tenses • Play Review • Play |
The Fabulous Perpetual Motion Machine | Review | Slavery in the Colonies | Forces and Motion Review |
| Week 15 | Greek and Latin Roots | architect, bronze, cannon, achieved, depressed, fashioned, midst, philosopher, rival | • Main Idea and Details • Visualize |
• Principal Parts of Regular Verbs • Newscast • Using an Active Voice |
Leonardo’s Horse | Add and Subtract Fractions | The French and Indian War | Plant and Animal Structures |
| Week 16 | Homonyms | mold, tidied, workshop, erected, foundations, occasion, proportion | • Fact and Opinion • Predict and Set Purpose |
• Principal Parts of Irregular Verbs • Introduction • Word Choice |
The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins | Add and Subtract Mixed Numbers | Tensions With Britain | Plant Adaptations |
| Week 17 | Antonyms | barber, choir, teenager, appreciate, released, religious, slavery | • Main Idea and Details • Text Structure |
• Troublesome Verbs • Give Directions • Description |
Mahalia Jackson | Add and Subtract Mixed Numbers and Fractions | The Colonists Rebel | Animal Adaptations |
| Week 18 | Prefixes pre-, re- | landscape, miniature, prehistoric, background, reassembled | • Graphic Sources • Important Ideas |
• Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases • Advertisement • Introduction and Conclusion |
Special Effects | Add and Subtract Mixed Numbers and Fractions | Declaring Independence | Modeling Adaptation |
| Week 19 | Review | Review | • Review | • Review | Teacher’s Choice Review | Multiply Fractions and Mixed Numbers | On the Battlefield and at Home | Growth and Survival Review |
| Week 20 | Endings -ed,-ing, -s | civilization, complex, fleeing, blunders, envy, inspired, rustling, strategy | • Draw Conclusions • Questioning |
• Subject and Object Pronouns • How-to • Picture Book |
Weslandia | Multiply Fractions and Mixed Numbers | Winning Independence | Plants and the Sun |
| Week 21 | Unfamiliar Words Context Clues | Dalmatian, frilly, promenading, sprained, substitute | • Generalize • Predict and Set Purpose |
• Pronouns and Antecedents • Persuasive Speech • Convey information informally |
Tripping Over the Lunch Lady | Divide Fractions and Mixed Numbers | Articles of Confederation | Organisms and Ecosystems |
| Week 22 | Synonyms Context Clues |
scarce, specialize, sterile, critical, enables, mucus | • Graphic Sources • Important Ideas |
• Possessive Pronouns • Description • Writing a Formal Letter |
Exploding Ants | Divide Fractions and Mixed Numbers | Creating the Constitution | Changing Ecosystems |
| Week 23 | Unfamiliar Words Context Clues | cavities, episode, strict, combination, demonstrates, profile | • Generalize • Story Structure |
• Indefinite and Reflexive Pronouns • Giving Advice • Narrative Poem |
The Stormi Giovanni Club | Review | The Bill of Rights | Human Impact on Ecosystems |
| Week 24 | Suffixes –ion, -ish | bluish, skidded, somersault, cartwheels, limelight, gymnastics, throbbing, hesitation, wincing | • Draw Conclusions • Visualize |
• Using Who and Whom • Interview a Classmate • Autobiographical Sketch |
The Gymnast | Volume | Key Concepts of the Constitution | Ecosystems Review |
| Week 25 | Review | Review | • Review | • Review | Teacher’s Choice Review | Volume | Resources and Farming | Water Cycle |
| Week 26 | Greek and Latin Roots | bellow, feat, savage, abandoned, attempt, cavern, immensely | • Character and Plot • Background Knowledge |
• Contractions and Negatives • Dramatization • Rhyming Poem |
The Skunk Ladder | Customary Units of Measurement | Jefferson and the Louisiana Purchase | Earth’s Spheres |
| Week 27 | Unknown Words Glossary | debris, robotic, sonar, cramped, interior, ooze, sediment | • Graphic Sources • Inferring |
• Adjectives and Articles • Media Literacy • Note Taking |
Titanic | Metric Units of Measurement | The War of 1812 | Determining Weather |
| Week 28 | Multiple-Meaning Words | accomplishments, gravity, monitors, focus, role, specific | • Author’s Purpose • Monitor & Clarify |
• This, That, These, and Those • Storytelling • Biographical Sketches |
Talk With An Astronaut | Represent and Interpret Data | Native Americans and the Trail of Tears | Precipitation |
| Week 29 | Unfamiliar Words Context Clues | armor, plunged, serpent, encases, extinct, hideous | • Cause and Effect • Summarize |
• Comparative and Superlative Adjectives • Interpret Fiction • Audience and Purpose |
Journey to the Center of the Earth | Numerical Expressions | Fight for Freedom | Climate Characteristics |
| Week 30 | Prefixes over-, in- | economic, independence, vacant, overrun, scrawled | • Generalize • Questioning |
• Using Adverbs • Debate • Summary |
Ghost Towns of the American West | Numerical Expressions | Inventions, Roads, and Railroads | Erosion and Deposition |
| Week 31 | Review | Review | • Review | • Review | Teacher’s Choice Review | Coordinate Plane | The Lone Star State | Water Cycle and Weather Review |
| Week 32 | Unknown Words Dictionary | bizarre, headline, roost, breathtaking, high-pitched, vital | • Draw Conclusions • Important Ideas |
• Modifiers • Debate • Journal Entry |
The Truth About Austin’s Amazing Bats | Coordinate Plane | Trails to the West | Model of Earth |
| Week 33 | Endings -s, -es | decay, parasites, tundra, bleached, carcasses, scrawny, starvation, suspicions | • Main Idea and Details • Text Structure |
• Conjunctions • Interview • Mystery |
The Mystery of Saint Matthew Island | Patterns | The California Gold Rush | The Sun as a Star |
| Week 34 | Suffixes -less, -ful | adorn, cleanse, spoonful, lifeless, precious, realm | • Compare and Contrast • Story Structure |
• Commas • Storytelling • Parody |
King Midas and the Golden Touch | Patterns | Civil War Before | Identifying Planets |
| Week 35 | Unfamiliar Words Context Clues | cruised, explosion, hydrogen, criticizing, drenching, era | • Fact and Opinion • Predict and Set Purpose |
• Quotations and Quotation Marks • Review • Media Literacy |
The Hindenburg | Classify 2-D Figures | Civil War During | Outer and Inner Planets |
| Week 36 | Homographs Context Clues | clarinet, jammed, nighttime, bass, fidgety, forgetful, secondhand | • Sequence • Background Knowledge |
• Punctuation • Readers’ Theater • Personal Narrative |
Sweet Music in Harlem | Classify 2-D Figures | Civil War After | Satellite Differences |
| Week 37 | Review | Review | • Review | • Review | Teacher’s Choice Review | Review | Review | Earth and Space Review |
| Week 38 | Review | Review | • Review | • Review | Teacher’s Choice Review | Review | Review | Review |