Our Focus for the Week in ELA Unit 4: Lesson 16 Anchor Text: Mr. Tanen’s Tie Trouble - Realistic Fiction The Jefferson Daily News - Informational Text Essential Question: How can helping others make you feel good? Phonics: Base Words and Endings -ed, -ing Fluency: Rate Comprehension Skills & Strategies: Story Structure Understanding Characters Infer/Predict Vocabulary Strategies: Homographs Grammar: Pronouns Writing: Narrative Writing: Story Paragraph Focus Trait: Elaboration High-Frequency Words also fly gone have horse look river said saw something Spelling:Base Words and Endings -ed, -ing running clapped Review stopped mixed hopping going batted selling Challenge pinned wrapped cutting swelling sitting rubbed missed grabbed Target Vocabulary staring: looking hard at something disappointed: filled with a sad feeling repeated: did something again received: got, was given fund: an amount of money saved for a special purpose account: something people keep their money in at the bank chuckled: laughed gently budget: a list of ways you plan to spend money

Our Focus for the Week in ELA Unit 4: Lesson 17 Anchor Text: Luke Goes to Bat - Realistic Fiction Jackie Robinson - Informational Text (Biography) Essential Question: Why is it important to keep trying even if something is difficult to do? Phonics: Long i (i, igh, ie, y) Fluency: Stress Comprehension Skills & Strategies: Sequence of Events Formal and Informal Language Visualize Vocabulary Strategies: Antonyms Grammar: Subject-Verb Agreement Writing: Narrative Writing: Story Paragraph Focus Trait: Development High-Frequency Words any blue carry doing else room studied sure teacher turned Spelling:Long i (i, igh, y) night kind Review spy by child why light find Challenge right behind high lightning wild July fry sigh Target Vocabulary hurried: did something quickly cheered: shouted to show happiness extra: more of something final: last practice: to do an activity often to become better at it curb: the endge of a road position: the place where something or someone is supposed to be roared: shouted in a loud voice

Our Focus for the Week in ELA Unit 4: Lesson 18 Anchor Text: My name is Gabriela - Biography Poems About Reading and Writing - Poetry Essential Question: Why are reading and writing important? Phonics: The Long e Sound for y Changing y to i Fluency: Expression Comprehension Skills & Strategies: Understanding Characters Author’s Word Choice Analyze/Evaluate Vocabulary Strategies: Suffixes -y and -ful Grammar: The Verb Be Writing: Narrative Writing: Descriptive Paragraph Focus Trait: Elaboration High-Frequency Words always anything been draw friends mother soon under watch words Spelling:Long e Sound for y happy pretty Review baby tiny very many puppy funny Challenge carry sorry lucky noisy only sunny penny city Target Vocabulary wonder: to think about something you are not sure about taught: to have helped someone learn something accepted: to have agreed with something fluttering: waving or moving rapidly express: to show or describe something prize: an award pretend: not real grand: big or impressive

Our Focus for the Week in ELA Unit 4: Lesson 19 Anchor Text: The SIgnmaker’s Assistant - Humorous Fiction The Trouble with Signs - Play Essential Question: How are signs helful? Phonics: Words with ar Fluency: Phrasing: Punctuation Comprehension Skills & Strategies: Text and Graphic Features Point of VIew Question Vocabulary Strategies: Shades of meaning Grammar: Commas in Dates and Places Writing: Narrative Writing: Fictional Story Focus Trait: Organization High-Frequency Words all food front hair never party sky started stories warm Spelling:Words with ar car dark Review arm art star jar park yard Challenge party carpet hard apartment farm start part spark Target Vocabulary agreed: to have said yes to something trouble: problems cleared: to have taken things away from someplace failed: did not succeed polite: respectful assistant: someone who helps another person tearing: damaging something by pulling it apart wisdom: good sense of judgement

Our Focus for the Week in ELA Unit 4: Lesson 20 Anchor Text: Dex: The Heart of a Hero - Fantasy Heroes Then and Now - Informational Text (Biography) Essential Question: How can you communicate in different ways? Phonics: Words with or, ore Fluency: Intonation Comprehension Skills & Strategies: Compare and Contrast Figurative Language Monitor/Clarify Vocabulary Strategies: Prefix over- Grammar: Commas in a Series Writing: Narrative Writing: Fictional Story Focus Trait: Organization High-Frequency Words begins being flower ground I’ve laugh ready stood tall very Spelling: Words with or, ore horn story Review fork for score more store corn Challenge morning report shore force short born tore forget Target Vocabulary gazing: looking at something fondly hero: someone who is looked up to for doing something important or brave sprang: jumped up quickly exercise: activity that moves the body sore: a feeling of pain or discomfort studied: learned about a subject depended: counted on; relied on overlooked: didn’t see; not noticed; looked past