Unit 2-Week 4, Day 1 Theme Question: How can we protect Earth’s resources? How can we use natural resources wisely? (Wk 1) How can we discover and use new sources of energy?(Wk 2) How can we protect Earth’s plants and animals? (Wk 3) What can we do each day to help protect Earth? (Wk 4)

Theme Vocabulary renewable nonrenewable alternative species endangered keen rescue cautiously habitat

How can we use natural resources wisely? Page Number Text Evidence

ir, ar, air sounds irarair tearalarmcompare

Week 4, Day 2 Theme Question: How can we protect Earth’s resources? How can we use natural resources wisely? (Wk 1) How can we discover and use new sources of energy?(Wk 2) How can we protect Earth’s plants and animals? (Wk 3) What can we do each day to help protect Earth? (Wk 4)

Building Vocabulary Connections alternative cautiously endangere d habitat keen nonrewabl e rescue species

Genres Information al text Information al text Realistic fiction Photos captions lists character plot setting

Make Predictions My Prediction What Actually Happened My Revised Prediction

Week 4, Day 3  What is the theme question?  Name the theme vocabulary words and their meanings.

How can we protect Earth’s plants and animals?

Vocabulary Strategies  Use antonyms  Analyze idioms  Use a dictionary and a glossary

Recall and Retell  Recalling and retelling the events in a story in the reader’s own words helps readers understand and remember what they read.  Use Theme Reader pages to recall and retell what was read.

Prefixes that Mean NOT il- im- in- non-

Week 4, Day 4  What is the theme question?  Name the theme vocabulary words and their meanings.

Theme Vocabulary nounadjectiveverbadverb

Make Predictions My Prediction What Actually Happened My Revised Prediction

Text Evidence: What can we do each day to help protect Earth? Page Number Text Evidence

Prefixes that Mean NOT il- im- in- non-