Monday

Language of the Day Pretend that you found a treasure chest. What’s inside? “I opened a treasure chest, and I found _____.”

Expressing Intentions How to express intentions (pg. 354) Tell about a plan or goal. Use the phrase, “I am going to…” There’s a secret garden in my house. I’m going to discover it. How will you achieve your goal? Use the phrase, “I plan to…” I plan to hunt in corners. What else will you do? Use the phrase, “I will …” Use the phrase, “I’ll keep … until…” I’ll move the couch and look behind it. I’ll keep looking until I find the treasure. Write about intentions you have (plans for the summer, what to do in 5 th grade, etc.) and use the sentence stems in red to create a paragraph.

Vocabulary Complete your vocabulary sheet along with what is displayed.

Characters (pg. 356) Zack’s Treasure Zack looks for treasure in his room. He searches but he can’t find any. He goes to the garage to look. Zack’s little brother wants to play ball, but Zack is too busy. Then Zack goes inside and sees his brother crying. He feels bad. So, Zack takes his little brother outside to play ball. He knows his little brother is the most important thing.

Tuesday

Language of the Day What’s your most treasured possession? “My most treasured possession is _____.”

Grammar – Subject & Object Pronouns Marc was happy. He found a missing treasure. He found it in the car. The treasure was his mother’s earrings. They belong to her. She was glad to have them back. Which words are pronouns?

What are pronouns? A pronoun takes the place of a noun. A subject pronoun tells who or what is doing something. It takes the place of a subject in the sentence. It is usually near the beginning of a sentence. Mark was happy. He found a missing treasure. An object pronoun comes after a verb or after a word like “for” or “to”. He found a missing treasure. He found it in the car.

Grammar Practice John and Ivan are pretending to be pirates. ____ plan an adventure. John packs all his things. Then, ____ helps Ivan. John packs Ivan’s bag for ____. John opens the treasure map so he can study ____. The pirates hope to find treasure so ____ can be rich. Ivan’s mother wishes ____ good luck. John and Ivan wave good-bye to ____.

Determining Importance (pg. 358) The topic is Important details are The picture shows

Determining Importance (pg. 358) The topic is looking for gold. Important details are The picture shows

Determining Importance (pg. 358) The topic is looking for gold. Important details are a family at an exhibit, pans of water, and searching for gold. The picture shows

Determining Importance (pg. 358) The topic is looking for gold. Important details are a family at an exhibit, pans of water, and searching for gold. The picture shows a family panning for gold at a hands-on exhibit.

Determining Importance (pg. 358) The topic of the paragraph is __________. Important details are ________________ and _________________. The paragraph is about ______________ _______________.

Wednesday

Language of the Day Where should I look for treasure? You should ________. You might ______.

Making & Accepting Suggestions Think about how you practiced stating your intentions (I am going to…, I plan to…). This is related to making suggestions. When we make suggestions, we give people hints or ideas by saying things like: “You should…”, “You might try…”, and “I would…”

Making & Accepting Suggestions Ways to make a suggestion Ways to accept a suggestion You should…That’s a great idea. You may want to…Thanks for the suggestion. You might want to…I think I’ll try that.

Making & Accepting Suggestions Treasure Hunting Tips If you want to hunt for treasure, You should start by looking right at home. Take the cushions right off the chair. You might find some money there. Look around on the ground. Look under your bed. If you really want to hunt for treasure, You should start looking right at home.

Thursday

Language of the Day Summarize your favorite part of “Treasure Island.” The part I liked ____________________.

Grammar – Reflexive Pronouns Jim had hid himself in a barrel. Who did Jim hide? We might hurt ourselves. Whom might we hurt? When we talk about persons or things twice in the same sentence, we use reflexive pronouns.

Grammar – Reflexive Pronouns Practice 1 I taught myself about pirates. You can teach _______ about pirates too. Jim fetched himself an apple. The pirates fetched ________ apples too. I hid _______ in a cave. You can all hide ________ in a cave as well.

Grammar – Reflexive Pronouns Practice 2 Use the words: myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves to complete each sentence. 1.Don’t cut _______ with that dagger! 2.A rat hid ______ in the ship’s hold. 3.The pirates told _______ that they were not bad men. 4.Ben hid ______ on the island. 5.Can we steer this ship ______? 6.Maria taught ______ to read a map. 7.You boys will make ______ sick if you sail in a storm. 8.I opened the treasure chest all by ______.