1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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