1. Unit 6-Week 1 Day 1 Theme Question: How are living things connected? What roles do the parts of an ecosystem play? (Wk 1) Why do living things need each other? (Wk 2) What happens when there are changes to an ecosystem? (Wk 3) How do people play a part in ecosystems? (Wk 4)

2. Theme Vocabulary Theme vocabulary  ecosystem  interdepence  survive

3. Living or Non Living Things?Living or Non Living Things birdsdirt treeswater flowerssun insectsair

4. Reading Preview and Predict  pp. 320-325 Purpose  Find answers to the Theme Question.  Set your own purpose.

5. VCCV pattern double consonantWITHOUT double consonant collectlumber attendplastic trafficseldom

6. Unit 6-Week 1 Day 2 Theme Question: How are living things connected? What roles do the parts of an ecosystem play? (Wk 1) Why do living things need each other? (Wk 2) What happens when there are changes to an ecosystem? (Wk 3) How do people play a part in ecosystems? (Wk 4)

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8. Theme Vocabulary  ecosystem  interdependence  survive

9. Making Inferences page #What I ReadWhat I KnowInferences p. 320My own yard is an ecosystem. Trees and grass are outside my door. Trees and grass are in the ecosystem. p. 321 Make Inferences

10. Reading Preview and Predict  (pp. 326-331): Balance in the Wild Purpose  Find answers to the Theme Question.  Set your own purpose.

11. Unit 6-Week 1, Day 3 What is the Theme Question? Name the three theme vocabulary words and their meanings?

12. Connotation and Denotation Page #Connotation * Is the feeling a word might give you. Denotation *The actual meaning of the word. p. 320communities –positive showing people getting along and working together. communities –the people living in a certain place or the area itself.

13. How can I sort the ecosystems into groups? Categorize and Classify How can I sort the ecosystems into groups? Page #Water ecosystemsLand ecosystems pp. 320- 321

14. Reading Reread  Pp. 320-331 Purpose  Focus on how text features provide important information about the text and help them answer the Theme Question.

15. Word Study Greek and Latin Roots bio- life-ology: the science of; the study of bi- two-cycle: ring; circle act- active 1. If bio- means “life”, what does biology mean? 2. If bi- means “two”, what does bicycle mean?

16. Week 1, Day 4 What is the Theme Question?  Name the three theme vocabulary words and their meanings.  What’s the first word that comes to mind when you hear each word?

17. Theme Vocabulary  How do you think the living and nonliving things around us are connected? Use the following words to answer the question:  Food chain living thing  Food web nonliving thing  Producer interdependence  Survive habitat

19. Reading Reread  pp. 322-329 Purpose  Find text evidence to answer the Theme Question.

20. p.322 p.326 p.329 How are living things connected?

21. Word Study Greek and Latin Roots RootMeaningNew WordMeaning -ology the science of; the study of bio-lifebiology(study of life) cardio-heartcardiology(study of heart) -cyclering; circle uni-one, singleunicycle(one-wheeled vehicle)