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September Spiral Review Place Value skills, concepts, and vocabulary (Ch1) Addition skills, concepts, and vocabulary (Ch 2) 1.1 First Day Jitters character, setting, plot 1.2 Dear Juno character, setting, plot 1.3 Whose Habitat? main idea and details 1.4 Penguin Chick main idea and details *Penguin extension activities to support science study Statements, questions Commands, exclamations Subjects Predicates Compound words Word Journeys curriculum provides differentiated guided instruction in spelling and word study Books of the Old Testament Needs of Animals How Animals Grow Parts of Animals Kinds of Animals Ecosystems *Polacco literature unit 2
October Subtraction skills, concepts, and vocabulary (Ch3) * Patricia Polacco literature study 2.1 The Strongest Summarize 2.2 Wolf! fantasy and reality 2.3 What s in Store? Fact and opinion *On line non-fiction articles introduced as an alternate text media Compound sentences Common and proper nouns Singular and plural nouns Irregular plural nouns Q1 Personal Narrative Good Beginning Good Ending Writing Process (all year) Prewrite Draft Revise Peer Conference Edit Peer Conference Teacher Conference Publish Books of the Old Testament Abraham & Sarah Isaac & Rebekah Food Chains and Food Webs Roles for Plants and Animals Minerals and rocks 3
November Introduction to Multiplication (foundational concepts) (Ch4) *Multiplication Project 2.4 The Planets Summarize 2.5 Author: A True... Author s purpose 3.1 Stone Soup Inference Possessive nouns Combining sentences with nouns Action verbs Homophones Homographs Synonyms Antonyms Dictionary/Thesaurus skills Jacob Joseph Moses Kinds of Soil The Weather The Water Cycle 4
December Introduction to Division (foundational concepts) (Ch 5) 3.2 One Riddle, One.. Plot and setting 3.3 Saving the Sand Cause and effect Present tense verbs Past tense verbs Q2 Expository (Directions) Logical Order Just the Right Amount of Information Order Words Miriam Aaron Joshua Gideon Describing Weather Doing Work Levers and Pulleys More Simple Machines Division Patterns (Ch 6) * Ice Cream Sundae fact family assessment project * Writing real life multiplication word problems 5
January Division Patterns (Ch 6) continued 3.4 The Jones Family Inferences 3.5 What Do Illustrators Sequence Future tense verbs Combining sentences with verbs Verbs be, do, and have Linking verbs Gideon Hannah Samuel Saul David Solids, Liquids, and Gases Properties of Sound Division (Ch 7) 4.1 Cook-A-Doodle- Do! Compare and contrast 4.2 Seven Spools of Draw conclusions 6
February Division (Ch 7) Continued Apply Division (Ch 8) 4.3 Washington Wheed.. Compare and contrast 4.4 Here s My Dollar Author s purpose 4.5 My Very Own Room Make and confirm predictions 5.1 Boom Town Sequence Main and helping verbs Irregular verbs Contractions with not Pronouns Q3 Fiction Plot Beginning Middle End Characters Setting Problem Solution Mission Month Biographies/Heroes Geography: Maps and Globes History, Geography, Economics: Lancaster County Daily Science 7
April March Fractions (Ch 10) Measurement (Ch 11) *gallon man project Represent and Interpret Data (Ch 12) 5.2 Beatrice s Goat Cause and effect 5.3 A Carousel of Fact and opinion 5.4 The Printer Make and confirm predictions 5.5 Animal Homes Description *Uganda Service project- Bake sale and student raised funds for World Vision sponsored child 6.1 A Castle on Viola Theme 6.2 Wilbur s Boast Make judgments 6.3 An American Hero Problem and solution 6.4 Mother to Tigers Author s purpose Subject and Object Pronouns Possessive Pronouns Pronoun-Verb Agreement Pronoun-Verb Contractions Adjectives and Articles Prefixes re-, un-, dis-, pre- Adverbs that tell how Adverbs that tell when or where Q4 Description Detail Logical Order Bible Hero Projects Bible Hero Reports Elijah Widow of Zaraphath Elisha Shunammite Woman Elisha Josiah Bible Hero Presentations Peter Easter (Tenebrae service) Esther & Feast of Lots John the Baptist Geography: Maps and Globes History, Geography, Economics: Lancaster County Government: Government Unit Daily Science Daily Science Perimeter and Area (Ch 13) * Graphing projects 8
May Geometry (Ch 14) 6.5 Home Grown Draw conclusions Literature Circles -Skylark -Chocolate Fever -Stone Fox -Sarah, Plain and Tall Sentence combining with adjectives and adverbs Suffixes ful, -less, - ly Accented Syllables Hero Virtues Stephan Apostle Paul Modern Heroes Government: Government Unit Citizenship (If Time allows) Daily Science ALL YEAR Fluency Leveled Reading Groups Comprehension and Decoding skills and strategies Genre Story elements ALL YEAR Editing Capital Letters Punctuation Indention Spelling Quotation Marks Main Idea Topic Sentences Supporting Details Complete Sentences Purpose Audience Word Choice Friendly Letter Poetry Writing prompts Research projects 9