LANGUAGE ARTS  

Unit 4- "Express Yourself"

 THEME #4 WEEK #1

   Reading Selection:   "Hattie's Birthday Box"

    Focus Skill:    Word Relationships

    Focus Strategy:   Self-Question

    Grammar Skill:   Reflexive Pronouns

    Spelling Skill:    Suffixes -able and -less

THEME #4 WEEK #2

    Reading Selection:   "William Shakespeare &the Globe"

    Focus Skill:    Fact and Opinion

    Focus Strategy:    Read Ahead

    Grammar Skill:   Adjectives and Articles

    Spelling Skill:    Suffixes -eer. -ist, -ian, -or, and -er

THEME #4 WEEK #3

    Reading Selection:   "The World of William Joyce Scrapbook"

    Focus Skill:    Word Relationships

    Focus Strategy:   Use Text Structure and Format

    Grammar Skill:   Proper Adjectives

    Spelling Skill:    Prefixes non-, in-, and un-

THEME #4 WEEK #4

    Reading Selection:   "Satchmo's Blues"

    Focus Skill:    Fact and Opinion

    Focus Strategy:    Read  Ahead

    Grammar Skill:   Comparing with Adjectives

    Spelling Skill:    Prefixes dis- and de-

THEME #4 WEEK #5

    Reading Selection:   "Evelyn Cisneros: Prima Ballerina"

    Focus Skill:    Text Structure: Main Idea and Detail

    Focus Strategy:  Summarize

    Grammar Skill:   Main and Helping Verbs

    Spelling Skill:    Prefixes dis- and de-

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