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Unit 5- "School Rules"

 THEME #5 WEEK #1

    Reading Selection:   "Off and Running"

    Focus Skill:    Text Structure: Compare and Contrast

    Focus Strategy:    Use Context to Confirm Meaning

    Grammar Skill:   Action and Linking Verbs

    Spelling Skill:    Prefixes pre- and pro-

 

THEME #5 WEEK #2

    Reading Selection:   "Little by Little"

    Focus Skill:    Author's Purpose and Perspective

    Focus Strategy:    Self Question

    Grammar Skill:   Present Tense

    Spelling Skill:    VCCV Words

 

THEME #5 WEEK #3

    Reading Selection:   "Dear Mr. Henshaw"

    Focus Skill:    Text Structure: Compare and Contrast

    Focus Strategy:    Make and Confirm Predictions

    Grammar Skill:   Past and Future Tenses

    Spelling Skill:    More words with -ed or -ing

 

THEME #5 WEEK #4

    Reading Selection:   "Frindle"

    Focus Skill:    Author's Purpose and Perspective

    Focus Strategy:   Use Decoding and Phonics

    Grammar Skill:   Principal Parts of Verbs

    Spelling Skill:    VCCCV Words

 

THEME #5 WEEK #5

    Reading Selection:   "The Fun They Had"

    Focus Skill:    Draw Conclusions

    Focus Strategy:    Summarize

   Grammar Skill:   Regular and Irregular Verbs

    Spelling Skill:    VCV Words

 

 

 

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