Language Arts-
We use the Harcourt Trophies Reading/Language Arts program.
** Please feel free to visit the Harcourt Leaning site for more info. @ www.harcourtschool.com.
Theme 1- "Teamwork"
THEME #1 WEEK #1
Reading Selection: "We'll Never Forget You, Roberto Clemente"
Focus Skill: Draw Conclusions
Focus Strategy: Adjust Reading Rate
Grammar Skill: Simple and Compund Sentences
Spelling Skill: Endings /zh r/ and /ch r/
Reading Selection: "Folktales from Asia"
Focus Skill: Summarize and Paraphrase
Focus Strategy: Use Context to Confirm Meaning
Grammar Skill: Clauses
Spelling Skill: Words Ending in -ed and -ing
Reading Selection: "Iditarod Dream"
Focus Skill: Draw Conclusions
Focus Strategy: Read Ahead
Grammar Skill: Complex Sentences
Spelling Skill: Unstressed Endings /en/ and /or/
Reading Selection: "Woodsong"
Focus Skill: Summarize and Paraphrase
Focus Strategy: Reread to Clarify
Grammar Skill: Common and Proper Nouns; Abbreviations
Spelling Skill: Words with unstressed ending /l/
Reading Selection: "Island of the Blue Dolphins"
Focus Skill: Narrative Elements
Focus Strategy: Summarize
Grammar Skill: Singular and Plural Nouns
Spelling Skill: Plurals
Theme 2- "Teamwork"
THEME #2 WEEK #1
Reading Selection: "We'll Never Forget You, Roberto Clemente"
Focus Skill: Draw Conclusions
Focus Strategy: Adjust Reading Rate
Grammar Skill: Simple and Compund Sentences
Spelling Skill:
Endings /zh r/ and /ch r/
Reading Selection: "Folktales from Asia"
Focus Skill: Summarize and Paraphrase
Focus Strategy: Use Context to Confirm Meaning
Grammar Skill: Clauses
Spelling Skill:
Words Ending in -ed and -ing
Reading Selection: "Iditarod Dream"
Focus Skill: Draw Conclusions
Focus Strategy: Read Ahead
Grammar Skill: Complex Sentences
Spelling Skill:
Unstressed Endings /en/ and /or/
Reading Selection: "Woodsong"
Focus Skill: Summarize and Paraphrase
Focus Strategy: Reread to Clarify
Grammar Skill: Common and Proper Nouns; Abbreviations
Spelling Skill:
Words with unstressed ending /l/
Reading Selection: "Island of the Blue Dolphins"
Focus Skill: Narrative Elements
Focus Strategy: Summarize
Grammar Skill: Singular and Plural Nouns
Spelling Skill:
Plurals
Theme 3- "A Changing Planet"
THEME #3 WEEK #1
Reading Selection: "Everglades"
Focus Skill: Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots
Focus Strategy: Create Mental Images
Grammar Skill: Possessive Nouns
Spelling Skill:
Words with Silent Letters
Reading Selection: "Summer of Fire"
Focus Skill: Graphic Aids
Focus Strategy: Reread to Clarify
Grammar Skill: Pronouns and Antecedents
Spelling Skill:
Compound Words
Reading Selection: "Oceans"
Focus Skill: Text Structure: Main Idea and Details
Focus Strategy: Adjust Reading Rate
Grammar Skill: Subject and Object Pronouns
Spelling Skill:
Troublesome Words and Phrases
Reading Selection: "Seeing Earth from Space"
Focus Skill: Graphic Aids
Focus Strategy: Reread to Clarify
Grammar Skill: Possessive Pronouns
Spelling Skill:
Suffixes -ant and -ent
Reading Selection: "The Case of the Flying-Saucer People"
Focus Skill: Text Structure: Main Ideas and Details
Focus Strategy: Use Decoding/Phonics
Grammar Skill: Case
Spelling Skill:
Suffixes -tion and -ness
Theme 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
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
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-
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-
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-
Theme 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-
Reading Selection: "Little by Little"
Focus Skill: Author's Purpose and Perspective
Focus Strategy: Self Question
Grammar Skill: Present Tense
Spelling Skill:
VCCV Words
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
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
Reading Selection: "The Fun They Had"
Focus Skill: Draw Conclusions
Focus Strategy: Summarize
Grammar Skill: Regular and Irregular Verbs
Spelling Skill:
VCV Words
Theme 6- "American Adventures"
THEME #6 WEEK #1
Reading Selection: "Across the Wide Dark Sea"
Focus Skill: Connotation/Denotation
Focus Strategy: Create Mental Images
Grammar Skill: Perfect Tenses
Spelling Skill:
VV Words
Reading Selection: "Name This American"
Focus Skill: Cause and Effect
Focus Strategy: Make and Confirm Predictions
Grammar Skill: Contractions and Negatives
Spelling Skill:
Contractions
Reading Selection: "What's the Big Idea Ben Franklin"
Focus Skill: Connotation/Denotation
Focus Strategy: Reread to Clarify
Grammar Skill: Adverbs
Spelling Skill:
Related Words
Reading Selection: "Lewis and Clark"
Focus Skill: Cause and Effect
Focus Strategy: Use Decoding/Phonics
Grammar Skill: Comparing with Adverbs
Spelling Skill:
Words with Three Syllables
Reading Selection: "Black Frontiers"
Focus Skill: Summarize and Paraphrase
Focus Strategy: Use Context to Confirm Meaning
Grammar Skill: Prepositional Phrases
Spelling Skill:
Words from Spanish
** Please feel free to visit the Harcourt Leaning site for more info. @ www.harcourtschool.com.