Week/

Month

Content

Skills for Student Achievement

Assessment

Performance Standards Addressed

Sept.

·         Unit 1 reading stories

·         Basal Reader –

·         “Slower than the Rest”

·         “How Beetles Got Their Beautiful Coats”

·         Novel Reading – Stone Fox

·         Novel – Shoeshine Girl

·         Read Aloud – The BFG

·         Read Aloud – The Tortoise and the Hare, The Three Little Pigs,

·         Define vocabulary using story context

·         Identify synonyms and antonyms

·         Identify elements of fiction in a story – character traits, goals, plot, setting (problem and solution)

·         Summarizing a fictional account

·         Cause and effect

·         Elements of a short story – simple plot, few characters, limited setting, surprise ending

·         Compare and contrast characters

·         Making predictions

·         Recall a story’s events in sequential order

·         Find and list susquepedalian words

·         Listen for main ideas and supporting details

·         Demonstrate behaviors for good listening

·         Unit 1 Basal Test

·         Daily discussions with comprehension, inference, and detail questions

·         Somebody wanted, but so

·         Vocabulary quizzes

·         Main Events Chart

·         IIIA2

·          IB1, IB2, IB4

·         IC1 – IC4

·         IC6, IC7

·         ID2

October

·         Stone Fox

·         Shoeshine Girl

·         The Castle in the Attic

·         Read Aloud – The BFG

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·         Topic

·         Main idea

·         Supporting details

·         Author’s purpose

·         Summarizing

·         Identify details of a story using the  5 w’s – who, what, when, where, and why

·         Listcharacter traits

·         Identify exaggeration and humor

·         Distinguish between cause and effect of related events

Understanding title page, Table of contents

Demonstrate behaviors for good listening

·         Choice menu compilation of student activities in a booklet based on the novels – synonym/antonym, poetry, writing a news article, summarizing, compare and contrast, character description

·         Test on vocabulary from novels

·         A.R. comprehension tests on novels

·         IC2 – IC6

November

·         l Basal Reader – “Pippi Moves In”

·        
Basal – “Paul Bunyan’s Cornstalk”

·         “When Paul Bunyan was Ill”

·         Novel Reading – Dar and the Spear Thrower

Seven Kisses in a Row

Summer of Riley

Read Aloud – Pippi Longstocking

Alphabetizing to the third letter

Writing dictionary definitions

Categorizing

Using the thesaurus to identify synonyms

Identifying exaggeration and humor

Linking the explanation of natural events to the exaggerated actions of a character

Distinguish between cause and effect of related events

Identifying elements of fiction in a story – character traits, goals, plot, setting

Identify problems and solutions

List the main events of a story

Draw conclusions from story events and defend these conclusions

Use the thesaurus to identify synonyms

Link the explanation of natural events to the exaggerated actions of a character

Alphabetize vocabulary words to the third letter

Listen for main ideas and supporting details

Demonstrate behaviors for good listening

      Writing a tall tale using Paul Bunyan, Babe, etc. to cause or create a natural phenomena

Choice menu activities for Seven Kisses including guide words, alphabetical order, summarizing, synonyms and antonyms, and writing with details

Choice menu activities for Dar and the Spear Thrower including alphabetizing, characters descriptions, alphabetical order, synonyms and antonyms, and creative writing

Choice menu activities for Summer of Riley including character description, character comparison sheet, letter to the editor, main events chart

Test on vocabulary from novels

A.R. comprehension tests on novels

·         IB1 – IB4

·         IC2 – IC8

December

·         Novel reading -Horrible and the Dungeon

·         Dar and the Spear Thrower

·         Magazine Story fiction – The “Cave of the Great Hunters”

·         Basal Reader Unit 1 – Cluster 2 “Pippi Moves In”

·         Basal Reader Unit 2 – Cluster 3 “The Play”

·         Read Aloud Pippi Longstocking, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, and Sign of the Beaver

Drawing a plot cartoon

Summarizing

Compare and contrast characters

Use sequence words to describe a process

Distinguish between cause and effect of related events

Identify elements of fiction in a story – character traits, goals, plot, setting, problem/solution

Identify exaggeration and humor

Identify similes and metaphor

Identify first and third person pt. Of view in novels

Choice menu activities for Dar and the Spear Thrower including alphabetizing, characters descriptions, alphabetical order, synonyms and antonyms, and creative writing

Vocabulary context activities

based on the novels

A.R. tests to assess comprehension of the novels

Unit 1 Basal Test

Daily discussions with comprehension, inference, and detail questions

Vocabulary quizzes

AR comprehension test on novel

Unit 1 Basal Test

Daily discussions with comprehension, inference, and detail questions

·         IC4 – IC7

·         ID2

·         ID6

·         ID7

·         ID8

January

·         Basal Reader – The Play

·         The Ghost of Plymouth Castle

·         Novels– In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson

·         The Year of the Panda

Basal Reader – Unit 2 – Cluster 4 “Westley Paul, Marathon Runner”

“What’s in a Foot?”

“Sneak Preview”

Novels – Mr. Popper’s Penguins

Read Aloud - Poppy

·         Use homophones correctly in sentences

·         Identify topic, main idea, supporting details in fiction and nonfiction

·         Identify author’s purposes for writing in fiction and nonfiction

·         Make predictions for a novel using a prereading chart to predict whether story elements are related to characters, their goals, a problem, or a solution

·         Draw a cartoon and write sequential directions for how to teach someone to do something related to American games, customs, or culture

·         Identify the elements of nonfiction: topic, main idea, details

·         Summarize story events

·         Compare and contrast characters

·         Draw conclusions from story events and be able to defend these conclusions

·         Research using the internet, and fill out a facts chart

·         Map the main idea and supporting details of an information article using headings, topic sentences and details

·         Listen for main ideas and supporting details

·         Demonstrate behaviors for good listening

·         Journals including comprehension questions, context based vocab activities, summarizing, clarifying, and character sketches for Year of the Boar and Year of the Panda

·         Unit 2 Basal Test

·         AR comprehension tests on novels

·         Daily discussions with comprehension, inference, and detail questions

·         Information article maps

·         Choice menu activities for Mr. Popper’s Penguins, including reader’s journal, compare and contrast Venn Diagram, editorial, problem solving paragraph, character description, and main events chart

·         IC4 – IC9

·         IIC1, 2, 4, and 5

·         ID2

February

·         Novels – In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson

·         The Year of the Panda

·         Basal Reader – Wesley Paul, Marathon Runner

·         What’s in a Foot

·         Sneak Preview – informational article

·         Atalanta – Greek myth

·         Basal Reader – Unit 3 – Cluster 5

“One Winter Night in August”

“The Best Way to Ripton”

“What is It”

“The End of the Dinosaurs”

Novels – Mr. Popper’s Penguins

The Castle in the Attic

·         Research using the internet, and fill out a facts chart

·         Write a story ending

·         Write a summary of a fable and the lesson involved.

·         Identify prefixes and suffixes and the meaning of words with suffixes based on the meaning of their root words

·         Map the main idea and supporting details of an information article using headings, topic sentences and details

·         Categorizing

·         Use context clues to define new vocabulary

·         Predict story events and outcomes

·         Identify believable and unbelievable events or characters from a story

·         Distinguish between cause and effect of related events

·         Make generalizations about how events in a story compare to events in real life

·         Identify exaggeration and contradiction

·         Follow a set of written directions to complete a task

·         Identify author’s purpose

·         Identify the elements of nonfiction: topic, main idea, details

·         Draw conclusions from story events

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·         Information Article maps

·         Unit 2 Basal Reading Test

·         AR Comprehension tests on novels

·         Daily discussions with comprehension, inference, and detail questions

·         Choice menu activities for The Castle in the Attic including main events chart, reader’s journal, character descriptions, map, and employment ad

·         Believable / unbelievable chart

·         Vocabulary quiz on novels

·         Comprehension quiz on novels

·         Literacy skills test on novels

·         IB5

·         IC4 – IC7

·         ID9

·         ID4

March

·         novel reading – Snow Treasure

·         Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing

·         Basal reader – Unit 3 – Cluster 6

“An Orphan”

“Fire”

Novels – The Castle in the Attic

Read Aloud – Tree Girl

·         Identify dialogue

·         Choose appropriate adjectives to describe characters

·         Identify facts and opinions

·         Write synonyms and antonyms

·         List compound words

·         Find sentences with homographs

·         Writing contractions correctly

·         Identify elements of fiction

·         Identify problems and solutions

·         List the main events of the story

·         Use context clues to define new vocabulary

·         Interpret an author’s purpose and viewpoint

·         Choose appropriate adjectives to describe characters

·         Draw conclusions from story events

·         Identify facts and opinions

·         List the main events of a story

·         Listen for main ideas and supporting details

·         Demonstrate behaviors for good listening

·         Choice menu activities

·         Writing a narrative story based on a story character

·         Book cube

·         Unit 3 Basal Test

·         AR comprehension tests on novels

·         Daily discussions with comprehension, inference, and detail questions

·         IB1 – IB5

·         IC2 – IC8

·         ID2

April

·         “One Winter Night in August”

·         “The Best Way to Ripton”

·         “What Is It?”

·         “The End of the Dinosaurs”

·         Basal Reader -  Unit 3 – Cluster 6

·         The Birthday Party

·         Novels  - Snow Treasure

·         Read Aloud – Tree Girl

·         Identify exaggeration and contradiction

·         Make generalizations

·         Draw conclusions

·         Identify topic, main idea, supporting details

·         Read and follow directions

·         List the main events of a story

·         Identify elements of fiction in a story – character traits, goals, plot, setting, problem/solution

·         Distinguish between fact and opinion

·         Use context clues to define new vocabulary

·         Identify suffixes and the meaning of words with suffixes based on the meaning of their root words

·         List synonyms and antonyms of vocabulary words

·         List compound words

·         Find sentences with homophones

·         Write contractions and their meanings

·         Identify problems and solutions

·         Draw conclusions from story events

·         Read and follow a set of written directions

·         Listen for main ideas and supporting details

·         Demonstrate behaviors for good listening

·         Workbook pages

·         Ar comprehension tests on novels

·         Daily discussions with comprehension, inference, and detail questions

·         Choice menu activities for Snow Treasure including main events chart, story elements sheet, word lists, plot of cartoon, and Powerpoint slide

·         Vocabulary test on novel

·         IIB1 – 5

·         IIC 1 – 6, 8- 9

·         IID2, IID6, IID8, IID9

May

·         Novel reading - Caddie Woodlawn

·         Sarah, Plain and Tall

·         Basal reader – An orphan

·         Fire

·         The birthday party

·         Novels  - Snow Treasure, Sarah Plain and Tall

Use context to identify correct meanings of vocabulary words

Compare and contrast characters, settings, problems, and solutions

(movie and book)

Identify characters’ points of view based on their experiences

AR comprehension test on novels

Unit 3 test

Daily discussions with comprehension, inference, and detail questions

AR comprehension tests on novel

Book Cube

Venn Diagram

·         IB1 – I B5

·         IC3 – IC8

·         ID2, ID4, ID6