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ORAL LANGUAGE
VOCABULARY
COMPREHENSION
FLUENCY
Science
Target Skill  STRATEGY CONTEXT CLUES Context clues are the words and sentences around an unknown word. Sometimes an author uses a synonym as a context clue. A synonym is a word that means the same or almost the same as another word. When you come across a word you don’t know, look for a familiar synonym as a context clue. The synonym can help you figure out the meaning of the word you don’t know.
LESSON VOCABULARY
cuddles pecks
flippers preen
frozen snuggles
hatch  
Target Skill SKILL MAIN IDEA AND DETAILS The topic is what
a piece of writing is about. The main idea is the most important idea about the topic. Supporting details are small pieces of information that tell about the
main idea.
Target Skill STRATEGY GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS A graphic organizer
is a chart or outline that helps you put information in order, or organize it, as you read. Good readers make graphic organizers to show the main idea and supporting details of a piece of writing.
SKILL ACCURACY AND APPROPRIATE PACE/RATE Accuracy is identifying words correctly as you read, and reading without omitting words or substituting a word. When you read at an appropriate pace and rate, you read at a speed that makes the words and sentences clear and understandable.
ASSESS
  • Selection Test Use the Selection Test to
    determine students’ understanding of the
    lesson vocabulary words.     DAY 3
ASSESS
  • Check Fluency WCPM Do a one-minute timed
    reading, paying special attention to this week’s
    skill—accuracy and appropriate pace/rate.
    Provide feedback for each student.     DAY 5 173a
PRACTICE/APPLY
  • Choral Reading Read aloud selected
    paragraphs from Penguin Chick, modeling
    appropriate rate and accuracy. Then practice
    as a class, doing three choral readings.
    DAY 2 173a, DAY 3 173a
  • Partner Reading Have partners practice
    reading aloud, reading with accuracy and
    appropriate rate and offering each other
    feedback. As students reread, monitor their
    progress toward their individual fluency goals
    DAY 4 173a
  • Listening Center Have students follow
    along with the AudioText for this week’s
    selections.     ANY DAY 150j
  • Reading/Library Center Have students reread
    a selection of their choice.     ANY DAY 150j
  • Fluency Coach Have students use Fluency
    Coach to listen to fluent readings or practice
    reading on their own.     ANY DAY
Concept Development
How have animals adapted to solve the problems of their environment?
TEACH
  • Vocabulary Strategy LessonWords to Know Give
    students the opportunity
    to tell what they already
    know about this week’s
    lesson vocabulary words.
    Then discuss word
    meaning.     DAY 1 152b
  • Vocabulary Strategy Lesson Use the
    vocabulary strategy lesson in the Student
    Edition to introduce and model this week’s
    strategy, context clues.     DAY 2 152–153
PRACTICE/APPLY
  • Leveled Text Read the
    lesson vocabulary in the
    context of leveled text.
    DAY 1     LR1–LR9
  • Words in Context Read
    the lesson vocabulary and
    apply context clues in the
    context of Penguin Chick.
     DAY 2 154–161,
    DAY 3         162–168
  • Vocabulary Center Make
    picture cards to test
    knowledge of lesson
    vocabulary.     ANY DAY 150j
  • Homework Practice Book 3.1
    pp. 54–55.     DAY 1 152b, DAY 2 153
  • Word Play Have partners use reference
    sources to make lists of words that refer to
    penguins and their behavior.     ANY DAY 173c
Leveled Readers
Main Selection—Nonfiction
CONCEPT VOCABULARY
inhospitable predatory refuge
TEACH
  • Skill/Strategy Lesson
    Use the skill/strategy
    lesson in the Student
    Edition to introduce and
    model main idea and
    details     and graphic
    organizers.
    DAY 1     150–151
  • Extend Skills Teach graphic
    sources.     ANY DAY 173b
Skill/Strategy Lesson
PRACTICE/APPLY
  • Leveled Text Apply main
    idea and details     and
    graphic organizers to
    read leveled text.
    DAY 1         LR1–LR9
  • Skills and Strategies in
    Context     Read Penguin
    Chick,     using the Guiding
    Comprehension
    questions to apply main
    idea and details     and
    graphic organizers.
     DAY 2 154–161,
    DAY 3         162–168
  • Skills and Strategies in
    Context     Read “Plants
    Fitting into Their World,”
    guiding students as
    they apply main idea and
    details     and graphic
    organizers.     Then have
    students discuss and
    write across texts.
    DAY 4     170–173
  • Homework Practice Book 3.1
    pp. 53, 57, 58.     DAY 1 151,
    DAY 3 167, DAY 5 173b
  • Fresh Reads for Differentiated Test
    Practice     Have students practice main idea
    and details     with a new passage.     DAY 3
Leveled Readers
Main Selection—Nonfiction
Paired Selection—Nonfiction
ASSESS
  • Selection Test Determine students’
    understanding of the selection and their
    use of main idea and details.     DAY 3
  • Retell Have students retell Penguin Chick.
    DAY 3         168–169
RETEACH/REVIEW
  • Reteach Lesson If necessary, use this lesson
    to reteach and review context clues.     DAY 5 173c
BUILD
  • Question of the Week Introduce and
    discuss the question of the week. This week
    students will read a variety of texts and work
    on projects related to the concept animal
    adaptation.     Post the question for students
    to refer to throughout the week.     DAY 1 150d
  • Read Aloud Read aloud “Swamp
    Scramblers.” Then begin a web to build
    concepts and concept vocabulary related to
    this week’s lesson and the unit theme, Smart
    Solutions. Introduce the concept words
    inhospitable, predatory, and refuge and have
    students place them on the web. Display the
    web for use throughout the week.
    DAY 1     150l–150m
Concept Vocabulary Web
DEVELOP
  • Question of the Day Use the prompts from
    the Weekly Plan to engage students in
    conversations related to this week’s reading
    and the unit theme.     EVERY DAY 150d–150e
  • Concept Vocabulary Web Revisit the
    Animal Adaptation Concept Web and
    encourage students to add concept words
    from their reading and life experiences.
    DAY 2 161, DAY 3 167
CONNECT
  • Looking Back/Moving Forward Revisit the
    Animal Adaptation Concept Web and discuss
    how it relates to this week’s lesson and the
    unit theme. Then make connections to next
    week’s lesson.     DAY 5 173c
CHECK
  • Concept Vocabulary Web Use the Animal
    Adaptation Concept Web to check students’
    understanding of the concept vocabulary
    words inhospitable, predatory, and refuge.
    DAY 1 150l, DAY 5 173c
TEACH
  • Read Aloud Model fluent reading by
    rereading “Swamp Scramblers.” Focus on
    this week’s fluency skill, accuracy and
    appropriate pace/rate.     DAY 1 150l–150m, 173a
RETEACH/REVIEW
  • Reteach Lesson If necessary, reteach and
    review main idea and details.     DAY 5 173b