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Unit 3
Pushing Up the Sky
pp. 304d-304e
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RESOURCES FOR THE WEEK
Practice Book,
pp. 111–120
Phonics and Spelling Practice Book,
pp. 45–48
Grammar and Writing Practice Book,
pp. 45–48
Selection Test,
pp. 45–48
Fresh Reads for Differentiated Test Practice,
pp. 67–72
The Grammar and Writing Book,
pp. 116–121
Grouping Options for
Differentiated Instruction
Turn the page for the small group lesson plan.
PAGES 304l–306b
,
329a
,
329e–329h
,
329k–329m
PAGES 306–313
,
329a
,
329e–329i
,
329k–329m
PAGES 314–321
,
329a
,
329e–329h
,
329k–329m
PAGES 322–329a
,
329e–329h
,
329j–329m
PAGES 329e–329h
,
329k–329n
45–90 minutes
QUESTION OF THE WEEK
How do
people explain nature in order to
understand it?
Read Aloud: "Greek Mythology,"
304m
Build Concepts,
304l
QUESTION OF THE DAY
If you were going to create masks to represent the animals in the story, how would they look?
QUESTION OF THE DAY
Why aren't the people successful in pushing up the sky the first time they try?
QUESTION OF THE DAY
How do make-believe stories help us wonder about real things, like thunder and lightning and the seasons?
QUESTION OF THE WEEK
To wrap up the week, revisit the Day 1 question.
Build Concept Vocabulary,
329c
Comprehension Skill
Author's Purpose
Comprehension Strategy
Summarize
Vocabulary Strategy
Glossary
Comprehension Skill/Strategy
Lesson,
304–305
Author's Purpose
Summarize
Build Background,
306a
Introduce Lesson Vocabulary,
306b
antlers, imagined, languages,
narrator, overhead, poked
Leveled Readers
Grouping Options
304f–304g
Phonics Lesson,
329j
Contractions
Phonics Lesson,
329i
Prefixes
un-, re-, mis-, dis-
Leveled Readers
Grouping Options
304f–304g
Assess Reading Rate,
329a
Pushing Up the Sky,
314–320
Vocabulary Strategy Lesson,
306–307
Glossary
Pushing Up the Sky,
308–313
Grouping Options
304f–304g
Grouping Options
304f–304g
Reteach Author's Purpose,
329b
Steps in a Process,
329b
Review Glossary,
329c
Model Characterization,
304l–304m
,
329a
"Catch It and Run!"
322–329
Author's
Purpose
Summarize
Develop Vocabulary
Readers' Theater,
329a
Summarize
Glossary
Cause and
Effect
Develop Vocabulary
Reader Response
Selection Test
Model Characterization,
329a
Grouping Options
304f–304g
Readers' Theatre,
329a
Myth
Reading Across Texts
Content-Area Vocabulary
30–60 minutes
Grammar,
329e
Introduce Main and Helping Verbs
Writing Workshop,
329g
Introduce Skit
Model the Trait of the Week:
Conventions
Spelling,
329k
Pretest for Prefixes
un-, re-, mis-, dis-
Internet Inquiry,
329m
Identify Questions
Grammar,
329e
Develop Main and Helping Verbs
Writing Workshop,
329g
Improve Writing with Strong Verbs
Spelling,
329k
Teach the Generalization
Internet Inquiry,
329m
Navigate/Search
Grammar,
329f
Apply Main and Helping Verbs in
Writing
Writing Workshop,
321
,
329h
Write Now
Prewrite and Draft
Spelling,
329l
Connect Spelling to Writing
Internet Inquiry,
329m
Analyze Sources
Grammar,
329f
Practice Main and Helping Verbs for
Standardized Tests
Writing Workshop,
329h
Draft, Revise, and Publish
Spelling,
329l
Provide a Strategy
Internet Inquiry,
329m
Synthesize Information
Speaking and Listening,
329d
Dramatization
Listen to AudioText
Grammar,
329f
Cumulative Review
Writing Workshop,
329h
Connect to Unit Writing
Spelling,
329l
Posttest for Prefixes
un-, re-, mis-, dis-
Internet Inquiry,
329m
Communicate Results
Research/Study Skills,
329n
Thesaurus
Conventions
Day 1
Write to Read,
304
Day 2
Words to Write,
307
Strategy Response Log,
308
,
313
Day 3
Strategy Response Log,
318
Look Back and Write,
320
Day 4
Writing Across Texts,
329
Day 5
Steps in a Process,
329b
Day 1
Explaining Nature Concept
Web,
304l
Day 2
Social Studies Center: Study Moon Phases,
304k
;
Revisit the Explaining Nature Concept Web,
313
Day 3
Time for Social Studies:
Regions,
315
;
Revisit the Explaining Nature Concept Web,
319
Day 4
Time for Social Studies: Fire,
323
Day 5
Revisit the Explaining Nature Concept Web,
329c
for Adequate Yearly Progress
Check Vocabulary,
304l
Check Retelling,
321
Check Fluency
WCPM,
329a
Check Vocabulary,
329c
KEY
= Target Skill
= Tested Skill