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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
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READING
DAY 1
DAY 2
DAY 3
DAY 4
DAY 5
45–90 minutes
Oral Language
Oral Language
Oral Language
Oral Language
Oral Language
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
TARGET SKILLS OF THE WEEK
Target Skill Comprehension Skill
Author's Purpose
Target Skill Comprehension Strategy
Summarize
Target Skill Vocabulary Strategy
Glossary
Comprehension/Vocabulary
Word Work
Word Work
Comprehension/Vocabulary
Comprehension Skill/Strategy
    Lesson, 304–305
Target Skill Author's Purpose Tested Skill
Target Skill Summarize
Build Background, 306a
Introduce Lesson Vocabulary, 306b
antlers, imagined, languages,
narrator, overhead, poked Tested Skill
Read Leveled Readers
Grouping Options
304f–304g
Leveled Readers
Fluency
Phonics Lesson, 329j
REVIEW Contractions Tested Skill
Phonics Lesson, 329i
Prefixes un-, re-, mis-, dis-
Read Leveled Readers
Grouping Options
304f–304g
Leveled Readers
Assess Reading Rate, 329a
Fluency
Comprehension/Vocabulary
Read Pushing Up the Sky, 314–320
Vocabulary Strategy Lesson, 306–307
Target Skill Glossary Tested Skill
Read Pushing Up the Sky, 308–313
Grouping Options
304f–304g
Comprehension/Vocabulary
Grouping Options
304f–304g
Comprehension/Vocabulary
Target Skill Reteach Author's Purpose,
329b
Tested Skill
Steps in a Process, 329b
Target Skill Review Glossary, 329c Tested Skill
Model Characterization, 304l–304m,
    329a
Read "Catch It and Run!" 322–329
Pushing Up the Sky
Target Skill Author's
Purpose
Tested Skill
Target Skill Summarize
Develop Vocabulary
Fluency
Readers' Theater, 329a
Pushing Up the Sky
Target Skill Summarize
Target Skill Glossary Tested Skill
REVIEW Cause and
Effect
Tested Skill
Develop Vocabulary
Reader Response
Selection Test
Fluency
Model Characterization, 329a
Grouping Options
304f–304g
Fluency
Readers' Theatre, 329a
Catch It and Run!
Myth
Reading Across Texts
Content-Area Vocabulary
LANGUAGE ARTS
30–60 minutes
Grammar, 329e
Introduce Main and Helping Verbs Tested Skill
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 Tested Skill
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
Tested Skill
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
Tested Skill
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
Trait of the Week
Conventions
DAILY WRITING ACTIVITIES
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
DAILY SOCIAL STUDIES CONNECTIONS
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
DAILY SUCCESS PREDICTORS
for Adequate Yearly Progress
Monitor Progress and Corrective Feedback
Vocabulary
Check Vocabulary, 304l
Comprehension
Check Retelling, 321
Fluency
Check Fluency WCPM, 329a
Vocabulary
Check Vocabulary, 329c
SUCCESS PREDICTOR
KEY Target Skill = Target Skill Tested Skill = Tested Skill