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Unit 5
Skills Overview
Big Idea
What happens when two ways
of life come together?
WEEK 2
WEEK 3
WEEK 4
WEEK 5
150–169
Suki's Kimono/Clothes: Bringing Cultures Together
What can happen when someone's clothes are different? 		Suki's Kimono
REALISTIC     FICTION
174–193
How My Family Lives in America/
Communities Celebrate Cultures
How are communities and families similar around the world?		 How My Family Lives in America
NARRATIVE NONFICTION
198–219
Good-Bye, 382 Shin Dang Dong/It's a Small World
What is gained and lost in a move from one culture to another?		 Good-bye, 382 Shin Dang Dong
REALISTIC FICTION
224–243
Jalapeño Bagels/Foods of Mexico—a Delicious Blend
How can food from different cultures be mixed?		 Jalapeño Bagels
REALISTIC      FICTION
248–275
Me and Uncle Romie/Country to City
How are families changed by the kind
of place they live?		 Me and Uncle Romie
REALISTIC FICTION
Tested Skill Target Skill Skill Compare and Contrast
Tested Skill Target Skill Strategy Predict
Tested Skill REVIEW Skill Generalize
Tested Skill Target Skill Skill Fact and Opinion
Target Skill Strategy Text Structure
Tested Skill REVIEW Skill Compare and
Contrast
Tested Skill Target Skill Skill Sequence of Events
Tested Skill Target Skill Strategy Monitor & Fix Up
Tested Skill REVIEW Skill Compare and
Contrast
Tested Skill Target Skill Skill Draw Conclusions
Tested Skill Target Skill Strategy Summarize
Tested Skill REVIEW Skill Fact and Opinion
Tested Skill Target Skill Skill Author's Purpose
Tested Skill Target Skill Strategy Prior Knowledge
Tested Skill REVIEW Skill Fact and Opinion
Tested Skill Target Skill Strategy Context Clues
Tested Skill Target Skill Strategy Context Clues
Tested Skill Target Skill Strategy Word Structure
Tested Skill Target Skill Strategy Context Clues
Tested Skill Target Skill Strategy Context Clues
Accuracy and Appropriate Pace/Rate
Read Silently with Fluency and Accuracy
Expression/Intonation
Express Characterization
Appropriate Phrasing
Syllables V/V
Homophones
Homophones
Vowel Sound in ball
Vowel Sound in ball
More Spellings of //
More Vowel Sound in ball
Suffixes -y, -ish, -hood, -ment
Suffixes -y, -ish, -hood, -ment
Syllable Patterns CVVC, CVV
Make Introductions
Identify Common Themes in Photographs
Compare Languages and Oral Traditions
Gain Knowledge of Cultures
Discuss Musical Experiences
Recite a Song or a Poem from Memory
Persuasive Speech
Explain How Advertising Sells Products
Speak to a Target Audience
Identify Formal and Informal Language in Advertising
Tested Skill Adjectives and Articles
Tested Skill Adjectives That Compare
Tested Skill Adverbs
Tested Skill Adverbs that Compare
Tested Skill Conjunctions
Editorial
Write your Opinion
Writing Trait: Sentences
Ad
Writing Trait: Word Choice
Answer a Question
Writing Trait: Focus/Ideas
Story Review
Writing Trait: Conventions
Persuasive Letter
Persuasive Letter
Persuasive Letter
Persuasive Letter
Persuasive Letter
Evaluating Drawing Conclusions
Maps and Globes
Atlas
Summarize and Make Outline
Understanding Questions
Integrate Science and
Social Studies Standards
Cultures
Clothing
Festivals
Economics, Cultures Family Life
Cultures Family Life Location Skills
Cultures
Food
Communities Cultures: Housing Cultures: Entertainment
Target Skill Target Skill
Tested Skill Tested Skill
Writing Trait: Focus/Ideas
Comprehension
Vocabulary
Fluency
Spelling and Phonics
Phonics
Speaking/Listening/
Viewing
Reading
Word Work
Oral Language
Language Arts
Grammar, Usage
and Mechanics
Weekly Writing
Unit Process Writing
Research and Study Skills
Time for SOCIAL STUDIES
Time for SOCIAL STUDIES
Time for SOCIAL STUDIES
Time for SOCIAL STUDIES
Time for SOCIAL STUDIES
WEEK 1