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RESOURCES FOR THE WEEK
  • Practice Book 3.2, pp. 141–150
  • Phonics and Spelling Practice Book, pp. 117–120
  • Grammar and Writing Practice Book, pp. 117–120
  • Selection Test, pp. 117–120
  • Fresh Reads for Differentiated Test Practice, pp. 175–180
  • The Grammar and Writing Book, pp. 224–229
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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 When are you free to follow your dreams?
Read Aloud: "Manuelo the Playing
    Mantis," 380m
Build Concepts, 380l
QUESTION OF THE DAY What effect does Elena's music have on the animals she meets?
QUESTION OF THE DAY How does Elena's music create and guide the swallow that takes her home?
QUESTION OF THE DAY In what ways do freedoms cost more than what even money can buy?
QUESTION OF THE WEEK To wrap up the week, revisit the Day 1 question.
Build Concept Vocabulary, 407c
TARGET SKILLS OF THE WEEK
Target Skill Comprehension Skill
Generalize
Target Skill Comprehension Strategy
Predict
Target Skill Vocabulary Strategy
Context Clues
Comprehension/Vocabulary
Word Work
Word Work
Comprehension/Vocabulary
Comprehension Skill/Strategy
    Lesson, 380–381
Target Skill Generalize Tested Skill
Target Skill Predict
Build Background, 382a
Introduce Lesson Vocabulary, 382b
burro, bursts, factory, glassblower,
puff, reply, tune Tested Skill
Read Leveled Readers
Grouping Options
380f–380g
Leveled Readers
Fluency
Phonics Lesson, 407j
REVIEW Prefixes and Suffixes Tested Skill
Phonics Lesson, 407i
Related Words
Read Leveled Readers
Grouping Options
380f–380g
Leveled Readers
Assess Reading Rate, 407a
Fluency
Comprehension/Vocabulary
Read Elena's Serenade, 394–401
Vocabulary Strategy Lesson, 382–383
Target Skill Context Clues Tested Skill
Read Elena's Serenade, 384–393
Grouping Options
380f–380g
Comprehension/Vocabulary
Grouping Options
380f–380g
Comprehension/Vocabulary
Target Skill Reteach Generalize, 407b Tested Skill
Details and Facts, 407b
Target Skill Review Context Clues, 407c Tested Skill
Model Characterization, 380l–380m,
    407a
Read "Leading People to Freedom,"
404–407
Elena’s Serenade
Target Skill Generalize Tested Skill
Target Skill Predict
Target Skill Context Clues Tested Skill
REVIEW Main Idea Tested Skill
Develop Vocabulary
Fluency
Readers' Theater, 407a
Elena’s Serenade
Target Skill Generalize Tested Skill
Target Skill Predict
Target Skill Context Clues Tested Skill
REVIEW Main Idea Tested Skill
Develop Vocabulary
Reader Response
Selection Test
Fluency
Model Characterization, 407a
Grouping Options
380f–380g
Fluency
Readers' Theater, 407a
Leading People to Freedom
Expository Nonfiction/Text Features
Reading Across Texts
Content-Area Vocabulary
LANGUAGE ARTS
30–60 minutes
Grammar, 407e
Introduce Quotations Tested Skill
Writing Workshop, 407g
Introduce Write Good Paragraphs
Model the Trait of the Week:
    Organization/Paragraphs
Spelling, 407k
Pretest for Related Words
Internet Inquiry, 407m
Identify Questions
Grammar, 407e
Develop Quotations Tested Skill
Writing Workshop, 407g
Improve Writing with Strong
    Conclusions
Spelling, 407k
Teach the Generalization
Internet Inquiry, 407m
Navigate/Search
Grammar, 407f
Apply Quotations in Writing Tested Skill
Writing Workshop, 402–403, 407h
Write Now
Prewrite and Draft
Spelling, 407l
Connect Spelling to Writing
Internet Inquiry, 407m
Analyze Sources
Grammar, 407f
Practice Quotations for
    Standardized Tests Tested Skill
Writing Workshop, 407h
Draft, Revise, and Publish
Spelling, 407l
Provide a Strategy
Internet Inquiry, 407m
Synthesize Information
Speaking and Listening, 407d
Song, Rap, or Poem
Listen to Song or Poem
Grammar, 407f
Cumulative Review
Writing Workshop, 407h
Connect to Unit Writing
Spelling, 407l
Posttest for Related Words
Internet Inquiry, 407m
Communicate Results
Research/Study Skills, 407n
Chart/Table
Trait of the Week
Organization/Paragraphs
DAILY WRITING ACTIVITIES
Day 1 Write to Read, 380
Day 2 Words to Write, 383
Strategy Response Log, 384, 393
Day 3 Strategy Response Log, 398
Look Back and Write, 401
Day 4 Writing Across Texts, 407
Day 5 Details and Facts, 407b
DAILY SOCIAL STUDIES CONNECTIONS
Day 1 Freedom to Create Concept
Web, 380l
Day 2 Time for Social Studies: Location Skills, 387;
Women in the Workforce, 389;
Revisit the Freedom to Create Concept Web, 393
Day 3 Time for Social Studies: Glassblowing, 395
Revisit the Freedom to Create Concept Web, 400
Day 4 Time for Social Studies: Economic Opportunity, 405
Day 5 Revisit the Freedom to Create Concept Web, 407c
DAILY SUCCESS PREDICTORS
for Adequate Yearly Progress
Monitor Progress and Corrective Feedback
Vocabulary
Check Vocabulary, 380l
Comprehension
Check Retelling, 403
Fluency
Check Fluency WCPM, 407a
Vocabulary
Check Vocabulary, 407c
SUCCESS PREDICTOR
KEY Target Skill = Target Skill Tested Skill = Tested Skill