Wonders Unit 4- Animals Everywhere
What animals do you know about? What are they like?
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Unit 4 Week 1 Student Outcomes:
- Phonics/Spelling Skill- Long a: a, ai, ay (mail, chain, play, rain, way, day, snail, gray, etc.)
- Structural Analysis- Alphabetical Order
- High-Frequency Words- about, animal, carry, eight, give, our
- Vocabulary Words- feature, appearance, determined, predicament, relief
- Comprehension Skill- Determine Plot: Sequence. Cite relevant evidence from text. Retell the text.
- Grammar Skill- Use was and were (Gail was pushing Eve in the swing. The girls were playing together.)
Unit 4 Week 2 Student Outcomes:
- Phonics/Spelling Skill- Long e: e, ee, ea, ie (me, feed, seat, we, keep, beak, she, speed, etc.)
- Structural Analysis- Prefixes re-, un-, pre
- High-Frequency Words- because, blue, into, or, other, small
- Vocabulary Words- behavior, beneficial, dominant, instinct, endangered, partner, danger
- Comprehension Skill- Determine main idea and key details. Cite relevant evidence from text. Retell the text.
- Grammar Skill- Use has and have (Dogs do not have hands. The boy has a green pail.)
Unit 4 Week 3 Student Outcomes:
- Phonics/Spelling Skill- Long o: o, oa, ow, oe (low, boat, no, row, coat, toe, flow, snowman)
- Structural Analysis- Open Syllables
- High-Frequency Words- find, food, more, over, start, warm
- Vocabulary Words- survive, provide, wilderness, communicate, superior
- Comprehension Skill- Determine main idea and key details. Cite relevant evidence from text. Retell the text.
- Grammar Skill- Use go, went and do, did (They go to school on the bus. I went home when it snowed. You do your report. I did the reading test.)
Unit 4 Week 4: Insects!
Essential Question: What insects do you know about? How are they alike and different?
Unit 4 Week 4 Student Outcomes:
- Phonics/Spelling Skill- Long i: i, y, igh, ie (find, night, by, kind, right, my, pie, dried)
- Structural Analysis- Inflectional Endings (change y to i)
- High-Frequency Words- caught, flew, know, laugh, listen, were
- Vocabulary Words- flutter, different, resembles, protects, imitate, beautiful, fancy
- Comprehension Skill- Cite relevant evidence from text. Determine point of view. Retell the text.
- Grammar Skill- Use see and saw (I saw the bird fly across the sky. Did you see the stop sign?).
Unit 4 Week 5: Working with Animals
Essential Question: How do people work with animals?
Unit 4 Week 5 Student Outcomes:
- Phonics/Spelling Skill- Long e: y, ey (bumpy, puppy, funny, penny, sandy, bunny, key, monkey)
- Structural Analysis- Compound Words (butterfly, watermelon)
- High-Frequency Words- found, hard, near, woman, would, write
- Vocabulary Words- career, soothe, remarkable, advice, trust, clever, signal
- Comprehension Skill- Cite relevant evidence from text. Determine connections within text: sequence). Retell the text.
- Grammar Skill- Use adverbs that tell when (first, then, next, soon, later, today, tomorrow, yesterday, early, always).