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                All lessons can be accessed at PearsonSuccessnet. Practice pages are included in the student online editions.
                Lessons/Assignments Unit 1: Loyalty and Respect
                    What draws us to people and things around us 
                    and makes us care?
                Week 1:  How can we help protect the people we love?
                Old Yeller
                    Word Work:  Adding -ed and -ing
                    Comprehension:  Setting
                    Literature:  Historical Setting
                     Writing:  Memoir
                    Grammar:  Four Kinds of Sentences
                    Vocabulary
                    Spelling
                Week 2:  Why should we care about people we don't know?
                Mother Fletcher's Gift
                    Word Work:  Short Vowels
                    Comprehension:  Character
                    Literature:  Realistic Fiction
                    Writing:  Character Sketch
                    Grammar:  Subjects and Predicates
                    Vocabulary
                    Spelling
                Week 3:  How do we learn to connect with others in a 
                                    new place?
                Viva New Jersey
                    Word Work:  Vowel Sounds with r
                    Comprehension:  Compare and Contrast
                    Literature:  Realistic Fiction
                    Writing:  Journal Entry
                    Grammar:  Independent and Dependent Clauses
                    Vocabulary
                    Spelling
                Week 4:  Why is it important to care about nature?
                Saving the Rain Forests
                    Word Work:  Difficult Spellings
                    Comprehension:  Fact and Opinion
                    Literature:  Expository Nonfiction
                    Writing:  Problem/Solution
                    Grammar:  Compound and Complex Sentences
                    Vocabulary
                    Spelling
                Week 5:  How do animals and humans develop 
                                    undertanding and trust?
                When Crowbar Came
                    Word Work:  Plural or Possessive
                    Comprehension:  Fact and Opinion
                    Literature:  Narrative Nonfiction
                    Writing:  Narratie Writing
                    Grammar:  Common and Proper Nouns
                    Vocabulary
                    Spelling
                Writing and Assessment:  Personal Narrative
                Unit 2:  Space and Time
                    Why might things far away and long ago be 
                    important to us now?
                Week 1:  Why is it important to know about the universe?
                The Universe
                    Word Work:  Multisyllabic Words
                    Comprehension:  Main Idea
                    Literature:  Expository Nonfiction
                    Writing:  Directions
                    Grammar:  Regular and Irregular Plural Nouns
                    Vocabulary
                    Spelling
                Week 2:  What can we learn from studying fossils?
                Dinosaur Ghosts:  The Mystery of Coelophysis
                    Word Work:  Latin Roots
                    Comprehension:  Main Idea
                    Literature:  Expository Nonfiction
                    Writing:  Hypothesis and Results
                    Grammar:  Possessive Nouns
                    Vocabulary
                    Spelling
                Week 3:  How can knowing the past help us understand 
                                    the present?
                A Week in the 1800s
                    Word Work:  Final Syllable Patterns
                    Comprehension:  Graphic Sources
                    Literature:  Expository Nonfisction
                    Writing:  Friendly Letter
                    Grammar:  Action and Linking Verbs
                    Vocabulary
                    Spelling
                Week 4:  How can a focus on the future help us imagine 
                                    new possiblilities?
                Good-bye to the Moon
                    Word Work:  Schwa
                    Comprehension:  Compare and Contrast
                    Literature:  Science Fiction
                    Writing:  Interview
                    Gammar:  Subject-Verb Agreement
                    Vocabualry
                    Spelling
                Week 5:  Why is it important to understand ancient 
                                    civilizations?
                Egypt
                    Word Work:  Suffixes -ian, -ant, -ent, -ist
                    Comprehension:  Graphic Sources
                    Literature:  Expository Nonfiction
                    Writing:  Explanation
                    Grammar:  Past, Present, and Future Tenses
                    Vocabulary
                    Spelling
                Writing and Assessment:  How-to Report
                Unit 3:  Challenges and Obstacles
                    How are the results of our efforts sometimes 
                    greater than we expect?
                Week 1:  How does facing challenges help us learn 
                                    about ourselves?
                Hatchet
                    Word Work:  Unusual Spellings
                    Comprehension:  Sequence
                    Literature:  Realistic Fiction
                    Writing:  Expository Writing
                    Grammar:  Prinicpal Parts of Regular Verbs
                    Vocabulary
                    Spelling
                Week 2:  How can our determination affect our ability 
                                    to succeed?
                When Marian Sang
                    Word Work:  Multisyllabic Words
                    Comprehension:  Generalize
                    Literature:  Biography
                    Writing:  Biographical Study
                    Grammar:  Principal Parts of Irregular Verbs
                    Vocabulary
                    Spelling
                Week 3:  Why is it important to stay calm during a crisis?
                Learning to Swim
                    Word Work:  Using Just Enough Letters
                    Comprehension:  Sequence
                    Literature:  Autobiography
                    Writing:  Rules
                    Grammar:  Verbs, Objects, and Subject Complements
                    Vocabulary
                    Spelling
                Week 4:  How do we demonstrate trustworthiness?
                Juan Verdades:  The Man Who Couldn't Tell a Lie
                    Word Work:  Compound Words
                    Comprehension:  Generalize
                    Literature:  Folktale
                    Writing:  Email
                    Grammar:  Troublesome Verbs
                    Vocabulary
                    Spelling
                Week 5:  How do we create opportunities for our dreams 
                                    to come true?
                Elizabeth Blackwell: Medical Pioneer
                    Word Work:  Homophones
                    Comprehension:  Draw Conclusions
                    Literature:  Drama
                    Writing:  Comparing and Contrasting
                    Grammar:  Prepositions
                    Vocabulary
                    Spelling
                Writing and Assessment:  Compare and Contrast Essay


                Unit 4:  Explorers, Pioneers, and Discoverers
                    How have those who've gone first influenced 
                    others who've gone after?
                Week 1:  What drives people to explore in harsh climates 
                                    and dangerous places?
                Into the Ice
                    Word Work:  Greek Word Parts
                    Comprehension:  Cause and Effect
                    Literature:  Narrative Nonfiction
                    Writing:  News Story
                    Grammar:  Subject and Object Pronouns
                    Vocabulary
                    Spelling
                Week 2:  Why is it important to study animals 
                                    responsibly?
                The Chimpanzees I Love
                    Word Work:  Prefixes dis-, de-, out-, un-
                    Comprehension:  Author's Purpose
                    Literature:  Expository Nonfiction
                    Writing:  Story About an Animal
                    Grammar:  Pronouns and Antecedents
                    Vocabulary
                    Spelling
                Week 3:  What does it mean to be a pioneer?
                Black Frontiers
                    Word Work:  Words with ci and ti    
                    Comprehension:  Cause and Effect
                    Literature:  Expository Nonfiction
                    Writing:  Describe a Setting
                    Grammar:  Possessive Pronouns
                    Vocabulary
                    Spelling
                Week 4:  How can we be open to new understandings?
                Space Cadets
                    Word Work:  Related Words 1
                    Comprehension:  Draw Conclusions
                    Literature:  Drama
                    Writing:  TV Script
                    Grammar:  Indefinite and Reflexive Pronouns
                    Vocabulary
                    Spelling
                Week 5:  How do invention happen?
                Inventing the Future:  A Photobiography of Thomas Alva Edison
                    Word Work:  Word Edings -ly, -ity, -tion
                    Comprehension:  Author's Purpose
                    Literature:  Biography
                    Writing:  Summary
                    Grammar:  Using Who and Whom
                    Vocabulary
                    Spelling
                Writing and Assessment:  Story
                Unit 5:  Resources
                    What are resources and why are they important to us?
                Week 1:  How can different generations be resources?
                The View From Saturday
                    Word Work:  Suffixes -ate, -ive, -ship
                    Comprehension:  Plot
                    Literature:  Humorous Fiction
                    Writing:  Literary Review
                    Grammar:  Contractions and Negatives
                    Vocabulary
                    Spelling
                Week 2:  How can we combine our resources to make 
                                    change?
                Harvesting Hope:  The Story of Cesar Chavez
                    Word Work:  Words from Many Cultures
                    Comprehnsion:  Fact and Opinion
                    Literature:  Biography
                    Writing:  Letter to the Editor
                    Grammar:  Adjectives andArticles
                    Vocabulary
                    Spelling
                Week 3:  How can stories be used to explain the workings 
                                    of nature?
                The River That Went to the Sky:  A Story from Malawi
                    Word Work:  Counpound Words
                    Comprehension:  Cause and Effect
                    Literature:  Myth
                    Writing:  Poem
                    Grammar:  Demonstrative Adjectives
                    Vocabulary
                    Spelling
                Week 4:  How do we decide the value of different 
                                    resources?
                Gold
                    Word Work:  Suffixes -ism, -age, -ure
                    Comprehension:  Main Idea
                    Literature:  Expository Nonfiction
                    Writing:  Brochure
                    Grammar:  Comparative and Superlative Adjectives
                    Vocabulary
                    Spelling
                Week 5:  How is Knowledge a resouce?
                The House of Wisdom
                    Word Work:  Prefixes bi-, tri-, uni-, semi-
                    Comprehension:  Sequence
                    Literature:  Historical Fiction
                    Writing:  Advertisement
                    Grammar:  Adverbs
                    Vocabulary
                    Spelling
                Writing and Assessment:  Persuasive Argument
                Unit 6:  Exploring Cultures
                    In what ways does one culture affect another?
                Week 1:  How can stories from teh past influence our 
                                    imaginations?
                Don Quixote and teh Windmills
                    Word Work:  Suffixes -ary, -ery, -ory
                    Comprehension:  Author's Purpose
                    Literature:  Historical Fiction
                    Writing:  Symbolism
                    Grammar:  Modifiers
                    Vocabulary
                    Spelling
                Week 2:  How have ancient cultures influence modern 
                                    ones?
                Ancient Greece
                    Word Work:  Related Words 2
                    Comprehension:  Graphic Sources
                    Literature:  Expository Nonfiction
                    Writing:  Taking Notes
                    Grammar:  Conjunctions
                    Vocabulary
                    Spelling
                Week 3:  How can we understand adn apreciate our 
                                    cultural differences?
                The All-American Slurp
                    Word Work:  Easily Confused Words
                    Comprehension:  Compare and Contrast
                    Literature:  Realistic Fiction
                    Writing:  Newsletter
                    Grammar:  Commas
                    Vocabulary
                    Spelling
                Week 4:  Must cultural differences lead to conflict?
                The Aztec News
                    Word Work:  Word Endings
                    Comprehension:  Draw Conclusions
                    Literature:  Informational Text
                    Writing:  Outlining
                    Grammar:  Quotations and Quotation Marks
                    Vocabulary
                    Spelling
                Week 5:  How can migration affect a culture?
                Where Opportunity Awaits
                    Word Work:  Latin Roots
                    Comprehension:  Generalize
                    Literature:  Expository Nonfiction
                    Writing:  Job Application
                    Grammar:  Punctuation
                    Vocabulary
                    Spelling
                Writing andAssessment:  Research Report
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