Lesson 17

The Right Dog for the Job

by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent

Essential Question: How do people and animals benefit each other?"

Genesis 1:26

Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”

This week we’ll ask the question “How do people and animals benefit each other?

”We’ll start by reading the narrative nonfiction selection The Right Dog for the

Job, which explains how one heroic dog trained for these vital helping jobs. In the

informational text, Knowing Noses: Search-and-Rescue Dogs, we’ll read about SAR dogs and the daring jobs they perform.

Go to the eBook to read and listen to this week’s selection.

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Target Vocabulary

reward

graduate

symbol

disobey

confidence

patiently

confesses

ceremony

performs

Target Skill and Strategy

Sequence of Events

Main Idea and Details

Summarize

Lesson 18

 Hercules' Quest

   retold by Martina Melendez

Essential Question: What makes a character memorable?

Judges 14:6 The Spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon him so that he tore the lion apart with his bare hands as he might have torn a young goat. But he told neither his father nor his mother what he had done.

This week we'll ask the question "What makes a character memorable?" First we'll read the myth Hercules'Quest, an dlearn about a legendary hero's life and adventures. We'll also read the folktale Zomo's Friends, about making a friend by being a friend.

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uncover

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discolor

Vocabulary

acquire

unfortunate

coerce

boasted

beamed

glared

ceased

declared

devised

resourceful

Target Skill

Story Structure

Theme

Target Strategy

Question

Grammar

Prepositions and Prepostional Phrases

The Life and Times of the Ant

The Life and times of the Ant

by Charles Micucci

Essential Question: How do living things each have an important role in the world?

Genesis 1:21 So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

Even extremely small creatures, such as ants live remarkable complex lives. We'll explore facts about ants in the informational text The Life and Times of the Ant. Students will explore the question "How doliving thinkgs each have an important role in the world?" Studnets will also read about two animals that help each other in creative way in the fable The Dove and the Ant.

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injury

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Vocabulary

social

exchanges

excess

reinforce

storage

transport

chamber

scarce

obstacles

transfers

Target Skill

Text and graphic Features

Author's purpose

Target Strategy

Question

Grammar

Participles

Lesson 15

Ecology for Kids

by Federico Arana

Essential Question: Why is it important to be informed about what is happening in our world?

Psalm 24:1 The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it.

This week we’ll continue our exploration of nature and explore the

question “Why is it important to be informed about what is

happening in our world?” In the informational text, Ecology for Kids,students will learn about protecting three ecosystems—the forests, the ocean, and the atmosphere. We’ll also read Wonderful

Weather, poetry about weather.

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prettiest

noisier

healthier

butterflies

funniest

Vocabulary

organisms

directly

affect

traces

vast

habitats

variety

species

banned

radiation

Target Skill

Main Ideas and Details

Author's Word Choice

Target Strategy

Monitor/Clarify

Grammar
Irregular Verbs

Jose'! Born to Dance

                                 Jose'! Born to Dance 
                                                      by Susanna Reich

Essential Question:
What does it take to be a great performer?

Mark 12:30 "Love the Lord your God with all your heart andwith all your soul and with all your mind and withall your strength.’

This week is all about creativity! We will

explore the question “What does it take to

be a great performer?” In the biographical

selection José! Born to Dance, we’ll read

about a man who learns to express himself

through dance. We’ll also read the poetry

selection Dance to the Beat, about dancing

and rhythm.

Vocabulary

debut

stubborn

permission

hauling

mournful

towered

triumph

discouraged

 toured 

border

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record

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board

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early 

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pure

world 

search

worse

thirteen

sport

current

Target skills

Author's Purpose

Simile and Metaphor

Grammar

Pronouns

Dear Mr. Winston

Dear Mr. Winston

from When I Went to the Library

This week students will explore the question "What are some different way to do research?"

"Give me wisdom and knowledge, that I may lead this people, for who is able to govern this great people of yours?"

2Chronicles 1:10

In the realistic fiction selection "Dear Mr. Winston," from When I Went to the Library, students will read a letter of apology that conveys more than the simple message "I'm sorry for bringing my snake into the library!"

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harsh

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square

Vocabulary

fault

borrow

reference

fainted

genuine

local

apologize

proof

slimy

insisted

Target Skill 

Conclusions and Generalizations

Grammar

Compound and Complex Sentences

Me and Uncle Romie

by Claire Hartfield

                       Illustrated by Jerome Lagarrigue

Big Question: How do an artist's experiences affect his or her art?
Proverbs 15:30 -Light in a messenger’s eyes brings joy to the heart and good news gives health to the bones.

This week we'll explore the question "How does what an artist experiences affect his or her art?" IN the realistic fiction selection Me and Uncle Romie, students will read about a collage artist Romie Bearden. 

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Vocabulary
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Target Skill and Strategy
Understanding Characters
Visualize

Coming Distractions 

Questing Movies

Informational 

Text

Big Question:
How are movies a form of communication?
"And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased." 
Heb. 13:16

This week we’ll ask ourselves “How are movies a form of

communication?” We’re going to read the informational text Coming Distractions: Questioning Movies, about the methods filmmakers use to express ideas and influence an audience. We’ll also read How Do They Do That?, an informational text about the use of special effects in movies.

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Vocabulary

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critics

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angles

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Comprehension Skills
Fact and Opinion

Grammar
Verb Tense

The Power of W.O.W.
by Crystal Hubbard

Wow! Your children love to learn! We had a great week of learning about how children receive an education in remote places.This week we will answer the question “Why might people raise money for a cause?” the play The Power of W.O.W.!, students will read about how a group of children help

raise money for a worthy cause.

Big Question: Why might people raise money for a cause?

Col 3:23 " Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters,"

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Vocabulary Words:

assist

burglaries

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Comprehension Skill:

Theme

Comprehension Strategy
Analyze/Evaluate

Grammar:

Fragments and Run-On Sentences

                   My Librarian Is a Camel
                                                      written by Margriet Ruurs

Your children are wonderful learners. Last week they made lots of text/text and text/self connections with our story. This week they will investigate and answer the question "How are books and libraries important to people and communities?" In the informational text My Librarian Is a Camel, students will read about the unique ways librarians deliver books to communities in remote areas around the world..

Big Question: How are books and libraries important to people and communities?

"Blessed are those who find wisdom , those who gain understanding, for she is more profitable than silver and yields better returns than gold." Prov. 3:13

  

Target Vocabulary:

Isolated

virtual

devour

remote

impassable

access

obtain

preserve

extremes

avid

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fright

remind

split

Grammar skill:

 Quotations

Comprehension Skill:

Cause and effect - tell how events are related and how one event causes another

Comprehension Strategy:

Visualize- use text details to form pictures in your mind of what your are reading

Lesson 24

                                                                         
                                                              Owen and Mzee

This week, we’ll ask the question “How can animal behavior be like human behavior?”

In the narrative nonfiction selection Owen & Mzee, we’ll learn how environmental

changes led to an unusual bond between two very different animals. We’ll also read

the informational text Sea Sanctuary, about what we are doing to protect endangered

underwater habitats.

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athlete

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Vocabulary

bond

suffered

intruder

companion

enclosure

inseparable

charged

chief

exhausted

affection

Target Skill and Strategy

Compare and Contrast

Fact and Opinion

Author's Word Choice

Analyze/Evaluate

   

Lesson 23

  Ever-Living Tree 

   by Linda Vieira

Lesson 23 
Genesis 1:29 Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.

Essential Question:   How do forests and trees show change?

This week we ask the question “How do forests and trees show change?” In our informational text The Ever-Living Tree,we’ll compare the growth of a tree to events taking place throughout the world. We’ll also read Towering Trees, a poetry selection about the redwoods.

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rather

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machine

Target Vocabulary

resources

dense

evaporate

shallow

moisture

civilized

continent 

opportunities

customs 

independent

Target Skill

Text and Graphic Features

Text Structure

Smilies

Target Strategies

Monitor/Clarify

Lesson 21

                                       

The World According to Humphrey

Essential Question: How can media be a distraction?


"No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money." Luke 16:13


This week we'll begin by asking, "How can media be a distraction?" In the fantasy selection The Work According to Humphrey, we'll read about a pet hamster whol changes a family's leisure habits. We'll also read the informational advertisement Make the Switch, which persuades us to make some changes in our own leisure habits.

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Vocabulary

appreciate

blaring

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promptly

introduce

nocturnal

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suggest

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Target Skill and Strategy

Theme

Point of View

Idioms

Summarize

Grammar

Comparative and Superlative

Adjectives and Adverbs

Lesson 19

Harvesting Hope 

by Kathleen Krull

Essential Question: Why is farming important?

Joshua 24:13 So I gave you a land on which you did not toil and cities you did not build; and you live in them and eat from vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant.’

"Why is farming important?" That's the question we'll explore this week. In the biographical selection Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez, we'll learn about the man who brought the plight of migrant farm workers to national attention. This week's informational text, The Edible Schoolyard, tells students how to become community leaders by creating a school garden.

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statement

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penniless

treatment

Vocabulary

overcome

association

capitol

drought

dedicate

publicity

violence

conflicts

horizon

brilliant

Target Skill & Strategy

Conclusions and Generalizations

Problem and Solution

Idioms

Infer/Predict

Grammar

Relative Pronouns and Adverbs