Essential Question for Unit 2: What can animals teach us?

Unit 2 Week 1

RWW: The Fisherman & the Kaha

Bird p.94-97
Lit. Anthology: The Secret
Message
p. 90-103
Genre: Folktale
Comprehension Skill: Theme
Vocabulary Strategy: Root Words
Grammar: Common & Proper Nouns
Unit 2 Week 2

RWW: The Ant & the Grasshopper

p.108-111
Lit. Anthology: Ranita The Frog
Princess p. 108-123
Genre: Drama
Comprehension Skill: Theme
Vocabulary Strategy: Antonyms
Grammar: Singular & Plural Nouns
Unit 2 Week 3

RWW: Rescuing Our Reefs p.122125

Lit. Anthology: The Buffalo are
Back
p. 130-145

Homework:
Monday Read story from Reading, Writing Workshop.
Answer the 2 Make Connections questions on p. 97.
Tuesday Read story from Anthology. Answer questions 1
and 2 on page 105.
Wednesday Reread story from Anthology and answer
questions 3 and 4 on page 105.
Thursday Reread story from Reading/Writing, Workshop
and write a 1 paragraph summary (5-7) sentences.

Homework:
Monday Read story from Reading, Writing Workshop.
Answer the 2 Make Connections questions on p.111.
Tuesday Read story from Anthology. Answer questions 1
and 2 on page 125.
Wednesday Reread story from Anthology and answer
questions 3 and 4 on page 125.
Thursday Reread story from Reading/Writing, Workshop
and write a 1 paragraph summary (5-7) sentences.

Homework:

Vocabulary Strategy: Context Clues

Monday Read story from Reading, Writing Workshop.

Answer the 2 Make Connections questions on p. 125.
Tuesday Read story from Anthology. Answer questions 1
and 2 on page 147.
Wednesday Reread story from Anthology and answer
questions 3 and 4 on page 147.
Thursday Reread story from Reading/Writing, Workshop
and write a 1 paragraph summary (5-7) sentences.

Grammar: Irregular Plural Nouns

Unit 2 Week 4

Homework:

Genre: Narrative Nonfiction

Comprehension Skill: Main Idea/Key Details

RWW: Animal Adaptations p.136139

Lit. Anthology: Spiders p. 152-167
Genre: Expository Text
Comprehension Skill: Main Idea/Key Details
Vocabulary Strategy: Prefixes, dis-, misGrammar: Possessive nouns
Unit 2 Week 5

RWW: 4 poems-pgs 150-153

Lit. Anth.: Different poems-pgs 172174
Genre: Lyric Poetry and Haiku
Comprehension Skill: Point of View
Vocabulary Strategy: Figurative Language
Grammar: Combining Sentences

Monday Read story from Reading, Writing Workshop.

Answer the 2 Make Connections questions on p. 139.
Tuesday Read story from Anthology. Answer questions 1
and 2 on page 169.
Wednesday Reread story from Anthology and answer
questions 3 and 4 on page 169.
Thursday Reread story from Reading/Writing, Workshop
and write a 1 paragraph summary (5-7) sentences.

Homework:
Monday Read poems from Reading/Writing, Workshop.
Answer the 2 Make Connections questions on p.153.
Tuesday Read poems from Anthology. Answer questions 1
and 2 on page 175.
Wednesday Reread poems from Anthology and answer
questions 3 and 4 on page 175.
Thursday Reread poem from Reading/Writing, Workshop
and record a minimum of 4 examples of figurative
language.

Essential Question for Unit 2: What can animals teach us?