Scope Sequence and

Unit Theme Reading

A: Have Aliens Visited Us?
1 Mysteries B: The Lost City of Atlantis

A: The History of Pizza

2 Favorite Foods B: The Hottest Chilies

A: Training Grizzlies!
3 Cool Jobs B: Getting the Shot

A: Ive Found the Titanic!

4 Shipwrecks B: Treasure Ship

A: At the Scene of a Crime

5 Science Investigators B: The Disease Detective

A: Who Was Sacagawea?

6 Explorers and Pioneers B: Polar Pioneer

A: The Meaning of Dreams

7 Minds Eye B: Seeing the Impossible

A: A Penguin Family
8 Animal Wonders B: Do Animals Laugh?

A: A Love Poem in Stone

9 Incredible Domes B: The Great Dome of Florence

A: A Warming World
10 Wild Weather B: Freaky Forces of Nature

A: The Mammoths Tale

11 Giants of the Past B: Sea Monsters

A: The Robots Are Coming!

12 Technology B: How Will We Live in 2035?

4 Scope and Sequence

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 Reading Skill Vocabulary Building Video
A: Scanning A: Usage: research
Loch Ness Mystery
B: Skimming B: Usage: solid

A: Identifying the Parts of a Passage A: Word Partnership: basic

A Taste of Mexico
B: Pronoun Reference B: Word Partnership: painful

A: Finding the Correct Definition of a Word in

A: Thesaurus: difficult
a Dictionary Right Dog for the Job
B: Word Partnership: spend
B: Understanding the Use of Commas

A: Identifying a Paragraphs Main Idea A: Usage: agree

Saving Ocean Life
B: Recognizing Compound Subjects and Objects B: Usage: coast/beach

A: Inferring Meaning A: Word Partnership: space

Virus Detectives
B: Identifying the Purpose of a Paragraph B: Word Link: -ous

A: Creating a Timeline of Events A: Usage: village/town/city

Native Americans
B: Understanding Compound Nouns B: Usage: drive/ride

A: Creating a Concept Map A: Word Partnership: problem

Parasomnia
B: Understanding Compound Sentences B: Word Partnership: mistake

A: Paraphrasing A: Word Partnership: enter

Penguins in Trouble
B: Identifying Supporting Details B: Word Partnership: similar

A: Understanding Complex Sentences A: Word Partnership: promise

Brunelleschis Dome
B: Recognizing Prepositions B: Thesaurus: material

A: Identifying Text Types A: Word Partnership: temperature

Storm of the Century
B: Identifying Cause and Effect B: Usage: drop vs. fall
A: Usage: further/farther
A: Recognizing Active and Passive Sentences
B: Usage: probably/definitely/ Days of the Dinosaurs
B: Organizing Information in a Chart
possibly
A: Supporting Ideas with Examples A: Word Partnership: operate
Deep-sea Robot
B: Understanding Prefixes and Suffixes B: Word Partnership: future

Scope and Sequence 5

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