Quarter 2 At-A-Glance

Week of:
October 17th
Coming
Distractions:
Questioning
Movies
How Do They
Do That
October 24th
Me and Uncle
Romie
Sidewalk Artists
October 31st
Me and Uncle
Romie
Sidewalk Artists
November 7th
Dear Mr.
Winston
Field Guide to
Snakes of the
Southwest
November 14th
Jose Born to
Dance
Dance to the
Beat

Reading
Fact and opinion
Informational
Text Structure
(RI4.5)
Summarize

Vocabulary
Greek and Latin
Word parts:
phon, photo,
graph, auto,
tele

Writing
Writing a fact
based opinion
paragraph
(W4.1a and b)
Main idea and
supporting
details

Grammar
Verbs
*action
*linking
*helping
Verb Tenses
*simple
*regular
*irregular
*past participle
Progressive
Verb Tenses

*Understanding
Characters
*Theme
*Point of View
*Understanding
Characters
*Theme
*Point of View
*Conclusions
and
Generalizations
*Understanding
character

Figurative
Language

Opinion Writing

Figurative
Language

Opinion Writing

Progressive
Verb Tenses

Antonyms

Informative
Writing

Compound and
Complex
Sentences

*Theme
*Authors
Purpose
*Simile and
Metaphor

Shades of
Meaning

Informative
Writing
Precise
Language

*Subject and
Object Pronouns
*Reflective and
Demonstrative
Pronouns
*Antecedents

Social Studies

November 21st
Hurricanes:
Earths
Mightiest
Storms
Recovering
from Katrina
November 28th
Hurricanes:
Earths
Mightiest
Storms
Recovering
from Katrina

*Text and
Graphic
Features
*Text Structure

Suffixes ful,
-ness, -less,
-ment

Informative
Writing

Frequently
Confused Words

*Text and
Graphic
Features
*Text Structure

Suffixes ful,
-ness, -less,
-ment

Informative
Writing

Frequently
Confused Words

December 5th
The Earth
Dragon Awakes
Twisters

*Sequence of
Events
*Generalization
s and
Conclusions
*Text Features
*Sequence of
Events
*Generalization
s and
Conclusions
*Text Features

Synonyms

Informative

Possessive
Nouns

Synonyms

Informative

Possessive
Nouns

*Nov. 23-25
Thanksgiving Break

December 5th
The Earth
Dragon Awakes
Twisters