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Scope and Sequence

Genre Focus Read Aloud Shared Read Literature Leveled Reader Vocabulary
Anthology

Genre Study 1: Interactive Read “A World of Change” Anchor Text Main Selections Words:
Weeks 1 and 2 Aloud: “Avalanche” Genre: Expository Earthquakes Genre: Expository Text alter, collapse, crisis,
Text Genre: Expository A: Changing Landscapes destruction, hazard,
Lexile: 790L Text Lexile: 670L severe, substantial,
Genre: Expository Text Lexile: 870L O: Changing Landscapes unpredictable
ELL Scaffolded Lexile: 840L
Essential Question: Shared Read Paired Selection: ELL: Changing Landscapes Strategy:
How do people respond to available “Weathering the Lexile: 740L Multiple-Meaning
natural disasters? Storm” B: Changing Landscapes Words
Genre: Personal Lexile: 920L
Narrative Strategy:
Text Features: Diagrams and Homographs
Headings Lexile: 770L Paired Selections
Genre: Expository Text
Differentiated Genre A: “Students Save Wetlands”
Passages available O: “Students Save Wetlands”
ELL: “Students Save Wetlands”
B: “Students Save Wetlands”

Genre Study 2: Interactive Read “The Talent Show” Anchor Text Main Selections Words:
Weeks 3 and 4 Aloud: “Say Genre: Realistic Experts, Incorporated Genre: Realistic Fiction accountable, advise,
Something” Fiction Genre: Realistic A: The Dream Team desperately, hesitated,
Lexile: 620L Fiction Lexile: 530L humiliated, inspiration,
Genre: Realistic Fiction Lexile: 730L O: Rosa’s Garden self-esteem,
ELL Scaffolded Lexile: 710L uncomfortably
Essential Question: Shared Read Paired Selection: ELL: Rosa’s Garden
How do your actions affect available “Speaking Out to Stop Lexile: 540L Strategy:
others? Bullying” B: Saving Grasshopper Idioms
Genre: Expository Lexile: 810L
Text Strategy:
Literary Elements: Dialogue Homophones
Lexile: 800L Paired Selections
Differentiated Genre Genre: Expository Text
Passages available A: “Making a Difference”
O: “Fresh from the City”
ELL: “Fresh from the City”
B: “Backyard Bird Habitats”

Genre Study 3: Interactive Read “Dollars and Sense” Anchor Text Main Selections Words:
Week 5 Aloud: “Kids Can Genre: Argumentative Kids in Business Genre: Argumentative Text compassionate,
Help” Text Genre: Argumentative A: Start Small, Think Big enterprise,
Lexile: 800L Text Lexile: 660L exceptional, funds,
Genre: Argumentative Text Lexile: 790L O: Start Small, Think Big innovative, process,
ELL Scaffolded Lexile: 780L routine, undertaking
Essential Question: How Shared Read Paired Selection: ELL: Start Small, Think Big
can starting a business help available “Starting a Successful Lexile: 710L Strategy:
others? Business” B: Start Small, Think Big Suffixes
Genre: Procedural Lexile: 890L
Text
Text Features: Graphs and Lexile: 770L Paired Selections
Headings Genre: Procedural Text
A: “Spending and Saving”
Differentiated Genre O: “Spending and Saving”
Passages available ELL: “Spending and Saving”
B: “Spending and Saving”

Week 6 Reading Digitally Fluency Show What You Extend Your Writing Presentation
Learned Learning Options

Review, Extend, and Assess Genre: Online Reader’s Theater: Passage 1 Problem and Solution Writing Process Reader's Theater
Article “Whodunit? Woo Genre: Expository Multiple-Meaning Opinion Essay Research and
“Bullying: It's Knows …” Text Words and Inquiry
Against the Law” “Landforms Shaped Homographs Revise: Transitions Inquiry Space
by Weathering and Self-Selected Reading Peer Conferences; Writing
Erosion” Edit and
Connect to Content
Passage 2 Create a Venn Diagram Proofread;
Genre: Realistic Make a Persuasive Publish, Present,
Fiction Poster and Evaluate
“A Cinco de Mayo Create a Fact Card
Visit”

BM2  SCOPE AND SEQUENCE


Unit 1

Comprehension Phonics and Spelling Fluency Writing and Grammar Research and Inquiry

Strategy: Reread Week 1 Week 1 Respond to Reading Product: Write Directions


Short Vowels Intonation Writing Process
Skill: Text Structure: Personal Narrative Study Skill: Directions
Compare and Contrast Week 2 Week 2
Long a Expression and Expert Model: Personal Narrative
Rate Blast: Masters of Disaster
Author’s Craft: Author's Plan: Sequence
Purpose Differentiated Spelling Lists Draft: Sensory Details
available
Grammar and Mechanics
Week 1: Sentences; Sentence
Punctuation
Week 2: Subjects and Predicates;
Punctuate Compound Subjects and
Predicates

Strategy: Make Predictions Week 3 Week 3 Respond to Reading Product: Business Letter
Long e Accuracy Writing Process
Skill: Plot: Problem and Personal Narrative Study Skill: Write a Business
Solution Week 4 Week 4 Letter
Long i Phrasing and Rate Revise: Strong Conclusion
Author’s Craft: Fact and Peer Conferences; Edit and Proofread; Blast: Friends Forever
Opinion Differentiated Spelling Lists Publish, Present, and Evaluate
available
Grammar and Mechanics
Week 3: Compound Sentences;
Punctuating Compound Sentences
Week 4: Clauses and Complex
Sentences; Punctuate Complex
Sentences

Strategy: Reread Long o Phrasing and Rate Respond to Reading Product: Create a
Writing Process Biographical Sketch
Skill: Main Idea and Details Differentiated Spelling Lists Opinion Essay
available Study Skill: Primary and
Author’s Craft: Procedural Expert Model: Argumentative Text Secondary Sources
Text Plan: Strong Opening
Blast: Helping Others Is Good
Draft: Reasons and Evidence Business
Grammar and Mechanics
Week 5: Run-On Sentences; Correcting
Fragments and Run-Ons

SCOPE AND SEQUENCE BM3


Scope and Sequence
Genre Focus Read Aloud Shared Read Literature Leveled Reader Vocabulary
Anthology

Genre Study 1: Interactive Read “Animal Adaptations” Anchor Text Main Selections Words:
Weeks 1 and 2 Aloud: “Adaptations Genre: Expository Spiders Genre: Expository Text camouflaged, dribbles,
at Work” Text Genre: Expository A: Extreme Animals extraordinary,
Lexile: 850L Text Lexile: 590L poisonous, pounce,
Genre: Expository Text Lexile: 820L O: Extreme Animals predator, prey,
ELL Scaffolded Lexile: 830L vibrations
Essential Question: Shared Read Paired Selection: ELL: Extreme Animals
What helps an animal survive? available “Anansi and the Birds” Lexile: 680L Strategy:
Genre: Trickster Tale B: Extreme Animals Prefixes
Text Features: Photographs Lexile: 740L Lexile: 890L Strategy:
and Captions; Headings Suffixes
Paired Selections
Differentiated Genre Genre: Trickster Tale
Passages available A: “Hare and the Water”
O: “Hare and the Water”
ELL: “Hare and the Water”
B: “Hare and the Water”

Genre Study 2: Interactive “The Ant and the Anchor Text Main Selections Words:
Weeks 3 and 4 Read Aloud: “A Grasshopper” Ranita, The Frog Genre: Drama annoyed, attitude,
Grasshopper's Sad Genre: Drama Princess A: Saving the Green Bird commotion, cranky,
Tale” Lexile: NP Genre: Drama Lexile: NP familiar, frustrated,
Genre: Drama Lexile: NP O: The Prince Who Could Fly selfish, specialty
ELL Scaffolded Lexile: NP
Essential Question: Shared Read Paired Selection: ELL: The Prince Who Could Fly Strategy:
How do animal characters available “Pecos Bill and the Lexile: NP Antonyms
change familiar stories? Bear Lake Monster” B: Behind the Secret Trapdoor
Genre: Tall Tale Strategy:
Lexile: NP Greek Roots
Literary Elements: Scene, Lexile: 890L
Setting, Character Tags Paired Selections
Genre: Mystery
Differentiated Genre A: “The Missing Pie Mystery”
Passages available O: “The Mystery of the Spotted
Dogs”
ELL: “The Mystery of the Spotted
Dogs”
B: “The Mystery of the Messy Room”

Genre Study 3: Interactive Read “Dog,” “The Eagle,” Anchor Text Main Selections Words:
Week 5 Aloud: “Animal Haiku: “Chimpanzee,” “Rat” “The Sandpiper,” Genre: Realistic Fiction brittle, creative,
Cricket, Lizard, Firefly, Genre: Lyric Poetry “Bat,” “The A: Putting on an Act descriptive,
Ants, Snail” and Haiku Grasshopper Springs,” Lexile: 620L outstretched
Genre: Poetry Lexile: NP “Fireflies at Dusk” O: The Big One
Genre: Lyric Poem Lexile: 690L Poetry Terms:
Essential Question: How are ELL Scaffolded and Haiku ELL: The Big One metaphor, simile,
writers inspired by animals? Shared Read Lexile: NP Lexile: 530L rhyme, meter
available B: Dolphin Cove Strategy:
Paired Selection: Lexile: 780L
Text Structure: Lyric Poetry, “Fog,” “White Cat Similes and
Haiku Winter” Paired Selections Metaphors
Genre: Poetry Genre: Poetry
Differentiated Genre Lexile: NP A: “Broken Wing,” “Rat,” “Seal”
Passages available O: “Catfish,” “Crow,” “Black Bull”
ELL: “Peacock,” “Grass Snake,”
“Robin”
B: “Dolphin,” “Rabbit Field,” “Squirrel”

Week 6 Reading Digitally Fluency Show What You Extend Your Writing Presentation
Learned Learning Options

Review, Extend, and Assess Genre: Online Reader’s Theater: Passage 1 Prefixes and Suffixes Writing Process Reader's Theater
Article “The Nightingale” Genre: Expository Figurative Language Lyric Poem Research and
“Sharks Under Text Inquiry
Attack” “Nine-Banded Connect to Content Revise: Assonance Inquiry Space
Armadillos” Make a Podcast Writing
Write a Comic Strip Peer Conferences;
Passage 2 “Sharks Under Attack” Edit and Proofread;
Genre: Drama Publish, Present,
“Paul Meets Babe, and Evaluate
the Blue Ox”

BM4  SCOPE AND SEQUENCE


Unit 2

Comprehension Phonics and Spelling Fluency Writing and Grammar Research and Inquiry

Strategy: Summarize Week 1 Week 1 Respond to Reading Product: Make Life-Cycle


Prefixes Expression Writing Process Diagrams
Skill: Main Idea and Key Compare-and-Contrast Essay
Details Week 2 Week 2 Study Skill: Life-Cycle
Digraphs Intonation Expert Model: Expository Text Diagram
Author’s Craft: Character Plan: Compare-and-Contrast Text
Differentiated Spelling Lists Structure Blast: Hidden in Plain Sight
available Draft: Linking Words
Grammar and Mechanics
Week 1: Common and Proper Nouns;
Capitalizing Proper Nouns
Week 2: Singular and Plural Nouns;
Commas in a Series

Strategy: Ask and Answer Week 3 Week 3 Respond to Reading Product: Make a Food Web
Questions Three-Letter Blends Accuracy Writing Process
Compare-and-Contrast Essay Study Skill: Food Web
Skill: Theme Week 4 Week 4
r-Controlled Vowels /är/ and Rate Revise: Sentence Fluency
/ôr/ Blast: Cast of Animals
Author’s Craft: Hyperbole Peer Conferences; Edit and Proofread;
Publish, Present, and Evaluate
Differentiated Spelling Lists
available Grammar and Mechanics
Week 3: Irregular Plural Nouns; Correct
Plural Forms
Week 4: Possessive Nouns;
Apostrophes

Literary Elements: Meter and Suffixes Expression and Respond to Reading Product: Fun Animal Facts
Rhyme Contractions Phrasing Writing Process
Lyric Poem Study Skill: How to Create a
Skill: Point of View Differentiated Spelling Lists Bibliography
available Expert Model: Lyric Poetry
Author’s Craft: Imagery and Plan: Stanza Blast: Inspiring Animals
Assonance
Draft: Rhyme
Grammar and Mechanics
Week 5: Combining Sentences; Phrases
and Interjections

SCOPE AND SEQUENCE BM5


Scope and Sequence
Genre Focus Read Aloud Shared Read Literature Leveled Reader Vocabulary
Anthology

Genre Study 1: Interactive Read “Remembering Anchor Text Main Selections Words:
Weeks 1 and 2 Aloud: “Books” Hurricane Katrina” Aguinaldo Genre: Realistic Fiction assigned, generosity,
Genre: Realistic Genre: Realistic A: Playground Buddy gingerly, mature,
Fiction Fiction Lexile: 590L organizations,
Genre: Realistic Fiction Lexile: 800L Lexile: 650L O: Brick by Brick residents, scattered,
Lexile: 690L selective
Essential Question: ELL Scaffolded Paired Selection: ELL: Brick by Brick
In what ways can you help Shared Read “Partaking in Public Lexile: 500L Strategy:
your community? available Service” B: Standing Guard Context Clues
Genre: Expository Lexile: 760L
Text Strategy:
Literary Elements: Flashback Suffixes
Lexile: 770L Paired Selections
Differentiated Genre Genre: Expository Text
Passages available A: “Making a Difference”
O: “A Big Heart”
ELL: “A Big Heart”
B: “The Great Big Birthday Bash”

Genre Study 2: Interactive Read “Judy's Appalachia” Anchor Text Main Selections Words:
Weeks 3 and 4 Aloud: “Nelson Genre: Expository Delivering Justice: Genre: Biography boycott,
Mandela: Working for Text W.W. Law and the A: Jacob Riis: Champion of the Poor encouragement, fulfill,
Freedom” Lexile: 830L Fight for Civil Rights Lexile: 610L injustice, mistreated,
Genre: Biography Genre: Biography O: Jacob Riis: Champion of the Poor protest, qualified,
ELL Scaffolded Lexile: 830L Lexile: 790L registered
Essential Question: Shared Read ELL: Jacob Riis: Champion of the Poor
How can one person make a available Paired Selection: Lexile: 650L Strategy:
difference? “Keeping Freedom in B: Jacob Riis: Champion of the Poor Synonyms and
the Family: Coming of Lexile: 870L Antonyms
Text Features: Timeline Age in the Civil Rights
Movement” Paired Selections Strategy:
Genre: Autobiography Genre: Biography Homographs
Differentiated Genre
Passages available Lexile: 940L A: “The Fight for Equality”
O: “The Fight for Equality”
ELL: “The Fight for Equality”
B: “The Fight for Equality”

Genre Study 3: Interactive Read “Food Fight” Anchor Text Main Selections Words:
Week 5 Aloud: “All About Genre: Argumentative “A New Kind of Corn” Genre: Argumentative Text advancements,
Organic” Text Genre: Argumentative A: The Battle Against Pests agriculture,
Lexile: 870L Text Lexile: 750L characteristics,
Genre: Argumentative Text Lexile: 910L O: The Battle Against Pests concerns, disagreed,
ELL Scaffolded Lexile: 880L inherit, prevalent,
Essential Question: In what Shared Read Paired Selection: ELL: The Battle Against Pests resistance
ways can advances in science available “The Pick of the Lexile: 770L
be helpful or harmful? Patch” B: The Battle Against Pests Strategy:
Genre: Procedural Lexile: 910L Greek Roots
Text
Text Features: Maps and Lexile: 920L Paired Selections
Headings Genre: Poetry
A: “Making an Organic Garden”
Differentiated Genre O: “Making an Organic Garden”
Passages available ELL: “Making an Organic Garden”
B: “Making an Organic Garden”

Week 6 Reading Digitally Fluency Show What You Extend Your Writing Presentation
Learned Learning Options

Review, Extend, and Assess Genre: Online Reader’s Theater: Passage 1 Comparing Genres Writing Process Reader’s Theater
Article “Nat Love, Western Genre: Biography Greek Roots Opinion Essay Research and
“Kids Lead The Hero” “A Political Pioneer: Inquiry
Way” Ann Richards” Connect to Content Revise: Strong Inquiry Space
Draw a Map Conclusions Writing
Passage 2 Watch a Primary
Genre: Realistic Source Video Peer Conferences;
Fiction Write Directions for Edit and Proofread;
“Dog Park Rules” Growing a Plant Publish, Present,
and Evaluate

BM6  SCOPE AND SEQUENCE


Unit 3

Comprehension Phonics and Spelling Fluency Writing and Grammar Research and Inquiry

Strategy: Visualize Week 1 Week 1 Respond to Reading Product: Make a Public


r-Controlled Vowels er, ir, ur Expression Writing Process Service Announcement
Skill: Point of View Realistic Fiction
Week 2 Week 2 Study Skill: Key Words
Words with Silent Letters Expression Expert Model: Realistic Fiction
Author’s Craft: Facts and
Opinions Plan: Sequence Blast: Let’s Pitch In
Differentiated Spelling Lists Draft: Dialogue
available
Grammar and Mechanics
Week 1: Action Verbs; Titles
Week 2: Verb Tenses; Subject-Verb
Agreement

Strategy: Reread Week 3 Week 3 Respond to Reading Product: Make a Book Cover
Soft c and g Accuracy Writing Process
Skill: Author’s Point of View Realistic Fiction Study Skill: Paraphrasing
Week 4 Week 4
Plurals Expression Revise: Sensory Details
Author’s Craft: Anecdote Blast: The Power Is Yours
Peer Conferences; Edit and Proofread;
Differentiated Spelling Lists Publish, Present, and Evaluate
available
Grammar and Mechanics
Week 3: Main and Helping Verbs;
Punctuation in Contractions
Week 4: Linking Verbs; Subject-Verb
Agreement

Strategy: Reread Compound Words Accuracy and Rate Respond to Reading Product: Make a Slide Show
Writing Process
Skill: Author’s Point of View Differentiated Spelling Lists Opinion Essay Study Skill: How to Read a
available Diagram
Author’s Craft: Procedural Expert Model: Argumentative Text
Text Structure Plan: Strong Introductions Blast: Fertilizers: The Good
and the Bad
Draft: Relevant Evidence
Grammar and Mechanics
Week 5: Irregular Verbs; Correct Verb
Usage

SCOPE AND SEQUENCE BM7


Scope and Sequence
Genre Focus Read Aloud Shared Read Literature Leveled Reader Vocabulary
Anthology

Genre Study 1: Interactive Read “A World Without Anchor Text Main Selections Words:
Weeks 1 and 2 Aloud: “Speaking Out Rules” See How They Run Genre: Narrative Nonfiction amendments,
Against Child Labor” Genre: Narrative Genre: Narrative A: A Day in the Senate commitment,
Nonfiction Nonfiction Lexile: 680L compromise,
Genre: Narrative Nonfiction Lexile: 830L Lexile: 870L O: A Day in the Senate democracy,
Lexile: 820L eventually, legislation,
Essential Question: Why do ELL Scaffolded Paired Selection: ELL: A Day in the Senate privilege, version
we need government? Shared Read “The Birth of Lexile: 800L
available American Democracy” B: A Day in the Senate Strategy:
Text Features: Headings and Genre: Expository Lexile: 890L Latin Roots
Pronunciations Text
Lexile: 830L Paired Selections Strategy:
Genre: Expository Text Greek Roots
Differentiated Genre
Passages available A: “A New President Takes Office”
O: “A New President Takes Office”
ELL: “A New President Takes Office”
B: “A New President Takes Office”

Genre Study 2: Interactive Read “A Telephone Mix-Up” Anchor Text Main Selections Words:
Weeks 3 and 4 Aloud: “Good-bye Genre: Historical The Moon Over Star Genre: decade, directing,
Icebox!” Fiction Genre: Historical A: Ron’s Radio engineering,
Lexile: 950L Fiction Lexile: 620L gleaming, scouted,
Genre: Historical Fiction Lexile: 860L O: The Freedom Machine squirmed, technology,
ELL Scaffolded Lexile: 690L tinkering
Essential Question: Shared Read Paired Selection: ELL: The Freedom Machine
How do inventions and available “Star Parties” Lexile: 540L Strategy:
technology affect your life? Genre: Expository B: A Better Way Synonyms
Text Lexile: 790L
Lexile: 810L Strategy:
Literary Elements: Setting, Context Clues
Dialogue Paired Selections
Genre: Expository Text
Differentiated Genre A: “Roosevelt’s Fireside Chat”
Passages available O: “The Interstate Highway System”
ELL: “The Interstate Highway
System”
B: “A History of Washing Technology”

Genre Study 3: Interactive Read “Sing to Me,” “The Anchor Text Main Selections Words:
Week 5 Aloud: “Sam’s Box” Climb” “Swimming to the Genre: Realistic Fiction attain, dangling,
Genre: Narrative Rock,” “The Moondust A: Try, Try Again hovering, triumph
Poetry Footprint” Lexile: 600L
Genre: Narrative Poetry Lexile: NP Genre: Narrative O: The Math-lete Poetry Terms:
Poetry Lexile: 740L connotation,
Essential Question: How ELL Scaffolded Lexile: NP ELL: The Math-lete denotation, repetition,
do writers look at success in Shared Read Lexile: 510L stanza
different ways? available Paired Selection: B: The Final
“Genius,” “Winner” Strategy:
Lexile: 800L Connotation and
Genre: Narrative
Text Structure: Narrative Poetry Paired Selections Denotation
Poetry Lexile: NP Genre: Poetry
A: “Sunlight Sparkling on Chrome”
Differentiated Genre O: “Cross-Country Race”
Passages available ELL: “Running the Race”
B: “Talent Show”

Week 6 Reading Digitally Fluency Show What You Extend Your Writing Presentation Options
Learned Learning

Review, Extend, and Assess Genre: Online Reader’s Theater: Passage 1 Homophones and Writing Process Reader’s Theater
Article “All the Money in Genre: Narrative Homographs, Setting Narrative Poem Research and Inquiry
“Log On to Online the World” Nonfiction Alliteration and Inquiry Space
Learning” “Dust Bowl Blues” Revise: Alliteration Writing
Assonance
Passage 2 Peer Conferences;
Connect to Content Edit and
Genre: Poetry Dust Bowl Project
“‘Flying’ Free” Proofread;
Words Related to Publish, Present,
Government and Evaluate
Write a Narrative
Poem

BM8  SCOPE AND SEQUENCE


Unit 4

Comprehension Phonics and Spelling Fluency Writing and Grammar Research and Inquiry

Strategy: Ask and Answer Week 1 Week 1 Respond to Reading Product: Make a Slideshow
Questions Inflectional Endings Phrasing and Rate Writing Process
Narrative Nonfiction Essay Study Skill: Skim and Scan
Skill: Cause-and-Effect Text Week 2 Week 2
Structure Inflectional Endings: Changing Phrasing and Expert Model: Narrative Nonfiction
y to I Expression Blast: Vote for Me
Plan: Cause-and-Effect Text Structure
Author’s Craft: Homophones Draft: Relevant Details
and Homographs Differentiated Spelling Lists
available Grammar and Mechanics
Week 1: Pronouns and Antecedents;
Pronoun Capitalization and Clarity
Week 2: Types of Pronouns; Subject and
Object Pronouns

Strategy: Make Predictions Week 3 Week 3 Respond to Reading Product: Make a Flyer
Words with /ü/, /ū/, and /ů/ Expression Writing Process
Skill: Point of View Narrative Nonfiction Essay Study Skill: Persuasive
Week 4 Week 4 Language
Diphthongs /oi/ and /ou/ Accuracy Revise: Transitions
Author’s Craft: Sidebars,
Insets Peer Conferences; Edit and Proofread; Blast: Technology Today
Differentiated Spelling Lists Publish, Present, and Evaluate
available
Grammar and Mechanics
Week 3: Pronoun-Verb Agreement;
Punctuation in Dialogue
Week 4: Possessive Pronouns;
Possessive Nouns and Pronouns

Literary Elements: Stanza and Variant Vowel /ô/ Expression and Respond to Reading Product: Interview a
Repetition Rate Writing Process Community Helper
Differentiated Spelling Lists Narrative Poem
Skill: Theme available Study Skill: How to Conduct
Expert Model: Narrative Poetry an Interview
Author’s Craft: Character and Plan: Sequence
Plot Blast: Defining Success
Draft: Figurative Language
Grammar and Mechanics
Week 5: Pronouns and Homophones;
Contractions and Possessives

SCOPE AND SEQUENCE BM9


Scope and Sequence
Genre Focus Read Aloud Shared Read Literature Leveled Reader Vocabulary
Anthology

Genre Study 1: Interactive Read “Your World Up Anchor Text Main Selections Words:
Weeks 1 and 2 Aloud: “Stick Like a Close” A Drop of Water Genre: Expository Text cling, dissolves,
Gecko” Genre: Expository Genre: Expository A: Secrets of the Ice gritty, humid, magnify,
Text Text Lexile: 650L microscope, mingle,
Genre: Expository Text Lexile: 860L Lexile: 870L O: Secrets of the Ice typical
Lexile: 850L
Essential Question: ELL Scaffolded Paired Selection: ELL: Secrets of the Ice Strategy:
What can you discover Shared Read “The Incredible Lexile: 780L Antonyms
when you look closely at available Shrinking Potion” B: Secrets of the Ice
Genre: Fantasy Strategy:
something? Lexile: 900L Homophones
Lexile: 980L
Text Features: Photographs Paired Selections
and Captions Genre: Fantasy
A: “Super-vision”
Differentiated Genre O: “Super-vision”
Passages available ELL: “Super-vision”
B: “Super-vision”

Genre Study 2: Interactive Read “Sadie’s Game” Anchor Text Main Selections Words:
Weeks 3 and 4 Aloud: “A Special Genre: Realistic Mama, I’ll Give You Genre: Realistic Fiction bouquet, emotion,
Birthday Hug” Fiction the World A: Saving Stolen Treasure encircle, express,
Lexile: 850L Genre: Realistic Lexile: 560L fussy, portraits,
Genre: Realistic Fiction Fiction O: The Perfect Present sparkle, whirl
ELL Scaffolded Lexile: 970L Lexile: 690L
Essential Question: Shared Read ELL: The Perfect Present Strategy:
In what ways do people show available Paired Selection: Lexile: 560L Similes and
they care about each other? “Miami by Way of B: First Edition Metaphors
Fujian” Lexile: 750L
Genre: Realistic Strategy:
Literary Elements: Idioms
Foreshadowing Fiction Paired Selections
Lexile: 580L Genre: Realistic Fiction
Differentiated Genre A: “Miguel’s Amazing
Passages available Shyness Cure”
O: “Fly Me to the Moon”
ELL: “Fly Me to the Moon”
B: “Magnolia Leaves”

Genre Study 3: Interactive Read “The Founding of Anchor Text Main Selections Words:
Week 5 Aloud: “Pictures From Jamestown” Rediscovering Our Genre: Expository Text archaeology,
Long Ago” Genre: Expository Spanish Beginnings A: Treks Through Time document, era,
Text Genre: Expository Lexile: 690L evidence, expedition,
Genre: Expository Text Lexile: 930L Text O: Treks Through Time permanent,
Lexile: 940L Lexile: 810L tremendous, uncover
Essential Question: How can ELL Scaffolded ELL: Treks Through Time
learning about the past help Shared Read Paired Selection: Lexile: 740L Strategy:
you understand the present? available “History’s Mysteries” B: Treks Through Time Proverbs and Adages
Genre: Informative Lexile: 880L
Article
Text Features: Sidebars and Lexile: 890L Paired Selections
Maps Genre: Expository Text
A: “The Ancient One”
Differentiated Genre O: “The Ancient One”
Passages available ELL: “The Ancient One”
B: “The Ancient One”

Week 6 Reading Digitally Fluency Show What You Extend Your Writing Presentation
Learned Learning Options

Review, Extend, and Assess Genre: Online Reader’s Theater: Passage 1 Plot Writing Process Reader’s Theater
Article “The Camera in the Genre: Expository Antonyms Expository Essay Research and
“Help in a Box” Attic” Text Proverbs and Adages Inquiry
“Marvelous Revise: Strong Inquiry Space
Magnets” Connect to Content Conclusions Writing
Create a Digital
Passage 2 Brochure Peer Conferences;
Genre: Realistic Conduct a Magnet Edit and
Fiction Experiment Proofread;
“Compass Publish, Present,
Campward Bound” and Evaluate

BM10  SCOPE AND SEQUENCE


Unit 5

Comprehension Phonics and Spelling Fluency Writing and Grammar Research and Inquiry

Strategy: Summarize Week 1 Week 1 Respond to Reading Product: Make a Diagram


Closed Syllables Expression Writing Process
Skill: Text Structure: Sequence Explanatory Essay Skill: Reading a Diagram
Week 2 Week 2
Open Syllables Intonation and Expert Model: Expository Text
Author’s Craft: Imagery phrasing Blast: How Old Is Your Water?
Plan: Take Notes
Differentiated Spelling Lists Draft: Categorize Information
available
Grammar and Mechanics
Week 1: Adjectives That Compare;
Punctuation
Week 2: Articles; Articles and
Demonstrative Adjectives

Strategy: Visualize Week 3 Week 3 Respond to Reading Product: Create a Poster for a
Vowel Teams Expression Writing Process Cultural Festival
Skill: Plot: Problem and Explanatory Essay
Solution Week 4 Week 4 Study Skill: Make a Research
r-controlled vowel syllables Intonation and Revise: Linking Words Plan
phrasing Peer Conferences; Edit and Proofread;
Author’s Craft: Make
Inferences Differentiated Spelling Lists Publish, Present, and Evaluate Blast: Lending a Helping Hand
available
Grammar and Mechanics
Week 3: Adjectives That Compare;
Punctuation in Letters
Week 4: Comparing with More and
Most; Combining Sentences

Strategy: Summarize Consonant + le Rate and expression Respond to Reading Product: Make a Map
syllables Writing Process
Skill: Text Structure: Sequence Expository Essay Study Skill: Map and Map Key
Differentiated Spelling Lists
Author’s Craft: Author’s available Expert Model: Expository Text Blast: Live and Learn
Purpose Plan: Write an Outline
Draft: Supporting Details
Grammar and Mechanics
Week 5: Comparing with Good and Bad;
Combining Sentences

SCOPE AND SEQUENCE BM11


Scope and Sequence
Genre Focus Read Aloud Shared Read Literature Leveled Reader Vocabulary
Anthology

Genre Study 1: Interactive Read “The Great Energy Anchor Text Main Selections Words:
Weeks 1 and 2 Aloud: “Light Through Debate” Energy Island Genre: Narrative Nonfiction coincidence,
the Ages” Genre: Narrative Genre: Narrative A: Planet Power consequences,
Nonfiction Nonfiction Lexile: 700L consume, converted,
Genre: Narrative Nonfiction Lexile: 910L Lexile: 840L O: Planet Power efficient, incredible,
Lexile: 850L installed, renewable
Essential Question: ELL Scaffolded Paired Selection: ELL: Planet Power
How have our energy Shared Read “Of Fire and Water,” Lexile: 770L Strategy:
resources changed over the available “Water vs Wisdom” B: Planet Power Latin and Greek
years? Genre: Myth Lexile: 920L Prefixes
Lexile: 910L
Paired Selections Strategy:
Text Features: Sidebars Prefixes
Genre: Myth
Differentiated Genre A: “Helios and Phaeton”
Passages available O: “Helios and Phaeton”
ELL: “Helios and Phaeton”
B: “Helios and Phaeton”

Genre Study 2: Interactive Read “A Surprise Reunion” Anchor Text Main Selections Words:
Weeks 3 and 4 Aloud: “Reading the Genre: Historical The Game of Silence Genre: Historical Fiction ancestors, despised,
Sky” Fiction Genre: Historical A: Maple Sugar Moon endurance, forfeit,
Lexile: 650L Fiction Lexile: 620L honor, intensity,
Genre: Historical Fiction Lexile: 900L O: Grandfather’s Basket irritating, retreated
ELL Scaffolded Lexile: 700L
Essential Question: Shared Read Paired Selection: ELL: Grandfather’s Basket Strategy:
How do traditions connect available “Native Americans: Lexile: 600L Connotation and
people? Yesterday and Today” B: A Song for Marie and Ajidamo Denotation
Genre: Expository Lexile: 790L
Text Strategy:
Literary Elements: Dialogue Words from Mythology
Lexile: 900L Paired Selections
Differentiated Genre Genre: Expository Text
Passages available A: “Maple Sugar”
O: “Penobscot Nation”
ELL: “Penobscot Nation”
B: “The Civilization Regulations”

Genre Study 3: Interactive Read “Climbing Blue Hill,” Anchor Text Main Selections Words:
Week 5 Aloud: “Papa’s Pastry “My Name Is Ivy,” “the drum,” “Birdfoot’s Genre: Realistic Fiction gobble, individuality,
Shop” “Collage” Grampa,” “My A: Hooked mist, roots
Genre: Free Verse Chinatown” Lexile: 620L
Genre: Free Verse Lexile: NA Genre: Free Verse O: Homesick for American Samoa Poetry Terms:
Lexile: NP Lexile: 740L free verse,
Essential Question: What ELL Scaffolded ELL: Homesick for American Samoa imagery, metaphor,
shapes a person’s identity? Shared Read Paired Selection: Lexile: 570L personification
available “Growing Up,” “My B: Saving Snowdrop
People” Strategy:
Lexile: 810L Figurative Language
Text Structure: Free Verse Genre: Free Verse
Lexile: NP Paired Selections
Differentiated Genre Genre: Poetry
Passages available A: “Let’s Make Music”
O: “Piecing It All Together”
ELL: “Fishing in the Supermarket”
B: “I Can Do It!”

Week 6 Reading Digitally Fluency Show What You Extend Your Writing Presentation Options
Learned Learning

Review, Extend, and Assess Genre: Online Reader’s Theater: Passage 1 Compare and Writing Process Reader’s Theater
Article “Little Talk,” “But I Genre: Narrative Contrast Themes Free Verse Research and Inquiry
“Charge!” Wonder” Nonfiction Voice Inquiry Space
“Renewable and Personification Revise: Precise Writing
Nonrenewable Words
Energy” Connect to Content
Write Historical Peer Conferences;
Passage 2 Fiction Edit and
Genre: Historical “Charge!” Proofread;
Fiction Publish, Present,
“Fighting for the and Evaluate
Alamo”

BM12  SCOPE AND SEQUENCE


Unit 6

Comprehension Phonics and Spelling Fluency Writing and Grammar Research and Inquiry

Strategy: Ask and Answer Week 1 Week 1 Respond to Reading Product: Design a game or
Questions Words with /Ən/ Rate and Accuracy Writing Process Puzzle
Week 2 Week 2 Narrative Nonfiction
Skill: Main Idea and Key Study Skill: Key Word Search
Details Homophones Intonation Expert Model: Narrative Nonfiction
Plan: Sequence Blast: Fueling the Future
Author’s Craft: Elements of Differentiated Spelling Lists Draft: Specific Details
a Myth available
Grammar and Mechanics
Week 1: Adverbs; Good vs. Well
Week 2: Comparing with Adverbs;
Punctuation and Capitalization

Strategy: Reread Week 3 Week 3 Respond to Reading Product: Write an


Prefixes Expression Writing Process Encyclopedia Entry
Skill: Theme Narrative Nonfiction
Week 4 Week 4 Study Skill: Make a Research
Suffixes Accuracy Revise: Linking Words Plan
Author's Craft: Text Features
Peer Conferences; Edit and Proofread;
Differentiated Spelling Lists Publish, Present, and Evaluate Blast: Living Your Past
available
Grammar and Mechanics
Week 3: Negatives; Correcting Double
Negatives
Week 4: Prepositions; Review Using
Quotations

Literary Elements: Imagery Prefixes and Suffixes Accuracy and Respond to Reading Product: Create a Podcast
and Personification Phrasing Writing Process
Differentiated Spelling Lists Free Verse Study Skill: Conduct an
Skill: Theme available Interview
Expert Model: Free Verse
Author's Craft: Voice Plan: Metaphor and Simile Blast: Becoming Bessie
Draft: Alliteration
Grammar and Mechanics
Week 5: Using Prepositions; Using
Commas with Phrases

SCOPE AND SEQUENCE BM13

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