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MODULE

Scope and Sequence


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Be a Super Citizen
Essential Question  How can being a good citizen SOCIAL & EMOTIONAL LEARNING:
make a difference to others? Social Awareness

READING VOCABULARY
Read Aloud Book Oral Power Words  carefree, guards, guide,
Meet the Dogs of Bedlam Farm by Jon Katz images, serious
GENRE: Informational Text Power Words  bellowed, bounce, cool, grinned,
myBook handle, might, munch, rough
• We Are Super Citizens Generative Vocabulary 
GENRE: Personal Narrative Words That Describe Actions
• Clark the Shark by Bruce Hale
Vocabulary Strategy 
GENRE: Fantasy
WEEK 1

Antonyms
Comprehension
• Central Idea ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
• Ask and Answer Questions
• Setting Language Function  Agree and Disagree

Speaking and Listening


• Collaborative Conversations
Response to Text
• Write a Description

READING VOCABULARY
Read Aloud Book Oral Power Words  discuss, jammed, scribbled,
The William Hoy Story by Nancy Churnin smirked, tryouts, wistfully
GENRE: Biography Power Words  blue, compliment, elected, local,
myBook mock, proper, realize, useful
• Spoon by Amy Krouse Rosenthal Generative Vocabulary 
GENRE: Fantasy Words That Describe People, Places, Things
• Being a Good Citizen by Rachelle Kreisman
WEEK 2

GENRE: Informational Text


Comprehension
• Central Idea ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
• Monitor and Clarify Language Function  Recount Information
• Author’s Purpose
• Summarize
Response to Text
• Write an Opinion
• Write Directions

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Scope and Sequence

BIG IDEA WORDS  citizen, difference, kind


INQUIRY AND RESEARCH PROJECT  Investigate Citizenship
PERFORMANCE TASK  Narrative

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS WRITING WORKSHOP


Phonological Awareness Writing Mode: Narrative
• Blend Phonemes Form: Personal Narrative
• Isolate Phonemes • Priming the Students for the Focal Text:
• Isolating, Segmenting, Changing, Adding, Deleting, Blending Phonemes* Just a Dream by Chris Van Allsburg
Phonics • Priming the Text
• Consonants; Short a, i • The Read
• Multisyllabic Words: Short a, i • Vocabulary
• The Writing Process
High-Frequency Words 
a, and, go, got, have, not, the, to, will, you
Spelling 
Short a, i
• Basic Words: sad, bit, jam, glad, list, win, flat, if, fix, rip, kit, mask
• Review Words: as, his, clap, chip
• Challenge Words: picnic, sandwich
Fluency  Accuracy and Self-Correction
Start Right Reader Texts
• In a Jam
• Jam Bandit

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS WRITING WORKSHOP


Phonological Awareness Writing Mode: Narrative
• Blend Phonemes Form: Personal Narrative
• Isolate Phonemes • Prewriting I: Preparing to Write
• Segmenting, Isolating, Changing, Adding, Deleting, Blending Phonemes* • Prewriting II: Organizing the Story
Phonics • Drafting I: Elements of Narrative Text
• Consonants; Short o, u, e • Drafting II: Completing the Draft
• Multisyllabic Words: Short o, u, e • Revising I: Word Choice

High-Frequency Words 
best, does, end, job, left, men, more, see, than, wash
Spelling 
Short o, u, e 
• Basic Words: yes, job, hug, rest, frog, hum, left, melt, plum, shut, net, dot
• Review Words: glad, fix, jam, list
• Challenge Words: puddle, helmet
Fluency  Reading Rate
Start Right Reader Texts
• The Red Van
• Picnic Fun

*Skills covered in the Daily Show and Teach Slides (online only)
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MODULE
Scope and Sequence
1
Be a Super Citizen
Essential Question  How can being a good citizen SOCIAL & EMOTIONAL LEARNING:
make a difference to others? Social Awareness

READING VOCABULARY
Read Aloud Book Oral Power Words  jubilantly, mechanical,
Violet the Pilot by Steve Breen obnoxious, praise, reassemble, tinkering
GENRE: Fantasy Power Words  disaster, fiddled, hamper, mood,
myBook perfect, planned, queasy, scowl
• Picture Day Perfection by Deborah Diesen Generative Vocabulary 
GENRE: Realistic Fiction Inflections -ed, -ing
• Get Involved: Be Awesome!
WEEK 3

GENRE: Video
Comprehension ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
• Characters
• Create Mental Images Language Function  Describe
• Central Idea
Response to Text
• Write a Sequel

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Scope and Sequence

BIG IDEA WORDS  citizen, difference, kind


INQUIRY AND RESEARCH PROJECT  Investigate Citizenship
PERFORMANCE TASK  Narrative

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS WRITING WORKSHOP


Phonological Awareness Writing Mode: Narrative
• Isolate Phonemes Form: Personal Narrative
• Blending, Segmenting, Changing, Adding, Deleting, Isolating Phonemes* • Revising II: Conferencing
Phonics • Editing I: Possessives and Contractions
• Long a, i (VCe) • Editing II: Peer Proofreading
• Soft c and g • Publishing a Personal Narrative
• Sharing a Personal Narrative
High-Frequency Words 
do, give, he, line, said, set, seven, sure, upon, walk
Spelling 
Long a, i (VCe)
• Basic Words: cake, mine, plate, size, ate, grape, prize, wipe, race, line, pile, rake
• Review Words: win, flat, rip, if
• Challenge Words: mistake, guide
Fluency  Expression
Start Right Reader Texts
• Zane on a Hike
• Six Fake Mice

*Skills covered in the Daily Show and Teach Slides (online only)
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MODULE
Scope and Sequence
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Look Around and Explore!
Essential Question  How does exploring help us SOCIAL & EMOTIONAL LEARNING:
understand the world around us? Self-Awareness

READING VOCABULARY
Read Aloud Book Oral Power Words  hollow, petals, sail, splashes,
The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown tender, ticklish
GENRE: Narrative Nonfiction Power Words  amount, easily, example, forms,
myBook material, planet, space, tasty
• What’s the Matter? Generative Vocabulary 
GENRE: Informational Text Suffixes -er, -est
• Many Kinds of Matter by Jennifer Boothroyd
Vocabulary Strategy 
GENRE: Informational Text
WEEK 1

Synonyms
Comprehension
• Author’s Purpose ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
• Central Idea
• Make Inferences Language Function  Classify
• Content-Area Words
Research
• Select a Topic
Response to Text
• Write a Description

READING VOCABULARY
Read Aloud Book Oral Power Words  buzzing, clanking, fit, funky,
It’s Only Stanley by Jon Agee odd, recognize
GENRE: Fantasy Power Words  battleground, feud, frenzy, gasped,
myBook plumes, strokes, tumbling, wisps
• The Great Fuzz Frenzy by Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel Generative Vocabulary 
GENRE: Fantasy Inflections -s, -es
• Water Rolls, Water Rises by Pat Mora
GENRE: Poetry
WEEK 2

Comprehension
• Setting ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
• Make Connections
• Connect Text and Visuals Language Function  Infer
• Create Mental Images
• Elements of Poetry
Response to Text
• Write an Invitation
• Write a Poem

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Scope and Sequence

BIG IDEA WORDS  examine, identify, record


INQUIRY AND RESEARCH PROJECT  An Important Book of Matter
PERFORMANCE TASK  Informational Text

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS WRITING WORKSHOP


Phonological Awareness Writing Mode: Informational Text
• Segment, Count Phonemes Form: Descriptive Essay
• Isolate Phonemes: Identify Vowel • Priming the Students for the Focal Text:
• Blending Syllables; Isolating, Blending, Segmenting, Changing, Deleting, Uncommon Traveler: Mary Kingsley in Africa by
Adding Phonemes* Don Brown
Phonics • Priming the Text
• Long o, e, u (CV, VCe) • The Read
• Review Long Vowels (VCe) • Vocabulary
• Prewriting I: Preparing to Write
High-Frequency Words 
close, cold, come, done, fire, front, life, name, small, times
Spelling 
Long o, u (VCe)
• Basic Words: doze, nose, use, rose, pole, close, June, woke, rule, rode, role, tune
• Review Words: hum, shut, frog, job
• Challenge Words: wrote, flute
Fluency  Phrasing
Start Right Reader Texts
• The Lone Cat
• Cat Has a Pal

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS WRITING WORKSHOP


Phonological Awareness Writing Mode: Informational Text
• Isolate Phonemes: Identify Vowel Form: Descriptive Essay
• Blend Syllables • Prewriting II: Identifying the Topic
• Segmenting, Adding, Deleting Syllables; Segmenting, Changing, Blending, Adding, • Drafting I: Elements of Informational Text
Deleting Phonemes* • Drafting II: Completing the Draft
Phonics • Revising I: Sentence Structure
• Short and Long Vowels (CVC, VCe) • Revising II: Conferencing
• Suffixes -er, -est
High-Frequency Words 
answer, find, its, miss, old, round, then, until, what, young
Spelling 
Short and Long Vowels (CVC, VCe)
• Basic Words: tap, tape, fin, fine, cute, ride, rob, robe, cap, cape, slid, slide
• Review Words: shop, wish, cut, rid
• Challenge Words: scrap, scrape
Fluency  Intonation
Start Right Reader Texts
• Game Time
• Big Hen, Old Fox

*Skills covered in the Daily Show and Teach Slides (online only)
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MODULE
Scope and Sequence
2
Look Around and Explore!
Essential Question  How does exploring help us SOCIAL & EMOTIONAL LEARNING:
understand the world around us? Self-Awareness

READING VOCABULARY
Read Aloud Book Oral Power Words  mossy, outstretched,
If You Find a Rock by Peggy Christian pavement, scoop, underside
GENRE: Informational Text Power Words  ace, agency, business, confidently,
myBook eagerly, located, mystery, seeps
• The Puddle Puzzle by Ellen Weiss Generative Vocabulary 
GENRE: Drama Words That Name Places
• Looking at Art by Andrew Stevens
GENRE: Fine Art
WEEK 3

Comprehension
• Central Idea ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
• Ask and Answer Questions
Language Function  Analyze
• Elements of Drama
• Connect Text and Visuals
Response to Text
• Write Stage Directions

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Scope and Sequence

BIG IDEA WORDS  examine, identify, record


INQUIRY AND RESEARCH PROJECT  An Important Book of Matter
PERFORMANCE TASK  Informational Text

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS WRITING WORKSHOP


Phonological Awareness Writing Mode: Informational Text
• Segment, Count Phonemes Form: Descriptive Essay
• Segment, Count Syllables • Revising III: Elaboration
• Blending, Adding, Deleting Syllables; Blending, Changing, Adding, Deleting, • Editing: Peer Proofreading
Isolating Phonemes* • Publishing I: Writing the Final Copy
Phonics • Publishing II: Descriptive Essay
• Initial Blends with l, r, s • Sharing a Descriptive Essay
• Inflections -s, -es
High-Frequency Words 
baby, bird, blue, bring, fly, her, little, place, she, this
Spelling 
Blends with l, r, s
• Basic Words: space, globe, grade, swim, place, last, test, skin, drag, glide, just, stove
• Review Words: slid, close, grape, plate
• Challenge Words: climb, bruise
Fluency  Accuracy and Self-Correction
Start Right Reader Texts
• Not Yet
• Big and Small

*Skills covered in the Daily Show and Teach Slides (online only)
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MODULE
Scope and Sequence
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Meet in the Middle
Essential Question  How can people work out SOCIAL & EMOTIONAL LEARNING:
disagreements? Relationship Skills

READING VOCABULARY
Read Aloud Book Oral Power Words  belongs, bob, bundle,
Mango, Abuela, and Me by Meg Medina company, snaking, weave
GENRE: Realistic Fiction Power Words  greedy, invited, musical, plead,
myBook scoots, screams, scurries, shove
• Meet Me Halfway Generative Vocabulary 
GENRE: Informational Text Prefixes un-, re-
• Big Red Lollipop by Rukhsana Khan
Vocabulary Strategy 
GENRE: Realistic Fiction
Context Clues
WEEK 1

Comprehension
• Central Idea
• Point of View ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
• Monitor and Clarify
Language Function  Justify
Speaking and Listening
• Social Communication
Response to Text
• Write a Journal Entry

READING VOCABULARY
Read Aloud Book Oral Power Words  brewing, exhausted, moped,
Three Hens and a Peacock by Lester L. Laminack struts, wandered, whizzed
GENRE: Fantasy Power Words  argue, blamed, booming, persuade,
myBook practice, respectful, skill, threatening
• Working with Others by Robin Nelson Generative Vocabulary  Inflections
GENRE: Informational Text -ed, -ing
• Gingerbread for Liberty! by Mara Rockliff
GENRE: Biography
WEEK 2

Comprehension
• Theme ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
• Make and Confirm Predictions
Language Function  Synthesize
• Central Idea
• Synthesize
• Text Organization
Response to Text
• Write an Explanation
• Write a Conversation

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Scope and Sequence

BIG IDEA WORDS  compromise, decision, disagreement


INQUIRY AND RESEARCH PROJECT  Conflict Resolution PSA
PERFORMANCE TASK  Opinion

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS WRITING WORKSHOP


Phonological Awareness Writing Mode: Opinion
• Manipulate Phonemes: Add Form: Persuasive Text
• Manipulate Phonemes: Delete • Priming the Students for the Focal Text: Mr.
• Blend Syllables Tiger Goes Wild by Peter Brown
• Segmenting, Deleting, Adding Syllables; Isolating, Changing, Segmenting, • Priming the Text
Blending Phonemes* • The Read
Phonics • Vocabulary
• Final Blends • Prewriting I: Choosing a Topic
• Closed Syllables
High-Frequency Words 
are, hand, kept, king, land, long, sing, thing, think, wish
Spelling 
Final Blends
• Basic Words: next, end, camp, sank, sing, drink, hunt, stand, long,
stamp, pond, bring
• Review Words: globe, swim, stove, just
• Challenge Words: friend, young
Fluency  Reading Rate
Start Right Reader Texts
• Sad King Ben
• The Quest

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS WRITING WORKSHOP


Phonological Awareness Writing Mode: Opinion
• Produce Rhymes Form: Persuasive Text
• Segment Syllables • Prewriting II: Introducing Persuasive
• Segmenting, Adding, Deleting, Blending Syllables; Isolating, Changing, Segmenting, Structure
Blending Phonemes* • Drafting I: Elements of Persuasive Structure
Phonics • Drafting II: Completing the Draft
• Double Final Consonants • Revising I: Integrating Action Verbs
• Inflections: Spelling Changes • Revising II: Conferencing

High-Frequency Words 
across, car, down, fell, full, held, mountain, pull, push, spell
Spelling 
Double Final Consonants
• Basic Words: full, dress, mess, add, hill, pull, spill, class, doll, kiss, fell, off
• Review Words: drink, stamp, swim, place
• Challenge Words: address, across
Fluency  Phrasing
Start Right Reader Texts
• The Van
• Bill and Roz Get Help

*Skills covered in the Daily Show and Teach Slides (online only)
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MODULE
Scope and Sequence
3
Meet in the Middle
Essential Question  How can people work out SOCIAL & EMOTIONAL LEARNING:
disagreements? Relationship Skills

READING VOCABULARY
Read Aloud Book Oral Power Words  admit, humor, immediately,
Serious Farm by Tim Egan probably, terrible
GENRE: Fantasy Power Words  dragged, excuses, frown, hesitant,
myBook mumbled, nearby, wrinkled, yanked
• Pepita and the Bully by Ofelia Dumas Lachtman Generative Vocabulary  Words About
GENRE: Realistic Fiction Communication
• Be a Hero! Work It Out!
GENRE: Infographic
WEEK 3

Comprehension
• Theme ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
• Retell
• Author’s Purpose Language Function  Agree and Disagree

Response to Text
• Write a Letter

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Scope and Sequence

BIG IDEA WORDS  compromise, decision, disagreement


INQUIRY AND RESEARCH PROJECT  Conflict Resolution PSA
PERFORMANCE TASK  Opinion

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS WRITING WORKSHOP


Phonological Awareness Writing Mode: Opinion
• Blend Phonemes Form: Persuasive Text
• Segment, Count Syllables • Revising III: Integrating Adverbs
• Blending, Deleting, Adding Syllables; Changing, Segmenting, Isolating, • Editing: Peer Proofreading
Deleting Phonemes* • Publishing I: Writing the Final Copy
Phonics • Publishing II: Persuasive Text
• Consonant Digraphs • Sharing a Persuasive Text
• Prefixes un-, re-
High-Frequency Words 
even, mouse, Mr., Mrs., other, shall, these, when, while, white
Spelling 
Consonant Digraphs
• Basic Words: dish, than, chest, such, thin, push, shine, chase, white, while, these, flash
• Review Words: dress, add, off, fell
• Challenge Words: whisper, thumb
Fluency  Expression
Start Right Reader Texts
• Mice Can Help
• Up in the Pine

*Skills covered in the Daily Show and Teach Slides (online only)
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MODULE
Scope and Sequence
4
Once Upon a Time
Essential Question  What lessons can we learn from SOCIAL & EMOTIONAL LEARNING:
the characters in stories? Self-Awareness

READING VOCABULARY
Read Aloud Book Oral Power Words  barging, expression, groggy,
Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs by Mo Willems positioned, traipsing, varying
GENRE: Fairy Tale Power Words  clue, cozy, disturb, pause, rattled,
myBook sense, steaming, tackled
• Recipe for a Fairy Tale Generative Vocabulary
GENRE: Recipe Suffixes -ful, -less
• How to Read a Story by Kate Messner
Vocabulary Strategy
GENRE: Informational Text
WEEK 1

Multiple-Meaning Words
Comprehension
• Text Organization ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
• Story Structure
• Make Inferences Language Function  Sequence

Speaking and Listening


• Give and Follow Instructions
Response to Text
• Write More Steps

READING VOCABULARY
Read Aloud Book Oral Power Words  chant, dawn, flakes, foolish,
• Rabbit’s Snow Dance by James and Joseph Bruchac satisfied, special
GENRE: Fable Power Words  believe, bind, clever, fulfill, journey,
myBook narrow, plain, speech
• A Crow, a Lion, and a Mouse! Oh, My! by Crystal Hubbard Generative Vocabulary
GENRE: Drama Words That Describe People, Places, Things
• Hollywood Chicken by Lisa Fleming
GENRE: Fantasy
WEEK 2

Comprehension
• Story Structure ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
• Create Mental Images
• Elements of Drama Language Function  Predict
• Make and Confirm Predictions
• Figurative Language
Response to Text
• Write a Thank-You Note
• Write a Movie Ad

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Scope and Sequence

BIG IDEA WORDS  moral, relate, version


INQUIRY AND RESEARCH PROJECT  Traditional Tales: Lessons and Mistakes
PERFORMANCE TASK  Narrative

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS WRITING WORKSHOP


Phonological Awareness Writing Mode: Narrative
• Blend Syllables Form: Imaginative Story
• Segment, Count Phonemes • Priming the Students for the Focal Text: Aunt
• Segmenting, Deleting, Adding Syllables; Blending, Isolating, Changing, Adding, Isabel Tells a Good One by Kate Duke
Deleting Phonemes* • Priming the Text
Phonics • The Read
• Consonants k, ck • Vocabulary
• Silent Letters kn, wr, gn, mb • Prewriting I: Brainstorming Ideas

High-Frequency Words 
ask, asked, buy, comb, girl, grand, lady, mother, number, often
Spelling 
Consonants k, ck
• Basic Words: milk, neck, ask, snake, truck, kick, smoke, rock, desk, black, lake, trick
• Review Words: dish, white, such, flash
• Challenge Words: pocket, whiskers
Fluency  Intonation
Start Right Reader Texts
• In Times Past: A Grand Life
• At Home with Kris

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS WRITING WORKSHOP


Phonological Awareness Writing Mode: Narrative
• Blend Phonemes Form: Imaginative Story
• Isolate Phonemes: Identify Vowel • Prewriting II: Identifying a Topic
• Segment Syllables • Drafting I: Elements of Narrative
• Blending, Deleting Syllables; Segmenting, Changing, Adding, Deleting Phonemes* • Drafting II: Completing the Draft
Phonics • Revising I: Sentence Length
• Long a Patterns • Revising II: Conferencing
• Multisyllabic Words: Long a
High-Frequency Words 
afraid, always, another, great, passed, really, says, stay, try, which
Spelling 
Long a (ai, ay)
• Basic Words: pay, wait, paint, train, pail, clay, tray, plain, stain, hay, gray, away
• Review Words: lake, snake, black, ask
• Challenge Words: raisin, birthday
Fluency  Accuracy and Self-Correction
Start Right Reader Texts
• Tess and Jay Set Sail
• A Wrecked Ship!

*Skills covered in the Daily Show and Teach Slides (online only)
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MODULE
Scope and Sequence
4
Once Upon a Time
Essential Question  What lessons can we learn from SOCIAL & EMOTIONAL LEARNING:
the characters in stories? Self-Awareness

READING VOCABULARY
Read Aloud Book Oral Power Words  console, contained, escaping,
A Perfect Season for Dreaming by Benjamin Alire Sáenz gently, indigestion, literary
GENRE: Fantasy Power Words  beamed, chore, dashed, hobbled,
myBook jealous, pleasure, superb, thrilled
• If the Shoe Fits: Two Cinderella Stories by Pleasant DeSpain Generative Vocabulary 
GENRE: Fairy Tale Words That Describe Actions
• Those Clever Crows from New York Times
GENRE: Video
WEEK 3

Comprehension
• Author’s Purpose
• Make Connections ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
• Story Structure
• Cause and Effect Language Function  Compare and Contrast

Response to Text
• Write a Comparison

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Scope and Sequence

BIG IDEA WORDS  moral, relate, version


INQUIRY AND RESEARCH PROJECT  Traditional Tales: Lessons and Mistakes
PERFORMANCE TASK  Narrative

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS WRITING WORKSHOP


Phonological Awareness Writing Mode: Narrative
• Blend Phonemes Form: Imaginative Story
• Isolate Phonemes: Identify Vowel • Editing I: Capitalization and End Punctuation
• Blend Syllables • Editing II: Peer Proofreading
• Blending, Segmenting, Adding, Deleting Syllables; Segmenting, Changing, Adding, • Publishing I: Writing the Final Copy
Deleting, Blending Phonemes* • Publishing II: Imaginative Story
Phonics • Sharing an Imaginative Story
• Long e, Short e Patterns
• Multisyllabic Words: Long, Short e
High-Frequency Words 
clean, feel, ground, horse, leave, need, please, queen, seen, tree
Spelling 
Long e (ee, ea)
• Basic Words: free, teach, teeth, please, each, wheel, team, speak,
sneeze, sheep, meaning, weave
• Review Words: away, stain, train, plain
• Challenge Words: between, reason
Fluency  Reading Rate
Start Right Reader Texts
• Queen
• Horses with Jobs

*Skills covered in the Daily Show and Teach Slides (online only)
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MODULE
Scope and Sequence
5
Lead the Way
Essential Question  What are the qualities of a SOCIAL & EMOTIONAL LEARNING:
good leader? Self-Management

READING VOCABULARY
Read Aloud Book Oral Power Words  affection, creaking, glinted,
Seed by Seed: The Legend and Legacy of John “Appleseed” Chapman by Esmé Raji Codell straining, tangle
GENRE: Legend Power Words  assured, contraption, exactly,
myBook intent, peered, precise, replica, respond
• What’s Good to Read? Book Reviews for Kids by Kids Generative Vocabulary 
GENRE: Opinion Article Suffixes -y, -ly
• Going Places by Peter and Paul Reynolds
Vocabulary Strategy 
GENRE: Fantasy
Reference Sources
WEEK 1

Comprehension
• Ideas and Support
• Figurative Language ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
• Ask and Answer Questions
• Characters Language Function  Recount Information

Speaking and Listening


• Recount an Experience
Response to Text
• Write a Victory Speech

READING VOCABULARY
Read Aloud Book Oral Power Words  architect, interviews, lot,
My Dream Playground by Kate M. Becker manager, stoop, volunteers
GENRE: Realistic Fiction Power Words  advice, earned, equal, honored,
myBook politics, rare, relay, success
• Wilma Rudolph: Against All Odds by Stephanie E. Macceca Generative Vocabulary 
GENRE: Biography Prefix dis-
• Great Leaders
GENRE: Opinion Writing
WEEK 2

Comprehension
• Characters
• Summarize ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
• Text Features
• Evaluate Language Function  Persuade
• Ideas and Support
Response to Text
• Write Advice
• Write an Opinion

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Scope and Sequence

BIG IDEA WORDS  admire, inspire, pioneer


INQUIRY AND RESEARCH PROJECT  Organize Character Campaigns
PERFORMANCE TASK  Informational Text

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS WRITING WORKSHOP


Phonological Awareness Writing Mode: Informational Text
• Isolate Phonemes: Identify Vowel Form: Personal Essay
• Segment, Count Syllables • Priming the Students for the Focal Text:
• Blending, Adding, Deleting Syllables; Changing, Segmenting, Blending, Adding, Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon by Patty Lovell
Deleting Phonemes* • Priming the Text
Phonics • The Read
• Long o Patterns • Vocabulary
• Multisyllabic Words: Long o • Prewriting I: Character Traits

High-Frequency Words 
below, both, follow, most, move, own, road, show, window, yellow
Spelling 
Long o (o, oa, ow)
• Basic Words: own, most, soap, float, both, know, loan, goat, flow, loaf, throw, roast
• Review Words: free, speak, sneeze, prize
• Challenge Words: swallow, ocean
Fluency  Expression
Start Right Reader Texts
• On the Move
• Get Ready to Move

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS WRITING WORKSHOP


Phonological Awareness Writing Mode: Informational Text
• Manipulate Phonemes: Change Form: Personal Essay
• Blend Syllables • Prewriting II: Identifying the Central Idea
• Segmenting, Adding, Deleting Syllables; Isolating, Segmenting, Deleting, Blending, • Drafting I: Elements of Informational Text
Adding Phonemes* • Drafting II: Completing the Draft
Phonics • Revising I: Integrating Transitions
• Long i Patterns • Revising II: Conferencing
• Multisyllabic Words: Long i
High-Frequency Words 
almost, become, begin, high, kind, might, night, one, open, opened
Spelling 
Long i Patterns; Silent Letters
• Basic Words: night, kind, spy, child, knife, find, right, high, write, climb, sign, sigh
• Review Words: both, own, roast, float
• Challenge Words: children, kindness
Fluency  Phrasing
Start Right Reader Texts
• By Day
• By Night

*Skills covered in the Daily Show and Teach Slides (online only)
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MODULE
Scope and Sequence
5
Lead the Way
Essential Question  What are the qualities of a SOCIAL & EMOTIONAL LEARNING:
good leader? Self-Management

READING VOCABULARY
Read Aloud Book Oral Power Words  devoted, ensure, failure,
Whoosh! Lonnie Johnson’s Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions by Chris Barton issue, smash, workshop
GENRE: Biography Power Words  capital, charge, council, laws,
myBook members, solve, state, troop
• Who Are Government’s Leaders? by Jennifer Boothroyd Generative Vocabulary 
GENRE: Informational Text Words That Name People
• Thomas Edison and the Light Bulb by StoryBots
GENRE: Video
WEEK 3

Comprehension
• Text Organization ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
• Summarize
• Content-Area Words Language Function  Solve Problems
• Chronological Order
Response to Text
• Write a Help-Wanted Ad

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Scope and Sequence

BIG IDEA WORDS  admire, inspire, pioneer


INQUIRY AND RESEARCH PROJECT  Organize Character Campaigns
PERFORMANCE TASK  Informational Text

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS WRITING WORKSHOP


Phonological Awareness Writing Mode: Informational Text
• Segment, Count Syllables Form: Personal Essay
• Add, Blend Syllables • Revising III: Strengthening Connections
• Blending, Adding, Deleting, Segmenting Syllables; Segmenting, Blending, Adding, • Editing: Peer Proofreading
Deleting Phonemes* • Publishing I: Writing the Final Copy
Phonics • Publishing II: Personal Essay
• Suffixes -ful, -less • Sharing a Personal Essay
• Multisyllabic Words: Spelling Change Before Suffixes -ful, -less
High-Frequency Words 
began, book, of, ready, their, thought, two, whole, write, years
Spelling 
Homophones
• Basic Words: meet, meat, week, weak, mane, main, tail, tale, be, bee, too, two
• Review Words: child, night, high, spy
• Challenge Words: threw, through
Fluency  Intonation
Start Right Reader Texts
• Jack and the Book
• The Red Box

*Skills covered in the Daily Show and Teach Slides (online only)
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MODULE
Scope and Sequence
6
Weather Wise
Essential Question  How does weather affect us? SOCIAL & EMOTIONAL LEARNING:
Social Awareness

READING VOCABULARY
Read Aloud Book Oral Power Words  accurate, boast, chief, hazy,
Freddy the Frogcaster by Janice Dean ruin, toasty
GENRE: Fantasy Power Words  clings, damage, excess, funnel,
myBook occur, pellets, predict, tough
• Weather Through the Seasons Generative Vocabulary 
GENRE: Informational Text Suffixes -er, -est
• Wild Weather by Thomas Kingsley Troupe
Vocabulary Strategy 
GENRE: Narrative Nonfiction
Homophones
WEEK 1

Comprehension
• Text Features
• Point of View ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
• Make Inferences Language Function  Seek Information
• Text Organization
Media Literacy
• Digital Tools and Texts
Response to Text
• Write an Opinion

READING VOCABULARY
Read Aloud Book Oral Power Words  depends, develop, hovers,
The Story of Snow: The Science of Winter’s Wonder by Mark Cassino with Jon Nelson, PhD joined, particles, visible
GENRE: Informational Text Power Words  advantages, average, flash, front,
myBook gusts, impressed, layer, supplies
• Cloudette by Tom Lichtenheld Generative Vocabulary 
GENRE: Fantasy Prefixes un-, re-
• Get Ready for Weather by Lucy Jones
GENRE: Informational Text
WEEK 2

Comprehension
• Content-Area Words ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
• Make Connections
• Point of View Language Function  Cause and Effect
• Evaluate
• Text Features
Response to Text
• Write the Next Chapter
• Write Safety Tips

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Scope and Sequence

BIG IDEA WORDS  climate, precipitation, temperature


INQUIRY AND RESEARCH PROJECT  Extreme Weather Safety
PERFORMANCE TASK  Poetry

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS WRITING WORKSHOP


Phonological Awareness Writing Mode: Poetry
• Add, Blend Syllables Form: Poem
• Blend, Delete Syllables • Priming the Students for the Focal Text:
• Segmenting, Deleting, Adding Syllables; Blending, Segmenting, Isolating, When the Moon Is Full: A Lunar Year by Penny Pollock
Adding Phonemes* • Priming the Text
Phonics • The Read
• Suffixes -y, -ly • Vocabulary
• Multisyllabic Words: Spelling Changes Before Suffixes -y, -ly • Prewriting I: Preparing to Write Poetry

High-Frequency Words 
any, cried, didn’t, funny, hello, laugh, pretty, slowly, song, were
Spelling 
Inflections -s, -es
• Basic Words: hens, eggs, ducks, bikes, boxes, wishes, dresses, names, bells,
stamps, dishes, grapes
• Review Words: too, two, tail, tale
• Challenge Words: stitches, fences
Fluency  Accuracy and Self-Correction
Start Right Reader Texts
• What a Mess!
• The Contest

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS WRITING WORKSHOP


Phonological Awareness Writing Mode: Poetry
• Add, Blend Syllables Form: Poem
• Blend, Delete Syllables • Prewriting II: Choosing a Topic
• Segmenting, Deleting, Adding Syllables; Changing, Blending, Segmenting, Isolating, • Drafting I: Elements of Poetry
Adding Phonemes* • Drafting II: Organizing Ideas
Phonics • Revising I: Integrating Sensory Details
• Prefix dis- • Revising II: Conferencing
• Inflections: Spelling Changes
High-Frequency Words 
anything, change, children, gone, good, notice, now, page, since, woman
Spelling 
Sounds for c and g
• Basic Words: cot, face, goal, gym, nice, page, plug, crash, gone, brag, city, trace
• Review Words: stamps, dishes, bells, dresses
• Challenge Words: circus, once
Fluency  Reading Rate
Start Right Reader Texts
• The Big Day
• Rocky

*Skills covered in the Daily Show and Teach Slides (online only)
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MODULE
Scope and Sequence
6
Weather Wise
Essential Question  How does weather affect us? SOCIAL & EMOTIONAL LEARNING:
Social Awareness

READING VOCABULARY
Read Aloud Book Oral Power Words  dimmer, drain, hemisphere,
Fall Leaves by Loretta Holland produce, squirm, substance
GENRE: Informational Text Power Words  covers, creep, glide, rumble,
myBook shimmering, slather, slithering, splatter
• Whatever the Weather by Assorted Poets Generative Vocabulary 
GENRE: Poetry Inflections -ed, -ing
• Rain Cloud in a Jar by Sci-Tech Discovery
GENRE: Video
WEEK 3

Comprehension
• Text Features ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
• Ask and Answer Questions
Language Function  Describe
• Elements of Poetry
• Cause and Effect
Response to Text
• Write a Weather Poem

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Scope and Sequence

BIG IDEA WORDS  climate, precipitation, temperature


INQUIRY AND RESEARCH PROJECT  Extreme Weather Safety
PERFORMANCE TASK  Poetry

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS WRITING WORKSHOP


Phonological Awareness Writing Mode: Poetry
• Segment Syllables Form: Poem
• Manipulate Phonemes: Change • Revising III: First-Person Point of View
• Blending, Segmenting, Adding Syllables; Changing, Segmenting, Deleting, Isolating, • Editing: Peer Proofreading
Blending Phonemes* • Publishing I: Writing the Final Copy
Phonics • Publishing II: Poem
• r-Controlled Vowel ar • Sharing a Poem
• Multisyllabic Words: ar
High-Frequency Words 
body, color, dark, hard, hour, large, part, started, warm, was
Spelling 
r-Controlled Vowel ar
• Basic Words: car, dark, card, star, park, yard, party, hard, smart, start, part, spark
• Review Words: city, crash, goal, gym
• Challenge Words: sparkle, partner
Fluency  Phrasing
Start Right Reader Texts
• We Make Art
• Colorful Cat

*Skills covered in the Daily Show and Teach Slides (online only)
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MODULE
Scope and Sequence
7
Everyone Has a Story
Essential Question  How do our experiences shape SOCIAL & EMOTIONAL LEARNING:
our lives? Self-Management

READING VOCABULARY
Read Aloud Book Oral Power Words  display, hiring, otherwise,
Miss Moore Thought Otherwise by Jan Pinborough pledge, retire, smudge
GENRE: Biography Power Words  approached, communicate, deal,
myBook figured, motioned, potential, selfless, series
• Get to Know Biographies Generative Vocabulary 
GENRE: Opinion Essay Suffixes -ful, -less
• I Am Helen Keller by Brad Meltzer
Vocabulary Strategy 
GENRE: Biography
Shades of Meaning
WEEK 1

Comprehension
• Ideas and Support
• Text Organization ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
• Synthesize Language Function  Classify
• Text Features
Research
• Research Questions
Response to Text
• Write a Life Lesson

READING VOCABULARY
Read Aloud Book Oral Power Words  attended, immigrant, settled,
The Camping Trip That Changed America: Theodore Roosevelt, soared, vanishing, wilderness
John Muir, and Our National Parks by Barb Rosenstock Power Words  arrange, ashamed, current, elders,
GENRE: Historical Fiction overflowing, pride, statements, timeline
myBook Generative Vocabulary 
• How to Make a Timeline by Boyd N. Gillin Prefix pre-
GENRE: Procedural Text
• The Stories He Tells: The Story of Joseph Bruchac by James Bruchac
WEEK 2

GENRE: Biography
Comprehension
• Text Organization ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
• Monitor and Clarify Language Function  Infer
• Make Inferences
• Author’s Purpose
Response to Text
• Write an Explanation
• Write a Letter

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Scope and Sequence

BIG IDEA WORDS  account, achieve, hurdle


INQUIRY AND RESEARCH PROJECT  What’s in Your Autobiography?
PERFORMANCE TASK  Narrative

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS WRITING WORKSHOP


Phonological Awareness Writing Mode: Narrative
• Blend Phonemes Form: Imaginative Story
• Manipulate Phonemes: Add • Priming the Students for the Focal Text:
• Manipulate Phonemes: Delete How I Became a Pirate by Melinda Long
• Blending, Segmenting, Deleting Syllables; Segmenting, Changing, Adding, Isolating, • Priming the Text
Deleting, Blending Phonemes* • The Read
Phonics • Vocabulary
• r-Controlled Vowels or, ore • Prewriting I: Planning
• Multisyllabic Words: or, ore
High-Frequency Words 
before, example, form, morning, order, store, story, those, word, work
Spelling 
r-Controlled Vowels or, ore
• Basic Words: chore, glory, storm, north, store, thorn, morning, snore, stork, worn, tore, forget
• Review Words: star, start, dark, smart
• Challenge Words: important, tornado
Fluency  Intonation
Start Right Reader Texts
• Work Day
• The Big Store

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS WRITING WORKSHOP


Phonological Awareness Writing Mode: Narrative
• Isolate Phonemes: Identify Vowel Form: Imaginative Story
• Manipulate Phonemes: Add, Delete • Prewriting II: Organizing Character Traits
• Manipulate Phonemes: Change • Drafting I: Elements of Narrative
• Segmenting, Blending, Adding Syllables; Segmenting, Blending, Changing, • Drafting II: Completing the Draft
Isolating Phonemes* • Revising I: Integrating Dialogue
Phonics • Revising II: Conferencing
• r-Controlled Vowels er, ir, ur
• Vowel Patterns air, are, ear
High-Frequency Words 
after, better, father, letter, over, paper, river, together, under, water
Spelling 
r-Controlled Vowels er
• Basic Words: father, over, under, herd, water, verb, paper, cracker, offer, cover, germ, master
• Review Words: morning, forget, glory, north
• Challenge Words: remember, feather
Fluency  Expression
Start Right Reader Texts
• Rafts
• My Rafting Trip

*Skills covered in the Daily Show and Teach Slides (online only)
Scope and Sequence 26
MODULE
Scope and Sequence
7
Everyone Has a Story
Essential Question  How do our experiences shape SOCIAL & EMOTIONAL LEARNING:
our lives? Self-Management

READING VOCABULARY
Read Aloud Book Oral Power Words  aching, briskly, frigid,
Molly, by Golly!: The Legend of Molly Williams, America’s First gripped, gushed, lend
Female Firefighter by Dianne Ochiltree Power Words  allowed, alone, dared, deserved,
GENRE: Legend reminding, secret, starlit, whir
myBook Generative Vocabulary 
• Drum Dream Girl by Margarita Engle Compound Words
GENRE: Poetry
• Roberto Clemente
WEEK 3

GENRE: Video
Comprehension ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
• Central Idea
• Create Mental Images Language Function  Persuade
• Setting
• Ideas and Support
Response to Text
• Write a Journal Entry

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Scope and Sequence

BIG IDEA WORDS  account, achieve, hurdle


INQUIRY AND RESEARCH PROJECT  What’s in Your Autobiography?
PERFORMANCE TASK  Narrative

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS WRITING WORKSHOP


Phonological Awareness Writing Mode: Narrative
• Segment, Count Phonemes Form: Imaginative Story
• Isolate Phonemes: Identify Vowels • Editing I: Formatting Dialogue
• Segmenting, Blending, Adding, Deleting Syllables; Isolating, Adding, Deleting, Blending, • Editing II: Peer Proofreading
Changing Phonemes* • Publishing I: Writing the Final Copy
Phonics • Publishing II: Imaginative Story
• Vowel Team oo • Sharing an Imaginative Story
• Multisyllabic Words: oo
High-Frequency Words 
air, city, friend, hair, heard, learn, looked, remember, stood, street
Spelling 
Vowel Team oo (//)
• Basic Words: took, books, foot, hoof, cook, nook, hood, wood, stood, shook, crook, cookbook
• Review Words: offer, water, master, cracker
• Challenge Words: driftwood, rookie
Fluency  Accuracy and Self-Correction
Start Right Reader Texts
• A Walk with Nan
• Streets Then and Now

*Skills covered in the Daily Show and Teach Slides (online only)
Scope and Sequence 28
MODULE
Scope and Sequence
8
Time to Grow!
Essential Question  What do plants need to live and grow? SOCIAL & EMOTIONAL LEARNING:
Self-Management

READING VOCABULARY
Read Aloud Book Oral Power Words  lumber, mature, rise, scales,
From Seed to Pine Tree: Following the Life Cycle by Suzanne Slade trapping, winged
GENRE: Informational Text Power Words  fuels, minerals, moisten, process,
myBook provides, seedlings, spiky, sprout
• The Growth of a Sunflower Generative Vocabulary 
GENRE: Photo Essay Inflections -s, -es
• Experiment with What a Plant Needs to Grow by Nadia Higgins
Vocabulary Strategy 
GENRE: Informational Text
WEEK 1

Reference Sources
Comprehension
• Text Features ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
• Make Connections
• Text Organization Language Function  Justify
Research
• Choose and Use Sources
Response to Text
• Write a Lab Report

READING VOCABULARY
Read Aloud Book Oral Power Words  cleared, faithful, longed,
The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush by Tomie dePaola remained, seeking
GENRE: Legend Power Words  adorable, glanced, hauling,
myBook oversized, plenty, swipe, whacked, whimpered
• Jack and the Beanstalk by Helen Lester Generative Vocabulary  Prefix mis-
GENRE: Fairy Tale
• Jackie and the Beanstalk by Lori Mortensen
GENRE: Fairy Tale
WEEK 2

Comprehension
• Characters ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
• Retell
• Figurative Language Language Function  Compare and Contrast
• Make Connections
Response to Text
• Write a Dos and Don’ts List
• Write a Story

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Scope and Sequence

BIG IDEA WORDS  fertilize, germinate, survive


INQUIRY AND RESEARCH PROJECT  Plants and Places Book
PERFORMANCE TASK  Informational Text

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS WRITING WORKSHOP


Phonological Awareness Writing Mode: Informational Text
• Segment, Count Syllables Form: Procedural Text
• Blend Syllables • Priming the Students for the Focal Text: From
• Blending, Adding, Segmenting, Deleting Syllables; Isolating, Segmenting, Seed to Plant by Gail Gibbons
Blending Phonemes* • Priming the Text
Phonics • The Read
• Vowel Patterns: // • Vocabulary
• Multisyllabic Words: //, // • Prewriting I: Procedural Text

High-Frequency Words 
about, floor, food, group, knew, music, room, school, soon, through
Spelling 
Vowel Patterns: //
• Basic Words: root, crew, spoon, bloom, grew, room, you, stew, boost, scoop, flew, threw
• Review Words: crook, shook, stood, cookbook
• Challenge Words: schoolbook, jewel
Fluency  Reading Rate
Start Right Reader Texts
• Jobs
• Playing Music

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS WRITING WORKSHOP


Phonological Awareness Writing Mode: Informational Text
• Produce Rhymes Form: Procedural Text
• Blending, Segmenting, Adding Syllables; Changing, Blending, Segmenting, Isolating, • Prewriting II: Choosing a Topic
Deleting Phonemes* • Drafting I: Steps in a Process
Phonics • Drafting II: Completing the Draft
• Vowel Teams ou, ow • Revising I: Integrating Time-Order Words
• Diphthongs oy, oi • Revising II: Conferencing
High-Frequency Words 
boys, brown, found, house, listen, oil, point, sound, town, voice
Spelling 
Vowel Teams ou, ow
• Basic Words: cow, house, town, shout, down, mouse, found, loud, brown, ground,
pound, flower
• Review Words: grew, spoon, boost, threw
• Challenge Words: towel, pounce
Fluency  Expression
Start Right Reader Texts
• A New Town
• What Sue Found

*Skills covered in the Daily Show and Teach Slides (online only)
Scope and Sequence 30
MODULE
Scope and Sequence
8
Time to Grow!
Essential Question  What do plants need to live and grow? SOCIAL & EMOTIONAL LEARNING:
Self-Management

READING VOCABULARY
Read Aloud Book Oral Power Words  barely, loosen, replaced,
The Patchwork Garden by Diane de Anda sighed, traveled, vitamins
GENRE: Realistic Fiction Power Words  attack, extra, nasty, poke, prickles,
myBook sensitive, sharp, thorns
• Don’t Touch Me! by Elizabeth Preston Generative Vocabulary  Prefix dis-
GENRE: Informational Text
• George Washington Carver: The Wizard of Tuskegee by StoryBots
GENRE: Video
Comprehension
WEEK 3

• Story Structure
• Synthesize
ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
• Text Organization
• Cause and Effect Language Function  Cause and Effect
Response to Text
• Write an Opinion

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Scope and Sequence

BIG IDEA WORDS  fertilize, germinate, survive


INQUIRY AND RESEARCH PROJECT  Plants and Places Book
PERFORMANCE TASK  Informational Text

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS WRITING WORKSHOP


Phonological Awareness Writing Mode: Informational Text
• Manipulate Phonemes: Add, Delete Form: Procedural Text
• Manipulate Phonemes: Change • Revising III: Introducing Parallel Structure
• Produce Rhymes • Editing: Peer Proofreading
• Blending, Adding, Deleting, Segmenting Syllables; Isolating, Segmenting, Changing, • Publishing I: Writing the Final Copy
Adding, Deleting, Blending Phonemes* • Publishing II: Procedural Text
Phonics • Sharing a Procedural Text
• Vowel Patterns: /ô/
• Vowel Patterns ear, eer
High-Frequency Words 
also, ball, call, could, every, near, talk, tall, would, year
Spelling 
Vowel Patterns: /ô/
• Basic Words: tall, saw, jaw, draw, call, fall, soft, paw, ball, yawn, fog, small
• Review Words: ground, flower, town, loud
• Challenge Words: wallpaper, awful
Fluency  Phrasing
Start Right Reader Texts
• Basketball
• The Big Game

*Skills covered in the Daily Show and Teach Slides (online only)
Scope and Sequence 32
MODULE
Scope and Sequence
9
Home Sweet Habitat
Essential Question  How do living things in a habitat SOCIAL & EMOTIONAL LEARNING:
depend on each other? Relationship Skills

READING VOCABULARY
Read Aloud Book Oral Power Words  adjusting, generations,
Nature’s Patchwork Quilt: Understanding Habitats by Mary Miché harsh, pieced, preserving, role
GENRE: Informational Text Power Words  coast, crouches, flock, mingles,
myBook prances, route, trills, wobbly
• The Best Habitat for Me Generative Vocabulary 
GENRE: Opinion Essay Words That Name Places
• The Long, Long Journey by Sandra Markle
Vocabulary Strategy 
GENRE: Informational Text
Context Clues
WEEK 1

Comprehension
• Ideas and Support
• Figurative Language ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
• Ask and Answer Questions
• Text Organization Language Function  Seek Information

Media Literacy
• Digital Reference Sources
Response to Text
• Write a Travel Journal

READING VOCABULARY
Read Aloud Book Oral Power Words  permanent, prepare,
Kali’s Story: An Orphaned Polar Bear Rescue by Jennifer Keats Curtis pronounced, romped, separate, wildlife
GENRE: Informational Text Power Words  attached, crack, hide, sheltered,
myBook surface, weary, wit, wraps
• Sea Otter Pups by Ruth Owen Generative Vocabulary 
GENRE: Informational Text Prefix mis-
• At Home in the Wild by Various Poets
GENRE: Poetry
WEEK 2

Comprehension
• Text Organization
• Monitor and Clarify ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
• Text Features
• Create Mental Images Language Function  Synthesize
• Elements of Poetry
Response to Text
• Write a Description
• Write a Song

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Scope and Sequence

BIG IDEA WORDS  ecosystem, habitat, species


INQUIRY AND RESEARCH PROJECT  Investigate Habitats
PERFORMANCE TASK  Informational Text

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS WRITING WORKSHOP


Phonological Awareness Writing Mode: Informational Text
• Segment Syllables Form: Research Report
• Blending, Deleting, Adding Syllables; Segmenting, Blending, Isolating, Adding, Changing, • Priming the Students for the Focal Text: The
Deleting Phonemes* Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest
Phonics by Lynne Cherry
• Prefix pre- • Priming the Text
• Multisyllabic Words • The Read
• Vocabulary
High-Frequency Words  • Prewriting I: Preparing to Write a Research Report
everyone, everything, himself, maybe, nothing, outside, some, someone, sometimes, without
Spelling 
Compound Words
• Basic Words: cannot, pancake, maybe, baseball, playground, someone, myself, classroom,
sunshine, outside, upon, nothing
• Review Words: small, draw, soft, yawn
• Challenge Words: nobody, everywhere
Fluency  Phrasing
Start Right Reader Texts
• The Red Car
• Lost and Found

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS WRITING WORKSHOP


Phonological Awareness Writing Mode: Informational Text
• Manipulate Phonemes: Add Form: Research Report
• Manipulate Phonemes: Delete • Prewriting II: Choosing a Topic
• Segment, Count Syllables • Prewriting III: Conducting Research
• Segmenting, Adding, Deleting, Blending Syllables; Segmenting, Changing, Blending, • Drafting I: Adding Facts
Adding Phonemes* • Drafting II: Completing the Draft
Phonics • Revising I: Compound Sentences
• Three-Letter Blends
• Contractions
High-Frequency Words 
couldn’t, don’t, however, I’ll, live, put, should, that’s, very, you’re
Spelling 
Contractions
• Basic Words: don’t, we’ll, it’s, I’ve, didn’t, you’re, that’s, wasn’t, you’ve, who’s, they’d, aren’t
• Review Words: cannot, maybe, someone, myself
• Challenge Words: wouldn’t, they’re
Fluency  Expression
Start Right Reader Texts
• It Is Spring
• The New Garden

*Skills covered in the Daily Show and Teach Slides (online only)
Scope and Sequence 34
MODULE
Scope and Sequence
9
Home Sweet Habitat
Essential Question  How do living things in a habitat SOCIAL & EMOTIONAL LEARNING:
depend on each other? Relationship Skills

READING VOCABULARY
Read Aloud Book Oral Power Words  boisterous, remarkable,
Out of the Woods: A True Story of an Unforgettable Event by Rebecca Bond routines, stoked, surrounding, thickets
GENRE: Narrative Nonfiction Power Words  arrive, growled, grumpy, joking,
myBook offered, shrugged, stubborn, tucked
• Abuelo and the Three Bears by Jerry Tello Generative Vocabulary 
GENRE: Folktale Prefix pre-
• Ducklings Jump from Nest from PBS
GENRE: Video
WEEK 3

Comprehension
• Text Organization
• Retell ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
• Figurative Language
• Chronological Order Language Function  Solve Problems

Response to Text
• Write a Drama

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Scope and Sequence

BIG IDEA WORDS  ecosystem, habitat, species


INQUIRY AND RESEARCH PROJECT  Investigate Habitats
PERFORMANCE TASK  Informational Text

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS WRITING WORKSHOP


Phonological Awareness Writing Mode: Informational Text
• Segment Syllables Form: Research Report
• Blend Syllables • Revising II: Conferencing
• Blending, Segmenting, Adding, Deleting Syllables; Isolating, Segmenting, Changing, • Revising III: Sentence Structure
Blending, Adding, Deleting Phonemes* • Editing: Peer Proofreading
Phonics • Publishing a Research Report
• Consonant + le • Sharing a Research Report
• Six Syllable Types
High-Frequency Words 
above, again, along, myself, once, piece, something, table, they, wanted
Spelling 
Soft g (-ge, -dge)
• Basic Words: bridge, huge, stage, judge, cage, pledge,
badge, fudge, dodge, edge, age, lodge
• Review Words: I’ve, didn’t, you’re, they’d
• Challenge Words: fidget, gauge
Fluency  Intonation
Start Right Reader Texts
• Being Clowns
• What Bubbles Did

*Skills covered in the Daily Show and Teach Slides (online only)
Scope and Sequence 36
MODULE
Scope and Sequence
10
Many Cultures, One World
Essential Question  What can we learn from different SOCIAL & EMOTIONAL LEARNING:
people and cultures? Social Awareness

READING VOCABULARY
Read Aloud Book Oral Power Words  beaten, brass, combined,
Trombone Shorty by Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews mattered, proudly, styles
GENRE: Autobiography Power Words  darting, delight, fragrant, grunted,
myBook hollered, nod, slippery, smothered
• Hello, World! Generative Vocabulary 
GENRE: Informational Text Suffixes -ion, -tion, -sion
• Where on Earth Is My Bagel? by Frances and Ginger Park
Vocabulary Strategy  Shades of
GENRE: Realistic Fiction
Meaning
WEEK 1

Comprehension
• Text Features
• Figurative Language ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
• Make Inferences
• Theme Language Function  Sequence

Media Literacy
• Follow a Research Plan
Response to Text
• Write a Story

READING VOCABULARY
Read Aloud Book Oral Power Words  heave, marsh, pucker,
Time for Cranberries by Lisl H. Detlefsen shallow, steers, tart
GENRE: Realistic Fiction Power Words  clutched, final, forgot, founded,
myBook imaginary, patient, races, trunk
• May Day Around the World by Tori Telfer Generative Vocabulary 
GENRE: Narrative Nonfiction Suffixes -y, -ly
• Goal! by Sean Taylor
GENRE: Informational Text
WEEK 2

Comprehension
• Story Structure
• Make and Confirm Predictions ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
• Central Idea
• Make Connections Language Function  Predict

Response to Text
• Write a Description
• Write an Opinion

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Scope and Sequence

BIG IDEA WORDS  cultures, harmony, heritage


INQUIRY AND RESEARCH PROJECT  Celebrating Our Traditions Book
PERFORMANCE TASK  Correspondence

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS WRITING WORKSHOP


Phonological Awareness Writing Mode: Correspondence
• Segment, Count Syllables Form: Thank-You Letter
• Delete Syllables • Priming the Students for the Focal Text: The
• Blending, Adding, Deleting, Segmenting Syllables; Segmenting, Blending, Isolating, Name Jar by Yangsook Choi
Deleting, Changing Phonemes* • Priming the Text
Phonics • The Read
• Prefix mis- • Vocabulary
• Affixes Review: Prefixes, Suffixes • Prewriting I: Types of Correspondence

High-Frequency Words 
against, cover, early, getting, here, hurry, much, stopped, toward, your
Spelling 
Inflections -ed, -ing
• Basic Words: running, clapped, stopped, hopping, batted, selling, pinned, cutting, sitting,
rubbed, missed, grabbed
• Review Words: stage, badge, huge, lodge
• Challenge Words: wrapped, swelling
Fluency  Intonation
Start Right Reader Texts
• A Shell for Fizz
• The Best Shell

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS WRITING WORKSHOP


Phonological Awareness Writing Mode: Correspondence
• Blend Syllables Form: Thank-You Letter
• Segmenting, Adding, Deleting Syllables; Segmenting, Blending, Isolating, • Prewriting II: Choosing a Topic
Changing Phonemes* • Drafting I: The Body of the Letter
Phonics • Drafting II: Completing the Draft
• Open and Closed Syllables • Revising I: Letter Structure
• Syllable Division Patterns • Revising II: Conferencing
High-Frequency Words 
area, around, coming, from, goes, going, second, seemed, there, who
Spelling 
Inflections -ed, -ing
• Basic Words: liked, using, riding, chased, spilled, making, closed, hoping, baked, hiding,
standing, asked
• Review Words: hopping, clapped, pinned, cutting
• Challenge Words: taping, dropped
Fluency  Accuracy and Self-Correction
Start Right Reader Texts
• Robots
• In Space

*Skills covered in the Daily Show and Teach Slides (online only)
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MODULE
Scope and Sequence
10
Many Cultures, One World
Essential Question  What can we learn from different SOCIAL & EMOTIONAL LEARNING:
people and cultures? Social Awareness

READING VOCABULARY
Read Aloud Book Oral Power Words  festival, nimble, public,
Dreams Around the World by Takashi Owaki relatives, suburb
GENRE: Informational Text Power Words  adventures, breathless, clamber,
myBook flitting, leave, mound, shuffled, stacked
• Poems in the Attic by Nikki Grimes Generative Vocabulary 
GENRE: Poetry Suffixes -ion, -tion, -sion
• What’s for Lunch Around the World?
GENRE: Video
WEEK 3

Comprehension
• Text Features ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
• Make Connections
• Story Structure Language Function  Analyze
• Graphic Features
Response to Text
• Write a Memory Poem

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Scope and Sequence

BIG IDEA WORDS  cultures, harmony, heritage


INQUIRY AND RESEARCH PROJECT  Celebrating Our Traditions Book
PERFORMANCE TASK  Correspondence

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS WRITING WORKSHOP


Phonological Awareness Writing Mode: Correspondence
• Segment, Count Phonemes Form: Thank-You Letter
• Segment, Count Syllables • Revising III: Using Compound Structures
• Segmenting, Blending, Adding, Deleting Syllables; Isolating, Changing, Blending, • Editing: Peer Proofreading
Segmenting, Deleting, Adding Phonemes* • Publishing I: Writing the Final Copy
Phonics • Publishing II: Thank-You Letter
• Long a (ei, ey) and e (y, ey) • Sharing a Thank-You Letter
• Multisyllabic Words: Long a, e
High-Frequency Words 
ago, carry, many, money, only, ride, sky, study, wasn’t, world
Spelling 
Long e (y)
• Basic Words: pretty, baby, very, puppy, funny, carry, lucky, only, sunny, penny, plenty, twenty
• Review Words: standing, hoping, spilled, using
• Challenge Words: beauty, eighty
Fluency  Reading Rate
Start Right Reader Texts
• Fine Hats
• Monkey See, Monkey Do

*Skills covered in the Daily Show and Teach Slides (online only)
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MODULE
Scope and Sequence
11
Genre Study: Nonfiction
SOCIAL & EMOTIONAL LEARNING:
Responsible Decision-Making

BIOGRAPHY
READING WRITING WORKSHOP
Read Aloud Book Writing Mode: Narrative
• Trombone Shorty by Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews Form: Personal Narrative
WEEK 1

myBook • Priming the Students for the Focal Text: Roller Coaster by Marla
• Gingerbread for Liberty! by Mara Rockliff Frazee
• Wilma Rudolph: Against All Odds by Stephanie E. Macceca • Priming the Text
• I Am Helen Keller by Brad Meltzer • The Read
• The Stories He Tells: The Story of Joseph Bruchac by James Bruchac • Vocabulary
• Prewriting I: Understanding the Prompt
Comprehension
• Genre Characteristics: Biography
• Central Idea
• Text Organization

OPINION WRITING
READING WRITING WORKSHOP
myBook Writing Mode: Narrative
• What’s Good to Read? Book Reviews for Kids by Kids! Form: Personal Narrative
WEEK 2

• Great Leaders • Prewriting II: Choosing a Topic


• Get to Know Biographies • Drafting I: Elements of Narrative
• The Best Habitat for Me • Drafting II: Completing the Draft
Comprehension • Revising I: Adding Details
• Genre Characteristics: Opinion Writing • Revising II: Conferencing
• Author’s Purpose
• Ideas and Support

INFORMATIONAL TEXT
READING WRITING WORKSHOP
myBook Writing Mode: Narrative
• Many Kinds of Matter by Jennifer Boothroyd Form: Personal Narrative
• How to Read a Story by Kate Messner • Revising III: Run-On Sentences
WEEK 3

• Get Ready for Weather by Lucy Jones and Punctuation


• Experiment with What a Plant Needs to Grow by Nadia Higgins • Editing: Peer Proofreading
• Sea Otter Pups by Ruth Owen • Publishing I: Writing the Final Copy
Comprehension • Publishing II: Personal Narrative
• Genre Characteristics: Informational Text • Sharing a Personal Narrative
• Central Idea
• Text Features

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Scope and Sequence

Essential Question  What are the characteristics of a biography?


FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS
Phonological Awareness Spelling 
• Blend Syllables Suffixes -ly, -ful, -er, -est
• Segment, Count Syllables • Basic Words: youngest, hopeful, fairest, weekly, thankful, wishful, kindly,
• Segmenting, Adding, Deleting, Blending Syllables; Segmenting, longer, lighter, painful, mouthful, weakly
Blending, Isolating, Changing Phonemes* • Review Words: lucky, carry, only, sunny
Phonics • Challenge Words: quickly, cheerful
• Vowel Team Syllables Fluency  Intonation
• Syllable Division Patterns Start Right Reader Texts
High-Frequency Words  • Missing Mama
brother, happened, happy, help, home, mama, papa, sister, • Papa Tells His Side
suddenly, surprise

Essential Question  What are the characteristics of opinion writing?


FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS
Phonological Awareness Spelling 
• Isolate Phonemes: Identify Vowels Prefixes un-, re-, dis-
• Segment, Count Syllables • Basic Words: uncover, retell, untangle, repaint, refill, dislike, distrust,
• Blending, Adding, Deleting Syllables; Changing, Adding, Deleting, unzip, reread, unable, unlock, replay
Segmenting, Blending Phonemes* • Review Words: thankful, kindly, hopeful, weakly
Phonics • Challenge Words: unbutton, rewritten
• r-Controlled Vowel Syllables Fluency  Phrasing
• Multisyllabic Words: r-Controlled Vowel Syllables Start Right Reader Texts
High-Frequency Words  • Earth
away, because, country, earth, else, green, plant, rain, sea, sun • Life on Earth

Essential Question  What are the characteristics of informational text?


FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS
Phonological Awareness Spelling 
• Blend Phonemes Final e and Vowel Team Syllables
• Isolate Phonemes: Identify Vowel • Basic Words: placement, uncrate, groaning, cleanly, today, lately, unripe,
• Segment, Count Syllables decode, invite, creamy, proudly, haunting
• Blending, Adding, Deleting Syllables; Changing, Segmenting, • Review Words: dislike, replay, unable, reread
Deleting, Adding Phonemes* • Challenge Words: launched, stovepipe
Phonics Fluency  Expression
• Final e Syllables Start Right Reader Texts
• Multisyllabic Words: • A Big Problem
Final e Syllables
• Party Time
High-Frequency Words 
bed, enough, family, list, oh, people, shop, sleep, today, tomorrow

*Skills covered in the Daily Show and Teach Slides (online only)
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MODULE
Scope and Sequence
12
Genre Study: Fiction
SOCIAL & EMOTIONAL LEARNING:
Responsible Decision-Making

REALISTIC FICTION
READING WRITING WORKSHOP
Read Aloud Book Writing Mode: Opinion
• My Dream Playground by Kate M. Becker Form: Opinion Essay
WEEK 1

myBook • Priming the Students for the Focal Text: The Dot by Peter
• Picture Day Perfection by Deborah Diesen H. Reynolds
• Big Red Lollipop by Rukhsana Khan • Priming the Text
• Pepita and the Bully by Ofelia Dumas Lachtman • The Read
• Where on Earth Is My Bagel? by Frances and Ginger Park • Vocabulary
• Prewriting I: Elements of Opinion Text
Comprehension
• Genre Characteristics: Realistic Fiction
• Characters
• Story Structure

FANTASY
READING WRITING WORKSHOP
Read Aloud Book Writing Mode: Opinion
• Three Hens and a Peacock by Lester L. Laminack Form: Opinion Essay
myBook • Prewriting II: Identifying Your Opinion
WEEK 2

• Clark the Shark by Bruce Hale • Drafting I: Organizing Your Ideas


• The Great Puppy Invasion by Alastair Heim • Drafting II: Completing the Draft
• The Great Fuzz Frenzy by Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel • Revising I: Adding Linking Words
• Hollywood Chicken by Lisa Fleming • Revising II: Conferencing

Comprehension
• Genre Characteristics: Fantasy
• Setting
• Theme

POETRY
READING WRITING WORKSHOP
myBook Writing Mode: Opinion
• Water Rolls, Water Rises by Pat Mora Form: Opinion Essay
• Whatever the Weather by Assorted Poets • Revising III: Strengthening a Conclusion
WEEK 3

• Drum Dream Girl by Margarita Engle • Editing: Peer Proofreading


• At Home in the Wild by Assorted Poets • Publishing I: Writing the Final Copy
• Poems in the Attic by Nikki Grimes • Publishing II: Opinion Essay
Comprehension • Sharing an Opinion Essay
• Genre Characteristics: Poetry
• Elements of Poetry
• Theme

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Scope and Sequence

Essential Question  What are the characteristics of realistic fiction?


FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS
Phonological Awareness Spelling 
• Blend Syllables Triple Blends; Final Stable Syllables
• Segmenting, Adding, Deleting Syllables; Segmenting, Blending, • Basic Words: street, spring, throw, throat, string, spray, strong, tackle,
Adding, Changing, Deleting Phonemes* scramble, struggle, action, picture
Phonics • Review Words: placement, decode, proudly, haunting
• Final Stable Syllables • Challenge Words: scribble, sprinkle
• Multisyllabic Words: Fluency  Reading Rate
Final Stable Syllables
Start Right Reader Texts
High-Frequency Words  • Traces of the Past
animal, cut, inside, measure, pick, picture, question, rock, turned, where • Finding Fossils

Essential Question  What are the characteristics of fantasy?


FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS
Phonological Awareness Spelling 
• Segment Syllables Final Digraph/Trigraph -ch, -tch
• Blend Syllables • Basic Words: itch, patch, pitch, sketch, match, ditch, catch, beach, reach,
• Blending, Adding, Deleting, Segmenting Syllables; Segmenting, speech, coach, teacher
Blending, Adding Phonemes* • Review Words: spring, scramble, struggle, picture
Phonics • Challenge Words: kitchen, scratching
• Review of Syllable Types: Fluency  Accuracy and Self-Correction
Open, Closed, Consonant + le
Start Right Reader Texts
• Review of Syllable Types:
• America at Last
Final e, Vowel Team, r-Controlled Vowel
• A Packet of Letters
High-Frequency Words 
America, can’t, complete, easy, eyes, love, reached, sentence, state, watch

Essential Question  What are the characteristics of poetry?


FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS
Phonological Awareness Spelling 
• Segment, Count Syllables Open and Closed Syllables
• Adding, Deleting, Blending Syllables; Changing, Segmenting, • Basic Words: scribble, stranded, table, staple, taping, obey, playful,
Deleting, Blending Phonemes* swimming, shady, buckle, thunder, mumble
Phonics • Review Words: pitch, speech, reach, sketch
• Review Affixes: Prefixes, Suffixes, Inflections • Challenge Words: dribble, disobey
• Review Affixes: Spelling Changes Fluency  Intonation
High-Frequency Words  Start Right Reader Texts
busy, different, doing, idea, I’m, important, mind, next, plan, tried • The Three Goats
• The Creature

*Skills covered in the Daily Show and Teach Slides (online only)
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