Reading
Unit 5: Solutions
How does the work challenge us? How can nature change people’s lives? In this unit, students address these questions and others by reading informational text. They also learn about natural disasters from procedural texts, historical fiction, and traditional tales. They learn about the sound and structure of poetry and write their own poems.
Reading Focus
-Informational text about natural disasters and their effect on people.
-Vowel patterns au, aw, ai, laugh, ought, ei, high
-Schwa sound
-Suffix -en
-Final stable syllables -le, -ture, -ive, -ize
-Reading skills: Analyzing text features; Analyzing text structure; Analyzing point of view; Inferring theme
Writing Focus
-Poetry
-Comparing adjectives and adverbs
-Using complex sentences
-Pronoun-antecedent agreement
-Uses of commas
Writing skills: Composing with imagery and figurative language; composing with rhythm, rhyme and alliteration; Developing a structure through line breaks and stanzas; Revising for word choice
Selections for Unit 5
-Deep Down and Other Extreme Places to Live
-Earthquakes, Eruptions, and Other Events that Change Earth
-A Safety Plan: In Case of Emergency
-Nora’s Ark
-from Aesop Fox
Religion
Faith Statements-
UNIT 3 (continues)
19. We pray for healing and eternal life
20. LENT
21. THE THREE DAYS
UNIT 4: We are called to Discipleship
22. We continue the work of Jesus
23.The Church respects all people
24. The Church is worldwide
25. We are God’s Holy People
26.The Kingdom
27. EASTER
Saints-
Saint Catherine of Siena
Saint Rose of Lima
Saint Martin de Porres
Saint John Bosco
Saint Frances Cabrini
Prayers-
The Creed
Rosary
Act of Contrition
Grace before/after meals
Morning Prayer
Mathematics
Algebra – order of operations, expressions & variables
Divisbility
Decimals & Fractions – compare, order, add, subtract, multiply, divide, equivalent fractions and decimals
Problem Solving
Measurement – distance, capacity, weight, renaming units of measurement
Multiplication, Division review
Grammar
Adverbs- (continue)
Punctuations and Capitalizations- end
Punctuations, capital letters,
Abbreviations, personal titles, initials,
Titles of books & poems; commas in a
series, direct address, compound
sentences; apostrophes, addresses, direct
quotations
Diagramming- adjectives as complements,
Compound subjects, compound
predicates, compound sentences,
compound complements
Writing
Book Reports
Persuasive writing(continued)
Creative writing – realistic fiction; characters; dialog; contractions; poetry-lines that rhyme
Poetry – limerick, free verse
Research Report – Facts & notes(journals);
Library skills; revising sentences;reporting; cross curricular connection with the scientific process
Science
Topic 5: Life Cycles and Traits
Essential Question: How do the traits of living things vary?
Lesson 1: Life Cycles
Lesson 2: Inherited Traits
Lesson 3: Traits Influenced by the Environment
Topic 6: Adaptations and Survival
Essential Question: What happens to living things when their environments change?
Lesson 1: Survival of Individuals
Lesson 2: Survival of Groups
Lesson 3: Survival When Environments Change
Topic 7: Fossil Evidence
Essential Question – How have living things and environments changed?
Lessons 1: Fossils
Lessons 2: Fossils as a Record
Lessons 3: Living Things and Climate Change
Social Studies
Chapter 5: Citizenship and Civic Engagement
Big Question: How can I participate?
Lesson 1: The Reasons for Rules and Laws
Lesson 2: Being Good Citizen
Lesson 3: Taking Action for Our Rights
Lesson 4: American Heroes
Chapter 6: A Growing Nation
Big Question: How does life change throughout history?
Lesson 1: New Ways to Travel
Lesson 2: A New Home in America
Lesson 3: New Ways to Communicate
Lesson 4: New Ideas
Chapter 7: Celebrating Our Communities
Big Question: How is culture shared?
Lesson 1: What Makes a Community?
Lesson 2: Three Types of Communities
Lesson 3: People and Cultures
Lesson 4: Culture Through the Arts
Lesson 5: Cultural Celebrations
Lesson 6: Our Nation’s Diversity
