Courage (Theme 1)

Instructional Goals

Strategy Focus:  Summarize

Comprehension Skill:  Noting Details

Comprehension Skill Review:  Propaganda;  Cause and Effect

Information and Study Skills:  Using Print and Electronic Card Catalogs

Strategy Focus:  Predict/Infer

Comprehension Skill Review:  Noting Details;  Story Structure

Information and Study Skills: Using the Encyclopedia

Strategy Focus:  Predict/Infer

Comprehension Skill Review:  Sequence of Events

Comprehension Skill Review:  Noting Details;  Story Structure

Information and Study Skills: Using Parts of a Book

Strategy Focus: Predicting Outcomes

Comprehension Skill Review:  Sequence of Events;  Making Generalizations

Information and Study Skills: Using Graphic Aids;  Maps, Globes, Graphs, Tables, Captions, and Charts

Word Work

Spelling:  Short Vowels

Decoding Longer Words:  Structural analysis:  Suffixes -ful, -less, and -ly.

Phonics:  Short Vowels

Vocabulary:  Using Context

Word Work

Spelling:  Short Vowels

Decoding Longer Words:  Prefixes un- and re-

Vocabulary:  Multiple-Meaning Words

Word Work

Spelling:  More Vowel Spellings

Decoding Longer Words:  Structural Analysis;  Prefixes un- and re-

Phonics:  More Vowel Spellings

Vocabulary:  Dictionary, Parts of an Entry

Word Work

Spelling:  /ou/, /oo/, /o/, and /oi/

Decoding Longer Words: Structural Analysis;  Possessives and Contractions

Vocabulary:  Word Families

Grammar:  Kinds of Sentences;  Subjects and Predicates

Writing:  Instructions;  Using Sequence Words and Phrases

Listening/Speaking/Viewing:  Retelling a Story

Grammar:  Kinds of Sentences

Grammar:  Subjects and Predicates

Writing:  Adding Details

Listening/Speaking:  Panel Discussion

Grammar:  Complex Sentences; Connecting Fragments and Run-on Sentences

Writing:  A Friendly Letter;  Voice

Listening/Speaking/Viewing:  Holding a Literature Discussion

Grammar:  Common and Plural Nouns;  Singular and Plural Nouns

Writing:  An Opinion;  Combining Sentences with Appositives

Listening/Speaking:  Giving and Listening to Directions