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[0] Jan. [1] 1.What is a folktale? 2.What is paraphrasing? 3. What is the difference between fiction and non-fiction? 4. What is Drama? 5. What is the authors purpose. 6. What is an idiom? 7. What is the theme? [2] Unit 4 Timeless Stories Half Chicken Blame it on the Wolf Lou Gehrig the Baseball Hall of Fame The Disguise Weekly Readers Poetry [4] R1-Students are able to apply knowledge of complex word patterns to determine meaning of unfamiliar words. *Skill-2,24 R2-Students are able to apply strategies to construct meaning from grade-level text. *Skill-1,9,10,15,23,25 R3-Studetns are able to use organizational features of fiction and informational text to activate prior knowledge and to make predictions about text. *Skill-3,4,17,20 R4-Studetns are able to identify text structures and the specific text that demonstrates that form of organization *Skill-3,5,8,14,18,19 R5-Studnets are able to compare and contrast various literary elements and the use of literary devices. *Skill-5,11,16,21 R6-Students are able to compare the use of fact and fiction in historical and contemporary realistic fiction. *Skill- R7- Students are able to gather and organize information for study and research purposes. *Skill-6,12,13,22 R8- Students are able to use text features and graphic features to categorize information and to gain meaning from informational materials. *Skill-22 [5] Practice book and sheets Oral Discussion Journal Writing Vocabulary quizzes Story Comprehension Sheets Story Selection Tests [6] Book p. 342-429 Reading workbook p. 151-190 Weekly reader Reading phonics sheets 91-110 Accelerated reader [3] 
Use paraphrasing to help them understand and organize what they read. Use synonyms as context clues to figure out unfamiliar words. Students will use cause and effect. Students will use story clues and prior knowledge to predict what might happen next in a story. Students will recognize the distinguishing features of folk tale. Students will use a thesaurus to find synonyms and antonyms for a word. Students will use compare and contrast when clue words are not present. Students will recognize and understand the features of a drama. Students will recognize the authors purpose for writing. Students will identify a story’s theme. Students will learn the characteristics of rhythm and recognize them in poetic language. Students will use graphic organizers. Students will review reference sources. Students will recognize how a piece of writing is organized. Students will discuss experiences relating to key selection concepts. Students will analyze characters traits, motivations, and conflicts. Students will use new vocabulary in a report. Students will understand the aspects of a biography. Students will understand expository non-fiction. Students will make statements about facts and opinions. Understand the concepts of idioms. Students will be able to locate and order form on a website. Students will describe mental images that text descriptions evoke. Students will use structural analysis to identify and decode words with suffixes. Students will identify symbols and what they represent.
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