All lessons in this thematic unit will include: Warm-up Question, Guided Reading, Vocabulary, Activity, and Assessment. Google Earth, Youtube and other platforms will be utilized to bring the students an interactive experience that assists them with the process of building English language skills while learning about the geography and history of the United States.
Lesson 1. The meaning of words
Lesson 2. Sentences and paragraphs Read the poem “Summer Nights”
Lesson 3. Identify homophones and compound words.
Lesson 4. Apply knowledge of word families to recognize new words. Read the story “Apple”
Lesson 5. Identify Prefixes and Suffixes
Lesson 6. word patterns and organization of writing Read the story “Making cookies”
Lesson 7. Identify Synonyms and Antonyms
Lesson 8. Grammar Writing: nouns, verbs, and adjectives Read the story “Kayaking”
Lesson 9. Punctuation Exercises:
Lesson 10. Identify and use adjectives
Lesson 11: Context reading, Prediction writing practice: What Happened Next?
Lesson 12: Reality VS Fantasy: What is Reality? What is Fantasy?
Lesson 13: Stretching sentences: Adding details to sentences, adjectives and adverbs writing practice
Lesson 14: Fact VS Fiction: What is Fact? What is Fiction? Lesson
15: Fact VS Opinion reading and prompts writing practice Lesson
16: Letter Write: Persuasive opinion writing
Lesson 17: Cause & Effect: What is the Effect?
Lesson 18: Cause & Effect: What is the Cause?
Lesson 19: Haiku Syllables and Haiku Poem writing
Lesson 20: Research Writing: Explore season
Lesson 1. The meaning of words
Lesson 2. Sentences and paragraphs Read the poem “Don’t Give Up”
Lesson 3. Identify homophones and compound words.
Lesson 4. Apply knowledge of word families to recognize new words. Read the story “Sharks”
Lesson 5. Identify Prefixes and Suffixes
Lesson 6. word patterns and organization of writing Read the story “Dessert Time”
Lesson 7. Identify Synonyms and Antonyms Read the story “The Washing Machine Box” Synonyms and antonym crosswords practice
Lesson 8. Grammar Writing: nouns, verbs, and adjectives Read the story “Kayaking”
Lesson 9. Punctuation Exercises:
Lesson 10. Identify and use adjectives Read the story “The Coat”
Lesson 11: Context reading, Prediction writing practice: What Happened Next? Lesson
12: Four types of Sentences & writing practice
Lesson 13: Stretching sentences: Adding details to sentences, adjectives and adverbs writing practice
Lesson 14: Plan Your Story: Sequence of Events, logical writing practice
Lesson 15: Fact VS Opinion reading and prompts writing practice
Lesson 16: Letter Write: Persuasive opinion writing
Lesson 17: Research Writing: Animal Life cycles All Around writing practice
Lesson 18: Haiku Syllables and Haiku Poem writing
Lesson 19: Map a Story: Prompts writing practice
Lesson 20: Research Writing: Explore Nature, five senses.
Lesson 1: Context reading, Problem/Solution writing practice: Please,Please Bee
Lesson 2: Four types of Sentences & writing (interrogative/imperative/exclamatory/declarative)
Lesson 3: In-depth reading Strega Nona and Opinion writing: sentence structure, cause and effect
Lesson 4: Plan Your Story: Sequence of Events, logical writing practice
Lesson 5: Get Focused: Writing Topic Sentences
Lesson 6: Letter Write: Persuasive opinion writing
Lesson 7: Character change: Chart writing, story Sebastian’s Roller Skate
Lesson 8: Haiku Syllables and Haiku Poem writing
Lesson 9: How to use FIVE senses in writing: Sensory Words Writing Prompts Module II level
Lesson 10: Research Writing: Explore Nature, five senses.
Lesson 11: Sequence writing: story Sebastian’s Roller Skate
Lesson 12: Analyzing story elements: Dissecting stories Module II level
Lesson 13: Information presentation: venn diagram Module II level
Lesson 14: In depth Opinion writing: Story Henry Holton Takes the Ice
Lesson 15: In depth character prediction writing: Henry Holton
Lesson 16: Informative Writing Prompts Writing Module II level Lesson
17: Personal narrative: Beginning, Middle, End
Lesson 18: Picture Writing prompts Module II level
Lesson 19: How to use Metaphor in writing Module II level
Lesson 20: How to use Simile in writing Module II level Creative Writing
Lesson 1: Context reading, Prediction writing practice: What Happened Next?
Lesson 2: Four types of Sentences & writing practice
Lesson 3: Stretching sentences: Adding details to sentences
Lesson 4: Plan Your Story: Sequence of Events, logical writing practice
Lesson 5: Fact VS Opinion reading and prompts writing practice
Lesson 6: Letter Write: Persuasive opinion writing
Lesson 7: Research Writing: Animal Life cycles All Around writing practice
Lesson 8: Haiku Syllables and Haiku Poem writing
Lesson 9: Map a Story: Prompts writing practice
Lesson 10: Research Writing: Explore Nature, five senses.
Lesson 11: Here’s What I Think: My Best… Prompts writing
Lesson 12: Analyzing story elements: Dissecting stories
Lesson 13: Information presentation: venn diagram
Lesson 14: Research writing: Holidays Around the World
Lesson 15: The Five W’s Writing Practice
Lesson 16: Informative Writing Prompts Writing
Lesson 17: Personal narrative: Beginning, Middle, End
Lesson 18: Picture Writing prompts
Lesson 19: Sensory Words Writing Prompts
Lesson 20: Thank You notes writing prompts, Creative Writing writing practice
Lesson 1: Foundational Skills
Lesson 2: Morphology Madness
Lesson 3: Literary Terms
Lesson 4: Commas, Clauses and Context! Oh My!
Lesson 5: Literal and Figurative Language
Lesson 6: Synonyms, Antonyms and Homonyms
Lesson 7: Connotation, Denotation and Alliteration
Lesson 8: Characterization Catalog
Lesson 9: Idioms and Colloquialisms
Lesson 10: Mood, Tone & Voice
Lesson 1 Reading and Writing: Descriptive
Lesson 2 Reading and Writing: Descriptive Continued
Lesson 3 Reading and Writing: Expository
Lesson 4 Reading and Writing: Expository Continued
Lesson 5 Reading and Writing: Persuasive
Lesson 6 Reading and Writing Persuasive Continued
Lesson 7 Reading and Writing: Personal Narrative
Lesson 8 Reading and Writing Personal Narrative Continued
Lesson 9 Reading and Writing: Response to Literature
Lesson 10 Final Class: Response to Literature Continued: Final Paper
