Theme 15 Precious Resources

Theme 15: Precious resources
Focus: fix-up strategies: decoding words
Big Idea: letter parts and word sounds help you figure out the meaning of words
Review: Creating Images and Revising Images
Big Idea: you change how you picture the passage as you get new information

Grammar
Verbs
Big Idea: the action part of a sentence
Example: Sue and Chase walk to the park. or Sue walks to the park.
Irregular Verbs
Big Idea: irregular verbs change when you make them past tense
Example: teach- taught, catch- caught, write- wrote
Capitalization
Big Idea: proper nouns get capitalized (specific people, places, and things)
Example: Mrs. Ellis and Dunlap Grade School

Vocab: Pages 504 and 518

Word Study Week 1: suffixes -ness, -ment, -ion, and -tion
Big Idea: -ness means “in a state of”, -ment means “in a state of”, -ion means “an action or process”, and -tion means “and action or process”
Word Study week 2: suffixes -ly and -fully
Big Idea: -ly means “the way something is done” , -fully means “with”

Writing:
Story
Big Idea- Many stories include a problem and a solution
Presentation
Big Idea- Pictures can add to a story or report

Target Skill:
Plot
Big Idea- *our focus will be identifying the problem of the story
Character
Big Idea- the animals or people in a story

Theme 15’s Writing Pieces
Folktale (See example on pg. 524)
Diary (See example on pg. 508)

Theme test: May 2nd
Writing piece due (choose 1 from above to turn in for a grade): May 2nd

This Week!

I can…
Reading- decode words by breaking them into parts!
Writing- write a folktale and a diary entry, and I can brainstorm ideas for my super hero story!
Math- identify and use fractions! (Math in Focus Textbook: Chapter 14)
Science- plant Wisconsin Fast Plants!

Reminders:
Field Trip: Tuesday, April 25th 9:20-1:15 **Don’t forget a sack lunch!
Theme 15 test: Tuesday, May 2nd
Theme 15 writing piece due (choose between folktale or diary): May 2nd
Weekly Math Quiz: Friday, April 28th

Next Week!

I can…
Reading- show what I know (PARCC testing Tuesday-Thursday)!
Writing- review grammar skills from this year! *there will be no new writing pieces for this week
Math- describe what it means to multiply! *This week we will be doing a multiplication review (challenge practice will be provided for students who have already passed multiplication on Xtramath!)
Social Studies- play a student created government game!

No School: Monday, April 17th
Since we are not math PARCC testing/we do not have a math test this week, there will be a weekly math quiz on Friday, April 21st!
We will begin theme 15 on Monday, April 24th!

Theme 14: Every Vote Counts

Theme 14: Every Vote Counts
Focus: Creating Images and Revising Images
Big Idea: you change how you picture the passage as you get new information
Review: Monitor Understanding (strategic reading)
Big Idea: you reread or read slowly to help you better understand a text

Grammar
Present and Past Tense Verbs
Big Idea: Present tense verbs are actions currently happening and Past tense verbs are actions that have happened
Example: Present- She’s walking the dog/ Past- She walked the dog after dinner.
Future Tense Verbs
Big Idea: express an action that will happen
Example: She will go to the movie.
Quotation Marks
Big Idea: quotation marks go around what the character says
Example: Allison said, “I want to go to the movie.”

Vocab: Pages 468 and 482

Word Study Week 1: Adverbs
Big Idea: Adverbs describe how, when, or where an action is done
Example: She quickly grabbed her bag. (how did she grab?) She’ll make dinner soon. (when will she make dinner?) She put the dog outside. (where did she put the dog?)
Word Study week 2: suffixes -ful, -able, and -less
Big Idea: -ful means full of, -able means able to, and -less means without
Example: hopeful (full of hope), unbelievable (not able to believe), and fearless (without fear)

Writing: Personal Narrative
Big Idea- In a personal narrative, a writer shares an important story that happened to them, and tells it form their point of view. Big

Target Skill: metaphor
Big Idea- a metaphor compares two very unlike things
Example: the convention floor was a forest of people

Theme 14’s Writing Pieces
Personal Narrative (See example on pg. 472)
Procedural Text (See example on pg. 488)

Theme test: April 11th
Writing piece due (choose 1 from above to turn in for a grade): April 11th

This Week!

I can…
Reading- create images and revise them!
Writing- write a personal narrative and a procedural text!
Math- show what I know! (PARCC testing Monday-Thursday)
Social Studies- describe the three branches of government!

Theme 14 reading test- Tuesday, April 11th
Math test (Area, Perimeter, and Polygons)- Thursday, April 13th