Unit 4 Week 5

“Treasures”

Big Question:

What do we treasure?

Question of the Week:

What treasure can we share at home?

Big Book:

“Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge”

Amazing Words:

jealous, relatives, sibling, secret, porridge, collector, seriousness, flourish

Phonics:

Compound Words

Vowel Digraphs ue, ew, ui

Song of the Week:

“A Special Toy”

Story of the Week

“Pete’s Chair”

Author: Ezra Jack Keats

Genre: Realistic Fiction

Comprehension Strategy:

Story Structure

Comprehension Skill:

Theme

Story Words:

biscuits, cookies, cradle, crocodile, curtain, idea

HFW:

picture, remember, room, stood, thought

Read Aloud

“The New Baby”

A story about a boy with a new baby sister.

Grammar:

Adjectives for How Many

Centers