Unit 5
Week 4
“Great Ideas”
Big Question:
What
difference can a great idea make?
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Question
of the Week:
How can a great idea make our lives easier?
Big
Book:
“Discover the Life of an
Inventor:
Orville and Wilbur Wright”
Amazing
Words:
gadget, equipment, convenient, engine,
pilot, steer, cellar, furnace
Phonics:
Diphthongs oi, oy
Suffixes –er, -or
Song
of the Week:
“A Box of Gadgets”
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Story of the Week
“Simple Machines”
Author: Allan Fowler
Genre: Expository Text
Comprehension Strategy:
Summarize
Comprehension Skill:
Main Idea and Details
Story Words:
machines, vacuum,
pulley, inclined planes, surface, axles
HFW:
against, goes, heavy, kinds, today
Read Aloud
“Using
Machines”
An Article about machines
people use to make their lives easier.
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Grammar:
More
about Pronouns
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Centers
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