1. Week 4, Day 1 Theme Question: What is my heritage? Who are our ancestors? (Wk 1) How do people learn about their heritage or culture? (Wk 2) What kinds of things are passed through the generations? (Wk 3) What can we learn from sharing our heritage or culture with each other? (Wk 4)

2. Vocabulary Connections Theme vocabulary  heritage shimmer  ancestor competition  generation boundary  recipe  custom  religious

4. Reading  Skim and Scan  Pp. 8-66  Purpose  Find text evidence to answer Focus Question 1: Who are our ancestors?

5. Text Evidence – Who are our ancestors? Page numberText evidence

6. Vowel sounds u, yoo, oo U soundyoo soundoo sound

7. Week 4, Day 2 Theme Question: What is my heritage? Who are our ancestors? (Wk 1) How do people learn about their heritage or culture? (Wk 2) What kinds of things are passed through the generations? (Wk 3) What can we learn from sharing our heritage or culture with each other? (Wk 4)

8. Vocabulary Connections Theme vocabulary  heritage shimmer  ancestor competition  generation boundary  recipe  custom  religious

9. Making Inferences  Readers make inferences to help them understand what they read.  Making inferences means using what you have read along with that you already know to construct meaning.

10. Making Inferences What I ReadWhat I KnowMy Inferences p. 22 A quincenera is a party for girls when they turn fifteen. This is similar to a sweet sixteen party that parents plan in the U.S. Parents must do a lot of planning for a quincenera.

11. Reading  Skim and Scan  Pp. 8-66  Purpose  Find text evidence to answer Focus Question 2: How do people learn about their heritage or culture?

12. Week 4, Day 3 Theme Question: What is my heritage? Who are our ancestors? (Wk 1) How do people learn about their heritage or culture? (Wk 2) What kinds of things are passed through the generations? (Wk 3) What can we learn from sharing our heritage or culture with each other? (Wk 4)

13. Using Multiple Vocabulary Strategies StrategyDefinition Synonyms Context Clues Metaphor

14. Sequencing Events

15. Reading  Skim and Scan  Pp. 8-66  Purpose  Find text evidence to answer Focus Question 3: What kinds of things are passed on through the generations?

16. Greek and Latin Roots RootMeaning loc man ped Meter

17. Week 4, Day 4 Theme Question: What is my heritage? Who are our ancestors? (Wk 1) How do people learn about their heritage or culture? (Wk 2) What kinds of things are passed through the generations? (Wk 3) What can we learn from sharing our heritage or culture with each other? (Wk 4)

18. Building Theme Connections

19. Categorizing Words Classify into Adjectives, Nouns, and Verbs heritage shimmer ancestor competition generation boundary recipe custom religious

20. AdjectivesNounsVerbs

21. Making Inferences What I ReadWhat I KnowMy Inferences

22. Reading  Skim and Scan  Pp. 8-66  Purpose  Find text evidence to answer Focus Question 4: What can we learn by sharing our heritage or culture with each other?

23. Greek and Latin Roots womanlocate centimeterhuman pedalmillimeter pedestalpedometer thermometermanual location