1. Unit 7: Local Leaders

2. Spelling 1.unlock6. repaint 2.unzip7. remake 3.unhappy8. reread 4. unsafe9. upon 5. retell10. once

3. Spelling 1. unannounced 6. undecided 2. unpleasant7. unexpected 3. reapply8. retrace 4. reappear9. untangle 5. recount10. rebound

4. Phonics  /u/ spelled ou/f/ spelled gh toughrough enough cousin young touch  Abbreviations: The fire station is on Pine Street. The library is on West Main Avenue. The city park is on Green Tree Drive. The post office is at 55 North Oak Boulevard. This bus stops at the corner of Sea Grass Road.

5. Introduce the Theme Focus Question #1 : What is a government?  What do you know about the local government of your own community?  What kinds of laws do you think they make for the community and why?  What do you think is the job of the local government?

6. Vocabulary :  government-  elect-  taxes-  agree-  department-  issue-  checked-

7. Prepare to Read  Flip through pages and record text evidence.

8.  High Frequency Words: clothes enough  Fluency: short story Word Work

9. Writing: descriptive paragraph PersonPlaceThing my big brotherwater parkskateboards my best friendbasketball courtinteractive games scout leaderthe zoohomemade pizza my momthe playgroundferris wheel Pick a topic and make a concept web using exact words. rose instead of flower smart, clever, sly sensory words to describe sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and textures.

10. Centers  Practice Book p. 197, 199  Read p. 196