1. Kid Reporters at Work - Time for Kids
Unit 1: Story 3
Kid Reporters at Work - Time for Kids
Oral Language
Day 1
Focus Question:
What can kids do to achieve their own goals and also help others?
Build Background pg 66
Read Aloud:
The Get Rich Quick Club
pg 67A – 67B
Day 2
Focus Question:
How do kid reporters tell the story when the news is about improving the lives of children?
Day 3
Focus Question:
How are Gidget Schultz and Andrew Hsu alike? How are they different?
Day 4
Focus Question:
Describe the conditions that the kids had to work in. Why did citizens have a right to be concerned? Explain using details from Child Labor in the U.S.
Day 5- REVIEW
Focus Question:
How have working conditions for children changed since the Fair Labor Law was passed in 1938? How have things stayed the same?
Word Study
Day 1:
Spelling:
Spelling Strategy
Long e – 77I
Pretest –
Spelling PB pg 13
Practice
Spelling PB pg 14
Vocabulary:
Introduce Words
Text pg 69 and TE 77G
PB pg 20
Strategy
Thesaurus/Antonyms
Text pg 68
Day 3
Day 4
Day 2
Day 5- REVIEW
Spelling:
Post Test 77J
Phonics/Spelling PB 18
Phonics:
Long e 67C-67D
PB pg 19
Spelling:
Word Meanings 77J
Phonics/Spelling PB pg 16
Spelling:
Proofread 77J
Phonics/Spelling Book 17
Spelling:
Word Sorts 77I
Phonics/Spelling PB pg 15
Vocabulary:
Assess Words
Connect to Writing 77H
Vocabulary:
Review Words
Thesaurus/Antonyms
Pg 70, 77G
PB pg 26
Vocabulary:
Review Words
Related Words 77H
Vocabulary:
Review Words
Morphology– 77H

2. Kid Reporters at Work - Time for Kids
Unit 1: Story 3
Kid Reporters at Work - Time for Kids
Reading
Day 1
Read
Their Way All the Way
Text pgs 68-69
Comprehension
Strategy: Analyze Text Structure
69A-69B
Skill – Compare and Contrast
PB pg 21
Fluency
Model Fluency 67B
Day 2
Read
Kid Reporters at Work
Text pgs 70-73
Comprehension
Strategy: Analyze Text Structure
pg 70-73
Skill: Compare and Contrast
PB pg 22
Fluency
Repeated Reading: Expression and Rate 73A
Day 3
Read
Kid Reporters at Work
Text pgs 70-73
Comprehension Check
pg 73
Skill:
Nonfiction Text Structure and Features 73B
PB pg 24
Fluency
Repeated Reading: Expression and Rate 73A PB pg 23
Day 4
Read
Child Labor in the U.S.
pg 74-75
Test Practice
Answering Questions
Research and Study Skills Using the Library 73C-73D
PB pg 25
Fluency
Repeated Reading: Expression and Rate 73A
Day 5-REVIEW
Read
Self-Selected Reading 66K
PB pg 27
Comprehension
Strategy
Analyze the Text and Structure
Skill: Compare and Contrast
Fluency
Practice 66K
Writing
Day 1
Daily Writing:
Write a letter to the editor of the school newspaper explaining your idea for how to get students to stop littering.
Day 2
Daily Writing:
What person would you most like to interview? Write a paragraph explaining your choice.
Day 3
Daily Writing:
You have a million dollars that you cannot spend on yourself. Who would you give the money to and why?
Day 4
Day 5- REVIEW
Daily Writing:
Write a short story. Your last sentence must be “The world is now a better place.”
Daily Writing:
In the 1800s many children began working at the age of seven. Write a paragraph giving your opinion on this subject.
Personal Narrative:
Plan/Prewrite
Develop a Single Moment
77A
Personal Narrative:
Draft 77B
Personal Narrative:
Revise and Conferencing
77C-77E
Personal Narrative:
Conferencing, Proofreading, and Edit
77E-77F
Personal Narrative:
Publish
77F
Grammar:
DLA: 77K
Compound Sentences 77K
Gram. PB pg 11
Grammar:
DLA: 77K
Compound Sentences 77K
Gram. PB pg 12
Grammar:
DLA: 77K
Mechanics and Usage 77L
Gram. PB pg 13
Grammar:
DLA: 77K
Compound Sentences 77L
Gram. PB pg 14
Grammar:
DLA: 77K
Compound Sentences 77L
Gram. PB pg 15