1. Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5- REVIEW Day 1
Unit 4: Story 1
The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden
Oral Language (Listening/Speaking/Viewing)
Day 1
Focus Question:
In what ways do friends work together and help one another?
Build Background pg 406
Read Aloud:
Darkness Is My Friend
pg 407A – 407B
Day 2
Focus Question:
What happens when a country cricket winds up in a big city?
Day 3
Focus Question:
How is Country Mouse’s experience similar to Chester’s? How is it different? Use details from both selections to explain your answer
Summarize pg 429
Day 4
Focus Question:
How have bats in Austin and Tucker and Harry in New York, adapted to living in a city?
Day 5- REVIEW
Focus Question:
Life in the city can be surprising and dangerous. Write a short story or essay showing how life in the country maybe seem to someone from the city.
Word Study (inflected endings )
Day 1
Pretest –
Spelling PB pg 97
Practice
Spelling PB pg 98
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5- REVIEW
Spelling:
Word Sorts 435E
Phonics/Spelling Book 93
Spelling:
Word Meanings, 435F
Phonics/Spelling Book 94
Spelling:
Proofread, 435F
Phonics/Spelling Book 95
Spelling:
Post Test 435F
Phonics/Spelling Book 96
Vocabulary:
Review Words
Greek an d Latin Roots
Pg 410, 435C
PB pg 143
Vocabulary:
Introduce Words
(pg 409 SE and TE 435C)
PB pg 137
Strategy
Context Clues / Paragraph
Clues
Pg 408
Vocabulary:
Review Words, Related Words 435D
Vocabulary:
Content Vocabulary – 430
Review Words, Morphology 435D
Vocabulary:
Assess Words – Connect to Writing 435D
Morphology
Inflectional Endings 407C-407D
PB pg 136

2. The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden
Unit 4: Story 1
The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden
Reading (Visualize/Theme)
Day 1
Read
The Country Mouse and the City Mouse pg
Comprehension
Strategy: Visualize
409A-409B
Skill – Theme
PB pg 138
Fluency
Model Fluency 407B
Day 2
Read
The Cricket in Times Square pg
Comprehension
Strategy: Visualize
Skill: Theme
PB pg 139
Fluency
Repeated Reading: Intonation/Expression 429A
Day 3
Read
Continue - The Cricket in Times Square
pg 410 – 427
Comprehension Check
pg 429
Review Skill:
Character, Setting, Plot 429B
PB pg 141
Fluency
Repeated Reading: Intonation/Expression 429A
PB pg 140
Day 4
Read
A Chance of a Lifetime
pg 430 – 433
Comprehension
Science: Expository
Text Feature Advertisements– pg 430
PB pg 142
Fluency
Repeated Reading: Intonation/Expression 429A
Day 5-REVIEW
Read
Self-Selected Reading 406K
PB pg 144
Comprehension
Connect and Compare 433
Fluency
Practice 406K
Writing TRAIT: Voice / Create Dialogue)
Day 1
Daily Writing:
Write a list of things that a wild bird might see in the city that it would not see on a farm.
Trait Ideas:
Word Choice- Create Dialogue
433A-433B
Grammar:
DLA: 435G
Pronouns/Antecedents 435G
Gram. PB pg 76
Day 4
Day 5- REVIEW
Day 2
Daily Writing:
Imagine you are a cricket who is far from home. Make a list of adjectives describing how you would feel.
Reading/Writing Connection
Grammar:
DLA: 435G
Pronouns/Antecedents 435G
Gram. PB pg 77
Day 3
Daily Writing:
Write a paragraph comparing and contrasting the lives of a wild animal and a house pet.
Trait Ideas:
Voice- Replacing Telling Statements with Dialogue 435A
Grammar:
DLA: 435G
Mechanics and Usage 435H
Gram. PB pg 78
Daily Writing:
Think about different wild animals. Which animal would you most like to be? Write a paragraph telling why you would like to be that animal.
Trait Ideas:
Word Choice
Use Effective Dialogue 435A
Grammar:
DLA: 435G
Pronouns/Antecedents 435H
Gram. PB pg 79
Daily Writing:
Write a review of a book or movie about a wild animal. Include a brief description and explain whey you would or would not recommend it.
Conferencing:
435B
Grammar:
DLA: 435G
Pronouns/Antecedents 435H
Gram. PB pg 80