1. Unit 1: Story 5 Because of Winn Dixie by Katie DiCamillo Day 1 Focus Question: What are the friends in the photo on pages 104-105 doing? How do you think they learn from each other? Build Background pg 104 Read Aloud: Reading and Riding pg 105A – 105B Day 2 Focus Question: In Because of Winn Dixie, what happened that day at the library? Day 5- REVIEW Focus Question: Summarize the story of Miss Franny and her encounter with the bear. Oral Language Day 3 Focus Question: How is Emilio in A Library Card for Emilio like Opal in Because of Winn Dixie? How are they different? Summarize pg 119 Day 4 Focus Question: Compare the narrator in this poem with the narrator in Because of Winn Dixie. How are they alike? How are they different? Day 1 : Spelling: Spelling Strategy Long o – 125E Pretest – Spelling PB pg 25 Practice Spelling PB pg 26 Vocabulary: Introduce Words pg 107 and TE 125C PB pg 38 Strategy Dictionary/Connotation and Denotation Text pg 40 Vocabulary: Review Words Connotation and Denotation pg 108, 125C PB pg 44 Vocabulary: Assess Words Connect to Writing 125D Word Study Vocabulary: Review Words Related Words 125D Vocabulary: Review Words Morphology– 125D Spelling: Word Sorts 125E Phonics/Spelling PB pg 27 Spelling: Word Meanings 125F Phonics/Spelling PB pg 28 Spelling: Proofread 125F Phonics/Spelling Book 29 Spelling: Post Test 125F Phonics/Spelling PB 30 Phonics: Long o 105C-105D PB pg 37 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5- REVIEW

2. Day 1 Read A Library Card for Emilio pgs 106-107 Comprehension Strategy: Summarize 107A-107B Skill – Sequence PB pg 39 Fluency Model Fluency 105B Reading Day 1 Daily Writing: What is your favorite movie? Write a paragraph describing why you like it. Day 5- REVIEW Writing Day 3 Daily Writing: Make a list of the similarities and differences between two of your friends. Day 4 Day 2 Read Because of Winn Dixie pgs 108- 115 Comprehension Strategy: Summarize Skill: Sequence PB pg 40 Fluency Repeated Reading: Phrasing and Rate 121A Day 3 Read Continue - Because of Winn Dixie pg 116-119 Comprehension Check pg 121 Review Skill: Character, Setting, Plot 121B PB pg 42 Day 4 Read I Love the Look o f Words pg 122-123 Comprehension Poetry: Free Verse Literary Elements Stanza, Line Break, Simile - pg 122 PB pg 43 Day 5-REVIEW Read Self-Selected Reading 104K PB pg 45 Comprehension Connect and Compare 123 Fluency Practice 104K Day 2 Daily Writing: What is your least favorite movie? Write a paragraph describing why you don’t like it. Daily Writing: What is the library like in your school or town? Write a short description. Daily Writing: Write a short speech describing the world’s greatest librarian. Unit 1: Story 5 Because of Winn Dixie by Katie DiCamillo Grammar: DLA: 125G Run-On Sentences 125G Gram. PB pg 21 Trait: Ideas Describe Setting 123A-123B Grammar: DLA: 125G Run-On Sentences 125G Gram. PB pg 22 Reading/Writing Connection 124-125 Trait: Ideas Describe a Setting in a Paragraph 125A Grammar: DLA: 65G Mechanics and Usage 125H Gram. PB pg 23 Grammar: DLA: 125G Run-On Sentences 125H Gram. PB pg 24 Trait: Word Choice Descriptive Details 125A Grammar: DLA: 125G Run-On Sentences 125H Gram. PB pg 25 Conferencing: 125B Fluency Repeated Reading: Phrasing and Rate 121A PB pg 41 Fluency Repeated Reading: Phrasing and Rate 121A