1. Unit 5-Week 1 Day 1 Theme Question: What makes the Central Region special? How are geography and economy connected in the Midwest? (Wk 1) How are geography and economy connected in the South Central States? (Wk 2) What is life like in in the Midwest? (Wk 3) What is life like in the South Central States? (Wk 4)

2. Theme Vocabulary Theme vocabulary basin landform transport flourish

3. Reading Preview and Predict pp. 256-264 Purpose Find answers to the Theme Question. Set your own purpose.

4. “k”, “ng” and “kw” sounds “k” sound“ng” sound“kw” sound riskyblanketquestion

5. Unit 5-Week 1 Day 2 Theme Question: What makes the Central Region special? How are geography and economy connected in the Midwest? (Wk 1) How are geography and economy connected in the South Central States? (Wk 2) What is life like in in the Midwest? (Wk 3) What is life like in the South Central States? (Wk 4)

6. Theme Vocabulary Theme vocabulary basin landform transport flourish

7. Visualize Midwest waving grasses

8. Reading Preview and Predict Chapter 2 (pp. 265-271): A Tour of the Central States Purpose Find answers to the Theme Question. Set your own purpose.

9. Unit 5-Week 1, Day 3 What is the Theme Question? Name the four theme vocabulary words and their meanings?

10. Antonyms Words from the textantonyms importantunimportant

11. Prefixes that tell where PrefixMeaningExample mid-MiddleMidwest ex-Out, away, fromExplode intro-BetweenIntroduce a-In, on, atAfire re-BackReturn trans-AcrossTransport

12. Reading Reread Pp. 258-271 Purpose Focus on how text features provide important information about the text and help them answer the Theme Question.

13. Word Study Prefixes that tell When after-(later) pre-(before) post-(later) pro-(earlier) 1.If pre- means before, what does pretest mean? 2.If post- means later, what does postwar mean? 3.If pro- means earlier, what does proactive mean?

14. Week 1, Day 4 What is the Theme Question? Name the four theme vocabulary words and their meanings. What’s the first word that comes to mind when you hear each word?

15. p. 260 p. 266 p. 270 What makes the central region special?

16. Reading Reread pp. 258-271 Purpose Find text evidence to answer the Theme Question.

17. Word Study Prefixes that tell “where” PrefixMeaningExamples mid- intro- ex- a-