1. Unit 6-Week 4 Day 1 Theme Question: How are living things connected? What roles do the parts of an ecosystem play? (Wk 1) Why do living things need each other? (Wk 2) What happens when there are changes to an ecosystem? (Wk 3) How do people play a part in ecosystems? (Wk 4)

2. Theme Vocabulary Theme vocabulary affect compete disappear ecosystem interdependence plod fragrant hesitate survive

3. Reading Preview and Predict pp. 320-376 Purpose What do you think you will learn? Find answers to the Theme Question. Set your own purpose.

4. VCV or VCCV pattern word VCVVCCV explain kingdom athlete although

5. Unit 6-Week 4 Day 2 Theme Question: How are living things connected? What roles do the parts of an ecosystem play? (Wk 1) Why do living things need each other? (Wk 2) What happens when there are changes to an ecosystem? (Wk 3) How do people play a part in ecosystems? (Wk 4)

6. Vocabulary Connections word concealVCCV affect compete disappear ecosystem fragrant hesitate interdependence plod survive

8. Vocabulary Connections word concealVCCV affect compete disappear ecosystem fragrant hesitate interdependence plod survive

9. Ask and answer questions page #QuestionAnswerHow I Found It? p. 326 pp. 326-327

10. Reading Preview and Predict (pp. 362-376) Purpose Find answers to the Theme Question. Set your own purpose.

11. VCCCV pattern VCV pattern (words that have two or more syllables) VCCV pattern (words that have two or more syllables) VCCCV pattern (words that have two or more syllables) dinerdinneraddress

12. Unit 6-Week 4, Day 3 What is the Theme Question? Name the three theme vocabulary words and their meanings?

13. Determining Word Relationships Page #wordrelated words p. 354scamperedScamper, race, trot, stroll, stride frigid courteous fractured

14. Word Strategies to Review connotation (emotional association of a word) and denotation (dictionary meaning of a word) idioms (expressions that do not mean what they literally say) word relationships (ways one word connect to another)

15. We can compare and contrast ideas, differenct texts, and even new ideas with prior knowledge. Compare and Contrast We can compare and contrast ideas, differenct texts, and even new ideas with prior knowledge. Page #Compare (alike)Contrast (different) p. 328 herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores consumers and producers

16. Reading Reread Pp. 347-376 Purpose Focus on how text features provide important information about the text and help them answer the Theme Question.

17. VCCCV pattern VCV pattern (words that have two or more syllables) VCCV pattern (words that have two or more syllables) VCCCV pattern (words that have two or more syllables) dinerdinneraddress

18. Word Study REVIEW Comparative and Superlative Adjectives er- est- 1.Adjective ends in –er are comparative comparing two or more things or groups. (see p. 329 larger) 2.Adjective ends in –est are superlative comparing three or more things or groups. (see p. 333 smallest)

19. Unit 6-Week 4, Day 4 What is the Theme Question? Name the three theme vocabulary words and their meanings. What’s the first word that comes to mind when you hear each word?

20. affect associate with cause and effect use to figure out why things happen has to do with causing things to happen

21. Ask and answer questions page #QuestionAnswerHow I Found It? p. 326 pp. 326-327

22. p.332 AND AND pp. 333-335

23. Reading Reread pp. 340-375 Purpose Find text evidence to answer the Theme Question. Note how the text helps readers understand the selections.

24. pp.340-343 pp.344-46 How are living things connected? pp.347-359 pp.360-363

25. Word Study Greek and Latin Words wordMeaningNew WordMeaning -ology zoo-animalszoology(study of animals) -cycle tri-threetricycle(three- wheeled)