Working Together Unit 4 Theme Why do people work on teams? Unit 4 Big Question Friends of diverse backgrounds can help each other adapt to new surroundings and difficult situations. Theme Connection Unit 4 Week 1 Ants are unique in that they must work together to get food, build homes, and raise their young. Theme Connection Unit 4 Week 2 Local Californians work together to make their communities better places to live. Theme Connection Unit 4 Week 3 People come together during times of need to help each other. Theme Connection Unit 4 Week 4 Sometimes we form the best teams with those closest to us – our families. Theme Connection Unit 4 Week 5 Inflectional endings Spelling Unit 4 Week 1 Changing y to i Spelling Unit 4 Week 2 Words with /u/, /u/, and /u/ Spelling Unit 4 Week 3 Diphthongs / oi/ and /ou/ Spelling Unit 4 Week 4 Variant vowel /o/ Spelling Unit 4 Week 5 Intonation and Expression Fluency Unit 4 Week 1 Pacing Fluency Unit 4 Week 2 Accuracy Fluency Unit 4 Week 3 Expression Fluency Unit 4 Week 4 Pacing Fluency Unit 4 Week 5 Make Inferences and Analyze Comprehension Strategy Unit 4 Week 1 Analyze Text Structure Comprehension Strategy Unit 4 Week 2 Evaluate Comprehension Strategy Unit 4 Week 3 Visualize Comprehension Strategy Unit 4 Week 4 Monitor Comprehension Comprehension Strategy Unit 4 Week 5 Theme Comprehension Skill Unit 4 Week 1 Description Comprehension Skill Unit 4 Week 2 Fact and Opinion Comprehension Skill Unit 4 Week 3 Draw Conclusions Comprehension Skill Unit 4 Week 4 Author’s Perspective Comprehension Skill Unit 4 Week 5 Pronouns and Antecedents Grammar Unit 4 Week 1 Types of Pronouns Grammar Unit 4 Week 2 Pronoun- Verb Agreement Grammar Unit 4 Week 3 Possessive Pronouns Grammar Unit 4 Week 4 Pronouns and Homophones Grammar Unit 4 Week 5 Pronoun Capitalization and Clarity Mechanics Unit 4 Week 1 Using Subject and Object Pronouns Mechanics Unit 4 Week 2 Parentheses Mechanics Unit 4 Week 3 Possessive Nouns and Pronouns Mechanics Unit 4 Week 4 Contractions and Possessives Mechanics Unit 4 Week 5 Fantasy: A story about characters and settings that could not exist in real life. Genre Unit 4 Week 1 Informational Nonfiction: Detailed compositions that explain something by presenting facts about it. Genre Unit 4 Week 2 Non-fictional Article: In a newspaper or magazine, tells facts about a person, place, or event. Genre Unit 4 Week 3 Historical Fiction: Tells a story in which fictional characters take part in actual historical events. Genre Unit 4 Week 4 Narrative Nonfiction: A story or an account of actual persons, living things, situations, or events. Genre Unit 4 Week 5 The Cricket in Times Square by George Seldon Title and Author Unit 4 Week 1 The Life and Times of the Ant by Charles Micucci Title and Author Unit 4 Week 2 “Writing on the Wall” various authors Title and Author Unit 4 Week 3 The Earth Dragon Awakes by Laurence Yep Title and Author Unit 4 Week 4 My Brothers’ Flying Machine by Jane Yolen Title and Author Unit 4 Week 5 Dialogue Writing Unit 4 Week 1 and 2 Summaries Writing Unit 4 Week 3 Formatting Dialogue Writing Unit 4 Week 4 and 5