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–Name derivates of - “Dinosaurs dinosaurs –Cretaceous Period ● Individual or group Before Dark Mystery –Fossils tree houses KIDS” 30 of the - Concept –Paleontologists Dinosaurs ● Create Jack & minute 1 Dinosaurs Tree, - Vocabulary –Ancient habitats When you work as Before Dark Annie in their Classroom Books - Cause & Effect –Timeline: 251 years –Food chains: meat- –Pangea - Changes to the Read Read Dinosaurs a team, you can favorite wardrobe Play (MTI) 1-4 Writing: Text types and ago to present and plant-eaters –Continents Earth over time Read Song overcome great - Respectful purposes –Earth changes: challenges. Analyze still images audience Speaking & Listening: history of the Earth, for details and behavior - Comprehension and Pangea, continental predictions. - Passport to collaboration changes Adventure - Presentation skills

–Middle Ages –Literary traditions –Castle culture (castle ● Individual or group Mystery parts, residents, life) - Concept tree houses - “Knight at of the –Feudal system Information can be The Knight at Knights and - Vocabulary ● Create Jack & Dawn KIDS” 2 Tree, –Methods of used in unexpected Dawn Castles - Cause & Effect Annie in their 30 minute Books protection: weapons ways to solve Read Read Writing: Text types and England favorite wardrobe Classroom 1-4 –King Arthur, Knights problems. Read Song purposes Play (MTI) of the Round table, Sir Study hard and use Speaking & Listening: Analyze still images - Passport to Lancelot, Sir for details and - Comprehension and your imagination. Adventure Galahand, Queen predictions. collaboration Guinevere, Morgan le - Presentation skills Fay

–Egyptian culture Journeys to faraway - Concept ● Individual or group (lifestyle, religion, places can be - Vocabulary tree houses Mummies Mystery of customs for death wonderful, but just Mummies in - Cause & Effect –Interactions between ● Create Jack & 3 and the Tree, and afterlife) having a peanut the Morning Writing: Text types and humans and the Annie in their Pyramids Books 1-4 –Gods and –3D structures: –Egypt butter & jelly at Read Read - Passport to purposes environment favorite wardrobe goddesses pyramids –Nile River home can be as Read Song Adventure Speaking & Listening: –Water features: Nile –Architecture: wonderful. - Comprehension and River Analyze still images pyramids Be grateful for collaboration for details and - Communication - predictions. - Presentation skills those who care for Hieroglyphs you.

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–Gaining information Mystery of from diagrams (pirate the Tree, ships) ● Individual or group Books 1-4 tree houses –Genres: legend/lore –Pirate history and Your daily life is Pirates Past - Concept legends ● Create Jack & 4 Pirates filled with treasure. Noon 1st live - Vocabulary –Timeline: 1000 B.C. Annie in their –Water features: To find it, you must Read Read - Passport to encounter - Cause & Effect to present Caribbean favorite wardrobe oceans, seas look for the Read Song Adventure with Writing: Text types and –Transportation: Morgan purposes pirate ships positive things in Analyze still images le Fay Speaking & Listening: - Landform - Island your life. for details and predictions. - Comprehension and collaboration - Presentation skills

–Using informational texts for research –Create a ninja –Poetry: haiku training camp. Mystery of Night of the the Magic - Concept 5 –Map skills ● Individual or group Ninjas Spell, - Vocabulary –Landforms: Learn from nature –Japanese vs. Ancient tree houses Read Read - Passport to Books 5-8 - Cause & Effect mountains, valleys, and always keep a American culture Japan ● Create Jack & Read Song Adventure Writing: Text types and and caves kind heart. –History of ninjas Annie in their purposes favorite wardrobe Speaking & Listening: - Analyze still - Comprehension and images for details collaboration and predictions. - Presentation skills

–Research and –Onomatopoeia –Biomes/habitats: create an animal –Army ants –Animal idioms rain forest who lives in the –Piranhas –Animal research project –Climate rain forest AND/ –Snakes –Water features: OR Invent and –Rain Forest –Crocodiles Amazon River create a rain forest Mystery of –Place value Climate –Monkeys All creatures in the Afternoon on - Concept –Animal adaptations animal that has 6 Rain Forests the Magic problems -Rain Forest Plant –Jaguars wild are the Amazon - Vocabulary (physical and not yet been Spell, –Measurement Amazon Rain Life –Vampire bats interconnected. For Read Read - Passport to - Cause & Effect behavioral) discovered! Books 5-8 –Graphing: Forest - Many “Gifts” of - Poison Arrow them to survive, we Read Song Adventure Writing: Text types and - Animal Defenses favorite tropical the Rain Forest Frogs need to guard - Individual or group purposes –Camouflage fruit from plants tree houses Speaking & Listening: –Food chains: natural habitats. –Weather: rain Plant life: - Create Jack & - Comprehension and predators and prey - orchids, Annie in their collaboration –Rain forest mangos, cacao favorite wardrobe - Presentation skills preservation trees, etc. - Analyze still images for details and predictions.

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–Summarization –Make your own cave painting to –Ice Age summarize the –Food gathering –Animal adaptations Sabertooths Mystery of - Concept Never take the book. Sunset of the techniques (compare/ –Land features: cliffs, 7 and the Ice the Magic - Vocabulary Cro-Magnons, - Cave Men Tales: comforts of your Sabertooth contrast then and caves Age Spell, - Cause & Effect Wooly “Master of the modern life for ● Individual or group now) –Heat sources –Temperatures Read Read - Passport to Books 5-8 Writing: Text types and Mammoths, Animals” on cave granted. tree houses –Use of natural –Insulators Read Song Adventure purposes Sabertooth Cat walls Be grateful for the ● Create Jack & materials to survive –Human interactions Speaking & Listening: things your have. Annie in their with the environment - Comprehension and favorite wardrobe –Sound: flute collaboration - Analyze still - Presentation skills images for details and predictions.

–Astronomy: the –Creative writing: time moon, Outer Space, –Create your own travel constellations space suit. - Concept –Gravity Mystery of - Vocabulary –Basic map skills Earth is a bright and –Phases of the moon Midnight on the Magic - Cause & Effect (mapping the moon colorful place where ● Individual or group 8 Space –Conditions on the - Passport to the Moon Spell, Writing: Text types and base, star map) –Temperature everything is alive tree houses moon Read Read Adventure Books 5-8 purposes –Transportation: –Weight Moon/Space and always ● Create Jack & –Earth science: Read Song - Planetarium Speaking & Listening: moon buggy conversion changing. Annie in their compare/contrast Show - Comprehension and - Space exploration Help protect the favorite wardrobe moon and Earth collaboration - Famous astronauts features planet. - Presentation skills Analyze still images - Technology - for details and - Predicting - space satellites, moon predictions. station future buggy, space station

–Main ideas and supporting details Mystery of ● Individual or group the - Biomes/habitats: tree houses Dolphins at Dolphins and Ancient - Concept ocean Beauty can be ● Create Jack & 9 –Dolphins Daybreak Sharks Riddles, - Vocabulary Careers: –Animal adaptations found in the most Annie in their Pacific –Ocean- Read Read - Passport to Books - Cause & Effect oceanographer, scuba - Technology - mini- - Ocean life unexpected places. favorite wardrobe Ocean dwelling Read Song Adventure 9-12 Writing: Text types and diver, marine biologist submarine for Always keep an animals purposes underwater open mind. Analyze still images Speaking & Listening: exploration for details and predictions. - Comprehension and collaboration - Presentation skills

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–Literature extension: ghost stories People who lived Mystery of long ago still talk to ● Individual or group the –Biomes/habitats: tree houses –Rabbit us through books. Ghost Town Ancient - Concept prairie ● Create Jack & –Player 10 adaptations Learn to read and at Sundown Riddles, - Vocabulary –Wild West –People and needs Annie in their pianos Old West, –Rattlesnake love to read. - Passport to Books - Cause & Effect –Ghost towns from environment favorite wardrobe –Read USA adaptations Try to discover Adventure 9-12 Writing: Text types and –Cowboy culture –Landforms: canyon Read Read –Horse what you love to purposes –Sound: echo, Analyze still images Song adaptations Speaking & Listening: harmonica do best. Have for details and predictions. - Comprehension and respect for collaboration yourself. - Presentation skills

Main ideas and supporting details Mystery of ● Individual or group tree houses the In nature, animals Create Jack & Lions at Ancient - Concept –Lions have to work ● 11 Lunchtime Riddles, - Vocabulary –Animal adaptations –Other Annie in their together with each Read Read - Passport to Books - Cause & Effect –Biomes/habitats: Africa savannah- favorite wardrobe Read Song Adventure 9-12 Writing: Text types and savannah dwelling other to survive. purposes animals People need to do Analyze still images Speaking & Listening: the same. for details and predictions. - Comprehension and collaboration - Presentation skills

–Gaining information Create a class learning igloo. Mystery of from still images –Animal Adaptations the –Facts and opinions –Sources of heat Polar Bears Polar Bears Ancient - Concept / Vocabulary –Native Americans in –Conductors and When you face the ● Individual or group 12 and the - Cause & Effect the Arctic insulators -Endangered tree houses Past Bedtime Riddles, North Pole –Polar Bears - Arctic Legend: things that frighten Read Read - Passport to Arctic Writing: Text types and -Maps -Habitats/Biomes - Temperature Species ● Create Jack & Books Arctic Ocean –Seals Flying Polar Bear you, you often find Read Song Adventure 9-12 purposes -Transportation - dog Arctic Tundra -Global warming they’re not as bad Annie in their Speaking & Listening: sleds, snowmobiles -Northern Lights as you thought. favorite wardrobe - Comprehension and -Seasons - day and collaboration night in the arctic Analyze still images - Presentation skills for details and predictions.

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–Recognize common –Landforms: –Create a diorama prefixes and suffixes volcanoes of Pompeii before –Cause & effect –Rapid Earth changes and/or after the relationships eruption. Mystery of (volcanic eruptions) –Analyze relationships –Eruption of Mt. If you learn about –Analyze still Vacation the Lost Ancient among characters, Vesuvius, A.D. 79 the world and gain images to gather 13 Under the Stories, - Greek and Rome setting & plot -Greek Mythology knowledge, you information. Volcano Books Roman Read Read - Passport to –Identify figurative -Ancient Olympics Pompeii Volcanos can solve great 13-16 Mythology: ● Individual or group Read Song Adventure language devices -Archaeology problems. Hercules tree houses - Concept / Vocabulary -Greek Architecture Stay focused on ● Create Jack & Writing: Text types and -Roman Empire what’s important. Annie in their purposes favorite wardrobe Speaking & Listening: - Analyze still - Comprehension and images for details collaboration and predictions.

–Chinese calligraphy –Structures of government –Concept –Landmarks: The –Silkworm Vocabulary Great Wall of China (adaptations, life The freedom to read ● Individual or group Mystery of –Cause & Effect –Community cycle) all kinds of books tree houses the Lost –Writing: Text types and Day of the structures: libraries –Plant adaptations: –Great Wall of should be available ● Create Jack & 14 China Stories, purposes Dragon King –Compare/contrast bamboo China word China - Chinese Legend: to all people. Annie in their Books –Speaking & Listening: Read Read - Passport to houses, way of life in –Cricket (adaptations) problems -Great Wall The Silk Weaver Knowledge does favorite wardrobe 13-16 –Comprehension and Read Song Adventure historic China and –Astronomy: –Soldier statues of China and the Cowherd not belong to just a collaboration present-day U.S. constellations, stars word problems few. Analyze still images –Presentation skills –Cultural traditions: (Vega and Altair) Be fair to for details and –Cultural legend: The predictions. burial grounds -Silkworms (Chinese Silk Weaver and the everyone. -Ancient Culture discovery) Cowherd -Terracotta Army, –Characterization Chinese Dynasty, Great Wall of China

–Concept –Illuminated –Vikings - Vocabulary manuscripts –Dark Ages –Cause & Effect –Design a Viking Mystery of –Technology: making –Using Earth materials Ancient books –Writing: Text types and ship the Lost copies (illuminated (making paints, - Celtic Mythology: reveal the wonders Viking Ships purposes 15 Vikings Stories, manuscripts vs. survival) Sea Monster of history and the at Sunrise –Speaking & Listening: Books copiers) –Weather: fog Medieval - Sarph the Great world. ● Individual or group Read Read - Passport to –Comprehension and 13-16 –Monks/ancient –Astronomy: Sarph, Ireland Serpent from an To protect the best tree houses Read Song Adventure collaboration monasteries Milky Way Irish Tale rescues things in life, you ● Create Jack & –Presentation skills –Transportation: -Technology: Viking Jack & Annie should work hard Annie in their –Cultural legend ships Ships favorite wardrobe - Imagery and have courage. –Ireland - Analyze still –Legends: sea serpents –Celtic mythology images for details -Language: Latin words and predictions.

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–Concept Vocabulary –Greek culture –Poetry scrolls –Cause & Effect -Greek Architecture Mystery of - Ancient Ancient –Writing: Text types and (Parthenon, ● Individual or group Hour of the the Lost Greece Treat everyone 16 Greece and purposes Ampitheaters) –Motion/speed –Math Olympics tree houses - Greek Plays Olympics Stories, - Mediterran - Greek and the Olympics –Speaking & Listening: –Olympics –Astronomy: –Measurement with respect. ● Create Jack & Read Read Books ean Sea Roman Mythology: Comprehension and –Social roles: girls vs. constellations –Secret codes If you love to read, Annie in their Read Song - Passport to 13-16 - Aegean Pegasus, Zeus collaboration boys (Pegasus, Hercules) (Greek letters) you’ll never be favorite wardrobe Adventure Sea Presentation skills –Plato completely alone. - Black Sea –Plays/drama –Greek mythology Analyze still images –Poetry (Nike, Zeus, Pegasus) for details and predictions. –Word origins (Greek)

–Early 1900’s –Concept –Immigration to USA –Design your own Mystery of –Vocabulary –Transportation luxury ship. the –Cause & Effect -Time (pocket watch, –Icebergs Time is precious. Enchanted –Writing: Text types and grand staircase clock) –Properties of matter: Tonight on - Northern You should not ● Individual or group 17 Titanic Dog purposes –Communication sinking/floating –Lifeboat math the Titanic Atlantic waste time. tree houses Series, –Speaking & Listening: (Morse code, flares, -Technology: –Elapsed time Read Read - Passport to Ocean ● Create Jack & Books Comprehension and wireless radio, machines (coal –Secret codes When you help Read Song Adventure - England Annie in their 17-20 collaboration telegrams) powered boilers); (Morse code) others in need, - New York favorite wardrobe Presentation skills –Map skills / Timeline ships you’re helping –Historical fiction -Fact Tracker contains -Oceanography yourself too. Analyze still images –Primary documents map of Titanic voyage for details and (photos) and diagrams of the predictions. ship’s compartments.

Everything is –Teepee painting –Concept connected. Think of –Design your own Mystery of –Great Plains Vocabulary the whole world as "animal powers" the –Native American –Cause & Effect being your school, shirt. Buffalo Enchanted customs and cultures: - Native American –Writing: Text types and and try to learn as 18 Before Dog Lakota Legend: White purposes –Animal Adaptations –Buffalo math - Buffalo much as you can. ● Individual or group Breakfast Series, –Westward Expansion Great Plains, Buffalo Woman - Read Read - Passport to –Speaking & Listening: –Biome: prairie -Measurement - Endangered With compassion tree houses Books –Cultural legend: USA Lakota Legend Read Song Adventure Comprehension and –Buffalo (Fact Tracker) Animals you should try to ● Create Jack & 17-20 White Buffalo Woman - Legend of the collaboration help our friends Annie in their –American Old West White Buffalo Presentation skills favorite wardrobe -Landforms - Great correct their –Compare/contrast Plains mistakes - don’t –Informational writing: Analyze still images turn your back on for details and Lakota manners guide them. predictions.

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–Concept / Vocabulary –Cause & Effect –Writing: Text types and Mystery of purposes The natural world ● Individual or group –Read the –Speaking & Listening: can be fierce and tree houses Read Read Tigers at Enchanted Comprehension and dangerous as well ● Create Jack & 19 Tigers, langur, Song Twilight Dog collaboration –Animal Adaptations as beautiful and Annie in their –India Indian python, –Voice of - Passport to Series, - Presentation skills –Biome: jungle –Tiger math peaceful. favorite wardrobe –Economics Jungles elephant, rhino, home Adventure Books –Onomatopoeia –Extinction Honor all aspects lotus (listen to 17-20 –Persuasive writing: Analyze still images of nature, even the sounds all saving endangered for details and things that frighten predictions. around) animals you. –Informational writing: research endangered animals

Mystery of –Concept ● Individual or group the –Australia –Animal Adaptations Vocabulary Be open to the tree houses Enchanted –Native Australians: –Nocturnal animals - Dingoes, Dingoes at –Cause & Effect wisdom and ● Create Jack & 20 Dog Aborigines –Locomotion emus, - Aborigine Dinnertime –Writing: Text types and - Floods beauty of Annie in their Series, –Rainbow serpent –Environment: –Kangaroo marsupials Legend: The Read Read - Passport to purposes Australia - Drought unfamiliar worlds. favorite wardrobe Books -Habitats/Biomes - droughts and wildfires math (koalas, Rainbow Serpent Read Song Adventure –Speaking & Listening: - Wildfires 17-20 Australian Forest/ –Impact of kangaroos), - “Dreamtime” Take full Comprehension and Analyze still images Outback environment on kookaburra responsibility for collaboration for details and animals your actions. predictions. Presentation skills

–Using informational texts for research –Compare/contrast historical lyrics for Confederate/Union –Civil War: causes, –Create a living songs events, and outcomes wax museum. –Perspective diary –Slavery and its Respect others. writing, letters/postcards controversies Lend a helping –Early USA ● Individual or group Civil War on Morgan’s –Gathering information –Field hospitals hand when 21 –Union tree houses Sunday Library #1 from primary source –Drummer boys needed. Read Read - Passport to states and ● Create Jack & documents –Significant people: Read Song Adventure Confederate Try to bring hope Annie in their - Concept / Vocabulary Clara Barton, states and comfort to favorite wardrobe - Cause & Effect Abraham Lincoln those who are - Writing: Text types and –Transportation: suffering. Analyze still images purposes ambulances then and for details and - Speaking & Listening: now predictions. Comprehension and collaboration Presentation skills Historical Fiction

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–Newspaper comparison: 1700s vs. present-day –Colonial America –Print features ● 13 colonies (headings, captions...) –Revolutionary War ● Individual or group –Letter writing ● Why the colonists tree houses –Monologues/famous Revolutionary wanted freedom from Try not to give up ● Create Jack & American Morgan’s quotes (Thomas Paine, – Precipitation: snow 22 War on England when things look Annie in their Revolution Library #2 George Washington) – Water features: Delaware/ - Water/rivers Read Read - Passport to Wednesday ● Significant leaders their worst. favorite wardrobe - Concept / Vocabulary rivers USA - Blizzards Read Song Adventure and events (Thomas - Cause & Effect – Blizzards Be loyal, steadfast Paine, Battle of Analyze still images - Writing: Text types and and trustworthy. Trenton) for details and purposes predictions. ● Effects: Foundation - Speaking & Listening: of United States - Comprehension and –George Washington collaboration - Presentation skills - Historical Fiction

If someone bullies you, stand up for yourself. –McGuffey Reader: Know that a bully is Compare/contrast with often trying to hide his/her own fears. today's reading ● Individual or group materials. Act with kindness Twisters and –Transportation tree houses –Biomes/habitats: and show respect Twister on Other (trains, wagons) ● Create Jack & 23 Morgan’s - Concept prairie to others, and Tuesday Terrible –Westward Expansion Annie in their Library #3 - Vocabulary - Weather mapping, Midwestern –Tornadoes others will most Read Read - Passport to Storms –Compare/contrast - Temperature favorite wardrobe - Cause & Effect weather tools, Prairie, USA –Hail likely treat you the Read Song Adventure schools then and now Writing: Text types and temperature same way. -Careers: Analyze still images purposes - Technology If at first you don’t Meteorologist for details and Speaking & Listening: succeed, you predictions. - Comprehension and should keep trying. collaboration Good teamwork - Presentation skills means you do what’s best for the whole team, not just yourself.

–Newspaper analysis ● Individual or group - Concept tree houses Earthquake - Vocabulary –Earthquake ● Create Jack & 24 in the Early Morgan’s - Cause & Effect –Fires (nature- and San - Medieval Legend: Hold onto hope. Annie in their Morning Library #4 Writing: Text types and human-caused) Read Read - Passport to –Communications Francisco, Earthquakes Camelot and Even if you lose favorite wardrobe purposes –Firestorm Read Song Adventure CA USA King Arthur everything, you can Speaking & Listening: - Communication rebuild your life. Analyze still images - Comprehension and technology for details and collaboration predictions. - Presentation skills - Historical Fiction

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–Concept Vocabulary –Cause & Effect –Writing: Text types and –William Shakespeare purposes –London, England Face down your ● Individual or group –Speaking & Listening: –Queen Elizabeth fears and use your Read Read tree houses –Passport to Stage Fright Comprehension and –Historic landmarks: Read Song Type of imagination, and ● Create Jack & Adventure 25 on a Summer collaboration London Bridge - Celtic Mythology: – Magic #1 you can turn your Annie in their Night Presentation skills – History of Theater –Ticket math Elizabethan Fairies in Mid- Mendelsso - Animal Rights - Animal Rights weaknesses into favorite wardrobe –Write, stage, –Drama - Entertainment past (money) England Summer Night’s hn: A strengths. and produce –A Midsummer Night's and present Dream Midsummer Overcoming your Analyze still images an original Dream –Cultural roles: girls fears can bring for details and Night's play –Shakespeare's works vs. boys great joy and predictions. Dream –Fluency, expression –Map skills (theater satisfaction. –Old English/origin of seats) words (Shakespeare)

–Concept ● Individual or group Vocabulary –Animal Adaptations Science tells us a tree houses Good Type of –Cause & Effect –Cloud rain forest - Gorillas lot about the natural Create Jack & Morning, ● 26 Magic #2 –Writing: Text types and –Africa –Gorillas (compare/ - Congo - Black world, but you also Annie in their Gorillas purposes –Communication: sign contrast with humans) Rain Forest Leopards Read Read - Passport to need to love favorite wardrobe –Speaking & Listening: language - Animal Behavior - African - Animals of the Read Song Adventure animals and Comprehension and –Koko the Gorilla –Food chains: Cloud Forest African Cloud Analyze still images collaboration herbivores, carnivores, Forest respect them to for details and Presentation skills and omnivores know them deeply. predictions. –Onomatopoeia - Sign Language

Be grateful for the –Pilgrims & Native ● Individual or group –Concept things you have. Americans –Human interactions tree houses Vocabulary Be kind to those Thanksgiving (relationships) with environment Create Jack & 27 Pilgrims Type of –Cause & Effect who feel different ● on Thursday –Thanksgiving - Early Agricultural Annie in their Magic #3 –Writing: Text types and Plymouth, –Early colonists Techniques or are afraid. favorite wardrobe Read Read - Passport to purposes MA USA - Farming –Native Americans: - Farming True community Read Song Adventure –Speaking & Listening: Squanto –Conductors and means you share Analyze still images - Comprehension and –Children's roles, past insulators responsibility for for details and collaboration and present the whole predictions. - Presentation skills community.

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–Communication through dance –Concept –Landforms: islands Tsunamis Have respect and Vocabulary –Hawaii -Volcanoes/Volcanic High Tide in and Other sympathy for your ● Individual or group 28 Type of –Cause & Effect –Cultural traditions: Islands - Tsunamis - Hawaiian Hawaii Natural - Hawaii tree houses Magic #4 –Writing: Text types and Hawaiian houses, –Rapid Earth changes: - Natural Legend: Pele, friends. Disasters - Pacific ● Create Jack & Read Read - Passport to purposes surfing, hula dancing volcanoes, Resources goddess of Stick by your Read Song Adventure Ocean friends through bad Annie in their –Speaking & Listening: –Relationships: earthquakes, tsunamis volcanoes favorite wardrobe - Comprehension and friendship –Soil formation times as well as collaboration - Technology good. Analyze still images - Presentation skills for details and predictions.

- Concept - Vocabulary - Individual or - Cause & Effect When others are group tree houses Writing: Text types and A Big Day for Baseball mean to you, hold - Create Jack & Book 29 purposes Baseball your head high, Annie in this Speaking & Listening: - Jackie Robinson - Baseball - Brooklyn, Read Read - Passport to 29 respect yourself adventure’s - Comprehension and - New York, 1947 statistics New York wardrobe Read Song Adventure collaboration and keep pursuing - Analyze still - Presentation skills your goals. images for details - Note taking skills and predictions. - Genre focus: Biographies

- Concept - Vocabulary - Individual or group tree houses Hurricane - Cause & Effect - Texas, The In times of great Writing: Text types and Lone Star - Create Jack & Heroes in Texas Book 30 - Worst Natural adversity, you can purposes Weather systems State - Natural Disaster/ Annie in their Read Read - Passport to Texas Disaster in U.S. - often help yourself 30 Speaking & Listening: Hurricanes - Galveston Hurricane favorite wardrobe Read Song Adventure History - - Analyze still - Comprehension and - Th Gulf of best by helping others. images for details collaboration Mexico and predictions. - Presentation skills - Note taking skills

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- Concept Strive to be simple, - Individual or - Vocabulary brave, and honest, group tree houses - Cause & Effect - Roman Army Warriors in these are honorable - Create Jack & Warriors Writing: Text types and - Roman Legion - Ancient Romans Winter Book 31 qualities. Annie in this purposes Camp - Roman - Roman Gods adventure’s Read Read - Passport to 31 - Rome - Eagles Sometimes one Speaking & Listening: - Roman Warriors Numerals - Greek wardrobe Read Song Adventure must fight for the - Comprehension and - Emperor Marcus mythology - Analyze still collaboration Aurelius right things, like images for details - Presentation skills freedom and and predictions. - Note taking skills justice.

- Concept - Vocabulary Never give up trying - Individual or - Cause & Effect Ben Franklin history Ben Franklin a group tree houses - - Phila- to make the world Ben To the Future, Writing: Text types and Declaration of scientist and - - Create Jack & - Ben Franklin Book 32 - delphia, a better place – Franklin in Ben Franklin purposes Independence inventor Annie in their Read Read - Inventions PA your Paris Play 32 Speaking & Listening: U.S. Constitution Inventions favorite wardrobe Read Song - - Frog Analyze still Passport to - Comprehension and - Founding Fathers - Electricity - neighborhood, - - Creek, PA your town, your images for details Adventure collaboration - George Washington - Lightning rods and predictions. - Presentation skills country. - Note taking skills

- Concept Arctic - Individual or - Narwhals - Vocabulary Ocean - group tree houses Whales Narwhals - Cause & Effect Echolation Arctic - Legend of how - Create Jack & Narwhal on a Leif Erikson - Weight/ - Walrus, Seals - Gratitude connects and Other Book 33 Writing: Letter Writing - Glaciers, ice floes - Circle Climate Change - the Narwhal’s Annie in this Sunny Night Inuit people - Length - Polar Bear everyone. The little Read Read - Passport to 33 Whales Speaking & Listening: - Icebergs Land of Earth Day - tusk was formed adventure’s The Vikings - Erik - comparison - - Reindeer word "thanks" has Read Song Adventure - Comprehension and - Animal Adaptations the Conservation - The Myth of the wardrobe the Red - of whales - Arctic Hare - - Analyze still collaboration Climate Midnight - Unicorn great importance. - Arctic Fox images for details - Presentation skills Sun - Otters and predictions. - Research - Greenland -

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- Concept - Vocabulary - Llamas - Individual or - Andean - Cause & Effect - Inca legends group tree houses Late Lunch Llamas and - Peru Condor You can't really be Book 34 Writing: Text types and - Ancient Inca Empire - Volcanoes - Mountain - (Llamas could - Create Jack & with Llamas the Andes - Andes - Venomous Pit brave, without first purposes - Machu Picchu (The - Cloud Forest heights - Machu Picchu talk; Condors Annie in their Read Read - Passport to 34 Mountains Viper being afraid. You favorite wardrobe Speaking & Listening: Secret City) - Mountain Sickness - Longest river National Park carried Read Song Adventure - fog, trees, - Rare become brave by - Analyze still - Comprehension and - Emperor Pachacuti - Animal Adaptations (Nile) messages from waterfalls creatures and facing your fears. images for details collaboration earth to heaven) and predictions. - Presentation skills plants in the - Note taking skills cloud forest

- Concept - California - Individual or - Vocabulary - Yosemite - Grizzly Bears, group tree houses - Cause & Effect Pay attention to Camp Time - Giant Black Bears - Create Jack & Book 35 Writing: Text types and - President Teddy - National Park the wonders of in California trees - Douglas Annie in this purposes Roosevelt - Logging protection Read Read - Passport to 35 (Sequoias, Squirrels nature. Do all you adventure’s Speaking & Listening: - John Muir - - Starry night sky - Save the wardrobe Read Song Adventure boulders, - Alpine can to preserve the - Comprehension and Naturalist Wilderness - Analyze still rock Butterfly beauty of our collaboration images for details formations - Birds planet. - Presentation skills and predictions. , waterfalls - Note taking skills

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–Invitation writing Book 1 –Onomatopoeia of the –Legend vs. nonfiction - Celtic Mythology: - Individual or MERLIN –Concept Fairies, dragons, group tree houses MISSIONS Vocabulary –King Arthur “waters of Christmas in Read a lot and use - Create Jack & 1 Cause & Effect –Knights of the Round memory and Camelot –Seasons: winter Annie in this Quest to Writing: Text types and Table imagination” your imagination -- Read Read - Passport to –Physical science: Camelot adventure’s Save purposes –Life in the Middle - Medieval Legend: and you can go to wardrobe Read Song Adventure freezng point Camelot Speaking & Listening: Ages Tales of King wondrous other - Analyze still #1 Comprehension and –Cardinal directions Arthur and the worlds. images for details collaboration Knights of the and predictions. Presentation skills Round Table Fantasy/Reality Rhyme

When you stand up to persons who Book 2 - - Concept treat you wrongly, Merlin - Vocabulary you often discover - Individual or Mission Haunted - Cause & Effect they feel weak and group tree houses - Writing: Text types and 2 Castle on – Medieval Legend afraid. Have - Create Jack & Quest to purposes –Seasons: fall –Ravens Hallows Eve sympathy for them, Annie in their Read Read - Passport to Save - Speaking & Listening: –Light and shadows Camelot –Animal homes: –Story of the but do not betray favorite wardrobe Read Song Adventure Camelot - Comprehension and –Minerals: diamonds nests - Analyze still Sword in the Stone #2 collaboration yourself. images for details - Presentation skills You should strive to and predictions. - Fantasy/Reality keep your personal - Rhyme dignity -- this will help you with difficult people.

- Concept Book 3 –Habitats/Biomes - - Vocabulary Merlin Ocean - Individual or - Cause & Effect Mission –Seasons: summer Try not to fight group tree houses Summer of Writing: Text types and Celtic Mythology: (solstice) - Create Jack & 3 the Sea purposes –Spiders Water horse, with others. Quest to –Earth science: day Fighting mostly Annie in this Serpent Speaking & Listening: –Seagulls Selkies adventure’s Read Read - Passport to Save length Camelot - Comprehension and –Seals grows out of fear. wardrobe Read Song Adventure Camelot –Landforms: cliffs, collaboration –Jellyfish Medieval Legend True strength comes - Analyze still #3 mountains, caves, - Presentation skills –Excalibur from love and images for details coves - Poetry compassion. and predictions. –Tides - Rhyme –Fog - Fantasy/Reality

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Book 4 - Concept Wisdom is Merlin - Vocabulary –Arctic Animals/ knowledge gained - Individual or Mission - Cause & Effect Adaptations from the heart as group tree houses Winter of the Writing: Text types and 4 –Seasons: winter - Norse Mythology: well as the head. - Create Jack & Ice Wizard Quest to purposes - Transportation: (solstice) - Arctic –Arctic Animals Frost Giant, When you try to Annie in their Read Read - Passport to Save Speaking & Listening: favorite wardrobe Sleigh –Insulators - Weather –Wolves Norns understand Read Song Adventure Camelot - Comprehension and - Analyze still –Physical science: - Medieval Legend #4 collaboration another’s point of images for details freezing point - Presentation skills view, you learn and predictions. –Avalanches - Rhyme about yourself as - Fantasy/Reality well.

–Paper mache masks. –Using informational –Paint sights from texts for research Book 5 Venice. –Perspective writing Merlin –Analyze Giovanni - Concept / Vocabulary Magic lives in the Mission –Map skills Battista Tiepolo's Carnival at - Cause & Effect world through –Virtual field trips –Rapid earth changes: - Venice, paintings. 5 Candlelight Writing: Text types and - Greek and creativity and the Using –Cultural traditions of floods Italy - Floods - Individual or group Read Read - Passport to purposes Roman Mythology: arts. Magic Venice, Italy –Research local - Adriatic - Canals, Lagoons tree houses Read Song Adventure Speaking & Listening: Neptune Use your Wisely #1 - Transportation: flooding history Sea - Create Jack & - Comprehension and imagination to Gondolas Annie in their collaboration solve problems. favorite wardrobe - Presentation skills - Analyze still - Fantasy/Reality images for details - Rhyme and predictions.

–Text-to-Text - Directions Connections: Tales from (north, south, –Paper making After you’ve –Carpet weaving Book 6 the Arabian Nights east, west) accomplished Merlin –Modes of –Graphing something great, Season of Mission - Concept / Vocabulary transportation (favorite tea ● Individual or group –Weather/seasons you should try to 6 the - Cause & Effect –Trading flavors) tree houses –Plant adaptations –Animal Sandstorms Using Writing: Text types and –Wants vs. needs –Camel word Ancient - Sandstorms - Arabian Nights: feel grateful and ● Create Jack & Read Read - Passport to Adaptations: Magic purposes - Greek History: –Astronomy problems Baghdad - Wind Flying Carpet humble. Annie in their Read Song Adventure Camels Wisely #2 Speaking & Listening: Aristotle/Philosophy -Habitat/Biomes: (addition, Just as unseen favorite wardrobe - Comprehension and - Arabic customs/ Desert multiplication) forces have helped collaboration dress –Number you, now you need Analyze still images - Presentation skills systems to help others as for details and predictions. - Fantasy/Reality (Arabic, Roman, well. - Rhyme etc.)

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–Create a –Biography research structure at least a If you work hard projects: Alexander foot tall that can Graham Bell, Thomas –Evolution of and finish the job, withstand "wind" Book 7 Alva Edison, Louis technology –How technology you’ll find your and an Merlin Pasteur, Gustave Eiffel (telephone, works (telephone, reward. "earthquake." Night of the Mission phonograph, phonograph, lightbulb, –Counting “When one door 7 New - Concept / Vocabulary lightbulb, medicine) pasteurization) money (French) closes, another Magicians Using ● Individual or group Read Read - Passport to - Cause & Effect - Eiffel Tower: history –Sound - Counting three Paris, France door Magic tree houses Read Song Adventure Writing: Text types and - History of the –Light and four digit opens.” (Alexander Wisely #3 ● Create Jack & purposes World’s Fair -Engineering numbers Graham Bell) “Genius is one Annie in their Speaking & Listening: - Transportation: Train Fundamentals: Wind favorite wardrobe - Comprehension and - French Architecture resistance design percent inspiration, 99 percent collaboration - Historical Fiction Analyze still images - Presentation skills perspiration.” (Thom for details and - Fantasy/Reality as Edison) predictions.

–Biography research –Hunt of the project: Rockefeller –Great Depression Unicorn tapestry - Famous NYC –Create your own Book 8 - Concept / Vocabulary Landmarks: Central tapestry Merlin - Cause & Effect Park, Bronx Zoo, Blizzard of Mission You should always Writing: Text types and Metropolitan Museum the Blue try your hardest ● Individual or group 8 purposes –City study: New –Blue moon -Medieval Legend: Moon Using Money word New York - Dog Hero: and be kind and tree houses Read Read - Passport to Speaking & Listening: York City (compare/ –Insulators Blizzards The Unicorn Magic problems City Balto ● Create Jack & Read Song Adventure - Comprehension and contrast with your city –Weather instruments Tapestries generous to those Wisely #4 less fortunate than Annie in their collaboration or town) favorite wardrobe - Presentation skills –Modes of yourself. - Poetry Transportation: Analyze still images - Fantasy/Reality subway, taxi cabs for details and - Rhyme –Rockefeller predictions. - Historical Fiction

–Basho (famous poet) –Edo (Tokyo, Japan) –Relationships with –Poetry (Haiku) other countries: –Quotations: "A closed boarders Journey of a thousand –Cultural traditions: miles begins with one teahouse manners, step." Book 9 sumo wrestling When a material ● Individual or group –Cultural legend: The Merlin - Japanese Customs, –Landforms: thing is destroyed, tree houses Cloud Dragon Dragon of the Mission dress, cuisine mountains (Mt. Fuji) something better ● Create Jack & –Concept - Puppeteers 9 Red Dawn - Famous landmarks: –Rapid Earth changes: –Tokyo, - Japanese often takes its Annie in their Vocabulary - Volcanoes Read Read Happiness Imperial Palace, Fish forest fires Japan Legend: Cloud place. favorite wardrobe –Cause & Effect - Wildfires Read Song - Passport to #1 Market, Great Bridge - Japanese Plants/ –Mt. Fuji Dragon You can find great –Writing: Text types and Adventure of Senju Landscape: banana beauty when you Analyze still images purposes –Government tree, cherry blossoms pay close attention for details and –Speaking & Listening: predictions. structure: military - Comprehension and to nature. (shogun, samurai) collaboration –Edo fire in 1657 - Presentation skills - Samurai Warriors - Fantasy/Reality - Sumo Wrestlers - Historical Fiction - Japanese architecture - Transportation: Ferry

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- The art of Leonardo da Vinci - Fresco - Concept / Vocabulary Curiosity opens - Famous works of - Cause & Effect - Leonardo da Vinci Book 10 - Early Theories of your mind to things art: Mona Lisa, Writing: Text types and - Greek and Roman Merlin Flight - The Great outside yourself. It The Baptism of Monday with purposes architecture Leonardo da Mission Bird gives you energy Christ, The Last 10 a Mad Speaking & Listening: - Renaissance Vinci - Anatomy and joy. Supper, The Genius - Comprehension and - Famous Landmarks: Florence, Read Read - Passport to Happiness - Botany If you have great Giant Horse collaboration The Old Bridge Italy Read Song Adventure #2 - Fossils curiosity about the - Self portrait - Presentation skills (Ponte Vecchio), Hall - Early design of world, you will - ● Individual or - Fantasy/Reality of the Great Council, weapons, boats, never grow bored. group tree houses - Rhyme Sistine Chapel submarines - Mirror Writing - The Bubonic Plague Try to become a ● Create Jack & - Note taking lifelong learner. Annie in their favorite wardrobe - Analyze still images for details and predictions.

- - Concept / Vocabulary - Cause & Effect - Early Ocean Book 11 - Writing: Text types and Exploration: HMS ● Individual or group Merlin purposes Challenger tree houses Dark Day in Sea Mission Fear can be Create Jack & 11 - Speaking & Listening: - Early Explorers: - Habitats/Biomes - ● the Deep Sea Monsters - Comprehension and Jacques Cousteau, Ocean conquered when Annie in their Atlantic Read Read - Passport to Happiness collaboration Dr. William Beebe, - Fossils - Storms Sea Monsters you show favorite wardrobe Ocean Read Song Adventure #3 - Presentation skills Charles Thompson, - Invertebrates compassion to all - Fantasy/Reality George Strong - Animal Adaptations living creatures. Analyze still images - Mystery Nares for details and predictions. - Literature (20,000 - Maps Leagues Under the - Transportation: Ship Sea, Around the World in Eighty Days)

Respect the Book 12 - Concept / Vocabulary mystery of nature - Individual or Eve of the Penguins Merlin - Cause & Effect - Transportation: bus, and the universe. group tree houses Mission - Writing: Text types and helicopter, - Animal Adaptations 12 Emperor and Know that you find - Create Jack & purposes snowmobile - Weather/Climate - Volcanoes - Animals of Penguin Antarctica your own happiness Annie in their Read Read - Passport to Happiness - Speaking & Listening: - Communication: - Research Stations - Temperature Antarctica - Ice bergs Antarctica favorite wardrobe when you try to Read Song Adventure #4 - Comprehension and Radio - Fossils - Blizzards - Penguins - Analyze still collaboration - Early South Pole - Seasons give happiness to images for details - Presentation skills Exploration an animal or and predictions. - Fantasy/Reality person who needs - Rhyme your help.

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–Research project: Royal Manners How-To Booklet Use good manners –Cause/effect study and have a sense –Design your own –Onomatopoeia of humor -- and floorplan for a Book 13 you can survive palace. Merlin Moonlight on - Concept / Vocabulary some very awkward - Mozart / Mission – Austrian customs, 13 the Magic - Cause & Effect moments. ● Individual or group - Classical dress, furnishings Flute Writing: Text types and –Sound: woodwind - Vienna, Have respect for tree houses Music - Passport to Inspiring - Austrian royalty –Peacock purposes family (flute) Austria yourself. Try to be ● Create Jack & - Flute Adventure #1 - Mozart Speaking & Listening: Annie in their Read Read – History of Vienna yourself. - Comprehension and Try to discover the favorite wardrobe Read Song collaboration best use for your Analyze still images - Presentation skills talents -- and don’t - Writing Genre: for details and be afraid to try predictions. Invitation something new. - Fantasy/Reality - Historical Fiction

–Louis Armstrong - History of Jazz –Onomatopoeia - History of Halloween You should treat - Jazz everyone well. Book 14 –Civil rights music - Concept / Vocabulary –French culture and Never judge - Individual or - Allen - “A Night in Merlin people based on group tree houses A Good Night Mission - Cause & Effect language Toussaint New 14 Ghosts Writing: Text types and - Famous New their race or - Create Jack & songs Orleans” for Ghosts - New Orleans purposes Orleans landmarks: –Sound: brass family New religion. Annie in their - “Scatt” Musical Inspiring - storms legend: The Ghost favorite wardrobe Speaking & Listening: Bourbon Street, (trumpet) Orleans, LA singing #2 of Jean Lafitte If you try hard and - Analyze still - Comprehension and Jackson Square put effort into all images for details - Passport to collaboration - New Orleans your work, you’ll and predictions. - Read Adventure - Presentation skills cuisine: Gumbo find success -- and Read - Fantasy/Reality - Racial Inequality sometimes in areas Read - Historical Fiction - Transportation: you least expect. Song Electric Streetcars, steamboats, coal cart

–Fantasy vs. reality –Poetry: limericks –Drama/plays –Write and –Vivid imagery illustrate your own Book 15 –Storytelling –Irish Folklore –Multiplication: magical story. Merlin –Sound: woodwind Figure out your Leprechaun Leprechauns –Compare/contrast rows of dancers Mission family (Irish whistle) special talents. 15 in Late and Irish - Concept / Vocabulary chores and –Survey: ● Individual or group - Irish –Plant adaptations: - Celtic Mythology: And think about Winter Folklore - Cause & Effect responsibilities then turning into tree houses Music - Passport to Inspiring trees Ireland Irish fairies, how you might use Writing: Text types and and today animals ● Create Jack & Read Read Adventure #3 - Rainbows leprechauns purposes –Roles of girls in –Ratios: real your talents to Annie in their Read Song –Habitats: glade, Speaking & Listening: society size vs. bring happiness to favorite wardrobe thicket - Comprehension and –St. Patrick's Day shrunken size others. collaboration Analyze still images - Presentation skills for details and predictions. - Fantasy/Reality - Rhyme

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–Author study: Charles –Victorian Age –Charles Dickens Dickens –Sound: strings family - “Ghost Tale –Industrial Revolution/ –Oliver Twist (violin) –Illustrate the life for Mr. child labor You should stand - Technology: New of a rich child and Dickens” 60 –Thematic study: –Compare/contrast up for what’s right; Rags and Book 16 inventions, a poor child. minute judgment of rich and poor help the A Ghost Tale Riches: Kids Merlin discoveries and Classroom appearances lifestyles unfortunate; and 16 for Christmas in the Time Mission advancements in ● Individual or group Play (MTI) - Concept / Vocabulary –Economics: work behave with Time of Charles Victorian Era: –Money word tree houses Read Read - Cause & Effect and payment England Dickens Inspiring cameras, running problems fairness and ● Create Jack & Read Song - Puppets Writing: Text types and –Roles of girls in #4 water, flush toilets, generosity toward Annie in their purposes society telephones, others. favorite wardrobe - Passport to Speaking & Listening: - British Monarchy/ typewriters, electric Never lie. Never Adventure - Comprehension and Queen Victoria lights, bicycles, cars blame others Analyze still images - 60 minute collaboration - Epidemics/Diseases - Vaccines for cholera falsely. for details and Classroom - Presentation skills of the Victorian Era predictions. and typhoid Play - Fantasy/Reality - New laws to improve - Historical Fiction the lives of children

–Perspective –Research project: Mogul Manners – Great Mogul Book 17 - Concept Dynasty of India –Gems (emeralds) - Individual or Merlin - Vocabulary Indian customs, dress –Animal adaptations group tree houses Snakes and –King cobra - Passport to A Crazy Day Mission - Cause & Effect - Mogul architecture –Camouflage Step forward to - Create Jack & 17 Other snakes Adventure with Cobras Writing: Text types and - World landmarks: - Classification of - Agra, India help others and Annie in this Reptiles –Ratios/ –Arabian horses Read Read Penny’s purposes Taj Mahal reptiles - Indian treat all creatures adventure’s conversions –Elephants wardrobe Read Song - Respectful Spell #1 Speaking & Listening: –Roles of girls in - Habitat/Biomes - Forest (Asian and with dignity and - Analyze still audience - Comprehension and society Forest (Bamboo African) respect. images for details behavior collaboration –Ambassadors and Forests for King and predictions. - Presentation skills relationships with Cobras) - Fantasy/Reality other countries - Rhyme - Creative Writing - Historical Fiction

–Create art from - Concept –Landforms: If you have pressed flowers. Book 18 - Vocabulary mountains patience and Merlin - Cause & Effect - Passport to Dogs in the –Swiss Alps –Plant adaptations: courage and work ● Individual or group Mission Writing: Text types and Adventure 18 Dead of Dog Heroes - Great St. Bernard mountain flowers tree houses purposes –Earth changes: –St. Bernard hard, you can Read Read Night Pass - Botany Swiss Alps ● Create Jack & Penny’s Speaking & Listening: avalanche dogs achieve the Read Song - Respectful - Monks/Monasteries - Animal Adaptations Annie in their Spell #2 - Comprehension and impossible. audience –Napoleon - Service and Rescue favorite wardrobe collaboration Strive to have an behavior Dogs - Presentation skills open and positive - Dog breeds Analyze still images - Fantasy/Reality attitude. for details and - Rhyme predictions.

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- Civil War - Slavery - If you love learning - Emancipation - Concept and work hard to Book 19 Proclamation - Individual or - Vocabulary complete your Merlin - Gettysburg Address group tree houses - Cause & Effect tasks, and you - Passport to Abe Lincoln Abraham Mission - Early education/Blab - Create Jack & 19 - Writing: Text types and - Washingto have a great Adventure at Last! Lincoln Schools Annie in this purposes - Diseases of the n D.C. adventure’s Read Read Penny’s - The White House concern for others, - Speaking & Listening: 1800’s - Kentucky wardrobe Read Song - Respectful Spell #3 (compare and the sky is your limit. - Comprehension and - Indiana - Analyze still audience contrast the White Hold onto hope in collaboration images for details behavior House then and order to deal with - Presentation skills and predictions. now) sorrow. - Fantasy/Reality - Ford’s Theatre / Take responsibility - Historical Fiction Assassination of for yourself. Lincoln

- Concept Book 20 - Vocabulary Be a guardian over - Individual or Pandas and Merlin A Perfect - Cause & Effect animals because group tree houses - Passport to Other Mission Time for Writing: Text types and they cannot speak - Create Jack & Adventure Endangered - Endangered Pandas purposes - Animal Adaptations for themselves. Annie in their Read Read Species Penny’s - China Species - Panda Bears 20 Speaking & Listening: - Earthquakes favorite wardrobe Read Song - Respectful Spell #4 - Earthquakes Respect the - Analyze still - Comprehension and natural world and images for details audience collaboration protect animal and predictions. behavior - Presentation skills habitats. - Fantasy/Reality

- Concept - Vocabulary - Plot Visualization Book 21 - Cause & Effect - Individual or Merlin Writing: Text types and - Mapping Skills Humility is a secret group tree houses - Passport to Stallion by Horse Mission purposes - Macedonia 21 - Ancient Greek - Solar System - Greek Gods to greatness. - Create Jack & Adventure Starlight Heroes Speaking & Listening: -Measurement - Athens, culture functionality - Alexander the Humility keeps you Annie in this Read Read Greatness - Comprehension and (Standard and Greece - Horses - Lifestyles past and - Constellations Great open to always adventure’s Read Song - Respectful #1 collaboration non-standard) - Ancient wardrobe present - Moon Phases - Bucephalus audience - Presentation skills Greece learning and - Analyze still - Historical Quotations behavior - Fantasy/Reality growing. images for details - Note taking skills and predictions. - Genre focus: Biographies

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- Concept - Vocabulary Magic Tricks - Plot Visualization From the Book 22 - Cause & Effect Merlin Writing: Text types and Hard work is a key - Individual or Treehouse: A - Passport to Hurry Up, Mission purposes - Time ingredient of group tree houses - Musical 22 Fun Adventure Houdini! Speaking & Listening: - Harry Houdini - Elapsed time greatness. But - Create Jack & Emotions Companion - Landforms Coney Greatness - Comprehension and - Mapping Skills - Money having fun while Annie in their to Hurry Up, - Optical Illusions Island, NY favorite wardrobe - Respectful #2 collaboration - Historical Quotations - Multiplication Read Read Houdini! you do the hard - Analyze still audience - Presentation skills - Math Tricks Read Song work is also images for details behavior - Fantasy/Reality important. and predictions. - Note taking skills - Genre focus: Biographies

- Florence Nightingale - Concept - Life Past and - Vocabulary Present - Cause & Effect - British occupation of - Compare/Contrast - Paintings of Egypt Book 23 - Text features - Donkeys Anubis - Historical gender/ - Medical Technology - Counting Merlin - Making inferences - Thebes, - Crocodiles - Individual or behavior norms - Earth features: rivers, money in - Music - Passport to High Time for Heroes for Mission - Questioning Egypt - Hippos group tree houses 23 Transportation: valleys, cliffs different A secret to from Adventure Heroes All Times - Context clues - The Nile - Egyptian - Create Jack & - Kinds of boats, - Egyptian climate cultures - Egyptian greatness is finding Egypt Greatness Writing: Text types and River - The Nile River Jackals Annie in this donkeys - Habitats: deserts (Egyptian) Mythology adventure’s - Respectful #3 purposes - Valley of - Egyptian meaning and - Careers: nurses and - Weathering: ruins - Egyptian wardrobe Read Read audience Speaking & Listening: the Kings Snakes (black purpose in your life. guides - Food Chains: number - Analyze still Read Song behavior - Comprehension and - England mamba) - Harriet Tubman predators and prey systems images for details collaboration - Baboons - Susan B. Anthony and predictions. - Presentation skills - Mahatma Gandhi - Note taking skills - Martin Luther King, - Genre focus: Jr. Biographies - John Muir

- Concept - Vocabulary - Cause & Effect - Compare/contrast Book 24 - Text features - World Cup Soccer - Making inferences History - Individual or Merlin - Counting - Questioning - Soccer hero: Pelé group tree houses - Passport to Soccer on Mission money in Enthusiasm is a 24 Soccer - Context clues Transportation: - Mexico - Create Jack & Adventure Sunday - -Mexico City climate different secret of greatness. Writing: Text types and - Metro, tram, bus City Annie in their Read Read Greatness - Inventions: stadium, cultures Love what you do favorite wardrobe purposes - Map skills - Brazil Read Song - Respectful #4 screens, cell phones (Mexico) - Analyze still - Pamphlets, tickets - Aztec civilization - Italy and share that joy audience - Elapsed time images for details Speaking & Listening: - World flags with others. behavior - Fractions and predictions. - Comprehension and - Soccer around the collaboration world - Presentation skills - Note taking skills - Genre focus: Biographies

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- Concept - Vocabulary - Cause & Effect - Compare/contrast - Mayan masks, - Text features head dresses and - Making inferences - Communication - Animal Habitats attire - Questioning technology: texting, A great leader is Book 25 - Coral Reefs - Cozumel, - Individual or - Passport to Shadow of - Context clues notes - Sharks just and fair. A 25 Sharks Merlin - Earth features: - Mayan Mexico group tree houses Adventure the Shark - Captions - Tourism - Coral great leader has Mission peninsula, ocean, calendar - Yucatán - Create Jack & Read Read Writing: Text types and - Mayan civilization - Corral Reefs - Jaguars courage and cave - Conversion Peninsula Annie in this Read Song - Respectful purposes past and present - Whale Sharks - Materials that float ratios - The Ocean, wisdom. A great adventure’s audience - Persuasive writing - Cultural ceremonies wardrobe - Winds, waves and Beach leader can be male behavior Speaking & Listening: - Yohl lk’nal - Analyze still currents or female. - Comprehension and - Women’s leaders images for details collaboration and predictions. - Presentation skills - - Note taking skills - Genre focus: Travel Guide

- Concept - Vocabulary - Cause & Effect - Individual or Balto of the Dogsledding Book 26 Writing: Text types and group tree houses - Passport to One should help 26 Blue Dawn and Extreme Merlin purposes - Create Jack & Adventure - Sled Dogs Sports Mission Speaking & Listening: others for the sake Annie in their Read Read - Alaska, 1925 - Diphtheria Epidemic - Alaska - Winter - Dogs (Siberian - Comprehension and of doing good, favorite wardrobe Read Song - Respectful Huskies) - Analyze still collaboration rather than to gain audience fame or reward. images for details - Presentation skills and predictions. behavior - Note taking skills - Genre focus: Biographies

- Concept - Invasions of - Vocabulary British Isles in 5th - Individual or - Cause & Effect century group tree houses Dragons and Book 27 Writing: Text types and - Passport to Night of the - stories of King When things look - Create Jack & 27 Mythical Merlin purposes Adventure Ninth Dragon Arthur and the their worst, pick Annie in this Creatures Mission Speaking & Listening: - 5th century British - Britain Read Read Isle of Avalon yourself up, brush adventure’s - Comprehension and Isles - Wales wardrobe Read Song - Respectful - Welsh dragons collaboration yourself off and - Analyze still audience and the - Presentation skills keep going. images for details behavior - Geography of - Note taking skills and predictions. Wales - Genre focus: Biographies

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–Using informational texts for research –Gathering information - Individual or from primary source World at War, Super Hope and courage group tree houses 1 World War II documents can carry - Create Jack & 1944 Edition - Concept / Vocabulary - England us through the Annie in this - Cause & Effect Read Read World War II, 1940’s - Normandy hardest of times. adventure’s - Writing: Text types and wardrobe Read Song - France Freedom is a gift purposes - Analyze still - Speaking & Listening: we must never images for details Comprehension and take for granted. and predictions. collaboration Presentation skills Historical Fiction

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