[Unit 1Replace the ON Expectations with British Columbias
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OL: Oral Language
R/V: Reading/Viewing
W/R: Writing/Representing
Unit 1 What Is a Story?Lesson Instructional FocusPrescribed
Learning Outcomes
Launching the Unit
Lets Talk
VocabularyOL A1: Use speaking and listening to interact with
others for the purposes of contributing to a class goal, exchanging
ideas on a topic, and making connections
R/V B4: View and demonstrate comprehension of visual texts
R/V B11: Recognize and derive meaning from the structures and
features of texts, including concepts about print and concepts
about books, elements of stories, text features, and the vocabulary
associated with texts
Lets Read: Narrative
The Turnip GardenR/V B7: Use strategies during reading and
viewing to construct, monitor, and confirm meaning, including
retelling and beginning to summarize
R/V B11: Recognize and derive meaning from the structures and
features of texts, including elements of stories
W/R C3: Create imaginative writing and representations,
sometimes based on models they have read, heard, or viewed,
featuring an organization that includes a well-developed beginning
and logically ordered, imaginative ideas, or details
Try It Out: Narrative
Pancake Surprise OL A5: Use strategies when expressing and
presenting ideas, information, and feelings, including adjusting
volume and tone to the needs of the audience
R/V B1: Read fluently and demonstrate comprehension of
grade-appropriate literary texts
R/V B5: Use strategies before reading and viewing, including
accessing prior knowledge to make connections
R/V B6: Use strategies during reading and viewing to construct,
monitor, and confirm meaning, including predicting and making
connections
R/V B7: Use strategies after reading and viewing to confirm and
extend meaning, including discussing with others
R/V B11: Recognize and derive meaning from the structures and
features of texts, including elements of stories
Try It Out: Narrative
Hamster ChaseOL A11: Use the features of oral language to convey
and derive meaning, including receptive listening postureR/V B11:
Recognize and derive meaning from the structures and features of
texts, including elements of stories
W/R C8: Use writing and representing to extend thinking by
presenting new understandings in a variety of forms
Try It Out: Narrative
The Wild, Woolly ChildOL A5: Use strategies when expressing and
presenting ideas, information, and feelings, including adjusting
volume and tone to the needs of the audienceR/V B11: Recognize and
derive meaning from the structures and features of texts, including
elements of stories
W/R C7: Use writing and representing to extend thinking by
presenting new understandings in a variety of forms
Lets Listen: Make Connections while You Listen
The BearOL A3: Listen attentively for a variety of purposes and
demonstrate comprehension, by sharing connections made
OL A4: Use strategies when interacting with others, including
making and sharing connections
OL A2: Use speaking to explore, express, and present ideas,
information, and feelings, by sharing connections made
Lets Write: Choose a Big IdeaOL A6: Use strategies when
listening to make and clarify meaning, including recalling main
ideasW/R C4: Use strategies before writing and representing,
including generating, selecting, developing, and organizing ideas
from personal interest, prompts, models of good literature, and/or
graphicsW/R C1: Create personal writing and representations that
express connections to personal experiences, ideas, likes, and
dislikes, featuring idea developed through the use of relevant
details that connect to a topic
Lets Look at Media: Identify Purpose and Audience
Tell a Book by Its CoverOL A2: Use speaking to explore, express,
and present ideas, information, and feelings, by staying on topic
in a focused discussionR/V B11: Recognize and derive meaning from
the structures and features of texts, including concepts about
print and concepts about books
R/V B8: Respond to selections they read or view, by expressing
an opinion supported with reasons
Lets Read: Make Connections
Its Not My Fault!OL A2: Use speaking to explore, express, and
present ideas, information, and feelings by sharing connections
madeR/V B9: Read and view to expand knowledge, by predicting and
connecting, and comparing and inferring
R/V B8: Respond to selections they read or view, by expressing
an opinion supported with reasons and making text-to-self,
text-to-text, and text-to-world connections
Try It Out: Make Connections
The Blink-OffOL A2: Use speaking to explore, express, and
present ideas, information, and feelings by sharing connections
made
R/V B8: Respond to selections they read or view, by making
text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world connections
W/R C8: Use writing and representing to extend thinking by
presenting new understandings in a variety of forms
Try It Out: Make Connections
Oonga BoongaOL A5: Use strategies when expressing and presenting
ideas, information, and feelings, including adjusting volume and
tone to the needs of the audience
R/V B8: Respond to selections they read or view, by making
text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world connections
W/R C7: Use writing and representing to express personal
responses and opinions about experiences or texts
Try It Out: Make Connections
I Wanna IguanaOL A2: Use speaking to explore, express, and
present ideas, information, and feelings, by reporting on a topic
with a few supporting facts and details
R/V B8: Respond to selections they read or view, by making
text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world connections
W/R C8: Use writing and representing to extend thinking by
presenting new understandings in a variety of forms
Unit Assessment OL A3: Listen attentively for a variety of
purposes and demonstrate comprehension, by sharing connections
made
R/V B11: Recognize and derive meaning from the structures and
features of texts, including concepts about print and concepts
about books, and elements of stories
W/R C4: Use strategies before writing and representing,
including generating, selecting, developing, and organizing ideas
from personal interests, prompts, models of good literature, and/or
graphics
OL: Oral Language
R/V: Reading/Viewing
W/R: Writing/Representing
Unit 2 AnimalsLesson Instructional FocusPrescribed Learning
Outcomes
Launching the Unit
Lets Talk
VocabularyOL A1: Use speaking and listening to interact with
others for the purposes of exchanging ideas on a topic and making
connectionsR/V B8: Respond to selections they read or view by
making text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world
connections
R/V B4: View and demonstrate comprehension of visual textsR/V
B6: Use strategies during reading and viewing to construct,
monitor, and confirm meaning, including figuring out unknown
words
Lets Read: VisualizeHow Big?OL A3: Listen attentively for a
variety of purposes and demonstrate comprehension, by sharing
connections madeR/V B5: Use strategies before reading and viewing,
including accessing prior knowledge to make connections
R/V B6: Use strategies during reading and viewing to construct,
monitor, and confirm meaning, including visualizing
R/V B7: Use strategies after reading and viewing to confirm and
extend meaning, including discussing with others
R/V B8: Respond to selections they read or view by making
text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world connections
W/R C4: Use strategies before writing and representing,
including generating, selecting, developing, and organizing ideas
from a variety of sources
Try It Out: VisualizeOdd BirdsOL A3: Listen attentively for a
variety of purposes and demonstrate comprehension, by sharing
connections made
OL A7: Demonstrate enhanced vocabulary knowledge and usage
R/V B6: Use strategies during reading and viewing to construct,
monitor, and confirm meaning, including visualizing
W/R C10: Use some features and conventions of language to
express meaning in their writing and representing, including words
from oral vocabulary, personal word list, and class lists
Try It Out: VisualizeJump or JiggleOL A3: Listen attentively for
a variety of purposes and demonstrate comprehension, including
sharing connections madeOL A7: Demonstrate enhanced vocabulary
knowledge and usage
R/V B6: Use strategies during reading and viewing to construct,
monitor, and confirm meaning, including visualizing
W/R C2: Create informational writing and representations about
non-complex topics and procedures, featuring developing word choice
by using some content-specific vocabulary and details
Try It Out: Visualize
How Polar Bears HuntOL A3: Listen attentively for a variety of
purposes and demonstrate comprehension, by sharing connections
madeOL A7: Demonstrate enhanced vocabulary knowledge and usage
R/V B6: Use strategies during reading and viewing to construct,
monitor, and confirm meaning, including visualizing
W/R C2: Create informational writing and representations about
non-complex topics and procedures, featuring an organization that
includes a beginning that signals a topic and ideas that are
generally logically sequenced
Lets Read: Identify Characteristics of Information Reports
All About FrogsOL A3: Listen attentively for a variety of
purposes and demonstrate comprehension, by sharing connections
madeR/V B2: Read fluently and demonstrate comprehension of
grade-appropriate information texts
R/V B11: Recognize and derive meaning from the structures and
features of texts, including text features and the vocabulary
associated with textsW/R C4: Use strategies before writing and
representing, including generating, selecting, developing, and
organizing ideas from personal interest, prompts, models of good
listening, and/or graphics
Try It Out: Identify Characteristics of Information Reports
OwlsOL A3: Listen attentively for a variety of purposes and
demonstrate comprehension, by sharing connections madeOL A2: Use
speaking to explore, express, and present ideas, information, and
feelings, by staying on topic in a focused discussionR/V B11:
Recognize and derive meaning from the structures and features of
texts, including text features and the vocabulary associated with
textsW/R C8: Use writing and representing to extend thinking by
presenting new understandings in a variety of forms
Try It Out: Identify Characteristics of Information Reports
A Long Winter SleepOL A4: Use strategies when interacting with
others, including taking turns as speaker and listenerR/V B11:
Recognize and derive meaning from the structures and features of
texts, including text features and the vocabulary associated with
textsW/R C4: Use strategies before writing and representing,
including generating, selecting, developing, and organizing ideas
from personal interest, prompts, models of good literature, and/or
graphicsW/R C2: Create informational writing and representations
about non-complex topics and procedures, featuring an organization
that includes a well-developed beginning and logically ordered,
imaginative ideas or details
Try It Out: Identify Characteristics of Information Reports
Animal GroupsOL A1: Use speaking and listening to interact with
others for the purposes of exchanging ideas on a topic, completing
tasks, and engaging in playOL A4: Use strategies when interacting
with others, including taking turns as speaker and listenerR/V B11:
Recognize and derive meaning from the structures and features of
texts, including text features and the vocabulary associated with
texts
Lets Listen: Visualize While You Listen
MiceOL A3: Listen attentively for a variety of purposes and
demonstrate comprehension, by sharing connections madeR/V B8:
Respond to selections they read or view, by making text-to-self,
text-to-text, and text-to-world connections
R/V B6: Use strategies during reading and viewing to construct,
monitor, and confirm meaning, including visualizing, and retelling
and beginning to summarizeR/V B8: Respond to selections they read
or view, by expressing an opinion supported with reasons
Lets Look at Media: Identify Characteristics of Trading
Cards
Animal Trading CardsOL A2: Use speaking to explore, express, and
present ideas, information, and feelings, by sharing connections
madeR/V B6: Use strategies during reading and viewing to construct,
monitor, and confirm meaning, including retelling and beginning to
summarizeR/V B11: Recognize and derive meaning from the structures
and features of texts, including concepts about print and concepts
about booksW/R C5: Use strategies during writing and representing
to express thoughts, including examining models of
literature/visuals
Lets Write: Add Details to Your WritingOL A2: Use speaking to
explore, express, and present ideas, information, and feelings, by
staying on topic in a focused discussion
W/R C2: Create informational writing and representations about
non-complex topics and procedures, featuring ideas beginning to be
developed through the use of relevant details
W/R C4: Use strategies before writing and representing,
including generating, selecting, developing, and organizing ideas
from a variety of sources
W/R C6: Use strategies after writing and representing to improve
their work, including revising to enhance a writing trait
Try It Out: Read Like a Writer
Animals in Inuit LifeOL A2: Use speaking to explore, express,
and present ideas, information, and feelings, by staying on topic
in a focused discussionOL A7: Demonstrate enhanced vocabulary
knowledge and usage
R/V B5: Use strategies before reading and viewing, including
asking questions
R/V B6: Use strategies during reading and viewing to construct,
monitor, and confirm meaning, including retelling and beginning to
summarize
R/V B7: Use strategies after reading and viewing to confirm and
extend meaning, including retelling and beginning to summarize
Unit Assessment OL A3: Listen attentively for a variety of
purposes and demonstrate comprehension, by sharing connections
madeR/V B1, B2: Read fluently and demonstrate comprehension of
grade-appropriate literary and information textsW/R C2: Create
informational writing and representations about non-complex topics
and procedures, featuring ideas beginning to be developed through
the use of relevant details
OL: Oral Language
R/V: Reading/Viewing
W/R: Writing/Representing
Unit 3 Celebrate TraditionsLesson Instructional FocusSpecific
Outcomes
Launching the Unit
Lets Talk
VocabularyOL A1: Use speaking and listening to interact with
others for a the purposes of exchanging ideas on a topic and
completing tasksR/V B8: Respond to selections they read or view, by
making text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world
connections
R/V B4: View and demonstrate comprehension of visual texts
R/V B5: Use strategies during reading and viewing to construct,
monitor, and confirm meaning, including figuring out unknown
words
Lets Read: Titles and Headings
Hooray for Canada Day!OL A1: Use speaking and listening to
interact with others for the purpose of exchanging ideas on a topic
and making connectionsR/V B5: Use strategies before reading and
viewing, including accessing prior knowledge to make connectionsR/V
B6: Use strategies during reading and viewing to construct,
monitor, and confirm meaning, including predicting and making
connections
R/V B7: Use strategies after reading and viewing to confirm and
extend meaning, including discussing with others
R/V B11: Recognize and derive meaning from the structures and
features of texts, including text features and the vocabulary
associated with textsW/R C9: Use writing and representing to extend
thinking by presenting new understandings in a variety of forms
Try It Out: Titles and Headings
My Turn to RememberOL A1: Use speaking and listening to interact
with others for the purposes of exchanging ideas on a topic and
completing tasksR/V B5: Use strategies before reading and viewing,
including accessing prior knowledge to make connections
R/V B6: Use strategies during reading and viewing to construct,
monitor, and confirm meaning, including predicting and making
connections
R/V B7: Use strategies after reading and viewing to confirm and
extend meaning, including discussing with others
R/V B11: Recognize and derive meaning from the structures and
features of texts, including text features and the vocabulary
associated with texts
W/R C4: Use strategies before writing and representing,
including generating, selecting, developing, and organizing ideas
from personal interest, prompts, models of good literature, and/or
graphics
Try It Out: Titles and Headings
Noisy CelebrationsOL A5: Use strategies when expressing and
presenting ideas, information, and feelings, including adjusting
volume and tone to the needs of the audienceR/V B5: Use strategies
before reading and viewing, including accessing prior knowledge to
make connections
R/V B6: Use strategies during reading and viewing to construct,
monitor, and confirm meaning, including predicting and making
connections
R/V B7: Use strategies after reading and viewing to confirm and
extend meaning, including discussing with others
R/V B11: Recognize and derive meaning from the structures and
features of texts, including text features and the vocabulary
associated with texts
W/R C9: Use writing and representing to extend thinking by
presenting new understandings in a variety of forms
Try It Out: Titles and Headings
Whats for Dinner?OL A5: Use strategies when expressing and
presenting ideas, information, and feelings, including predicting
what the audience needs to know for understandingR/V B5: Use
strategies before reading and viewing, including accessing prior
knowledge to make connections
R/V B6: Use strategies during reading and viewing to construct,
monitor, and confirm meaning, including predicting and making
connections
R/V B7: Use strategies after reading and viewing to confirm and
extend meaning, including discussing with others
R/V B11: Recognize and derive meaning from the structures and
features of texts, including text features and the vocabulary
associated with texts
W/R C3: Create imaginative writing and representations,
sometimes based on models they have read, heard, or viewed,
featuring ideas developed through the use of details that enhance
the topic
Lets Listen: Use Descriptive Words
A Thanksgiving DinnerOL A3: Listen attentively for a variety of
purposes and demonstrate comprehension, by sharing connections
madeOL A6: Use strategies when listening to make and clarify
meaning, including focussing on the speaker and recalling main
ideas
R/V B5: Use strategies before reading and viewing, including
accessing prior knowledge to make connections
R/V B6: Use strategies during reading and viewing to construct,
monitor, and confirm meaning, including visualizing
R/V B7: Use strategies after reading and viewing to confirm and
extend meaning, including discussing with others
W/R C3: Create imaginative writing and representations,
sometimes based on models they have read, heard, or viewed,
featuring developing word choice by using some varied descriptive
and sensory language
Lets Read: Predict
A New Year for EveryoneOL A5: Use strategies when expressing and
presenting ideas, information, and feelings, including adjusting
volume and tone to the needs of the audienceR/V B6: Use strategies
during reading and viewing to construct, monitor, and confirm
meaning, including predicting and making connectionsR/V B11:
Recognize and derive meaning from the structures and features of
texts, including text features and the vocabulary associated with
texts
W/R C3: Create imaginative writing representations, sometimes
based on models they have read, heard, or viewed, featuring
developing word choice by using some varied descriptive and sensory
language
Try It Out: Predict
Kwanzaa FunOL A6: Use strategies when listening to make and
clarify meaning, including making a prediction and asking
questionsR/V B6: Use strategies during reading and viewing to
construct, monitor, and confirm meaning, including predicting and
making connections
R/V B11: Recognize and derive meaning from the structures and
features of texts, including text features and the vocabulary
associated with texts
W/R C3: Create imaginative writing and representations,
sometimes based on models they have read, heard, or viewed,
featuring ideas developed through the use of details that enhance
the topic or mood
Try It Out: PredictFour Seasons of CelebratingOL A6: Use
strategies when listening to make and clarify meaning, including
making a prediction
OL A5: Use strategies when expressing and presenting ideas,
information, and feelings, including adjusting volume and tone to
the needs of the audienceR/V B6: Use strategies during reading and
viewing to construct, monitor, and confirm meaning, including
predicting and making connections
R/V B11: Recognize and derive meaning from the structures and
features of texts, including text features and the vocabulary
associated with texts
Try It Out: Predict
Fun with FriendsOL A2: Use speaking to explore, express, and
present ideas, information, and feelings, by sharing connections
madeR/V B6: Use strategies during reading and viewing to construct,
monitor, and confirm meaning, including predicting and making
connections
R/V B11: Recognize and derive meaning from the structures and
features of texts, including text features and the vocabulary
associated with texts
W/R C8: Use writing and representing to extend thinking by
presenting new understandings in a variety of forms
Lets Look at Media: Interpret Messages from Invitations
Youre Invited!OL A5: Use strategies when expressing and
presenting ideas, information, and feelings, including adjusting
volume and tone to the needs of the audience
R/V B5: Use strategies before reading and viewing, including
accessing prior knowledge to make connections
R/V B6: Use strategies during reading and viewing to construct,
monitor, and confirm meaning, including retelling and beginning to
summarizeR/V B7: Use strategies after reading and viewing to
confirm and extend meaning, including rereading and re-viewingR/V
B11: Recognize and derive meaning from the structures and features
of texts, including concepts about print and concepts about books,
and text features W/R C3: Create imaginative writing and
representations, sometimes based on models they have read, heard,
or viewed, featuring ideas developed through the use of details
that enhance the topic or mood, and developing word choice by using
some varied descriptive and sensory language
Lets Write: Stay on TopicOL A11: Use features of oral language
to convey and derive meaning, including receptive listening
postureR/V B5: Use strategies before reading and viewing, including
making predictions and setting a purposeR/V B6: Use strategies
during reading and viewing to construct, monitor, and confirm
meaning, including predicting and making connectionsR/V B7: Use
strategies after reading and viewing to confirm and extend meaning,
including rereading and re-viewing
W/R C6: Use strategies after writing and representing to improve
their work, including revising to enhance a writing trait
Try It Out: Read Like a Writer
Standing ProudOL A9: Use speaking and listening to develop
thinking, by acquiring new ideas and inquiringR/V B2: Read fluently
and demonstrate comprehension of grade-appropriate information
textsW/R C6: Use strategies after writing and representing to
improve their work, including revising to enhance a writing
trait
W/R C8: Use writing and representing to extend thinking by
presenting new understandings in a variety of forms
Unit Assessment R/V B11: Recognize and derive meaning from the
structures and features of texts, including text features and the
vocabulary associated with texts
W/R C6: Use strategies after writing and representing to improve
their work, including revising to enhance writing trait
W/R C3: Create imaginative writing and representations,
sometimes based on models they have read, heard, or viewed,
featuring developing word choice by using some varied descriptive
and sensory language
OL: Oral Language
R/V: Reading/Viewing
W/R: Writing/Representing
Unit 4 BiographiesLesson Instructional FocusPrescribed Learning
Outcomes
Launching the Unit
Lets Talk
VocabularyOL A5: Use strategies when expressing and presenting
ideas, information, and feelings, including adjusting volume and
tone to the needs of the audienceR/V B6: Use strategies during
reading and viewing to construct, monitor, and confirm meaning,
including figuring out unknown words, and retelling and beginning
to summarizeR/V B4: View and demonstrate comprehension of visual
texts
Lets Read: Recount
Go for Gold!OL A3: Listen attentively for a variety of purposes
and demonstrate comprehension, by retelling or paraphrasing
information shared orallyR/V B8: Respond to selections they read or
view, by expressing an opinion supported with reasons
R/V B11: Recognize and derive meaning from the structures and
features of texts, including text features, and the vocabulary
associated with texts
W/R C4: Use strategies before writing and representing,
including generating, selecting, developing, and organizing ideas
from personal interests, prompts, models of good literature, and/or
graphics
Try It Out: Recount
A Sharks Best FriendOL A7: Demonstrate enhanced vocabulary
knowledge and usage
R/V B1: Read fluently and demonstrate comprehension of
grade-appropriate literary texts
R/V B11: Recognize and derive meaning from the structures and
features of texts, including text features, and the vocabulary
associated with texts
Try It Out: Recount
The Paperback PrinceR/V B6: Use strategies during reading and
viewing to construct, monitor, and confirm meaning, including
retelling and beginning to summarize
R/V B7: Use strategies after reading and viewing to confirm and
extend meaning, including retelling and beginning to summarize, and
sketching
R/V B11: Recognize and derive meaning from the structures and
features of texts, including text features, and the vocabulary
associated with textsW/R C4: Use strategies before writing and
representing, including generating, selecting, developing, and
organizing ideas from personal interests, prompts, models of good
literature, and/or graphics
Try It Out: Recount
The Sky Is the LimitOL A2: Use speaking to explore, express, and
present ideas, information, and feelings, by recounting experiences
in a logical sequenceR/V B11: Recognize and derive meaning from the
structures and features of texts, including text features, and the
vocabulary associated with texts
R/V B8: Respond to selections they read or view, by making
text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world connections
W/R C4: Use strategies before writing and representing,
including generating, selecting, developing, and organizing ideas
from personal interests, prompts, models of good literature, and/or
graphics
Lets Look at Media: Conventions of DVD Covers
Whats on DVD?OL A2: Use speaking to explore, express, and
present ideas, information, and feelings by staying on topic in a
focussed discussion, and reporting on a topic with a few supporting
facts and detailsR/V B4: View and demonstrate comprehension of
visual texts
R/V B11: Recognize and derive meaning from the structures and
features of texts, including concepts about print and concepts
about books, text features, and the vocabulary associated with
texts
W/R C8: Use writing and representing to extend thinking by
presenting new understandings in a variety of forms
Lets Read: Make Inferences
Jarome Iginla: Hockey Star!OL A5: Use strategies when expressing
and presenting ideas, information, and feelings, including
adjusting volume and tone to the needs of the audience
R/V B9: Read and view to expand knowledge, by comparing and
inferring
R/V B8: Respond to selections they read or view, by expressing
an opinion supported with reasons
W/R C4: Use strategies before writing and representing,
including generating, selecting, developing, and organizing ideas
from personal interest, prompts, models of good literature, and/or
graphics
Try It Out: Make Inferences
A Dream Come TrueOL A5: Use strategies when expressing and
presenting ideas, information, and feelings, including adjusting
volume and tone to the needs of the audience
R/V B9: Read and view to expand knowledge, by comparing and
inferring
R/V B8: Respond to selections they read or view, by expressing
an opinion supported with reasons
W/R C8: Use writing and representing to extend thinking by
presenting new understandings in a variety of forms
Try It Out: Make Inferences
You Can Do It!OL A5: Use strategies when expressing and
presenting ideas, information, and feelings, including adjusting
volume and tone to the needs of the audience
R/V B9: Read and view to expand knowledge, by comparing and
inferring
W/R C8: Use writing and representing to extend thinking by
presenting new understandings in a variety of formsW/R C4: Use
strategies before writing and representing, including generating,
selecting, developing, and organizing ideas from personal interest,
prompts, models of good literature, and/or graphics
Try It Out: Make Inferences
The Life of a CartoonistR/V B1: Read fluently and demonstrate
comprehension of grade-appropriate literary textsR/V B9: Read and
view to expand knowledge, by comparing and inferring
W/R C3: Create imaginative writing and representations,
sometimes based on models they have read, heard, or viewed,
featuring an organization that includes a well-developed beginning
and logically ordered, imaginative ideas or details
Lets Listen: Make Inferences While You Listen OL A5: Use
strategies when expressing and presenting ideas, information, and
feelings, including predicting what the audience needs to know for
understanding, and adjusting volume and tone to the needs of the
audience
OL A6: Use strategies when listening to make and clarify
meaning, including focussing on the speaker and asking questionsOL
A11: Use the features of oral language to convey and derive
meaning, including enunciation and receptive listening postures
Lets Write: Put Things in OrderOL A5: Use strategies when
expressing and presenting ideas, information, and feelings,
including predicting what the audience needs to know for
understanding, and adjusting volume and tone to the needs of the
audience
R/V B11: Recognize and derive meaning from the structures and
features of textsW/R C4: Use strategies before writing and
representing, including generating, selecting, developing, and
organizing ideas from personal interest, prompts, models of good
literature, and/or graphics
W/R C6: Use strategies after writing and representing to improve
their work, including revising to enhance a writing trait
Try It Out: Read Like a WriterDr. Philip Currie, Dino ExplorerOL
A2: Use speaking to explore, express, and present ideas,
information, and feelings, by recounting experiences in a logical
sequence
R/V B11: Recognize and derive meaning from the structures and
features of texts, including text features, and the vocabulary
associated with texts
W/R C6: Use strategies after writing and representing to improve
their work, including revising to enhance a writing trait
Unit Assessment OL A6: Use strategies when listening to make and
clarify meaningR/V B1, B2: Read fluently and demonstrate
comprehension of grade-appropriate literary and information
texts
R/V B11: Recognize and derive meaning from the structures and
features of textsW/R C4: Use strategies before writing and
representing, including generating, selecting, developing, and
organizing ideas from personal interest, prompts, models of good
literature, and/or graphics
OL: Oral Language
R/V: Reading/Viewing
W/R: Writing/Representing
Unit 5 Liquids and Solids
Lesson Instructional FocusPrescribed Learning Outcomes
Launching the Unit
Lets Talk
VocabularyOL A1: Use speaking and listening to interact with
others for the purposes of exchanging ideas on a topic and making
connectionsR/V B8: Respond to selections they read or view, by
making text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world connectionsR/V
B4: View and demonstrate comprehension of visual texts
Lets Read: Ask QuestionsWhat Are Liquids and Solids?OL A6: Use
strategies when listening to make and clarify meaning, including
asking questionsR/V B5: Use strategies before reading and viewing,
including asking questionsR/V B6: Use strategies during reading and
viewing to construct, monitor, and confirm meaning, including
predicting and making connections
R/V B7: Use strategies after reading and viewing to confirm and
extend meaning, including discussing with others
R/V B8: Respond to selections they read or view, by making
text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world connections
W/R C8: Use writing and representing to extend thinking by
presenting new understandings in a variety of forms
Try It Out: Ask QuestionsWatery ShapesOL A6: Use strategies when
listening to make and clarify meaning, including asking questions
R/V B5: Use strategies before reading and viewing, including asking
questions
R/V B6: Use strategies during reading and viewing to construct,
monitor, and confirm meaning, including predicting and making
connections
R/V B7: Use strategies after reading and viewing to confirm and
extend meaning, including discussing with others
R/V B8: Respond to selections they read or view, by expressing
an opinion supported with reasons, and making text-to-self,
text-to-text, and text-to-world connections
Try It Out: Ask QuestionsWonderful WaterOL A4: Use strategies
when interacting with others, including asking questions for
clarification and understandingR/V B5: Use strategies before
reading and viewing, including asking questions
R/V B6: Use strategies during reading and viewing to construct,
monitor, and confirm meaning, including predicting and making
connections
R/V B7: Use strategies after reading and viewing to confirm and
extend meaning, including discussing with others
R/V B8: Respond to selections they read or view, by making
text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world connections
W/R C4: Use strategies before writing and representing,
including generating, selecting, developing, and organizing ideas
from personal interest, prompts, models of good literature and/or
graphics
Try It Out: Ask Questions
Float the BoatOL A2: Use speaking to explore, express, and
present ideas, information, and feelings, by reporting on a topic
with a few supporting facts and detailsR/V B11: Recognize and
derive meaning from the structures and features of texts, text
features, and the vocabulary associated with textsR/V B8: Respond
to selections they read or view, by making text-to-self,
text-to-text, and text-to-world connectionsW/R C4: Use strategies
before writing and representing, including generating, selecting,
developing, and organizing ideas from personal interest, prompts,
models of good literature, and/or graphics
Lets Listen:
Ask Questions While Listening
Batter Up!OL A3: Listen attentively for a variety of purposes
and demonstrate comprehension, by asking for clarification and
explanation
OL A6: Use strategies when listening to make and clarify
meaning, including asking questionsOL A9: Use speaking and
listening to develop thinking, by making connectionsR/V B1: Read
fluently and demonstrate comprehension of grade-appropriate
literary texts
Lets Read: Photos and Captions
Our Science ProjectOL A1: Use speaking and listening to interact
with others for the purposes of exchanging ideas on a topicR/V B2:
Read fluently and demonstrate comprehension of grade-appropriate
information textsR/V B11: Recognize and derive meaning from the
structures and features of texts, text features, and the vocabulary
associated with texts
W/R C8: Use writing and representing to extend thinking by
presenting new understandings in a variety of forms
Try It Out: Photos and Captions
Mixing MattersOL A3: Listen attentively for a variety of
purposes and demonstrate comprehension, by sharing connections
madeOL A7: Demonstrate enhance vocabulary knowledge and usage
R/V B11: Recognize and derive meaning from the structures and
features of texts, text features, and the vocabulary associated
with texts
W/R C8: Use writing and representing to extend thinking by
presenting new understandings in a variety of forms
Try It Out: Photos and Captions
Icy GiantsOL A3: Listen attentively for a variety of purposes
and demonstrate comprehension, by sharing connections made
R/V B2: Read fluently and demonstrate comprehension of
grade-appropriate information textsR/V B11: Recognize and derive
meaning from the structures and features of texts, text features,
and the vocabulary associated with texts
W/R C8: Use writing and representing to extend thinking by
presenting new understandings in a variety of forms
Try It Out: Photos and Captions
Liquids Cool DownOL A6: Use strategies when listening to make
and clarify meaning, including making a predictionR/V B2: Read
fluently and demonstrate comprehension of grade-appropriate
information texts
R/V B11: Recognize and derive meaning from the structures and
features of texts, text features, and the vocabulary associated
with texts
W/R C2: Create information writing and representations about
non-complex topics and procedures, featuring an organization that
includes a beginning that signals a topic and ideas that are
generally logically sequenced
Lets Look at Media: Identify Point of View
Watery AdsOL A3: Listen attentively for a variety of purposes
and demonstrate comprehension, by sharing connections made
R/V B7: Use strategies after reading and viewing to confirm and
extend meaning, including retelling and beginning to summarize
R/V B4: View and demonstrate comprehension of visual textsW/R
C8: Use writing and representing to extend thinking by presenting
new understandings in a variety of forms
Lets Write: Make Voice StrongOL A5: Use strategies when
expressing and presenting ideas, information, and feelings,
including predicting what the audience needs to know for
understanding, and adjust volume and tone to the needs of the
audienceR/V B1, B2: View and demonstrate comprehension of
grade-appropriate literary texts and information textsW/R C1:
Create personal writing and representations that express
connections to personal experiences, ideas, likes, and dislikes,
featuring developing voice by showing some evidence of
individualityW/R C5: Use strategies during writing and representing
to express thoughts, including revising and editingW/R C6: Use
strategies after writing and representing to improve their work,
including revising to enhance a writing trait and editing for
conventions
Try It Out: Read Like a Writer
Oozing OobleckOL A5: Use strategies when expressing and
presenting ideas, information, and feelings, including predicting
what the audience needs to know for understanding, and adjusting
volume and tone to the needs of the audienceR/V B11: Recognize and
derive meaning from the structures and features of texts, including
text featuresW/R C2: Create informational writing and
representations about non-complex topics and procedures, featuring
developing voice for showing how they think and feel about a
topicW/R C6: Use strategies after writing and representing to
improve their work, including revising to enhance a writing
trait
Unit Assessment OL A6: Use strategies when listening to make and
clarify meaning, including asking questions
R/V B1, B2: Read fluently and demonstrate comprehension of
grade-appropriate literary and information texts
W/R C6: Use strategies after writing and representing to improve
their work, including checking their work against established
criteria, revising to enhance a writing trait, and editing for
conventions
OL: Oral Language
R/V: Reading/Viewing
W/R: Writing/Representing
Unit 6 CommunitiesLesson Instructional FocusPrescribed Learning
Outcomes
Launching the Unit
Lets Talk
VocabularyOL A1: Use speaking and listening to interact with
others for the purposes of contributing to a class goal, exchanging
ideas on a topic, and making connections
R/V B4: View and demonstrate comprehension of visual texts
R/V B11: Recognize and derive meaning from the structures and
features of texts, including concepts about print and concepts
about books, elements of stories, text features, and the vocabulary
associated with texts
Lets Read: Find Important Ideas
All Kinds of CommunitiesR/V B6: Use strategies during reading
and viewing to construct, monitor, and confirm meaning, including
retelling and beginning to summarizeW/R C1: Create personal writing
and representations that express connections to personal
experiences, ideas, likes, and dislikes, featuring ideas developed
through the use of relevant details that connect to a topicW/R C8:
Use writing and representing to extend thinking by presenting new
understandings in a variety of forms
Try It Out: Find Important Ideas
Homes, Homes, Everywhere!OL A3: Listen attentively for a variety
of purposes and demonstrate comprehension, by retelling or
paraphrasing information shared orallyR/V B11: Recognize and derive
meaning from the structures and features of texts, including text
features and the vocabulary associated with textsW/R C2: Create
informational writing and representations about non-complex topics
and procedures, featuring ideas beginning to be developed through
the use of relevant details
Try It Out: Find Important Ideas
Getting from Here to ThereOL A5: Use strategies when expressing
and presenting ideas, information, and feelings, including
predicting what the audience needs to know for understanding, and
adjusting volume and tone to the needs of the audienceR/V B11:
Recognize and derive meaning from the structures and features of
texts, including text features and the vocabulary associated with
texts
W/R C8: Use writing and representing to extend thinking by
presenting new understandings in a variety of forms
Try It Out: Find Important Ideas
Our TownOL A5: Use strategies when expressing and presenting
ideas, information, and feelings, including predicting what the
audience needs to know for understanding, and adjusting volume and
tone to the needs of the audience
R/V B2: Read fluently and demonstrate comprehension of
grade-appropriate information texts R/V B11: Recognize and derive
meaning from the structures and features of texts, including text
features and the vocabulary associated with texts
Lets Look at Media: Conventions of Maps
On the MapR/V B11: Recognize and derive meaning from the
structures and features of texts, including text features and the
vocabulary associated with texts
W/R C8: Use writing and representing to extend thinking by
presenting new understandings in a variety of formsW/R C8: Use
writing and representing to extend thinking by presenting new
understandings in a variety of forms
Lets Listen: Listen for Important Ideas
Getting DirectionsOL A3: Listen attentively for a variety of
purposes and demonstrate comprehension, by retelling or
paraphrasing information shared orally and following three- and
four-step instructions
OL A6: Use strategies when listening to make and clarify
meaning, including recalling main ideas
R/V B7: Use strategies after reading and viewing to confirm and
extend meaning, including retelling and beginning to summarize
Lets Write: Use Descriptive AdjectivesR/V B6: Use strategies
during reading and viewing to construct, monitor, and confirm
meaning, including visualizingW/R C3: Create imaginative writing
and representations, sometimes based on models they have read,
heard, or viewed, featuring developing word choice by using some
varied descriptive and sensory language
W/R C6: Use strategies after writing and representing to improve
their work, including revising to enhance a writing trait
Try It Out: Read Like a Writer
Hi, Cousin!R/V B6: Use strategies during reading and viewing to
construct, monitor, and confirm meaning, including visualizing
W/R C1: Create personal writing and representations that express
connections to personal experiences, ideas, likes, and dislikes,
featuring developing word choice by using some varied and
descriptive languageW/R C6: Use strategies after writing and
representing to improve their work, including revising to enhance a
writing trait
Lets Read: Description
Just PlayingR/V B6: Use strategies during reading and viewing to
construct, monitor, and confirm meaning, including visualizing
W/R C2: Create informational writing and representations about
non-complex topics and procedures, featuring ideas beginning to be
developed through the use of relevant details, and developing word
choice by using content-specific vocabulary and details
W/R C8: Use writing and representing to extend thinking by
presenting new understandings in a variety of forms
Try It Out: Description
What to WearOL A7: Demonstrate enhanced vocabulary knowledge and
usageR/V B6: Use strategies during reading and viewing to
construct, monitor, and confirm meaning, including visualizing
W/R C2: Create informational writing and representations about
non-complex topics and procedures, featuring ideas beginning to be
developed through the use of relevant details, and developing word
choice by using content-specific vocabulary and details
Try It Out: Description
Work Around the WorldOL A11: Use the text features of oral
language to convey and derive meaning, including enunciation and
receptive listening postureR/V B6: Use strategies during reading
and viewing to construct, monitor, and confirm meaning, including
visualizing
W/R C2: Create informational writing and representations about
non-complex topics and procedures, featuring ideas beginning to be
developed through the use of relevant details, and developing word
choice by using content-specific vocabulary and details
Try It Out: Description
Off to School!OL A5: Use strategies when expressing and
presenting ideas, information, and feelings, including adjusting
volume and tone to the needs of the audience
R/V B6: Use strategies during reading and viewing to construct,
monitor, and confirm meaning, including visualizing
W/R C2: Create informational writing and representations about
non-complex topics and procedures, featuring ideas beginning to be
developed through the use of relevant details, and developing word
choice by using content-specific vocabulary and details
Unit Assessment OL A6: Use strategies when listening to make and
clarify meaning, including recalling main ideas
R/V B1, B2: Read fluently and demonstrate comprehension of
grade-appropriate literary and information texts
R/V B11: Recognize and derive meaning from the structures and
features of texts, including text features, and the vocabulary
associated with texts
W/R C1: Create personal writing and representations that express
connections to personal experiences, ideas, likes, and dislikes,
featuring developing word choice by using some varied and
descriptive language
OL: Oral Language
R/V: Reading/Viewing
W/R: Writing/Representing
Unit 7 Long Ago and Far AwayLesson Instructional FocusPrescribed
Learning Outcomes
Launching the Unit
Lets Talk
VocabularyOL A3: Listen attentively for a variety of purposes
and demonstrate comprehension, by sharing connections madeOL A2:
Use speaking to explore, express, and present ideas, information,
and feelings, by retelling stories, including characters, setting,
and plot
R/V B1: Read fluently and demonstrate comprehension of
grade-appropriate literary texts
Lets Read: NarrativeWho Sees Strong Wind?OL A5: Use strategies
when expressing and presenting ideas, information, and feelings,
including adjusting volume and tone to the needs of the
audience
R/V B11: Recognize and derive meaning from the structures and
features of texts, including elements of stories
W/R C8: Use writing and representing to extend thinking by
presenting new understandings in a variety of forms
Try It Out: NarrativeJack and the BeanstalkOL A5: Use strategies
when expressing and presenting ideas, information, and feelings,
including adjusting volume and tone to the needs of the
audience
R/V B11: Recognize and derive meaning from the structures and
features of texts, including elements of stories
W/R C8: Use writing and representing to extend thinking by
presenting new understandings in a variety of forms
Try It Out: NarrativeThe Dragon PrincessOL A5: Use strategies
when expressing and presenting ideas, information, and feelings,
including adjusting volume and tone to the needs of the
audience
R/V B11: Recognize and derive meaning from the structures and
features of texts, including elements of stories
W/R C8: Use writing and representing to extend thinking by
presenting new understandings in a variety of forms
Try It Out: NarrativeWho Will Be King?OL A5: Use strategies when
expressing and presenting ideas, information, and feelings,
including adjusting volume and tone to the needs of the
audience
R/V B11: Recognize and derive meaning from the structures and
features of texts, including elements of stories
W/R C8: Use writing and representing to extend thinking by
presenting new understandings in a variety of forms
W/R C3: Create imaginative writing and representations,
sometimes based on models they have read, heard, or viewed,
featuring an organization that includes a well-developed beginning
and logically ordered, imaginative ideas or details
Lets Speak: Use Tone and VolumeThe Elves and the ShoemakerOL A5:
Use strategies when expressing and presenting ideas, information,
and feelings, including adjusting volume and tone to the needs of
the audience
OL A2: Use speaking to explore, express, and present ideas,
information, and feelings, by retelling stories, including
characters, setting, and plotOL A11: Use the features of oral
language to convey and derive meaning, including enunciation
Lets Write: Use Action WordsW/R C3: Create imaginative writing
and representations, sometimes based on models they have read,
heard, or viewed, featuring developing word choice by using some
varied descriptive and sensory languageW/R C4: Use strategies
before writing and representing, including setting a purpose;
identifying an audience; and generating, selecting, developing, and
organizing ideas from personal interest, prompts, models of good
literature, and/or graphics
W/R C6: Use strategies after writing and representing to improve
their work, including checking their work against established
criteria, and revising to enhance a writing trait
Try It Out: Read Like a WriterTouch of GoldR/V B11: Recognize
and derive meaning from the structures and features of texts,
including elements of stories
W/R C4: Use strategies before writing and representing,
including setting a purpose; identifying an audience; and
generating, selecting, developing, and organizing ideas from
personal interest, prompts, models of good literature, and/or
graphics
W/R C6: Use strategies after writing and representing to improve
their work, including checking their work against established
criteria, and revising to enhance a writing trait
Lets Read: RetellThe Frog PrinceOL A2: Use speaking to explore,
express, and present ideas, information, and feelings, by retelling
stories, including characters, setting, and plot
R/V B7: Use strategies after reading and viewing to confirm and
extend meaning, including retelling and beginning to summarizeW/R
C8: Use writing and representing to extend thinking by presenting
new understandings in a variety of forms
Try It Out: RetellThe Laughing PrincessOL A2: Use speaking to
explore, express, and present ideas, information, and feelings, by
retelling stories, including characters, setting, and plot
R/V B7: Use strategies after reading and viewing to confirm and
extend meaning, including retelling and beginning to summarize
W/R C4: Use strategies before writing and representing,
including generating, selecting, developing, and organizing ideas
from personal interest, prompts, models of good literature, and/or
graphics
Try It Out: RetellHow Anansi Got His StoriesOL A2: Use speaking
to explore, express, and present ideas, information, and feelings,
by retelling stories, including characters, setting, and plot
R/V B7: Use strategies after reading and viewing to confirm and
extend meaning, including retelling and beginning to summarize
W/R C8: Use writing and representing to extend thinking by
presenting new understandings in a variety of forms
Try It Out: Retell
The Tiger, the Brahmin, and the JackalOL A2: Use speaking to
explore, express, and present ideas, information, and feelings, by
retelling stories, including characters, setting, and plot
R/V B7: Use strategies after reading and viewing to confirm and
extend meaning, including retelling and beginning to summarize
W/R C8: Use writing and representing to extend thinking by
presenting new understandings in a variety of forms
Lets Look at Media: Express Opinions About Movie Posters
Long Ago and Far Away MoviesOL A2: Use speaking to explore,
express, and present ideas, information, and feelings, by sharing
connections madeR/V B4: View and demonstrate comprehension of
visual texts
W/R C3: Create imaginative writing and representations,
sometimes based on models they have read, heard, or viewed,
featuring developing word choice by using some varied descriptive
and sensory language, and developing voice by showing some evidence
of individuality
Unit Assessment OL A2: Use speaking to explore, express, and
present ideas, information, and feelings, by retelling stories,
including characters, setting, and plot
R/V B1: Read fluently and demonstrate comprehension of
grade-appropriate literary texts
W/R C6: Use strategies after writing and representing to improve
their work, including revising to enhance a writing trait
OL: Oral Language
R/V: Reading/Viewing
W/R: Writing/Representing
Unit 8 Movement
Lesson Instructional FocusPrescribed Learning Outcomes
Launching the Unit
Lets Talk
VocabularyOL A5: Use strategies when expressing and presenting
ideas, information, and feelings, including adjusting volume and
tone to the needs of the audienceR/V B6: Use strategies during
reading and viewing, including predicting and making
connections
R/V B9: Read and view to expand knowledge, by comparing and
inferring
R/V B4: View and demonstrate comprehension of visual texts
Lets Read: Monitor Your Comprehension
Lets Get Moving!OL A3: Listen attentively for a variety of
purposes and demonstrate comprehension, by asking for clarification
and explanationR/V B5: Use strategies before reading and viewing,
including setting a purpose
R/V B6: Use strategies during reading and viewing to construct,
monitor, and confirm meaning, including self-monitoring and
self-correcting
R/V B7: Use strategies after reading and viewing to confirm and
extend meaning, including rereading or re-viewing and discussing
with others
W/R C4: Use strategies before writing and representing,
including generating, selecting, developing, and organizing ideas
from personal interest, prompts, models of good literatures, and/or
graphics
Try It Out: Monitor Your Comprehension
Wheels and AxlesOL A1: Use speaking and listening to interact
with others for the purposes of exchanging ideas on a topic and
making connectionsR/V B5: Use strategies before reading and
viewing, including asking questions
R/V B6: Use strategies during reading and viewing to construct,
monitor, and confirm meaning, including self-monitoring and
self-correcting
R/V B7: Use strategies after reading and viewing to confirm and
extend meaning, including sketching
W/R C4: Use strategies before writing and representing,
including generating, selecting, developing, and organizing ideas
from personal interest, prompts, models of good literatures, and/or
graphics
Try It Out: Monitor Your Comprehension
Scooters and SkateboardsOL A6: Use strategies when listening to
make and clarify meaning, including focusing on the speaker and
recalling main ideasR/V B5: Use strategies before reading and
viewing, including accessing prior knowledge to make
connections
R/V B6: Use strategies during reading and viewing to construct,
monitor, and confirm meaning, including self-monitoring and
self-correcting
R/V B7: Use strategies after reading and viewing to confirm and
extend meaning, including discussing with others
W/R C6: Use strategies after writing and representing to improve
their work, including revising to enhance a writing trait
Try It Out: Monitor Your Comprehension
On the MoveOL A5: Use strategies when expressing and presenting
ideas, information, and feelings, including adjusting volume and
tone to the needs of the audienceR/V B5: Use strategies before
reading and viewing, including accessing prior knowledge to make
connections
R/V B6: Use strategies during reading and viewing to construct,
monitor, and confirm meaning, including self-monitoring and
self-correcting
R/V B7: Use strategies after reading and viewing to confirm and
extend meaning, including discussing with others
W/R C8: Use writing and representing to extend thinking by
presenting new understandings in a variety of forms
Lets Speak: Use Labelled Diagrams
Show What You MeanOL A5: Use strategies when expressing and
presenting ideas, information, and feelings, including predicting
what the audience needs to know for understanding, and adjusting
volume and tone to the needs of the audienceR/V B11: Recognize and
derive meaning from the structures and features of texts, including
text features and the vocabulary associated with textsW/R C6: Use
strategies after writing and representing to improve their work,
including revising to enhance a writing trait
Lets Write: Make Your Sentences FlowW/R C10: Use some features
and conventions of language to express meaning in their writing and
representing, including complete simple sentences, and begin to use
compound sentencesW/R C2: Create informational writing and
representations about non-complex topics and procedures, featuring
sentence fluency using some variety of sentence length and an
emerging variety in pattern, and developing word choice by using
some content-specific vocabulary and detailsW/R C6: Use strategies
after writing and representing to improve their work, including
revising to enhance a writing trait
Try It Out: Read Like a Writer
Moving DayOL A7: Demonstrate enhanced vocabulary knowledge and
usage
W/R C2: Create informational writing and representations about
non-complex topics and procedures, featuring sentence fluency using
some variety of sentence length and an emerging variety in pattern,
and developing word choice by using some content-specific
vocabulary and details
W/R C6: Use strategies after writing and representing to improve
their work, including revising to enhance a writing trait
Lets Read: Labelled Diagrams
Up and DownOL A5: Use strategies when expressing and presenting
ideas, information, and feelings, including adjusting volume and
tone to the needs of the audience
R/V B11: Recognize and derive meaning from the structures and
features of texts, including text features and the vocabulary
associated with textsW/R C10: Use some features and conventions of
language to express meaning in their writing and representing,
including complete simple sentences, and begin to use compound
sentences
Try It Out: Labelled Diagrams
Springy ToysOL A5: Use strategies when expressing and presenting
ideas, information, and feelings, including predicting what the
audience needs to know for understanding, and adjusting volume and
tone to the needs of the audience
R/V B11: Recognize and derive meaning from the structures and
features of texts, including text features and the vocabulary
associated with texts
W/R C8: Use writing and representing to extend thinking by
presenting new understandings in a variety of forms
Try It Out: Labelled Diagrams
A Surprising PullOL A5: Use strategies when expressing and
presenting ideas, information, and feelings, including adjusting
volume and tone to the needs of the audience
R/V B11: Recognize and derive meaning from the structures and
features of texts, including text features and the vocabulary
associated with texts
W/R C8: Use writing and representing to extend thinking by
presenting new understandings in a variety of forms
Try It Out: Labelled Diagrams
Ride the Roller CoasterOL A5: Use strategies when expressing and
presenting ideas, information, and feelings, including adjusting
volume and tone to the needs of the audience
R/V B11: Recognize and derive meaning from the structures and
features of texts, including text features and the vocabulary
associated with texts
W/R C8: Use writing and representing to extend thinking by
presenting new understandings in a variety of forms
Lets Look at Media: Identify Audience for Flyers
Move Your AudienceOL A5: Use strategies when expressing and
presenting ideas, information, and feelings, including adjusting
volume and tone to the needs of the audience
R/V B4: View and demonstrate comprehension of visual texts
W/R C3: Create imaginative writing and representations,
sometimes based on models they have read, heard, or viewed,
featuring developing word choice by using some varied descriptive
and sensory language
Unit Assessment OL A2: Use speaking to explore, express, and
present ideas, information, and feelings, by reporting on a topic
with a few supporting facts and details
R/V B11: Recognize and derive meaning from the structures and
features of texts, including text features and the vocabulary
associated with texts
R/V B11: Recognize and derive meaning from the structures and
features of texts, including text featuresW/R C4: Use strategies
before writing and representing, including setting a purpose;
identifying an audience; and generating, selecting, developing, and
organizing ideas from personal interest, prompts, models of good
literature, and/or graphics
OL: Oral Language
R/V: Reading/Viewing
W/R: Writing/Representing
Unit 9 Air and WaterLesson Instructional FocusPrescribed
Learning Outcomes
Launching the Unit
Lets Talk
VocabularyOL A1: Use speaking and listening to interact with
others for the purposes of exchanging ideas on a topic and making
connections
R/V B8: Respond to selections they read or view, by making
text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world connections
R/V B4: View and demonstrate comprehension of visual texts
R/V B12: Use knowledge of word patterns, word families, and
letter-sound relationships to decode unknown words and recognize an
increasing number of high-frequency words
Lets Read: EvaluateWe All Need Air and WaterOL A5: Use
strategies when expressing and presenting ideas, information, and
feelings, including adjusting volume and tone to the needs of the
audience
R/V B8: Respond to selections they read or view, by expressing
an opinion supported with reasonsW/R C8: Use writing and
representing to extend thinking by presenting new understandings in
a variety of forms
Try It Out: EvaluateHami and the WindOL A3: Listen attentively
for a variety of purposes and demonstrate comprehension, by sharing
connections madeR/V B8: Respond to selections they read or view, by
expressing an opinion supported with reasons
W/R C8: Use writing and representing to extend thinking by
presenting new understandings in a variety of forms
Try It Out: EvaluateHelp Save WaterOL A2: Use speaking to
explore, express, and present ideas, information, and feelings,
including staying on topic in a focused discussion and sharing
connections made
OL A5: Use strategies when expressing and presenting ideas,
information, and feeling, including predicting what the audience
needs to know for understandingR/V B8: Respond to selections they
read or view, by expressing an opinion supported with reasons
Try It Out: EvaluateThe Clean TeamOL A5: Use strategies when
expressing and presenting ideas, information, and feelings,
including organizing thinking by following a framework or
rehearsing, and adjusting volume and tone to the needs of the
audienceR/V B8: Respond to selections they read or view, by
expressing an opinion supported with reasons
W/R C8: Use writing and representing to extend thinking by
presenting new understandings in a variety of forms
Lets Look at Media: Elements of Science ReportsScience
ReportsR/V B2: Read fluently and demonstrate comprehension of
grade-appropriate information textsR/V B11: Recognize and derive
meaning from the structures and features of texts, including text
features and the vocabulary associated with texts
W/R C8: Use writing and representing to extend thinking by
presenting new understandings in a variety of forms
Lets Speak: Present an Oral Report
Tell Us About It!OL A6: Use strategies when listening to make
and clarify meaning, including focussing on the speaker, asking
questions, and recalling main ideasOL A5: Use strategies when
expressing and presenting ideas, information, and feelings,
including organizing thinking by following a framework or
rehearsing, clarifying and confirming meaning, predicting what the
audience needs to know for understanding, and adjusting volume and
tone to the needs of the audienceOL B1: Read fluently and
demonstrate comprehension of grade-appropriate literary texts
Lets Read: ExplanationHow the Water Cycle WorksOL A5: Use
strategies when expressing and presenting ideas, information, and
feelings, including predicting what the audience needs to know for
understanding, and adjusting volume and tone to the needs of the
audience
R/V B8: Respond to selections they read or view, by expressing
an opinion supported with reasons
R/V B11: Recognize and derive meaning from the structures and
features of texts, including text features and the vocabulary
associated with texts
Try It Out: Explanation Air on the MoveOL A5: Use strategies
when expressing and presenting ideas, information, and feelings,
including predicting what the audience needs to know for
understanding, and adjusting volume and tone to the needs of the
audience
R/V B11: Recognize and derive meaning from the structures and
features of texts, including text features and the vocabulary
associated with textsW/R C2: Create informational writing and
representations about non-complex topics and procedures, featuring
ideas beginning to be developed through the use of relevant
details
Try It Out: Explanation Where Is the Air?R/V B11: Recognize and
derive meaning from the structures and features of texts, including
text features and the vocabulary associated with textsW/R C2:
Create informational writing and representations about non-complex
topics and procedures, featuring ideas beginning to be developed
through the use of relevant details, and an organization that
includes a beginning that signals a topic and ideas that are
generally logically sequenced
W/R C8: Use writing and representing to extend thinking by
presenting new understandings in a variety of forms
Try It Out: ExplanationWater in the AirOL A5: Use strategies
when expressing and presenting ideas, information, and feelings,
including organizing thinking by following a framework or
rehearsing, predicting what the audience needs to know for
understanding, and adjusting volume and tone to the needs of the
audience
R/V B11: Recognize and derive meaning from the structures and
features of texts, including text features and the vocabulary
associated with texts
W/R C8: Use writing and representing to extend thinking by
presenting new understandings in a variety of forms
Lets Write: Publish Your WritingR/V B11: Recognize and derive
meaning from the structures and features of texts, including text
features and the vocabulary associated with texts
W/R C5: Use strategies during writing and representing to
express thoughts, including examining models of literature/visuals,
and revising and editing
W/R C6: Use strategies after writing and representing to improve
their work, including checking their work against established
criteria, and revising to enhance a writing trait
Try It Out: Read Like a WriterTurn on the TapOL A5: Use
strategies when expressing and presenting ideas, information, and
feelings, including predicting what the audience needs to know for
understanding, and adjusting volume and tone to the needs of the
audience
R/V B11: Recognize and derive meaning from the structures and
features of texts, including text features and the vocabulary
associated with texts
W/R C8: Use writing and representing to extend thinking by
presenting new understandings in a variety of forms
Unit Assessment OL A2: Use speaking to explore, express, and
present ideas, information, and feelings, by reporting on a topic
with a few supporting facts and details
R/V B2: Read fluently and demonstrate comprehension of
grade-appropriate information texts
R/V B11: Recognize and derive meaning from the structures and
features of texts, including text features and the vocabulary
associated with texts
W/R C6: Use strategies after writing and representing to improve
their work, including checking their work against established
criteria, and revising to enhance a writing trait