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ELA Unit 4: Lessons 16-20 - Texts, Skills, and Activities

This week in ELA Unit 4, students will focus on various anchor texts, including realistic fiction, biographies, poetry, and fantasy. They will explore important skills such as phonics, fluency, comprehension, vocabulary, grammar, and writing.

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ELA Unit 4: Lessons 16-20 - Texts, Skills, and Activities

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  1. Our Focus for the Week in ELA Unit 4: Lesson 16 Anchor Text: Mr. Tanen’s Tie Trouble - Realistic Fiction The Jefferson Daily News - Informational Text Essential Question: How can helping others make you feel good? Phonics: Base Words and Endings -ed, -ing Fluency: Rate Comprehension Skills & Strategies: Story Structure Understanding Characters Infer/Predict Vocabulary Strategies: Homographs Grammar: Pronouns Writing: Narrative Writing: Story Paragraph Focus Trait: Elaboration High-Frequency Words also fly gone have horse look river said saw something Spelling:Base Words and Endings -ed, -ing running clappedReview stoppedmixed hoppinggoing batted sellingChallenge pinnedwrapped cuttingswelling sitting rubbed missed grabbed Target Vocabulary staring: looking hard at something disappointed: filled with a sad feeling repeated: did something again received: got, was given fund: an amount of money saved for a special purpose account: something people keep their money in at the bank chuckled: laughed gently budget: a list of ways you plan to spend money

  2. Our Focus for the Week in ELA Unit 4: Lesson 17 Anchor Text: Luke Goes to Bat - Realistic Fiction Jackie Robinson - Informational Text (Biography) Essential Question: Why is it important to keep trying even if something is difficult to do? Phonics: Long i (i, igh, ie, y) Fluency: Stress Comprehension Skills & Strategies: Sequence of Events Formal and Informal Language Visualize Vocabulary Strategies: Antonyms Grammar: Subject-Verb Agreement Writing: Narrative Writing: Story Paragraph Focus Trait: Development High-Frequency Words any blue carry doing else room studied sure teacher turned Spelling:Long i (i, igh, y) night kindReview spy by childwhy light find Challenge right behind high lightning wild July fry sigh Target Vocabulary hurried: did something quickly cheered: shouted to show happiness extra: more of something final: last practice: to do an activity often to become better at it curb: the endge of a road position: the place where something or someone is supposed to be roared: shouted in a loud voice

  3. Our Focus for the Week in ELA Unit 4: Lesson 18 Anchor Text: My name is Gabriela - Biography Poems About Reading and Writing - Poetry Essential Question: Why are reading and writing important? Phonics: The Long e Sound for y Changing y to i Fluency: Expression Comprehension Skills & Strategies: Understanding Characters Author’s Word Choice Analyze/Evaluate Vocabulary Strategies: Suffixes -y and -ful Grammar: The Verb Be Writing: Narrative Writing: Descriptive Paragraph Focus Trait: Elaboration High-Frequency Words always anything been draw friends mother soon under watch words Spelling:Long e Sound for y happy prettyReview baby tiny very many puppy funny Challenge carry sorry lucky noisy only sunny penny city Target Vocabulary wonder: to think about something you are not sure about taught: to have helped someone learn something accepted: to have agreed with something fluttering: waving or moving rapidly express: to show or describe something prize: an award pretend: not real grand: big or impressive

  4. Our Focus for the Week in ELA Unit 4: Lesson 19 Anchor Text: The SIgnmaker’s Assistant - Humorous Fiction The Trouble with Signs - Play Essential Question: How are signs helful? Phonics: Words with ar Fluency: Phrasing: Punctuation Comprehension Skills & Strategies: Text and Graphic Features Point of VIew Question Vocabulary Strategies: Shades of meaning Grammar: Commas in Dates and Places Writing: Narrative Writing: Fictional Story Focus Trait: Organization High-Frequency Words all food front hair never party sky started stories warm Spelling:Words with ar car darkReview arm art star jar park yard Challenge party carpet hard apartment farm start part spark Target Vocabulary agreed: to have said yes to something trouble: problems cleared: to have taken things away from someplace failed: did not succeed polite: respectful assistant: someone who helps another person tearing: damaging something by pulling it apart wisdom: good sense of judgement

  5. Our Focus for the Week in ELA Unit 4: Lesson 20 Anchor Text: Dex: The Heart of a Hero - Fantasy Heroes Then and Now - Informational Text (Biography) Essential Question: How can you communicate in different ways? Phonics: Words with or, ore Fluency: Intonation Comprehension Skills & Strategies: Compare and Contrast Figurative Language Monitor/Clarify Vocabulary Strategies: Prefix over- Grammar: Commas in a Series Writing: Narrative Writing: Fictional Story Focus Trait: Organization High-Frequency Words begins being flower ground I’ve laugh ready stood tall very Spelling: Words with or, ore horn storyReview fork for score more store corn Challenge morningreport shore force short born tore forget Target Vocabulary gazing: looking at something fondly hero: someone who is looked up to for doing something important or brave sprang: jumped up quickly exercise: activity that moves the body sore: a feeling of pain or discomfort studied: learned about a subject depended: counted on; relied on overlooked: didn’t see; not noticed; looked past

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