- Bridge Valley ES
- Reading
- LEAD 21: Unit 4
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Week 1Focus Questions: How do destructive forces lead to the creation of something new?Whole Group Text: Earth is Always Changing (non-fiction: informational text)
- Building the Hawaiian Islands
- The Arch Falls
- The Big Desert Gets Bigger
- Climate Change
Astonishing Nature The Power of Nature Text Selection: From Fire and Ice
(informational text)
VocabularyText Selection: Destruction and Change: Earth's Natural Forces at Work
(Informational Text)VocabularyWeek 2Focus Questions: How does the power of water change Earth's surface?
Whole Group Text: Earth is Always Changing (continued)Astonishing Nature The Power of Nature Text Selection: The Lost River
(historical fiction)Vocabulary
Text Selection: Memory Falls
(realistic fiction)Vocabulary
Week 3Focus Questions: How does climate change affect Earth?
Whole Group Text: Planet Patrol: A Kid's Action Guide to Earth CareAstonishing Nature The Power of Nature Text Selection: Earth's Disappearing Ice
(play)Vocabulary
Text Selection: A Special Visitor
(realistic fiction)Vocabulary
Week 4Focus Questions: How does the changing Earth affect living things?
Whole Group Text: Planet Patrol: A Kid's Action Guide to Earth CareAstonishing Nature The Power of Nature Text Selection: The Himalayas
(informational text)
VocabularyText Selection: Mount Kilimanjaro: A Troubled Giant
(informational text)
Vocabulary
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Comprehension Strategies and SkillsActivate and ConnectMake Inferences
- Identify cause and effect relationships
Visualize
Summarize and Synthesize- Recall and Retell
Determine Importance
- Identify theme or author's message
Word Study
- Synonyms
- Analogies
- Multiple Meaning Words
- Noun Suffixes
- Superlatives and Comparatives
Text Features
- Cutaways
- Bulleted lists