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Skill plan for Reading Wonders Reading/Writing Workshop and Your Turn Practice Book - 5th grade

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1	Unit 1 Eureka! I've Got It!
Week 1: A Fresh Idea		Reading comprehension 1. Identify story elements Vocabulary 2. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context Writing 3. Sort sensory details Grammar and mechanics 4. Is it a complete sentence or a fragment? 5. Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory?
Week 1: A Fresh Idea
Reading comprehension 1. Identify story elements Vocabulary 2. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context Writing 3. Sort sensory details Grammar and mechanics 4. Is it a complete sentence or a fragment? 5. Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory?

Week 2: Whitewater Adventure		Reading comprehension 1. Match problems with their solutions 2. Read realistic fiction with illustrations Vocabulary 3. Determine the meaning of idioms from context: set 1 Writing 4. Which sentence is more formal? Grammar and mechanics 5. Identify the simple subject or predicate of a sentence 6. Identify the complete subject or complete predicate of a sentence 7. Commas with a series
Week 2: Whitewater Adventure
Reading comprehension 1. Match problems with their solutions 2. Read realistic fiction with illustrations Vocabulary 3. Determine the meaning of idioms from context: set 1 Writing 4. Which sentence is more formal? Grammar and mechanics 5. Identify the simple subject or predicate of a sentence 6. Identify the complete subject or complete predicate of a sentence 7. Commas with a series

Week 3: A Life in the Woods		Reading comprehension 1. Read about famous places 2. Match causes and effects in informational texts Vocabulary 3. Multiple-meaning words with pictures Writing 4. Add imagery to stories Grammar and mechanics 5. Is the sentence simple or compound? 6. Identify coordinating conjunctions 7. Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions
Week 3: A Life in the Woods
Reading comprehension 1. Read about famous places 2. Match causes and effects in informational texts Vocabulary 3. Multiple-meaning words with pictures Writing 4. Add imagery to stories Grammar and mechanics 5. Is the sentence simple or compound? 6. Identify coordinating conjunctions 7. Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions

Week 4: Fantasy Becomes Fact		Reading comprehension 1. Read about famous people 2. Determine the order of events in informational texts Vocabulary 3. Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots Writing 4. Put the sentences in order Grammar and mechanics 5. Is the sentence simple, compound, or complex? 6. Commas with compound and complex sentences
Week 4: Fantasy Becomes Fact
Reading comprehension 1. Read about famous people 2. Determine the order of events in informational texts Vocabulary 3. Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots Writing 4. Put the sentences in order Grammar and mechanics 5. Is the sentence simple, compound, or complex? 6. Commas with compound and complex sentences

Week 5: Are Electronic Devices Good for Us?		Reading comprehension 1. Read about business and technology 2. Distinguish facts from opinions Vocabulary 3. Words with un-, dis-, in-, im-, and non- Writing 4. Create varied sentences based on models Grammar and mechanics 5. Is it a complete sentence or a run-on? 6. Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on? 7. Identify subordinating conjunctions
Week 5: Are Electronic Devices Good for Us?
Reading comprehension 1. Read about business and technology 2. Distinguish facts from opinions Vocabulary 3. Words with un-, dis-, in-, im-, and non- Writing 4. Create varied sentences based on models Grammar and mechanics 5. Is it a complete sentence or a run-on? 6. Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on? 7. Identify subordinating conjunctions

2	Unit 2 Taking the Next Step
Week 1: Creating a Nation		Reading comprehension 1. Identify text structures 2. Read about history Vocabulary 3. Find words using context Writing 4. Organize information by topic Grammar and mechanics 5. Identify nouns – with abstract nouns 6. Identify common and proper nouns
Week 1: Creating a Nation
Reading comprehension 1. Identify text structures 2. Read about history Vocabulary 3. Find words using context Writing 4. Organize information by topic Grammar and mechanics 5. Identify nouns – with abstract nouns 6. Identify common and proper nouns

Week 2: A Modern Cinderella		Reading comprehension 1. Read fantasy with illustrations 2. Compare information from two texts Vocabulary 3. Identify similes and metaphors 4. Similes and metaphors with pictures Writing 5. Choose the best topic sentence Grammar and mechanics 6. Form regular plurals with -s, -es, and -ies
Week 2: A Modern Cinderella
Reading comprehension 1. Read fantasy with illustrations 2. Compare information from two texts Vocabulary 3. Identify similes and metaphors 4. Similes and metaphors with pictures Writing 5. Choose the best topic sentence Grammar and mechanics 6. Form regular plurals with -s, -es, and -ies

Week 3: Growing in Place		Reading comprehension 1. Read about famous people 2. Determine the order of events in informational texts Vocabulary 3. Words with -ful 4. Words with -less 5. Sort words with shared prefixes and suffixes by meaning Spelling 6. Use regular plurals with -s, -es, -ies, and -ves Writing 7. Identify supporting details in literary texts Grammar and mechanics 8. Form plurals of nouns ending in f, fe, o, and y 9. Form and use plurals of nouns ending in f, fe, o, and y
Week 3: Growing in Place
Reading comprehension 1. Read about famous people 2. Determine the order of events in informational texts Vocabulary 3. Words with -ful 4. Words with -less 5. Sort words with shared prefixes and suffixes by meaning Spelling 6. Use regular plurals with -s, -es, -ies, and -ves Writing 7. Identify supporting details in literary texts Grammar and mechanics 8. Form plurals of nouns ending in f, fe, o, and y 9. Form and use plurals of nouns ending in f, fe, o, and y

Week 4: The Magical Lost Brocade		Reading comprehension 1. Determine the themes of short stories 2. Identify sensory details Vocabulary 3. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone Spelling 4. Contractions with "not" 5. Pronoun-verb contractions Writing 6. Put the sentences in order Grammar and mechanics 7. Form the singular or plural possessive 8. Identify plurals, singular possessives, and plural possessives
Week 4: The Magical Lost Brocade
Reading comprehension 1. Determine the themes of short stories 2. Identify sensory details Vocabulary 3. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone Spelling 4. Contractions with "not" 5. Pronoun-verb contractions Writing 6. Put the sentences in order Grammar and mechanics 7. Form the singular or plural possessive 8. Identify plurals, singular possessives, and plural possessives

Week 5: A Simple Plan, Rescue		Reading comprehension 1. Label the rhyme scheme 2. Read poetry Vocabulary 3. Which definition matches the sentence? Writing 4. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb Grammar and mechanics 5. Identify prepositions and their objects 6. Identify prepositions
Week 5: A Simple Plan, Rescue
Reading comprehension 1. Label the rhyme scheme 2. Read poetry Vocabulary 3. Which definition matches the sentence? Writing 4. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb Grammar and mechanics 5. Identify prepositions and their objects 6. Identify prepositions

3	Unit 3 Getting from Here to There
Week 1: A Reluctant Traveler		Reading comprehension 1. Summarize a story 2. Read realistic fiction Vocabulary 3. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures Writing 4. Which sentence is more formal? Grammar and mechanics 5. Use the correct subject or verb 6. Is it a direct or indirect object?
Week 1: A Reluctant Traveler
Reading comprehension 1. Summarize a story 2. Read realistic fiction Vocabulary 3. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures Writing 4. Which sentence is more formal? Grammar and mechanics 5. Use the correct subject or verb 6. Is it a direct or indirect object?

Week 2: Survivaland		Reading comprehension 1. Read fantasy with illustrations 2. Read science fiction with illustrations Vocabulary 3. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Writing 4. Describe the difference between related words Grammar and mechanics 5. Is the sentence in the past, present, or future tense? 6. Correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense
Week 2: Survivaland
Reading comprehension 1. Read fantasy with illustrations 2. Read science fiction with illustrations Vocabulary 3. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Writing 4. Describe the difference between related words Grammar and mechanics 5. Is the sentence in the past, present, or future tense? 6. Correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense

Week 3: Patterns of Change		Reading comprehension 1. Read about science and nature 2. Use key details to determine the main idea 3. Select and use text features Vocabulary 4. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words Writing 5. Identify supporting details in informational texts Grammar and mechanics 6. Identify main verbs and helping verbs
Week 3: Patterns of Change
Reading comprehension 1. Read about science and nature 2. Use key details to determine the main idea 3. Select and use text features Vocabulary 4. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words Writing 5. Identify supporting details in informational texts Grammar and mechanics 6. Identify main verbs and helping verbs

Week 4: Gulf Spill Superheroes		Reading comprehension 1. Read about business and technology 2. Determine the main idea of a passage Vocabulary 3. Use the meanings of words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 4. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots Writing 5. Choose the best concluding sentence Grammar and mechanics 6. Identify linking verbs, predicate adjectives, and predicate nouns
Week 4: Gulf Spill Superheroes
Reading comprehension 1. Read about business and technology 2. Determine the main idea of a passage Vocabulary 3. Use the meanings of words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 4. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots Writing 5. Choose the best concluding sentence Grammar and mechanics 6. Identify linking verbs, predicate adjectives, and predicate nouns

Week 5: What was the Purpose of the Inca's Strange Strings?		Reading comprehension 1. Compare and contrast points of view 2. Read about history Vocabulary 3. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context Writing 4. Choose the best transition Grammar and mechanics 5. Form and use the irregular past tense
Week 5: What was the Purpose of the Inca's Strange Strings?
Reading comprehension 1. Compare and contrast points of view 2. Read about history Vocabulary 3. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context Writing 4. Choose the best transition Grammar and mechanics 5. Form and use the irregular past tense

4	Unit 4 It's Up To You
Week 1: How Mighty Kate Stopped the Train		Reading comprehension 1. Identify the narrative point of view 2. Read science fiction with illustrations Vocabulary 3. Find synonyms in context 4. Find antonyms in context Writing 5. Which sentence is more formal? Grammar and mechanics 6. Identify personal pronouns 7. Identify pronouns and antecedents
Week 1: How Mighty Kate Stopped the Train
Reading comprehension 1. Identify the narrative point of view 2. Read science fiction with illustrations Vocabulary 3. Find synonyms in context 4. Find antonyms in context Writing 5. Which sentence is more formal? Grammar and mechanics 6. Identify personal pronouns 7. Identify pronouns and antecedents

Week 2: Where's Brownie		Reading comprehension 1. Read drama Vocabulary 2. Identify the meaning of idioms and adages: set 1 Spelling 3. Words with pre- 4. Words with re- Writing 5. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters 6. Show character emotions and traits Grammar and mechanics 7. Choose between subject and object personal pronouns 8. Use reflexive pronouns 9. Identify relative pronouns 10. Punctuating dialogue
Week 2: Where's Brownie
Reading comprehension 1. Read drama Vocabulary 2. Identify the meaning of idioms and adages: set 1 Spelling 3. Words with pre- 4. Words with re- Writing 5. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters 6. Show character emotions and traits Grammar and mechanics 7. Choose between subject and object personal pronouns 8. Use reflexive pronouns 9. Identify relative pronouns 10. Punctuating dialogue

Week 3: Frederick Douglass: Freedom's Voice		Reading comprehension 1. Read about famous people 2. Choose reasons to support an opinion Vocabulary 3. Words with un-, dis-, in-, im-, and non- 4. Sort words with shared prefixes and suffixes by meaning Spelling 5. Multiple-meaning words with pictures Writing 6. Determine the order of events in informational texts 7. Order items from most general to most specific Grammar and mechanics 8. Use the correct subject or verb – with compound subjects 9. Pronoun-verb contractions
Week 3: Frederick Douglass: Freedom's Voice
Reading comprehension 1. Read about famous people 2. Choose reasons to support an opinion Vocabulary 3. Words with un-, dis-, in-, im-, and non- 4. Sort words with shared prefixes and suffixes by meaning Spelling 5. Multiple-meaning words with pictures Writing 6. Determine the order of events in informational texts 7. Order items from most general to most specific Grammar and mechanics 8. Use the correct subject or verb – with compound subjects 9. Pronoun-verb contractions

Week 4: Power from Nature		Reading comprehension 1. Read about business and technology 2. Identify an author's statement of opinion Vocabulary 3. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures Writing 4. Choose the best transition Grammar and mechanics 5. Use possessive pronouns
Week 4: Power from Nature
Reading comprehension 1. Read about business and technology 2. Identify an author's statement of opinion Vocabulary 3. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures Writing 4. Choose the best transition Grammar and mechanics 5. Use possessive pronouns

Week 5: How Do I Hold the Summer?		Reading comprehension 1. Identify elements of poetry 2. Read poetry Vocabulary 3. Determine the meanings of similes and metaphors Spelling 4. Sort words with shared suffixes by part of speech Writing 5. Add imagery to stories Grammar and mechanics 6. Use the correct frequently confused word
Week 5: How Do I Hold the Summer?
Reading comprehension 1. Identify elements of poetry 2. Read poetry Vocabulary 3. Determine the meanings of similes and metaphors Spelling 4. Sort words with shared suffixes by part of speech Writing 5. Add imagery to stories Grammar and mechanics 6. Use the correct frequently confused word

5	Unit 5 What's Next?
Week 1: Miguel in the Middle		Reading comprehension 1. Draw inferences from a text 2. Identify story elements Vocabulary 3. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context Spelling 4. Words with -able and -ible Writing 5. Choose the best topic sentence Grammar and mechanics 6. Identify dependent and independent clauses 7. Create compound sentences
Week 1: Miguel in the Middle
Reading comprehension 1. Draw inferences from a text 2. Identify story elements Vocabulary 3. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context Spelling 4. Words with -able and -ible Writing 5. Choose the best topic sentence Grammar and mechanics 6. Identify dependent and independent clauses 7. Create compound sentences

Week 2: The Day the Rollets Got Their Moxie Back		Reading comprehension 1. Compare and contrast characters 2. Read historical fiction with illustrations Vocabulary 3. Determine the meaning of idioms from context: set 2 Spelling 4. Correct errors with frequently confused words Writing 5. Use coordinating conjunctions Grammar and mechanics 6. Is the sentence simple, compound, or complex? 7. Commas with compound and complex sentences 8. Identify subordinating conjunctions
Week 2: The Day the Rollets Got Their Moxie Back
Reading comprehension 1. Compare and contrast characters 2. Read historical fiction with illustrations Vocabulary 3. Determine the meaning of idioms from context: set 2 Spelling 4. Correct errors with frequently confused words Writing 5. Use coordinating conjunctions Grammar and mechanics 6. Is the sentence simple, compound, or complex? 7. Commas with compound and complex sentences 8. Identify subordinating conjunctions

Week 3: Forests on Fire		Reading comprehension 1. Read about science and nature 2. Compare and contrast in informational texts Vocabulary 3. Use academic vocabulary in context Spelling 4. Words with sub- 5. Words with mis- Writing 6. Remove the sentence that does not belong Grammar and mechanics 7. Identify adjectives 8. Order adjectives
Week 3: Forests on Fire
Reading comprehension 1. Read about science and nature 2. Compare and contrast in informational texts Vocabulary 3. Use academic vocabulary in context Spelling 4. Words with sub- 5. Words with mis- Writing 6. Remove the sentence that does not belong Grammar and mechanics 7. Identify adjectives 8. Order adjectives

Week 4: Changing Views of Earth		Reading comprehension 1. Match causes and effects in informational texts 2. Combine main ideas from two texts Vocabulary 3. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 4. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots Spelling 5. Words with -less 6. Determine the meaning of a word with -ly or -ness Writing 7. Organize information by topic Grammar and mechanics 8. Use adjectives to compare 9. Use adjectives with more and most
Week 4: Changing Views of Earth
Reading comprehension 1. Match causes and effects in informational texts 2. Combine main ideas from two texts Vocabulary 3. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 4. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots Spelling 5. Words with -less 6. Determine the meaning of a word with -ly or -ness Writing 7. Organize information by topic Grammar and mechanics 8. Use adjectives to compare 9. Use adjectives with more and most

Week 5: Should Plants and Animals from Other Places Live Here?		Reading comprehension 1. Read about animals 2. Identify the purpose of a text Vocabulary 3. Match words with Greek and Latin roots to their meanings Spelling 4. Word pattern analogies Writing 5. Choose the best concluding sentence Grammar and mechanics 6. Good, better, best, bad, worse, and worst
Week 5: Should Plants and Animals from Other Places Live Here?
Reading comprehension 1. Read about animals 2. Identify the purpose of a text Vocabulary 3. Match words with Greek and Latin roots to their meanings Spelling 4. Word pattern analogies Writing 5. Choose the best concluding sentence Grammar and mechanics 6. Good, better, best, bad, worse, and worst

6	Unit 6 Linked In
Week 1: Shipped Out		Reading comprehension 1. Read historical fiction 2. Summarize a story Vocabulary 3. Homophones with pictures 4. Use the correct homophone Spelling 5. Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots Writing 6. Identify time-order words Grammar and mechanics 7. Identify adverbs
Week 1: Shipped Out
Reading comprehension 1. Read historical fiction 2. Summarize a story Vocabulary 3. Homophones with pictures 4. Use the correct homophone Spelling 5. Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots Writing 6. Identify time-order words Grammar and mechanics 7. Identify adverbs

Week 2: The Bully		Reading comprehension 1. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters 2. Read realistic fiction Vocabulary 3. Positive and negative connotation Spelling 4. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words Writing 5. Use linking words in paragraphs Grammar and mechanics 6. Use adverbs to compare
Week 2: The Bully
Reading comprehension 1. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters 2. Read realistic fiction Vocabulary 3. Positive and negative connotation Spelling 4. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words Writing 5. Use linking words in paragraphs Grammar and mechanics 6. Use adverbs to compare

Week 3: Mysterious Oceans		Reading comprehension 1. Read about art, music, and traditions 2. Identify text structures Vocabulary 3. Which sentence matches the definition? Writing 4. Create varied sentences based on models Grammar and mechanics 5. Choose between adjectives and adverbs 6. Is the word an adjective or adverb?
Week 3: Mysterious Oceans
Reading comprehension 1. Read about art, music, and traditions 2. Identify text structures Vocabulary 3. Which sentence matches the definition? Writing 4. Create varied sentences based on models Grammar and mechanics 5. Choose between adjectives and adverbs 6. Is the word an adjective or adverb?

Week 4: Words to Save the World: The Work of Rachel Carson		Reading comprehension 1. Match problems with their solutions 2. Read about sports and hobbies Vocabulary 3. Choose the synonym 4. Choose the antonym Writing 5. Remove the sentence that does not belong Grammar and mechanics 6. Identify prepositional phrases
Week 4: Words to Save the World: The Work of Rachel Carson
Reading comprehension 1. Match problems with their solutions 2. Read about sports and hobbies Vocabulary 3. Choose the synonym 4. Choose the antonym Writing 5. Remove the sentence that does not belong Grammar and mechanics 6. Identify prepositional phrases

Week 5: To Travel, Wild Blossoms		Reading comprehension 1. Read poetry 2. Identify the narrative point of view Vocabulary 3. Identify elements of poetry Spelling 4. Words with -able and -ible Writing 5. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb Grammar and mechanics 6. Prepositions: review
Week 5: To Travel, Wild Blossoms
Reading comprehension 1. Read poetry 2. Identify the narrative point of view Vocabulary 3. Identify elements of poetry Spelling 4. Words with -able and -ible Writing 5. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb Grammar and mechanics 6. Prepositions: review

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