Content Frame

Scope and Sequence
Shining Star A
Unit 1		Growing Up
	Selection “Ancient Kids” “The Hare and the Tortoise,” Aesop and “Why Rattlesnake Has Fangs,” Cheryl Giff From Later, Gator, Laurence Yep “Amazing Growth Facts”
	Vocabulary Key vocabulary terms Greek & Latin roots Cognates
	Reading Previewing Predicting
	Literary Element Personification Point of view
	Grammar Using adjectives to describe Using the conjunction and Present tense: regular and irregular verbs Negative sentences in the present
	Writing Writing correct sentences Writing compound sentences Writing descriptive sentences Writing a descriptive paragraph
	Phonics Short a, o, i Short u, e
	Spelling Spelling short a, o, i Spelling short u, e sounds
Unit 2		Challenges and Choices
	Selection “Extraordinary People” “He Was the Same Age as My Sister,” Mieke C. Malandra From A Boat to Nowhere, Maureen Crane Wartski “Sudan’s ‘Lost Boys’ Start New Lives”
	Vocabulary Key vocabulary terms Prefixes Suffixes
	Reading Skimming a text to determine major ideas Visualizing
	Literary Element Mood Flashback
	Grammar Using the simple past Using the conjunction but Identifying parts of speech Questions in present and past (affirmative, negative information)
	Writing Writing a narrative paragraph Using a variety of sentence types Writing a personal narrative
	Phonics Long a, i sound: a-e, ai, ay, i-e, igh Long o, long e, long u
	Spelling Spelling long a, i sounds: a-e, ay, i-e Spelling long o, e, u
Unit 3		Mysterious Ways
	Selection “Fact or Fiction?” “Truth or Lies?,” George Shannon “Teenage Detectives,” Carol Farley and Elizabeth Dearl Science experiments: “How to Make a Friend Disappear” and “Water Trick”
	Vocabulary Key vocabulary terms Synonyms Antonyms
	Reading Distinguishing fact and opinion Using a graphic organizer to compare and contrast texts
	Literary Element Suspense Plot
	Grammar Present progressive + prepositions of location Adjective placement in compound sentences Punctuation: periods and exclamation points
	Writing Writing a descriptive paragraph Writing clues Writing instructions for a science experiment
	Phonics Blends Digraphs sh, ph, th
	Spelling Adding —ing Number words
Unit 4		Conflict
	Selection “World War I” “Letter Home,” Lance-Corporal Frank Earley “Can We Forget?” Cora Inez Keyes “Grass,” Carl Sandburg From Zlata’s Diary, Zlata Filipovic “The Physical World: The Balkans”
	Vocabulary Key vocabulary terms Phrasal verbs Collocations
	Reading Noting causes and effects Analyzing historical context
	Literary Element Rhyme Images
	Grammar Using so as a conjunction Using pronoun referents Wh– questions Possessives with apostrophes
	Writing Write a cause-and-effect paragraph Writing an eyewitness report Writing a historical report
	Phonics Digraphs wh, ng Digraphs ch, tch
	Spelling Adding –ed Adding –es
Unit 5		We Can Be Heros
	Selection “Heroes: Yesterday and Today” “Wind Beneath My Wings,” Bette Midler Ethiopia, Sebastião Salgado From Leaves of Grass, Walt Whitman From The Diary of Anne Frank, Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, adapted by Wendy Kesselman “Heroic Art: Pablo Picasso’s Guernica and the Kids, Guernica Art Project”
	Vocabulary Key vocabulary terms Homonyms Meaning based on root words
	Reading Making inferences Visualizing
	Literary Element Recognizing and analyzing setting
	Grammar The passive voice Comparative and superlative adjectives Wh– questions Possessives with apostrophes
	Writing Using time phrases to write a biography Writing a review Writing a letter to the editor
	Phonics Digraphs wr, kn r -controlled Vowels
	Spelling Silent letters wr, kn Changing y to –i to add –er and –est Spelling kn-
Unit 6		Look into the Future
	Selection “Life in the Future” “Interview with an Astronaut: Dan Bursch” From The Time Warp Trio: 2095, Jon Scieszka “DNA, Genes, and Traits”
	Vocabulary Key vocabulary terms Using print and online resources to find spelling and meaning Word origins
	Reading Summarizing Reading for enjoyment
	Literary Element Dialogue
	Grammar Using will for the future Using be going to for the future Word order in questions Punctuation: comma
	Writing Taking notes for a research report Making a sentence outline Writing a research report
	Phonics Diphthong: ou, ow, oy, oi Schwa //
	Spelling Spelling diphthong sounds Spelling the schwa // sound