Unit 1: Growing and Learning
Week 1-Bruno's New Home, Wolf, and Jennie and the Wolf
Vocab-concentrate, ached, discovery, educated, effort, improved, inspire, satisfied
Week 2-The Dream Catcher, Yoon and the Jade Bracelet, and Family Traditions
Vocab-pride, precious, disappointment, celebrate, tradition, courage, symbols, remind
Week 3-Room to Grow, Gary the Dreamer, Sharing Polkas and Pitas
Vocab-admires, classmate, community, contribute, practicing, pronounce, tumbled, scared
Week 4-Mary Anderson's Great Invention, All Aboard!, Lighting the World
Vocab-design, encouraged, examine, investigation, quality, simple, solution, substitutes
Week 5-A Natural Beauty, A Mountain of History, and A Landmark Street
Vocab-carve, clues, grand, landmark, massive, monument, national, traces
Unit 2: Figure It Out
Week 1- Anansi Learns a Lesson, Roadrunner's Dance, Deltona is Going Batty
Vocab- attempt, awkward, cooperation, created, furiously, interfere, involved, timid
Week 2-Sailing to America, The Castle on Hester Street, Next Stop, America!
Vocab-arrived, immigrated, inspected, moment, opportunity, photographs, valuable, whispered
Week 3-Every Vote Counts, Vote!, A Plan for the People
Vocab-announced, candidate, convince, decision, elect, estimate, government, independent
Week 4-Kids to the Rescue!, Whooping Cranes in Danger, Help the Manatees!
Vocab-caretakers, population, recognized, relatives, resources, success, survive, threatened
Week 5-Empanada Day, The Inventor Thinks Up Helicopters, Ornithopter, Montgolfier Brothers' Hot Air Balloon
Vocab-bounce, imagine, inventor, observer, alliteration, free verse, limerick, rhyme
Unit 3:
Week 1-Inchworm's Tale, Martina the Beautiful Cockroach, Get a Backbone
Vocab: disbelief, dismay, fabulous, features, offered, splendid, unique, watchful
Week 2-Jane's Discovery, Finding Lincoln, A Great American Teacher
Vocab: amazement, bravery, disappear, donated, leader, nervous, refused, temporary
Week 3-Earth and Its Neighbors, Earth, Coyote and the Jar of Stars
Vocab: amount, astronomy, globe, solar system, support, surface, temperature, warmth
Week 4-Bats Did It First, Big Ideas, Perdix Invents the Saw
Vocab: effective, example, identical, imitate, material, model, observed, similar
Week 5-The Long Road to Oregon, Riding the Rails West, Discovering Life Long Ago
Vocab: agreeable, appreciate, boomed, descendants, emigration, pioneers, transportation, vehicles
Unit 4:
Week 1-Nail Soup, The Real Story of Stone Soup, Healthful Food Choices
Vocab: aroma, expect, flavorful, graceful, healthful, interrupted, luscious, variety
Week 2-The Impossible Pet Show, The Talented Clementine, Clementine and the Family Meeting
Vocab: achievement, apologized, attention, audience, confidence, embarrassed, realized, talents
Week 3-Gray Wolf! Red Fox!, Amazing Wildlife of the Mojave, Little Half Chick
Vocab: alert, competition, environment, excellent, prefer, protection, related, shelter
Week 4- Firsts in Flight, Hot Air Balloons, Bellerophon and Pegasus
Vocab: controlled, direction, flight, impossible, launched, motion, passenger, popular
Week 5- Ginger's Fingers, The Winningest Woman of the Iditarod Dog Sled Race, Narcissa
Vocab: adventurous, courageous, extremely, weird, free verse, narrative poem, repetition, rhyme
Unit 5-
Week 1- Juanita and the Beanstalk, Clever Jack Takes the Cake, When Corn Was Cash
Vocab: admit, barter, considered, creation, humble, magnificent, payment, reluctantly
Week 2- The New Hoop, Bravo,Tavo!, Trash Into Art
Vocab: conservation, discouraged, frustration, gazed, jubilant, recycling, remaining, tinkered
Week 3- Rescue Dogs Save the Day, Wildfires, Windy Gale and the Great Hurricane
Vocab: accidental, careless, disasters, equipment, harmful, prevention, purpose, respond
Week 4- Dolores Huerta: Growing Up Strong, Elizabeth Leads the Way, Susan B. Anthony Takes Action
Vocab: citizenship, continued, daring, horrified, participate, proposed, unfairness, waver
Week 5- Here Comes Solar Power, It's All in the Wind, Power for All
Vocab: energy, natural, pollution, produce, renewable, replace, sources, traditional
Unit 6
Week 1-Athena and Arachne, King Midas and the Golden Touch, Carlos's Gift
Vocab: alarmed, anguish, necessary, obsessed, possess, reward, treasure, wealth
Week 2-The Big Blizzard, Nora's Ark, The Wind and the Sun
Vocab: argue, astonished, complained, conditions, forbidding, forecast, relief, stranded
Week 3-Rocketing into Space, Out of this World!, and A Flight to Lunar City
Vocab: communicated, essential, goal, motivated, professional, research, serious, specialist
Week 4- Butterflies Big and Small, Alligators and Crocodiles, The Monkey and the Crocodile
Vocab: endangered, fascinating, illegal, inhabit, requirement, respected, unaware, wildlife
Week 5-The Camping Trip, Bubble Gum, Ollie's Escape, The Gentleman Bookworm
Vocab: entertainment, humorous, ridiculous, slithered, narrative poem, rhythm, rhyme, and stanza