Reaching a Compromise
Genre: Expository Text
 Gives facts, examples, and explanations about a topic.
 May include text features such as headings, charts,
graphs, diagrams, or time lines that organize information.
Essential
Question:
What do good problem
solvers do?
Comprehension Skill: Problem and Solution
 One way authors can structure expository texts
is to present a problem and then explain the
solution.
 The solution is the steps taken to solve the
problem.
 Signal words: consequently, as a result,
1. joint
therefore, and so
Vocabulary Strategy: Context Clues
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Spelling
Words
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2. foul
3. coil
4. hoist
5. stout
6. dawdle
7. mouthful
Vocabulary Words:
1. committees—groups of people chosen to do certain
work
2. convention—a formal meeting for a special purpose
3. debate—to argue or discuss
4. proposal—a plan or suggestion
5. representatives—people chosen to speak or act for
others
6. resolve—to settle, explain, or solve something
7. situation—a condition or state of affairs
8. union—formed by joining two or more groups together
8. counter
9. brought
10. bawl
11. fountain
12. sprawls
13. douse
14. clause
15. sprouts
16. cautious
17. turmoil
18. scrawny
19. foundation
20. turquoise
Seeking the Answer
Essential
Genre: Fairy Tale
Question:
 Usually take place in made-up or magical settings.
What can you do to get
the information you
need?
 Often begin with the phrase “Once upon a time”
 Often include a prince or princess and magical characters
Comprehension Skill: Compare and Contrast
 You can compare and contrast events in a
story to see how they are alike or different.
 Comparing and contrasting events at the
beginning, middle, and end of a story can help
you remember what happened and in what
order events occurred.
Spelling
Words
1. rattlers
2. fangs
3. countries
Vocabulary Strategy: Simile and Metaphor
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4. liberties
5. potatoes
6. rodeos
7. taxes
Vocabulary Words:
1. circumstances—conditions or events that exist with other
things and may have an effect on them
2. consideration—careful thought
3. consults—ask for advice or gain direction
4. destiny—what happens, especially when it seems to be
determined in advance
5. expectations—believe or expect that certain things will
happen
6. presence—the area around or near a person
7. reveal—show or display something
8. unsure—are not certain about something
8. reptiles
9. surroundings
10. beliefs
11. difficulties
12. batches
13. abilities
14. lashes
15. identities
16. losses
17. possibilities
18. notches
19. zeroes
20. eddies
Investigations
Essential
Genre: Biography
Question:
 Tells the true story of another person’s life
 Told in the third person using pronouns such as he and she
 May include photographs and illustrations
How do we investigate
questions about nature?
Comprehension Skill: Sequence
 In a biography, sequence is the order the
events happened in the person’s life.
 Sequence can help the reader understand
how one event might lead to another.
 Signal words and phrases: first, then, later,
finally, today, and specific times and dates
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Vocabulary Strategy: Greek and Latin Suffixes
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Vocabulary Words:
1. behaviors—ways that animals or human beings act
2. disappearance—happens when something or someone
can no longer be seen or found
3. energetic—a person who is active and full of life
4. flurry—many things happening at once
5. migrate—move or travel together
6. observation—notice or carefully look at something
7. theory—an idea or opinion that has not been proven to
be true
8. transformed—changing how something looks
Spelling
Words
1. jogging
2. dripping
3. skimmed
4. accepted
5. amusing
6. easing
7. regretted
8. forbidding
9. referred
10. injured
11. deserved
12. applied
13. relied
14. renewing
15. complicated
16. qualified
17. threatening
18. gnarled
19. envied
20. fascinated
A Plan of Action
Genre: Folktale
 Describes a set of tasks a hero or heroine must accomplish.
 Often includes magical settings or characters.
 Often includes foreshadowing and usually contains a lesson.
Essential
Question:
When has a plan helped
you accomplish a task?
Comprehension Skill: Theme
 The theme of a story is the big idea or message
about life that the author wants to share.
 Usually the theme is not stated directly.
 To identify the theme, think about what
characters do and say and what happens to the
characters.
Vocabulary Strategy: Personification
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Spelling
Words
1. you've
2. she'd
3. that's
4. what's
5. doesn't
6. there's
7. you're
Vocabulary Words:
1. assuring—making someone feel certain or sure about
something
2. detected—discovered or noticed something
3. emerging—something that is coming into view and can
be seen
4. gratitude—a feeling of thankfulness
5. guidance—leadership or direction
6. outcome—result or consequence
7. previous—before or earlier
8. pursuit—a chase
8. wasn't
9. we'll
10. we've
11. we're
12. couldn't
13. I've
14. didn't
15. they're
16. shouldn't
17. wouldn't
18. he'd
19. don't
20. isn't
Making It Happen
Essential
Genre: Poetry
Question:
 A narrative poem tells a story. It has characters and dialogue.
 A free verse poem shares feelings with no set rhyming pattern
or rhythm.
What motivates you to
accomplish a goal?
The lines can be a mix of short and long.
Comprehension Skill: Theme
 A poem’s theme is the big idea or message
the poet wishes to communicate to readers.
 Thinking about the speaker, word choices, and
key details that the poet uses can help figure
out the theme of the poem.
Spelling
Words
1. dentist
Vocabulary Strategy: Homographs
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2. jogger
3. fifteen
4. flatter
5. submit
6. mustang
7. absent
Vocabulary Words:
1. ambitious—having a strong desire to succeed at
something
2. memorized—learned by heart
3. satisfaction—feeling pleased when you accomplish
something
4. shuddered—to shake or tremble from fear or cold
5. free verse—poems that do not have rhyme
6. narrative—a poem that tells a story
7. repetition—the repeating of words, phrases, or lines in a
poem
8. rhyme—lines in a poem that end with the same sound
8. hollow
9. empire
10. blizzard
11. culture
12. goggles
13. summon
14. excite
15. kennel
16. valley
17. fragment
18. gallop
19. vulture
20. pigment
Reaching a Compromise
Genre: Expository Text
 Gives facts, examples, and explanations about a topic.
 May include text features such as headings, charts,
graphs, diagrams, or time lines that organize information.
Essential
Question:
What do good problem
solvers do?
Comprehension Skill: Problem and Solution
 One way authors can structure expository texts
is to present a problem and then explain the
solution.
 The solution is the steps taken to solve the
problem.
 Signal words: consequently, as a result,
1. loiter
therefore, and so
Vocabulary Strategy: Context Clues



Spelling
Words
“ ”
2. outnumber
3. poise
4. hoist
5. stout
6. dawdle
7. mouthful
Vocabulary Words:
1. committees—groups of people chosen to do certain
work
2. convention—a formal meeting for a special purpose
3. debate—to argue or discuss
4. proposal—a plan or suggestion
5. representatives—people chosen to speak or act for
others
6. resolve—to settle, explain, or solve something
7. situation—a condition or state of affairs
8. union—formed by joining two or more groups together
8. council
9. wrought
10. bawl
11. fountain
12. sprawls
13. douse
14. clause
15. scour
16. cautious
17. turmoil
18. scrawny
19. foundations
20. renowned
Seeking the Answer
Essential
Genre: Fairy Tale
Question:
 Usually take place in made-up or magical settings.
What can you do to get
the information you
need?
 Often begin with the phrase “Once upon a time”
 Often include a prince or princess and magical characters
Comprehension Skill: Compare and Contrast
 You can compare and contrast events in a
story to see how they are alike or different.
 Comparing and contrasting events at the
beginning, middle, and end of a story can help
you remember what happened and in what
order events occurred.
Spelling
Words
1. rattlers
2. molecules
3. countries
Vocabulary Strategy: Simile and Metaphor

“
”
“
”
o

“
”
“
”
o
4. calamities
5. potatoes
6. canopies
7. geniuses
Vocabulary Words:
1. circumstances—conditions or events that exist with other
things and may have an effect on them
2. consideration—careful thought
3. consults—ask for advice or gain direction
4. destiny—what happens, especially when it seems to be
determined in advance
5. expectations—believe or expect that certain things will
happen
6. presence—the area around or near a person
7. reveal—show or display something
8. unsure—are not certain about something
8. reptiles
9. surroundings
10. beliefs
11. difficulties
12. crutches
13. mangoes
14. mosquitoes
15. identities
16. losses
17. possibilities
18. notches
19. zeroes
20. eddies
Investigations
Essential
Genre: Biography
Question:
 Tells the true story of another person’s life
 Told in the third person using pronouns such as he and she
 May include photographs and illustrations
How do we investigate
questions about nature?
Comprehension Skill: Sequence
 In a biography, sequence is the order the
events happened in the person’s life.
 Sequence can help the reader understand
how one event might lead to another.
 Signal words and phrases: first, then, later,
finally, today, and specific times and dates



Vocabulary Strategy: Greek and Latin Suffixes
“
”
Vocabulary Words:
1. behaviors—ways that animals or human beings act
2. disappearance—happens when something or someone
can no longer be seen or found
3. energetic—a person who is active and full of life
4. flurry—many things happening at once
5. migrate—move or travel together
6. observation—notice or carefully look at something
7. theory—an idea or opinion that has not been proven to
be true
8. transformed—changing how something looks
Spelling
Words
1. accepted
2. shredding
3. skimmed
4. recognizing
5. amusing
6. easing
7. regretted
8. forbidding
9. referred
10. portrayed
11. dedicated
12. applied
13. unified
14. soothing
15. complicated
16. qualified
17. threatening
18. gnarled
19. envied
20. fascinated
A Plan of Action
Genre: Folktale
 Describes a set of tasks a hero or heroine must accomplish.
 Often includes magical settings or characters.
 Often includes foreshadowing and usually contains a lesson.
Essential
Question:
When has a plan helped
you accomplish a task?
Comprehension Skill: Theme
 The theme of a story is the big idea or message
about life that the author wants to share.
 Usually the theme is not stated directly.
 To identify the theme, think about what
characters do and say and what happens to the
characters.
Vocabulary Strategy: Personification



Spelling
Words
1. you’ve
2. she’d
3. that’s
4. what’s
5. doesn’t
6. there’s
7. you’re
Vocabulary Words:
1. assuring—making someone feel certain or sure about
something
2. detected—discovered or noticed something
3. emerging—something that is coming into view and can
be seen
4. gratitude—a feeling of thankfulness
5. guidance—leadership or direction
6. outcome—result or consequence
7. previous—before or earlier
8. pursuit—a chase
8. wasn’t
9. we’ll
10. we’ve
11. we’re
12. couldn’t
13. I’ve
14. didn’t
15. they’re
16. shouldn’t
17. wouldn’t
18. he’d
19. don’t
20. isn’t
Making It Happen
Essential
Genre: Poetry
Question:
 A narrative poem tells a story. It has characters and dialogue.
What motivates you to
accomplish a goal?
 A free verse poem shares feelings with no set rhyming pattern
or rhythm.
The lines can be a mix of short and long.
Comprehension Skill: Theme
 A poem’s theme is the big idea or message
the poet wishes to communicate to readers.
 Thinking about the speaker, word choices, and
key details that the poet uses can help figure
out the theme of the poem.
Spelling
Words
1. swerving
Vocabulary Strategy: Homographs



2. jogger
3. cinder
4. flattery
5. muttered
6. stubble
7. whimper
Vocabulary Words:
1. ambitious—having a strong desire to succeed at
something
2. memorized—learned by heart
3. satisfaction—feeling pleased when you accomplish
something
4. shuddered—to shake or tremble from fear or cold
5. free verse—poems that do not have rhyme
6. narrative—a poem that tells a story
7. repetition—the repeating of words, phrases, or lines in a
poem
8. rhyme—lines in a poem that end with the same sound
8. hollow
9. clammy
10. suspend
11. culture
12. stallion
13. summon
14. whinnied
15. kennel
16. canyon
17. fragment
18. gallop
19. vulture
20. pigment