UNIT
1
Level B
Contents
Reading 3: Short Story and Poetry
How does the natural
Prepare to Read........................................................................................30
Vocabulary Focus: Literary Terms, Academic Words
Reading Focus: Visualize
Ali, Child of the Desert by Jonathan London................................................ 34
Desert Women by Pat Mora......................................................................... 41
Reading 1: Novel Excerpt
Review and Practice.................................................................................42
Speaking and Listening Focus: Reader’s Theater
Progress Monitoring: Response to Literature
world affect us?........................................................................ 2
Prepare to Read.......................................................................................... 4
Vocabulary Focus: Literary Terms, Academic Words
Reading Focus: Predict
from Project Mulberry by Linda Sue Park....................................................... 8
Review and Practice................................................................................. 12
Speaking and Listening Focus: Reader’s Theater
Progress Monitoring: Response to Literature
Grammar and Writing............................................................................. 14
Grammar Focus: Order of Adjectives
Writing Focus: Describe an Object
Reading 2: Informational Text/Science
Prepare to Read........................................................................................ 16
Vocabulary Focus: Key Words, Academic Words
Reading Focus: Preview
INFO
Ecosystems: The Systems of Nature TEXT .......................................................20
Review and Practice.................................................................................26
Speaking and Listening Focus: In Your Own Words
Progress Monitoring: Read for Fluency
Grammar and Writing.............................................................................28
Grammar Focus: Comparison Structures
Writing Focus: Describe a Place
Grammar and Writing............................................................................ 44
Grammar Focus: Simple and Compound Sentences
Writing Focus: Describe a Person
Reading 4: Informational Text/Science
Prepare to Read....................................................................................... 46
Vocabulary Focus: Key Words, Academic Words
Reading Focus: Identify Main Idea and Details
INFO
Water and Living Things TEXT ....................................................................50
Review and Practice.................................................................................54
Speaking and Listening Focus: In Your Own Words
Progress Monitoring: Read for Fluency
Grammar and Writing.............................................................................56
Grammar Focus: Subject-Verb Agreement: Simple Present
Writing Focus: Describe an Event or Experience
Link the Readings.............................................................................. 58
Assessment Practice: Critical Thinking, Discussion
The Big Question: Wrap-Up Discussion
Fluency Check
Projects and Further Reading.......................................................... 59
Put It All Together
Listening & Speaking Workshop: Presentation...................................60
Writing Workshop: Descriptive Essay....................................................62
Smithsonian American Art Museum: The Language of Art
Painting the American Landscape................................................................. 66
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UNIT
2
Level B
Contents
Where can a journey
Reading 3: Informational Texts/Science
Prepare to Read........................................................................................94
Vocabulary Focus: Key Words, Academic Words
Reading Focus: Recognize Cause and Effect
INFO
take you?........................................................................................ 68
Migrating Caribou TEXT ..............................................................................98
INFO
Magnets in Animals by Darlene R. Stille TEXT ................................................101
Reading 1: Myth
Review and Practice.............................................................................. 102
Speaking and Listening Focus: In Your Own Words
Progress Monitoring: Read for Fluency
Prepare to Read........................................................................................ 70
Vocabulary Focus: Literary Terms, Academic Words
Reading Focus: Identify Problems and Solutions
from Tales from the Odyssey retold by Mary Pope Osborne........................ 74
Review and Practice.................................................................................78
Speaking and Listening Focus: Reader’s Theater
Progress Monitoring: Response to Literature
Grammar and Writing.............................................................................80
Grammar Focus: Simple Past: Regular and Irregular Verbs
Writing Focus: Write a Story from a Different Point of View
Reading 2: Informational Text/Social Studies
Prepare to Read........................................................................................82
Vocabulary Focus: Key Words, Academic Words
Reading Focus: Use Visuals
INFO
Early Explorers TEXT ................................................................................... 86
Review and Practice................................................................................ 90
Speaking and Listening Focus: In Your Own Words
Progress Monitoring: Read for Fluency
Grammar and Writing.............................................................................92
Grammar Focus: Passive Voice: Omitting the by-Phrase
Writing Focus: Write a Personal Narrative
Grammar and Writing.......................................................................... 104
Grammar Focus: Prenominal and Postnominal Adjectives
Writing Focus: Write a Story with a Starter
Reading 4: Novel Excerpt
Prepare to Read..................................................................................... 106
Vocabulary Focus: Literary Terms, Academic Words
Reading Focus: Make Inferences
from The Journal of Wong Ming-Chung by Laurence Yep......................... 110
Review and Practice............................................................................... 116
Speaking and Listening Focus: Dramatic Reading
Progress Monitoring: Response to Literature
Grammar and Writing........................................................................... 118
Grammar Focus: Adverb Clauses of Time
Writing Focus: Write a Personal Letter
Link the Readings............................................................................ 120
Assessment Practice: Critical Thinking, Discussion
The Big Question: Wrap-Up Discussion
Fluency Check
Projects and Further Reading........................................................ 121
Put It All Together
Listening & Speaking Workshop: Personal Narrative....................... 122
Writing Workshop: Fictional Narrative............................................... 124
Smithsonian American Art Museum: The Language of Art
Traveling the Electronic Superhighway........................................................ 128
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UNIT
3
Level B
Contents
What defines
success?.........................................................................................130
Reading 1: Informational Text/Social Studies
Prepare to Read......................................................................................132
Vocabulary Focus: Key Words, Academic Words
Reading Focus: Connect Ideas
INFO
Success Stories TEXT . .................................................................................136
Review and Practice.............................................................................. 140
Speaking and Listening Focus: In Your Own Words
Progress Monitoring: Read for Fluency
Grammar and Writing.......................................................................... 142
Grammar Focus: Independent and Dependent Clauses
Writing Focus: Write to Compare and Contrast
Reading 2: Interview and Poetry
Prepare to Read......................................................................................144
Vocabulary Focus: Literary Terms, Academic Words
Reading Focus: Distinguish Fact from Opinion
An Interview with Naomi Shihab Nye by Rachel Barenblat...................... 148
Making a Mosaic by Naomi Shihab Nye....................................................151
Review and Practice...............................................................................152
Speaking and Listening Focus: Dramatic Reading
Progress Monitoring: Response to Literature
Grammar and Writing.......................................................................... 154
Grammar Focus: Gerunds as Subject or Object
Writing Focus: Write a Problem-and-Solution Paragraph
Reading 3: Short Story
Prepare to Read..................................................................................... 156
Vocabulary Focus: Literary Terms, Academic Words
Reading Focus: Predict 2
The Marble Champ by Gary Soto............................................................. 160
Review and Practice.............................................................................. 168
Speaking and Listening Focus: Reader’s Theater
Progress Monitoring: Response to Literature
Grammar and Writing...........................................................................170
Grammar Focus: Infinitives and Infinitives of Purpose
Writing Focus: Write a Critique
Reading 4: Informational Text/Science
Prepare to Read......................................................................................172
Vocabulary Focus: Key Words, Academic Words
Reading Focus: Ask Questions
INFO
Students Win Robotics Competition by Karina Bland TEXT ....................... 176
Review and Practice.............................................................................. 180
Speaking and Listening Focus: In Your Own Words
Progress Monitoring: Read for Fluency
Grammar and Writing.......................................................................... 182
Grammar Focus: Expressions of Quantity
Writing Focus: Write a News Article
Link the Readings............................................................................ 184
Assessment Practice: Critical Thinking, Discussion
The Big Question: Wrap-Up Discussion
Fluency Check
Projects and Further Reading........................................................ 185
Put It All Together
Listening & Speaking Workshop: Interview.................................... 186
Writing Workshop: Expository Essay. ................................................ 188
Smithsonian American Art Museum: The Language of Art
Self-Portraits.............................................................................................. 192
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UNIT
4
Level B
Contents
Can we see change
as it happens?........................................................................ 194
Reading 1: Informational Text/Science
Prepare to Read......................................................................................196
Vocabulary Focus: Key Words, Academic Words
Reading Focus: Scan
INFO
Changing Earth TEXT . .............................................................................. 200
Review and Practice.............................................................................. 206
Speaking and Listening Focus: In Your Own Words
Progress Monitoring: Read for Fluency
Grammar and Writing.......................................................................... 208
Grammar Focus: Present Perfect
Writing Focus: Write an Advertisement
Reading 2: Letters
Prepare to Read......................................................................................210
Vocabulary Focus: Literary Terms, Academic Words
Reading Focus: Identify Author’s Purpose
The Intersection by Dina Anastasio............................................................214
Review and Practice...............................................................................218
Speaking and Listening Focus: Dramatic Reading
Progress Monitoring: Response to Literature
Grammar and Writing.......................................................................... 220
Grammar Focus: Future with will or won’t for Prediction
Writing Focus: Write a Letter to the Editor
Reading 3: Informational Text/Social Studies
Prepare to Read..................................................................................... 222
Vocabulary Focus: Key Words, Academic Words
Reading Focus: Draw Conclusions
INFO
from Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges TEXT ........................................... 226
Review and Practice.............................................................................. 232
Speaking and Listening Focus: In Your Own Words
Progress Monitoring: Read for Fluency
Grammar and Writing.......................................................................... 234
Grammar Focus: Conjunctions: and, but, or
Writing Focus: Write a Persuasive Paragraph
Reading 4: Essay, Art, and Poetry
Prepare to Read..................................................................................... 236
Vocabulary Focus: Literary Terms, Academic Words
Reading Focus: Recognize Sequence
Harlem: Then and Now by James Baldwin................................................ 240
Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold..................................................................... 244
Harlem and Dreams by Langston Hughes................................................. 245
Review and Practice.............................................................................. 246
Speaking and Listening Focus: Dramatic Reading
Progress Monitoring: Response to Literature
Grammar and Writing.......................................................................... 248
Grammar Focus: Nouns, Pronouns, and Possessive Adjectives
Writing Focus: Write a Review
Link the Readings............................................................................ 250
Assessment Practice: Critical Thinking, Discussion
The Big Question: Wrap-Up Discussion
Fluency Check
Projects and Further Reading........................................................ 251
Put It All Together
Listening & Speaking Workshop: Speech....................................... 252
Writing Workshop: Persuasive Essay.................................................. 254
Smithsonian American Art Museum: The Language of Art
Moving Through Time................................................................................ 258
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UNIT
5
Level B
Contents
Reading 3: Informational Text/Social Studies
Why do we explore
Prepare to Read..................................................................................... 290
Vocabulary Focus: Key Words, Academic Words
Reading Focus: Summarize
INFO
The Cowboy Era TEXT ............................................................................... 294
Reading 1: Novel Excerpt, Song, and Poetry
Review and Practice.............................................................................. 298
Speaking and Listening Focus: In Your Own Words
Progress Monitoring: Read for Fluency
new frontiers?........................................................................ 260
Prepare to Read..................................................................................... 262
Vocabulary Focus: Literary Terms, Academic Words
Reading Focus: Make Generalizations
from River to Tomorrow by Ellen Levine................................................... 266
River Song by Bill Staines.......................................................................... 272
Morning Prayer Song by Ronald Snake Edmo........................................... 273
Review and Practice...............................................................................274
Speaking and Listening Focus: Dramatic Reading
Progress Monitoring: Response to Literature
Grammar and Writing...........................................................................276
Grammar Focus: The Past Perfect and the Simple Past
Writing Focus: Write a Cause-and-Effect Paragraph
Reading 2: Informational Text/Social Studies
Grammar and Writing.......................................................................... 300
Grammar Focus: Modals: could for Past Ability; could and
might for Possibility
Writing Focus: Write a Summary
Reading 4: Tall Tale Excerpt
Prepare to Read..................................................................................... 302
Vocabulary Focus: Literary Terms, Academic Words
Reading Focus: Skim
from Pecos Bill: The Greatest Cowboy of All Time
by James Cloyd Bowman............................................................................ 306
Review and Practice............................................................................... 312
Speaking and Listening Focus: Reader’s Theater
Progress Monitoring: Response to Literature
Prepare to Read..................................................................................... 278
Vocabulary Focus: Key Words, Academic Words
Reading Focus: Take Notes
INFO
Maps and Compasses TEXT ...................................................................... 282
Grammar and Writing........................................................................... 314
Grammar Focus: Comparison Structures:.
-er/-est, more/the most + adjective
Writing Focus: Write a Classifying Paragraph
Review and Practice.............................................................................. 286
Speaking and Listening Focus: In Your Own Words
Progress Monitoring: Read for Fluency
Link the Readings............................................................................ 316
Grammar and Writing.......................................................................... 288
Grammar Focus: Imperatives
Writing Focus: Write Instructions
Assessment Practice: Critical Thinking, Discussion
The Big Question: Wrap-Up Discussion
Fluency Check
Projects and Further Reading........................................................ 317
Put It All Together
Listening & Speaking Workshop: Group Presentation......................318
Writing Workshop: Instructional Essay.............................................. 320
Smithsonian American Art Museum: The Language of Art
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The Roots of Frontier Culture...................................................................... 324
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UNIT
6
Level B
Contents
How do we know
what is true?............................................................................ 326
Reading 1: Myth
Prepare to Read..................................................................................... 328
Vocabulary Focus: Literary Terms, Academic Words
Reading Focus: Compare and Contrast
How Glooskap Found the Summer.......................................................... 332
Persephone and the Pomegranate Seeds................................................ 334
Review and Practice.............................................................................. 336
Speaking and Listening Focus: Reader’s Theater
Progress Monitoring: Response to Literature
Grammar and Writing.......................................................................... 338
Grammar Focus: Modals to Express Ability, Necessity, and Permission
Writing Focus: Write an Introductory Paragraph
Reading 2: Informational Text/Social Studies
Prepare to Read..................................................................................... 340
Vocabulary Focus: Key Words, Academic Words
Reading Focus: Evaluate New Information
INFO
Early Astronomers TEXT . .......................................................................... 344
Review and Practice.............................................................................. 348
Speaking and Listening Focus: In Your Own Words
Progress Monitoring: Read for Fluency
Grammar and Writing.......................................................................... 350
Grammar Focus: Participial Adjectives
Writing Focus: Support the Main Idea with Facts and Details
Reading 3: Play Excerpt
Prepare to Read..................................................................................... 352
Vocabulary Focus: Literary Terms, Academic Words
Reading Focus: Analyze Text Structure
from The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells, adapted by Howard Koch.... 356
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Review and Practice.............................................................................. 364
Speaking and Listening Focus: Dramatic Reading
Progress Monitoring: Response to Literature
Grammar and Writing.......................................................................... 366
Grammar Focus: Punctuation of Quoted Speech
Writing Focus: Include Quotations and Citations
Reading 4: Informational Text/Science
Prepare to Read..................................................................................... 368
Vocabulary Focus: Key Words, Academic Words
Reading Focus: Classify
INFO
Earth’s Orbit TEXT . ................................................................................... 372
Review and Practice.............................................................................. 378
Speaking and Listening Focus: In Your Own Words
Progress Monitoring: Read for Fluency
Grammar and Writing.......................................................................... 380
Grammar Focus: Cause and Effect Structures
Writing Focus: Support the Main Idea with Examples and Explanations
Link the Readings............................................................................ 382
Assessment Practice: Critical Thinking, Discussion
The Big Question: Wrap-Up Discussion
Fluency Check
Projects and Further Reading........................................................ 383
Put It All Together
Listening & Speaking Workshop: Play............................................ 384
Writing Workshop: Research Report.................................................. 386
Smithsonian American Art Museum: The Language of Art
Otherworldly Art........................................................................................ 392
Handbooks and Resources......................................................................... 395
Glossary......................................................................................................... 456
Index of Skills............................................................................................... 462
Index of Authors, Titles, Art, and Artists........................................... 467
Acknowledgments....................................................................................... 468
Credits............................................................................................................ 470
Smithsonian American Art Museum List of Artworks........................ 473
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