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Lincoln Public School’s reading program is Wonders by McGraw-Hill. There are six units, and each unit consists of six weeks. Skills are taught through an anthology. Along with the anthology, we will have literature groups throughout the year. Literature groups will meet on Thursdays. The skills listed for each unit follow.
Unit 1 -Think it Through
The Big Idea: How can changes transform the way people look at the world?
Week 1 – Perspectives
Essential Question – How do new experiences offer new perspectives?
Stories: “Cow Music,” “Little Blog on the Prairie,” & “The Writing on the Wall.”
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Comprehension Strategy – Visualize
Comprehension Skills: Character, Setting, Plot: Compare & Contrast
Vocabulary Strategy: Context Clues: Sentence Clues
Grammar: Sentence Types and Fragments
Vocabulary: consolation, glimmer, heinous, indispensable, perception, phobic, sarcastic, threshold
Week 2 – Alliances
Essential Question – Why do people form alliances?
Stories: “Drumbeat of Freedom,” “The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg,” & “Enough.”
Genre: Historical Fiction
Comprehension Strategy: Visualize
Comprehension Skills: Character, Setting, Plot: Sequencing
Vocabulary Strategy: Context Clues
Grammar: Subjects and Predicates
Vocabulary: adversity, alliance, confinement, inflicted, reminisce, retrieved, smuggle, spindly
Week 3 – Environments
Essential Question – How do life forms vary in different environments?
Stories: “The Secret World of Caves,” “Journey into the Deep,” & “Extreme Exploration: An Interview with Dr. Eva Ramirez-Llodra.”
Genre: Expository Text
Comprehension Strategy: Reread
Comprehension Skills: Main Idea and Key Details
Vocabulary Strategy: Word Parts: Greek Roots
Grammar: Sentence Combining
Vocabulary: classification, compartment, engulfs, flanked, maneuvering, obscure, species, submerged
Week 4 – Dynamic Earth
Essential Question – How do natural forces affect Earth?
Stories: “The Monster in the Mountain,” “Into the Volcano,” & “Donna O’Meara: The Volcano Lady.”
Genre: Narrative Nonfiction
Comprehension Strategy: Reread
Comprehension Skills: Main Idea and Key Details
Vocabulary Strategy: Figurative Language: Metaphor & Similes
Grammar: Clauses and Complex Sentences
Vocabulary: cascaded, documentation, dynamic, exerts, plummeting, pulverize, scalding, shards
Week 5 – Using Money
Essential Question – What factors influence how people use money?
Stories: “Making Money: A Story of Change,” “The Economic Roller Coaster,” & “Our Federal Reserve at Work.”
Genre: Informational Article – Expository
Comprehension Strategy: Reread
Comprehension Skill: Author’s Point of View
Vocabulary Strategy: Word Parts: Root Words
Grammar: Run-On sentences & Common Splices
Vocabulary: available, basically, factors, fluctuate, formula, inventory, manufactured, salaries
