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Communities Communities What are some ways that communities are alike and different? ... 3 Words to Know: Communities Mini-Autobiographies: Your Stories about Communities Reading 1: Literature/Poetry Prepare to Read .................................. 8 Vocabulary: Words in Context Reading Strategy: Understand Character Cool Hector by Vivian Binnamin ..................... 10 Review and Practice ........................... 14 Phonics and Fluency Comprehension Grammar and Writing Reading 2: Literature/Realistic Fiction Prepare to Read ................................. 20 Vocabulary: Words in Context Reading Strategy: Make Predictions Making Friends by Dan Ahearn..................... 22 Review and Practice ............................ 28 Phonics and Fluency Comprehension Grammar and Writing Reading 3: Literature/First Person Narrative Prepare to Read ................................. 34 Vocabulary: Words in Context Reading Strategy: Make Connections My Family by Hanna Jamal ......................... 36 Picture Walk: A Closer Look at A Family Tree ............ 42 Review and Practice ........................... 44 Word Analysis and Fluency Comprehension Grammar and Writing Bonus Reading: Informational Text/ Magazine Article Schools around the World by Mia Dionetti .......... 50 Unit Wrap Up ................................... 52 ? The Big Question – Discussion Assessment Projects Learning Checklist Level 3 Contents Unit 1 The Big Question ? viii ix
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CommunitiesCommunities
What are some ways that communities are alike and different? . . . 3Words to Know: Communities Mini-Autobiographies: Your Stories about Communities
Reading 1: Literature/PoetryPrepare to Read . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Vocabulary: Words in ContextReading Strategy: Understand Character
Cool Hector by Vivian Binnamin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Review and Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Phonics and Fluency Comprehension Grammar and Writing
Reading 2: Literature/Realistic FictionPrepare to Read . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Vocabulary: Words in ContextReading Strategy: Make Predictions
Making Friends by Dan Ahearn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Review and Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Phonics and Fluency Comprehension Grammar and Writing
Reading 3: Literature/First Person NarrativePrepare to Read . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Vocabulary: Words in ContextReading Strategy: Make Connections
My Family by Hanna Jamal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Picture Walk: A Closer Look at A Family Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Review and Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Word Analysis and Fluency Comprehension Grammar and Writing
Bonus Reading: Informational Text/ Magazine Article
Schools around the World by Mia Dionetti . . . . . . . . . . 50
Unit Wrap Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
? The Big Question – Discussion
Assessment Projects Learning Checklist
Level 3 ContentsUnit
1The Big Question?
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Meeting Challenges
Unit
2 Meeting Challenges
All of us have challenges at times. How can people meet challenges? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Words to Know: Meeting ChallengesMini-Autobiographies: Your Stories about Meeting Challenges
Reading 1: Literature/Short StoryPrepare to Read . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Vocabulary: Words in ContextReading Strategy: Identify Characters’ Conflicts
Birds in the Garden by John Ordonez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Review and Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Phonics and Fluency Comprehension Grammar and Writing
Reading 2: Literature/PlayPrepare to Read . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Vocabulary: Words in ContextReading Strategy: Identify Events in a Plot
The Rabbit and the Lion by Ed Vuong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Review and Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Phonics and Fluency Comprehension Grammar and Writing
Reading 3: Literature/FablePrepare to Read . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Vocabulary: Words in ContextReading Strategy: Visualize
The Contest by Matt Aun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Review and Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Word Analysis and Fluency Comprehension Grammar and Writing
Bonus Reading: Literature/Poetry
A Year Later by Mary Ann Hoberman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Unit Wrap Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
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Animals at Home
Unit
3 Animals at Home
What can we learn about animals and why is learning about them important? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Words to Know: Animals at HomeMini-Autobiographies: Your Stories about Animals at Home
Reading 1: Informational Text/SciencePrepare to Read . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Vocabulary: Words in ContextReading Strategy: Identify Steps in a Process
How Do They Grow? by Leila Han . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Review and Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Phonics and Fluency Comprehension Grammar and Writing
Reading 2: Literature/PoetryPrepare to Read . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Vocabulary: Words in ContextReading Strategy: Make Inferences
Animals at Home by Mario Herrera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Picture Walk: A Closer Look at Alligators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Review and Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Phonics and Fluency Comprehension Grammar and Writing
Reading 3: Informational Text/Photo EssayPrepare to Read . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Vocabulary: Words in ContextReading Strategy: Identify Cause and Effect
Can You See Them? by Kendra Clay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Review and Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Word Analysis and Fluency Comprehension Grammar and Writing
Bonus Reading: Literature/Pourquoi Tale
Why Owl Hunts at Night retold by Mike Ortiz . . . . . . . . 148
Unit Wrap Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
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Great ideas
Unit
4 Great ideas
What are some great ideas that make our world a better place? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Words to Know: Great IdeasMini-Autobiographies: Your Stories about Great Ideas
Reading 1: Informational Text/Magazine ArticlePrepare to Read . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Vocabulary: Words in ContextReading Strategy: Identify Problems and Solutions
On Your Bike, Get Set, Donate! by Jamaila Veglia . . . . 160
Picture Walk: A Closer Look at Bicycles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Review and Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 Word Analysis and Fluency Comprehension Grammar and Writing
Reading 2: Informational Text/SciencePrepare to Read . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Vocabulary: Words in ContextReading Strategy: Identify Main Idea and Details
Scientists and Crows by Remore Williams . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Review and Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 Phonics and Fluency Comprehension Grammar and Writing
Reading 3: Informational Text/Photo EssayPrepare to Read . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Vocabulary: Words in ContextReading Strategy: Ask Questions
A Story to Tell by Marta Rosas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Review and Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194 Phonics and Fluency Comprehension Grammar and Writing
Bonus Reading: Informational Text/Social Studies
A Man with Great Ideas by Christine Lee . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Unit Wrap Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
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neighbors in Space
Unit
5 neighbors in Space
What can we know about our neighbors in space? . . . . . . . . . . 205Words to Know: Neighbors in Space Mini-Autobiographies: Your Stories about Neighbors in Space
Reading 1: Informational Text/SciencePrepare to Read . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Vocabulary: Words in ContextReading Strategy: Review
Earth and Beyond by Maya Hightower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Review and Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 Word Analysis and Fluency Comprehension Grammar and Writing
Reading 2: Informational Text/BiographyPrepare to Read . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Vocabulary: Words in ContextReading Strategy: Summarize
Franklin’s Dream by Mirna Cepeda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Picture Walk: A Closer Look at Space Exploration . . . . . . . . 232
Review and Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234 Phonics and Fluency Comprehension Grammar and Writing
Reading 3: Literature/MythsPrepare to Read . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Vocabulary: Words in ContextReading Strategy: Compare and Contrast
One Moon, Many Myths by Ona Mecklei . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Review and Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 Word Analysis and Fluency Comprehension Grammar and Writing
Bonus Reading: Informational Text/Science
The Phases of the Moon by Leah Davis . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Unit Wrap Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
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Arts Festivals
Unit
6 Arts Festivals
What can be shown or take place at an arts festival? . . . . . . . 257Words to Know: Arts FestivalsMini-Autobiographies: Your Stories about Arts Festivals
Reading 1: Functional Writing/ Poster•Schedule • Business Letter
Prepare to Read . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262Vocabulary: Words in ContextReading Strategy: Identify Author’s Purpose
Arts Festival! by Rouenna Albright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Review and Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268 Phonics and Fluency Comprehension Grammar and Writing
Reading 2: Functional Writing/DirectionsPrepare to Read . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Vocabulary: Words in ContextReading Strategy: Set a Purpose for Reading
How to Make Puppets by Pravina Cole . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Picture Walk: A Closer Look at Puppets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Review and Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282 Word Analysis and Fluency Comprehension Grammar and Writing
Reading 3: Functional Writing/Newspaper ArticlePrepare to Read . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Vocabulary: Words in ContextReading Strategy: Draw a Conclusion
The Music Goes On by Tony Paschall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Review and Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294 Word Analysis and Fluency Comprehension Grammar and Writing
Bonus Reading: Functional Writing/Journal
My Journal by Neva Crespo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Unit Wrap Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
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