Dates

Units & Skills

RITUALS & ROUTINES

9/3 – 9/5

Groups / Grading / Classroom Expectations / SCR Baseline

9/8 – 9/12

SRI Assessment / MAZE Progress Monitoring tool

RBOOK UNIT: COMBAT ZONE

9/15 – 9/19

Pre-Reading Strategies / Building Background / Vocabulary

9/22 – 9/26

Literary Elements

9/29 – 10/3

Mood / Symbolism / Imagery

10/6 – 10/10

Verb Endings / Word Families / Run-On Sentences / Word Order

10/14 – 10/17

Short Constructed Response

10/20 – 10/24

Short Constructed Response

10/27 – 10/31

Responding to Text (ABC book)

RBOOK UNIT: IN THE MONEY

11/3 – 11/7

Pre-Reading Strategies / Building Background / Vocabulary

11/10 – 11/14

Problem & Solution

11/17 – 11/21

Dictionary Skills / Multiple-Meaning Words

11/24 – 11/25

Irregular Verbs / Commas / Persuasive Paragraph

12/1 – 12/12/5

Critical Thinking / Responding / Reacting / Careers / Real-World Skills

SHORT STORY: “Don’t Be Disrespecting Me” by Sharon Flake

12/8 – 12/12

Previewing Strategies - Probable Passage & Gist Statement

12/15 – 12/19

Character Analysis – Attribute Web

12/22 – 12/23

SRI Assessment

RBOOK UNIT: WHEN MUSIC OFFENDS

1/5 – 1/9

Pre-Reading Strategies / Building Background / Vocabulary

1/12 – 1/16

Main Idea / Relevant Details / Writing a Summary

1/20 – 1/23

Antonyms / Suffixes

1/26 – 1/30

Verb Tenses / Commas / Summary

2/2 – 2/6

Critical Thinking / Responding / Reacting / Careers / Real-World Skills

RBOOK UNIT: CRIME, PUNISHMENT & TEENS

2/9 – 2/13

Pre-Reading Strategies / Building Background / Vocabulary

2/23 – 2/27

Compare and Contrast

3/2 – 3/6

Idioms / Context Clues

3/9 – 3/13

Adjectives that Compare / Quotation Marks / Descriptive Paragraph

3/16 – 3/20

Critical Thinking / Responding / Reacting / Careers / Real-World Skills

GUIDED READING GROUPS: Zach’s Lie

3/23 – 3/27

Previewing Strategies – Predicting / Vocabulary / Character Analysis

3/30 – 4/2

Reading Strategies - Determine Importance / Summarize / Ask Questions

4/6 – 4/10

Reading Strategies - Conflict & Solution / Making Inferences

4/13 – 4/17

Reading Strategies - Visualization / Character Analysis / React to Text

4/27 – 5/1

Reading Strategies - Making Inferences / Making Connections

5/4 – 5/8

Post Reading Strategies - React to Text / Questioning / Predicting / Theme

GUIDED READING GROUPS: Jack’s Run

5/11 – 5/15

Previewing Strategies – Predicting / Vocabulary / Character Analysis

5/18 – 5/22

Reading Strategies - Determine Importance / Summarize / Ask Questions

5/26 – 5/29

Reading Strategies - Conflict & Solution / Making Inferences

6/1 – 6/5

Reading Strategies - Visualization / Character Analysis / React to Text

6/8 – 6/12

Post Reading Strategies - React to Text / Questioning / Predicting / Theme

6/15 – 6/19

SRI Assessment  / Power Point Creation

6/22 – 6/23

Power Point Presentations