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Shared and Guided Reading Titles and Skills for GHGR Grade Unit Teacher Texts Student Texts/DRA

level Skills (mini Lessons)

Main Strategy (Focus Lessons)

Sub-Strategies

K 1-1 My Shapes Turning Pages, Concepts of terms letter and sound, Shapes, Names, Oral Retelling

Taking Care of Books

Favorite Books, Care of Books, Finding Books

1-2 Today is Monday Concepts of letter and word, Using known words, Word Segmentation, Names, Days of Week, Retelling in Sequence

Choosing Books Cover of Books, Books with Favorite Topics, Books with Favorite Characters, Previewing a Book, Starting a new Book

1-3 Poem: Dancing 1:1 Correspondence, Concept of letter and word, Rhyme, Letters Aa, Bb, Tt, Number Words, Oral Pretelling

Knowing Yourself as a Reader

Finding a Place to Read, Getting Ready to Read, Paying Attention when Reading, Reading an Entire Book

1-4 Garden Zoo 1:1 Correspondence, Concept of letter and word, Rhyme, Letters Mm, Nn, Hh, Color Words, Seqeunce

Building Reading Stamina

Rereading, Reading Everyday, Reading for Fun, Reading to Learn New Things, Having a Next Book to Read

K 2-1 Noggin and Bobbin in the Garden

The Bath (1), At the Museum, Dig Down, First and Last, Going Up, Max’s Box (2), Circles, Sea Riddles, The Teeter-Totter (3)

Directionality, Syllabication, Letters Cc, Dd, Ee, Fruits and Vegetables, Sequence

Making Predictions Using the Title and Cover to Predict, Predicting Story Words, Picture Walk, Checking Predictions, Using Story Patterns to

Make Prediction 2-2 Baby Talk The Bath (1), At the

Museum, Dig Down, First and Last, Going Up, Max’s Box, Green and Blue Yellow Too (2), Circles, Sea Riddles, The Teeter-Totter (3)

Directionality, Blending Syllables, Letters Ii, Jj, Kk, Animal Names, Writing Down Steps

Asking Questions Asking Questions About Title, Asking Questions About Pictures, Asking What is this Book About, Asking Questions While Reading, Sharing Questions

2-3 What is Green Matching Oral Words to Written Texts, Rhyme, Letters Ee, Ff, Gg, Categorizinf, Recalling Sequence

Problem-Solving Unfamiliar Words

Using Title and Cover to Predict Words, Using Pictures to Predict and Figure Out Words, Noticing Repeating Words, Asking Does This Word Make Sense, Asking for Help

2-4 Sunflower Sneakers (1), Furry, Snacks, The Tree Stump, What’s Cooking? (2), Make a Pinata, Panda Babies (3), A Tasty Bug (4)

Directionality, Phoneme Categorization, Letters Ll, Pp, Rr, Seasons, Identifying and Recalling Steps in a Sequence

Summarizing and Retelling

Order of Events, Using to Pictures to Visualize, What Happened so Far on Text, Story Event Sharing, Reviewing Order of Events

3-1 What Will You Pack Recess (1), Catching, Growing, What Can You Make (2)

Concept of Letter and Word, First and Last Letter of Word, Rhyme, Word Families –an, -ap, Singular Naming Words, Begins and Ends, Retell a Story in Sequence

Making Connections

Books Remind You of Something, Use Connections to Understand Story, Connections to Story Details, When to Use Connections, Making Connections to Other Texts

3-2 Water The Beach (1), Jungle Spots, Whose Tracks (2), What Animals Say (4)

Directionality, Phoneme Categorization, Letters Uu, Vv, Ww, Plural Nouns, Retell in Sequence

Activating Background Knowledge

Using the Cover to Think About What You Know, Using Pictures to Think About What You Know, Using What You Know about a Topic, Talking with Others About What You Know, Thinking About What You Learned

3-3 The Best Places Last word and letter in line and word, rhyme, word family –et, science words, plot

Building Vocabulary and Concept Knowledge

Words in Title, Picture Clues for Words, Use What you Know to Determine Unfamiliar Words, Repetitive Words, Words Authors Use

3-4 Poetry Posters: Happy Birthday to Me, A Friend, Hiding, Two Friends and Hey Bug

Baseball (1), This Desert (2), Check it Out (3), Liftoff (4)

Match Oral Words to Written Print, Phoneme Identity, Letters Oo, Qq, Ss, Clothing Words, Plot

Making Inferences Creating Pictures in your Mind, Making Sense of Text, Using Words for Characters, Character Actions and Words

4-1 Strega Nona Milk (1), Rita Rolls, Snow Cover, Where is my Pencil (3), Farm Day, Frogs, Something New, Jackets (4)

Text Represents Spoken Word, Blending Syllables, word family –ot, describing words, character development

Understanding Story Grammar

Identifying: Main Character, Setting, Character’s Feelings, How to Solve a Problem

4-2 Why Mosquitos Buzz in People’s Ears

Rita Rolls, Snow Cover, Where is my Pencil (3), Farm Day, Frogs, Something New, Jackets

Alliteration, Phoneme Categorization, Letters Xx, Yy, Zz,


Identifying: Main Character, Setting, Character’s Feelings, How to

(4) Question Words, Character Development

Solve a Problem

4-3 The Snowy Day Milk (1), Dig Down (2), Rita Rolls, Snow Cover, Where is my Pencil, Where’s Little Mole (3),

Review/Apply First/Last, Beginning/End, Phoneme Isolation, Initial consonants m, s, Movement Words, Character Development

Identifying and Understanding Literary Devices

Identifying: Characters and Setting, Clues About a Character, How the Story Makes You Feel, Hints From the Author, Surprising Ending

4-4 The Best Bug Parade A Raindrop, Little House, Look Closer, The Log Hotel, Two (1), Going Up, Keys (2), Homes Around the World, Signs (3), Big Rocks Small Rocks, Frogs, Something New (4)

Punctuation, Phoneme Identity, Size Words, Mediated Story Retelling

Identifying and Using Text Features

Using End Papers for Comprehension, Using Speech and Thought Bubbles, Noticing Word Patterns, Using Charts for Comprehension, Using Illustrations for Comprehension

5-1 Baby Talk Look Closer, New Sneakers, The Beach, Two (1), How to Make a Hen House, Keys, Whose Tracks, What’s Cooking (2), Homes Around the World, Machines, Make a Pinata, Signs, What Makes it Go (3), A Tasty Bug, Small and Large (4)

Exclamation Mark, Onset and Rime Blending, Initial Consonants g, j, qu Onomatopoeia, Identifying Nonfiction Topics

Learning Information from Nonfiction

Identifying Nonfiction, Using What You Already Know, Learning New Information from Nonfiction, Asking Question as Reading, Identifying New Information You Want to Learn

5-2 Then and Now Look Closer, New Sneakers, Two (1), Growing, How to Make a Hen House, Keys, Whose Tracks, What’s Cooking,

Question Mark, Oral Blending, Initial Consonants l, n, Time and Order Words, Identifying

Learning Information from Nonfiction

Identifying Nonfiction, Text to Self Connections. Learning New Information from

What Can You Make (2), Homes Around the World, Machines, Make a Pinata, Signs, What Makes it Go (3), A Tasty Bug, Small and Large, The Way Things Were (4)

Nonfiction Topics Nonfiction, Learning New Information from Photos, Identifying New Information You Want to Learn

1 1-1 Crabby Cat’s Shopping Parts of a Book, Short a, Opposites, Choral Reading, Thinking Sequentially


Having Favorite Books, Taking Care of Books, Storing Books in My Book Basket, Putting Classroom Books Away

1-2 Dee and Me Recognize Rhyme, Short e, House Words, Smooshing Words Together, Thinking Sequentially

Choosing Books Thinking About Books You’ve Enjoyed, Looking for Books on Favorite Topics, Looking for Favorite Authors and Characters, Having a Favorite Genre, Previewing a Book

1-3 The Purple People Eater, A House is a House for Me, Signs, Gobble! Gobble! Munch!, Jack and Jill

Identify Rhyme, Short i, Signs, Using Punctuation, Recalling Steps in a Sequence


Finding a Place to Read, Understanding that Readers are Different, Choosing a “Just Right” Book, Using the Five-Finger Rule, Thinking About Why You Like a Book

1-4 Life Cycles Onset and Rime Building Reading Rereading Your

Blending, Short o, Family Words, Return Sweep, Retelling Plot

Stamina Favorite Books, Understanding Different Purposes for Reading, Keeping Track of Books, Reading Every Day, Having a Next Book to Read

1 2-1 Shadows Mrs. Sato’s Hens (6), Who Laid These Eggs? (8), Five Senses (10)

Phoneme Categorization, Final Consonants g,n,s, Size Words, Typeface Clues, Identify the Main Idea in Nonfiction

Making Predictions Using the Title and Cover to Make Predictions, Taking a Picture Walk, Sharing Your Predictions, Checking Your Predictions, Revising Your Predictions

2-2 Eat Your Vegetables! My Favorite School Helper (8), Are You the New Principal? (8), The Letter (10), What is Rain? (12), Ancient Times (14), Meet Tom Paxton (16)

Onset and Rime, Short Vowel u, Vegetable Words, Page Navigation, Identifying the Main Idea in Nonfiction

Asking Questions Asking Questions About the Title, Asking Questions About Pictures, Sharing Questions With Others, Asking Questions as You Read, Asking “I Wonder” Questions

2-3 Crabby Cat at School Phoneme Blending, Final Consonants d, f, t, m, School Words, Punctuation, Identify Problem and Solution


Using What You Know About Words, Finding Little Words in Big Words, Using Word Endings to Figure Out Unfamiliar Words, Rereading to Figure Out a

Word, Using a Dictionary

2-4 Once Upon a Time The Reading Lesson (6), Where Are My Glasses? (8), The Old Oak Tree (10), Timothy Turtle (12), We Can Share It! (14)

Initial Phoneme Substitution, Final Consonants ck, l, n r, Figurative Language, Repetition, Identifying Problem and Solution


Noticing the Order of Events in a Story, Using Pictures to Think About What Happens on a Page, Thinking About Story Events as You Read, Identifying Beginning, Middle and End, Reviewing the Story Events in Order

1 3-1 Time For Bed I Can Use the Computer (6), Shapes, Shapes All Over the Place (8), What Does Light Do? (10), All About Me, Mr. Sun and Mr. Sea (16)

Phoneme Categorization, Initial/Final Consonant Digraphs th, wh, sh, ch, Animal Names, Rhyme, Discussing Pot

Making Connections

Noticing When Books Remind You of Something, Using Connections to Understand the Text, Making Connections to Other Books, Using Other Text-to-Text Connections, Making Connections to the Larger World

3-2 Where Does the Rabbit Hop?

Look Up (6), Where Does Breakfast Come From? (8)

Phoneme Blending, I-Blends, Positional Words, Using Punctuation, Identifying Setting


Thinking About What You Know Before Reading, Thinking About What You Know During Reading, Using What You Know to Figure

Things Out, Talking With Others About What You Know, Recognizing What You Don’t Know

3-3 Jamberry Generate Rhyme, Review Short Vowels, Compound Words, Rhyme, Character Development


Using Pictures to Predict Story Words, Using Clues to Figure Out New Words and Concepts, Using Multiple Clues to Figure Out Unfamiliar Words, Using What You Know to Figure out Unfamiliar Words, Substituting Similar Words to Check Meaning

3-4 Dreams The Eye Doctor (6), What Time Is It? (8), The Changing Chameleon (12), King of the Mountain (16)

Phoneme Substitution, r-Blends, Comparative Words, Punctuation: Exclamations, Sequence and Character

Making Differences Using Clues to Inter Meaning, Using Clues to Understand Unfamiliar Words, Making Sense of Text, Creating Pictures in Your Mind, Making Inferences About Characters

1 4-1 The Little Red Hen The Market, When Grandma Visits Me (6), Smiling Stan, The Pedicab Man Splash! (8), Down by the Swamp, The Two Ogres (10), A

Phoneme Blending, s-Blends, Food Words, Characterization, Sequence and Character


Identifying the Main Character and Setting, Identifying the Problem, Identifying the Relationships

Hiccup Cake Sharing Danny’s Dad, Dear Mabel! The Other Side of the World (14), Noggin and Bobbin by the Sea, The Gingerbread Man (16)

Description Between Characters, Identifying How the Main Character Plans to Solve the Problem, Identifying the Story Resolution

4-2 Whistle For Willie A Wiggly, Jiggly, Joggly, Tooth, When Grandma Visits Me (6), Smiling Stan, The Pedicab Man Splash! (8), The Home Run, The Two Ogres (10), A Hiccup Cake Sharing Danny’s Dad (12), Barry and Bennie, The Other Side of the World (14), Surprise!, The Fox and the Goat (16)

Phoneme Substitution, Final Blends, Action Words, Chunking, Causes of Events


Identifying the Characters and Setting, Identifying the Relationships Between Characters, Identifying the Problem, Understanding a Character, Understanding the Main Character’s Relationship to the Pilot

4-3 The Dark House, The Secret Place, My Loose Tooth, If You Should Meet a Crocodile, Cat

Big and Little, Big Pig, Little Pig (6), The Banana Monster (10), On Top of Spaghetti (12), Look-Alikes (14), Peekaboo School, Is Cool (16)

Phoneme Manipulation, Long Vowels a (a_e) and i (i_e), Descriptive Words, Chunking, Details and Prior Knowledge


Recognizing Hints From the Author, Recognizing Surprising Events, Understanding that Words Can Have Different Meanings, Recognizing How An Author Uses Words, Using Words to Create Pictures in Your Mind

4-4 Nana Upstairs & Nana Downstairs

Mrs. Sato’s Hens (6), Who Laid These Eggs?

Phoneme Deletion, Long Vowel o, (o_e,

Identifying and Using Text

Using the Front and Back Covers to

(8), The Two Ogres (10), Barry and Bennie, The Little Red Hen (14)

o), Compound Words, Appropriate Place, Details and Prior Knowledge

Features Preview and Predict, Using Illustrations to Understand the Story, Using Capitalization to Understand Important Words, Identifying and Using Dialogue, Using the Afterword to Understand the Story

1 5-1 Road Builders Look Up!, Make a House, My Gymnastics Class (6), A Very Big Animal, I Like Sign Language, What Should We Wear? (8), A Healthful Meal, Five Senses, Comes Around the World (10), ABC-All About Cars, Magnets, What is Rain? (12), I’m Isabell Monk, My Dad Is a Chef, What is Wind? (14), Hop, Skip, Count, Meet Tom Paxton, Schools of Fish (16)

Phoneme Isolation, Long o (oa, ow, oe), Long a (ai, ay), Action Words, Accuracy, Retelling Using Illustrations

Learning Information From Nonfiction

Identifying New Information You Want to Learn

5-2 Life Cycles Get Stronger, Some Things Push and Some Things Pull, The Eye Doctor (6), How to Make Peanut Butter, I Like Sign Language, Who Laid These Eggs? (8) Animal, Vegetable, or

Phoneme Deletion, Words with –ed, Family Activity Words, Repetition, Retelling Using Illustrations

Learning Information From Nonfiction

Previewing a Nonfiction Text, Making Text-to-Self Connections as You Read, Asking Questions as You Read, Learning New Information as

Mineral?, Get the Message, What’s the Address? (10) Dogs and Puppies, Seeds and Plants, Zithers (12) Living in the Ocean, My Mom Is a TV News Anchor, Yesterday and Today: Having Fun (14), All About Me, Basketball Science Butterflies of the Sea (16)

You Read, Identifying New Information You Want to Learn

5-3 Eva the Beekeeper Giraffe Grows Up, My Gymnastics Class, Planes, Trains and More (6) A Very Big Animal, I Like Sign Language, What Makes This Sound? (8) A Healthful Meal, This is the Way We Make Our Cookies, What’s the Address? (10) ABC-All About Cars, Good Soil, Welcome to the Island (12) Living in the Ocean, The Moon, What is Wind? (14) A Scientist of Old Hop, Skip, Count!, Schools of Fish (16)

Phoneme Manipulation, Words Related to Seasons, Accuracy, Applying Prior Knowledge to Nonfiction Topics

Identifying and Using Nonfiction Features and Structures

Using the Contents Page, Exploring the Role of Photographs, Identifying and Using Headings, Using Boldface Words and a Glossary, Identifying Ways Nonfiction Books are Organized

5-4 Eat Your Vegetables! Get Stronger!, Make A House, Some Things Push and Some Things Pull (6) A Dog Named Honey, What Is It?, What Should We Wear (8) Get the Message, Hands and Feet, Fingers and Toes

Phoneme Addition, Long Vowel e (ea, y, ey) Plurals, Intonation, Applying Prior Knowledge to Nonfiction Topics


Identifying and Using Italicized Words, Identifying and Using Labels, Identifying and Using Captions, Reading a Chart, Identifying Ways

(10) Dogs and Puppies, Good Soil, Seeds and Plants (12) Fireflies, The Moon, What is Wind? (14) A Scientist of Old Basketball Science, Butterflies of the Sea (16)

Nonfiction Books Are Organized

1 6-1 Clean Your Room, Harvey Moon!

Hands and Feet, Fingers and Toes (10) Mastumura’s Ice Sculpture (16)

Phoneme Segmentation, Words With oo, Context Clues, Rhyme, Illustrations and Character Motivation

Taking Notes on Fiction

Drawing Pictures After Reading, Writing Ideas on a Sticky Note, Taking Notes on a Bookmark, Using Your Notes to Write a Summary, Sharing Favorite Parts of a Book

6-2 Follow a River Get Stronger (6), Zithers (12)

Phoneme Manipulation, Diphthongs ou, ow, Geographical Words, Typeface Clues: Chapter Heads, Sequential Story Map

Taking Notes on Nonfiction

Using a Graphic Organizer, Taking Notes on a Graphic Organizer, Adding Details to a Graphic Organizer, Using a Graphic Organizer to Talk About a Book, Using a Graphic Organizer to Write a Summary

6-3 Way Out West Lives A Coyote Named Frank

Phoneme Blending, Long Vowel Review, Alliteration, Alliteration, Sequential Story Map

Self-Monitoring/Self-Correcting

Asking, “Does It Look Right?” Asking, “Does It Sound Right?” Using Multiple Strategies to Problem-Solve a Word, Checking

Your Own Ideas Against the Text

6-4 The Ugliest Dog In the World

A Tall, Tall Giant (8), Patchwork Patterns (10)

Phoneme Segmentation, Variant Vowels au, al, all, Figurative Language: Metaphor, Appropriate Pace, Using a Concept Web to Retell

Visualizing Comparing Your Images to the Illustrator’s, Using Background Knowledge to Visualize, Using Words and Phrases to Visualize, Pausing to Visualize, Sharing Your Visualization

1 7-1 Nana Upstairs & Nana Downstairs

When Grandma Visits Me (6), Smiling Stan, the Pedicab Man (8), The Two Orges (10) Sharing Danny’s Dad (12) Barry and Bernie, The Little Red Hen (14) The Fox and the Goat (16)

Phoneme Addition, r-Controlled Vowel or, Possessive Words, Proper Nouns and Names, Using Pictures and Words to Retell

Responding to Characters

Identifying How the Author Tells You About the Character, Using Words and Pictures to Describe a Character, Making Connections to the Characters, Noticing How the Character Changes During a Story, Having Favorite Characters

7-2 Road Builders Lend a Hand (6), Englebert’s Exercise (8), The Banana Monster (10), On Top of Spaghetti, What Do You Do? (12), I’m Isabell Monk (14)

Phoneme Manipulation, r-Controlled Vowels ir, er, Using a Dictionary, Chunking, Details and Prior Knowledge

Evaluating Nonfiction

Understanding the Purpose of Nonfiction Books, Evaluating How a Book Matches Your Purpose for Reading, Finding Information About the Author, Thinking About How the Author

Got Information, Evaluating a Book

7-3 Charlie Parker Played Be Bop

Sunny Days (6), The Race (8), Samuel’s Spout (10), The Big Crocodile (12), Lift the Sky Up: A Snohomish Indian Legend (14), Amansi’s Narrow Waist (16)

Phoneme Blending, Multisyllabic Words, Onomatopoeia, Intonation, Personal Connections

Distinguishing Between Fantasy and Reality

Determining If a Book Is Realistic or Fantasy, Identifying Events in a Book That Could Happen, Identifying Events in a Book That Are Fantasy, Recognizing How Characters Are and Aren’t Like Real People, Responding to a Book

7-4 The Little Red Hen I Can Use the Computer (6), Down by the Swamp, I Can Do It, I Really Can, What Does Light Do? (10), Desert Dance (12), Dear Mabel! (14), Noggin and Bobbin by the Sea, The Magic Pear Tree (16)

Phoneme Addition, r-Controlled, Vowel ar, Contractions, Characterization, Using References

Engaging with Books

Talking Back to Characters, Thinking About the Author of the Book, Putting Yourself into a Story, Being Affected by What You Read, Considering Alternative Endings and Settings

2 1-1 Table for Love Short a, Verbs, Using Punctuation, Sequence of Events


Having Favorite Books, Putting Books Away, Identifying the Parts of a Book, Using a Bookmark, Storing a Book

1-2 Don’t Forget Fun Short i, Action Words, Chunking, Sequence of Events

Choosing Books Looking for a Favorite Author, Considering Your Purpose for Reading, Reading

Books in a Series, Previewing a Book, Asking Others for Recommendations

1-3 Fourteen Cats, If the Spider Could Talk, Sleepy Tiger, It’s Not Fair, My Turn to Talk

Short u, Figurative Language, Intonation, Plot


Understanding That Readers Develop Differently, Reading Books at an Appropriate Level, Knowing How to Start Reading a Book, Paying Attention to What You Are Reading, Thinking About Why You Like A Book

1-4 Hooray, A Piñata! The First Fire (10), Goldsworthy and Mort Blast Off (24)

Short e, Other Words for Said, Characterization, Plot


Rereading Favorite Books, Setting Long-Term Reading Goals, Setting Short-Term Reading Goals, Keeping Track of Books, Reading Different Genres

2 2-1 Rashee and the Seven Elephants

The Musicians of Breman (18), Fergus and Bridey (20), The Cat Doctor (24), Annie’s Secret Diary (28)

Short o, Descriptive Words, Appropriate Pace, Problem and Solution

Making Predictions Using Background Knowledge to Make Predictions, Scanning the Text to Make Predictions, Keeping Track of Predictions, Comparing Predictions With Others, Revising Your Predictions

2-2 Dear Mr. Blueberry Three Billy Goats Gruff (18), The Moon (20), Margarito’s Carvings (24), Native American Traditions (28)

Initial/Final Consonant Digraphs, Compound Words, Expressive Reading, Problem and Solution

Asking Questions Asking “Who?” Questions, Asking “What?” Questions, Asking “Where?” Questions, Asking “When?” Questions, Asking “Why?” Questions

2-3 Tell Me A Story, Grandpa

Long Vowel a (a_e), Explanatory Sentences, Proper Nouns, Main Idea and Details


Reading On to Figure Out a Word, Asking Others for Help, Using Context Clues, Rereading to Figure Out an Unfamiliar Concept, Using Details to Figure Out Unfamiliar Concepts

2-4 The Remarkable, Adaptable Turtle

Elephants (18), The Biggest Bear in the Woods (20), The Ant and the Grasshopper (24), The Dog Who Wanted to Be a Tiger! (28)

Long Vowels I (i_e) and u (u_e), Synonyms, Accuracy, Main Idea and Details


Pausing to Restate as You Read, Taking Notes on What You Read, Combining Related Information, Distinguishing Between Important and Less Important Ideas, Reviewing the Important Events

2 3-1 My Grandmother’s Patchwork Quilt

Oscar’s Day (18), Grandfather Horned Toad (20), The Maple Thanksgiving (24)

Compound Words, Point of View, Chunking, Facts and Events

Making Connections

Making Text-to-Self Connections, Using Connections to Make Sense, Readers Make Unique Text-to-Self Connections,

Identifying When a Connection Isn’t Helpful, Digging Deep to Make a Connection

3-2 Ox-Cart Man Strawberry Pop and Soda Crackers (20)

Plurals, Conjunctions and Compound Sentences, Repetition, Retelling Concrete Events and Facts in Sequence


Activating Background Knowledge Before Reading, Identifying What Background Knowledge is Helpful, Using What You Know Throughout the Story, Using Clues to Build Knowledge, Asking Questions to Build Your Background Knowledge

3-3 Putting On a Play Seals & Sea Lions (18), The Moon (20), Changing Shores, At the Top of the World (24), Shark, How to Draw a Mouse (28)

Initial and Final l-blends, Word Meanings, Characterization, Point of View


Using Context to Understand the Meaning of a Word, Using Text Features to Identify Important Words, Identifying Key Vocabulary, Substituting Similar Words to Check Meaning, Exploring the Meaning of Similar Words

3-4 Dear June Good Morning, Grandma! (18), King of the Knock-Knock Jokes (20), The Big Sheep

Initial and Final r-and s-Blends, Adjectives, Appropriate Pace,

Making Inferences Using Text Clues to Infer Meaning, Using What You Know to Make

Mix-Up (24), Baboons (28)

Point of View Inferences, Using Multiple Clues to Make Inferences, Using Multiple Clues to Make Inferences, Making Inferences About Characters

2 4-1 His Majesty the King Catch the Cookie, Cinderella (18), Lunka’s Trumpet, Shooting Star, Which Way to Mars? (20), Made’s Birthday, Paloma’s Party (24), Hippo From Another Planet (28)

Long i (i, igh, ie, y), Exclamatory Sentences, Punctuation Clues, Sequence of Events/Character Development


Identifying the Main Characters and Setting, Identifying the Initiating Event, Identifying the Relationships Among Characters, Identifying How the Main Character Plans to Solve the Problem, Identifying the Story Resolution

4-2 I Can Read! I Can Read!

A Sticky Business, Catch the Cookie, Cinderella (18), Lunka’s Trumpet, Mr. and Mrs. Murphy and Bernard, Shooting Star, Soccer Sue, Which Way to Mars? (20), Ashley World’s Record, Made’s Birthday, Paloma’s Party, The Great Skate Race (24), Hippo from Another Planet, The Lost and Found Game, The Cookie Quest (28)

Contractions, Contractions, Non-English Words, Details to Support Opinions


Identifying the Characters and Setting, Identifying the Relationships Among Characters, Identifying the Problem and Solution, Understanding a Character, Understanding the Character’s Relationship to the Plot

4-3 Have You Seen Edgar, Wrong Way Reggie (18) Long e (ea, ee, e, y), Identifying and Recognizing

Silly Sheep Sleep, Have You Ever Seen, Goops, Early Retirement

Homonyms, Rhyme, Shared Reading

Understanding Literary Devices

Personification, Recognizing the Use of Alliteration, Recognizing a Plan, Recognizing Types of Humor, Identifying the Speaker in the Poem

4-4 Fables From Around the World

Wrong Way Reggie (18), Time to Celebrate (20), At the Top of the World, World Atlas (24), How to Draw a Mouse, Through the Garden Door (28)

Vowel digraph oo, Animal Action Words, Dialogue, Details to Support Opinions


Using a Contents Page to Preview and Predict, Noticing Changes in the Print, Reading Dialogue and Punctuation, Using Design and Artwork, Using the List for Recommended Reading

2 5-1 Ants at Work Three Billy Goats Gruff (18), Clever Bird (20), Margarito’s Carvings, We Need Insects! (24), Arctic Foxes and Red Foxes (28)

r-Controlled Vowels or, er, Homophones, Accuracy, Using Prior Knowledge

Setting and Monitoring Your Purpose For Reading

Noticing If a Book is Fiction or Nonfiction, Identifying Your Purpose for Reading, Using Your Purpose for Reading to Generate Questions, Scanning a Text, Identifying the Author’s Purpose

5-2 Keep It Simple Puppets, The Musicians of Breman (18), Fergus and Bridey, Time to Celebrate! (20),

Words With Long o (o, oa, ow), Multiple Meaning Words, Punctuation Clues,


Using Nonfiction Features to Preview and Predict, Using Labels and

Changing Shores, Put on a Play: 1-2-3, World Atlas (24), The Dog Who Wanted to Be a Tiger! (28)

Main Idea and Details

Diagrams, Using Italicized Words, Using Photographs and Captions, Identifying How Nonfiction Authors Pose Questions

5-3 Animal Look-A-Likes Forests, Puppets, The Hat Maker (18), Time to Celebrate! (20), Changing Shores (24), How to Draw a Mouse (28)

r-Controlled Vowel ar, Comparative Words, Appropriate Pace, Shared Reading


Using a Contents Page and an Index to Preview a Book, Using an Introduction in Nonfiction Text, Using Boldfaced Words and a Glossary, Reading a Diagram, Identifying When Authors Compare and Contrast

5-4 They Worked Together Fins, Wings and Legs, Rooroo, The Rooster (18), Billy, the Boy Who Had to Wear Glasses, Time to Celebrate! (20), Changing Shores, Let’s Play Soccer, World Atlas (24), Present and Past (28)

Inflected Ending -ed, Capitalization or Proper Nouns, Proper Nouns, Retelling With a Partner


Reading a Map, Reading a Sidebar, Comparing Illustrations and Photographs, Using the Afterword in a Nonfiction Text, Identifying When Authors Tell Events in Time Order

2 6-1 Blueberries For Sal Baby-sitting (18), Catching the Wind (20), The Ant and the Grasshopper (24), Si Won’s Victory (28)

Inflected Ending –ing, Base Words With –ing, Chunking, Setting


Taking Notes on Sticky Notes, Matching a Graphic Organizer to a Text, Using a Venn Diagram to Understand the Text, Using a Venn

Diagram to Talk About a Story, Using a Venn Diagram to Write a Summary

6-2 No Ordinary Grandma Coral (18), Let’s Play: Games Around the World (20), Present and Past (28)

Inflected Ending – ing, Affixes and Bases, Accuracy, Using a Story Map to Sequence Events


Matching a Graphic Organizer to a Text, Taking Notes on a Biography Chart, Taking Notes as You Read, Taking Notes as You Read, Using a Graphic Organizer to Write a Summary

6-3 Tell Me A Story, Grandpa

Seals & Sea Lions, Your Teeth (18), The Big Snow (20), Kyle’s First Kwanzaa (24), Sharks (28)

Hard and Soft c and g, Using a Dictionary, Non-English Words, Cyclical Story Map

Self-Monitory/Self-Correcting

Asking, “Does This Make Sense?” Rereading When Meaning is Lost, Rereading to Identify Important Ideas, Distinguishing Between Important Ideas and Details, Identifying the Main Idea

6-4 Bubbles Popping, Rudes, Extraordinary Me, Dandelion

The Adventures of Granny Gatman (28)

r-Controlled Vowels air, are, ear, Synonyms and Antonyms, Character’s Actions

Visualizing Comparing Your Images to the Author’s, Using Background Knowledge to Visualize, Using Words and Phrases to Visualize, Comparing Your Images With Other’s Images,

Using Visualizing to Connect Familiar and New Ideas

2 7-1 A Letter to Amy Catch the Cookie, Cinderella, Oscar’s Day (18), Grandfather Horned Toad, Lunka’s Trumpet, Shooting Star (20), Paloma’s Party, The Maple Thanksgiving (24), Hippo From Another Planet, The Cookie Quest (28)

Diphthongs ou, ow, Descriptive Words, Typeface Clues, Group Retelling


Identifying the Trails of a Character, Noticing How Characters Develop, Considering the Influence of Time and Place on a Character, Considering the Author’s Motives for Choosing Characters, Comparing Characters to Yourself and to Others

7-2 Animal Look-A-Likes Forests, Monsters of the Deep, Puppets (18) Time to Celebrate! (20) Changing Shores, Put on a Play 1-2-3, World Atlas (24), Book of Space: Questions and Answers, How to Draw a Mouse (28)

Suffix –ly and Consonant Blend str, Animal Classification Words, Nonfiction Features, Written Retelling


Understanding the Purpose of Nonfiction Books, Evaluating If a Book Matches Your Purpose, Asking Questions About the Author, Evaluating the Authenticity of Information, Evaluating a Book

7-3 Dear Mr. Blueberry Catch the Cookie, Oscar’s Day (18) Grandfather Horned Toad, Lunka’s Trumpet, Shooting Star (20) Paloma’s Party, The

Vowel Diagraphs aw, au, al, all, Parts of a Letter, Accuracy and Appropriate Pace, Details and

Engaging with Books

Responding to Characters, Thinking About the Author of a Book, Inserting Yourself into a Book, Being

Maple Thanksgiving (24) Hippo From Another Planet, Meet Erdene, The Cookie Quest (28)

Character Motivation

Affected by What You Read, Considering Alternative Endings and Settings

7-4 Don’t Forget Fun The Friendship Garden (20) Deserts (28)

Schwa and Silent Letter k (kn), Using a Thesaurus, Reading Silently with Accuracy, Written Retelling

Identifying and Evaluating the Theme of the Book

Identifying the Theme of a Text, Considering the Author’s Motive for Choosing a Theme, Comparing the Themes to Your Own Life, Proposing Solutions to Problems Posed by the Text, Transforming Themes Into Personal Action

3 1-1 Zebras Plurals, Pace, Modeled Pretelling, Oral Retelling


Having Favorite Books, Putting Books Away, Using a Bookmark, Making Books with Sticky Notes, Storing a Book

1-2 New Language, New Friends

Irregular Plurals with Spelling Changes, Chunking, Modeled Pretelling, Written Retelling

Choosing Books Looking for a Favorite Author, Considering Your Purpose for Reading, Reading Books in a Series, Previewing a Book, Asking Others for Book Recommendations

1-3 Fireflies, The Family of the Sun, Hot Enough to

Contractions, Typeface, Modeled

Knowing Yourself As A Reader

Appreciating That Readers Have

See, The Earth’s Most Delicate Things

Retelling, Mediated Retelling

Different Tastes, Finding Books That Are Just Right For You, Knowing What to Do When You’re Confused While Reading, Knowing When Your Mind Wanders, Knowing Your Reading Strengths and Weaknesses

1-4 Folk Tales of Latin America

Adverbs, Dialogue, Modeled Retelling, Beginning, Middle and End


Getting Hooked on a Book, Staying With a Hard Book, Abandoning a Book, Setting Long Term Reading Goals

3 2-1 Wild Baby Animals The Case of the Missing Planet (30) Make It, Wear It (34) Thing Outside of the Box (38)

Comparatives, Accuracy, Modeled Retelling, Written Retelling

Making Predictions Using Background Knowledge to Make Predictions, Predicting the Text Format, Determining the Author’s Purpose, Using the Text Structure to Predict Information, Predicting Text Conclusions

2-2 Lighthouses At Home in the Sea (30) Butterflies and Moths (34) Water Wise, Shark Attack! (38)

Suffixes, Numbers and Dates, Modeled Retelling, Written Retelling

Asking Questions Asking Questions About the Title, Asking Questions About Unfamiliar Words, Asking About the Author’s

Purpose, Asking, “What’s the Connection?” Asking, “I Wonder” Questions

2-3 A Home for Nellie At Home on a Coral Reef (30) Introducing Snakes (34) People of the Canyon (38)

Compound Words, Dialogue, Modeled Retelling, Sequence of Events Chain

Self-Monitoring Asking, “Does This Make Sense?” Rereading to Clear Up Confusion, Thinking About What You Have Read So Far, Keep Reading to Clear Up Confusion, Using Text Features to Clear Up Confusion

2-4 Hiking the Appalachian Trail

The Beauty of Bali (30) Tiger Tails: A Story of Survival, Introducing Snakes (34) The Adventures of Robin Hood (38)

Base Words, Text Clues, Story Frames, Written Retelling


Pausing to Summarize as You Read, Integrating New Information Into a Summary, Using Headings to Help Summarizes, Deciding Important vs. Supporting Details, Summarizing the Important Ideas

3 3-1 Isla What Happens to the Dog? (34) Gray Wolf, Shark Attack! (38)

Contractions, Apostrophes, Using a Pronunciation Key, Point of View, Point of View

Making Connections

Making Text-to-Self Connections, Using Connections to Understand a Character, Making Text-to-World Connections, Making Text-to-Text Connections,

Making Several Connections at Once

3-2 George Washington Carver, The Peanut Wizard

Thinking Outside the Box (38)

Multiple Meanings, Typeface Clues, Modeled Retelling, Problem/Solution


Activating Background Knowledge Before Reading, Previewing a Text to Activate Background Knowledge, Using What You Know Throughout the Story, Bridging Gaps in Background Knowledge, Building Your Background Knowledge

3-3 Fossil Seekers The Wonders of Whales, Animals of the Tundra (30) Away We Go!, Make It, Wear It, Playground Science (34) Ellen Ochoa: Reaching for the Stars, So You Want to Make a Video, A Year in Antarctica, The Mystery of Magnets (38)

Irregular Past-Tense Words, Proper Nouns, Character Traits, Understanding Character


Using Text Features to Determine Important Vocabulary, Using Text Features to Identify Important Vocabulary, Identifying Key Vocabulary, Problem-Solving Unfamiliar Words, Clustering Similar Words

3-4 More Than Marionettes Building a Winner, The Great Riddle Mystery (30) First Kids (34) The Creative Vanishes,

Syllabication, Appropriate Pace/Rate, Modeled Retelling, Written

Making Inferences Using Clues to Figure Out Unfamiliar Words, Creating Mental

Tikky, Tikky Spider (38) Summary Images, Revising Your Inferences as you Read, Using Inferences to Clear Up Confusion, Identifying the Main Idea of a Book

3 4-1 The Fortune-Tellers Aladdin and the Magic Lamp (30) Intergalactic Cell Phone King Arthur and the Magic Sword, The Legend of the Bluebonnets, What Happens to the Dog? (34) Gray Wolf, Too Close to the Sun (38)

Superlatives and Comparatives, Characterization, Supporting Opinions, Supporting Opinions


Identifying the Main Character and Setting, Identifying the Initiating Event, Understanding the Relationships Between Characters, Identifying the Main Character’s Plan to Solve the Problem, Identifying the Character’s Relationship to the Plot

4-2 The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs!

A Day at the Races, Mailman Mario and His Boris-Busters (30) Intergalactic Cell Phone, The Go-Boat, What Happens to the Dog? (34) Gray Wolf (38)

Singular Possessives; Contractions, Exclamations, Cause and Effect, Written Retelling


Identifying the Characters and Setting, Using the Relationships Between Characters to Predict the Story, Identifying More Than One Problem, Understanding a Character, Identifying the Character’s Relationship to the Plot

4-3 Keep a Poem in Your Pocket, Railroad Reverie, Bullfrog Communiqué, Bed in Summer, Adventures of Isabel

The Mysterious House Number Nine (28)

Alliteration, Special Punctuation, Modeled Retelling, Character Mapping


Recognizing Alliteration, Recognizing Onomatopoeia, Recognizing Onomatopoeia, Using Imagery to Contrast, Understanding the Use of Understatement

4-4 An Amazing Journey Thinking Outside the Box (38)

Irregular Plurals, Intonation, Modeled Retelling, Written Retelling


Using the Cover and Title to Make Predictions, Using the Contents Page to Organize Your Thinking, Using Changes in Font to Understand Text, Using Chapter Titles to Understand the Story, Tracking Dialogue

3 5-1 Through Artist’s Eyes At Home in the Sea (30) Butterflies and Moths (34) Water Wise (38)

Synonyms, Question Marks, Distinguish Important Information, Written Retelling

Setting and Monitoring Your Purpose for Reading

Identifying Your Purpose for Reading, Revising Your Purpose As You Read, Using Your Purpose to Generate Questions, Scanning the Text, Identifying the Author’s Purpose

5-2 The Buzz About Honeybees

Koalas, Tigers (30) Beetles, Make It, Wear It, The Mystery of the

Possessives: Singular and Plural, Reading Silently

Identifying and Using Nonfiction Features and

Using a Contents Page, Using an Introduction,

Spy’s Diary (34) A Year in Antarctica (38)

with Accuracy, Main Idea and Details, Written Retelling

Structures Reading an Interview, Identifying When Authors Tell Events in Time Order, Identifying When Authors Use Description

5-3 Yo-Yo Ma World Musician

The Wonder of Whales (30) A Year In Antarctica, Ellen Ochoa: Reaching for the Stars (38)

Suffixes, Reading Photo Captions, Paraphrasing, Written Retelling


Using an Index, Reading a Diagram, Using a Glossary, Identifying When an Author Uses Quotes, Identifying When Authors Use Time Order

5-4 The Changing Earth Discover the Titanic, Fossil Find, The Wonder of Whales, Tigers (30) Playground Science (34) The Mystery of Magnets (38)

Using a Dictionary, Proper Nouns, Self-Check a Retelling, Written Retelling


Using Headings, Reading a Diagram, Reading a Satellite Image, Comparing Maps and Diagrams. Identifying When Authors Use Cause and Effect

3 6-1 Lon Po Po, A Red Riding Hood Story From China

Talk! Talk! Talk! (30) Introducing Snakes (34) People of the Canyon (38)

Comparatives, Superlatives, Characterization, Setting, Setting


Taking Notes on Sticky Notes, Matching a Graphic Organizer to a Text, Using a Fishbone Map to Understand the Text, Using a Fishbone Map to Retell a Story, Using a Fishbone Map to Write About the Story

6-2 Mysterious Magnets Beetles (34) A Year in Roots, Numbers and Taking Notes on Matching a Graphic

Antarctica (38) Dates, Oral Summarizing, Written Summarizing

Nonfiction Organizer to Text, Taking Notes on a Five-Column Chart, Taking Notes as You Read, Using a Five-Column Chart to Give an Oral Summary, Using Five-Column Chart to Write a Summary

6-3 Folk Tales of Latin America

At Home on the Coral Reef (30) People of the Canyon (38)

Antonyms, Chunking, Supporting Opinions, Written Retelling

Self-Monitoring/Self-Correcting

Keeping Track of Who Is Speaking, Rereading When Meaning Is Lost, Using Themes to Self-Monitor, Reviewing What You Read to Self Monitor, Using the Genre to Self-Monitor

6-4 Lake Critter Journal Base Words, Read Silently With Accuracy, Making Text-to-Text Connections, Written Retelling

Visualizing Using Photographs to Visualize, Using Background Knowledge to Visualize, Using Phrases to Visualize, Pausing to Visualize, Revising Your Visualizations

3 7-1 Zebras At Home in the Sea (30) Butterflies and Moths, Hunting Crocodiles with Steve Irwin, The Griffeys: Father and Son Baseball (34) How

Glossary and Index, Using Text Clues, Summarizing, Written Summary


Asking Questions About the Author, Evaluating the Clarity of Information in a Nonfiction Book,

Mother Nature Got Her Job (38)

Evaluating Illustrations in Nonfiction, Evaluating a Book

7-2 New Language, New Friends

At Home in the Sea (30) Butterflies and Moths, Hunting Crocodiles with Steve Irwin, The Griffeys: Father and Son Baseball (34) How Mother Nature Got Her Job, The Mysterious House Number Nine, Water Wise (38)

Using Reference Sources, Intonation, Revising a Summary, Written Summary

Engaging with Books

Considering the Author’s Purpose and Motivation, Identifying the Author’s Stand on an Issue or Relation to a Topic, Distinguishing Between Fact and Opinion, Distinguishing Yourself From the Author, Identifying Viewpoint

7-3 Isla Intergalactic Cell Phone, What Happens to the Dog? (34) Gray Wolf, Shark Attack! (38)

Synonyms, Special Punctuation, Taking Notes, Written Retelling


Identifying the Traits of Characters, Noticing How Characters Change, Considering the Influences of Time and Place on Characters, Considering the Author’s Motives for Choosing Characters, Comparing Characters to Yourself and to Others

7-4 The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs!

King Midas and the Golden Touch, Mailman Mario and His Boris-

Multiple-Meaning Words, Characterization,

Identifying and Evaluating the Theme of the Book

Identifying the Theme of a Text, Considering the

Busters (30) The Go Boat (34)

Taking Notes, Written Retelling

Author’s Motive for Choosing a Theme, Comparing the Theme to Your Own Life, Proposing Solutions to Problems Posed by the Text, Transforming Themes Into Personal Action

4 1-1 Introducing Different Genres, Protecting Books

Choosing Books Favorite Books and Authors, Selecting Books for Independent Reading, Broadening Reading Options

1-2 Connecting to Each Other’s Ideas, Ask Three Before Me


Building Stamina, Setting Long Term Goals, Knowing When Comprehension Stops

2-1 In the Mountains, Taste of America

The Ancient Ones: the Anasazi of Mesa Verde, Hurricane, Seeing is not Believing (40) Koalas, Tigers, The Wonder of Whales (30)

Nonfiction Text Features: Maps, Word Study: Context Clues

Making Predictions Activating Prior Knowledge, Using Text Structures and Features to Make Predications

2-2 Mary on Horseback, Taste of America

Building Bridges, Nutty for Peanuts (40), People of the Canyon (38), At Home on a Coral Reef (30)

Nonfiction Text Features: Chronological Order, Fluency in Nonfiction Reading

Asking Questions Asking Text-Explicit Questions, Asking Text-Implicit Questions, Generating Questions while Reading

2-3 Mary on Horseback, Building Bridges, Nutty Word Study: Asking Questions Generating

Taste of America for Peanuts (40), People of the Canyon (38), At Home on a Coral Reef (30)

Borrowed Words, Fluency

Question to Anticipate Events of Information, Questioning the Author, Asking Question to Resolve Confusion

2-4 Mary on Horseback, Dancing Around the World

Building Bridges, Nutty for Peanuts (40), People of the Canyon (38), At Home on a Coral Reef (30)

Writer’s Craft: Show Don’t Tell, Nonfiction Text Features: Photos and Captions

Clarifying Using Discussion to Clarify, Reading Ahead and Rereading to Clarify, Activating Prior Knowledge to Clarify

2-5 In the Mountains, Dancing Around the World

North to the Pole with Matthew Henson, Penguins (40), Penguins on Parade (34), The Beauty of Bali (30)

Nonfiction Text Features: Pictogram, Fluency: Phonetic Respellings/Features

Summarizing and Synthesizing

Pausing to Paraphrase, Distinguishing Between Main Ideas and Details to Create a Summary, Combining Related Information

3-1 The Chocolate Farm, When the Earth Shakes

The Princess who Loved to Cook, Robots (40), Shark Attack, Tikky Tikky Spider (38)

Word Study: Compound Words, Writer’s Craft: Imagery/Sensory Words


Thinking About Known Before Reading, Considering Purpose for Reading, Previewing to Activate Background Knowledge


Pockets full of Gold, Robots, Wacky Weather (40), A Home for a Nation, Tikky Tikky Spider (38), Building a Winner (30)

Writer’s Craft: Description, Fluency: Introductory Phrases


Activating Background Knowledge Throughout Reading, Asking Questions to Fill

Gaps in Background Knowledge, Revising Background Knowledge to Accommodate New Information

3-3 The Chocolate Farm, Gloria Estefan

The Princess Who Loved to Cook, Stop Here, Remarkable Roadside Attractions (40), Shark Attack (38)

Writer’s Craft: Word Choice, Fluency: Introductory Phrases

Making Connections

Making: Text-to-Self Text-to-Text Text-to-World Connections


Crossing Borders – Stories of Immigrants, Wacky Weather, What’s the Date Again, What’s the Fashion (40), Amphibians, First Kids (34), The Great Riddle Mystery, Secrets of the Rainforest (30)

Nonfiction Text Features: Diagrams, Fluency: Scientific Text

Making Inferences Using What You Know to make Inferences, Using Inferences to Clarify Words and Concepts, Revising and Expanding Inferences while Reading

4-1 The Renaissance Kids, Spugete

The Mystery of the Hidden Letter, Pockets full of Gold, Spugete Detectives, The Story of Persephone (40), A Home for a New Nation, How Mother Nature got her Job, Too Close to the Sun (38), Aladdin and the Magic Lamp (30)

Word Study: Multiple Meaning Words, Writer’s Craft: Slang

Understanding Story Elements

Previewing Text, Identifying Story Elements, Identifying Point of View


Dragon for Sale, Louise Goes to the City, The Otherwhere Ice Show, Taking Care, Trading Places in Timbuktu (40), How Mother Nature Got

Writer’s Craft: Sentence Variety, Word Study: Irregular Superlatives

Understanding and Analyzing Characters

Character’s Purpose, Character Dialogue and Actions, How Characters Develop

Her Job, It’s a Mammal (38), Intergalactic Cell Phone (34), Grasslands, King Midas and the Golden Touch (30)


Dragon for Sale, Green Treasure, Kids in Charge, Louisa the Blind Kitten, Spugete Detectives (40), The Go Boat, Hurray for Rhody, The Legend of the Blue Bonnets, The Mystery of the Spy’s Diary, What Happens to the Dog (34)

Fluency: Prosody Expressing Emotion, Writer’s Craft: Dialogue

Understanding Setting and Plot

Setting, Exploring Relationships between Setting and Characters, Identifying and Keeping Track of Plot


The Otherwhere Ice Show, Pockets full of Gold (40), A Home for a New Nation (38), King Midas and the Golden Touch (30)

Writer’s Craft: Onomatopia, Fluency: Prosody Tone of Voice

Understanding and Analyzing Theme

Relating Characters to Events, Identifying Theme, Relating to Theme

5-1 Drums the World’s Heartbeat, Skeletons Inside and Out

African American Cowboys, The Guitar, The Living Desert, Maya Lin, Linking People and Places, Nature’s Mysteries (40), Chasing Tornadoes, The Encyclopedia of World Sports, They Changed the World, A Year in Antarctica (38), Tigers (30)

Writer’s Craft: Using Examples to Clarify, Word Study: Context Clues

Locating Facts and Information

Predicting Based on Cover and Contents Page, Locating Information Using Bold-faced words and a Glossary, Identifying Facts from the Text


Crossing Borders – Stories of Immigrants, Wacky Weather, What’s the Date Again, What’s the Fashion (40), The

Nonfiction Text Features: Diagrams, Nonfiction Text Structure: Compare/Contrast

Making Inferences from Nonfiction

Developing Inferences from a Stated Fact, Using Prior Knowledge for Inferencing,

Creature Vanishes (38), Amphibians (34), Building a Winner, Secrets of the Rain Forest (30)

Evaluating Inferences


Coral Reefs, Hurricane, Nature’s Mysteries, Seeing is not Believing (40), Ellen Ochoa, Encyclopedia of World Sports (38), Away We Go (34), Animals of the Tundra, The Wonder of Whales (30)

Word Study: Prefixes, Nonfiction Text Features: Sidebars


Identifying Facts from Visual Sources, Inferring from Visual Sources, Evaluating Visual Sources

5-4 First-Aid Handbook, Charting Your Course

Bird Watching, Clay Magic, Diving in Antarctica, The Guitar King of Strings, Save of Earth (40), Butterflies and Moths, Make It Wear It (34)), At Home in the Sea, Koalas, Mailman Mario and his Boris Busters (30)

Word Study: Borrowed Words, Nonfiction Text Structures: Labels

Identifying and Using Text Structures

Identifying Text Structures, Linking Text Structure and Author’s Purpose, Identifying Multiple Text Structures

5-5 First-Aid Handbook, Charting Your Course

The Ancient Ones: The Anasazi of Mesa Verde, Building Bridges, Maya Lin: Linking People and Places, Olympic Champions, Seeing Is Not Believing, Volcanoes (40), People of the Canyon, They Changed the World, A Year in Antarctica (38), Beetles, Playground Science (34), Koalas (30)

Nonfiction Text Features: Materials Lists/Steps in a Process, Word Study: Science Content Words


Asking Questions about the Author, Evaluating the Authenticity of Information, Evaluating the Clarity of Information

6-1 The Renaissance Kids, Chain Reaction, Green Writer’s Craft: Point Taking Notes on Matching a Graphic

Anna Maria’s Mocassins

Treasure, Kids in Charge, The Story of Persephone, Trading Places in Timbuktu (40), The Plant that Almost Ate the World (34), A Day at the Races, Fossil Find, Grasslands (30)

of View, Fluency: Prosody

Fiction Organizer to Text, Using a Graphic Organizer to Understand Text, Using a Graphic Organizer to Evaluate Characters

6-2 Blast Zone, Wild and Wacky Festivals

Amazing Arachnids, Diving in Antarctica, The Living Desert, Save our Earth, Stop Here Remarkable Roadside Attractions (40), Encyclopedia of World Sports, Shark Attack, Water Wise (38), Introducing Snakes (34), A Day at the Races (30)

Writer’s Craft: Word Choice – Vivid Verbs, Fluency: Prepositional Phrases


Matching a Graphic Organizer to Text, Using a Graphic Organizer to Understand Text, Using a Graphic Organizer as an Aid to Retell and Summarize

6-3 Blast Zone, Friends in the Sea

Building Bridges, Louisa the Blind Kitten, North to the Pole with Matthew Hensen, Nutty for Peanuts (40), The Adventures of Robin Hood, People of the Canyon (38), The Mystery of the Spy’s Diary (34), At Home on a Coral Reef (30)

Fluency: Tempo, Nonfiction Text Features: Photos and Captions

Self-Monitoring Pausing to Monitor Comprehension, Rereading to Regain Meaning, Sequencing Ideas to Regain Meaning

6-4 Blast Zone, Friends in the Sea

The Great Bamboozle, Robots (40), Tikky Tikky Spider (38)

Writer’s Craft: Bias, Nonfiction Structure: Narration

Visualizing Using Background Knowledge and Text to Visualize, Using Descriptive Phrases to Create Mental and Sensory Images, Modifying Visualizations as

Reading 7-1 Hare Rescues the Sun

and Other Sky Myths, Little Bear and Other Native American Animal Tales

Trading Places in Timbuktu: A Tale from Mali, What’s the Fashion (40), Amphibians, Looking at Lizards (34)

Fluency: Pitch, Word Study: Antonyms

Questioning the Commonplace in a Text

Questioning the Archetype of Heroes and Villians, Considering the Role of Gender, Considering the Role of Wealth and Class

7-2 Hare Rescues the Sun and Other Sky Myths, Little Bear and Other Native American Animal Tales

African American Cowboys, Chain Reaction, Diving in Antarctica, Trading Places in Timbuktu: A Tale from Mail (40), Water Wise, ZD3 The Handy Robot (38)

Writer’s Craft: Similes, Word Study: Word Choice – Sensory Details and Vivid Verbs

Considering the Role of the Author

Thinking About the Author’s Sources of Information, Considering the Author’s Motives, Recognizing that Characters Represent the Author’s Message

7-3 The Renaissance Kids, Three Cheers for Planet Earth, Saving the Florida Panther

African American Cowboys, The Ancient Ones, Crossing Borders (40), The Creature Vanishes, A Year in Antarctica (38), The San Francisco Exploratorium (34)

Word Study: Base Words, Nonfiction Text Features: Pie Charts

Seeking Alternative Perspectives

Identifying Other Perspectives on a Topic, Considering Historical and Cultural Influences on a Text, Comparing Other Perspectives Between Texts

7-4 It Can Be Done: Cesar Chavez, Making Connections: American Indians and Settlers

African American Cowboys, The Ancient Ones, Crossing Borders, Wacky Weather, What’s the Fashion, What’s that Date Again (40), Chasing Tornadoes (38), Amphibians, First Kids (34)

Word Study: Content Words, Fluency: Grammatical Clues Introductory Phrases

Reading Critically Recognizing Bias, Recognizing What Might be Missing from Text, Making and Supporting Value Judgments

5 1-1 Introducing Different Genres, Exploring the Classroom

Choosing Books Having Favorite Books and Authors, Selecting Books for Independent Reading, Broadening Reading Diet

1-2 Connecting to Each Other’s Ideas, Peer Coaching


Building Stamina as Readers, Setting Long-Term Reading Goals, Knowing When Comprehension Breaks Down

2-1 First Journeys, Flags From Corey Gordon’s Extremely Private Diary, Helping Hands, Wildlife Rehabilitation at Work, Lewis and Clark a Journey of Discovery (50), Clay Magic, Louisa the Blind Kitten, Nature’s Mysteries (40)

Nonfiction Text Structure: Compare and Contrast, Writer’s Craft” Symbolism

Making Predications

Activating Prior Knowledge to Make Predications, Using Text Structure to Make Predications, Using Text Features to Make Predictions

2-2 First Journeys, Flags A Band of Brave Men, Folk Tales from Around the World (50), Building Bridges, Nutty for Peanuts (40)

Fluency: Grammatical Clues – Parenthetical Clauses, Word Study: Suffixes

Asking Questions Asking Text-Explicit Questions, Asking Text-Implicit Questions, Generating Questions Throughout Reading

2-3 First Journeys, Flags A Band of Brave Men, Folk Tales from Around the World, Helping Hands, Wildlife Rehabilitation at Work, Paralympics (50), Amazing Arachnids,

Word Study: Homophones, Nonfiction Text Features: Captions

Asking Questions Generating Questions to Anticipate Events and Information, Questioning the Author, Asking Questions to

Clay Magic, Coral Reefs (40)

Resolve Confusion

2-4 Airborne, The Many Faces of Masks

A Band of Brave Men, Folk Tales from Around the World (50), Building Bridges, Nutty for Peanuts (40)

Nonfiction Text Features: Boldfaced Words, Glossary, Nonfiction Text Structures: Description

Clarifying Using Discussions to Clarify, Reading Ahead and Rereading to Clarify, Activating Prior Knowledge to Clarify

2-5 Airborne, The Many Faces of Masks

A Band of Brave Men, Bikes, Demolition, Mermaids, Paralympics (50), African American Cowboys, North to the Pole with Matthew Henson, Penguins (40), The Adventures of Robin Hood, People of the Canyon (38)

Word Study: Context Clues, Fluency: Tempo/Reading Rate

Summarizing and Synthesizing

Pausing to Paraphrase, Main Ideas to Summarize, Combining Related Information

3-1 Famous American Spies, What Time Is It?

From Corey Gordon’s Extremely Private Diary, The Museum Chase, What is a Government (50), Louisa the Blind Kitten, The Princess who Loved to Cook, The Story of Persephone (40)

Word Study: Latin Root Words, Nonfiction Text Structures: Subtopics

Activating Prior Knowledge

Thinking About what you Read Before Reading, Considering Your Purpose for Reading, Previewing to Activate Background Knowledge

3-2 Famous American Spies, What Time Is It?

Building an Ice Hotel, What a Vacation a Family Play (50), What’s that Date Again, What’s the Fashion (40)

Word Study: Antonyms, Nonfiction Text Features: Diagrams

Activating Prior Knowledge

Activating Background Knowledge Throughout Reading, Asking Questions to Fill Gaps in Background Knowledge,

Revising Background Knowledge to Accommodate New Information

3-3 Woman who Broke Barriers, Lady with the Lamp

Growing up with Music, The Amazing Marsalis Family, What is a Government (50), Stop Here Remarkable Roadside Attractions (40), Shark Attack (38)

Nonfiction Text Structure: Chronological Order, Word Study: Compound Words

Making Connections

Making: Text-to-Self Text-to-Text Text-to-World Connections

3-4 Woman who Broke Barriers, Lady with the Lamp

Animal Heroes, Building an Ice Hotel, Saving Curiosity Falls, What a Vacation a Family Play (50), Crossing Borders, Wacky Weather, What’s that Date Again, What’s the Fashion (40)

Fluency: Prepositional Phrases, Writer’s Craft: Sentence Variety

Making Inferences Using What You Know to make Inferences, Using Inferences to Clarify Words and Concepts, Revising and Expanding Inferences while Reading

4-1 The Hot Shots, Leonardo’s Wings

Eagle Song, Stories of Adventure (50), The Mystery of the Hidden Letter, Spugete Detectives (40)

Writer’s Craft: Point of View, Text Feature: Prologue

Understanding Story Elements

Previewing a Text, Identifying Story Elements, Identifying Point of View


The Egyptian Collar Mystery, Locomotion, Stories to Make you Laugh (50), Dragon for Sale, The Otherwhere Ice Show, Trading Places from Timbuktu (40)

Writer’s Craft: Alliteration, Fluency: Prosody

Understanding and Analyzing Characters

Understanding a Character’s Purpose, Analyzing a Character’s Dialogue and Action, Understanding How Characters Develop


Aliens Abducted my Report, Catching the Sun, Tales from Asia, Climbing Mount

Word Study: Homographs, Writer’s Craft: Foreshadowing

Understanding Setting and Plot

Identifying Setting, Exploring Relationships Between Setting

Kilimanjara, From Corey Gordon’s Extremely Private Diary, Mirror Mirror (50), Anaconda Antics, Chain Reaction, The Great Bamboozle, Louisa Goes to the City, Louisa the Blind Kitten (40)

and Characters, Identifying and Keeping Track of the Plot


The Egyptian Collar Mystery, The Mystery of the Rescued Rubies, Stories to Make you Laugh (50), Dragon for Sale, The Mystery of the Hidden Letter, The Otherwhere Ice Show (40)

Understanding and Analyzing Theme

Word Study: Synonyms, Writer’s Craft: Word Choice

Relating to Characters and Events, Identifying the Theme, Relating to the Theme

5-1 Remarkable Robots, Turn it Down

40 Famous Women, Lewis and Clark, Survival Animal Adaptations, Tiger Woods (50), Coral Reefs, A Guide to Rocks and Minerals, Maya Lin Linking People and Places (40)

Locating Facts and Information

Nonfiction Text Structure: Cause and Effect, Word Study: Prefixes

Predicting Based on Cover and Contents Page, Locating Information Using Bold-faced words and a Glossary, Identifying Facts from the Text


Animal Heroes, Building an Ice Hotel, Helping Hands, Wild Rehabilitation at Work (50), Diving in Antarctica, Wacky Weather, What’s that Date Again (40)

Making Inferences from Nonfiction

Nonfiction Text Features: Sidebars, Writer’s Craft: Bias

Developing Inferences from a Stated Fact, Using Prior Knowledge to make Inferences, Evaluating Inferences


40 Famous Women, Lewis and Clark, Living History, Pompeii A City


Word Study: Regular Comparatives and

Identifying Facts from Visual Sources, Inferring

Frozen in Time, Wetlands (50), Coral Reefs, Hurricanes, Nature’s Mysteries, Seeing is not Believing (40), They Changed the World (38)

Superlatives, Fluency: Grammatical Clues – Introductory Clauses

from Visual Sources, Evaluating Visual Sources

5-4 Explore your World, Light and Shade

Crafts and Games Around the World, Finding a Way, Six Historic US Routes, Four Great Cities, If We Had Wings: the Story of Tuskegee Airmen, Living Through a Natural Disaster, Survival Animal Adaptations (50), Bird Watching, A Guide to Rocks and Minerals, The Guitar King of Strings, The Living Desert, Save our Earth (40)

Identifying and Using Text Structures

Nonfiction Text Features: Bullets, Fluency: Rate

Identifying Text Structures, Linking text Structure and Author’s Purpose, Identifying Multiple Text Structures

5-5 Explore your World, Light and Shade

David’s World, Helping Hands Wildlife Rehabilitation at Work (50), Clay Magic, Spugete Detectives (40)


Word Study: Compound Words, Nonfiction Text Features: Headings and Subheadings

Asking Questions about the Author, Evaluating the Authenticity of Information, Evaluating the Clarity of Information

6-1 The Hot Shots, A Vote for Mr. Lincoln

Escape to Danger, Folk Tales from Around the World, Horatio: the Man who Saved a City, The Museum Chase, The Mystery of the Rescued Rubies, Saving Alpha


Fluency: Prosody, Writer’s Craft: Figurative Language – Idiomatic Expressions

Matching a Graphic Organizer to Text, Using a Graphic Organizer to Understand Text, Using a Graphic Organizer to

Nagawa (50), Anaconda Antics, Building Bridges, Crossing Borders, The Mystery of the Hidden Letter, Penguin Pranks, The Story of Persephone (40)

Evaluate Characters

6-2 Making the Impossible Possible, Forests of the Sea

If We had Wings – Story of Tuskegee Airmen, Ocean Travelers, Tiger Woods, Wildlife Photographer Frank Greenaway, Write it Down (50), Diving in Antarctica, The Guitar King of Strings, The Living Desert, Maya Lin Linking People and Places, Taking Care (40)


Nonfiction Text Features: Photographs, Word Study: Suffixes

Matching a Graphic Organizer to Text, Using a Graphic Organizer to Understand Text, Using a Graphic Organizer as an Aid to Retell and Summarize


A Band of Brave Men, Bikes, Demolition, Escape to Danger, Folk Tales From Around the World, Saving Alpha Nagawa (50), African American Cowboys, The Ancient Ones: the Anasazi of Mesa Verde, Building Bridges, Nutty for Peanuts, Penguin Pranks (40)

Self-Monitoring Word Study: Context Clues, Nonfiction Text Features: Lists

Pausing to Monitor Comprehension, Rereading to Regain Meaning, Sequencing Ideas to Regain Meaning


Aliens Abducted my Report, A Band of Brave Men, Going Solo, Saving Alpha Nagawa (50(, Crossing Borders, The Great Bamboozle, Louis the Blind Kitten, Robots

Visualizing Nonfiction Text Structure: Problem and Solution, Writer’s Craft: Imagery

Using Background Knowledge and Text to Visualize, Using Descriptive Phrases to Create Mental and Sensory Images, Modifying

(40), People of the Canyon (38)

Visualizations as you Read

7-1 The Hot Shots, The Lady with the Lamp

40 Famous Women, Horatio: the Man Who Saved a City (50), Anaconda Antics, Maya Lin Linking People and Places (40)

Questioning the Commonplace in a Text

Word Study: Base Words, Writer’s Craft: Narrative

Questioning the Archetype of Heroes and Villians, Considering the Role of Gender, Considering the Role of Wealth and Class

7-2 The Water is Wide, At Home on the Earth

Helping Hands Wildlife Rehabilitation at Work, Stories of Adventure, Wildlife Photographer Frank Greenaway, Write it Down, Clay Magic, Diving in Antarctica, Spugete Detectives, Spugete Mystery (40(

Considering the Role of the Author

Nonfiction Features: Maps, Writer’s Craft: Similes

Thinking About the Author’s Sources of Information, Considering the Author’s Motives, Recognizing that Characters Represent the Author’s Message

7-3 The Water is Wide, At Home on the Earth

Catching for Sun Tales from Asia, Eagle Song, Lewis and Clark, Living History, Pompeii a City Frozen in Time, Saving Curiosity Falls (50), Chain Reaction, Coral Reefs, Hurricane, The Mystery of the Hidden Letter, Nature’s Mysteries, Wacky Weather (40)

Seeking Alternative Perspectives

Nonfiction Features: Pronunciation Guide, Word Study: Suffixes

Identifying Other Perspectives on a Topic, Considering Historical and Cultural Influences on a Text, Comparing Other Perspectives Between Texts

7-4 Women who Broke Barriers, Whales

Animal Heroes, David’s World, Write it Down (50), Crossing Borders, Diving in Antarctica, Taking Care (40)

Reading Critically Nonfiction Text Structures: Cause and Effect, Writer’s Craft: Word Choice

Recognizing Bias, Recognizing What Might be Missing from Text, Making and Supporting Value Judgments

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