Spelling

Words

1. tasted 2. ripping 3. forced 4. flipping 5. tapped 6. flipped 7. scared 8. flagged 9. ripped 10. skipped 11. tapping 12. saved 13. skipping 14. scaring 15. flagging 16. discussed 17. saving 18. tasting 19. forcing 20. discussing

Vocabulary Words:

1. amendments—formal changes made according to

official procedures

2. commitment—a sense of obligation toward something

3. compromise—to reach agreement by having each side

give up part of its demands

4. democracy—a government that is run by the people

who live under it

5. eventually—in the end or finally

6. legislation—laws that are made or passed

7. privilege—a special right or benefit held by a certain

group of people

8. version—an account given in a particular way

Essential

Question:

Why do we need government?

Our Government

Comprehension Skill: Cause and Effect A cause is why something happens.

An effect is what happens.

Hint: look for an event or action that causes

something to happen

Signal words to help you identify cause-and-effect

relationships: because, so, since, as a result

Genre: Narrative Nonfiction Nonfiction written in the form of a story

May express the author’s opinion about the subject

Presents facts and includes text features (bold words, headings)

Vocabulary Strategy: Latin Roots

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Spelling

Words

1. funnier 2. families 3. pennies 4. worried 5. replied 6. varied 7. marries 8. carries 9. easily 10. silliest 11. jumpier 12. emptier 13. merrier 14. applied 15. cozily 16. sorriest 17. prettily 18. lazier 19. happiest 20. dizziest

Vocabulary Words:

1. accompanies—goes along with something

2. campaign—a series of actions planned and carried out

to bring about a particular result

3. governor—a person elected to be the head of a state

government in the United States

4. intend—to have a purpose or plan in mind

5. opponent—a person or group that is against another in a

fight, contest, or discussion

6. overwhelming—overcoming or overpowering completely

7. tolerate—to put up with or endure someone or

something

8. weary—to be very tired

Essential

Question:

Why do people run for public office?

Leadership

Comprehension Skill: Point of View A narrator is a person who tells a story.

Point of view is the way a story’s narrator feels or thinks

about the characters or events.

First-person narrator: a character in the story (clues: I, we, me)

Third-person narrator: not a part of the story, but can tell

how all characters feel and think (clues: he, she, they)

Genre: Fantasy A type of fiction story

Characters, settings, or events could not exist in real life

Usually includes illustrations

Vocabulary Strategy: Idioms

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Spelling

Words

1. mood 2. stoop 3. zoom 4. crew 5. stew 6. ruler 7. produce 8. issue 9. tutor 10. truth 11. bruised 12. juicy 13. suits 14. group 15. you’ll 16. huge 17. crook 18. wool 19. used 20. should

Vocabulary Words:

1. decade—a period of ten years

2. directing—the act of giving instructions, ordering, or

commanding

3. engineering—work that uses scientific knowledge for

practical things such as building bridges and dams

4. gleaming—shining or glowing

5. scouted—to have looked at or explored in order to find

out and bring back more information

6. squirmed—turned and twisted the body

7. technology—the use of science for practical purposes,

especially in engineering and industry

8. tinkering—puttering or keeping busy in an aimless way

Essential

Question:

How do inventions and technology affect your

life?

Breakthroughs

Comprehension Skill: Point of View A narrator is a person who tells a story.

Point of view is the way a story’s narrator feels or thinks

about the characters or events.

First-person narrator: a character in the story (clues: I, we, me)

Third-person narrator: not a part of the story, but can

tell how all characters feel and think (clues: he, she, they)

Genre: Historical Fiction Has realistic characters, events, and settings

Is set in the past and based on real events

Contains dialogue (conversation between characters)

Vocabulary Strategy: Synonyms

Spelling

Words

1. noises 2. voices 3. rejoice 4. annoy 5. destroy 6. voyage 7. mound 8. south 9. pound 10. hound 11. pouch 12. thousand 13. wound 14. grouch 15. cowboy 16. gown 17. frown 18. howling 19. flower 20. tower

Vocabulary Words:

1. astronomer—person who studies the stars and planets

2. crescent—a curve that is wider in the middle and

tapered at the ends

3. phases—the different stages of the moon

4. rotates—turns around on an axis

5. series—a number of similar things coming one after

another

6. sliver—a thin, often pointed piece that has been broken,

cut, or torn off

7. specific—exact or particular

8. telescope—makes distant objects seem larger and

nearer

Essential

Question:

How do you explain what you see in the

sky?

Wonders in the Sky

Comprehension Skill: Cause and Effect A cause is why something happens.

An effect is what happens.

Hint: look for an event or action that causes

something to happen

Signal words to help you identify cause-and-

effect relationships: cause, effect, because, so, since, as a result

Genre: Expository Text Explains facts and information about a topic

Information is usually presented in logical order

Text features: diagrams, bold words, pronunciations

Vocabulary Strategy: Context Clues

Spelling

Words

1. caught 2. laws 3. drawn 4. strawberry 5. straw 6. awe 7. shawl 8. alter 9. halt 10. talking 11. walker 12. chalk 13. stalk 14. small 15. caller 16. squall 17. cough 18. fought 19. thought 20. false

Vocabulary Words:

1. attain—to work hard to achieve a goal

2. dangling—hanging or swinging loosely

3. hovering—to stay in one place in the air

4. triumph—a great victory or success

5. stanza—two or more lines of poetry that together form a

unit of the poem

6. connotation—a meaning suggested by a word in

addition to its literal meaning

7. denotation—the basic definition of a word

8. repetition—the use of repeated words or phrases in a

poem

Essential

Question:

How do writers look at success in different

ways?

Achievements

Comprehension Skill: Theme The theme of a poem is the main message or

lesson that a poet wants to communicate.

Identifying key details in a poem can help you

determine the theme.

Ask yourself, “What message does the poet

want to get across to the reader?”

Genre: Narrative Poem Tells a story and has characters

Is about fictional or real events and can read like a story

May be written in stanzas

Vocabulary Strategy: Connotation and Denotation

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Spelling

Words

1. endured 2. strumming 3. exploded 4. flipping 5. admitted 6. flipped 7. outwitted 8. flagged 9. strummed 10. realized 11. exploding 12. admitting 13. skipping 14. appreciating 15. flagging 16. discussed 17. demonstrated 18. demonstrating 19. forcing 20. discussing

Vocabulary Words:

1. amendments—formal changes made according to

official procedures

2. commitment—a sense of obligation toward something

3. compromise—to reach agreement by having each side

give up part of its demands

4. democracy—a government that is run by the people

who live under it

5. eventually—in the end or finally

6. legislation—laws that are made or passed

7. privilege—a special right or benefit held by a certain

group of people

8. version—an account given in a particular way

Essential

Question:

Why do we need government?

Our Government

Comprehension Skill: Cause and Effect A cause is why something happens.

An effect is what happens.

Hint: look for an event or action that causes

something to happen

Signal words to help you identify cause-and-effect

relationships: because, so, since, as a result

Genre: Narrative Nonfiction Nonfiction written in the form of a story

May express the author’s opinion about the subject

Presents facts and includes text features (bold words, headings)

Vocabulary Strategy: Latin Roots

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Spelling

Words

1. funnier 2. handily 3. pennies 4. worried 5. replied 6. varied 7. abilities 8. carries 9. easily 10. silliest 11. jumpier 12. emptier 13. merrier 14. societies 15. cozily 16. sorriest 17. communities 18. lazier 19. happiest 20. dizziest

Vocabulary Words:

1. accompanies—goes along with something

2. campaign—a series of actions planned and carried out

to bring about a particular result

3. governor—a person elected to be the head of a state

government in the United States

4. intend—to have a purpose or plan in mind

5. opponent—a person or group that is against another in a

fight, contest, or discussion

6. overwhelming—overcoming or overpowering completely

7. tolerate—to put up with or endure someone or

something

8. weary—to be very tired

Essential

Question:

Why do people run for public office?

Leadership

Comprehension Skill: Point of View A narrator is a person who tells a story.

Point of view is the way a story’s narrator feels or thinks

about the characters or events.

First-person narrator: a character in the story (clues: I, we, me)

Third-person narrator: not a part of the story, but can tell

how all characters feel and think (clues: he, she, they)

Genre: Fantasy A type of fiction story

Characters, settings, or events could not exist in real life

Usually includes illustrations

Vocabulary Strategy: Idioms

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Spelling

Words

1. boost 2. doodle 3. zoom 4. smooth 5. crew 6. shrewd 7. parachute 8. produce 9. tissue 10. truthful 11. tutor 12. bruised 13. juicy 14. suits 15. you’ll 16. huge 17. mute 18. communication 19. crooked 20. should

Vocabulary Words:

1. decade—a period of ten years

2. directing—the act of giving instructions, ordering, or

commanding

3. engineering—work that uses scientific knowledge for

practical things such as building bridges and dams

4. gleaming—shining or glowing

5. scouted—to have looked at or explored in order to find

out and bring back more information

6. squirmed—turned and twisted the body

7. technology—the use of science for practical purposes,

especially in engineering and industry

8. tinkering—puttering or keeping busy in an aimless way

Essential

Question:

How do inventions and technology affect your

life?

Breakthroughs

Comprehension Skill: Point of View A narrator is a person who tells a story.

Point of view is the way a story’s narrator feels or thinks

about the characters or events.

First-person narrator: a character in the story (clues: I, we, me)

Third-person narrator: not a part of the story, but can

tell how all characters feel and think (clues: he, she, they)

Genre: Historical Fiction Has realistic characters, events, and settings

Is set in the past and based on real events

Contains dialogue (conversation between characters)

Vocabulary Strategy: Synonyms

Spelling

Words

1. void 2. hardboiled 3. rejoice 4. annoyance 5. destroy 6. voyage 7. mound 8. trouser 9. encounter 10. announce 11. thousand 12. wound 13. grouch 14. southpaw 15. nowadays 16. downtown 17. cowboy 18. prowl 19. empower 20. howling

Vocabulary Words:

1. astronomer—person who studies the stars and planets

2. crescent—a curve that is wider in the middle and

tapered at the ends

3. phases—the different stages of the moon

4. rotates—turns around on an axis

5. series—a number of similar things coming one after

another

6. sliver—a thin, often pointed piece that has been broken,

cut, or torn off

7. specific—exact or particular

8. telescope—makes distant objects seem larger and

nearer

Essential

Question:

How do you explain what you see in the

sky?

Wonders in the Sky

Comprehension Skill: Cause and Effect A cause is why something happens.

An effect is what happens.

Hint: look for an event or action that causes

something to happen

Signal words to help you identify cause-and-

effect relationships: cause, effect, because, so, since, as a result

Genre: Expository Text Explains facts and information about a topic

Information is usually presented in logical order

Text features: diagrams, bold words, pronunciations

Vocabulary Strategy: Context Clues

Spelling

Words

1. daughter 2. dinosaur 3. applauded 4. caught 5. clause 6. audiences 7. because 8. vault 9. sprawling 10. strawberry 11. shawl 12. malt 13. halted 14. alteration 15. stalk 16. squall 17. wallpaper 18. sought 19. thoughtful 20. fought

Vocabulary Words:

1. attain—to work hard to achieve a goal

2. dangling—hanging or swinging loosely

3. hovering—to stay in one place in the air

4. triumph—a great victory or success

5. stanza—two or more lines of poetry that together form a

unit of the poem

6. connotation—a meaning suggested by a word in

addition to its literal meaning

7. denotation—the basic definition of a word

8. repetition—the use of repeated words or phrases in a

poem

Essential

Question:

How do writers look at success in different

ways?

Achievements

Comprehension Skill: Theme The theme of a poem is the main message or

lesson that a poet wants to communicate.

Identifying key details in a poem can help you

determine the theme.

Ask yourself, “What message does the poet

want to get across to the reader?”

Genre: Narrative Poem Tells a story and has characters

Is about fictional or real events and can read like a story

May be written in stanzas

Vocabulary Strategy: Connotation and Denotation

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