Week Of:

Letters

& sounds

Big Books

&Trade Books

Comprehension Skill

High Frequency Words

Genre

Amazing Words

Integrated Science &

Social Studies

Unit 5 – Going Places

Week 1

Ww/w/, Jj/j/

Max Takes the Train

Realism / Fantasy

yellow, green, blue

Animal Fantasy

plane, jetway, subway, tunnel, ferryboat, sidecar

How many forms of transportation can you name?

Week 2

Xx/ks/

Mayday! Mayday! A Coast Guard Rescue

Cause/ Effect

yellow,  green, blue

Informational Text

rescue, pilot, yacht, sailor, mechanic, shimmering

What kinds of transportation help us in an emergency?

Week 3

Short u

Messenger, Messenger

Compare/ Contrast

what, said, was

Rhyming Story

messenger, delivery, radios, pickup, escalator, eyeshades

What kinds of transportation help people do their jobs?

Week 4

Short u

The Little Engine That Could

Plot

what, said, was

Classic Fantasy

engine, tracks, passenger, roundhouse, mountain, valley

What does a train need to get over the mountain?

Week 5

Vv/v/, Zz/z/

On the Move!

Main idea

where, come

Informational Text

travel, kayak, Ilama, dogsled, double-decker bus

How do people in different parts of the world travel?

Week 6

Yy/y/, Qu, qu/kw

This Is the Way We Go to School!

Draw Conclusions

where, come

Fiction

cable car, trolley, horse-and-buggy, skis, Metro line,vaporetto

How do children around the world get to school?