Unit 1: Story 4
The Astronaut and the Onion by Ann Cameron
Oral Language
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5- REVIEW
Focus Question:
How can people in your
community help you learn
new things?
Focus Question:
How does a trip to the
supermarket change
Gloria?
Focus Question:
Compare Ana’s character
to Dr. Street’s character. In
what ways are they alike
and different?
Focus Question:
What personality traits do
you think Ana and Larry
have in common with Dr.
Street in The Astronaut and
the Onion?
Summarize pg 31
Focus Question:
What might Dr. Street from
The Astronaut and the
Onion say to Gloria about
how spinoff technology
from NASA helps make life
better.
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5- REVIEW
Build Background pg 78
Read Aloud:
Persistence
pg 79A – 79B
Word Study
Day 1:
Spelling:
Spelling Strategy
Long i - 103E
Pretest –
Spelling PB pg 19
Practice
Spelling PB pg 20
Vocabulary:
Introduce Words
Text pg 81 and TE 103C
PB pg 29
Strategy
Dictionary: Using a
Dictionary
Text pg 8
Day 2
Phonics:
Long i – 79C-79D
PB pg 28
Spelling:
Word Meanings 103F
Phonics/Spelling PB pg 22
Spelling:
Proofread 103F
Phonics/Spelling Book 23
Spelling:
Post Test 103F
Phonics/Spelling PB 24
Spelling:
Word Sorts 103E
Phonics/Spelling PB pg 21
Vocabulary:
Review Words
Using a Dictionary
Pg 82, 103E
PB pg 35
Vocabulary:
Review Words
Related Words 103D
Vocabulary:
Content Vocabulary – 98
Review Words
Morphology 103D
Vocabulary:
Assess Words
Connect to Writing 103D
Unit 1: Story 4
The Astronaut and the Onion by Ann Cameron
Reading
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Read
Astronaut Adventure
Text pgs 80-81
Read
The Astronaut and the
Onion
pgs 82 -91
Read
Continue - The Astronaut
and the Onion
pg 92 – 95
Read
Sky High Dining
pg 98-101
Comprehension
Strategy: Summarize
81A – 81B
Comprehension
Strategy: Summarize
Skill – Charater
PB pg 30
Skill: Character
PB pg 31
Comprehension Check
pg 97
Review Skill:
Compare and Contrast 97B
PB pg 33
Comprehension
Science: Expository
Text Feature
Recipes pg 98
PB pg 34
Fluency
Repeated Reading:
Rate/Phrasing 97A
Fluency
Repeated Reading:
Rate/Phrasing 97A
PB pg 32
Fluency
Repeated Reading:
Rate/Phrasing 97A
Fluency
Model Fluency 79B
Day 5-REVIEW
Read
Self-Selected Reading 78K
PB pg 36
Comprehension
Connect and Compare 101
Fluency
Practice 78K
Writing
Day 1
Day 2
Daily Writing:
Write a paragraph about the
profession you would like to
have when you are an adult.
Daily Writing:
Write a list of questions for
someone in a profession you
would someday like to work
in.
Trait: Ideas
Describe a Single Object
101A-101B
Reading/Writing
Connection
102-103
Grammar:
DLA: 103G
Complex Sentences 103G
Gram. PB pg 16
Grammar:
DLA: 103G
Complex Sentences 103G
Gram. PB pg 17
Day 3
Daily Writing:
Pretend you are an
astronaut. Write a letter
home to a family member
or a friend to ell of your
latest adventure.
Trait: Ideas
Describe a Single Object
103A
Grammar:
DLA: 103G
Mechanics and Usage 103H
Gram. PB pg 18
Day 4
Daily Writing:
Suppose you could
interview an astronaut.
Write three questions you
would want to ask.
Trait: Word Choice
Descriptive Details 103A
Day 5- REVIEW
Daily Writing:
What is your favorite
movie, story, book, or
comic about outer space?
Write a few sentences
telling why, and how it
might be interesting to
others.
Conferencing:
37B
Grammar:
DLA: 103G
Complex Sentences 103H
Gram. PB pg 19
Grammar:
DLA: 103G
Complex Sentences 103H
Gram. PB pg 20