Unit 1: Story 2
The Adventures of Ali Baba Bernstein by Johanna Hurwitz
Oral Language
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5- REVIEW
Focus Question:
In what ways do we change
as we grow?
Focus Question:
What adventures does Ali
Baba Bernstein have?
Focus Question:
How are Emily and Ali Baba
similar? How are they
different? What do the
characters discover?
Focus Question:
Why do you think Ali Baba
Bernstein might enjoy
reading The Arabian
Nights?
Focus Question:
Compare the birthday
parties in The Surprise and
The Adventures of Ali Baba
Bernstein. How are they
different?
Day 4
Day 5- REVIEW
Build Background pg 38
Read Aloud:
The Case of the Muscle
Maker
pg 39A – 39B
Summarize pg 59
Word Study
Day 1:
Spelling:
Spelling Strategy
Long a – 65E
Pretest –
Spelling PB pg 7
Practice
Spelling PB pg 8
Vocabulary:
Introduce Words
pg 41 and TE 65C
PB pg 11
Strategy
Thesaurus/Synonyms
Text pg 40
Day 2
Phonics:
Long a 39C-39D
PB pg 10
Day 3
Spelling:
Word Meanings 65F
Phonics/Spelling PB pg 10
Spelling:
Proofread 65F
Phonics/Spelling Book 11
Spelling:
Post Test 65F
Phonics/Spelling PB 12
Spelling:
Word Sorts 65E
Phonics/Spelling PB pg 9
Vocabulary:
Review Words
Thesaurus/Synonyms
Pg 42, 65C
PB pg 17
Vocabulary:
Review Words
Related Words 65D
Vocabulary:
Review Words
Morphology– 65D
Vocabulary:
Assess Words
Connect to Writing 65D
Unit 1: Story 2
The Adventures of Ali Baba Bernstein by Johanna Hurwitz
Reading
Day 1
Read
The Suprise
Text pgs 40-41
Comprehension
Strategy: Analyze Story
Structure
41A-41B
Skill – Character, Setting,
and Plot
PB pg 12
Fluency
Model Fluency 39
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Read
The Adventures of Ali Baba
Bernstein
Text pgs 42- 47
Comprehension
Strategy: Analyze Story
Structure
pg 10 - 21
Read
Continue - The Adventures
of Ali Baba Bernstein
pg 48-57
Comprehension Check
pg 59
Review Skill:
Make Inferences 59B
PB pg 15
Read
One Thousand Nights and a
Night
pg 60-63
Skill: Character, Setting,
and Plot
PB pg 13
Fluency
Repeated Reading:
Accuracy 59A
Fluency
Repeated Reading:
Accuracy
59A
PB pg 14
Comprehension
Social Studies: Expository
Text Feature
Maps - pg 60
PB pg 16
Fluency
Repeated Reading:
Accuracy 59A
Day 5-REVIEW
Read
Self-Selected Reading 38K
PB pg 18
Comprehension
Connect and Compare 63
Fluency
Practice 38K
Writing
Day 1
Day 2
Daily Writing:
Write a thank-you note to
someone for a special gift.
Daily Writing:
Write a short mystery story
about a missing birthday
cake.
Trait: Ideas
Develop a Single Moment
63A-63B
Reading/Writing
Connection
64-65
Grammar:
DLA: 65G
Subjects and Predicates 65G
Gram. PB pg 6
Grammar:
DLA: 65G
Subjects and Predicates 65G
Gram. PB pg 7
Day 3
Day 4
Daily Writing:
Write about a time when
you met someone who was
similar to you in one way,
but different in others.
Daily Writing:
Write the first sentence of
a story that could never
end.
Trait: Ideas
Develop a Single Moment in
Time 65A
Grammar:
DLA: 65G
Mechanics and Usage 65H
Gram. PB pg 8
Day 5- REVIEW
Daily Writing:
Write a journal entry about
what makes you unique.
Trait Ideas:
Paragraphs 65A
Conferencing:
37B
Grammar:
DLA: 65G
Subjects and Predicates 65H
Gram. PB pg 8
Grammar:
DLA: 65G
Mechanics and Usage 65H
Gram. PB pg 8