TREASURES
SK
Unit 1 Families
My family and me/families get together
*Making predictions; setting
Unit 2 Friends
Learning about friends/what is a friend
*Compare and contrast; character
Unit 3 Transportation
Getting around town/traveling near and far
*story structure
Unit 4 Food
Where food comes from/what’s for dinner
*sequence
Unit 5 Animals
Animals we know/how animals change and grow
*story structure; make and confirm predictions; classify and categorize
Unit 6 Neighborhood
Our neighborhood/ people and places
*main idea /detail
Unit 7 Weather
Kinds of weather/seasons
*setting; main idea/detail
Unit 8 Plants
How trees grow/seeds and plants
*retelling sequence of events
Unit 9 Amazing creatures
Interesting insects/amazing ocean
*ask questions; compare and contrast and categorize
Unit 10 I know a lot
Show what you know/art all around
*cause/effect; using illustrations
Grade 1
Unit 1 all about us
All about me/ready set move/growing up/pets/teamwork/assess
*story sequence; character; setting; book parts; photographs
Unit 2 outside my door
Animal families/helping out/where animals live/sing and dance/let’s laugh/
assess
*retelling; summarizing; main idea/detail; dictionary; directions, signs
Unit 3 Let’s connect
Being friends/kids around the world/ me and my shadow/our
families/family time/assess
*predict; compare and contrast; maps, charts, lists; magazine and newspaper
Unit 4 Nature watch
Birds/recycling/what’s the weather/what scientists do/favorite
stories/assess
*make inferences; draw conclusions; beginning/middle/end; internet article
Unit 5 Adventures all around
Express yourself/watch it go/inventions/I can do it/how does it grow/assess
*fantasy/reality; generate questions; cause/effect; classify and categorize; OPAC;
dictionary; captions, diagrams
Unit 6 Let’s discover
Bugs/exploring space/at work/watching animals grow/let’s build/assess
*encyclopedia; questions and answers; search engines; using illustrations; making
predictions; writing reports
Grade 2
Unit 1 Relationships
School days/making friends/firefighters at work/being yourself/coming to
America/assess
*dictionary; story structure; character and setting; parts of book; graphs;
predictions
Unit 2 Growth and change
Plants alive/animal rescue/hospital visit/how animals grow/staying
fit/assess
*summarize; sequence of events; generate questions; using the library;
captions/labels; dictionary; thesaurus
Unit 3 Better together
Telling stories/safety first/creatures old and older/curtain up/on the
farm/assess
*cause/effect; using illustrations; summarize; dictionary; thesaurus; choose and
narrow topic for research; drop down menu
Unit 4 Land Sea Sky
Animal needs/animal survival/helping planet earth/wild weather/habitats
and homes/assess
*report writing; maps; book parts; resources and references; predictions;
cause/effect; inferences
Unit 5 Discoveries
Life in the desert/playtime/discoveries/in the garden/our moon/assess
*main idea/detail; problems/solutions; LMC; sequence; written directions
Unit 6 Expressions
Count on a celebration/creating stories/worlds of art/inventors then and
now/other people, other places/assess
*fantasy/reality; drawing conclusions; timelines; maps; choosing resources;
nonfiction article; biography
Grade 3
Unit 1 our world
New beginnings/keeping in touch/building communities/anarctic
life/people and their pets/assess
*character; setting; plot; main idea/detail; bar graphs; time lines; dictionary
Unit 2 investigations
Putting on a performance/wolves/past present future/out in space/being a
writer/assess
*book review; fantasy/reality; poster; summarize; fact/opinion; dictionaryantonym; photos; italics; internet article; book parts
Unit 3 Discoveries
Food around the world/solving riddles/ecosystem in balance/making
journeys/art of illustrating/assess
*inferences; plot/setting; synonyms; plays; sequence; using the library; charts
Unit 4 Determination
What’s cooking/getting along/protecting our natural resources/getting
involved/a place of my own/assess
*inferences; dictionary; poster; analyze; compare/contrast; search engines;
encyclopedia article
Unit 5 Challenges
Making money/making a difference/in motion/heroes/animal
architects/assess
*skim and scan; maps; editorial; poem; speech; simile
Unit 6 Achievements
Helping our neighbors/unusual animals/good citizens/working
together/raising butterflies/assess
*story structure; theme; news story; textbook features; magazine article
Grade 4
Unit 1 Let’s explore
Mysteries/adapting to survive/our national parks/astronauts/wildlife
watchers/assess
*main idea/detail; summarize; problem/solution; dictionary;
maps/charts/diagrams; personal letter
Unit 2 Take a stand
Baseball/new places, new faces/focus on China/bright ideas/snakes/assess
*generate questions; inferences; fact/opinion; table; primary sources; book parts;
alliteration; book review
Unit 3 Making a difference
Friend or foe/people that make a difference/kids get it done/great plains
Indians/precipitation/assess
*summarize; sequence; thesaurus; dictionary-homonyms; play; letter writing
Unit 4 Viewpoints
Man’s best friend/creative solutions/energy: power sources/whales/the
sea/assess
*generate questions; draw conclusions; using computers in LMC; dictionaryhomonyms; line graphs; glossary
Unit 5 Relationships
Going to the library/putting on a play/explorations/artists at work/wild
horses/assess
*dictionary-connotation/denotation; thesaurus; poster; make judgments;
cause/effect; fact/opinion; skim and scan; simile; hyperbole; directions
Unit 6 Discovery
Gold rush/wild visitors/discovering nature’s secrets/airplanes/ants/assess
*news article; magazine article; story structure; time lines; advertisements; word
parts-roots, etc.
Grade 5
Unit 1 Challenges
School contests/American legends/trees for life/exploring space/rescue
dogs/assess
*story structure; plot; setting; character; generate questions; summarize;
cause/effect; dictionary-homonyms; thesaurus-antonyms; tool bar/links;
photos/captions
Unit 2 Discoveries
People helping animals/slithery snakes/remembering the past/Caribbean
islands/cowboys and cowgirls/assess
*main idea/detail; summarize; inferences; problems/solutions; reports; book
review; idioms/antonyms; using the internet; photos and captions
Unit 3 Turning points
The American revolution/right to vote/protecting the environment/desert
habitats/into the future/assess
*drawing conclusions; fact/opinion; compare/contrast; timeline; study strategies;
dictionary-pronunciation; research report; diary
Unit 4 Experiences
Civil rights/animal defenses/democracy/extreme weather/trickster
tales/assess
*character/setting; story structure; news article; book parts; timelines; metaphor;
research report; magazine article; imagery; onomatopoeia
Unit 5 Achievements
North Pole, South Pole/fantastic foods/learning from nature/talking in
codes/whales/assess
*generate questions; primary sources; hyperlinks; keywords; dictionary;
thesaurus; graphs; poems
Unit 6 Great ideas
Fairy tales/camping out/improving lives/balloon flight/scientists at
work/assess
*summarize; sequence; how- to- paragraph; Venn diagram