Unit 5-Week 1 Day 1
Theme Question: What makes the Central
Region special?
• How are geography and economy connected
in the Midwest? (Wk 1)
• How are geography and economy connected
in the South Central States? (Wk 2)
• What is life like in in the Midwest? (Wk 3)
• What is life like in the South Central States?
(Wk 4)
Theme Vocabulary
Theme vocabulary
• basin
• landform
• transport
• flourish
Reading
Preview and Predict
• pp. 256-264
Purpose
• Find answers to the Theme
Question.
• Set your own purpose.
“k”, “ng” and “kw” sounds
“k” sound
risky
“ng” sound
blanket
“kw” sound
question
Unit 5-Week 1 Day 2
Theme Question: What makes the Central
Region special?
• How are geography and economy connected
in the Midwest? (Wk 1)
• How are geography and economy connected
in the South Central States? (Wk 2)
• What is life like in in the Midwest? (Wk 3)
• What is life like in the South Central States?
(Wk 4)
Theme Vocabulary
Theme vocabulary
• basin
• landform
• transport
• flourish
Visualize
Midwest
Reading
Preview and Predict
• Chapter 2 (pp. 265-271): A Tour of the
Central States
Purpose
• Find answers to the Theme
Question.
• Set your own purpose.
Unit 5-Week 1, Day 3
What is the Theme Question?
Name the four theme vocabulary
words and their meanings?
Antonyms
Words from the text
important
antonyms
unimportant
Prefixes that tell where
Prefix
Meaning
Example
mid-
Middle
Midwest
ex-
Out, away, from
Explode
intro-
Between
Introduce
a-
In, on, at
Afire
re-
Back
Return
trans-
Across
Transport
Reading
Reread
• Pp. 258-271
Purpose
• Focus on how text features provide
important information about the
text and help them answer the
Theme Question.
Word Study
Prefixes that tell When
after-(later)
pre-(before)
post-(later)
pro-(earlier)
1. If pre- means before, what does pretest mean?
2. If post- means later, what does postwar mean?
3. If pro- means earlier, what does proactive mean?
Week 1, Day 4
What is the Theme Question?
• Name the four theme vocabulary
words and their meanings.
• What’s the first word that comes to
mind when you hear each word?
What makes the central region special?
p. 260
p. 266
p. 270
Reading
Reread
• pp. 258-271
Purpose
• Find text evidence to answer the
Theme Question.
Word Study
Prefixes that tell “where”
Prefix
midintroexa-
Meaning
Examples