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FIFTH GRADE IMAGINE IT! BLUE BAND UNIT OVERVIEW UNIT 1: Heritage
Writing Writing a list Spelling Compound words Root words Unit 1: Lesson 1 Grammar Common/ proper nouns Verbs/verb phrases Direct/indirect objects Unit 1: Lesson 2 Grammar Subjects & predicates Simple sentences Types of sentences Unit 1: Lesson 3 Grammar Adjectives, adverbs, Sentence types Unit 1: Lesson 4 Grammar Commas, capitalization Commas in dialogue Unit 1: Lesson 5 Grammar Nouns. adjectives, adverbs, Verbs (helping, linking, pural) Simple sentences, Ssentence types Study Skills Paragraph structure Listen/Speak Listen to directions

Writing Summarizing single texts

Spelling Prefixes tele- & disRoot words

Study Skills Story map

Listen/Speak Clear communication

Writing Summarizing two texts

Spelling Prefixes un- & en-

Study Skills Inference chart

Listen/Speak Culture and media

Writing Describing an object

Spelling Suffixes y and ant

Study Skills Venn Diagram

Listen/Speak Figurative language

Writing Magazine articles

Spelling Suffixes ly & -ence

Study Skills Note taking

Listen/Speak Responding to literature

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FIFTH GRADE IMAGINE IT! BLUE BAND UNIT OVERVIEW UNIT 2: Energy at Work
Writing Science observation report Unit 2: Lesson 1 The Sparks Fly (expository text) Spelling Grammar Study Skills Compound words Possessive nouns Drawing conclusions Prefix inAction, helping, linking from multiple sources verbs Regular & irregular plurals Unit 2: Lesson 2 Tailing Tornadoes (expository text) Spelling Grammar Study Skills Pie charts Prefix ir- and disConjunctions Using electronic tech. Root words Unit 2: Lesson 3 Jake Drake Know-It All (realistic fiction) Spelling Grammar Study Skills Inflectional ending ed Pronouns Paraphrasing Prefix il-, synonyms Subject / object pronouns Possessive pronouns Unit 2: Lesson 4 The Wind at Work (expository text) Spelling Grammar Study Skills Prefix reCompound sentences Outlines Regular plurals Greek roots Irregular plurals Unit 2: Lesson 5 What Are Food Chains and Webs? (expository text) Spelling Grammar Study Skills Possessive nouns Chains and webs Prefix nonLatin roots Pronouns (sub/obj/possess) Compound sentences Conjunctions
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Listen/Speak Asking questions

Writing Gardeners Almanac

Listen/Speak Using elements of grammar Listen/Speak Group summaries

Writing Book review

Writing Persuasive letter

Listen/Speak Informative presentations

Writing Persuasive report

Listen/Speak Scientific presentations

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FIFTH GRADE IMAGINE IT! BLUE BAND UNIT OVERVIEW UNIT 3: Making a New Nation
Unit 3: Lesson 1 If You Lived at the Time of the American Revolution (expository text) Writing Spelling Grammar Study Skills Listen/Speak Timed writing: Analyzing media Inflectional ending ed Adjectives Time lines Persuasive Writing Irregular verbs Adverbs Prefix midUnit 3: Lesson 2 The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere (narrative poem) Writing Spelling Grammar Study Skills Listen/Speak Timed Writing: Clear communication Irregular plurals Prepositions Conducting an interview Expository Text Compound words Prepositional phrases Suffix -less Unit 3: Lesson 3 The Master Spy of Yorktown (expository text) Writing Spelling Grammar Study Skills Listen/Speak Timed Writing: Small group discussion Suffixes Using electronic Drawing conclusions technology to create Summarizing text able, -ful, -ment and revise text Unit 3: Lesson 4 Shh! Were Writing the Constitution (expository text) Writing Spelling Grammar Study Skills Listen/Speak Inference chart Choosing and Research reports Inflectional ending Capitalization organizing presentations ing Prefix conUnit 3: Lesson 5 Give Me Liberty (expository text) Writing Spelling Grammar Study Skills Listen/Speak Research reports Comparative Adverbs & adjectives Cause and effect charts Engaging an audience superlatives Prepositional phrases Create / revise using Synonyms electronics

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FIFTH GRADE IMAGINE IT! BLUE BAND UNIT OVERVIEW UNIT 4: Our Corner of the Universe
Writing Letter of request Writing Book review Writing Science fiction story
Unit4: Lesson 1 The Universe (expository text) Spelling Grammar Study Skills Diagrams Irregular plurals Demonstrative pronouns hyphens Greek roots Unit 4: Lesson 2 Circles, Squares, and Daggers (expository text) Spelling Grammar Study Skills Suffix tion and ion Formatting margins, Expository structure headers, actual content Unit 4: Lesson 3 The Mystery of Mars (expository text) Spelling Grammar Study Skills Charts Prefix interIndependent clauses Suffix ly and sion Dependent clauses Complex sentences Unit 4: Lesson 4 Apollo 11 (narrative nonfiction) Spelling Grammar Study Skills Charts Antonyms Run-on/fragment sentence Synonyms Subject-verb agreement Quotation marks Apostrophes Unit 4: Lesson 5 Ellen Ochoa (expository text) Spelling Grammar Study Skills Predictions chart Root words Quote marks, Apostrophes, Demonstrative pronouns Frag/run-on sentence Subject-verb agreement
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Listen/Speak Listening and responding Listen/Speak Fact and opinion in the media Listen/Speak Evaluation of content

Writing Science fiction story

Listen/Speak Using multimedia sources

Writing Research report: biography

Listen/Speak Oral presentation

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FIFTH GRADE IMAGINE IT! BLUE BAND UNIT OVERVIEW UNIT 5: Going West
Unit 5: Lesson 1 Buffalo Hunt (expository text) Spelling Grammar Study Skills Writing Cluster charts Appositives Describing two objects Homophones Latin roots Verb tenses Sentence tense Unit 5: Lesson 2 The Journal of Wong Ming-Chung (historical fiction) Spelling Grammar Study Skills Writing Suffixes ant and ent Sentence types Chain of events chart Poetry: free verse Misused verbs Misused pronouns, modifiers Unit 5: Lesson 3 Bill Picket: Rodeo-Ridin Cowboy (biography) Spelling Grammar Study Skills Writing Compound words Capitalization, commas Illustrations Poetry: lyric poetry Homographs Colon and semicolons Unit 5: Lesson 4 Ghost Towns of the American West (expository text) Spelling Grammar Study Skills Synonyms Transition words Making connection Base word families Participial phrases Unit 5: Lesson 5 McBroom the Rainmaker (tall tale) Spelling Grammar Study Skills Suffix ic Verb tense, misused Summarizing verbs and pronouns Changing y to i Appositives, transition words, participial phrases, Colons and semicolons
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Listen/Speak Descriptive words

Listen/Speak Asking and answering questions

Listen/Speak Drawing conclusions and making inferences Listen/Speak Culture and media Listen/Speak exaggerations

Writing Poetry: Quatrain Writing Tall tale

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FIFTH GRADE IMAGINE IT! BLUE BAND UNIT OVERVIEW UNIT 6: Call of Duty
Writing Personal writing via the web
Unit 6: Lesson 1 Founders of the Childrens Rain Forest (narrative nonfiction) Spelling Grammar Study Skills Proper nouns, adj, Using visual aids Root words Prefix imadverbs Verbs (action, help, phrase) Simple sentences, subject, predicates, objects Unit 6: Lesson 2 Jason and the Golden Fleece (myth) Spelling Grammar Study Skills Possessive nouns, Using captions Greek roots plurals, Irregular verbs subject/object/possessiv e pronouns, use electronic devices to retrieve info Unit 6: Lesson 3 The Quest for Healing (folktale) Spelling Grammar Study Skills Suffix ness Prep. Phrases, Making inferences Base word families Comp/super adjectives Create/revise w/ electron. Capitals & apostrophes Listen/Speak Media messages

Writing Invitations

Listen/Speak Reaching a group consensus

Writing Play sketch: week 1

Listen/Speak Viewing the media

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Writing Play sketch: week 2

Writing Realistic story

Unit 6: Lesson 4 The White Spiders Gift (play) Spelling Grammar Study Skills Prefix preComplex sentences & Plot-line diagrams clauses Multiple-meaning Subject-verb agreement Quotation marks Unit 6: Lesson 5 The Story of Annie Sullivan (narrative nonfiction) Spelling Grammar Study Skills Character analysis Latin roots Verb tenses Misused verbs Colons & semicolons

Listen/Speak Proper grammar

Listen/Speak Narrative presentations

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