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Lincoln Public School’s reading program is Wonders by McGraw-Hill. There are six units, and each unit consists of six weeks. Skills are taught through an anthology. Along with the anthology, we will have literature groups throughout the year. Literature groups will meet on Thursdays. The skills listed for each unit follow.

Unit 1 -Think it Through

The Big Idea: How can changes transform the way people look at the world?

Week 1 – Perspectives

Essential Question – How do new experiences offer new perspectives?

Stories: “Cow Music,” “Little Blog on the Prairie,” & “The Writing on the Wall.”

Genre: Realistic Fiction

Comprehension Strategy – Visualize

Comprehension Skills: Character, Setting, Plot: Compare & Contrast

Vocabulary Strategy: Context Clues: Sentence Clues

Grammar: Sentence Types and Fragments

Vocabulary: consolation, glimmer, heinous, indispensable, perception, phobic, sarcastic, threshold

Week 2 – Alliances

Essential Question – Why do people form alliances?

Stories: “Drumbeat of Freedom,” “The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg,” & “Enough.”

Genre: Historical Fiction

Comprehension Strategy: Visualize

Comprehension Skills: Character, Setting, Plot: Sequencing

Vocabulary Strategy: Context Clues

Grammar: Subjects and Predicates

Vocabulary: adversity, alliance, confinement, inflicted, reminisce, retrieved, smuggle, spindly

Week 3 – Environments

Essential Question – How do life forms vary in different environments?

Stories: “The Secret World of Caves,” “Journey into the Deep,” & “Extreme Exploration: An Interview with Dr. Eva Ramirez-Llodra.”

Genre: Expository Text

Comprehension Strategy: Reread

Comprehension Skills: Main Idea and Key Details

Vocabulary Strategy: Word Parts: Greek Roots

Grammar: Sentence Combining

Vocabulary: classification, compartment, engulfs, flanked, maneuvering, obscure, species, submerged

Week 4 – Dynamic Earth

Essential Question – How do natural forces affect Earth?

Stories: “The Monster in the Mountain,” “Into the Volcano,” & “Donna O’Meara: The Volcano Lady.”

Genre: Narrative Nonfiction

Comprehension Strategy: Reread

Comprehension Skills: Main Idea and Key Details

Vocabulary Strategy: Figurative Language: Metaphor & Similes

Grammar: Clauses and Complex Sentences

Vocabulary: cascaded, documentation, dynamic, exerts, plummeting, pulverize, scalding, shards

Week 5 – Using Money

Essential Question – What factors influence how people use money?

Stories: “Making Money: A Story of Change,” “The Economic Roller Coaster,” & “Our Federal Reserve at Work.”

Genre: Informational Article – Expository

Comprehension Strategy: Reread

Comprehension Skill: Author’s Point of View

Vocabulary Strategy: Word Parts: Root Words

Grammar: Run-On sentences & Common Splices

Vocabulary: available, basically, factors, fluctuate, formula, inventory, manufactured, salaries