Story Title

Focus Skill

Spelling

List

Vocab.

Words

Theme 1

 

 

 

The Best School Year Ever

Narrative Elements

1

1

Yang the Eldest and His Odd Jobs

Prefixes, Suffixes and Roots

2

2

Knots in My Yo-Yo Strings

 

3

3

The Marble Champ

Narrative Elements

4

4

Darnell Rock Reporting

Prefixes, Suffixes and Roots

5

5

 

 

 

 

Theme 2

 

 

 

Number the Stars

Narrative Elements

6

6

The Summer of the Swans

Point of View

Sequential Structure

7

7

Old Yeller

Summarize and Paraphrase

8

8

Trapped by the Ice!

Figurative Language

Sequential Structure

9

9

Flood: Wrestling with the Mississippi

Summarize and Paraphrase

Sequential Structure

10

10

 

 

 

 

Theme 3

 

 

 

The Stone Age News

Main Ideas and Details

11

11

Ancient China

 

12

12

Pyramids

 

13

13

Look into the Past: The Greeks and the Romans

Main Ideas and Details

14

14

The Skill of Pericles

Prefixes, Suffixes and Roots

15

15

 

 

 

 

Theme 4

 

 

 

My Side of the Mountain

Point of View

Figurative Language

16

16

Fall Secrets

Word Relationships

17

17

Girls Think of Everything

Compare and Contrast

18

18

A Do-It Yourself Project

Compare and Contrast

19

19

Catching the Fire: Philip Simmons, Blacksmith

Word Relationships

20

20

 

 

 

 

Theme 5

 

 

 

Seventh Grade

Draw Conclusions

21

21

My Name is San Ho

Author’s Purpose and Perspective

22

22

Out of Darkness: The Story of Louis Braille

Draw Conclusions

23

23

Anne of Green Gable

Word Relationships

24

24

Cowboys: Roundup on an American Ranch

Author’s Purpose and Perspective

25

25

 

 

 

 

Theme 6

 

 

 

Atlas in the Round

Cause and Effect

26

26

Dive! My Adventures in the Deep Frontier

Fact and Opinion

Denotation/Connotation

27

27

I Want to Be an Astronaut

Cause and Effect

28

28

CyberSurfer

Fact and Opinion

Denotation/Connotation

29

29

The Case of the Shining Blue Planet

Denotation/Connotation

Draw Conclusions

30

30

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