Week 4, Day 1

Theme Question: What is my heritage?• Who are our ancestors? (Wk 1)• How do people learn about their

heritage or culture? (Wk 2)• What kinds of things are passed

through the generations? (Wk 3)• What can we learn from sharing our

heritage or culture with each other? (Wk 4)

Vocabulary ConnectionsTheme vocabulary

heritage shimmerancestor competition

generation boundaryrecipecustomreligious

ReadingSkim and Scan

Pp. 8-66

PurposeFind text evidence to answer

Focus Question 1: Who are our ancestors?

Text Evidence – Who are our ancestors?

Page number

Text evidence

Vowel sounds u, yoo, ooU sound yoo sound oo sound

Week 4, Day 2

Theme Question: What is my heritage?• Who are our ancestors? (Wk 1)• How do people learn about their

heritage or culture? (Wk 2)• What kinds of things are passed

through the generations? (Wk 3)• What can we learn from sharing our

heritage or culture with each other? (Wk 4)

Vocabulary ConnectionsTheme vocabulary

heritage shimmerancestor competition

generation boundaryrecipecustomreligious

Making Inferences

Readers make inferences to help them understand what they read.

Making inferences means using what you have read along with that you already know to construct meaning.

Making InferencesWhat I Read What I Know My Inferences

p. 22 A quincenera is a party for girls when they turn fifteen.

This is similar to a sweet sixteen party that parents plan in the U.S.

Parents must do a lot of planning for a quincenera.

Reading Skim and Scan

Pp. 8-66

PurposeFind text evidence to answer

Focus Question 2: How do people learn about their heritage or culture?

Week 4, Day 3

Theme Question: What is my heritage?• Who are our ancestors? (Wk 1)• How do people learn about their

heritage or culture? (Wk 2)• What kinds of things are passed

through the generations? (Wk 3)• What can we learn from sharing our

heritage or culture with each other? (Wk 4)

Using Multiple Vocabulary Strategies

Strategy Definition

Synonyms

Context Clues

Metaphor

Sequencing Events

ReadingSkim and Scan

Pp. 8-66

PurposeFind text evidence to answer Focus

Question 3: What kinds of things are passed on through the generations?

Greek and Latin RootsRoot Meaningloc

man

ped

Meter

Week 4, Day 4

Theme Question: What is my heritage?• Who are our ancestors? (Wk 1)• How do people learn about their

heritage or culture? (Wk 2)• What kinds of things are passed

through the generations? (Wk 3)• What can we learn from sharing our

heritage or culture with each other? (Wk 4)

Building Theme Connections

Categorizing WordsClassify into Adjectives, Nouns, and Verbs

heritage shimmerancestor competitiongeneration boundaryrecipecustomreligious

Adjectives Nouns Verbs

Making InferencesWhat I Read What I Know My Inferences

ReadingSkim and Scan

Pp. 8-66

PurposeFind text evidence to answer Focus

Question 4: What can we learn by sharing our heritage or culture with each other?

Greek and Latin Rootswoman locate

centimeter human

pedal millimeter

pedestal pedometer

thermometer manual

location