Houghton Mifflin Reading Expeditions Grade 5 Theme 4 Person To Person, Teacher's Edition: Focus On Plays;

Objectives: Reading Strategies - predict/infer; monitor/clarify, question; evaluate; phonics/decoding; Comprehension - problem solving and decision making; noting details; compare/contrast; making inferences; Decoding Longer Words - VCCCV pattern; VV pattern; words ending in -ed and -ing; suffixes -ly, -ness, -ment, -ful, -less; consonant clusters, less common long e spellings; double consonants; /s/ and /z/ sounds; Vocabulary - base words and inflected forms; more multiple-meaning words; prefixes in a dictionary; word connotations; Spelling - VCCCV pattern; VV pattern; words with -ed and -ing; suffixes -ly, -ness, -ment, -ful, -less; Grammar - comparing with adjectives; comparing with good and bad; commas in a series; more uses for commas; interjections; quotations; abbreviations; titles; Writing - memo; instructions; how-to-paragraph; journal entry;; process writing; personal narrative; Listening/Speaking/Viewing - giving a speech; explaining a process; speaking on the telephone; making introductions; Information and Study Skills - note taking; paraphrasing/synthesizing; evaluating information; interviewing