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Each week, students will read and study a story from our Houghton-Mifflin anthology. They will be assessed weekly for comprehension of the story and knowledge of story vocabulary.
Click on the links below to find a summary of each story along with the vocabulary words and definitions for that week's test:
Akiak by Robert J. Blake
Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say
Finding the Titanic by Robert D. Ballard
By the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Theme 1 Monitoring Student Progress
Focus on Genre: Mysteries
Tomas and the Library Lady by Pat Mora
Tanya's Reunion by Valerie Flournoy
Boss of the Plains by Laurie Carlson
A Very Important Day by Maggie Rugg Herold
Theme 2 Monitoring Student Progress
Focus on Genre: Plays
The Stranger by Chris Van Allsburg
Cendrillon by Robert D. San Souci
Heat Wave! by Helen Ketteman
Theme 3 Monitoring Student Progress
My Name is Maria Isabel by Alma Flor Ada
Marven of the Great North Woods by Kathryn Lasky
The Last Dragon by Susan Miho Nunes
Theme 4 Monitoring Student Progress
Focus on Genre: Poetry
Happy Birthday, Dr. King! by Kathryn Jones
Gloria Estefan by Sue Boulais
Lou Gehrig: The Luckiest Man by David A. Adler
Theme 5 Monitoring Student Progress
Focus on Genre: Pourquoi Tales
Salmon Summer by Bruce McMillan
Wildfires by Seymour Simon
Skylark by Patricia MacLachlan
Theme 6 Monitoring Student Progress
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