Reading Streets

The following are resources that go with our weekly stories.

Open Court

Story

Genre

Comprehension

Skill

Grammar

Vocabulary

Spelling

Phonics

Gloria Who Might Be My Best Friend

Realistic

Fiction

Sentence

Short Vowels

Reading Streets Unit 1

Wk	Story	Genre	Comprehension Skill	Grammar	Vocabulary Spelling	Phonics
1	When Charlie McButton Lost Power	Realistic Fiction	Character, Setting, & Theme	Sentences	Context Clues, Homonyms	Short Vowels VC/CV
2	What About Me?	Fable	Sequence, Summarize	Subject & Predicate	Compound Words	Plurals -s, -es, -ies
3	Kumak’s Fish	Tall Tale	Sequence	Types of Sentences	Unknown Words	Base Words & Endings
4	Supermarket	Expository Text	Compare and Contrast	Types of Sentences	Multiple Meaning Words	Vowel Digraphs
5	My Rows and Piles of Coins	Realistic Fiction	Author’s Purpose Story Structure	Compound Sentences	Prefixes & Suffixes	Vowel Diphthongs

Reading Streets Unit 2

Wk	Story	Genre	Comprehension Skill	Grammar	Vocabulary Spelling	Phonics
1	Penguin Chick	Expository Text	Main Idea	Common & Proper Nouns	Context Clues, Synonyms	Syllable Patterns V/CV, VC/V
2	I Wanna Iguana	Realistic Fiction	Compare and Contrast	Singular & Plural Nouns	Unfamiliar Words	Words Ending in -le
3	Prudy’s Problem & How She Solved It	Fantasy	Draw Conclusions Questioning	Irregular Plural Nouns	Compound Words	Compound Words
4	Tops & Bottoms	Fantasy	Author’s Purpose Predict & Set Purpose	Singular Possessive Nouns	Antonyms	Consonant Blends spl, thr, squ, str, scr
5	Amazing Bird Nests	Expository Text	Main Idea and Details	Plural Possessive Nouns	Unfamiliar Words	Consonant Digraphs

Reading Streets Unit 3

Wk	Story	Genre	Comprehension Skill	Grammar	Vocabulary Spelling	Phonics
1	How Do You Raise a Raisin	Expository Text	Draw Conclusions	Action and Linking Verbs	Contractions
2	Pushing Up the Sky	Drama	Literacy Elements, Inferring	Main & Helping Verbs	Unknown Words	Prefixes un-, re-, mis-, dis-
3	Seeing Stars	Expository Text	Graphic Sources	Subject Verb Agreement	Unknown Words	Spellings of j, s, k
4	A Symphony of Whales	Literary Nonfiction	Generalize, Story Structure	Past, Present, & Future Tense	Unfamiliar Words	Suffixes -ly, -ful, -ness, -less
5	Around One Cactus	Literary Nonfiction	Cause & Effect	Irregular Verbs	Prefixes and Suffixes	Consonant Patterns wr, kn, gn, st, mb

Reading Streets Unit 4

Wk	Story	Genre	Comprehension Skill	Grammar	Vocabulary Spelling	Phonics
1	The Man Who Invented Basketball	Biography	Generalize, Summarize	Singular & Plural Pronouns	Unfamiliar Words	Irregular Plurals
2	Hottest, Coldest, Highest, Deepest	Expository Text	Graphic Sources Important Ideas	Subject & Object Pronouns	Unfamiliar Words	Vowels: r- Controlled
3	Rocks In His Head	Biography	Fact and Opinion Inferring	Possessive Pronouns	Multiple Meaning Words	Prefixes pre-, mid-, over-, out-, bi-, de-
4	America’s Champion Swimmer: Gertrude Ederle	Biography	Fact and Opinion Questioning	Contractions	Multiple Meaning Words	Suffixes -er, -or, -ess, -ist
5	Fly, Eagle, Fly!: An African Tale	Folk Tale	Cause & Effect	Prepositions	Unknown Words	Syllable Pattern VCCCV

Reading Streets Unit 5

Wk	Story	Genre	Comprehension Skill	Grammar	Vocabulary Spelling	Phonics
1	Suki’s Kimono	Realistic Fiction	Compare & Contrast Visualize	Adjectives & Articles	Synonyms	Syllable Pattern CV/VC
2	I Love Saturdays y Domingos	Realistic Fiction	Main Idea & Details Inferring	Adjectives that Compare	Homophones	Homophones
3	Goodbye, 382 Shin Dang Dong	Realistic Fiction	Sequence	Adverbs	Compound Words	Vowel Sound in ball
4	Jalapeño Bagels	Realistic Fiction	Draw Conclusions Summarize	Adverbs that Compare	Unfamiliar Words	Vowel patterns -ei, -eigh
5	Me and Uncle Romie	Historical Fiction	Author’s Purpose Author's Purpose 2 Background Knowledge	Conjunctions	Homonyms	Suffixes -y, -ish, -hood, -ment

Reading Streets Unit 6

Wk	Story	Genre	Comprehension Skill	Grammar	Vocabulary Spelling	Phonics
1	The Story of the Statue of Liberty	Literary Nonfiction	Fact and Opinion Questioning	Capital Letters	Prefix -un	Vowel Sounds /u../ & /u/
2	Happy Birthday Mr. Kang	Realistic Fiction	Cause & Effect Inferring	Abbreviations	Antonyms	Schwa
3	Talking Walls: Art for People	Realistic Fiction	Graphic Sources	Combining Sentences	Unknown Words	Final Syllables
4	Two Bad Ants	Fantasy	Literacy Elements	Commas	Prefixes & Suffixes	Prefixes, Suffixes & Endings
5	Atlantis	Drama, Legend	Generalize Inferring	Questions & Parentheses	Homographs	Related Words