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LANGUAGE! Focus on English Learning Overview
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Unit 14 · Planning and Pacing Guides
Planning and Pacing Guides
Differentiated Instruction
Unit 14 · Homework Options
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Homework Options
Review & Acceleration
activities designated with a
in this Teacher Edition include new concepts,
fluency and assessment tasks, and activities related to the Instructional Text in Steps 5 and 6. These activities form the core
of this program's comprehensive curriculum. In the following two scenarios, use only the starred activities. Data from the
assessment measures will help you determine whether students fit one of these scenarios.
1. To address weaknesses in student performance. Students whose performance falls below the cutoff test
scores can repeat these activities to practice basic skills that need strengthening.
2. To accelerate instruction for students who are demonstrating strong growth. Students demonstrating
strong performance can accelerate progress by focusing on the designated activities.
Focus on Academic Language
activities expand on and enhance unit-specific content. These
activities appear at the point of use throughout the unit.
Lesson 1
Lesson 2
Lesson 3
Lesson 4
Lesson 5
Step 4: Practice with
Negative Present Tense
Statements
Step 1: Pronouncing
and Recognizing Words
Containing r-Controlled
Vowel Sounds
Step 4: Meaning
and Use of Quantity
Adjectives some and
some of the
Step 4: Meaning and
Use of Prepositions
after and under
Step 4: Idiom
"have
your fingers crossed"
Lesson 6
Lesson 7
Lesson 8
Lesson 9
Lesson 10
Step 4: Communicative
Practice with their and
they're
Step 4: Essential
Phrases: a number of
and on the other hand
Step 1: Pronunciation
of Contractions Formed
with are
Step 1: Linking English
Words in Rapid Speech
Special Instructional Support
activities customize teaching materials and provide
opportunities for individualized instruction.
Lesson 1
Lesson 2
Lesson 3
Lesson 4
Lesson 5
Step 1:
Sortegories CD:
Sound Count
Step 2:
Words for
Teachers CD: Word
Card Generator--
Essential Words
Words for Teachers CD:
Word Study Guide--
Spelling Words
Step 1: Folder Activity:
Phoneme Sort: Words
with Short Vowels
Step 2:
Sortegories CD:
Sort It
Step 4: Folder Activity:
Grammar Sort: Words
That Can be Nouns,
Verbs, or Both
Step 2: Folder Activity:
Words with r-Controlled
Vowels
Sortegories CD: Build It
Step 5:
LANGUAGE!
eReader CD: "From
Rock Art to Graffiti"
Step 2: Folder Activity:
Syllable Sort: Number
of Syllables in a Word
Step 3:
Sortegories CD:
Categorize It
Step 3:
Words for
Teachers CD: Word
Card Generator--Sort
Words with Prefixes
Sortegories CD:
Morph It
Lesson 6
Lesson 7
Lesson 8
Lesson 9
Lesson 10
Step 2:
Words for
Teachers CD: Word
Unscramble
Step 3:
Sortegories CD:
Relate It
Step 4:
Sortegories CD:
Sentence Building
Step 2:
Words for
Teachers CD: Word
Search
Step 3:
Sortegories CD:
Analogy Building
Step 4:
Sortegories CD:
Grammar Sort
Step 4:
Words for
Teachers CD: Word
Card Generator--Build
Sentences With
Compound Subjects
Step 5:
LANGUAGE!
eReader CD:
"Becoming an Artist"
Step 4:
Words for
Teachers CD: Word
Card Generator--Build
Sentences with
Compound Predicates
At the end of each lesson, select from the following Homework Options and assign to students as
homework. The student worksheets, including directions, can be found on the Instructional Planning
Tools CD and can be printed out for students.
Lesson 1
Step 3: Multiple Meaning Map
Students think of multiple definitions for
the words order and letter and write
sentences to show understanding of each
meaning.
Step 5: Decodable Text: "Making Art"
Students write fact and opinion
sentences based on the selection
"Making Art."
Lesson 2
Step 4: Prepositions
Students use pictures to write sentences
with prepositions showing positions in
space and time.
Step 5: Review: Pronouns
Students choose pronouns to replace
nouns and noun phrases in sentences.
Lesson 3
Step 2: Find It: Essential Words
Students read the Unit 14 Essential
Words and identify which ones rhyme.
Then they find the words in sentences.
Step 5: Instructional Text: "From Rock
Art to Graffiti."
Students write sentences using
vocabulary from "From Rock Art to
Graffiti."
Lesson 4
Step 2: Double It
Students follow the Double It steps and
the 1-1-1 rule to determine whether or not
the final consonant of a base word needs
to be doubled before adding a suffix.
Step 5: Writing a Two-Sentence
Introductory Paragraph
Students read a given prompt and
choose a position on the topic. Then they
determine star ideas and write State the
Topic and State the Plan sentences
which they use to write a two-sentence
introductory paragraph.
Lesson 5
Encourage students to continue reading in their independent selections. Fill in Reading
Log and share book summary with the class.
Lesson 6
Step 3: Word Relationships:
Antonyms, Synonyms, and Attributes
Students read words and generate
antonyms, synonyms, and attributes for
the words.
Step 5: Decodable Text: "Art at Home
and Art in Caves"
Students write sentences about the
reading selection "Art at Home and Art in
Caves."
Lesson 7
Step 2: Find It: Contractions
Students identify contractions in various
types of print. Then they determine which
two words make up each contraction.
Step 6: Fact or Opinion
Students read a series of sentences
and determine which ones are facts and
which ones are opinions.
Lesson 8
Step 3: Multiple Meaning Map
Students think of multiple definitions for
the words cover and store and write
sentences to show understanding of each
meaning.
Step 5: Instructional Text: "Becoming
an Artist."
Students write sentences using
vocabulary from "Becoming an Artist."
Lesson 9
Step 3: Sort It: Prefixes
Students sort words based on their
prefixes.
Step 6: Write It: Opinion Essay
Students write an essay based on their
opinions and what they have learned
about art.
Lesson 10
Encourage students to continue reading in their independent selections. Fill in Reading
Log and share book summary with the class.
Printable homework
pages
make it possible
for teachers to tailor
additional reinforcement
for students beyond the
LANGUAGE! classroom.
Homework Options
are designed to provide
practice and application of
content and skills from the
unit lessons.