Unit 1: I Am Me Time Frame: 5 Weeks
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	Unit Description The students will investigate friends and being themselves in this unit. Phonics and spelling skills include short vowels and building words. The grammar focus covers statements and questions, commands and exclamations, subjects/predicates, and combining sentences. The writing mode is personal narrative with practice in using voice and attention to details. Students will analyze the story structure and summarize. Other comprehension skills are recognizing character, setting, plot, main ideas/details, and make and confirm predictions. Fluency is practiced through pronunciation of words, intonation, and paying attention to the tempo.
	Enduring Understandings · The world is filled with different people. · People are more alike than different.	Essential Questions · How are we the same and how are we different? · What if everyone in the world were the same? · How do differences make the world a better place? · How can differences cause problems in the world?
	GLEs: 1, 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, 2e, 2f, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17a, 17b, 17c, 17d, 18, 19, 20a, 20b, 21, 22, 23a, 23b, 23c, 23d, 23e, 23f, 24a, 24b, 24c, 24d, 25, 27, 28a, 28b, 28c, 29, 30a, 30b, 30c, 30d, 30e, 30f, 30g, 31, 32a, 32b, 32c, 32d, 32e, 32f, 32g, 32h, 33a, 33b, 33c, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40a, 40b, 40c, 42, 43, 44, 45a, 45b, 46, 49a, 49b, 49c, 49d, 49e, 49f, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54
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