Treasures provides pupils with engaging literature, an emphasis on nonfiction and a strong focus on comprehension, vocabulary and fluency helping them to be successful readers and test-takers.
Treasures also offers phonics, spelling, grammar and writing integrated into all differentiated reading and instructional materials to help make learning meaningful.
Reading age for native speakers: Primary school pupils (4th grade)
CONTENTS
Unit 1: Let's Explore
THEME: Mysteries
Vocabulary/Comprehension: Problem and Solution
Writing: Personal Narrative
THEME: Adapting to Survive
Vocabulary/Comprehension: Main Idea and Details
Writing: Poem
THEME: Our National Parks
Vocabulary/Comprehension: Main Idea and Details
Writing: Extended Response to Literature
THEME: Astronauts
Vocabulary/Comprehension: Character
Writing: Personal Narrative
THEME: Wildlife Watchers
Vocabulary/Comprehension: Character, Setting, Plot
Writing: Personal Narrative
Unit 2: Take a Stand
THEME: Baseball
Vocabulary/Comprehension: Author’s Purpose
Writing: Persuasive Writing
THEME: New Places, New Faces
Vocabulary/Comprehension: Make Inferences.
Writing: Persuasive Writing
THEME: Focus on China
Vocabulary/Comprehension: Fact and Opinion.
Writing: Personal Narrative
THEME: Bright Ideas
Vocabulary/Comprehension: Problem and Solution
Writing: Persuasive Writing
THEME: Snakes
Vocabulary/Comprehension: Make Inferences.
Writing: Persuasive Writing
Unit 3: Making a Difference
THEME: Friend or Foe?
Vocabulary/Comprehension: Author’s Purpose
Writing: Story
THEME: People Who Made a Difference
Vocabulary/Comprehension: Author’s Purpose
Writing: Poem
THEME: Kids Get It Done
Vocabulary/Comprehension: Compare and Contrast
Writing: Persuasive Writing
THEME: Great Plains Indians
Vocabulary/Comprehension: Sequence
Writing: Play
THEME: Precipitation
Vocabulary/Comprehension: Summarize
Writing: Story
Unit 4: Viewpoints
THEME: Man’s Best Friend
Vocabulary/Comprehension: Draw Conclusions
Writing: Explanatory Writing
THEME: Creative Solutions
Vocabulary/Comprehension: Draw Conclusions
Writing: Explanatory Writing
THEME: Energy: Power Source
Vocabulary/Comprehension: Persuasion
Writing: Fictional Narrative
THEME: Whales
Vocabulary/Comprehension: Sequence
Writing: Explanatory Writing
THEME: The Sea
Vocabulary/Comprehension: Compare and Contrast
Writing: Explanatory Writing
Unit 5: Relationships
THEME: Going to the Library
Vocabulary/Comprehension: Summarize
Writing: Descriptive Writing
THEME: Putting on a Play
Vocabulary/Comprehension: Make Judgments
Writing: Descriptive Writing
THEME: Explorations
Vocabulary/Comprehension: Fact and Opinion
Writing: Extended Response to Literature
THEME: Artists at Work
Vocabulary/Comprehension: Character
Writing: Descriptive Writing
THEME: Wild Horses
Vocabulary/Comprehension: Cause and Effect
Writing: Descriptive Writing
Unit 6: Discovery
THEME: The Gold Rush
Vocabulary/Comprehension: Cause and Effect
Writing: Expository Writing
THEME: Wild Visitors
Vocabulary/Comprehension: Theme
Writing: Expository Writing
THEME: Discovering Nature’s Secrets
Vocabulary/Comprehension: Make Generalizations
Writing: Personal Essay
THEME: Airplanes
Vocabulary/Comprehension: Author’s Perspective
Writing: Expository Writing
THEME: Ants
Vocabulary/Comprehension: Description
Writing: Expository Writing
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