Mother Fletcher's Gift

Mother Fletcher's Gift

Question of the Week: Why should we care about people we don't know?

Book Online: Go to your online textbook to hear the story and/or concepts read to you and for you to practice.

Vocabulary Words:

Spelling Words:

- short vowels

- full list in your Reading packets

- for list: go to spellingcity.com

Skills/Concepts:

- Genre: Realistic Fiction

- Character: the people or animals who take part in the events of the story

- Ereading Worksheets: Characterization

- Theme: the main idea or central meaning of a piece of writing. The theme is often not stated. You can find it using evidence from the story as clues

- Ereading Worksheets: Theme

- Quia - Literary Elements: Setting, Plot, Characters

- Inferring: use background knowledge with clues in the text to come up with our own ideas about what the author is trying to present.

- Inferring PPT: Make an Inference

- Inference Questions: What Can You Infer?

- Inference Questions 2: What Can You Infer #2?

- Inference game: Rags to Riches Inferences

- Word Origins: Roots: many English words contain Greek and Latin roots

- Synonyms - a word that means the same or nearly the same as another word

- Antonyms - a word that has the opposite meaning of another word.

- Rate - different speeds for different types of text: descriptions or dialogue

- Thank you Letter - letter or note that expresses thanks.

- Listening and Speaking - Talk shows

- ONLINE YOUTUBE VIDEOS:

1) Literary Elements: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rges30Tb_sA

2) Inferring: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UU30-0J-Iw

Small Groups:

- leveled readers

- main selection reading

- reinforce skills/concepts

- expand the skills/concepts

- extend the skills/concepts

- independent practice

“There is more treasure in books, than in all the pirate’s loot on Treasure Island.”

-Walt Disney

Contact Info:

Mrs. Gail Boe

6th Grade Teacher

gboe@newulm.k12.mn.us