ELA
Thursday, April 30, 2020
“The Ever-Living Tree: The Life and Times of a Coast Redwood" Day 3
Digging Deeper with “The Ever-Living Tree: The Life and Times of a Coast Redwood"
Reading
First, you will watch the video below and read about text & graphic features, text structure, and similes using the “Dig Deeper” pages of your student anthology on pages 700-701.
Use the Instructional Resources button to access your student eBook through ThinkCentral.
Now, staying in your anthology, you will reread “The Ever-Living Tree: The Life and Times of a Coast Redwood".
Be sure to pay attention to the “Analyze the Text” boxes on pp. 689, 693, and 694 that focus on text features, similes, and text structure.
After Reading
Complete the Google Form below on text and graphic features and text structure.
Grammar and Writing
Properly using capitals and punctuation in quotations.
Next you will watch another video reviewing how to properly use capitals and punctuation in quotations.
15 minutes of self-selected reading.
Choose 1-2 activities from the choice boards. Click on the button to the right to access the choice boards.
This week's Spelling and Vocabulary
Spelling words: poster, secret, whether, author, rocket, bushel, agree, bucket, ticket, declare, chicken, clothing, apron, whiskers, degree, gather, achieve, rather, bracket, machine
Vocabulary words: resource, dense, evaporate, shallow, moisture, civilized, continent, opportunities, customs, independent
That's all for today!
"The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go." - Dr. Seuss