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Dog-of-the-Sea-Waves

by James Rumford

Genre - realistic fiction

Paired Text - The Land Volcanoes Built

Genre - Informational Text

Essential Question:

What changes do volcanoes cause?

Reading Goals

Target Skills - author's purpose, analyze illustrations

Target Strategy - question

Fluency - accuracy

Phonics

prefixes un-, pre-, re-, bi-

Skill Links

Listen to the Story

Language Goals

Spelling - prefixes re-, un-

unfold rejoin untie reheat

unfair unclear repaid rewrite

unhurt recheck unlucky unwrap

reuse unsure reread unsafe

unbuckle unknown

Vocabulary

Strategy - shades of meaning

voyage - a long trip

lava - melted rock that flows from a volcano

rippled - flowed or covered with small waves

arrival - the act of coming to a place

anchor - big hook that keeps a ship in place

guided - led or steered in the right direction

twisted - wound together

aboard - onto a ship or other mode of transportation

spotted - caught sight of

bay- sheltered water area

Skill Links

Grammar: Complex Sentences

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Writing

Focus Trait - ideas

Writing Type - Narrative (prewrite a fictional narrative)

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