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Life on the Ice
Life on the Ice
by Susan E. Goodman
Genre - informational text
Paired Text - The Raven
Genre - myth
Essential Question:
What are the coldest places on Earth like?
Reading Goals
Target Skills - main ideas/details, literal and nonliteral meanings
Target Strategy - infer/predict
Fluency - accuracy
Phonics
compound words
Skill Links
Language Goals
Spelling - compound words
birthday anyone sometimes everything
birthday anyone sometimes everything
homework afternoon airplane grandmother
homework afternoon airplane grandmother
something without himself faraway
something without himself faraway
someone sunburned daylight cannot
someone sunburned daylight cannot
scorekeeper everybody
scorekeeper everybody
Vocabulary
Strategy - dictionary/glossary
shelter - something that protects or covers
shelter - something that protects or covers
colony - a group of living things of the same kind living or growing together
colony - a group of living things of the same kind living or growing together
constant - without a break or pause
constant - without a break or pause
wilderness - an area in a wild, natural state in which there are no people
wilderness - an area in a wild, natural state in which there are no people
overheated - too hot
overheated - too hot
climate - the usual weather that occurs in a place
climate - the usual weather that occurs in a place
region - a usually large area of the earth's surface
region - a usually large area of the earth's surface
unexpected - taking place without warning
unexpected - taking place without warning
gliding - to move smoothly, quietly, and with ease
gliding - to move smoothly, quietly, and with ease
layer - a single thickness, coating, or sheet of material covering a surface
layer - a single thickness, coating, or sheet of material covering a surface
Skill Links
Grammar
what is an adverb
Skill Links
What Question Does the Adverb Answer
Writing
Focus Trait - organization
Writing Type - opinion (persuasive essay)
Skill Links
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