Reading
Unit 3, Weeks 1-2
STORY: Biblioburro
GENRE: Narrative Nonfiction (tells a story about a real people and events)
COMPREHENSION SKILL: Author's Purpose ; Photos & Captions
VOCABULARY WORDS:
across – from one side to the other
borrow – to take and return later
countryside – the land outside of cities and towns
ideas – thoughts
insists – to demand
lonely– far away from places
solution – the answer to a problem
villages – small groups of houses
VOCABULARY STRATEGY: Synonyms (words that have almost the same meaning; Ex. big and large)
HIGH-FREQUENCY WORDS: about, around, good, great, idea, often, part, second, two, world, also, apart, begin, either, hundred, over, places, those, which, without
PHONICS & SPELLING:
Skill: schwa
Words: not tested
Test date: not tested
ENGLISH: Persuasive Writing