Reading
Unit 4, Weeks 3-4
ESSENTIAL QUESTION: How does the Earth change?
STORY: Volcanoes
GENRE: Expository Text (real facts & information about a topic)
COMPREHENSION SKILL: Author's Purpose; Cause & Effect; Bold Words & Headings
VOCABULARY WORDS:
active – something that is moving
earth – the ground or land we walk on
explode– burst loudly with a lot of force
island – land with water all around it
local – something that is nearby
properties– the traits of something
solid – hard and firm
steep – having a very sharp slope
VOCABULARY STRATEGY: Context Clues (using words and sentences near a word you don’t know to help you figure out the meaning)
HIGH-FREQUENCY WORDS: ago, carry, certain, everyone, heavy, outside, people, problem, together, warm, again, neither, eyes, gone, happened, house, inside, neither, stood, young
PHONICS & SPELLING:
Skill: vowel teams ai & ay
words: chain, strain, waist, spray, decay, display + 6 more
Test date: Wednesday, March 4
ENGLISH: Adverbs
Test: Tuesday, March 3