Weekly Concept: Zoom in
Essential Question: What can you discover when you look closely at something?
Genre: Expository
Skill Focus: Sequence
Comprehension Strategy: Summarize
Vocabulary Strategy: Context Clues ~ Antonyms
Grammar: Comparing with more and most
6 Traits Writing Focus: Voice
Spelling/Phonics: R-Controlled Vowel Syllables
magnify: make something look bigger than it is
cling: stick closely
dissolves: pass into a solution with a liquid
gritty contains very small bits of sand or stone
humid: moist or full of water vapor
microscope: device for looking at things that are too small to be seen with the naked eye
mingle: mix or come together
typical: show qualities or characteristics of a certain type