Genre: Biography
Target Skill: Fact and Opinion
Target Strategy: Question
Essential Question: How can you tell what an author thinks about a topic?
Big Idea: Facing a challenge helps us grow.
Vocabulary Words::
championship: A contest to determine the winner of a game or contest.
power: The force, strength, or ability to do something.
professional: Making money for doing something that other people do for pleasure or as a hobby.
athlete: A person who is trained in or is good at physical exercises, games, or sports.
rooting: To encourage by or as if by cheering.
court: A level area marked for playing a game, as tennis or basketball.
competitor: A person or group that competes with another or others; opponent.
entire: Whole or complete
Spelling Words:
joy point voice join oil coin noise spoil toy
joint boy soil choice boil come are poison destroy
Learning Links:
Cursive Spelling Practice: Jump
Grammar YouTube Video: More Plural Nouns
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Target Skill: Story Structure
Target Strategy: Visualize
Essential Question: How do characters
affect a plot of a story?
Big Idea: Facing a challenge helps us grow.
Vocabulary Words::
report: to tell or write about something
presentation: a report or display
erupt: to burst out
creative: inventive and imaginative
educational: providing knowledge
certificate: document recognizing an accomplishment
impressive: generating wonder and amazement
charts: information sheets with tables or graphs
Spelling Words: Homonyms
hole whole its it's hear here won one our
hour their there fur fir road rode peace piece
Learning Links:
Homophones YouTube Video: Homophones
Cursive Spelling Practice: The Science Fair
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Genre: Legend
Target Skill: Compare and Contrast
Target Strategy: Analyze/Evaluate
Vocabulary Strategy: Homophones and Homographs
Essential Question: Why are stories from different cultures important?
Vocabulary Words::
examined: looked at closely
peak: the top of a mountain or hill
fondly: in a loving or caring way
steep: having a sharp slope
rugged: rough and uneven
mist: a fine spray or light fog
pausing: stopping briefly
pleaded: begged or requested urgently
Spelling Words:
I'd he's haven't doesn't let's there's wouldn't what's she's
aren't hasn't couldn't he'd they're can't isn't we're weren't
Learning Links:
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Genre: Informational text
Target Skill: Author's Purpose
Target Strategy: Summarize
Vocabulary Strategy: Prefixes in, im
Essential Question: What are some benefits of dogs interacting with people?
Vocabulary Words::
lying: resting in a flat position
loyal: faithful
partners: two people who work together
shift: the period of time a worker dow his or her job
quiver: to shake or tremble
patrol: walk through an area to watch or guard it
ability: skill
snap: to bite quickly
Spelling Words:
horse mark storm market acorn artist March north barking
stork thorn forest chore restore dark story partner fortune
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Genre: Humorous fiction
Target Skill: Understanding Characters
Target Strategy: Infer/Predict
Vocabulary Strategy: Using a Thesaurus
Essential Question: Why are safety rules important?
Vocabulary Words::
festive: merry
ingredients: parts of a mixture
degrees: units used to measure temperature
recommended: suggested
anxiously: with worry or eagerness
cross: angry
remarked: said
tense: edgy or stressed
Spelling Words:
nurse work shirt hurt first word serve curly dirt
third worry turn stir firm her girl perfect hamburger
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