THEME 5
Anchor Text Sarah, Plain and Tall Genre: Historical Fiction
Text Target Skill Story Structure
Target Strategy Monitor/Clarify Supporting Skills Point of View
Spelling: Base Words and -ed, -ing
coming, swimming, dropping, tapping, taping, invited, saving, stared, planned, changing, joking, loved, gripped, tasted
Vocabulary: prairie, slick, fetch, clattered, sniff, rough, batted, thumped, buzzing, rustle
https://quizlet.com/293886278/sarah-plain-and-tall-vocabulary-flash-cards/?new
Comprehension practice: https://quizlet.com/398868282/lesson-21-sarah-plain-and-tall-comprehension-flash-cards/?new
Story:
Anchor Text The Journey: Stories of Migration Genre: Informational Text
Target Skill Compare and Contrast
Target Strategy Visualize Supporting Skills Author’s Word Choice
Spelling Changes: -s, -es, -ed, -ing
Listen to the story here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWFsXeQx2k4
Vocabulary survival, migrate, plenty, frightening, accidents, solid, chilly, landscape, thunderous, dramatic
Vocabulary practice: https://quizlet.com/398871422/the-journey-stories-of-migration-vocabulary-flash-cards/?new
Comprehension practice: https://quizlet.com/398872054/stories-of-migration-comprehension-flash-cards/?new
Anchor Text The Journey of Oliver K. Woodman Genre: Fantasy
Target Skill Sequence of Events
Target Strategy Analyze/Evaluate Supporting Skills Formal and Informal Language
Spelling: Suffixes -ful, -y, -ous, -ly, -er
Listen to the story here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v03fTwmYePQ
Vocabulary: sincere, conversations, managed, inspired, loaded, reunion, loveliest, currently, terror, pleasure
Vocabulary Practice: https://quizlet.com/277196014/the-journey-of-oliver-k-woodman-flash-cards/
Comprehension practice: https://quizlet.com/398870902/the-journey-of-oliver-k-woodman-comprehension-flash-cards/?new
Anchor Text Dog-of-the-Sea-Waves Genre: Realistic Fiction
Target Skill Author’s Purpose
Target Strategy Question Supporting Skills Analyze Illustrations
Spelling: Prefixes un-, pre-, re-, bi
Vocabulary: guided, rippled, arrival, voyage, twisted, aboard, anchor, spotted, bay, lava
Anchor Text Mountains: Surviving on Mt. Everest Genre: Informational Text
Target Skill Text and Graphic Features
Target Strategy Infer/Predict Supporting Skills Main Ideas and Details
Spelling: Suffixes -less, -ness, -able
Vocabulary: approached, section, avalanches, increases, equipment, tanks, slopes, altitude, succeed, halt