Transcript Slide 1

Theme 5:
Family Time
(Focus on Biography)
Selection 1:
Title: Brothers and
Sisters
Author: Ellen B. Senisi
Genre:
Nonfiction factual
writing about real things,
people and events
Comprehension Strategy:
Evaluate
to decide if what
we are reading is
entertaining,
informative,
or useful for us.
Comprehension Skill:
Making Generalizations
A generalization
is a statement
about a
group that is
true for most
of the group
most of the time.
Comprehension Skill Review:
Information & Study Skills:
Timelines
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003 2004
2005
Phonics review:
Vowel Pairs oa, ow
boat
cold
blow
gold
load
snow
most toe*
road
old
hold
do*
Spelling Focus: Two Syllable
Words That End With -er
Basic:
flower water
under
over
better
sister
brother mother father after
Review:
Challenge:
that
other
shop
center
Key Vocabulary:
newborn- just born; only a
few days or weeks old
distract- to draw a person’s
attention away from
something
twins- two children born at
the same time to the same
parents
newborn
distract
twins
Other Vocabulary:
pest- someone who is a
bother or causes trouble
teenage- between the
ages of twelve and
twenty
pest
teenage
Other Vocabulary:
enemies- people who do
not like each other; not
friends
great-aunt- your
grandmother or
grandfather’s sister
enemies
great-aunt
Vocabulary Skills:
Word Families
talk
talking
talked
talker
High-Frequency Words:
middle
trouble
uncle
High-Frequency Review:
brother
clothes
friend
guess
listen
thought
young
Grammar Skills:
Verbs
•A verb can name an action.
Examples are:
run, talk, smile, and drink.
•A verb can name an
activity that cannot be
•seen.
•Examples are: hear,
think, and worry
Writing:
An Opinion Paragraph
Voice
Writer’s
feelings,
believes and
opinion about a
subject.
I 􀁹 Reading Books: 47
Phonics Library: My
Sister Joan
The Big Party Plan
by Becky Ward