Transcript Theme 1: Relationships Weekly Theme: School Days Selection

Unit 5: Those Amazing Animals
Big Idea:
Animals often have to adapt to
changing habitats by moving
elsewhere.
Selection 3:
Title: Call of the Wild
Time For Kids
Genre:
Nonfiction – a detailed explanation of real things using facts.
Comprehension Strategy:
Summarize
Comprehension Skill:
Relevant Facts and Details
Spelling Focus:
basket, bedtime, follow, rabbit,
mammal, problem, napkin, number,
chicken, letter, fellow, butter, invite,
chapter, Sunday
Review Words: tried, studies, drying
Challenge Words: splendid, complete
Key Vocabulary:
crucial – very important
adjust – a change to make things work better
survive – to stay alive
source – a place where something starts
unpredictable – not knowing when
something will happen
Word Work:
Grammar Skills:
Pronoun-Verb Agreement
A present-tense verb must agree with its subject
pronoun.
Add –s or –es to most present-tense action verbs
when using singular pronouns he, she, and it.
Don’t add –s or –es to a present-tense action verb
when using plural pronouns we, you, and they, or
singular pronouns I and you.