Transcript Theme 1: Relationships Weekly Theme: School Days Selection

Unit 4 Week 2:
Determination
Weekly Theme:
Getting Along
Selection 2:
Title: Seven Spools of Thread
Author: Angela Shelf Medearis
Genre:
Fable– a short story that teaches a moral (lesson).
Comprehension Strategy:
I can make inferences and
analyze a passage.
Comprehension Skill:
Plot Development: I can draw conclusions after reading a passage.
Spelling list for Unit 4 Week 2: Seven Spools of Thread
I can decode and spell words with /ou/ as in town or clouds.
Spelling Focus:
words with ou, ow
found, town, shout, owl, couch, bow, scout,
round, plow, crowd, proud, clouds, ground,
louder, bounce
Review Words: drawing, lawn, hauls
Challenge Words: snowplow, outline
Key Vocabulary:
beamed – 1. shined brightly
2. smiled brightly
argued – disagreed with someone
possessions – things people own
fabric – cloth
purchased – bought
quarreling – having an argument
Vocabulary Skills: Multiple-Meaning Words
**I can identify words that have more than one meaning.
When you can’t figure out the meaning of a word in context
look it up in the dictionary.
Grammar Skills:
I can identify and use linking verbs in a sentence.
A linking verb does not show action. It connects the subject to a
noun or an adjective in the predicate. It tells what the subject
is or is like.
The verb be is the most common linking verb.
Examples: The girl is my friend.
The day is sunny.