Transcript Theme 1: Relationships Weekly Theme: School Days Selection

Unit 1 Theme:
Think It Through
Week 3 Theme:
Take Action
Essential Question:
How do people respond to natural
disasters?
Genre:
Expository – text that explains facts about a
topic, which includes an actual event, real
people, and real places
Comprehension Strategy:
Reread
Comprehension Skill:
Compare and Contrast
Phonics:
Words with Long e Sound
Spelling Focus:
Long e Sound
evening, zebra, breathe, league, squeaky,
healer, sleek, indeed, reef, deed, speech,
wheeze, concrete, scheme, belief, chief,
honey, donkey, family, weary
Review Words: bail, pale, eight
Challenge Words: appeal, freedom
Key Vocabulary:
alter
–
v. to make different or change
collapse – v. to fall down or cave in
crisis – n. a difficult or dangerous situation
destruction – n. great damage or ruin
hazard – n. something that can cause harm or
injury
severe – adj. very harsh or serious
substantial – adj. of great amount or size
unpredictable
– adj. not able to tell beforehand
Vocabulary Strategies:
Context Clues/Multiple-Meaning
Words
**Words that have more than one
meaning are called multiple-meaning
words.**
Use other words or phrases nearby to figure out the
word’s meaning.
Writing
6+1 Trait:
Ideas and Content
Use details to support and explain the main idea
in your writing, such as facts, examples,
definitions, quotations, etc. These details give
important information.
Supporting details help your reader to better
understand the topic!
Word Work:
Grammar Skills:
Compound Sentences
A clause is a group of words that has a subject
and a verb. An independent clause can stand
alone as a sentence.
A simple sentence has one independent clause.
A compound sentence has two or more
independent clause.