Transcript Dear Juno Focus Wall

Unit 1:
Our World
Weekly Theme:
Keeping in Touch
Selection 2:
Title: Dear Juno
Author: Soyung Pak
Genre:
Realistic Fiction– an invented story that could
have happened in real life
Comprehension Strategy:
Analyze Story Structure
Comprehension Skill:
Plot Development
Phonics:
CVCe words
Spelling Focus:
CVCe Pattern
date, fine, rose, lake, life, home, safe, rice,
globe, plane, wise, smoke, grade, smile,
come
Review Words: clap, crop, sick
Challenge Words: sneeze, escape
Key Vocabulary:
crackle – make a series of small, sharp
snapping noises
announced – told something in a loud or
official way
soared – flew high in the air
starry – full of many stars
envelope – a flat paper container, used for
sending letters through the mail
photograph – a picture made with a camera
Vocabulary Skills:
Context Clues/Sentence Clues
** To figure out the meaning of
an unfamiliar word, look for clues
in the same sentence.
Word Work:
Grammar Skills:
Commands and Exclamations
A command is a sentence that gives an order.
It ends in a period.
An exclamation is a sentence that shows
excitement. It ends in an exclamation mark.