Story: Adelina's Whales
Comprehension Strategy: Fact and Opinion
Comprehension Skill: Text Structure
Vocabulary:
1. biologist- scientist who studies living things, including their origin, structures, activities, and distribution.
2. bluff- a high, steep slope or cliff
3. lagoon- a pond or small lake, especially one connected with a larger body of water.
4. massive- big and heavy; bulky
5. rumbling- making a deep, heavy, continuous sound
6. tropical- of or like the tropics
Vocabulary Focus: Prefixes and Suffixes
un- = means "the opposite of" or "not" as in undefeated
-able = means "able to be" as in unbeatable
-less = means "without" as in scoreless
Grammar: Main and Helping Verbs
A verb that has more than one word is called a verb phrase. A verb phrase is made up of a main verb and one or more helping verbs. The main verb shows action. The helping verb or verbs tell more about the action. Common helping verbs are am, is, are, was, were, will, would, should, has, have, had, do, does, did, can, and could. In the following sentence, the main verb is underlined once and the helping verb is in bold.
Ex: Adelina has lived in La Laguna all her life.
The helping verbs, am, is and are show present time. Was and were show past time. Will shows future time. The helping verbs has, have and had show that an action started in the past. In the following sentences, the helping verb have, shows action that started in the past, and the helping verb will show future time.
Ex: The whales have returned to La Laguna every year.
The whales will continue their journey north..
Here's a song to help you remember the 23 helping verbs!
Helping Verbs Song (Sing to the tune of Jingle Bells)
Helping Verbs, Helping Verbs
There are 23
Am is are was and were
Being Been and Be
Have has had
Do does did
Shall will should and would
There are five more helping verbs
May might must can could
Spelling Focus: Homophones
Comprehension Strategy: Fact and Opinion
Comprehension Skill: Text Structure
Vocabulary:
1. biologist- scientist who studies living things, including their origin, structures, activities, and distribution.
2. bluff- a high, steep slope or cliff
3. lagoon- a pond or small lake, especially one connected with a larger body of water.
4. massive- big and heavy; bulky
5. rumbling- making a deep, heavy, continuous sound
6. tropical- of or like the tropics
Vocabulary Focus: Prefixes and Suffixes
un- = means "the opposite of" or "not" as in undefeated
-able = means "able to be" as in unbeatable
-less = means "without" as in scoreless
Grammar: Main and Helping Verbs
A verb that has more than one word is called a verb phrase. A verb phrase is made up of a main verb and one or more helping verbs. The main verb shows action. The helping verb or verbs tell more about the action. Common helping verbs are am, is, are, was, were, will, would, should, has, have, had, do, does, did, can, and could. In the following sentence, the main verb is underlined once and the helping verb is in bold.
Ex: Adelina has lived in La Laguna all her life.
The helping verbs, am, is and are show present time. Was and were show past time. Will shows future time. The helping verbs has, have and had show that an action started in the past. In the following sentences, the helping verb have, shows action that started in the past, and the helping verb will show future time.
Ex: The whales have returned to La Laguna every year.
The whales will continue their journey north..
Here's a song to help you remember the 23 helping verbs!
Helping Verbs Song (Sing to the tune of Jingle Bells)
Helping Verbs, Helping Verbs
There are 23
Am is are was and were
Being Been and Be
Have has had
Do does did
Shall will should and would
There are five more helping verbs
May might must can could
Spelling Focus: Homophones