Horse Heroes vocabulary and spelling test will be on Tuesday, November 22nd
Story: Horse Heroes-True Stories of Amazing Horses
Comprehension Strategy: Fact and Opinion
Comprehension Skill: Monitor and Clarify
Vocabulary:
1. ambition- something for which you ave a strong desire
2. infested- covered by something harmful
3. landslide- mass of earth or rock that slides down a steep slope.
4. quicksand- a very deep, soft, wet sand that can swallow people and animals
5. resistance- thing or act that resists; opposing force; opposition
6. rickety- liable to fall or break down; shaky; weak
7. roamed- went about with no special plan or aim; wandered
8. vast- very great; immense
Vocabulary Focus: Unknown Words
Grammar: Singular Possessive Nouns
A possessive noun shows ownership. A singular possessive noun shows that one person, place, or thing has or owns something. Ass an apostrophe (') and the letter s to a singular noun to make it possessive.
Ex: Singular Nouns- The young man rode a mustang many miles.
Ex: Singular Possessive Nouns- The mustang's ears swiveled to hear the man's voice.
Spelling Focus: Consonant Patterns ng, nk, ph, wh
Story: Horse Heroes-True Stories of Amazing Horses
Comprehension Strategy: Fact and Opinion
Comprehension Skill: Monitor and Clarify
Vocabulary:
1. ambition- something for which you ave a strong desire
2. infested- covered by something harmful
3. landslide- mass of earth or rock that slides down a steep slope.
4. quicksand- a very deep, soft, wet sand that can swallow people and animals
5. resistance- thing or act that resists; opposing force; opposition
6. rickety- liable to fall or break down; shaky; weak
7. roamed- went about with no special plan or aim; wandered
8. vast- very great; immense
Vocabulary Focus: Unknown Words
Grammar: Singular Possessive Nouns
A possessive noun shows ownership. A singular possessive noun shows that one person, place, or thing has or owns something. Ass an apostrophe (') and the letter s to a singular noun to make it possessive.
Ex: Singular Nouns- The young man rode a mustang many miles.
Ex: Singular Possessive Nouns- The mustang's ears swiveled to hear the man's voice.
Spelling Focus: Consonant Patterns ng, nk, ph, wh