Story: Lewis and Clark and Me
Comprehension Strategy: Author's Purpose- the reason or reasons an author has for writing. An author may write to persuade, to inform, to entertain, or to express ideas and feelings.
Comprehension Skill: Questioning- As students read, they will be focusing on asking questions. The answers will help them recall and understand what they have read.
Vocabulary:
1. yearned
2. wharf
3. docks
4. scan
5. migrating
6. scent
Vocabulary Focus: Word Endings
An ending is a letter or letters added to the end of a base word. Recognizing an ending will help you figure out the word's meaning.
The ending -ed is added to a verb to made it past tense. The ending -ing is added to a verb to make it tell about present or ongoing actions.
Grammar:
A declarative (statement)- a sentence that tells something: I like food.
A interrogative (question)- a sentence that asks something: Are you here?
An imperative sentence (command)- tells someone to do something or makes a request: Give that to me.
An exclamatory sentence (exclamation)- expresses surprise, excitement, or strong feeling: It was great!
An interjection- shows strong feeling and ends with an exclamation mark. An interjection is a word or group of words, not a complete sentence: Wow! Ouch! Oh no! Hurray!
Spelling Focus: Long a and i
Comprehension Strategy: Author's Purpose- the reason or reasons an author has for writing. An author may write to persuade, to inform, to entertain, or to express ideas and feelings.
Comprehension Skill: Questioning- As students read, they will be focusing on asking questions. The answers will help them recall and understand what they have read.
Vocabulary:
1. yearned
2. wharf
3. docks
4. scan
5. migrating
6. scent
Vocabulary Focus: Word Endings
An ending is a letter or letters added to the end of a base word. Recognizing an ending will help you figure out the word's meaning.
The ending -ed is added to a verb to made it past tense. The ending -ing is added to a verb to make it tell about present or ongoing actions.
Grammar:
A declarative (statement)- a sentence that tells something: I like food.
A interrogative (question)- a sentence that asks something: Are you here?
An imperative sentence (command)- tells someone to do something or makes a request: Give that to me.
An exclamatory sentence (exclamation)- expresses surprise, excitement, or strong feeling: It was great!
An interjection- shows strong feeling and ends with an exclamation mark. An interjection is a word or group of words, not a complete sentence: Wow! Ouch! Oh no! Hurray!
Spelling Focus: Long a and i