1 . 3 - Communities
Gary the DreamerEssential Question: How do people from different cultures contribute to a community?
Weekly Concept: Many people from different cultures contribute to a community. Some ways are sharing food, music and dance, and stories. Genre: Biography Focus Skill: Sequence Vocabulary Strategy: Compound words Comprehension Strategy: Ask & answer questions |
Writing Trait: Organization
In narrative writing, events are usually told in sequence, or the order in which they occurred. Writers include words that show order, such as first, next, then, and last, so that the events unfold naturally and make sense to the reader.
Grammar: Subjects
A sentence expresses a complete thought.
Every sentence has a subject and predicate.
The subject tells what or whom the sentence is about:
A big dog visited our school.
The predicate identifies what the subject does or is:
A big dog visited our school.
A complete subject is all the words in a subject:
A big dog visited our school.
A compound subject is connected by the word and:
The orange cat belongs to Amanda.
The brown dog belongs to Amanda.
The orange cat and brown dog belong to Amanda.
Every sentence has a subject and predicate.
The subject tells what or whom the sentence is about:
A big dog visited our school.
The predicate identifies what the subject does or is:
A big dog visited our school.
A complete subject is all the words in a subject:
A big dog visited our school.
A compound subject is connected by the word and:
The orange cat belongs to Amanda.
The brown dog belongs to Amanda.
The orange cat and brown dog belong to Amanda.
Spelling: Final e (silent e)
1. date
2. lake 3. skate 4. plane 5. grade |
6. fine
7. life 8. rice 9. wise 10. smile |
11. rose
12. globe 13. smoke 14. fuse 15. used |
16. sneeze
17. stripe 18. whale 19. envelope 20. woke |
Vocabulary
scared: when you are scared, you are afraid of something.
admires: when someone admires something you have done, he or she likes it.
classmate: someone who is in your class at school.
community: a place where people live, work and play together
contribute: when you give money or help with something.
practicing: when you do something again and again
pronounce: when you say the sounds of a word correctly
tumbled: to fall
admires: when someone admires something you have done, he or she likes it.
classmate: someone who is in your class at school.
community: a place where people live, work and play together
contribute: when you give money or help with something.
practicing: when you do something again and again
pronounce: when you say the sounds of a word correctly
tumbled: to fall