Unit 3 Notes

1. Unit 3 Notes Reading: Journeys

2. Lesson 11 • Theme: Starting Anew • Essential Question: What are the benefits of studying weather? • Story: Hurricanes – Earth’s Mightiest Storms • Skill: Text & Graphic Features/Text Structure • Spelling – Compound Words • Vocabulary • Strategy: Suffixes –ful, -less, -ness, -ment

3. Lesson 11 Spelling – Compound Words somebody classmate fireplace flashlight nearby haircut toothbrush twenty-two homesick driveway make-believe alarmclock anything baby-sit all right airport goodbye forever forehead mailbox Challenge: field trip absent-minded life jacket skyscraper nevertheless

4. Lesson 11 Target Vocabulary • whirling – spinning quickly in a circle • rapidly – quickly • condense – to form tiny droplets of water • source – the place where something comes from • rotating –turning or spinning • rage –to act in a violent way • experience – to see and feel the effects of something • ancient – very old • predict – to say something that is going to happen • registered – to have recorded information

5. Lesson 11 Suffixes Suffix Meaning Example • ful “full of” fearful • less “without” careless • ness “state or condition of” kindness

6. Lesson 12 • Theme: Miracles • Essential Question: How do natural disasters affect people? • Story: The Earth Dragon Awakes • Skill: Sequence of Events/Conclusions • Spelling – -ed or -ing • Vocabulary • Strategy: Synonyms

7. Lesson 12 Spelling Challenge: urged striving whipped breathing quizzed rising dripped traced begged stripped dared slammed skipped dancing hitting striped spotted winning raced snapping dimmed bragging spinning handled escaped For adding –ed or –ing to a word ending with a vowel + constanant … DOUBLE THE CONSTONANT BEFORE ADDING ED OR ING

8. Lesson 12 Target Vocabulary • constructed – built • crushing – smashing/breaking • tenement – an apartment building often poorly maintained • possessions – things you own; belongings • trembles – shakes • wreckage – leftover bits of something that is ruined • debris – pieces of broken stones or bricks • rubble – broken stone or bricks • slab- a broad, flat piece • timbers – large pieces of wood

9. Lesson 13 • Theme: Being One • Essential Question: How are the different parts of an ecosystem connected? • Story: Antarctic Journal • Skill: Sequence of Events/Similie/Metaphore • Spelling – -ed or -ing • Vocabulary • Strategy: Greek/Latin word parts • spect, struct, tele, vis

10. Lesson 13 Spelling Challenge: amusing, entertained, admitted, stunning starving wiped shipped covered phoning mapped offered pleasing smelling slipped hiking putting checking traveled fainted seeking landed visiting becoming mixed wandering If a base word has 1 syllable and ends with one consonant, double the consonant and add –ed or –ing.

11. Lesson 13 Target Vocab • vision – a mental image of what something could be like • standards – levels used to compare • huddle – crowd together • alert – aware of • weariness – tiredness • fractured – broken • graceful – elegant • stranded – left helpless • display – show • concluded – formed an opinion

12. Lesson 13 Greek & Latin Word Parts Root Word Origin Meaning Example • spect Latin “look” inspect • struct Latin “build” structure • tele Greek “far away” telephone • vis Latin “see” vision

13. Lesson 14 • Theme: Our Role in Catholic Community • Essential Question: How do living things each have an important role in the world? • Story: Hurricanes – The Life and Times of the Ant • Skill: Text Features/Author’s Purpose/Question • Spelling – Final Long e • Vocabulary • Strategy: Suffixes –able and -ible

14. Lesson 14 Spelling – Final Long e turkey duty lonely drowsy colony chimney steady plenty hungry daily valley alley hockey fifty starry empty melody injury movie prairie Challenge: envy, fiery, mercy, discovery, mystery

15. Lesson 14 Target Vocab • transport – carry from one place to another • social – relating to the way people live together • obstacles – things in the way • scarce – hard to find • exchanges – giving one thing and getting another • transfers – moves from one place to another • chamber – a room • reinforce – make stronger • storage – a place to keep supplies • excess - extra

16. Lesson 14 Vocab Strategy • Suffix • -ible • -able • Both come from Latin • Both mean “able to be” or “inclined to be”

17. Lesson 15 • Theme: Involvement • Essential Question: Why is it important to be informed about what is happening in our world? • Story: Ecology for Kids • Skill: Main Idea/Details • Spelling – Change Final y to i • Vocabulary • Strategy: Using Context

18. Lesson 15 Spelling tiniest ladies hobbies friendlier copied studied countries busier pitied breezier easier prettiest laziest noisier families healthier spied butterflies happiest funniest Challenge: heaviest, categories, communities, multiplied, qualities

19. Lesson 15 Target Vocab • habitats – the environment that animals and plants live in • species – a group of plants or animals that are alike • organisms – living things such as plants or animals • traces – marks left by people. animals, or things • vast – great in size • directly – in a clear and obvious way • affect – to have an influence on • variety – a number of slightly different things within the same grouping • radiation – energy in the form of rays or waves • banned – not allowed; forbidden