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Unit 3: Discoveries Weekly Theme: Making Journeys Selection 4: Title: The Jones Family Express Author: Javaka Steptoe. Genre: Realistic Fiction – an invented story that could have happened in real life Comprehension Strategy: Visualize Comprehension Skill:
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Unit 3: Discoveries Weekly Theme: Making JourneysSelection 4:Title: The Jones Family ExpressAuthor: Javaka Steptoe
Genre: Realistic Fiction– an invented story that could have happened in real life Comprehension Strategy: Visualize Comprehension Skill: Plot Development
Phonics: decode words with /ü/, /ū/, and /ů/ Spelling Focus: words with -oo, -u_e, -ue, -oe, -ew loop, rude, look, clue, spoon, tube, shook, blue, cubes, goose, mules, gloom, true, shoe, stew* Review Words: firm, turns, learn Challenge Words: classroom, childhood
Key Vocabulary: annual – happening once a year potential – the possibility to become real or to become greater expensive – costing a lot of money politely – in a way that shows good manners package – something put in a box or wrapped in paper innocent – harmless; not guilty aisles – areas between rows of shelves at a store or seats
Vocabulary Skills: Homophones ** Words that sound the same but are spelled differently and have different meanings To figure out the meaning that fits in a sentence, look up the word in a dictionary and choose the meaning that makes sense in context.
Word Work: Grammar Skills: Future-Tense Verbs A future-tense verb tells what will happen in the future. Use the special verb will to write about the future. Examples: Present: It rains. Past: It rained. Future: It will rain.