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Written by: Kate DiCamillo Illustrated by: Kevin Hawkes. Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Vocabulary Definitions Vocabulary Sentences Additional Resources. Study Skills. Genre: Realistic Fiction Comprehension Skill: Sequence
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Written by: Kate DiCamilloIllustrated by: Kevin Hawkes Day 1Day 2 Day 3Day 4 Day 5 Vocabulary Definitions Vocabulary Sentences Additional Resources
Study Skills • Genre: Realistic Fiction • Comprehension Skill: Sequence • Comprehension Strategy: Summarize • Comprehension Review Skill: Author’s purpose • Vocabulary: Suffixes
Genre: Realistic Fiction • InRealistic Fictionthe characters speak and act like real people. • The story describes real-life problems and events. • The outcome, or problem resolution, seems to be reasonable.
Summary Moving to a new town can be hard, And making new friends can be even harder. With the help of her dog, Winn Dixie, Opal is able to get to know Miss Franny Block, the local librarian. Miss Block tells Opal an exciting tale about a bear that once wandered into the library.
Comprehension Review Skill • Author’s Purposeis the author’s reason or reasons for writing this story. • Authors don’t usually tell you this. You have to figure the reasons out. • It might be to inform or teach, to entertain, to express their feelings, and to persuade or convince you.
DAY 1 Question • What experiences bring diverse people together?
Vocabulary- Say It! memorial prideful recalls peculiar grand positive selecting
More Words to Know attention kindness understanding consisted friendless diversity
Comprehension Skill - Summarizing • A summary is a short statement that tells the main ideas of a selection. • A story summary should tell the goals of the characters, how they try to reach them, and whether they reach them. • A summary of an article should tell the main idea, leaving out unnecessary details. Tips on Summarizing
Comprehension Skill –Sequence • Sequence is the order of the events that occur in a story. • You can determine the order of events by clue words such as first and next, in the beginning, then, following, after, and finally. • Some story events may occur at the same time. • Other clue words to indicate sequence might be in the beginning, then, following, after, and finally. • Other story events, such as flashbacks, are told out of order.
My dog Bella is a real rascul? Does stray dogs make good pets.
Declarative Sentences • These are the most important types of sentences. • These sentences will tell you facts, opinions, and other statements. • This type of sentence will end with a period.
Example Declarative Sentences • The sky is blue. • I am a third grade student. • We will go to the movies tomorrow. • He is a great reader. • We have a program in the morning. • Our class is having a party on Friday.
Interrogative Sentences • An interrogative sentences asks a question. • This type of sentence is usually asked directly to someone. • This type of sentence ends with a question mark.
Examples of Interrogative Sentences • Can you repeat the question? • Are we going to have recess today? • What is your favorite movie? • How do you answer this question? • Do you have an extra pencil?
Exclamatory Sentences • This is a sentence that has very strong emotion or surprise. • Exclamatory sentences express the intense feelings of a person. • This type of sentence ends with an exclamation point. (!)
Examples of Exclamatory Sentences • What a beautiful day! • I am angry! • You did a great job! • I love the color of your room! • You won the prize! • That is a huge whale!
Imperative Sentence An imperative sentence gives a command. It ends with a period. Go to your room. Throw me the ball. Bob, please close the door.
DAY 2 Question of the Day • Can an elderly librarian and a little girl really be friends?
Vocabulary Skill – Word Structure : Suffixes • The suffix –fulmeans “full of.” For example, prideful means “full of pride.” • The suffix –ly means “in a way that is.” • Sometimes –ful and –ly are added to a base word together as in pridefully, which means “acting in a way that is full of pride.”
memorial helping people to remember a person, thing, or event
prideful overly proud of oneself; vain
recalls calls back to mind; remembers
peculiar strange; unusual
grand excellent; very good
positive without doubt; sure
selecting picking out; choosing
attention care and thoughtfulness; consideration
kindness treatment that does good, rather than harm; gentleness
understanding comprehension; knowledge
consisted was made up of
friendless without friends
diversity differences
Weekly Fluency Check -Tone of Voice • You will use the rise and fall of your voice to show where the story includes questions and where it is full of emotion. • Go to page 33 and let’s reread the last two paragraphs.
3. I teaching my dog to rol over. 4. Dogs can learn to help blind people. Or works with the police.
What kind of sentence is this? Are you going to the movies tonight?
What kind of sentence is this? There are many different kinds of animals at the zoo.
What kind of sentence is this? Bob has an iPod.