UNIT 1: What can we learn from exploring new places and new things?
STORY OF THE WEEK: Unit 1 Review Week
Genre: Expository Text, Realistic Fiction, Trickster Tale, Historical Fiction
Skill: Main Idea & Details, Author's Purpose, Sequence, Literary Elements (Character, Setting, Plot)
Strategy: Text Structure, Story Structure, Summarzing, Background Knowledge, Questioning
Vocabulary: Suffixes, Word Endings, Multiple-Meaning Words, Synonyms and Antonyms
Spelling: Long u, Long e, Long a and i, Long e and o, Short Vowels VCCV
Unit Question: How do the diverse regions and peoples of the United States reflect its greatness?
Skill: Main Idea & Details, Author's Purpose, Sequence, Literary Elements (Character, Setting, Plot)
Strategy: Text Structure, Story Structure, Summarzing, Background Knowledge, Questioning
Vocabulary: Suffixes, Word Endings, Multiple-Meaning Words, Synonyms and Antonyms
Spelling: Long u, Long e, Long a and i, Long e and o, Short Vowels VCCV
Unit Question: How do the diverse regions and peoples of the United States reflect its greatness?
Spelling Unit 1 ReviewShort Vowels VCCV
A single vowel that comes before two consonants usually has a short sound. 1. admire 2. contest 3. custom 4. method Long a and i The letter combinations ai, eigh, and ay usually stand for the long a sound. The letter combination igh usually stands for the long i sound. 5. weight 6. height 7. thigh 8. tight Long e and o The letter combinations ee and ea usually stand for the long e sound. The letter combinations oa and ow often stand for the long o sound. 9. float 10. foam 11. indeed 12. season Long e When the letters ie, ey, and y come at the end of a word, they can stand for the long e sound. 13. money 14. country 15. alley 16. steady Long u The letter patterns u-consonant-e, ew, oo, ui, and u can stand for /ü/ or /yü/. 17. usual 18. huge 19. juice 20. excuse Challenge Words 21. influence 22. festival 23. eighteen 24. Halloween 25. journey |
Vocabulary Unit 1 ReviewSuffixes - A suffix is a word part added to the end of a base word to change its meaning or the way it is used in a sentence.
Root Words - Root Words Use what you know about Greek and Latin roots to help you figure out the word’s meaning. Many English words come from ancient Greek and Latin words. Multiple-Meaning Words - Multiple-meaning words are words derived from the same origins that have more than one meaning. Synonyms - A synonym is a word with the same or similar meaning as another word. Suffixes - A suffix is a word part added to the end of a base word to change its meaning or the way it is used in a sentence. |
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