Theme 4:

Land, Sea, Sky

Weekly Theme:
Animal Survival

Selection 1:
Title: Goose’s Story
Author: Cari Best
Genre:
Realistic Fiction – is a made up story that could
happen in real life.

Comprehension Strategy:
Generate Questions

Comprehension Skill:
Cause and Effect
Phonics:
r-controlled vowels: er, ir, ur
Spelling Focus:
R-controlled vowels
clerk herd sir churn hurt
term skirt stir burst turn

HF Words: hours, problem, usually

Key Vocabulary:
wider – larger from one side, broader
saddest – most unhappy
balance – to be steady and stable
deserted – left empty or alone
freezes – changes from liquid to a solid
imagine – to create a picture in your mind,
pretend
Vocabulary Skills:
Word Parts -
Comparatives/Superlatives
** The endings –er and –est are
used to compare things.
**The ending –er compares two things
and means “more”.
**The ending –est compares three or
more things and means “most”.
Word Work:
Grammar Skills:
A helping verb helps another word show
an action. Have and has are helping
verbs that tell about actions that have
already happened.

My sister has learned a lot about camels.

Those camels have eaten a lot today.