Theme 5:

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Theme 5 Family Time
(Focus on Biography)
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Selection 1 Title Brothers and Sisters
Author Ellen B. Senisi
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Genre Nonfiction factual writing about real
things, people and events
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Comprehension Strategy Evaluate to decide if
what we are reading is entertaining,
informative, or useful for us.
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Comprehension Skill Making Generalizations A
generalization is a statement about a group
that is true for most of the group most of the
time.
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Comprehension Skill Review Information Study
Skills Timelines
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

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Phonics review Vowel Pairs oa, ow
boat cold road blow gold
old load snow hold most toe
do
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Spelling Focus Two Syllable Words That End With
-er Basic flower water under over
better sister brother mother
father after Review Challenge
that other shop
center
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Key Vocabulary newborn- just born only a few
days or weeks old distract- to draw a persons
attention away from something twins- two
children born at the same time to the same
parents
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newborn
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distract
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twins
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Other Vocabulary pest- someone who is a bother
or causes trouble teenage- between the ages of
twelve and twenty
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pest
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teenage
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Other Vocabulary enemies- people who do not like
each other not friends great-aunt- your
grandmother or grandfathers sister
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enemies
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great-aunt
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Vocabulary Skills Word Families
talk talking talked talker
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High-Frequency Words middle trouble uncle
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High-Frequency Review brother clothes friend
guess listen thought young
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• Grammar Skills
• Verbs
• A verb can name an action. Examples are
• run, talk, smile, and drink.
• A verb can name an activity that cannot be
• seen.
• Examples are hear, think, and worry

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Writing An Opinion Paragraph Voice
Writers feelings, believes and opinion about a
subject.
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I ?? Reading Books 47 Phonics Library My
Sister Joan The Big Party Plan by Becky Ward