Essential Question:
How can you make new friends feel welcome?
Comprehension Strategy
Comprehension Skill
Visualize
*Good readers pay attention to the
descriptive language the author uses.
*Good readers close their eyes and try to
create a picture depicting the character,
setting, or situation.
*Good readers change their picture as they
get new information.
Fantasy
*Fantasy includes invented
characters and settings.
*It has elements that can’t
occur in real life, such as
characters that have
magical qualities or places
that do not actually exist.
*It usually includes
illustrations that describe
the characters, settings,
and events.
Action Verbs
*Tells what the subject
does, did, or will do
*They can show action
in the past, present, or
future
Point of View
* The narrator’s point of view tells
how the narrator feels about the
characters or events.
*The pronouns he, she, or they signal that
the story has a third-person narrator.
*The pronouns I, we, and me signal a
first-person narrator.
acquaintance
cautiously
complementary
jumble
logical
scornfully
scrounging
trustworthy
r-Controlled Vowels
herb
swirl
person
purse
sternly
curl
serpent
curve
worse
curb
pearl
hurl
dirty
turkey
birth
turnip
shirt
purpose
twirl
blurred
Context Clues
* To find the meaning
of an unfamiliar word,
look for clues in
nearby words and
phrases.
Essential Question:
In what way can you help your community?
Comprehension Skill
Comprehension Strategy
Visualize
*To better understand nonfiction texts,
good readers picture the events,
characters, and setting in their mind.
Realistic Fiction
*Includes characters
whose behaviors are
believable
*Features settings and
events that could exist
in real life
*Have a problem and
solution that could
really happen
Verb Tenses
*Present tense shows that
the action is happening now
*Past tense shows the action
has already happened
*Future tense shows action
that will happen
Point of View
* Point of view refers to how the narrator
thinks or feels about characters or events
in the story.
*The first-person narrator is a character in the
story. The reader only knows the point of
view of this character. The pronouns (I, me,
we, and us) signal a first-person narrator.
assigned
generosity
gingerly
mature
organizations
residents
scattered
selective
Silent Letters
wrinkle
plumber
wriggle
combs
wrapper
thumbs
wrench
lambs
answer
condemn
knead
resign
knives
doubtful
known
hour
kneel
honest
knew
honor
Context Clues
* As you read a story, you
may come across words
you don’t know. A
definition of the word
may be in the text nearby.
Be on the lookout!
Essential Question:
How can one person make a difference?
Comprehension Strategy
Comprehension Skill
Reread
*Good readers reread something they do not
understand.
*When they encounter unclear or difficult text,
they may need to reread it more than once
before fully understanding it.
*Rereading can also help readers remember key
facts or ideas.
Informational Text:
Biography
*A biography is a story
of person’s life written
by another person.
*A biography may
include text features
such as diagrams and
time lines.
Helping Verbs
* Helping verbs come
before the main verb in a
sentence.
*They help make the
meaning of the verb
crystal clear.
Author’s Point of View
*Authors have a position, or point of
view about the topics they write about.
*As you read, ask yourself, “What is
the author’s attitude about this? What
clues in the text reveal this attitude?”
Soft c and g
boycott
encouragement
fulfill
injustice
mistreated
protest
qualified
registered
center
once
scene
spice
circus
cement
police
certain
ounce
glance
germs
bridge
badge
strange
orange
ginger
wedge
arrange
sponge
village
Context Clues:
Synonyms and Antonyms
*Synonyms have a similar
meaning to the unknown
word.
*Antonyms have the
opposite meaning.
Essential Question:
How can words lead to change?
Comprehension Skill
Comprehension Strategy
Reread
*Good readers reread sentences or
paragraphs that contain facts and details
they do not understand.
*Good readers find that rereading can
improve their understanding of
informational texts.
Biography
*A biography is a type
of nonfiction.
*It usually includes
information about the
place and time in which
the person lived.
*A biography may
include photographs
with captions.
Linking Verbs
*They do not express
actions; they connect the
subject and the verb.
ex. The dogs are barking.
“Are” isn’t something the
dogs can do.
Author’s Point of View
*Evaluating the author’s point of view
helps readers understand the author’s
purpose.
* The author’s purpose for writing can
be to entertain, to inform, to persuade,
or to inquire.
Plurals
address
divided
haste
opposed
perish
proclamation
shattered
tension
clams
mints
props
arches
dresses
parents
caves
glasses
hobbies
engines
couches
arrows
enemies
babies
ranches
patches
mistakes
supplies
mosses
armies
Latin and Greek Suffixes
* A suffix is a word part added
to the end of a word to change
the meaning. *Knowing the
meaning of some Latin and
Greek suffixes can help you
figure out the meaning of
unknown words.
Essential Question:
In what ways can advances in science be helpful
or harmful?
Comprehension Skill
Comprehension Strategy
Reread
Author’s Point of View
*Good readers reread difficult sections
of the text they don’t understand.
*Rereading can help them understand
persuasive texts.
Persuasive Article
*A persuasive article is
nonfiction and states
the author’s opinion
on a topic.
*It provides facts and
examples to persuade
the reader to agree with
the author’s opinion.
* It may include charts
and graphs.
Irregular Verbs
* Verbs that do not form
their past tense by adding
“ed”
*Spellings can be tricky
*Authors take a position on, or have a
point of view about the topics they
read about.
*As you read, ask yourself, “What is
the author’s position on this topic?
What clues in the text support this?”
advancements
agriculture
characteristics
concerns
disagreed
inherit
prevalent
resistance
Compound Words
fishbowl
loudspeaker
lookout
bookcase
yardstick
bedroom
desktop
blindfold
campfire
newborn
overhead
bedspread
waterproof yourself
grandparent overdo
railroad
clothesline
snowstorm undertake
Greek Roots
* Many English words
originate from words in the
ancient Greek language.
Learning these common
roots can help you define
many other words.
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