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Unit 4 Week 1: Choices

What choices are good for us?

Skills

​Comprehension Strategy
Ask and Answer Questions-reread and look for details.
 
Comprehension Skill
Point of View-identify what the narrator thinks based off actions and reactions made by the character in the story.
 
Genre
Folktale- story that’s been passed down for many generations and usually has a lesson or moral.
 
Grammar
Linking verbs
 
Writing
Narrative text/Poetry-this includes fictional narratives (which are made-up stories that include a problem and solution) and Poetry (where feeling and ideas are expressed in writing).
Prompts:
  • Tell about something healthy you do. Give reasons why it is important.
  • Tell about your favorite fruits and vegetables. Think about what it is you like about the foods you have chosen.

Other Skills 
Punctuation and complete sentences

Vocabulary
​Strategy: root words

​Healthful- wholesome and good for your health
 
Aroma- pleasant or agreeable smell or fragrance
 
Expect- means to think or suppose something
 
Flavorful- tasty and full of flavor
 
Graceful- beautiful or pleasing in design, movement, or style
 
Interrupted- stopped for a time or broken off
 
Luscious- smells or tastes delicious
 
Variety- a number of different things or choice

Spelling: oo, ew, u_e, ue, u, ui, ou

spoon
goose
booth
gloom
rude
tube
due
clues
true
​chew
July
look
shook
notebook
could
coins
joyful
round
classroom
​childhood

Literature

Textbooks: (NOT AR)
The Real Story of Stone Soup - Folktale
​"Healthful Food Choices" - Expository Text
​"Nail Soup" - Folktale
Leveled Readers:
Orange- The Weaver of Rugs 3.1 AR# 913490
Blue – Why the Sea is Salty 3.3 AR# 913520
Green- Finn MacCool and the Salmon of Knowledge 4.1 AR# 913438
Purple- Why the Sea is Salty 2.8 AR# 913550
The Real Story of Stone Soup
Compestine, Ying Chang
AR Quiz No. 110640 EN Fiction
 IL: LG - BL: 3.0 - AR Pts: 0.5
 AR Quiz Types: RP
When a crew of Chinese fishermen forget to bring cooking utensils with them, they find creative ways to make do with what they have and what they can find.