Reading Street Common Core 2013

{4th Grade}

Focus Board Posters

Unit 3 Week 2: Adelina’s Whales

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Question of the Week:

What patterns in

nature guide the lives of

animals? U3W2

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Amazing Words: swans ascent altitude

zone migration breaching

flock herd ideal

d istances U3W2

Spelling Words: (Homophones)

two to

too piece peace break brake there their

they’re

threw through

by bye

beat beet

thrown throne aloud

allowed U3W2

Challenge Words:

principal

principle

symbol

cymbal

stationary

stationery U3W2

Selection Vocab.

biologist bluff

lagoon massive rumbling tropical

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Fact & Opinion: A statement of

fact can be proven correct or incorrect.

A statement of opinion should be supported. A valid

opinion is supported by facts. A faulty

opinion is not. U3W2

Text Structure: Good readers use the text structure

to help them understand what

they read.

When you preview a text, look for

features such as titles, headings, bold print and photos so you know what to

expect. U3W2

Convention: {Ma in & He lp ing Ver bs} A verb that has more than one word is called a verb phrase. A verb

phrase is made up of a main verb & a helping

verb.

The main verb shows action. The helping verb,

or verbs, tell more about the action.

Adelina has learned a lot about whales.

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Writing: {Invitation} An invitation is a

written request asking someone to attend an

event. It includes very

important details about the event.

The tone of the language is tailored to

the audience and purpose of the event.

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Word Analysis: {Greek Roots}

A root is a word or word part from

which other words can be formed.

bio: “life” biology, biome, biologist

graph: “write” graphic, autograph

phone: “sound” homophone

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Literary Term: {Flashback}

A flashback is a scene that interrupts the main action of

a text to tell about a past

event. U3W2

Vocabulary Ski l l : {Mu lt ip le Mean ing Words}

Some words have more than one

meaning.

If you recognize a word, but the

meaning you know doesn’t make sense, reread the word, and use context clues to

look for another meaning.

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Expository Text:

Expository text tells about real

people and events.

The purpose is to communicate

factual information about

the world. U3W2

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