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Main Idea

Main Idea and Key Details

Choose a section or paragraph from an informational text you have read.

As you reread, make a list of the key details in the section or paragraph. Add the key details to a Main Idea and Key Details chart.

Exchange charts. Compare your details. Think about what they have in common to identify the main idea of the section. COLLABORATE

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All in the Details On your own, select a section from an informational text

you have read. Identify key details in the text and make a list of them.

Identify the main idea by discussing what the details have in common. For each detail, write a sentence explaining how it supports the main idea.

Compare your sentences. Is the main idea you chose correct, or should you revise it? COLLABORATE

Choose a section of an informational text you have read.

Decide which details are most important. Act out the details for your partner. COLLABORATE

What do the details have in common? What is the main idea?

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› pencil

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› paper

› pencil

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Fluency

Choose a passage from a selection you have already read.

With a partner, echo read or choral read the passage. COLLABORATE

Now read the passage aloud on your own. Have you partner give you feedback. Do the same for your partner.

Tell each other how you improved.

Reading with fluency means reading accurately with appropriate phrasing and expression.

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Expression

Fluency

Choose a paragraph from a selection you have already read.

Take turns reading the sentences aloud with expression.

Read the paragraph three times. Each time, vary the pitch of your voice. What sounds the best?

Choose a passage from your Practice Book.

With a partner, read the passage three times, concentrating on your phrasing.

Each time you read the passage, change your phrasing. When you finish, discuss with your partner how the phrasing helped or hurt your understanding of what was being read.

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Word Choice: Transition WordsCOLLABORATE Read Henry’s text. Discuss how well he uses transition words. Revise the text.

Add transition words.

Yesterday, I went fishing with my dad.

We went to the lake. We took out our

fishing rods. Dad had a plastic container

full of worms. He helped me bait my

hook. I made my first cast. Two minutes

later, I felt a tug on my line!

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Transition Words

Use Transition Words

Write a paragraph using these transition words: however, next, and then.

Add two transition words to your paragraph.

Exchange papers and circle the transition words. COLLABORATE

List as many transition words as you can.

Write a paragraph using these transition words.

Have a partner do the same. COLLABORATE

Exchange paragraphs and circle transition words in your partner’s paragraph.

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Wr iting Forms: Book ReviewLook at the model. Identify the features of a book review. Write a review of a book that

you have read recently.

I read Evie’s Show by Regina

Spartan. The main character is

Evie. She decides to enter the school

talent show. The problem is that she does

not sing, dance, play an instrument, or tell

jokes. Finally, Evie realizes that her talent is

for organization. So, Evie helps her teacher

with the show. What I did not like about

the book is that Evie is not a believable

character. She seemed too perfect. She

never yelled at her little brother or forgot

her homework.

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Book Review

Persuasive Writing: Book Review

Think about a book you have read recently.

Write a paragraph that tells your opinion about the book.

Share your opinion with a partner. Would they read the book? Why or why not? COLLABORATE

Write a review of one of your favorite books.

Include information about the characters and plot. Provide details and examples from the book to support your opinion.

Share your writing with a partner. Did you convince him or her to read the book? COLLABORATE

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Latin and Greek Prefixes

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Use a dictionary to look up words that begin with the Latin prefix bi- and the Greek prefix micro-.

Choose two words that begin with each prefix. Write a sentence telling how adding the prefix changes the meaning of each word. COLLABORATE

Choose another Latin or Greek prefix that you have learned. Find two words in the dictionary that begin with that prefix. Describe what is similar about them and what is different.

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Greek prefix

Latin prefix

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› paper

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› dictionary

You need

› paper

› pencils or pens

› dictionary

Write the Prefix

Make a Chart

Draw a two-column chart on a piece of paper. Write Greek prefix at the top of one column, and Latin prefix at the top of the other.

Use the chart to sort these prefixes: non-, bio-, pre-, hyper-, geo-, pro-. COLLABORATE

Draw a two-column chart on a piece of paper. Write Greek prefix at the top of one column, and Latin prefix at the top of the other. COLLABORATE

List as many prefixes as you can and put them in the correct column. Use a dictionary for help.

Choose one Greek prefix and one Latin prefix and write its meaning. Write a sentence for each word.

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Nonrenewable and Renewable Resources

Write a letter to your city council about the sources of energy used by the city’s public facilities.

Explain the differences between nonrenewable resources and renewable ones. Give examples of opportunities to replace equipment that uses nonrenewable resources with new models.

Share your letter with a partner. Pool your ideas to collaborate on a revised letter. COLLABORATE

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› paper

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20MinutesTwo Types of Resources

Renewable Resources

Find information about the different types of renewable and nonrenewable resources. COLLABORATE

Write a paragraph to explain the difference between renewable resources and nonrenewable resources.

With a partner, discuss living in a world where there are no nonrenewable resources. COLLABORATE

On your own, write a journal entry about living with only renewable resources such as solar power.

Explain whether this makes living easier or more difficult.