Night Letters

Unit 3 week 3By Palmyra LoMonaco

Illustrated by Normand Chartier

Our Story

for the week.

Our Guided Reading Books

http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/caer/ce/eek/critter/insect/firefly.htmhttp://www.backyardnature.net/lightbug.htm

http://waynesword.palomar.edu/manduca2.htm#manduca1.gif

Night-Flying Hawkmoths

Nectara sweet liquid that is secreted by the nectaries of a plant and is the chief raw material of honey

http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/course/ent591k/nectar_guide.html

Morse Code, Moris Code and Phonetic AlphabetTopics: ReferencesMorse code (sometimes misspelled as "Moris Code") is a technique for communicating and transmitting alphabetic and numbeic characters through a series of "dots" and "dashes" or "dits" and "dahs".

Letter Phonetic Morse CodeMorse Code

Sound

A Alpha . - dit dah

B Bravo - . . . dah dit dit dit

C Charlie - . - . dah dit dah dit

D Delta - . . dah dit dit

E Echo . dit

http://www.electrokits.com/References/Morse-Moris-Code

Realistic Fiction

Realistic Fiction has settings that can

seem real, but the stories are made up.

Genre

Draw Conclusion* A conclusion is a decision you reach

after thinking about facts and details you read

* You can also use what you already know to help draw a conclusion.

* Then ask yourself, “Does my conclusion make sense?”

Action Verbs

Linking Verbs Being VerbsBe form

Subject-Verb Agreement

Subject Agreement SongSung to the tune of Bingo first stanza repeatedBy Frank and Kathy

Love of the GameWhen a Singular Subject needs an Action Verb this is what he does oh,he plays with a baseball,he walks to the mall, he makes a phone call, and “S” is what helped him.

Singular Subjects add “S” to Action Verbs

(think s, s, +s )

When a Singular Subject needs a Being Verb this is what he promised,

I am in love with you,

my love is very true,

I was telling the truth,and this is what he promised.

Singular Subjects go with Be form Verbs am, is, was

When there’s a Plural Subject who needs an Action Verb this is what they do oh, they play with a baseball, they walk to the mall, they make a phone call,and Action verb stayed the same oh.

Plural Subjects or I, you, we, or they just let the verb stay

There were Plural Subjects who growled to Being Verbs, and this is what they grumbled, Don’t, want, am, is, was,

just, want, are and were,

Plural Subjects go with Being Verbs are , were

Are, Were

Vocabulary

bladea leaf of grass

Noah had a blade of grass in his hair—leaf.

buddingPutting forth small swellings on a plant that will grow into leaves, branches, or flowersThe leaves were budding. They were

beginning to grow.

dewThe moisture from the air that collects in small drops on cool surfaces during the night.

The flowers had some dew on them--drops of water.

Small insects that give off flashes of light when they fly

fireflies

Another name for fireflies is lightning bugs.

to flap the wings

flutter

I saw a lightning bug flutter its wings--flap.

notepadA small book of blank or lined sheets of paper in which you write notes or things that you need to learn or remember.

I have a notepad in which I write.

patchA small piece of ground that is different from what surrounds it.I walked past a potato patch yesterday- a

piece of ground.

sweet sap, or liquid, produced by a flower

nectar

I saw a butterfly sip the nectar from inside the flower- sweet sap.

rough, making scratches on your skin.

scratchy

After touching poison ivy, I had a red, scratchy arm- rough places on my skin.

Can you use your vocabulary words along with this poster?

Spelling of /j/, /s/, /k/

* The soft sound of g/j, or dge. * The sound /s/ can be spelled s or c. *The sound /k/ can be spelled c, k, ck, or ch.