UNIT 7: LOCAL

LEADERS

WEEK 3 DAY 1

SPELLING

1. feet 6. teeth

2. mice 7. people

3. women 8. children

4. geese 9. them

5. men 10. family

SPELLING

1. 6.

2. 7.

3. 8.

4. 9.

5. 10.

PHONICS

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zh/ spelled s, g, or z

treasure

measure usual vision fusion beige

seizure

I

saw a television story about hidden treasure.

A

mirage is a vision of something that is not there.

W

ould you measure this table?

High Frequency Words: whose

bre

ak father friendless mother mountain

once river song

D

ecodable Reader #26: Mee-Ling and the Dragon

F

luency: article, “Safety on Our Streets”

Word Work

INTRODUCE THE THEME

Theme Question: What role does the government play in my community?

Focus Question: How does a local

government help make a good

community?

PREPARE TO READV

ocabulary:

department- one

part of a government

The police

department is part of the city government.

checked- made

sure something is right

Dad checked the

doors to see if they were locked.

O

fficer Buckle and Gloria

WRITING: DESCRIPTIVE PARAGRAPH

A

good descriptive paragraph…• Gives a detailed picture of a person, animal, place, or thing.• Has a topic sentence, supporting sentences, and a closing sentence.• Includes sensory details and figurative language (similies).

WRITING

U

se your senses when you write.

s

ight hearing smell touch taste• beautiful, green, like a painting• rumble, whoosh, crunch• sweet, rotten, like flowers, like a spring morning• hot, sharp, crunchy, like fire• sour, salty, like fish, like wet snow melting on my

tongue

CENTERSP

ractice Book: p. 181, 183, 188

P

honics: p. 69

F

luency, read p. 180

C

omplete any projects

P

ractice spelling words on scrap paper