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Today you will get back your Theme Tests. Only 2 people so far have earned Wii time.

What do you think happened?

Write your weekly goals in your morning work spiral.

Are you prepared for the day?

Work on Math Flex.

Theme 6: The Land Shapes People’s Lives

Turn to page 158-159How does geography influence the way people live?If you stood in a heavily forested area, what might you see and hear?

What do people do at these locations?Ocean Mountain Farmland

Word study: Homonym A homonym is a word that sounds like

another work but has a different meaning and spelling.

Example: hare/hair; to/too/two

Find the homonyms Don’t be late. The bee landed on the

flower. Can you see the shore? The boat sailed

on the sea.

Spelling list cent sent scent pour pore their they’re their

degrees rectangle no excuse apple but flower other challenge

words cereal serial patience patients

Arctic Lights, Arctic Nights page 160-161 What words would you use to describe

the sky in each picture? What do you know about how the light

changes month to month in Alaska? Let’s read to find out why the Arctic is

special place. Listen for how the author organizes information to help you understand her observations in Alaska.

vocabulary farmland: Land that is used to grow

vegetables, fruits, grains and other crops is called farmland. Farmland is also used to raise animals, such as dairy cows.

- I drive past farmland everyday. – MC- My grandpa has a couple huge farmlands.

– AM- There are a lot of farmland in Texas. - AM

vocabulary fertile: Soil that is fertile can produce

(give or make) good crops.

- My grandpa’s farm soil is very fertile. CP- My auntie uses fertile soil for her plants.

MK- My garden’s soil is not very fertile, it

does not have a lot of nutrients. BZ`

vocabulary vast: When something is very large in

size or amount, we say it is vast. There is a vast amount of information on the Internet.

The pool had a vast amount of water. BZThe Pacific Ocean had a vast amount of

water. – AMMy dad has a vast amount of money. MC

homophones Can you think of other words that sound

like sent but are spelled differently? What are the meanings of these words? How could you use them in sentences?

Comprehension strategy: Synthesize To synthesize means to combine the

important ideas in a text. Turn and talk

What are the important ideas in the passage?

What would you tell a friend about what you have read?

Which fix-up strategy did you use? Used illustrations Used phonics Read on Broke it into parts

vocabulary Horizon: The horizon is where the land

and the sky appear to meet.

Did you see the horizon? It was very orange this morning. –JM

In art the teacher taught us what a horizon was. – AM

If you look outside in the evening you can see a dark view of the horizon. - AL

Vocabulary reflection: The image that bounces back to

you from a mirror is a reflection.

I see my reflection in the car window. JMMy reflection showed up in the mirror. LEI see my reflection in my grandma’s eyes.

MKIt was scary when the girl did NOT see her

reflection in the mirror. Curtis

Homonyms Chesapeake Bay p. 168 Find the word mussels on p. 168. What

is the meaning of the word? Con you find a homonym for the word

mussels as you read on? Look for more homonym pairs in the

text.

My A-mazing Summer Vacation p. 166 Where have you traveled to visit

relatives or on a vacation? Did people do anything differently in the

places you visited?

Features of realistic fiction Believable characters who behave in

realistic ways Setting True to life plot

Plot Plot begins with the problem or conflict

and ends with a solution of the conflict. What’s the problem in My A-mazing

Summer Vacation?

Synthesize How is your ability to synthesize

changing as you practice this strategy? How do you decide which details can be

synthesized into a new idea?

Explore words together p. 169 List a homonym for each word and

define it. Be prepared to share your list.

The Gigantic Redwoods p. 170 What things would you need to take on

a weekend camping trip in the woods? What is the largest tree you’ve ever

seen? Let’s read to find out what it was like to

go camping in a redwood forest in 1888.

Synthesize Why do you think it is helpful to

synthesize as you read? Is synthesizing changing your reading

habits? How?

vocabulary Create a question for our vocabulary

words farmland, fertile, vast, horizon and reflection.

Example Answer: horizon Question: Where do the land and sky

seem to meet?