By Lucy Floyd

•Lucy Floyd grew up in South Carolina. Her father was a school principal, and her mother was a first grade teacher. As a child, she went to her grandparent's small farm. She liked to listen to her grandmother tell stories.

•Lucy Floyd has always liked to write. She writes in a journal every day. •Lucy Floyd lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with her husband. She likes to cook, read, and travel.

Author: Lucy Floyd

Genre -In nonfiction, the pictures and the words work together to give information.

Nonfiction

“At Home Around the World”

• Look for:

• Information from the words.

• Information from the pictures.

Pop Quiz

• What does the author do?• He or she writes the stories.

• What does the illustrator do?• He or she draws the pictures.

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1. Put your reading book on your desk.

2.Open your book to the glossary. (The glossary is on page 256 in the back of our reading book.)

3.When you see the word “Glossary,” get ready to find the word.

Above

above

The ducks flew above the house.2

above - in a higher place; farther up

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hold

• hold - to grasp

hold

•The cook will hold the fish for us to see.

1

Warm warm

Her new coat is nice and warm.

3

warm - not too hot

Different

different

Can you find the one that is different?

4

different - not the same

Old

old

This is an old train.

5

• old - opposite of new

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Water

water

There is a monster in the water.

5

water - something to swim in;

liquid

• years - periods of time, 365 days or 12 months long

Years

years

Angela is now seven years old.

• Say the words.

• Read the sentence.

• Fill in the blank.

They will ______ hands as they

fall.

• warm• hold• above• old• water• years• different

The bridge is high ______ the lake.

• different

• hold

• warm

• above

• water

• years

• old

Hammerhead sharks swim in deep __________.

• water

• warm

• years

• hold

• old

• different

• above

These are ______ skates.

• hold

• water

• warm

• years

• above

• old

• different

• hold

• above

• different

• warm

• old

• years

• water

Five ball are the same, and one ball is _________.

Sitting around the ______ campfire is fun.

• old

• hold

• above• different

• water

• years

• warm

•On a Chinese animal calendar, it is the ________ of the tiger.

• old

• hold

• above

• different

• water

• year

• warm

Review the Vocabulary Words

1. above - in a higher place; farther up

2. hold - to grasp

3. warm - not too hot

4. different - not the same

5. old - opposite of new

6. water - something to swim in; liquid

7. years - periods of time, 365 days or 12 months

long

Match the words to its meaning.

A.in a higher place;

farther up

B.to grasp

C.not too hot

D.not the same

E.opposite of new

F.something to swim

in; liquid

G.periods of time, 365

days or 12 months

long

1. old ____

2. water ____

3. hold ____

4. years ____

5. different ____

6. warm ____

7. above ____A

B

C

D

E

F

G

Say the Sight Words

• your • different• about • better • shelter • years

• above • hold• warm • why • old • water

New words in the story: “At Home Around the World”

• people• shelter• safety• skinny• standing• Stilts• desert

• breeze• frosty• apartment• branches• hunting• animal•floating

• tepee• family• bricks• north• cloth• junk• rained

Anne Miller

Web LinksYou should be able to click on these sites and go to them by pointing and clicking.

Language Skills

•At Home Around the World - Classif

y/Categorize

•Test Tutor

•Using I and Me

• Using He, She, It, and They

Contractions

-'s - Contraction Practice

-n't - Contraction Practice

-'ll - Contraction Practice

Long Vowel Skills

•Words With "Y" (1)

•Words With "Y" (2)

•Make A Word Then Ad

d Silent E

/

•Long A/ Search

•Long Vowels 1

•Long Vowels 2

Map Skills on the Web1. World Map Match 2. Get Lost CompassGame  3. Geospy (fast paced map game)  4. Grandpa's Globe 5. Maps of the World Interactive

Games   6. Online Interactive Maps