Mrs. Wiseman’s Reading Newsletter
May 6th-May 10th
Essential Question:
What shapes a persons identity?
Writing Traits
ideas- supporting details
Story
Climbing Blue Hill
Genre
Poetry
Spelling
1.unchanged
2.unnamed
3.restate
4.reverse
5.infrequent
6.invisible
7.prepaid
8.displease
9.action
10.oversized
11.prejudge
12.interstate
13.intersect
14.establishment
15.deflate
16.semiweekly
17.happily
18.kindness
19.finally
20.fearful
Comprehension Strategy
figurative language
Comprehension Skill
Theme
Vocabulary
gobble- to eat something quickly in large chunks
individuality- a characteristic that makes one person or things different from another
mist- a mass or cloud of tiny drops of water in the air
roots- origins, where something begins
free verse- poems that have irregular lines and lack patterns
imagery- the use of words to create a picture in the reader's mind
metaphor- compares two unlike things without using like or as
personification- when human characteristics are given to anything that is not human
Upcoming Events
Field Day
May 11th
Awards Day
May 22nd @1:30pm
Field Trip
May 10th
Early Release
May 23rd