Mrs. Richards

Unit 5 Week 5

Spelling

  1. dead

  2. ahead

  3. lead

  4. thread

  5. bread

  6. breath

  7. touch

  8. trouble

  9. gym

  10. myth

Vocabulary

  1. exclaimed-speaking or shouting suddenly after being excited or upset

  2. finally-something that happens after a long time

  3. form-making or shaping something

  4. history-story of what happened in the past

  5. public- something that is for all people to use or visit

  6. rules-directions that tell how to do something or what is allowed

  7. united-things that are brought or joined together

  8. writers-people who write stories, books, and articles

Genre: Persuasive Text

  • gives facts and information about a topic

  • can have photos, captions, and charts

Comprehension Skill: Authors purpose

  • An author's purpose is the main reason an author writes a text.

  • Authors write nonfiction to answer, explain, or describe information about a topic.

  • Authors may also write to persuade or to entertain readers.

Vocabulary strategy: Multiple-Meaning Words

  • Multiple-meaning words have more than one meaning.

  • Use the other words in a sentence to figure out which meaning is correct.

Essential Question:

Why are rules important?