Mrs. Richards

Unit 2: Week 5

Genre Study 3

Spelling

scratch

catches

scraping

sting

spring

far

throne

flower

striped

until

strange

shreds

shrub

splashes

split

Vocabulary

  1. behave- act in a way that is good or correct

  2. express- tell or show how you feel about something

  3. feathers- the soft things that cover a bird's body

  4. flapping- moving up and down

  5. poem- a form of writing that expresses imagination or feelings

  6. rhyme- two words with the same ending sounds

  7. rhythm- the repeating accents, or beats, in a poem

  8. word choice- the use of rich, colorful, exact words

Genre: Rhyming Poem

  • has words that end with the same sounds

  • tells a poet's thoughts or feelings

Comprehension Skill: Key Details

  • Key details give important information about a poem

  • You can find important information in the words, pictures, or photos

Vocabulary Strategy: Suffixed

  • A suffix is a word part or syllable, such as -y or -ly, added to the end of a word

  • To figure out the meaning of a word that has a suffix, separate the suffix from the root word

Essential Question:

What do we love about animals?