• given facts and information to explain a topic

• may be about science topics

• text features: maps, photographs, captions

how do animals adapt to challenges in their habitat?

• Sentence clues are words or phrases in a sentence that help you figure out the meaning of an unfamiliar word

• Look for phrases between commas that are near the unknown word

• Sentence clues may define, or tell exactly, what a word means.

We will have a vocabulary test over the attached words on Thursday, Feb 5th. Please study at home. We practice them often in the classroom, but it helps greatly if they can read the words and definitions as well.

1. alert - to give warning

2. competition - a situation in which people or animals are trying to be more successful than others

3. environment - the natural features of a place

4. excellent - very good

5. prefer - to like better

6. protection - when something is kept safe

7. related - to belong to the same family

8. shelter - something that covers or protects

There will be a spelling test over the attached words on Friday, Jan. 30th. The words are listed on the back of the newsletter.

1. taught

2. hauls

3. caused

4. paused

5. squawk

6. drawling

7. crawl

8. flawless

9. lawn

10. salt

11. talked

12. halls

13. water

14. bought

15. thoughtless