Mrs. Stauffer

4/13/2026-4/17/2026

Genre: Drama/Myth

  • a made-up story

  • explains why things are the way they are

  • has an important lesson or message

Essential question: What do myths help us understand?

Comprehension Skill: Theme

  • The theme of a story is the main message the author wants to tell the reader.

  • To find the theme, think about what the characters say and do.

Vocabulary Strategies: Idioms

  • Idioms are words or phrases that have different meanings than the real meanings of the words.

  • Use sentence clue to find the meaning of an idiom.

  • Example: "fly toward the ball"

High Frequencyagainst

  • anymore

  • complete

  • enough

  • river

  • rough

  • window

  • sometimes

  • terrible

  • stranger

Spelling

way

explain

away

meadow

root

balloon

play

display

reach

enjoy

Vocabulary

appeared- something that comes into sight

crops- large number of plants that are grown for food

develop- growing and changing over time

edge- the line or border where something ends

golden- bright and yellow like gold

rustled- something that makes a soft crackling sound

shining- giving out light

stages- periods or pars of life or something else that are different from one another