Mrs. Stauffer
2/17/2026-2/20/2026
Genre: Realistic Fiction
has characters that talk and act like real people
has a setting that could be a real place
can be old in first person (uses I, my, and me)
Essential question: What do good citizens do?
Comprehension Skill: Point of View
The character's point of view is how the character sees things and what the character thinks about the events in a story.
The words I, my, me, and mine show that the character is telling the story from his or her own point of view.
Vocabulary Strategies: Suffixes
A suffix is a word part, such as -ful or -less, that is added to the end of root word.
To find the meaning of a word that has a suffix, separate the suffix and the root word.
High Frequency
air
along
always
draw
during
ever
meant
nothing
strong
story
Spelling
room | full |
flu | push |
June | point |
new | coin |
glue | along |
fruit | ever |
crook | strong |
could |
Vocabulary
champion- a person who has won a contest
determined- decided on something
issues- important problems or topics that people are talking or arguing about
promises- things you tell people you will definitely do
responsibility- a duty or job to do something
rights- things the law says you can do or have
volunteered- offered to do something
votes- choices made by people to elect someone or opinions given to decide something