Mrs. Wiseman's Reading Newsletter

Unit 4: Week 3

Genre Study 2:

Week of January 26th-30th

Spelling Test: January 30th

Vocabulary test : No Vocabulary test

Spelling Packet Due: January 30th

Upcoming Events:

No Upcoming Events

Spelling Words:

mood

stoop

zoom

crew

stew

ruler

produce

issue

tutor

truth

bruised

juicy

suits

group

you'll

huge

crook

wool

used

should

Vocabulary Words:

decade	-a period of ten years
directing	-the act of giving instructions, ordering, or commanding
engineering	-work that uses scientific knowledge for practical things such as building bridges and dams
gleaming	-shining or glowing
scouted	-to have looked at or explored in order to find out and bring back more information
squirmed	-turned and twisted the body
technology	-the use of science or practical purposes, especially in engineering and industry
tinkering	-puttering or keeping busy in an aimless way

Essential Question:

How do inventions and technology affect your life?

Comprehension Skill:

Point of View

A narrator is a person who tells a story.
Point of view is the way a story's narrator feels or thinks about the characters or events.
First-person narrator: a character in the story (clues: I, we, me)
Third-person narrator: not a part of the story, but can tell how all characters feel and think (clues: he, she, they)

Historical Fiction

Has realistic characters, events, and settings
Is set in the past and based on real events
Contains dialogue (conversations between characters)

Vocabulary Strategy: Synonyms

Synonyms are words that have the same or similar meanings.
Sometimes the author will use a synonym for an unfamiliar word in a surrounding sentence or paragraph.
Example: picture/envision

Contact Information

Email: ashley.wiseman@sepanthers.org