Mrs. Wiseman's Reading Newsletter

Unit 4: Week 3

Genre Study 2:

Week of February 9th-12th

Spelling Test:

Vocabulary test :

Spelling Packet Due:

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)

Comprehension Strategy

make, confirm, or revise predictions

Writing Traits

Ideas: ideas- developing a plot

Story - The Man Over Star

Genre- Historical Fiction

Story- "A Telephone Mix-Up"

Contact Information

Email: ashley.wiseman@sepanthers.org