Mrs. Wiseman's Reading Newsletter

Week of September 2nd-5th

UNIT 1: WEEK 2

Genre Study 1:

Spelling Test: September 5th

Spelling Packet due: September 5th

Vocabulary Test: September 5th

Upcoming events: No School September 1st

Spelling Words

major

save

clay

cane

today

pale

tray

face

paid

crate

rail

late

drain

mane

faint

break

aim

weigh

rain

they

Vocabulary Words

alter- to make different or change

hazard- something that can cause harm or injury

collapse- to fall down or cave in

severe- very harsh or serious

crisis- a difficult or dangerous

substantial- of a great amount or size

destruction- great damage or ruin

unpredictable- not able to tell beforehand

Essential Question:

How do people respond to natural disasters?

Expository Text

  • explains facts about a topic

  • possible text features: headings, photographs and captions, diagrams

Comprehension Skill:

Compare and Contrast

  • Comparison and contrast is one kind of text structure (way authors organize a text).

  • When you compare, you tell how things are alike.

  • Comparison signal words: same, both, like

  • When you contrast, you tell how things are different.

Vocabulary Strategy:

Multiple-Meaning Words

  • Multiple-meaning words have more than one meaning.

  • To figure out the meaning of a multiple-meaning word, check the words and phrases near it for clues.