Mrs. Wiseman's Reading Newsletter

Unit 5: Week 2

Genre Study 1:

Week of February 23rd-27th

Spelling Test: February 27th

Vocabulary test : February 27th

Spelling Packet Due: February 27th

Upcoming Events:

No upcoming events

Spelling Words:

famous

radar

razor

vacancy

beside

beyond

defend

delay

demand

prevent

secret

veto

bison

diver

cider

silence

clover

spoken

stolen

tulip

Vocabulary Words:

cling	to stick closely
dissolves	to pass into a solution with a liquid
gritty	contains very small bits of sand or stone
humid	moist or full of water vapor
magnify	to make something look bigger than it really is
microscope	a device for looking at things that are too small to be seen with the naked eye
mingle	to mix or come together
typical	to show qualities or characteristics of a certain type

Essential Question:

What can you discover when you look closely at something?

Comprehension Skill:

Sequence

Sequence is one kind of text structure that authors use to organize the information in a text.
Sequence is presenting information in time order.
Words that signal time: first, next, last, finally

Vocabulary Strategy: Antonyms

Use context clues to figure out the meanings of unknown words.
An antonym is another word or phrase that means the opposite of the unfamiliar word.
Examples: huge/small. Weak/powerful

Expository Text

Gives facts and information about a topic
May include these text features: headings, photographs and captions, diagrams, maps, time lines

Contact Information

Email: ashley.wiseman@sepanthers.org