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Unit 6: Growing Up

Week 4 Day 4

Extend the ThemeTheme

Question: How do living things grow and change?

Focus Question: What do

animals learn as they grow?

What have you seen, read, or heard about young animals learning?

Build Theme Vocabulary

Theme Vocabulary

energy

form problems

survive

protect

shuffle

singlePractice sorting the theme words into the correct parts of speech column.

Nouns Verbs Adjectives

Ask and Answer QuestionsWhat are strategies we can use for answering

questions?

Let’s look on page 7.

When I read that the sequoia may be the largest living thing on Earth, I asked myself, “How big is it?”

Then I read more than 20 people holding hands were needed to go around the trunk.

That helps me visualize how big around sequoias are.

Use Text StructurePages Question Text Evidence22-23 What do animals learn?

Complete the sentence: Bald eagles watch and copy to learn__________.

24-27 Name some animals in this selection that must learn to avoid dangerous things. What are those dangerous things?

10-15, 20-25

Think about what male and female penguins do. What are some things that a male or female chick would need to learn?

Phonics Read aloud the words below.

What is the vowel pattern you see and hear?

soup croutons

group wound

pursuit suitcase

cruise fruit

cougar bruise suit

Word Study

preheat impossible

preview imperfect

incorrect

prepay indirect pretest

impolite incomplete

preteen improper

Read the word, identify the prefix, and use it in a sentence.

Match the words below with an antonym from our spelling list.

louder hottest lower

shortest meaner harder

smallest saddest

Spelling

Persuasive Letter

When preparing for publishing, writers ask:

•Does my letter have a greeting, body, and closing?

•Do I state my opinion?

•Do I use details and facts to persuade?

•Do I use strong persuasive words?