Unit 7: Local Leaders Week 3 Day 4

Extend the Theme What was Officer Buck’s role in his community? Theme Question: What role does the government play in my community? Focus Question: How does a local government make a good community? What was Officer Buck’s role in his community? Do you think he did a good job of carrying out his role? Why or why not?

Extend Theme Vocabulary department checked Why is a department store called a department store? Would your writing assignment be more likely to be perfect if you checked it or didn’t check it? Why? Why do local governments have different departments? What is something you have checked today?

What are some other strategies you know? Read and Comprehend What are some other strategies you know? Let’s look on page 13. One way to do this is to see if I can summarize what I read. After reading this page, I will monitor my comprehension to be sure I understood what I read. The children paid attention to the talk. They listened to the tips and did not have any accidents. Officer Buckle was surprised.

Use Text Evidence Question Text Evidence 4-5 Are the students of Napville School doing their part as good members of the community? 8-18 How can you tell that officer Buckle cares a lot about his role? 31-32 What role does Gloria play?

Word Study -ly: having the quality of Suffixes are endings of words. -ly: having the quality of -ful: full of -tion: state or quality of Can you create words using these suffixes? What do the words mean?

Descriptive Writing When we prepare our writing for publishing we… Add or change sensory words, describing words, and descriptive details. Vary the way sentences begin and end. Delete details that are confusing or that are not important. Vary sentence patterns and lengths. Use conjunctions when necessary.