Because of Winn-Dixie Third Grade
Fluency Intonation/Pausing Good readers group words into phrases. Pause at commas and stop at end marks. Well, one hot Friday, I was sitting in the library with all the doors and windows open and my nose stuck in a book, when a shadow crossed my desk.
Overgrown-thick; overrun; untidy Vocabulary Overgrown-thick; overrun; untidy
Green thumb -able to grow plants with ease
Whimpering-crying; whining; moaning
Charming-enchanting; mesmerizing; showing charisma
Pathological-abnormal; not normal
Routine- a habit; a usual practice
Cooped up- a feeling of being stuck inside
Dramatic- theatrical; an exaggerated reaction
Comprehension Drawing Conclusions You can use information from a story, as well as personal experience, to draw conclusions. By paying attention to details, you can draw conclusions about what a character may say or do next or how the plot might change as the story unfolds.
Comprehension-Summarize To summarize a story, you must identify the most important ideas or events. Event
Verbs There are two kinds of verbs. Action verbs and being verbs. Click on the picture to learn more.
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