Unit 3 week 3 By Palmyra LoMonaco Illustrated by Normand Chartier Night Letters Unit 3 week 3 By Palmyra LoMonaco Illustrated by Normand Chartier

Our Story for the week.

Our Guided Reading Books

http://www. dnr. state. wi. us/org/caer/ce/eek/critter/insect/firefly http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/caer/ce/eek/critter/insect/firefly.htm http://www.backyardnature.net/lightbug.htm

Night-Flying Hawkmoths http://waynesword.palomar.edu/manduca2.htm#manduca1.gif Night-Flying Hawkmoths

http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/course/ent591k/nectar_guide.html Nectar a sweet liquid that is secreted by the nectaries of a plant and is the chief raw material of honey

Morse Code, Moris Code and Phonetic Alphabet Topics: References http://www.electrokits.com/References/Morse-Moris-Code Morse Code, Moris Code and Phonetic Alphabet Topics: References Morse code (sometimes misspelled as "Moris Code") is a technique for communicating and transmitting alphabetic and numbeic characters through a series of "dots" and "dashes" or "dits" and "dahs". Letter Phonetic Morse Code Morse Code Sound A Alpha . - dit dah B Bravo - . . . dah dit dit dit C Charlie - . - . dah dit dah dit D Delta - . . dah dit dit E Echo . dit

Realistic Fiction Genre Realistic Fiction has settings that can seem real, but the stories are made up.

Draw Conclusion * A conclusion is a decision you reach after thinking about facts and details you read * You can also use what you already know to help draw a conclusion. * Then ask yourself, “Does my conclusion make sense?”

Subject-Verb Agreement Action Verbs Linking Verbs Being Verbs Be form

Subject Agreement Song Sung to the tune of Bingo first stanza repeated By Frank and Kathy Love of the Game When a Singular Subject needs an Action Verb this is what he does oh, he plays with a baseball, he walks to the mall, he makes a phone call, and “S” is what helped him.

Singular Subjects add “S” to Action Verbs (think s, s, +s )

this is what he promised, I am in love with you, my love is very true, When a Singular Subject needs a Being Verb this is what he promised, I am in love with you, my love is very true, I was telling the truth, and this is what he promised.

Singular Subjects go with Be form Verbs am, is, was

When there’s a Plural Subject who needs an Action Verb this is what they do oh, they play with a baseball, they walk to the mall, they make a phone call, and Action verb stayed the same oh.

Plural Subjects or I, you, we, or they just let the verb stay

There were Plural Subjects who growled to Being Verbs, and this is what they grumbled, Don’t, want, am, is, was, just, want, are and were,

Plural Subjects go with Being Verbs are , were

Vocabulary

Noah had a blade of grass in his hair—leaf. a leaf of grass Noah had a blade of grass in his hair—leaf.

The leaves were budding. They were beginning to grow. Putting forth small swellings on a plant that will grow into leaves, branches, or flowers The leaves were budding. They were beginning to grow.

The flowers had some dew on them-- The moisture from the air that collects in small drops on cool surfaces during the night. The flowers had some dew on them-- drops of water.

Small insects that give off flashes of light when they fly fireflies Small insects that give off flashes of light when they fly Another name for fireflies is lightning bugs.

I saw a lightning bug flutter its wings--flap. to flap the wings I saw a lightning bug flutter its wings--flap.

I have a notepad in which I write. A small book of blank or lined sheets of paper in which you write notes or things that you need to learn or remember. I have a notepad in which I write.

I walked past a potato patch yesterday- a piece of ground. A small piece of ground that is different from what surrounds it. I walked past a potato patch yesterday- a piece of ground.

sweet sap, or liquid, produced by a flower nectar sweet sap, or liquid, produced by a flower I saw a butterfly sip the nectar from inside the flower- sweet sap.

rough, making scratches on your skin. scratchy rough, making scratches on your skin. After touching poison ivy, I had a red, scratchy arm- rough places on my skin.

Can you use your vocabulary words along with this poster?

Spelling of /j/, /s/, /k/ * The soft sound of g/j, or dge. * The sound /s/ can be spelled s or c. *The sound /k/ can be spelled c, k, ck, or ch.