Unit 3 Notes Reading: Journeys

Lesson 11 Theme: Starting Anew Essential Question: What are the benefits of studying weather? Story: Hurricanes – Earth’s Mightiest Storms Skill: Text & Graphic Features/Text Structure Spelling – Compound Words Vocabulary Strategy: Suffixes –ful, -less, -ness, -ment

Lesson 11 Spelling – Compound Words somebody classmate fireplace flashlight nearby haircut toothbrush twenty-two homesick driveway make-believe alarm clock anything baby-sit all right airport goodbye forever forehead mailbox Challenge: field trip absent-minded life jacket skyscraper nevertheless

Lesson 11 Target Vocabulary whirling – spinning quickly in a circle rapidly – quickly condense – to form tiny droplets of water source – the place where something comes from rotating – turning or spinning rage –to act in a violent way experience – to see and feel the effects of something ancient – very old predict – to say something that is going to happen registered – to have recorded information

Lesson 11 Suffixes Suffix Meaning Example ful “full of” fearful less “without” careless ness “state or condition of” kindness

Lesson 12 Theme: Miracles Story: The Earth Dragon Awakes Essential Question: How do natural disasters affect people? Story: The Earth Dragon Awakes Skill: Sequence of Events/Conclusions Spelling – -ed or -ing Vocabulary Strategy: Synonyms

Lesson 12 Spelling Challenge: urged striving whipped breathing quizzed rising dripped traced begged stripped dared slammed skipped dancing hitting striped spotted winning raced snapping dimmed bragging spinning handled escaped For adding –ed or –ing to a word ending with a vowel + constanant … DOUBLE THE CONSTONANT BEFORE ADDING ED OR ING

Lesson 12 Target Vocabulary constructed – built crushing – smashing/breaking tenement – an apartment building often poorly maintained possessions – things you own; belongings trembles – shakes wreckage – leftover bits of something that is ruined debris – pieces of broken stones or bricks rubble – broken stone or bricks slab- a broad, flat piece timbers – large pieces of wood

Lesson 13 Theme: Being One Story: Antarctic Journal Essential Question: How are the different parts of an ecosystem connected? Story: Antarctic Journal Skill: Sequence of Events/Similie/Metaphore Spelling – -ed or -ing Vocabulary Strategy: Greek/Latin word parts spect, struct, tele, vis

Lesson 13 Spelling wiped shipped covered phoning mapped offered pleasing smelling slipped hiking putting checking traveled fainted seeking landed visiting becoming mixed wandering Challenge: amusing, entertained, admitted, stunning starving If a base word has 1 syllable and ends with one consonant, double the consonant and add –ed or –ing.

Lesson 13 Target Vocab vision – a mental image of what something could be like standards – levels used to compare huddle – crowd together alert – aware of weariness – tiredness fractured – broken graceful – elegant stranded – left helpless display – show concluded – formed an opinion

Lesson 13 Greek & Latin Word Parts Root Word Origin Meaning Example spect Latin “look” inspect struct Latin “build” structure tele Greek “far away” telephone vis Latin “see” vision

Lesson 14 Theme: Our Role in Catholic Community Essential Question: How do living things each have an important role in the world? Story: Hurricanes – The Life and Times of the Ant Skill: Text Features/Author’s Purpose/Question Spelling – Final Long e Vocabulary Strategy: Suffixes –able and -ible

Lesson 14 Spelling – Final Long e turkey duty lonely drowsy colony chimney steady plenty hungry daily valley alley hockey fifty starry empty melody injury movie prairie Challenge: envy, fiery, mercy, discovery, mystery

Lesson 14 Target Vocab transport – carry from one place to another social – relating to the way people live together obstacles – things in the way scarce – hard to find exchanges – giving one thing and getting another transfers – moves from one place to another chamber – a room reinforce – make stronger storage – a place to keep supplies excess - extra

Lesson 14 Vocab Strategy Suffix -ible -able Both come from Latin Both mean “able to be” or “inclined to be”

Lesson 15 Theme: Involvement Story: Ecology for Kids Essential Question: Why is it important to be informed about what is happening in our world? Story: Ecology for Kids Skill: Main Idea/Details Spelling – Change Final y to i Vocabulary Strategy: Using Context

Lesson 15 Spelling tiniest ladies hobbies friendlier copied studied countries busier pitied breezier easier prettiest laziest noisier families healthier spied butterflies happiest funniest Challenge: heaviest, categories, communities, multiplied, qualities

Lesson 15 Target Vocab habitats – the environment that animals and plants live in species – a group of plants or animals that are alike organisms – living things such as plants or animals traces – marks left by people. animals, or things vast – great in size directly – in a clear and obvious way affect – to have an influence on variety – a number of slightly different things within the same grouping radiation – energy in the form of rays or waves banned – not allowed; forbidden