Theme 4 Selection 1 Selection 3 Selection 2 Selection 4 Problem Solvers
What do you think the Theme title means? Who are problem solvers? What are some problems you solve everyday?
Genre: Realistic Fiction Realistic characters and events come to life in a fictional plot Problem Solvers
Purposes for Reading Strategy focus: predict/infer Comprehension skill: predict outcomes Vocabulary development Critical thinking, discussion
Strategy Focus: Strategy Focus: Predict /Infer Infer: How would I feel in this situation? What would I do? Predict: How will the character act? Infer by thinking about how you would act, or what you would do in this situation. Then predict what will happen in the story.
Key Vocabulary attentively disappointed nervously drizzle troublesome revolved pageant rededication misunderstanding
attentively with attention or alertness
disappointed feeling like things didn’t go the way you hoped
nervously with concern, worry, or fear
drizzle light rain
troublesome Causing problems
revolved to be centered around a particular thing
pageant a play based on events in history
rededication making holy again
misunderstanding a failure to understand
Spelling Focus Spelling Focus /k/, /ng/, and /kw/ sounds shark attack risk public sink question electric jacket blank ache crooked drink topic track blanket struck mistake junk squirrel stomach aquatic comic tropical speckled peculiar
Genre: Realistic Fiction Realistic characters and events come to life in a fictional plot Problem Solvers
Purposes for Reading Strategy focus: evaluate Comprehension skill: problem solving Vocabulary development Critical thinking, discussion
Strategy Focus: Strategy Focus: Evaluate Evaluate: What story elements help me visualize the world the boy is in? In this story, a boy faces challenges in an unfamiliar place. Evaluate how well the author helps you see this new world through the boy’s eyes.
Key Vocabulary bunkhouse Cords (of wood)Cords (of wood) immense landscape lumberjacks snowshoes timber woodsman
bunkhouse a building in a camp where a group of people sleep
cords (of wood) measures for stacks of cut wood
immense Huge, very large
landscape a stretch of land
lumberjacks people who chop down trees and haul the wood to a sawmill
showshoes frames attached to shoes and used for walking across snow
timber trees that can be used as building wood
woodsman a person who works or lives in a forest
Spelling Focus Spelling Focus Final /e/ beauty ugly lazy marry ready sorry empty honey valley movie duty hungry lonely alley body twenty turkey hockey fifty monkey fiery envy mercy chimney imaginary
Spelling Focus Spelling Focus Final /e/ heavy many lady tiny quickly family melody plenty dizzy cheery eighty machinery sweaty finally closely Mississippi comedy mystery cruelty soapy fiery envy mercy chimney imaginary