LEAD21 Unit 6: Growing Up Week 4 Day 4

Extend the Theme Theme Question: How do living things grow and change? Focus Question: What do animals learn as they grow? What have you seen, read, or heard about young animals learning?

Build Theme Vocabulary Theme Vocabulary energyformproblemssurvive protectshufflesingle Practice sorting the theme words into the correct parts of speech column. NounsVerbsAdjectives

Ask and Answer Questions What are strategies we can use for answering questions? Let’s look on page 7. When I read that the sequoia may be the largest living thing on Earth, I asked myself, “How big is it?” Then I read more than 20 people holding hands were needed to go around the trunk. That helps me visualize how big around sequoias are.

Use Text Structure PagesQuestionText Evidence 22-23What do animals learn? Complete the sentence: Bald eagles watch and copy to learn__________ Name some animals in this selection that must learn to avoid dangerous things. What are those dangerous things? 10-15, Think about what male and female penguins do. What are some things that a male or female chick would need to learn?

Phonics Read aloud the words below. What is the vowel pattern you see and hear? soupcroutonsgroupwound pursuitsuitcasecruisefruit cougarbruisesuit

Word Study preheatimpossiblepreviewimperfect incorrectprepayindirectpretest impoliteincompletepreteenimproper Read the word, identify the prefix, and use it in a sentence.

Match the words below with an antonym from our spelling list. louderhottestlower shortestmeanerharder smallest saddest Spelling

Persuasive Letter When preparing for publishing, writers ask: Does my letter have a greeting, body, and closing? Do I state my opinion? Do I use details and facts to persuade? Do I use strong persuasive words?