What About Me? By Ed Young THIS WEEK STUDENTS WILL LEARN Comprehension Skill Sequence Comprehension Strategy Summarize Vocabulary Strategy Word Structure Spelling Plurals –s, -es Study Skill Alphabetical Order Kathy Kassidy, Westside

Guided Reading Books

Sequence Sequence is the order in which things happen in a story—what happens first, next, and last. Sometimes a writer uses clue words like first, next, and in the morning. Sometimes a writer does not. Then you can tell the order by picturing in your mind what is happening. FirstNextThenLast

How would we get what we needed without money?

Our Story takes place on the continent of Asia in the country of India India

Can you find India on this map? IndiaIndia

In our story thread, goats and rugs are very important in the telling of this story. Let's go to India to learn more.

Goat Eating

Eating Goats

Goat pens

Goat hair blankets, tents, rugs, pillows, make-up brushes, brushes for horses, purses, and fake dogs.

Concept Vocabulary barter to trade by exchanging one kind of goods for other goods without using money exchange to give something to someone in return for something else; trade precious having great value

If it is not it may be a fantasy.

carpenter carpetmaker knowledge marketplace merchant plenty straying thread carpintero alfombrista conocimiento mercado comerciante mucho descarriando hilo

carpenter someone whose work is building and repairing things made of wood carpintero

carpetmaker a person who makes carpet and rugs for floors alfombrista

knowledge what you know conocimiento

marketplace a place where people meet to buy and sell things mercado

merchant someone who buys and sells goods for a living comerciante

plenty a full supply mucho

straying wandering descarriando

thread a thin string made of strands of cotton, silk, wool, or nylon, spun and twisted together hilo

stunned thoroughly shocked or confused

wandered someone who travels aimlessly from place to place

Plurals 1.-s or -es to most words 2. Add -s to most words: plants. 3. Add -es to words that end in ch, sh, or ss: inches. 4. Change y to i and add es to most words that end with y: pennies. 5. Creating plurals sometimes causes the spelling of a word to change. A plural can end in either the /s/ or /z/ sound.

Use your vocabulary words with the poster.