1. Challenges and Obstacles
Unit 3 Week 5 Day 3

2. Question of the Week:
What obstacles do we face in our daily lives?

3. Drawing Conclusions:
When you draw a conclusion, you form a reasonable opinion about something you have read
Ex: Giraffes are related to horses and are the tallest animal. They have very long necks to reach the leaves they eat. Their bodies are covered with large brown spots. Giraffes have long black tongues to help them gather leaves from the branches. They are usually found in the Sahara deserts. On their heads are two (or rarely more) little stumps used to attack predators
What can you conclude about giraffes?
Giraffes are a unique looking mammal that is the tallest animal in the world. They live in hot climates and have a way to defend themselves.

4. Story Structure:

5. Tested Vocabulary:
pawn: in chess, one of sixteen pieces reception: the quality of sound of the lowest value reproduced in a radio or other device

6. Tested Vocabulary:
remote: far away; distant resume: to begin again; to get or take again

7. Tested Vocabulary:
rummage: to search in a rustling: moving or acting with disorderly way energy or speed

8. Tested Vocabulary:
simultaneous: existing, done, or happening at the same time

9. Prepositions:
A preposition shows a relationship between a noun or pronoun and another word in the sentence
Practice: Identify the preposition and prepositional phrase
The monster hid under the bed.
David had a book about chess under his arm.
Gil raced around the room with his cell phone in his hand.
The boy sat on his uncle’s shoulders.

10. Independent Work: Finish reading “Morning Traffic”
“Morning Traffic” Organizer
Spelling menu
Conventions/Conclusions Review
Read choice novel