1. Unit 5: Those Amazing Animals Big Idea: Animals often have to adapt to changing habitats by moving elsewhere. Selection 3: Title: Call of the Wild Time For Kids

2. Comprehension Strategy:
Genre:
Nonfiction – a detailed explanation of real things using facts.
Comprehension Strategy:
Summarize
Comprehension Skill:
Relevant Facts and Details

3. Spelling Focus:
basket, bedtime, follow, rabbit, mammal, problem, napkin, number, chicken, letter, fellow, butter, invite, chapter, Sunday
Review Words: tried, studies, drying
Challenge Words: splendid, complete

4. Key Vocabulary: crucial – very important
adjust – a change to make things work better
survive – to stay alive
source – a place where something starts
unpredictable – not knowing when something will happen

5. Pronoun-Verb Agreement
Word Work:
Grammar Skills:
Pronoun-Verb Agreement
A present-tense verb must agree with its subject pronoun.
Add –s or –es to most present-tense action verbs when using singular pronouns he, she, and it.
Don’t add –s or –es to a present-tense action verb when using plural pronouns we, you, and they, or singular pronouns I and you.