1. Unit 3:. Discoveries Weekly Theme:
Unit 3: Discoveries Weekly Theme: Food Around the World Selection 1: Title: Stone Soup Author: Jon J. Muth

2. Comprehension Strategy: Visualize Comprehension Skill:
Genre:
Folk Tale– a story based on the customs and traditions of a people or region, handed down from one generation to the next
Comprehension Strategy:
Visualize
Comprehension Skill:
Plot Development: Make Inferences

3. Phonics:
decode words with /ӓr/ and /ôr/
Spelling Focus:
words with /ӓr/ and /ôr/
bark, shorts, sharp, sore, hard, storms, yard,
sport, sharks, porch, pour, story, chore, wore,
carve
Review Words: knots, sign, wrong
Challenge Words: orchard, artist

4. Key Vocabulary:
guests – people who come to visit or eat a meal
banquet – a large meal presented for an important event or holiday
agreeable – nice or pleasant
curiosity – an interesting or strange thing
gaze – a steady look or stare
untrusting – having doubt about something

5. ** Words that have the same or almost the same meaning
Vocabulary Skills:
Synonyms
** Words that have the same or almost the same meaning
To figure out the meaning that fits in a sentence, look up the word in a thesaurus and choose the meaning that makes sense in context.

6. Word Work: Grammar Skills: Action Verbs
An action verb is a word that shows action.
An action verb shows what the subject of the sentence does.
Examples:
Shannon stirs the soup.
Blake chopped the carrots.