1. Click to listen to this narrative non-fiction story!
Cowboys
Click to listen to this narrative non-fiction story!

2. This week, we are reviewing cause and effect.
For each effect (event that happened), Try to figure out the cause… What made it happen?
Everyone could tell which ranch a cow belonged to (EFFECT)
BECAUSE each rancher put a special brand on his cows.
The long trip of the cowboys often took months (EFFECT)
BECAUSE the cattle could only walk fifteen miles a day.
Cowboys wore hats with wide brims to keep the sun out of their eyes (EFFECT)
BECAUSE it was hot on the cowboy trail.
Try to think of some causes and effects of your own for tickets and clips up!!

3. We are also reviewing facts and opinions this week
We are also reviewing facts and opinions this week. Remember that facts are statements that can be proven with information, and opinions are the beliefs or feelings that a person or group has.
Try to decide if the following statements are facts or opinions…
Twice a year, cowboys drove all of the cattle together.
The cattle with long, sharp horns were called longhorns.
Being a cowboy is not a fun job!
The cattle could only walk 15 miles a day. The best part of the cowboy clothing was the bandanna.
It was scary being a cowboy.

4. We are also reviewing facts and opinions this week
We are also reviewing facts and opinions this week. Remember that facts are statements that can be proven with information, and opinions are the beliefs or feelings that a person or group has.
Try to decide if the following statements are facts or opinions…
Twice a year, cowboys drove all of the cattle together. (FACT)
The cattle with long, sharp horns were called longhorns. (FACT)
Being a cowboy is not a fun job! (OPINION)
The cattle could only walk 15 miles a day. (FACT)
The best part of the cowboy clothing was the bandanna. (OPINION)
It was scary being a cowboy. (OPINION)

5. Our phonics pattern of the week is the ness and less suffixes
Our phonics pattern of the week is the ness and less suffixes. Ness usually turns the adjective into a noun, and less changes the meaning of the adjective to without whatever the adjective means.
ness words
less words
kindness
goodness
darkness
sadness
sickness
fitness
weakness
awareness
greatness
careless
useless
fearless
helpless
thankless
heartless
cloudless

6. Practice reading you vocabulary word of the week to build fluency!
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Look up any of your amazing words in the dictionary and write the definition. Illustrate your definition on an index card for a ticket and a clip up!!
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