1. Unit 3 Notes
Reading: Journeys

2. Lesson 11 Theme: Starting Anew
Essential Question: What are the benefits of studying weather?
Story: Hurricanes – Earth’s Mightiest Storms
Skill: Text & Graphic Features/Text Structure
Spelling – Compound Words
Vocabulary
Strategy: Suffixes –ful, -less, -ness, -ment

3. Lesson 11 Spelling – Compound Words
somebody classmate fireplace flashlight nearby haircut toothbrush twenty-two homesick driveway make-believe alarm clock anything baby-sit all right airport goodbye forever forehead mailbox
Challenge:
field trip
absent-minded
life jacket
skyscraper
nevertheless

4. Lesson 11 Target Vocabulary
whirling – spinning quickly in a circle
rapidly – quickly
condense – to form tiny droplets of water
source – the place where something comes from
rotating – turning or spinning
rage –to act in a violent way
experience – to see and feel the effects of something
ancient – very old
predict – to say something that is going to happen
registered – to have recorded information

5. Lesson 11 Suffixes Suffix Meaning Example ful “full of” fearful
less “without” careless
ness “state or condition of” kindness

6. Lesson 12 Theme: Miracles Story: The Earth Dragon Awakes
Essential Question: How do natural disasters affect people?
Story: The Earth Dragon Awakes
Skill: Sequence of Events/Conclusions
Spelling – -ed or -ing
Vocabulary
Strategy: Synonyms

7. Lesson 12 Spelling Challenge:
urged
striving
whipped
breathing
quizzed
rising dripped traced begged stripped dared slammed skipped dancing hitting striped spotted winning raced snapping dimmed bragging spinning handled escaped
For adding –ed or –ing to a word ending with a vowel + constanant …
DOUBLE THE CONSTONANT BEFORE ADDING ED OR ING

8. Lesson 12 Target Vocabulary
constructed – built
crushing – smashing/breaking
tenement – an apartment building often poorly maintained
possessions – things you own; belongings
trembles – shakes
wreckage – leftover bits of something that is ruined
debris – pieces of broken stones or bricks
rubble – broken stone or bricks
slab- a broad, flat piece
timbers – large pieces of wood

9. Lesson 13 Theme: Being One Story: Antarctic Journal
Essential Question: How are the different parts of an ecosystem connected?
Story: Antarctic Journal
Skill: Sequence of Events/Similie/Metaphore
Spelling – -ed or -ing
Vocabulary
Strategy: Greek/Latin word parts
spect, struct, tele, vis

10. Lesson 13 Spelling
wiped shipped covered phoning mapped offered pleasing smelling slipped hiking putting checking traveled fainted seeking landed visiting becoming mixed wandering
Challenge: amusing, entertained, admitted, stunning starving
If a base word has 1 syllable and ends with one consonant, double the consonant and add –ed or –ing.

11. Lesson 13 Target Vocab
vision – a mental image of what something could be like
standards – levels used to compare
huddle – crowd together
alert – aware of
weariness – tiredness
fractured – broken
graceful – elegant
stranded – left helpless
display – show
concluded – formed an opinion

12. Lesson 13 Greek & Latin Word Parts
Root Word Origin Meaning Example
spect Latin “look” inspect
struct Latin “build” structure
tele Greek “far away” telephone
vis Latin “see” vision

13. Lesson 14 Theme: Our Role in Catholic Community
Essential Question: How do living things each have an important role in the world?
Story: Hurricanes – The Life and Times of the Ant
Skill: Text Features/Author’s Purpose/Question
Spelling – Final Long e
Vocabulary
Strategy: Suffixes –able and -ible

14. Lesson 14 Spelling – Final Long e
turkey duty lonely drowsy colony chimney steady plenty hungry daily valley alley hockey fifty starry empty melody injury movie prairie
Challenge:
envy, fiery, mercy, discovery, mystery

15. Lesson 14 Target Vocab transport – carry from one place to another
social – relating to the way people live together
obstacles – things in the way
scarce – hard to find
exchanges – giving one thing and getting another
transfers – moves from one place to another
chamber – a room
reinforce – make stronger
storage – a place to keep supplies
excess - extra

16. Lesson 14 Vocab Strategy Suffix -ible -able Both come from Latin
Both mean “able to be” or “inclined to be”

17. Lesson 15 Theme: Involvement Story: Ecology for Kids
Essential Question: Why is it important to be informed about what is happening in our world?
Story: Ecology for Kids
Skill: Main Idea/Details
Spelling – Change Final y to i
Vocabulary
Strategy: Using Context

18. Lesson 15 Spelling
tiniest ladies hobbies friendlier copied studied countries busier pitied breezier easier prettiest laziest noisier families healthier spied butterflies happiest funniest
Challenge: heaviest, categories, communities, multiplied, qualities

19. Lesson 15 Target Vocab
habitats – the environment that animals and plants live in
species – a group of plants or animals that are alike
organisms – living things such as plants or animals
traces – marks left by people. animals, or things
vast – great in size
directly – in a clear and obvious way
affect – to have an influence on
variety – a number of slightly different things within the same grouping
radiation – energy in the form of rays or waves
banned – not allowed; forbidden