Target Vocabulary
Rosa stayed at our house last night.
a. left
b. moved to
c. slept over, visited
What is a slept over, visited?
The author of "DOGS" tells the reader that dogs are cousins of wolves and coyotes, why?
a. to scare the reader
b. to show how different they are
c. to show that they are similar animals
What is "to show that they are similar animals"?
Which word as the SAME sound for c as the word center?
a. cage
b. color
c. rice
What is "rice"?
A statement or a telling sentence ends with a ____. (declartive sentence)
a. period (.)
b. question mark (?)
c. exclamation mark (!)
What is a period (.)?
He has a hairy hunting dog named Scruffy.
a. old
b. teeth
c. covered in hair/fur
What is covered in hair/fur?
At the beginning of "DOGS", why does the author make you guess her pet?
a. to make the reading interesting and fun
b. to make the reader take a hard test
c. because the author does not know the answer
What is "to make it fun and interesting"?
Which word has the SAME sound for c as the word careful?
a. bounce
b. candle
c. place
What is "candle"?
What change should be made in the asking sentence below?
which is the longest river in our country?
What is a "capital W"?
A group of baby animals that are born to the same mother animal is called a _____.
a. litter
b. clipped
c. mammals
What is LITTER?
Why does the author compare her dog to a bicycle?
a. to show much her dog cost
b. to show tall her dog is
c. to show how much her dog can weigh
What is "to show how much her dog can weigh"?
Which word as the same sound for c as the word notice?
a. chance
b. record
c. second
What is "chance"?
What type of sentence is this below?
Put the flower in the red pot.
a. declarative sentence; telling (.)
b. exclamatory sentence; yelling (!)
c. imperative sentence; command (.)
What is a "command, imperative"?
Mark bought some canned beans. What does canned mean?
a. candied
b. in a metal can
c. chopped up in small pieces
What is in a metal can?
How are the author and her dog ALIKE?
a. they both ride bicycles
b. they both sleep on the author's bed
c. they both are small and have feathers
What is "they both sleep on the bed"?
Sound and blend the word c-a-v-e.
What long vowel do you hear?
What is long vowel a?
What is wrong with the sentence below?
The moon is so big tonight?
a. The should be the
b. question mark (?) should be an exlamation mark (!)
What is " ? should be an !"
Sara clipped the dog's hair, a dog is a ______. What does clipped mean and what is the missing vocabulary word?
a. hit; reptile
b. attached; mammal
c. cut; fish
What is ATTACHED and MAMMAL?
Why did the author write this article (AUTHOR'S PURPOSE)?
a. to inform (tell facts about her dog)
b. to persuade (tell why dogs are better than cats)
c. to entertain (to tell a make-believe story about a dog)
What is "to INFORM (tell facts)?
Sound and blend the word s-p-i-k-e.
What long vowel do you hear?
What is "long vowel i"?
Read this exclamatory sentence with strong feeling.
Wow, I am so sensational!
What is reading with strong feeling because you see an exclamation point?