Letter Teams
Write down two letter teams that make the long e sound.
Any of these will work:
ea, ee, ey, y, ie, e_e, e
What does discover mean?
You find it.
What does central idea mean?
What the story is mostly about.
What is the heart part in the word climbed?
b
Who are the two main characters in The Wild Robot?
Roz and Brightbill
Write down two words that use long a teams.
Any words that use: ai, a, ay, a_e, or ea.
For example: rain, steak, play, acorn
What does volunteered mean?
You offer to do it without getting paid.
What are key details?
A small, important piece of information from the story.
What is the heart part in the word second?
o
What is a setting?
Where the story takes place.
Write three words that use long o letter teams.
Any words with these teams: oa, o, oe, o_e
For example: coat, toe, home, trophy
What does rights mean?
Something the law says you can do or have.
What is a prediction?
An educated guess.
What are the heart parts in the word who?
w and o
Why is it important to reread a story?
You might find details that you missed the first time or learn more about what you are reading about.
Write 4 words: two words that use the long e team ee and two words that use the long o team o_e
Any two words that use the long e team ee
For example: meet, bee
Any two words that use the long o team o_e
For example: home, tone
What does succeed mean?
You did what you were trying to do.
When you are comparing and contrasting two stories or two things in one story what does compare mean and what does contrast mean?
Compare means to find things that are similar and contrast means to find things that are different.
What are the heart parts in the word special?
cia
What is the organizer called that we used to compare and contrast Roz and Brightbill on the front whiteboard?
Venn Diagram
Write 5 words: two words that use the long u team ew, two words that use the long a team ay, and one word that uses the long o team oe.
For example: chew (long u), play (long a), toe (long o)
What does interest mean?
You like it and you want to learn more about it.
What does character perspective mean? You have to be able to tell me and show me the hand motions to get the points.
How the character is thinking or feeling.
(Finger points to head, then hand goes over the heart)
What are the heart parts in the word America?
A, er, and the last a
Who was the person we learned about that wanted everyone to be treated fairly? We learned about this person during our "What do heroes do?" week.
Martin Luther King Jr.