Spelling List:

1. flock
   2. plan
   3. slam
   4. munch
   5. gulp
   6. pact
   7. gulf
   8. mend
   9. kept
   10. blush

Comprehension Skill:

Theme

Vocabulary Strategy:

Similes

Essential Question:

What excites us about nature?

Genre:

Free Verse

Vocabulary List:

1. drops - small amounts of liquid that fall in a round shape

2. excite - making a person feel happy or eager

3. outdoors - outside and not inside a building

4. pale - something that is very light in color

5. alliteration - the same beginning sound in words

6. free verse - poem in which the words do not need to rhyme

7. repetition - the use of repeated words or phrases in a poem

8. simile - using the words "like" or "as" to compare two unlike things