Mrs. Stauffer

2/17/2026-2/20/2026

Genre: Biography

  • the true story of a real person's life

  • written by another person

Essential question:What do heroes do?

Comprehension Skill: Sequence

  • The sequence tells the order of ideas in a selection.

  • We can use the words first, next, then, and last to tell the order of what happens.

Vocabulary Strategies: Synonyms

  • Synonyms are words that have almost the same meaning.

  • Example: mad and angry

High Frequency

  • brought

  • busy

  • else

  • happy

  • I'll

  • laugh

  • love

  • maybe

  • please

  • several

Spelling

soil

joy

broil

coin

moist

noise

point

toil

oil

toy

Vocabulary

agree-saying something is true or that someone will do something

challenging-something that is difficult and takes effort to do

discover-to find something or find out about it

heroes-people who have done brave things

interest-to like something and want to learn more about it

perform-acting in things like a play or movie

study-reading, practicing, or thinking about something so you can learn about it

succeed-doing what was tried and doing it well