Mrs. Wiseman's Reading Newsletter

Unit 5: Week 1

Genre Study 1:

Week of February 17th-20th

Spelling Test: February 20th

Vocabulary test : No Vocabulary test

Spelling Packet Due: February 20th

Upcoming Events:

No School Feb. 16th

Spelling Words:

blanket

blossom

dipper

distant

foggy

fossil

member

nodded

planner

plastic

rumbles

slender

summer

swallow

tablet

thriller

traffic

welcome

willow

witness

Vocabulary Words:

cling	to stick closely
dissolves	to pass into a solution with a liquid
gritty	contains very small bits of sand or stone
humid	moist or full of water vapor
magnify	to make something look bigger than it really is
microscope	a device for looking at things that are too small to be seen with the naked eye
mingle	to mix or come together
typical	to show qualities or characteristics of a certain type

Essential Question:

What can you discover when you look closely at something?

Comprehension Skill:

Sequence

Sequence is one kind of text structure that authors use to organize the information in a text.
Sequence is presenting information in time order.
Words that signal time: first, next, last, finally

Vocabulary Strategy: Antonyms

Use context clues to figure out the meanings of unknown words.
An antonym is another word or phrase that means the opposite of the unfamiliar word.
Examples: huge/small. Weak/powerful

Expository Text

Gives facts and information about a topic
May include these text features: headings, photographs and captions, diagrams, maps, time lines

Contact Information

Email: ashley.wiseman@sepanthers.org