Mrs. McEntire

Unit III Stories / Resources

What Do The Authors Do?

Vocabulary

authors - people who write books, poems, stories, or articles
difficult - hard to do or understand
information - knowledge given or received of some fact or event
libraries - collections of books, magazines, films, or recordings

museums - buildings or rooms in which collections of objects are kept and displayed
suggestions - ideas brought to mind
manuscript - a handwritten or typewritten book or article
persistent - refusing to stop or give up
publishers - people or companies whose business is toproduce and sell printed material
rejection - a refusal to take; turned down

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Writing Idea

Meet the Author

Authors

The Official Peanuts Website

Mikey’s Big Book of Drawing Tips

Multiple-meaning Words

Silent letters Practice

Skills

Compare and Contrast / Classroom Introduction

Compare and Contrast Quiz

Grammar

Nouns and Verbs Practice I (locating them in sentences)

Action Verbs – Classroom Presentation

Verbs Practice

More Verb Practice

Top and Bottoms

Vocabulary

business - work done to earn a living
cheated - did business or played in a way that was not honest

clever - bright; intelligent; having a quick mind
harvesting - reaping and gathering food crops
lazy - not willing to work or be active
partners - members of a company or firm who share risks and profits of the business
wealth - a large quantity; abundance
debt - something owed to another
profit - to make a gain from business
risky – dangerous

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Bear Facts

What Grows

Janet Stevens Illustrations

Kid's Valley Webgarden

Adventures of Herman the Worm

Wacky Tale

Skills

Summarizing Activity 1

Summarizing Practice

r-controlled vowels

r-controlled vowels practice 2

Vowel – Same Vowel sound review

Vowels – “ou” and “ow” sounds

Grammar

Monster Truck - Verbs Agreement

Fantastic Flights - verbs

Grammar Gold – Present Tense Verbs

Action Verb Practice

Mom’s Best Friend

Vocabulary

bounded - leaped or sprang lightly along; jumped
correcting - setting right by punishing; finding fault with; improving

direction - any way in which one may face or point
easily - in an easy manner; without trying hard
guide - to show the way; lead; direct
harness - the leather strips, bands, and other pieces used to hitch a
horse or other animal
introduce - to make known; bring into acquaintance with
patient - having patience; showing patience
attachment - connection
diagonally - slanting
obedience - doing what one is told to do

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FBI - Working Dogs

Falla’s Guide - Learn about the lives of dog guides.

The Puppy Place – Learn about guide dogs and puppy raising.

National Federation of the Blind

Skills

Homonyms, synonyms, and antonyms

Vowel sounds

Vowel sound practice

Pre/Suffixes Practice

Grammar

State of Being Verbs – Classroom Presentation

Grammar Verbs I - be/being

Verbs II – be/being

Verbs III – be/being

Verbs IV - Choosing the correct “to be” verb for each sentence

Grammar verbs and contractions

Verb Power

Brave As A Mountain Lion

Vocabulary

afraid--frightened; feeling fear
brave--without fear; having courage
reservation--land set aside by the government for a special purpose
silent--quiet; still; noiseless
spelling--writing or saying letters of a word in order
trouble--something that worries you
dreaded--feared greatly what was to come
mural--a picture painted on a wall
coyote--a small wolf-like animal living mostly on prairies of western North America
mountain lion--a large cat with brownish-yellow fur that lives in parts of North and
South America

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Mountain Lions

Play “Spell Check” – A Funbrain Game

Spellroo

Encyclopedia

Skills
Suffixes – “y”, and “ly” endings

Grammar

Verb tense

Game for spelling of Past Tense Verbs

Identifying verb phrase in a sentence

Grammar Gold – Past Tense Verbs

Your Dad Was Just Like You

Vocabulary

jokes - things said or done to make somebody laugh
neighborhood - people living near one another
prize - a reward won after trying against others
problem - a question; difficult question
serious - thoughtful; grave
prove - to try out; test
compete - to try hard to win or gain something wanted by others
congratulate - to express pleasure at the happiness or good fortune of others
milling - moving about in a confused way
trophy - an award given as a sign of victory as