Theme 3 Lesson 13 - READING
"A Tree is Growing"
Author: Arthur Dorros
Genre: Expository Nonfiction - explains information and ideas.
Focus Skills: Author's Purpose & Graphic Aids
**Authors write stories for many reasons, some authors write to entertain,
persuade, or teach about a particular subject.
**Graphic aids can be photographs, drawings, maps, charts, graphs, and
diagrams. Graphic aids help explain ideas, gather and organize information,
and even make reading more enjoyable.
Robust Vocabulary
columns
absorb
protects
rustling
dissolve
particles
tugged
paused
scavenger
self-sufficient
1. columns: A column is a tall, circular structure that holds up part of a
building.
2. absorb: Something absorbs a liquid if it soaks up the liquid.
3. protects: When you protect something, you keep it safe.
4. rustling: When objects are rustling, they are moving and making soft
sounds.
5. dissolve: When something dissolves, it mixes completely with a liquid.
6. particles: Timy pieces of something are called particles.
7. tugged: If you tugged something, you pulled it hard.
8. paused: If you paused, you stopped what you were doing for just a
minute.
9. scavenger: An animal is a scavenger if it collects leftover and
unwanted objects.
10. self-sufficent: If something is self-sufficient, it makes everything it
needs.
Theme 3 Lesson 13 - SPELLING
1. ice
2. age
3. rice
4. edge
5. stage
6. giant
7. range
8. judge
9. ledge
10. police
11. recent
12. bridge
13. office
14. strange
15. central
16. celery
17. ceiling
18. difference
19. margin
20. imagine
