Journeys Unit 2
We express ourselves in many ways.
Lesson 6 Overview
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Spelling: short and long u
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Target vocabulary
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Suffixes –y, -ous
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Target Skill: Compare and Contrast
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Decoding: Digraphs
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Grammar: Verbs
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Story: Once Upon A Cool Motorcycle Dude
Lesson 6 Spelling
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Bunch
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Clue
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Challenge Words
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Fruit
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Trunk
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Computer
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Argue
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Amuse
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Mustard
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Crumb
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Suit
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Tissue
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Crew
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Rude
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Customer
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Tune
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Trust
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Attitude
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Juice
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Dew
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Refuse
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Stuck
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Truth
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Rescue
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Young
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Brush
Lesson 6 Target Vocabulary
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Rescue: to save from danger
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Hideous: person or thing that is very ugly
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Exploding: bursting open loudly and with force
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Battle: a fight, especially a long or difficult one
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Wealthy: someone who has a lot of money
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Refused: say “no” to doing something
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Invisible: something cannot be seen
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Hired: to give someone a job
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Immense: gigantic or huge
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Warrior: a person who fights in a war or battle
Lesson 6 Suffixes
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A suffix is an affix added to the end of a word that changes the meaning of
the word
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Suffixes –y and –ous mean like, having, to some degree, somewhat, or full of
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Example: The wealthy king in the fairy tale had many chests filled with gold.
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Wealthy means riches, full of wealth, or having lots of wealth
Lesson 6 Compare and Contrast
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Compare: find ways that two or more things are similar
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Contrast: find ways that two or more things are different
Lesson 6 Decoding
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Digraph: a pair of letters that have one sound
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Examples: th, ch, wh, ph, ck, ng
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Never separate a syllable between digraphs
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Practice:
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Tro/phy
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Lunch/room
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Path/way
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Chop/stick
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Cash/ew
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Mush/room
Lesson 6 Grammar: verbs
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Action verb: tells what a person or thing does
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Helping verb: verb that comes before the main verb
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The giant lost his favorite ring.
Maya is (helping verb) writing (main verb) a fairy tale.
Linking verb: tells what someone or something is or is like
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The motorcycle is fast.
Lesson 7 Overview
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Spelling: double o sounds
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Target vocabulary
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Greek/Latin word parts: phon, photo, graph, auto, Tele
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Target skill: Fact and Opinion
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Grammar: Simple verb tenses
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NO DECODING THIS WEEK
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Story: Coming Distractions: Questioning Movies
Lesson 7 Spelling
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Bloom
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Brook
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Challenge words
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Cookbook
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Foolish
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Bulletin
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Tool
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Bush
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Cocoon
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Shampoo
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Crooked
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Cushion
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Put
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Booth
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Proofread
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Wool
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Raccoon
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Marooned
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Stool
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Hook
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Proof
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Groom
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Prove
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Roof
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Group
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Soup
Lesson 7 Target Vocabulary
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Entertaining: funny or enjoyable
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Promote: try to make something popular
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Focus: pay attention to one thing
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Advertise: inform the public about a product
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Jolts: bursts of energy or excitement
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Critics: people who judge artistic creations
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Target: a goal or aim
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Thrilling: exciting
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Angles: directions from which you see things
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Generated: created or produced
Lesson 7 Greek/Latin word parts
Word part
Meaning
Phon
Sound
Photo
Light
Graph
Write or recording
Auto
Self
Tele
Far
Lesson 7 Fact and Opinion
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Fact: can be proven, textual support
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Opinion: personal thoughts or feelings about a topic
Lesson 7 Simple verb tenses
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Present tense: shows action that is happening now
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Past tense: shows action that has already happened
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I watch a movie with my family.
I watched a movie with my family.
Future tense: shows action that will happen
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I will watch a movie with my family.
Lesson 8 Overview
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Spelling
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Target vocabulary
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Figurative Language
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Target skill: Understanding Characters
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Grammar: Conjunctions
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Decoding: stressed and unstressed syllables
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Story: Me and Uncle Romie
Lesson 8 Spelling
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Aloud
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Howl
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Challenge words
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Bald
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False
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Applaud
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Hawk
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Dawn
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Foul
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South
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Allow
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Browse
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Faucet
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Drown
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Gnaw
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Proud
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Pause
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Doubt
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Claw
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Fault
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Tower
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Cause
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Stalk
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Amount
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Couple
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Cloudier
Lesson 8 Target Vocabulary
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Glorious: wonderful
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Studio: artist’s workroom
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Model: sample or small version of something
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Concerned: worried
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Smeared: blurred or spread around
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Ruined: destroyed
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Yanked: pulled hard
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Streak: to move quickly
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Schedule: planned program of events
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Feast: a large meal
Lesson 8 Figurative Language
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Idiom: a group of words with a meaning that cannot be understood from the
individual meanings of its elements
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Examples:
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Chow down
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Head over heels
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Safe and sound
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Feast or famine
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Good as gold
Lesson 8 Understanding Characters
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Characters’ thoughts
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Characters’ actions
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Characters’ words
Lesson 8 Grammar Conjunctions
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Conjunction: a word that links groups of words in a sentence
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And, but, or
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Compound sentence: a sentence with more than one subject-verb relationship
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Complex sentence: a sentence that has an independent clause and at least
one dependent clause
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Subordinating conjunctions: connect ideas to form a complex sentence
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If, because, although, after, when, where
Correlative conjunctions: a type of conjunction used in pairs to help make a
sentence stronger
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Both… and, either… or, neither… nor, not only…but
Lesson 8 Decoding
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Stressed syllable: syllable that is spoken more strongly than the other
syllables
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Unstressed syllable: syllable that is spoken less strongly than the other
syllables
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Practice
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al/LOW
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a/MOUNT
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a/PART/ment
Lesson 9 Overview
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Spelling: vowel + /r/ sound
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Target vocabulary
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Antonym
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Target skill: Conclusions and Generalizations
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Grammar: commas
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Decoding: common beginning syllables
Lesson 9 Spelling
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Spark
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Sharp
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Challenge words
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Prepare
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Rear
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Weary
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Cheer
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Spare
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Startle
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Tear
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Gear
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Appear
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Scarf
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Hairy
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Barnacle
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Scare
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Compare
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Awareness
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Repair
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Alarm
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Earring
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Harsh
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Scarce
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Upstairs
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Weird
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Square
Lesson 9 Target Vocabulary
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Fault: a mistake
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Borrow: use for a while then return it
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Reference: used for information
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Fainted: lose consciousness from fear, hunger, or weakness
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Genuine: honest and sincere
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Local: in a nearby area
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Apologize: say “I'm sorry”
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Proof: showing truth
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Slimy: thick and slippery
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Insisted: demanded something
Lesson 9 Antonyms
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Antonyms: words that have opposite or very different meanings
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Big/little
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Tall/short
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Young/old
Lesson 9 Conclusions and Generalizations
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Conclusion: a reasonable guess about ideas that are not stated in the text
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Generalization: a conclusion that is true most of the time, but not always
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Use text clues and personal experiences to draw conclusions and make
generalizations
Lesson 9 Grammar Commas
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Comma: used to separate words in a series
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Series: a list of three or more words in a sentence
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Commas with introductory words and names
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Okay, sounds like fun!
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Mom, what is for dinner?
Commas with dates and places
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My sister was born on January 12, 1992.
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We live in Havertown, PA.
Commas in a series
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Sarah, Jan, Amy, and Christine went shopping.
Lesson 9 Decoding
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Divide the syllable after common beginning syllables
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A, be, de, pre, com, con
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Practice:
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pre/vent
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A/maze/meant
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Con/net
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Be/ware
Lesson 10 Overview
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Spelling: more vowel + /r/ sounds
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Target vocabulary
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Analogies
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Target skill: Author’s Purpose
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Grammar: Pronouns
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NO DECODING THIS WEEK
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Story: Jose! Born to Dance
Lesson 10 Spelling
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Learn
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Worth
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Challenge words
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Dirty
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Early
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Curious
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Worn
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Return
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Thorough
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Sore
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Pure
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Earnest
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Thirst
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World
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Portion
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Burn
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Search
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Foreign
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Record
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Worse
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Cure
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Thirteen
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Board
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Sport
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Course
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Current
Lesson 10 Target Vocabulary
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Début: first public appearance
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Stubborn: lasting and not easily changed
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Permission: allow something
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Hauling: carrying or pulling
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Mournful: sad and serious
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Towered: stand above others
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Triumph: success or victory
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Discouraged: hopeless or disappointed
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Toured: took a trip through a place
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Border: boundary or an edge
Lesson 10 Analogies
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Analogy: a kind of comparison in which one pair of words is compared to
another pair of words
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: represents the words “is to” in an analogy
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Shout: yell as hop: jump
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Tall: short as front: back
Lesson 10 Author’s Purpose
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Author’s purpose: an Author's reasons for writing a text
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Implied: something not directly stated
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Persuade, inform, or entertain
Lesson 10 Grammar Pronouns
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Pronoun: A word such as he, she, or they, that takes the place of one or more
nouns
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Reflexive pronoun: myself, himself, yourself, etc…
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Antecedent: word or phrase that the pronoun refers back to
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Musicals are popular, ant they feature singing.
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They is the pronoun
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Musicals is the antecedent