Unit 2
A Wider View

"Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body." Joseph Addison

 

The Cricket in Times Square

 SF Reading Workshop
Vocabulary: chirp, occasion, traffic, furiously, railroad, melody, venturing, subway
Skill: Visualizing, 
Grammar: Nouns

Spelling Unit 6	Vocabulary Quia
Check out these websites:  Times Square Virtual Tour  NYC Virtual Tour   Times Square LIVE!  Take a Ride on a SUBWAY! Friday Wrap UP: Take a trip to NYC Write a Journal Entry - be sure to use descriptive writing so the reader can VISUALIZE your trip.	Teacher Resources: The Cricket In Times Square  - Questions & Activities  More Activities

A Big-City Dream
Vocabulary: impressed, celebrate, blisters, catalog, padlock
Skill: Cause and Effect 
Grammar: Proper Nouns

I love Guinea Pigs
Vocabulary: sow, gnawing, boars, fond, varieties
Skill: Text Structure 
Grammar: Plural Nouns

The Swimming Hole
Vocabulary: bristled, naughty, shallow, dugout, punish, rushes, jointed
Skill: Theme
 

Komodo Dragons
 SF Internet Workshop
Vocabulary: armor, fierce, harshest, lizards, roam, prey, reptiles
Skill: Context Clues , 
 Context Clues Practice Sheets
 Context Clues at Tipster