gr dust bowl

Reading A-Z by Brian RobertsT

I will be able to describe what caused the dust bowl and how it effected the people of the region before, during and after.

prosper to make progress and find success

capacity to be filled up and no more will fit

or to have the ability to do something

suffocation no being able to breathe because something is

blocking the air from entering the body

Remember what good readers do:

Make Connections: does it remind you of anything• Creating Sensory Images: make a movie in your

head• Determining Importance in Text: what’s the big

idea• Monitoring and Fix Up Understanding • Inferring beyond literal meanings in text• Actively Question before, during, and after

reading• Summarizing and Synthesizing Information

prosper

capacity

suffocation

I will be able to describe what caused the dust bowl and how it effected the people of the region before, during and after.

Can you do it?

Word endingsprosper + ity = prosperity--- changes

from a verb to nounvisible + ity = visibility– (add an i and

drop the silent e) changes from a verb to a noun

re+ cover + y = recovery –changes from a noun or verb to a noun or adjective

particular + ly = particularly– changes from a verb or adjective to an adverb

Turn to Page 14 and 15Let’s work on reading these pages fluently–

good speed, accuracy and expression.

The dust bowl was a disastrous event….

(think about the objective)

Turn in your summary to Mrs. Hagen.Check your spelling!!!Reread and revise

Read page 14 and 15 to Mrs. Hagen.