Unit 1:Our World

Weekly Theme:Keeping in Touch

Selection 2:Title: Dear JunoAuthor: Soyung Pak

Genre:Realistic Fiction– an invented story that could have happened in real life

Comprehension Strategy:

Analyze Story Structure

Comprehension Skill:

Plot Development

Phonics:

CVCe words

Spelling Focus:

CVCe Pattern

date, fine, rose, lake, life, home, safe, rice, globe, plane, wise, smoke, grade, smile, come

Review Words: clap, crop, sick

Challenge Words: sneeze, escape

Key Vocabulary: crackle – make a series of small, sharp

snapping noises

announced – told something in a loud or official way

soared – flew high in the air

starry – full of many stars

envelope – a flat paper container, used for sending letters through the mail

photograph – a picture made with a camera

Vocabulary Skills:

Context Clues/Sentence Clues

** To figure out the meaning of an unfamiliar word, look for clues in the same sentence.

Word Work:

Grammar Skills:

Commands and Exclamations

A command is a sentence that gives an order.

It ends in a period.

An exclamation is a sentence that shows excitement. It ends in an exclamation mark.