DOL level 4 week 17

• Analogy

1. enemy : hate - friend : ______

2. (2 X 5) : (20 ÷ 2) – (___________): (36 ÷ 3)

1. mr higgins has took his class to the riverside museum

2. ms juanita jones dont plan to fly to europe

love

any product + 12

Pledge

Fluency

6 min. reading solution

Objectives day 1

Students willRecognize comparative adjectives and

adverbs.Identify Latin roots.

Word Structure day 1

Line 1

Line 2

Line 3

Line 4

big bigger lucky luckier

late later quick quicker

odder lighter shinier slower

native nation acted react

Word Structure day 3

• The words in this line are comparative adjectives, with one comparative adverb.

• Which ones are adjectives and which one is the adverb.

• Adjectives: odder, lighter, shinier; adverb: slower• Use these comparative adjectives and comparative

adverbs in a sentence.

odder lighter shinier slowerLine 3

Objectives day 1

Students willLearn vocabulary wordsApply the comprehension strategies Asking

Questions, Making Connections, and Visualizing.

Apply the comprehension skill Author’s PurposePractice reading with fluency.

Vocabulary lesson 3

typical distract

Average; normal for its kindTo draw attention away from what

someone is doing.

Rich and fine in quality.

abundance

A large amount.

The house was typical for the area she lived. He tried to distract his mother to avoid punishment.

The princess had an elegant dress. He had an abundance of energy.Elegant

Vocabulary lesson 3

Vocabulary Warm-Up pg 283Skills Practice book 1 page 155

rumors deserted

Plural of rumor; story without proofPast tense of desert; to leave or

abandon

impressed

Past tense of impress; have strong effect .

She felt bad about the rumors about her family The down seemed deserted.

He was impressed with her beauty.

K W LGold is expensive and used for jewelry.

What is fool’s gold?

Set Purposes

• How has America changed over time?• What have you learned about a changing

America in your reading of “Striking It Rich: The Story of the California Gold Rush.”

Meet the Author

• Stephen Krensky, pg 294

Science Inquiry Day 3Pg 297

• Genre – Expository Text• Gives information or explains something to the reader.• Presents information in a straightforward way.• May be organized by topics.• May include diagrams, photographs, maps, or

illustrations to help the reader understand the subject better

• Contains information that can be checked by other sources.

Science Inquirypg 297

• Feature – Pie Charts1. Look at the pie chart. Which element is the

most abundant in the earth’s crust?2. How are sedimentary rocks formed?

3. How would an igneous rock turn into a metamorphic rock?

oxygen

Wind and water break rocks into pieces. The pieces, along with pieces of bones and shells, cement together, harden, and form layers.

It would have to undergo enough heat and pressure to change its chemical form.

Inquiry Process Day 3

• Work together to determine what sources you are planning on using.

Timed Test:Summarizing Writing

Writing Prompt 2Write a composition that summarizes what you

read recently.Before you begin, make sure you reread the

story you have chosen to get a general idea of what the story is about.

Spelling Day 3Skills Practice 1 pages 159-160

Comparatives are words that compare two things. The suffix –e means more. When two things are being compared, the comparative adjective ends in –er.

Cheap Scary

How would we spell this word if we were to add –er. It ends with a y.

scarier

Grammar, Usage, and MechanicsSentences Day3

Few miners became rich. What is the subject?What is the simple subject?What is the complete predicate?What is the simple predicate?Write a complete sentence. Have your partner

identify the subjects and predicates.

Few miners

miners

Became rich

became

• After playing in the dirt, Sam went to wash her hands

homesummerwas

• On her way home, she an ice cream truck

ChairSleepsaw

Spellingharder cloudier thinner happier wetter cuter

simpler deeper bolder nicer calmer nearer

dimmer louder earlier truer bigger scarier

cheaper freer lonelier quieter

harder cloudier thinner happier wetter cuter

simpler deeper bolder nicer calmer nearer

dimmer louder earlier truer bigger scarier

cheaper freer lonelier quieter