Language Arts​

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Literacy Focus

Week 5-2 Weekly Concept: On the Move
Essential Question: What are some reasons people moved west?

Grammar Focus: Articles:
 Articles are a type of adjective that come before a noun: a, an- refer to general nouns; the- identifies a noun; this, that, these, and those- are demonstrative (tells which one(s)).

Reading Comprehension Focus:
Skill: Cause and Effect
The cause is why something happens and the effect is what happened.
 
Strategy: Visualize
When you read, picture the characters, key events, and setting of the story to help you better understand the story.

Vocabulary Strategy: Homographs are words that are spelled the same but have different meanings and origins.

​Vocabulary Words:

1. plunging- falling or moving downward very quickly
2. prospector- someone who looks for minerals in the ground
3. scoffed- to express ridicule or contempt
4. settlement- a place where people live when they first arrive in an area that is new to them
5. shrivel- to shrink, wrinkle, or wither
6. territories- large areas of land where people start living in a region new to them
7. topple- to collapse or fall
8. withered- fried up from heat or lack of moisture

Resources 

Writing Practice
Imagine Learning

eTextbook
Wonders Reading Basal 
Wonders Login Instruction

Class Handouts
Grammar Handbook
Reading Log
Wonders Reader's Theater              Scripts

Weblinks
​Book Recommendations
Dance Mat Typing
Dictionary
Dogonews
Follett eBooks
​    un: ebooks; pw: saltlake
Keyboarding Skills
​Newsela
​Tween Tribune
Pioneer Library
​Wonderopolis
Writing Resources
Quizlet
​QuizStar