Language Arts​

Literacy Focus

Week 2-3 Weekly Concept: Natural Connections
Essential Question: How are all living things connected?

Grammar Focus: Irregular Noun Rules:
  • If a singular noun ends in -f or -fe, change the f to a v and ADD -es.
  • Some irregular nouns change their vowel sound from the singular, i.e.: foot/feet.
  • Some irregular plurals use a different ending, i.e. child/children.
  • The plural and singular forms of some words are the same, i.e. shrimp, deer, moose
  • Some words change completely from singular to plural, i.e. person/people
  • Words that name groups of people, places, or things are called collective nouns, i.e. class, band, herd, jury

​Reading Comprehension Focus:
Skill: Main Idea & Key Details
The main idea is the most important idea that an author presents. Key details give important information to support the main idea.
 
Strategy: Summarize
Retell the most important details in a paragraph or section of a text in your own words.

​Vocabulary Strategy: Context clues are words surrounding an unfamiliar word that may be definitions, examples, or restatements of the unfamiliar word.
​Vocabulary Words:
  1. crumbled- broke into small pieces
  2. droughts- long periods of time with little or no rain
  3. ecosystem- all nonliving and living things in a particular area
  4. extinct- no longer in existence
  5. flourished- grew strongly; thrived
  6. fragile- easily broken, delicate
  7. imbalance- lack of balance
  8. rippled- formed small waves
Resources 

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