Unit 5 Lesson 22 - The Journey: Stories of Migration
(click the picture to read the story)
Written by: Cynthia Rylant
Illustrated by: Lambert Davis Genre: informational text Target Skill: Compare and Contrast - tell how details or ideas are alike and different Target Strategy: Visualize - as you read, use selection details to picture what is happening Essential Question: How are different animals' lives alike and different? Big Idea: There are many reasons to take a journey. Grammar Using Proper Nouns - Names for Days, Months, and Holidays: There are many kinds of proper nouns. Always begin a proper noun with a capital letter. Begin names of days, months, and holidays with a capital letter. ex. We drove 150 miles on Memorial Day. From January to March, the birds flew more than 1,000 miles. Book Titles: Begin the first, last, and each important word in a book title with capital letter. Always underline a book title. ex. We read about turtles migrating in Reptiles on the Road. - Reptiles and Road are the first and last words of hte title. The words on and the are not important words in the title. |
Spelling Words and Phonics Activities for the Week
-s, -es, -ed, -ing (all patterns); less common plurals |