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Unit 1 Lesson 4 - Pop's Bridge

Picture
(click the picture to read the story)
Written by Eve Bunting 
Illustrated by
C.F. Payne
Genre: Historical fiction
Target Skill: Compare and Contrast - tell how details and ideas are alike or different
Target Strategy: Infer/Predict - use clues to figure out more about the selection
Grammar
Common and Proper Nouns: -A word that names a person, a place, or a thing is a noun.
        ex. My mom helped to build a new road.
             The work lasted one year.
   -A noun that names any person, place, or thing is called a
common noun. A noun that names a particular person, place, or thing is called
a proper noun.
   -Proper nouns begin with capital letters. A proper noun may have more than one word. Begin each important word in a proper noun with a capital
letter.
         ex. His daughter Audrey visited him at his job
in England.
Guided Reading Books 
The Tallest Tower (Empire State Building)
Champ of the Hoover Dam
Sky-High Dreams
Champ
Spelling Words and Phonics Activities for the Week

Long O spelled oa, ow
Spelling Cards
cursive spelling practice
Picture
Spelling and Vocabulary Games
   Vocabulary Strategies: Base Words and Suffixes with -s, -es, -ed, -ing
Vocabulary Cards
Picture
Social Studies Connection
Google Earth images of Golden Gate Bridge
Download
Google Earth
Bixby Bridge - Big Sur

Science Connection
Bridges Brain Pop Video
arch bridge
suspension bridge 
“Do. Or do not. There is no try.”  Yoda
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