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Unit 2 Lesson 8 - The Harvest Birds

Picture
(click the picture to read the story)
Written by Blanca Lopez de Mariscal
Illustrated by Linda Crane
Genre: Folktale 
Target Skill: Conclusions - use details to figure out ideas that the author doesn't state 
Target Strategy: Infer/Predict
Essential Question: How can readers figure out the message in a story?
Big Idea: We communicate in many ways.

Grammar
Commas in a Series
  
-Use a comma in a series of three or more nouns.
       ex. Anne, Marie, and TJ do no like beets.  
-Use a comma in a series of verbs, just as with nouns.
       ex. The children talked, sang, and
cheered.

Commas in a Series 

Science Connection
Zanate birds
Spelling Words and Phonics Activities for the Week

Silent Letters kn, wr
Spelling Cards
cursive spelling practice
Picture
Spelling and Vocabulary Games
Vocabulary Strategy:
Multiple Meaning Words
Vocabulary Cards
Picture

Guided Reading  Books
Dear Diary
The Great Storyteller
The Night Bird
The Storyteller
“Do. Or do not. There is no try.”  Yoda
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