• Essential Question

    What are some benefits of dogs interacting with people?

     

    Fluency

    Accuracy

    When good readers read aloud, they are careful to say each word correctly.  They read with accuracy which means they pronounce words correctly.
     
     
     
    Comprehension 

    Target Skill: Author's Purpose

    Authors have a reason or reasons for writing.  This is called the author's purpose.  The author's purpose for writing something is not always stated but students can determine the author's purpose by thinking about what the author wants readers to know.
     
     
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    Target Skill: Point of View
     
    One way to figure out an author's point of view is to think about the words and phrases he or she uses.  When authors say good things about a subject, that usually means they have a positive point of view about the subject.  If they say poor things, that usually means that they have a negative point of view.
     
     
    Target Strategy: Summarize
     
    Stopping periodically to summarize, or retell the important information, is a good strategy to use for reading informational text.  Minor details should NOT be included in a summary.
    One way to summarize is to first determine and list the main ideas, then put these main ideas together in one statement.
     
     
    Target Vocabulary 

    lying  - resting in a flat position

     

    loyal - faithful

     

    partners - two people who work together

     

    shift - the period of time a worker does his or her job

     

    quiver- to shake or tremble

     

    patrol -walk through an area to watch or guard it 

     

    ability -skill 

     

    snap - to bite quickly

     

    Spelling
     
                                horse                mark
                                storm                market
                                acorn                artist
                                March                north
                                barking             stork
                                thorn                forest
                                chore                restore
                                dark                  story
                                partner              fortune