Theme 6: Discoveries Weekly Theme: Other People, Other Places Selection 5: Title: Babus Song Author:

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Theme 6 DiscoveriesWeekly Theme Other
People, Other PlacesSelection 5Title Babus
SongAuthor Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen
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• Genre
• Realistic Fiction a made up story that could
  happen in real life
• Comprehension Strategy
• Reread
• Comprehension Skill
• Character and Setting

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• Phonics
• r-controlled vowels /ir/ /ur/
• Spelling Focus
• Words with ire, ier, ure
• fire wire tire hire drier
• flier crier sure cure pure
• HF Words island, though, special

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• Key Vocabulary
• concern something of interest or importance
• goalie a player assigned to protect the goal
  or net in various sports
• figure a shape or outline of something,
  especially in the form of a body
• vendors people who sell something
• exclaimed spoke out with strong feeling
• collection a group of objects or works to be
  seen, studied, or kept together

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• Vocabulary Skills
• Syntactic or Semantic Cues
• To find the meaning of words, look at the
  surrounding words and sentences for hints.

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• Grammar Skills Synonyms
• Synonyms are words that have the same or almost
  the same meanings. Replacing overused words with
  synonyms makes your writing more interesting.