Theme 3: Better Together Weekly Theme: Creatures Old and Older Selection 3: Title: Meet the Super Croc

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Theme 3 Better TogetherWeekly
Theme Creatures Old and OlderSelection
3Title Meet the Super Croc
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• Genre
• Nonfiction Article - gives information about
  real people, places, and events
• Comprehension Strategy
• Reading Rate
• Comprehension Skill
• Main Idea and Details

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• Phonics
• Consonant Digraphs
• Spelling Focus
• Consonant Digraphs
• chest chase sheep think while chill
  shape thing white wheat
• HF Words idea, often, second

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• Key Vocabulary
• ancient very old having to do with times
  long ago
• hopeful having promise that what is wished for
  will happen
• unable not having the power or skill to do
  something
• confirm prove to be true or correct
• valid correct based on facts or proof

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• Vocabulary Skills
• Suffixes and Prefixes
• A prefix is added to the beginning of a word
  to make a new word. A suffix is added to the end
  of a word to make a new word.

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• Grammar Skills Past-tense Verbs
• A past-tense verb describes an action that took
  place in the past. Add ed to most verbs to tell
  about a past action.
• Last year, Mariah painted the house.