Out of the Longman Keystone B textbook we will be finishing up "Ali, Child of the Desert" and then we will begin the last reading in the unit 1. Reading 4 "Water and Living Things" which is about the water cycle and the distribution of water on Earth. During the reading of this nonfiction text students will be completing a KWL chart, learning key words and academic words, word study of spelling long a, practicing a new reading strategy of identifying main idea and details, complete a guided reading of the text, answer comprehension questions, pratice reading for fluency, learn about cause and effect, practice subject verb agreement in simple present tense, and writing a descriptive paragraph describing an event or experience using a graphic organizer of transition words.
This reading and its activities will go into the week after break. The DINs, workbook, guided reading questions, and other worksheets that go along with the activities will be the formative assessments. The essay and quiz will be the summative assessments.
Please use quizlet.com to study for the reading, all of the key words, academic words, and vocabulary words will be on it with an accompanying picture to help with understanding.
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