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LEAD21

• Unit 6 Growing Up
• Week 4 Day 4

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Extend the Theme
Theme Question How do living things grow and
change?
Focus Question What do animals learn as they
grow?
What have you seen, read, or heard about young
animals learning?
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Build Theme Vocabulary

Theme Vocabulary Theme Vocabulary Theme Vocabulary Theme Vocabulary
energy form problems survive
protect shuffle single
Practice sorting the theme words into the correct
parts of speech column.
Nouns
Verbs
Adjectives
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Ask and Answer Questions

• What are strategies we can use for answering
  questions?

Lets look on page 7.
When I read that the sequoia may be the largest
living thing on Earth, I asked myself, How big
is it?
Then I read more than 20 people holding hands
were needed to go around the trunk.
That helps me visualize how big around sequoias
are.
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Use Text Structure
Pages Question Text Evidence
22-23 What do animals learn? Complete the sentence Bald eagles watch and copy to learn__________.
24-27 Name some animals in this selection that must learn to avoid dangerous things. What are those dangerous things?
10-15, 20-25 Think about what male and female penguins do. What are some things that a male or female chick would need to learn?
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Phonics
Read aloud the words below. What is the vowel
pattern you see and hear?
soup croutons group wound
pursuit suitcase cruise fruit
cougar bruise suit
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Word Study
Read the word, identify the prefix, and use it in
a sentence.
preheat impossible preview imperfect
incorrect prepay indirect pretest
impolite incomplete preteen improper
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Spelling
Match the words below with an antonym from our
spelling list. louder hottest lower shortest
meaner harder smallest saddest
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Persuasive Letter

• When preparing for publishing, writers ask
• Does my letter have a greeting, body, and
  closing?
• Do I state my opinion?
• Do I use details and facts to persuade?
• Do I use strong persuasive words?