Theme 5:

Discoveries

Weekly Theme:
Play Time!

Selection 2:
Title: Pushing Up the Sky
Author: Joseph Bruchac
Genre:
Play – a story that can be acted out

Comprehension Strategy:
Visualize

Comprehension Skill:
Problem and Solution
Phonics:
Dipthong /oi/ oi, oy

Spelling Focus:
Dipthong /oi/
soil broil moist point boil
oil toy joy soy royal

HF Words: pulled, voice, travel

Key Vocabulary:
gathered – brought together, collected
agreed – to have shared the same opinion
with someone else
randomly – without plan or purpose

jabbing – poking with something pointed

signal – a sign that gives a command

Vocabulary Skills:
Use Word Parts: Inflected Endings
**Some words end with –ing,
-ed, or -s. You can figure out the
meaning of an inflected verb by
putting together the meanings of
the base word and the meaning
of the inflected ending.**
Word Work:

Grammar Skills: Pronouns I and Me

Use I in the subject part of the
sentence. Use me in the
predicate part of the sentence.
When talking about yourself and
another person, name yourself
last.