Reading BLOCKS 3/4 ~ 1/23

Today students finished up their notes on common themes.  We began a new story.  Our story is An Island Scrapbook.  Students took notes on our genre: Narrative Nonfiction.  They had to create kid friendly definitions for their vocabulary words this week.  

An Island Scrapbook

Genre: Narrative Nonfiction

• Presents information in the context of a real-life story
• Presents interesting facts about a topic, usually in time order
• May include photographs, illustrations, charts, and other visuals

~ Vocabulary ~

1. Naturalist
2. Barrier
3. Parallel
4. Teeming
5. Emerge
6. Fireball

Homework:

~ Complete your definitions and then use each word in a sentence.  Make 

   sure the sentence is a 7-up sentence.  

~ AR - don't forget to do your reading tonight.