boom town by saria levitin illustrated by

BOOM TOWNBY SARIA LEVITINILLUSTRATED BY

THIS WEEKSTUDENTS WILL LEARN Comprehension Skill Realism/Fantasy Comprehension Strategy Activate/Use Prior KnowledgeVocabulary Strategy Context Clues

Guided Reading Books

A realistic story tells about something that could happen.

Ask yourself, “Could this really happen ?”

If it can it may be a realistic story.

A fantasy is a story about something that could never happen.

Concept Vocabulary bounty- a large supply

economics- having to do with the business affairs of a country or area

population- the number of people living in a place

Vocabulary

English- Spanish Vocabulary• boom• business• coins• fetched• laundry• mending• pick• skillet• spell

• aukge• negocio• monedas • traído• lavandería • coser• recoger• sartén • rato

boom (augu)

having rapid growth

business (negocio)

work done to earn a living

coins (monedas)

round pieces of metal used as money

fetched (traído)

went and got something

mending (coser)

sewing that repairs a hole or tear

a room or building where clothes are washed and ironed

laundry (lavandería)

pick (reoger)a tool with a heavy metal bar pointed at one or both ends, having a long, wooden handle

skillet (sartén)

a type of frying pan

spell (ratio)

a period of time

nuggets small, rough pieces of valuable

metal ore

bustle a noisy or excited activity

Worlds Largest Gold Nugget-

270 lbs.

prospector () someone who explores or examines a region, looking for gold or other valuable resources

Use the Vocabulary

with the poster

One vowel at the beginning or in the middle of a word or syllable, it usually says it’s short sound.

(At Ed’s It’s On Us !)

VC or CVC

Consonant

Vowel

At Ed’s it’s on us !

Ed

ShortVowelsSay the sounds found in the talk bubble

At Ed’s It’s On Us !

It’s on us !

Vowels before doubled consonants usually have a short sound.

VC/CV

What is a double Consonant?

C

Bubble Gum Ice Cream !

B

B BSee the double “b” ?

It is like a double scoop of the same flavor of ice cream, but with consonant letters.

Here’s one

word.

Thanks for working hard today. Have Fun reading “Boom Town”