by lucy floyd lucy floyd grew up in south carolina. her father was a school principal, and her...
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By Lucy Floyd
•Lucy Floyd grew up in South Carolina. Her father was a school principal, and her mother was a first grade teacher. As a child, she went to her grandparent's small farm. She liked to listen to her grandmother tell stories.
•Lucy Floyd has always liked to write. She writes in a journal every day. •Lucy Floyd lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with her husband. She likes to cook, read, and travel.
Author: Lucy Floyd
Genre -In nonfiction, the pictures and the words work together to give information.
Nonfiction
“At Home Around the World”
• Look for:
• Information from the words.
• Information from the pictures.
Pop Quiz
• What does the author do?• He or she writes the stories.
• What does the illustrator do?• He or she draws the pictures.
Click on speaker!
1. Put your reading book on your desk.
2.Open your book to the glossary. (The glossary is on page 256 in the back of our reading book.)
3.When you see the word “Glossary,” get ready to find the word.
Above
above
The ducks flew above the house.2
above - in a higher place; farther up
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hold
• hold - to grasp
hold
•The cook will hold the fish for us to see.
1
Warm warm
Her new coat is nice and warm.
3
warm - not too hot
Different
different
Can you find the one that is different?
4
different - not the same
Old
old
This is an old train.
5
• old - opposite of new
click
Water
water
There is a monster in the water.
5
water - something to swim in;
liquid
• years - periods of time, 365 days or 12 months long
Years
years
Angela is now seven years old.
• Say the words.
• Read the sentence.
• Fill in the blank.
They will ______ hands as they
fall.
• warm• hold• above• old• water• years• different
The bridge is high ______ the lake.
• different
• hold
• warm
• above
• water
• years
• old
Hammerhead sharks swim in deep __________.
• water
• warm
• years
• hold
• old
• different
• above
These are ______ skates.
• hold
• water
• warm
• years
• above
• old
• different
• hold
• above
• different
• warm
• old
• years
• water
Five ball are the same, and one ball is _________.
Sitting around the ______ campfire is fun.
• old
• hold
• above• different
• water
• years
• warm
•On a Chinese animal calendar, it is the ________ of the tiger.
• old
• hold
• above
• different
• water
• year
• warm
Review the Vocabulary Words
1. above - in a higher place; farther up
2. hold - to grasp
3. warm - not too hot
4. different - not the same
5. old - opposite of new
6. water - something to swim in; liquid
7. years - periods of time, 365 days or 12 months
long
Match the words to its meaning.
A.in a higher place;
farther up
B.to grasp
C.not too hot
D.not the same
E.opposite of new
F.something to swim
in; liquid
G.periods of time, 365
days or 12 months
long
1. old ____
2. water ____
3. hold ____
4. years ____
5. different ____
6. warm ____
7. above ____A
B
C
D
E
F
G
Say the Sight Words
• your • different• about • better • shelter • years
• above • hold• warm • why • old • water
New words in the story: “At Home Around the World”
• people• shelter• safety• skinny• standing• Stilts• desert
• breeze• frosty• apartment• branches• hunting• animal•floating
• tepee• family• bricks• north• cloth• junk• rained
Anne Miller
Web LinksYou should be able to click on these sites and go to them by pointing and clicking.
Language Skills
•At Home Around the World - Classif
y/Categorize
•Test Tutor
•Using I and Me
• Using He, She, It, and They
Contractions
-'s - Contraction Practice
-n't - Contraction Practice
-'ll - Contraction Practice
Long Vowel Skills
•Words With "Y" (1)
•Words With "Y" (2)
•Make A Word Then Ad
d Silent E
/
•Long A/ Search
•Long Vowels 1
•Long Vowels 2
Map Skills on the Web1. World Map Match 2. Get Lost CompassGame 3. Geospy (fast paced map game) 4. Grandpa's Globe 5. Maps of the World Interactive
Games 6. Online Interactive Maps