Spelling

Words

1. unblock 2. unborn 3. unchain 4. unload 5. unlock 6. recall 7. relearn 8. resell 9. rewash 10. rewind 11. imperfect 12. indirect 13. incorrect 14. illegal 15. overact 16. overheat 17. subway 18. premix 19. preplan 20. supersize

Vocabulary Words:

1. attracted—drew the attention of

2. dazzling—so bright that it’s almost blinding

3. fabric—a material that is woven or knitted, such as cloth

4. greed—a very great and selfish desire to have or get

something

5. honest—a truthful, fair, and trustworthy person

6. requested—something asked for

7. soared—flew very high in the air

8. trudged—walked steadily and slowly

Essential

Question:

What are some messages in animal stories?

Literary Lessons

Comprehension Skill: Theme The theme is the central message or lesson

that an author wants you to understand.

Theme is usually not stated directly.

To identify the theme of a story, look closely

at what the characters say and do.

Genre: Folktale Based on the traditions and beliefs of a people

Usually teach a lesson

Often use animal characters to symbolize a human quality

Vocabulary Strategy: Root Words

Spelling

Words

1. thirty 2. width 3. northern 4. fifth 5. choose 6. touch 7. chef 8. chance 9. pitcher 10. kitchen 11. sketched 12. ketchup 13. snatch 14. stretching 15. rush 16. whine 17. whirl 18. bring 19. graph 20. photo

Vocabulary Words:

1. annoyed—to feel bothered or irritated

2. attitude—a way of thinking, acting, or feeling

3. commotion—a noisy disturbance

4. cranky—grouchy or in a bad mood

5. familiar—well-known because it was heard or seen

before

6. frustrated—to feel disappointed by being kept from

doing something

7. selfish—people who care only about themselves

8. specialty—something that someone does particularly

well or gives extra attention to

Essential

Question:

How do animal characters change familiar stories?

Animals in Fiction

Comprehension Skill: Theme The theme is the central message or lesson an

author wants to communicate to the reader.

To identify the theme of a story, look closely at

the characters’ words and actions.

Ask yourself, “What message does the author

want to get across to the reader?”

Genre: Drama Has a list of characters and is written in dialogue

Is divided into parts called acts or scenes

Includes the setting and stage directions

Vocabulary Strategy: Antonyms

Spelling

Words

1. shred 2. shriek 3. shrimp 4. shrink 5. script 6. screw 7. screech 8. straighten 9. straps 10. strand 11. sprout 12. sprawl 13. sprang 14. splashing 15. splotch 16. thrill 17. throb 18. throat 19. thrift 20. through

Vocabulary Words:

1. crumbled—broke into small pieces

2. droughts—long periods of dry weather without rainfall

3. ecosystem—all the living and nonliving things in an area

4. extinct—no longer exists

5. flourished—thrived or grew strongly

6. fragile—delicate and tends to break easily

7. imbalance—parts are not in an equal, steady, or secure

position

8. ripples—small waves

Essential

Question:

How are all living things connected?

Natural Connections

Comprehension Skill: Main Ideas and Details The main idea is the most important idea that

an author presents in a paragraph or section

of text.

Key details give important information to

support the main idea.

To find the main idea, decide what the key

details have in common.

Genre: Narrative Nonfiction Tells a true story about an event

Presents facts about a topic

Possible text features: headings, charts, graphs

Vocabulary Strategy: Context Clues

Spelling

Words

1. dart 2. guard 3. award 4. backyard 5. argue 6. spark 7. target 8. smart 9. charge 10. carpet 11. warp 12. door 13. fort 14. morning 15. stork 16. cord 17. worn 18. stormy 19. core 20. bore

Vocabulary Words:

1. camouflaged—hidden by looking like its surroundings

2. dribble—to flow or let flow in small drops

3. extraordinary—very unusual or remarkable

4. poisonous—harms or kills by chemical action

5. pounce—to leap or spring suddenly in attack

6. predator—an animal that lives by hunting other animals

for food

7. prey—an animal that is hunted by another animal

8. vibrations—rapid motions back and forth or up and

down

Essential

Question:

What helps an animal survive?

Adaptations

Comprehension Skill: Main Idea and Key Details The main idea is the most important point that

the author makes in a text or a section of text.

Key details give important information to

support the main idea.

To find the main idea, decide what the key

details have in common.

Genre: Expository Text Gives facts and information about a topic

Possible text features: headings, photographs and captions,

diagrams, maps, time lines

Vocabulary Strategy: Prefixes

Spelling

Words

1. sickly 2. hardly 3. quickly 4. slowly 5. carefully 6. wonderful 7. beautiful 8. graceful 9. spoonful 10. darkness 11. shapeless 12. ageless 13. illness 14. goodness 15. spotless 16. painless 17. weakness 18. darkest 19. clearest 20. thoughtful

Vocabulary Words:

1. brittle—easily broken

2. creative—showing the ability to do something in a new

way

3. descriptive—describes or tells about something

4. outstretched—extended to full length

5. metaphor—a comparison made without like or as

6. simile—a comparison made using like or as

7. rhyme—two words that sound the same

8. meter—the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables

Essential

Question:

How are writers inspired by animals?

Animals All Around

Genre: Poetry Lyric poetry expresses the thoughts and feelings of the poet.

Haiku uses 3 short lines to describe a scene or a moment.

1st and last line=5 syllables 2nd line=7 syllables

Comprehension Skill: Point of View Point of view is how the speaker of a poem

thinks or feels.

Sometimes the speaker is a character in the

poem. Clues: I, we, me

Sometimes the speaker is outside the action

and telling about the characters or events.

Clues: he, her, they

Vocabulary Strategy: Figurative Language

o

o

Spelling

Words

1. unblock 2. unborn 3. unchained 4. unloaded 5. unlocked 6. recalled 7. relearned 8. reselling 9. rewashed 10. rewind 11. imperfect 12. indirectly 13. incorrectly 14. illegally 15. overacting 16. overheat 17. submarine 18. preseason 19. preplan 20. superpower

Vocabulary Words:

1. attracted—drew the attention of

2. dazzling—so bright that it’s almost blinding

3. fabric—a material that is woven or knitted, such as cloth

4. greed—a very great and selfish desire to have or get

something

5. honest—a truthful, fair, and trustworthy person

6. requested—something asked for

7. soared—flew very high in the air

8. trudged—walked steadily and slowly

Essential

Question:

What are some messages in animal stories?

Literary Lessons

Comprehension Skill: Theme The theme is the central message or lesson

that an author wants you to understand.

Theme is usually not stated directly.

To identify the theme of a story, look closely

at what the characters say and do.

Genre: Folktale Based on the traditions and beliefs of a people

Usually teach a lesson

Often use animal characters to symbolize a human quality

Vocabulary Strategy: Root Words

Spelling

Words

1. width 2. bathtub 3. beach 4. touchdown 5. flinched 6. cherish 7. chef 8. charade 9. kitchen 10. sketched 11. ketchup 12. marshal 13. finished 14. whine 15. whirl 16. nowhere 17. bringing 18. photograph 19. physical 20. phase

Vocabulary Words:

1. annoyed—to feel bothered or irritated

2. attitude—a way of thinking, acting, or feeling

3. commotion—a noisy disturbance

4. cranky—grouchy or in a bad mood

5. familiar—well-known because it was heard or seen

before

6. frustrated—to feel disappointed by being kept from

doing something

7. selfish—people who care only about themselves

8. specialty—something that someone does particularly

well or gives extra attention to

Essential

Question:

How do animal characters change familiar stories?

Animals in Fiction

Comprehension Skill: Theme The theme is the central message or lesson an

author wants to communicate to the reader.

To identify the theme of a story, look closely at

the characters’ words and actions.

Ask yourself, “What message does the author

want to get across to the reader?”

Genre: Drama Has a list of characters and is written in dialogue

Is divided into parts called acts or scenes

Includes the setting and stage directions

Vocabulary Strategy: Antonyms

Spelling

Words

1. shredding 2. shrink 3. shrugged 4. shriek 5. script 6. scrawny 7. screech 8. straighten 9. stringy 10. strand 11. sprout 12. sprawl 13. sprang 14. splashing 15. splotch 16. thrillingly 17. thrift 18. throughout 19. throb 20. throttle

Vocabulary Words:

1. crumbled—broke into small pieces

2. droughts—long periods of dry weather without rainfall

3. ecosystem—all the living and nonliving things in an area

4. extinct—no longer exists

5. flourished—thrived or grew strongly

6. fragile—delicate and tends to break easily

7. imbalance—parts are not in an equal, steady, or secure

position

8. ripples—small waves

Essential

Question:

How are all living things connected?

Natural Connections

Comprehension Skill: Main Ideas and Details The main idea is the most important idea that

an author presents in a paragraph or section

of text.

Key details give important information to

support the main idea.

To find the main idea, decide what the key

details have in common.

Genre: Narrative Nonfiction Tells a true story about an event

Presents facts about a topic

Possible text features: headings, charts, graphs

Vocabulary Strategy: Context Clues

Spelling

Words

1. seminar 2. charcoal 3. guard 4. enlarge 5. barnyard 6. argue 7. spark 8. predator 9. guitar 10. charge 11. carpet 12. force 13. forward 14. morning 15. scorch 16. afford 17. uproar 18. aboard 19. Oregon 20. forecast

Vocabulary Words:

1. camouflaged—hidden by looking like its surroundings

2. dribble—to flow or let flow in small drops

3. extraordinary—very unusual or remarkable

4. poisonous—harms or kills by chemical action

5. pounce—to leap or spring suddenly in attack

6. predator—an animal that lives by hunting other animals

for food

7. prey—an animal that is hunted by another animal

8. vibrations—rapid motions back and forth or up and

down

Essential

Question:

What helps an animal survive?

Adaptations

Comprehension Skill: Main Idea and Key Details The main idea is the most important point that

the author makes in a text or a section of text.

Key details give important information to

support the main idea.

To find the main idea, decide what the key

details have in common.

Genre: Expository Text Gives facts and information about a topic

Possible text features: headings, photographs and captions,

diagrams, maps, time lines

Vocabulary Strategy: Prefixes

Spelling

Words

1. acrobatic 2. gymnastic 3. fantastic 4. allergic 5. carefully 6. wonderful 7. beautifully 8. graceful 9. spoonful 10. darkness 11. shapeless 12. ageless 13. illness 14. goodness 15. spotless 16. painless 17. weakness 18. darkest 19. clearest 20. thoughtful

Vocabulary Words:

1. brittle—easily broken

2. creative—showing the ability to do something in a new

way

3. descriptive—describes or tells about something

4. outstretched—extended to full length

5. metaphor—a comparison made without like or as

6. simile—a comparison made using like or as

7. rhyme—two words that sound the same

8. meter—the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables

Essential

Question:

How are writers inspired by animals?

Animals All Around

Genre: Poetry Lyric poetry expresses the thoughts and feelings of the poet.

Haiku uses 3 short lines to describe a scene or a moment.

1st and last line=5 syllables 2nd line=7 syllables

Comprehension Skill: Point of View Point of view is how the speaker of a poem

thinks or feels.

Sometimes the speaker is a character in the

poem. Clues: I, we, me

Sometimes the speaker is outside the action

and telling about the characters or events.

Clues: he, her, they

Vocabulary Strategy: Figurative Language

o

o

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