The subject tells who or what, who are what, who or what, the subjects who or what in a sentence.

What About Me?By Ed YoungTHIS WEEKSTUDENTS WILL LEARN Comprehension Skill Sequence Comprehension Strategy SummarizeVocabulary Strategy Word StructureSpelling Plurals s, -esStudy Skill Alphabetical Order

Kathy Kassidy, WestsideGuided Reading Books

SequenceSequence is the order in which thingshappen in a storywhat happens first,next, and last.Sometimes a writer uses clue words like first, next, and in the morning. Sometimes a writer does not. Then you can tell the order by picturing in your mind what is happening.

FirstNextThenLast

How would we get what we needed without money?Our Story takes placeon the continent of Asia in the country of India

India

Can you find India on this map?

IndiaIn our story thread, goats and rugs are very important in the telling of this story. Let's go to India to learn more.

Goat Eating

Eating Goats

Goat pens

Goat hair blankets, tents, rugs, pillows, make-up brushes, brushes for horses, purses, and fake dogs.

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Concept Vocabularybarter to trade by exchanging one kind of goods for other goods without using money

exchange to give something to someone in return for something else; trade

precious having great value

If it is not it may be a fantasy.

VocabularyEnglish- Spanish Vocabularycarpentercarpetmakerknowledgemarketplacemerchantplentystrayingthread

carpinteroalfombristaconocimiento mercadocomerciante muchodescarriandohilo

carpentersomeone whose work is building and repairing things made of wood

carpinterocarpetmakera person who makes carpet and rugs for floors

alfombristaknowledgewhat you know

conocimientomarketplacea place where people meet to buy and sell things

mercadomerchantsomeone who buys and sells goods for a living

comercianteplentya full supply

muchostrayingwandering

descarriandothreada thin string made of strands of cotton, silk, wool, or nylon, spun and twisted together

hilostunned thoroughly shocked or confused

wanderedsomeone who travels aimlessly from place to place

Spelling Rule

Plurals-s or -es to most words

2. Add -s to most words: plants.

3. Add -es to words that end in ch, sh, or ss: inches. 4. Change y to i and add es to most words that end with y: pennies.

5. Creating plurals sometimes causes the spelling of a word to change. A plural can end in either the /s/ or /z/ sound.

Use your vocabulary words with the poster.