Friday, August 22, 2014

Study Guide - week of August 25th




Reading Skill: Author’s Purpose

Strategy: Questioning

Genre: Historical Fiction

Spelling Skill:

Words with Long a and i Patterns



Spelling Words: sigh, right, weigh, eight, detail, height, spray, braid, bait, grain, slight, thigh, tight, raisin, trait, highway, frighten, dismay, freight, sleigh

Challenge Words: eighteen, daylight, twilight, mayonnaise, campaign

 

 

Vocabulary Words and Synonym

docks – piers; platforms built on the shore

migrating – voyage; moving from one place to settle in another

scan – glance; to look over hastily

scent – smell

wharf – dock; platforms built on the shore where ships can load/unload

yearned – desire; felt a longing for