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 Consonant

Vowel

At Ed’s it’s on us !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 !It’s on us !

Vowels before doubled consonants usually have a short sound.

VC/CV

What is a double Consonant?

C C

Bubble Gum Ice Cream !

B B

BB 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”