Night Letters
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Night Letters
Unit 3 week 3By Palmyra LoMonaco
Illustrated by Normand Chartier
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Our Story
for the week.
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Our Guided Reading Books
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http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/caer/ce/eek/critter/insect/firefly.htmhttp://www.backyardnature.net/lightbug.htm
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http://waynesword.palomar.edu/manduca2.htm#manduca1.gif
Night-Flying Hawkmoths
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Nectara sweet liquid that is secreted by the nectaries of a plant and is the chief raw material of honey
http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/course/ent591k/nectar_guide.html
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Morse Code, Moris Code and Phonetic AlphabetTopics: ReferencesMorse code (sometimes misspelled as "Moris Code") is a technique for communicating and transmitting alphabetic and numbeic characters through a series of "dots" and "dashes" or "dits" and "dahs".
Letter Phonetic Morse Code Morse Code Sound
A Alpha . - dit dahB Bravo - . . . dah dit dit ditC Charlie - . - . dah dit dah ditD Delta - . . dah dit dit E Echo . dit
http://www.electrokits.com/References/Morse-Moris-Code
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Realistic FictionRealistic Fiction has
settings that can seem real, but the
stories are made up.
Genre
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Draw Conclusion* A conclusion is a decision you reach
after thinking about facts and details you read* You can also use what you already know to help draw a conclusion.* Then ask yourself, “Does my conclusion make sense?”
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Action Verbs
Linking Verbs Being VerbsBe form
Subject-Verb Agreement
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Subject Agreement SongSung to the tune of Bingo first stanza repeatedBy Frank and KathyLove of the Game
When a Singular Subject needs an Action Verb this is what he does oh,he plays with a baseball,he walks to the mall, he makes a phone call, and “S” is what helped him.
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Singular Subjects add “S” to Action Verbs
(think s, s, +s )
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When a Singular Subject needs a Being Verb this is what he promised,I am in love with you,my love is very true,I was telling the truth,and this is what he promised.
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Singular Subjects go with Be form Verbs am, is, was
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When there’s a Plural Subject who needs an Action Verb this is what they do oh, they play with a baseball, they walk to the mall, they make a phone call,and Action verb stayed the same oh.
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Plural Subjects or I, you, we, or they just let the verb stay
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There were Plural Subjects who growled to Being Verbs, and this is what they grumbled, Don’t, want, am, is, was, just, want, are and were,
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Plural Subjects go with Being Verbs are , were
Are, Were
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Vocabulary
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bladea leaf of grass
Noah had a blade of grass in his hair—leaf.
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buddingPutting forth small swellings on a plant that will grow into leaves, branches, or flowersThe leaves were budding. They were
beginning to grow.
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dewThe moisture from the air that collects in small drops on cool surfaces during the night.
The flowers had some dew on them--drops of water.
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Small insects that give off flashes of light when they fly
fireflies
Another name for fireflies is lightning bugs.
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to flap the wings
flutter
I saw a lightning bug flutter its wings--flap.
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notepadA small book of blank or lined sheets of paper in which you write notes or things that you need to learn or remember.
I have a notepad in which I write.
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patchA small piece of ground that is different from what surrounds it.I walked past a potato patch yesterday- a
piece of ground.
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sweet sap, or liquid, produced by a flower
nectar
I saw a butterfly sip the nectar from inside the flower- sweet sap.
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rough, making scratches on your skin.
scratchy
After touching poison ivy, I had a red, scratchy arm- rough places on my skin.
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Can you use your vocabulary words along with this poster?
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Spelling of /j/, /s/, /k/
* The soft sound of g/j, or dge. * The sound /s/ can be spelled s or c. *The sound /k/ can be spelled c, k, ck, or ch.