This Weeks Reading Selection: “How Animals Move” 

Summary: Animals move in many different ways, including swimming, walking sideways, jumping, waddling, and slithering.  

Essential Question: What parts of your body help you move? 

Vocabulary Focus: The words below appear in this week’s reading selections. 

downy      adjective      soft  

length      noun            the distance from the end of one thing to the other end

nectar      noun            a thick, sweet liquid  

scales      noun           small pieces of skin on bodies of animals like fish or                                            snakes  

sleek        adjective     smooth and straight in shape  

slither       verb            to move by sliding on the ground  

propel       verb            to push  

sprint        verb             to run very fast in a short distance  

webbed    adjective      having pieces of skin that connect all of the toes on                                               foot 

Phonics Focus: Your child will learn sounds and spellings for the /ow/, /aw/, and /oi/ sounds. 

HAVE your child name a word that contains each sound/spelling. 

Writing: Your child will prewrite, draft, revise, edit, and publish his or her opinion piece about whom he or she would like to invite to their class 

Grammar: Your child will learn that we can put two words together to make one shorter word called a contraction (I am→I’m, we will→we’ll, you are→you’re). We will also look at antonyms and synonyms. 

Reading: We will look at Main idea and supporting details.