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Spelling- VCV, VCCV, VCCCV Patterns
VCV
Bal/ance
Mi/nus
VCCV
law/yer
au/thor
meth/od
VCCCV
sup/ply
Practice Book Page 201 for Homework
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Essential Questions
1) How does making predictions help you to
become a better reader?
2) How can we take facts from the story and
make generalizations about people and
events in the story?
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In your journal, make a list of items you might
find in most school classrooms.
Mr. Fisher will write your answers on the
board.
Most classrooms in our school have ………..
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Notes in Journal -Making Generalizations
A valid generalization is a broad
statement based on facts and can be verified.
Signal Words (most, usually, often, many,
sometimes).
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ALL classrooms have computers, VCRs and
globes.
Notes in Journal
Overgeneralizations are statements that
cannot be supported by facts but are based on
people’s feelings. Signal Words ( all, always,
everyone, never, and nobody)
Teaching Master ES 3-2 Making Generalizations
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Teacher Read Aloud
Peak Experience by John Alderman
1) How can you test the statement “The
Selkirks are one of the roughest and most
remote mountain ranges in North America
is based on fact?

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2) Is Michelle making a generalization when
she is quoted as saying. “It’s rare that
people our age are given this much
responsibility.”
3) What is generally true about wilderness
locations?
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Vocabulary- copy into your Language Arts
Journal
1)cheap- costing very little
2)Depot- a railroad station
3)Determination- the firm intention to
accomplish a goal
4)Provisions- necessary supplies, especially
food
5)Urgency- the need to do something quickly
6)Wares- items for sale
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The Great Depression
1929-1942
What do the photographs show on page 244245?
Great Depression Video
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Reading Day #1
Read page 247-252
Comprehension Questions #1-4
Making Generalizations Guided Practice
Practice Book # 196
Entries for pgs. 247- 252.
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Reading Day # 2
Read Pages 252-255
Comprehension questions #5-7
Practice Book #196 for pages 253-254
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Reading Day # 3
Read Pages 257-262
Comprehension questions #8-11
Practice Book #196 for pages 257-264
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Practice Book page 197 Making generalizations
for homework.
In your journal write the following for Red
Fern
Characters, Setting, Plot