What About Me?
By Ed Young
THIS WEEK
STUDENTS WILL LEARN
Comprehension Skill Sequence
Comprehension Strategy Summarize
Vocabulary StrategyWord Structure
Spelling Plurals –s, -es
Study Skill Alphabetical Order
Kathy Kassidy, Westside
Guided Reading Books
Sequence
Sequence is the order in which things
happen in a story—what happens first,
next, and last.
Sometimes a writer uses clue words like first, next, and in the
morning. Sometimes a writer does not. Then you can tell the order
by picturing in your mind what is happening.
First
Next
Then
Last
How would we get what we
needed without money?
Our Story takes place
on the continent of Asia in the country
of India
India
Can you find India on this map?
In our story thread, goats and rugs are
very important in the telling of this story.
Let's go to India to learn more.
Goat Eating
Eating Goats
Goat
pens
Goat hair blankets, tents, rugs, pillows, make-up brushes,
brushes for horses, purses, and fake dogs.
Concept Vocabulary
barter to trade by exchanging one kind of goods for
other goods without using money
exchange to give something to someone in return
for something else; trade
precious having great value
If it is not it may be a fantasy.
 carpenter
 carpintero
 carpetmaker
 alfombrista
 knowledge
 conocimiento
 marketplace
 mercado
 merchant
 comerciante
 plenty
 mucho
 straying
 descarriando
 thread
 hilo
carpenter
someone whose
work is building
and repairing
things made of
wood
carpintero
carpetmaker
a person who
makes carpet
and rugs for
floors
alfombrista
knowledge
conocimiento
what you
know
marketplace
mercado
a place where people
meet to buy and sell
things
merchant
comerciante
someone who buys
and sells goods for a
living
plenty
a full
supply
mucho
straying
wandering
descarriando
thread
a thin string made of
strands of cotton, silk,
wool, or nylon, spun
and twisted together
hilo
stunned
thoroughly
shocked or
confused
wandered
someone who travels
aimlessly from place
to place
Plurals
1. -s or -es to most words
2. Add -s to most words: plants.
3. Add -es to words that end in ch, sh, or ss: inches.
4. Change y to i and add es to most words that end with y:
pennies.
5. Creating plurals sometimes causes the spelling of a word
change. A plural can end in either the
/s/ or /z/ sound.
to
Use your vocabulary words
with the poster.