Unit 3 Notes
Reading: Journeys
Lesson 11
 Theme: Starting Anew
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Essential Question: What are the benefits of studying
weather?
Story: Hurricanes – Earth’s Mightiest Storms
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Skill: Text & Graphic Features/Text Structure
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Spelling – Compound Words
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Vocabulary
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Strategy: Suffixes –ful, -less, -ness, -ment
Lesson 11 Spelling – Compound Words
somebody
classmate
fireplace
flashlight
nearby
haircut
toothbrush
twenty-two
homesick
driveway
make-believe
alarm clock
anything
baby-sit
all right
airport
goodbye
forever
forehead
mailbox
Challenge:
field trip
absent-minded
life jacket
skyscraper
nevertheless
Lesson 11 Target Vocabulary
1. whirling – spinning quickly in a circle
2. rapidly – quickly
3. condense – to form tiny droplets of water
4. source – the place where something comes from
5. rotating – turning or spinning
6. rage –to act in a violent way
7. experience – to see and feel the effects of something
8. ancient – very old
9. predict – to say something that is going to happen
10. registered – to have recorded information
Lesson 11 Suffixes
Suffix
Meaning
Example
- ful
“full of ”
fearful
- less
“without”
careless
- ness
“state or condition of ”
kindness
Lesson 12
 Theme: Miracles
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Essential Question: How do natural disasters affect
people?
Story: The Earth Dragon Awakes
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Skill: Sequence of Events/Conclusions
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Spelling – -ed or -ing
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Vocabulary
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Strategy: Synonyms
Lesson 12 Spelling
rising
dripped
traced
begged
stripped
dared
slammed
skipped
dancing
hitting
striped
spotted
winning
raced
snapping
dimmed
bragging
spinning
handled
escaped
Challenge:
urged
striving
whipped
breathing
quizzed
For adding –ed or –ing to a
word ending with a vowel +
constanant …
DOUBLE THE
CONSTONANT
BEFORE ADDING ED
OR ING
Lesson 12 Target Vocabulary
1. constructed – built
2. crushing – smashing/breaking
3. tenement – an apartment building often poorly maintained
4. possessions – things you own; belongings
5. trembles – shakes
6. wreckage – leftover bits of something that is ruined
7. debris – pieces of broken stones or bricks
8. rubble – broken stone or bricks
9. slab- a broad, flat piece
10. timbers – large pieces of wood
Lesson 13
 Theme: Being One
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Essential Question: How are the different parts of an
ecosystem connected?
Story: Antarctic Journal
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Skill: Sequence of Events/Similie/Metaphore
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Spelling – -ed or -ing
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Vocabulary
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Strategy: Greek/Latin word parts
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spect, struct, tele, vis
Lesson 13 Spelling
wiped
shipped
covered
phoning
mapped
offered
pleasing
smelling
slipped
hiking
putting
checking
traveled
fainted
seeking
landed
visiting
becoming
mixed
wandering
Challenge: amusing,
entertained,
admitted, stunning
starving
Lesson 13 Target Vocab
1. vision – a mental image of what something could be like
2. standards – levels used to compare
3. huddle – crowd together
4. alert – aware of
5. weariness – tiredness
6. fractured – broken
7. graceful – elegant
8. stranded – left helpless
9. display – show
10. concluded – formed an opinion
Lesson 13 Greek & Latin Word Parts
Root Word
Origin
Meaning
Example
 spect
Latin
“look”
inspect
 struct
Latin
“build”
structure
 tele
Greek
“far away”
telephone
 vis
Latin
“see”
vision
Lesson 14
 Theme: Our Role in Catholic Community
 Essential Question: How do living things each have an
important role in the world?
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Story: Hurricanes – The Life and Times of the Ant
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Skill: Text Features/Author’s Purpose/Question
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Spelling – Final Long e
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Vocabulary
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Strategy: Suffixes –able and -ible
Lesson 14 Spelling – Final Long e
turkey
duty
lonely
drowsy
colony
chimney
steady
plenty
hungry
daily
valley
alley
hockey
fifty
starry
empty
melody
injury
movie
prairie
Challenge:
envy, fiery,
mercy, discovery,
mystery
Lesson 14 Target Vocab
1. transport – carry from one place to another
2. social – relating to the way people live together
3. obstacles – things in the way
4. scarce – hard to find
5. exchanges – giving one thing and getting another
6. transfers – moves from one place to another
7. chamber – a room
8. reinforce – make stronger
9. storage – a place to keep supplies
10. excess - extra
Lesson 14 Vocab Strategy
 Suffix
 Both come from Latin
 Both mean “able to be” or “inclined
to be”
Lesson 15
 Theme: Involvement
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Essential Question: Why is it important to be informed
about what is happening in our world?
Story: Ecology for Kids
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Skill: Main Idea/Details
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Spelling – Change Final y to i
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Vocabulary
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Strategy: Using Context
Lesson 15 Spelling
tiniest
hobbies
copied
countries
pitied
easier
laziest
families
spied
happiest
ladies
friendlier
studied
busier
breezier
prettiest
noisier
healthier
butterflies
funniest
Challenge:
heaviest,
categories,
communities,
multiplied,
qualities
Lesson 15 Target Vocab
1. habitats – the environment that animals and plants live in
2. species – a group of plants or animals that are alike
3. organisms – living things such as plants or animals
4. traces – marks left by people. animals, or things
5. vast – great in size
6. directly – in a clear and obvious way
7. affect – to have an influence on
8. variety – a number of slightly different things within the same
grouping
9. radiation – energy in the form of rays or waves
10. banned – not allowed; forbidden