Unit 3:Discoveries

Weekly Theme:Ecosystems in Balance

Selection 3:Title: Saving the Sand DunesAuthor: Time for Kids

Genre:Nonfiction Article– an article that gives information about real

people, places, or things

Comprehension Strategy:

Analyze Text Structure

Comprehension Skill: Cause and Effect

Phonics:

decode words with /ûr/

Spelling Focus:

words with /ûr/

turns, first, herds, learn, purr, third, earn,

nurse, perch, girls, firm, word, world,

serve, worth

Review Words: bare, bear, stairs

Challenge Words: perfect, Thursday

Key Vocabulary:preserve – an area set aside for the

protection of plants and animals; protect from harm

restore – bring something back to its original condition

suffered – was damaged or harmed

rainfall – amount of rain that falls on an area in a period of time

Vocabulary Skills:

Multiple-Meaning Words

** Words that different meanings for the same word

To figure out the meaning that fits in a sentence, look up the word in a dictionary and choose the meaning that makes sense in context.

Word Work:

Grammar Skills:

Past-Tense Verbs

A past-tense verb tells what has already happened.

Add -ed to form the past tense of most verbs. Drop the e and add –ed to verbs that end in e.

Examples:

paint → painted dance → danced

jump → jumped like → liked