Adelina's. Whales. As we read the story. . . Page 300: Adelina believes her town
is a special place. What fact could help you decide if her opinion is valid?
Skill of the week: Fact and Opinion A statement of fact can be correct or incorrect. You can check it by doing _____________. A statement of opinion should be supported. A _________ opinion is supported by facts or good logic. A __________ opinion is not. Some sentences contain both statements of fact and statements of opinion. Read Something Must be Done and fill in the chart.
Name____________________________________ Unit 3 Week 2 Language Arts Graphic Organizer
Adelina’s Whales As we read the story. . .
Fact:
Check Correctness By:
Page 300: Adelina believes her town is a special place. What fact could help you decide if her opinion is valid?
Opinion:
Support to Show This is a Valid Opinion:
Spelling Generalization: A homophone is a word that sounds exactly like another word but has a different spelling and meaning: piece, peace. Write the homophone pairs and draw pictures that will help you remember the meanings for each pair.
Page 305: What context clues could help you decide that the meaning of bluff is a steep cliff and not something done while playing cards?
Vocabulary Strategy: Using Context Clues for Homonyms Sometimes when you read, you may come to a word whose meaning you know, but that meaning doesn’t make sense in the sentence. The word may be a homonym. Homonyms are words that are spelled the same but have different meanings because they have come into the English language from different languages. For example, staff can mean "a stick" or "a group of employees." You can use the context—the words and sentences around the word—to figure out which meaning is being used. Use context clues to determine the meanings of the vocabulary words.
Grammar: Main and Helping Verbs A verb that has more than one word is called a verb phrase. A verb phrase is made up of a main verb and one or more helping verbs. The main verb shows action. The helping verb or verbs tell more about the action. Common helping verbs are am, is, are, was, were, will, would, should, has, have, had, do, does, did, can, and could. The helping verbs am, is, and are show present time. Was and were show past time. Will shows future time. The helping verbs has, have, and had show that an action started in the past. Underline the main verb and circle the helping verb in each sentence.
Mr. Grega has borrowed many things. Now he is sending kids to get tooth boxes. Kind, giving Mrs. Lee did say it was O.K. Mr. Grega will owe Mrs. Lee- big time.
