The Cay

 

We read The Cay during the end of September and the beginning of October. We with book we covered the following skills:
  • Setting
  • Vocabulary 1.10

Skills from Portals:

  • page 9-10 Compounds
  • page 14 Syllables 1.1
  • Page 15-16 Classifying Words
  • pages 17-18 Meaning Through Context 1.14
  • page 19 Sequencing  1.3
  • page 21 Synonyms 1.24
  • page 22-23 When Where How  1.7
  • page 24 Antonyms 1.24
  • page 26 Synonyms 1.24
  • page 28 Fact and Opinion 1.9
  • page 29 Cause and Effect 1.16
  • page 32 Correct Meanings 1.14

English
  • Homophones 6.3.1
  • Double Negatives 6.3.1
  • Subject-Verb Agreement 6.3.3
  • Combining Sentences 6.3.5, 6.3.8
  • Prepositions/Prepositional Phrases 6.3.11
  • Correction Run-on Sentences 6.3.13
  • Compare/Contrast with Venn Diagram

    Tennessee Vocabulary

    • clause (dependent/independent)

    • phrases (adj., adv., prep., inf., etc.)

As a fun activity with this book each student made an edible octopus.

 

 

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