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//Introduction: Living in Alaska// //Main selection: A Walk in the Desert // //Linked selection: Food Chains: Predator vs Prey (Science) //

//CCSS of the week //

Alaska http://school.eb.com/levels/elementary/search/articles?query=alaska

Click on the picture of the LEVELED READER to would like to read

Vocabulary Words of the Week: shimmer, eerie, lurk, climate, silken, lumbering

Grammar skill: adjectivesmedia type="youtube" key="NOkCvJwH6nE" width="560" height="315" align="left"  @https://www.brainpop.com/english/grammar/adjectives/  @https://www.flocabulary.com/adjectives/   

Phonics & Word Study Lesson with Spelling Words (CLOSED SYLLABLES) Closed Syllables game

Comprehension Skill: Main Idea & Detail Main Idea & Detail activity

http://www.brainpop.com/science/ecologyandbehavior/camouflage/preview.weml http://www.brainpop.com/science/earthsystem/deserts/ http://www.brainpop.com/science/ecologyandbehavior/foodchains/ media type="custom" key="25391178"

Plants & Animals in the desert discussed -desert tortoise -Saguaro cactus -wood rat -elf owl -painted grasshopper -horned lizard -roadrunner -desert jackrabbit -scorpion -rattlesnake

FOOD CHAINS http://school.eb.com/levels/elementary/search/articles?query=food+chain