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Good-bye, 382 Shin Dang Dong

Question of the week: Why is it hard to adapt to a new culture?

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Genre: Realistic Fiction
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Comprehension Skill: Sequence
To sequence the events in a story, tell the order in which events happen. Look for transition words - 
  • first 
  • next
  • then 
  • finally


​Comprehension Strategy:
Monitor and Clarify
    When reading, stop after a paragraph or two ask,
  • "What did I learn?"
  • "What doesn't make sense?"
  • "How does this connect to what I already know?"
Reread aloud to clarify or read on to look for answers. Monitoring and clarifying will help you understand what you read. 

This weeks vocabulary words:
airport: a place where airplanes are able to take off and land
cellar: an underground room or rooms, usually under a building
curious: eager to find out or learn about new things
delicious: tastes very good
described: told about in words or writing
farewell: good-bye
homesick: wanting to go home
memories: everything a person remembers
raindrops: drops in rain


​Amazing Words

Native: A person born in a specific place
Homeland: The place you were born, a person’s native land Aspect: A particular part or feature of something
Advantage: Having a favorable or superior position
Sponsor: A person or organization that provides money for an activity
Habit: Something that a person regularly does, and it is something that is hard to stop doing
Impolite: Having no manners, being rude
Conscious: Knowing what is going on around you
​ Insult: To speak or treat someone else with disrespect or abuse


Conventions
Adverbs: 
  • A word that can tell when, where, or how something happens.
  • Adverbs can come before or after the verbs they describe.
  • Adverbs that tell how something happens often end in  -ly.
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