Week 8 ~ The Great Ball Game Author Joseph Bruchac & Illustrator Susan L. Roth

Read  Along ST 2 1 Lesson 8 The Great Ball Game - YouTube

Read about the Author and Illustrator

Genre: Folktale (A story from an oral tradition that may be a blend of history and legend) 

Comprehension Questions 

Comprehension Skill Review: Information Skills: Using Directions 

Comprehension Strategy: Summarize to tell, in your own words, what happened so far in the story.

Comprehension Skill: Cause and Effect When one event causes another event to happen. The cause is telling why it happens. The effect is telling what happens.

	Quia C/E Columns
	Test Tutor
	Cause and Effect
	Flippy's Adventures
	Flippy's Adventures 2
	Quia Games
	Quia Games 2

 

Phonics Review  

Phonics: Vowel Pairs oa, ow 

	Soap Boat
	Starfall Word Sort
	Word Sort oa, ow
	Word Builder
	Crossword Challenge
	Word Find
	Spelling City
	Quia Matching

Phonics review: Words with nd, nt, mp, ng, nk

	Ending Blends Game
	Word Sort nd, nt, mp, ng, nk
	Word Builder nd, ng, nt, mp, nk
	Word Find
	Spelling City

Vocabulary

Vocabulary Skills: Dictionary: Parts of a Dictionary Entry

Key Vocabulary: 

accept- agree to 

advantage- something that gives a benefit; something helpful 

argument- a disagreement guarded- 

protected; took care of penalty- a punishment for breaking the rules 

quarrel- a disagreement 

Other Vocabulary:

 jeered- made fun of pity- feeling for the troubles of others 

horizon- the point where earth or water seems to meet the sky 

dim- not bright; only a little light 

 

Spelling City
	Quia Matching

	Soap Boat
	Starfall Word Sort
	Word Sort oa, ow
	Word Builder
	Crossword Challenge
	Word Find

Watch Origami Bat video   to help with the last page

Also watch and/or read Magic School Bus: Going Batty 

 

Links and Resources from:

https://tusd.learning.powerschool.com/tlarson/timlarson1/cms_page/view/4159732#