Prudy's Problem and How She Solved It

This week's vocabulary:
collection - group of things gathered from many places and belonging together
enormous - very large, huge
realize - to understand something clearly
scattered - separated and going in different directions
shiny - giving off or reflecting a bright light
strain - to draw tightly, to stretch too much


Each week the students will write their words in "7-up" sentences.  This means they will use each word in a sentence and the sentence must be at least 7 words long or more. It is helpful for the students to write different types of sentences (declarative, interrogative, exclamatory, imperative).


This week, as we begin the story "Prudy's Problem and How She Solved It", we will continue to study context clues.  We will also learn how a story is organized by a main idea and supporting details.  We will relate this to our writing during Writers Workshop.
Here are some websites to help you practice at home:
Main Idea/Details:
Main Idea Tutorial
What's The Big Idea?
Passage Practice

Context Clues:
Context Clues Practice Quiz
Readquarium Context Clue Practice