Lesson Instructions

You will go through two lessons (one in grammar and one in reading).

GRAMMAR

Introduction

We are continuing our work on reference materials. Today's reference tool is the THESAURUS. No, it's not a dinosaur, it's a book of synonyms and antonyms.

Video

Stop and Jot

In Your Notebook: Copy down this chart.

Reference Materials
Dictionaries	A book of words in alphabetical order Gives definition, part of speech, and pronunciation
Glossaries	Domain-specific vocabulary words in alphabetical order In the back of the reference material Give definitions
Thesaurus	A book of synonyms and antonyms in alphabetical order Helps improve word choice while writing

Interactive

READING

Introduction

Hey readers! We are continuing our work on text features and how we can use these features to support our understanding of the text.

Here are some text features examples that you may have seen in other grades:

Nonfiction Text Features
Print - bold, colored, italics, highlighted, big or small
Diagrams
Timelines
Index
Bullet points
Table of contents
glossary
graphs
tables/chairs
maps
pictures/captions

Video

Stop and Jot

In Your Notebook: Continue reading informational text and adding to your chart from the last reading session. If you are having trouble locating text features, use the graphic above to help you.

While you are reading your informational book, find text features and fill out the chart. Read for 30 minutes.

Text Feature	Why did the author include it?

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