The document provides teaching materials for a story called "The Printer" that focuses on developing comprehension skills like making inferences, predicting plot points, and understanding figurative language. Vocabulary words from the story are defined and grammar skills around pronoun-verb agreement are also covered.

1. Unit 5: Challenges Weekly Theme: Heroes Selection 4: Title: The Printer Author: Myron Uhlberg

2. Genre: Realistic Fiction – an invented story that could have happened in real life Comprehension Strategy: Make Inferences and Analyze Comprehension Skill: Plot Development: Make Predictions

3. Phonics: Decode Words with the VC/CV Pattern Spelling Focus: basket, rabbit, napkin, letter, invite, bedtime, mammal, number, fellow, chapter, follow, problem, chicken, butter, Sunday Review Words: tried, studies, drying Challenge Words: splendid, complete

4. Key Vocabulary: screamed – made a loud cry or sound numb – unable to feel or move escape – to become free fled – ran away form something shuddered – shook or trembled suddenly image – a picture of a person or thing newspaper – a set of pages that contain news

5. Vocabulary Skills: Context Clues: Figurative Language **Figurative language paints a picture with words. Example: The fast-spreading fire gobbled up the paper.

6. Word Work: Grammar Skills: Pronoun-Verb Agreement A present-tense verb must agree with its subject pronoun. Add –s or –es to most present-tense action verbs when using singular pronouns he, she, and it. Don’t add –s or –es to a present-tense action verb when using plural pronouns we, you, and they , or singular pronouns I and you .