Unit 2 for Treasures

1. Unit 2:
Investigations
Weekly Theme:
Putting on a Performance
Selection 1:
Title: The Strongest One: A Zuni Play
Author: Joseph Bruchae

2. Genre:
Play– a story that is performed for an audience
Comprehension Strategy:
Generate Questions
Comprehension Skill:
Main Idea and Details

3. Phonics:
decode words with e
Spelling Focus:
long e words
heel, seal, weak, week, bean, creek, speaks,
team, free, green, clean, cream, street,
freeze, field
Review Words: right, pie, child
Challenge Words: sixteen, peanut

4. Key Vocabulary:
decorated – made to look better by adding
pretty things
symbol – a picture or shape that stands for
something else
darkened – made or became darker or
blacker, so there is less light
gnaws – bites something hard again and
again in order to wear away little by little
securing – attaching or tying something so it doesn’t
move
weakest – least strong or powerful

5. Vocabulary Skills:
Antonyms
** Antonyms are words that
have opposite meanings.
You can use a thesaurus to find
antonyms. A thesaurus lists words
in alphabetical order like a
dictionary.

6. Word Work:
Grammar Skills:
Common and Proper Nouns
A common noun names any person, place, or thing.
A proper noun names a special person, place, or
thing. It begins with a capital letter. Names of
people, towns, states, holidays, days, months,
streets, special events, product names, titles, and
historical periods are proper nouns.