1. Theme Question: What is my heritage? Who are our ancestors? (Wk 1) How do people learn about their heritage or culture? (Wk 2) What kinds of things are passed through the generations? (Wk 3) What can we learn from sharing our heritage or culture with each other? (Wk 4)

3. Theme vocabulary  heritage  ancestor  generation

5. Preview and Predict  Chapters 1 and 2 Purpose  Find answers to the Theme Question.  Set your own purpose.

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7. Theme Question: What is my heritage? Who are our ancestors? (Wk 1) How do people learn about their heritage or culture? (Wk 2) What kinds of things are passed through the generations? (Wk 3) What can we learn from sharing our heritage or culture with each other? (Wk 4)

8. Theme vocabulary  heritage  ancestor  generation

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10. Preview and Predict  Chapters 3 and 4 Purpose  Find answers to the Theme Question.  Page through to find something you’d like to learn more about.

11. What is the theme question? Name the three theme vocabulary words and their meanings?

13.  Synonyms are words that have similar or the same meaning as other words. Using synonyms helps readers relate new words to other words they might already know.  Typical  Embrace  Attempt  Joy  Rage  Spy  Confess

14.  An author’s purpose is the reasons for writing, such as to persuade, inform, entertain, or express ideas.  An author does not usually state a purpose for writing. Readers must use clues in the text to figure out the important ideas. Look through the theme reader to identify clues.  What does the author want you to learn?  Why did the author write this?  What clues help you determine the author’s purpose?

15.  A suffix is a word part that is added to the end of a base word. Suffixes can be added to many words to form adjectives, or words that describe nouns.

16. SuffixMeaningExample -alRelating toTraditional -fulFull ofJoyful -ible/-ableAble toEnjoyable -ousFull offamous -ishResemblesfoolish

17. What is the theme of question? Name the three theme vocabulary words and their meanings?

19. Important IdeasSupporting Details

20. Read  Chapters 1- 4 Purpose  Reread Chapters 1-4 to gather text evidence to answer the Theme Question: What is my heritage?

21. -al -ible/-able -ful -ous -ish