Focus on Genre

Newspaper Article A news article tells about a recent event. A news article is nonfiction. Quotations show the words a person says about an event. This article tells about a fire.

Focus on Words

Words with Long Vowels When you read and come to a word you don’t know, blend the sounds together to read it.

Remember that when two vowels are together, the first is usually long and the second is silent. In words with igh, use a long i sound. You just learned about words with these spellings:

High Frequency Words Say these words as whole words when you read.