Language and Literacy

Read on Your Own

Focus on Genre

Travel Article A travel article tells facts and details about a place to visit. A travel article is nonfiction. This travel article tells about the Grand Canyon.

Focus on Words

Multisyllabic Words When you read and come to a longer word you don’t know, look for the patterns of consonants and vowels in the word. Break the word into syllables and then blend the syllables to read the word.

wagon

wagon

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

statesea
thannear
highmiles
millionexplore
formearth
scenic photograph of canyons