Language and Literacy

Read on Your Own

Focus on Genre

Informational Text Informational text tells facts and details about a topic. It is nonfiction. This informational text tells about where plants grow.

Focus on Words

Words With Prefixes and Suffixes When you read and come to a word with a prefix or suffix, cover the prefix or suffix and read the root word. Then uncover the whole word and read it. You just learned about words with these prefixes and suffixes:

PrefixesSuffixes
unlessly
refuly
happy

happy

photograph of a teenage boy who is not smiling and the word unhappy

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

weighindoors
beautifulwarm
specialhealthy
owncold
anyoutdoors
Plants in greenhouses can grow all year round.

Plants in greenhouses can grow all year round.