Language and Literacy

Read on Your Own

Focus on Genre

Realistic Fiction Realistic fiction is a story that is not true, but could really happen. The characters act like real people. This story is about two girls who are practicing for a show at school.

Focus on Words

Verb Ending: -ed When you read and come to a word you don’t know, blend the sounds together to read it. You just learned about verbs that end in -ed.

Photograph of two girls hugging. Below is the word “hugged” with a finger pointed to underlined “ed.”

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

sawwas
weretheir
saidbegan
aboutdance
thoughtagain

Eva’s Lesson

Illustration of a girl (Eva) in a kitchen, tapping her foot

Eva was mad. She tapped her foot. She looked at the clock above the stove.

Illustration of Eva looking at the kitchen clock showing 2:10

“Veronica has ten more seconds to get here,” she said. Eva waited and waited.

Illustration of Eva looking at the kitchen clock showing 2:15

Veronica was always late.

Illustration of Eva looking at the kitchen clock showing 2:20