Lesson 5.4.4

​Lesson 5.4.4

Friday February 6th, 2026

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Word Study Activity Book page 62

Multiple Choice

At the beginning of the story, you meet Shawna. Who is she and why is she important to the story?

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  Shawna is the apiary superintendent and will be helping the characters while they work at the apiary.

• Shawna is another worker at the apiary who has also just started her first day at the job.

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  Shawna is Jade's mother and is very worried about her starting a new job.

Brain Break :)
Up next: Reading

Match

Match the different genres

• Narratives/Stories

• Drama/play

• Poetry

Has a beginning, middle, and end.

has a script and stage directions

Has stanzas and rhyme

• Has a beginning, middle, and end.

• has a script and stage directions

• Has stanzas and rhyme

Multiple Choice

What kind of text is The Breathing Trees?

• Poetry

• Drama

• Narrative

​Simile- Uses the words like or as to make a comparison

Multiple Choice

On page 23, the text says, “The sound was as loud as a firecracker.” What does this simile mean?

• Someone tried to set off a firecracker on the space shuttle.

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  The sound was extremely loud, just as a firecracker is loud.

• 
  A firecracker exploded in the cargo bay.

​What do you think Nova is trying to say here?

How do you know?

Brain Break :)
Up next: Writing

Multiple Choice

The fish swam in its tank.

What is the possessive pronoun?

• fish

• swam

• its

• tank

Multiple Choice

The boat docked by the lake is theirs.

What is the possessive pronoun?

• boat

• by

• lake

• theirs

Draw

Correct the errors in the sentences

Open Ended

Complete the sentence with an adjective

Sam likes ___ snacks and Mila prefers___snacks.

Open Ended

Complete the sentence with an adjective

She wore a ______ necklace and a _______ ring.

Open Ended

Write a sentence about this image. Include at least 2 adjectives.