Unit 5 Lesson 21:
Penguin Chick

Vocabulary:
finally after a long time
otherwise if things were different
junior younger or having a lower rank
waterproof something that doesn’t allow water through it
slippery difficult to hold on to
webbed having skin between the toes
steer to control the direction in which something is going
whistle a high musical sound
Vocabulary Strategy: Dictionary Entry - includes an entry word, one or more
definitions of the word, and sometimes an example sentence or a picture; all dictionary
entries are arranged in alphabetical order
Target Skill and Strategy:
• Main Idea - tells more about the topic
• Details - gives the reader more information about the main idea
• Cause - why something happens
• Effect - what happens as the result of another event
Grammar Skill:
• Adjectives - tell about a noun
Spelling and Phonics Pattern:
• Words with -er
father over under herd
water verb paper cracker
offer cover germ master
fern ever remember feather
High-frequency Words: across, behind, house, how, move, nothing, one, out, took, voice