READING



**READING**

These are the next 5 stories that are comming up in Theme 5. Currently we are working on preparing for the PSSA by using Coach Books. After the PSSA, March 23rd, we will resume with our regular reading stories.

by Joy Masoff Expository Nonfiction Focus Skill: Elements of Nonfiction __Vocabulary:__ ventilate, billowing, brigade, flammable, curfew, dedication
 * FIRE!**

by Maggie Rugg Herold Informational Narrative Focus Skill: Author's Purpose __Vocabulary:__ apologized, obliged, certificate, examiner, petitioners, resounded, enrich
 * A Very Important Day**

By Paul and Shirley Berquist Expository Nonfiction Focus Skill: Elements of Nonfiction __Vocabulary:__ brush, spiny, teeming, habitat, topple, decomposes, perch, nectar
 * Saguaro Cactus**

By Doris Gates Realistic Fiction Focus Skill: Author's Purpose __Vocabulary:__ sulkily, indifferent, protruded, loathe, undoubtedly, heartily, certainly
 * Blue Willow**

by Carmen Lomas Garza Autobiography Focus Skill: Sequence __Vocabulary:__ culture, chile, barbecue, mesquite, confetti, accordion
 * In My Family**