Teamwork Essential

Genre: Expository Text Question:

Gives factual information about a topic.
What benefits come from
Text features: photographs, captions, and headings people working as a
May offer the author’s conclusions supported by evidence group?

Comprehension Skill: Main Idea and Key Details

The main idea of an article is what it is mostly
about. Each section has a main idea too.
The main idea is supported by key details. Spelling
To determine the main idea, identify the key
details and figure out what they have in Words
common.
1. stable
2. saddle
Vocabulary Strategy: Latin Roots 3. table
4. noble
“ ” “ ” “ ” 5. cattle
“ ” “ ” “ ”
6. tumble
7. terrible
8. beetle
Vocabulary Words: 9. kettle
10. eagle
1. artificial—something not made by nature 11. royal
2. collaborate—work together
12. cripple
3. dedicated—to give or devote your time
4. flexible—able to bend without breaking 13. hospital
5. function—something’s use or purpose 14. legal
6. mimic—imitate
15. label
7. obstacle—something that stands in the way or blocks
progress 16. vocal
8. techniques—special ways of doing something to 17. journal
achieve a desired result
18. medal
19. pickle
20. sample