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Student will demonstrate an understanding of the theme/message of a story. Students will be decorating a bottle to the details of a book of their chose and then writing the message of the story.

Student will extend their vocabulary by completing a dictionary worksheet. Student is going to then create a vocabulary flower. In the pistil of the flower, the student will write the vocabulary word chosen. The petals will be the synonyms of the word. Lastly, the stem will have the definition of the word. The vocabulary word must come from the current book they are reading and must be an unknown word.

Students are going to create a map of a state or island that they are going to make up. They must give the state/island a name, a description of what it is like in their state/island and draw a map of it. It can be any shape, color, and form of their choice, but it must be creative. Also, it must have a key, compass rose, cardinal directions, mountains, and rivers. We are creating thematic maps so there must be borders. They will work 4 in a group.