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Lesson 21: "The Tree" from Poppleton Forever by Cynthia Rylant |
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Words to Know: better, saw, turned, night, thought, window, pretty, and told |
Spelling Words: far, arm, yard, art, jar, bar, barn, bark, card, and yarn |
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Phonics: Using ar, or, and ore |
Comprehension: Story structure and analyze/evaluate; Author's craft: repetition |
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Vocabulary Strategies: prefix re- |
Fluency Practice: Phrasing-using natural pauses |
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Grammar: Subject pronouns-pronouns that name one, like he or she, and pronouns that name more than one, like we or they |
Writing: Writing to express and thinking about voice (it is the ablity to put a part of yourself in your writing--it is how you "speak" in writing) |
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Decodable stories to read Mark Shark, Clark's Part, At the Shore, and More Fun for Jake |
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Web Resources |
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Word Families Click on ar |
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Lesson 22: Amazing Animals by Gwendolyn Hooks |
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Words to Know: baby, follow, years, begins, learning, young, eight, and until |
Spelling Words: her, fern, girl, sir, stir, bird, fur, hurt, turn, and third |
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Phonics: Using er, ir, and ur |
Comprehension: Conclusions and visualize;Author's craft: Names of animals and body parts |
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Vocabulary Strategies: Using a dictionary entry |
Fluency Practice: Connected text |
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Grammar: The pronoun I- naming yourself last |
Writing: Writing to express and thinking about word choice |
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Decodable stories to read See the Birds, A Bath for Mert, Fox and Crow, and Meet Gert |
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Web Resources |
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Lesson 23: Whistle for Willie by Ezra jack Keats |
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Words to Know: again, boy, nothing, along, father, together, began, and house |
Spelling Words: look, book, good, hook, brook, took, foot, shook, wood, and hood |
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Phonics: Using oo and the syllable pattern ofCVC |
Comprehension: Cause and effect and monitor/clarify; Author's craft: Figurative language |
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Vocabulary Strategies: Classify and categorize- family words |
Fluency Practice: Stress |
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Grammar: Possessive pronouns- using my, your, his, her, mine, yours, and hers |
Writing: Writing a summary and thinking about organization |
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Decodable stories to read Look at This!, Two Good Cooks, Good Homes, and Big Problems |
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Web Resources |
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Lesson 24: A Butterfly Grows by Stephen Swinburne |
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Words to Know: also, kind, upon, anything, places, warm, flower, and ready |
Spelling Words: soon, new, noon, zoo, boot, too, moon, blew, soup, and you |
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Phonics: Using oo, ou, ew, ue, u, and u_e |
Comprehension: Sequence of events and questioning; Author's craft: Descriptive details (exact adjectives, verbs) |
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Vocabulary Strategies: Multiple-meaning words |
Fluency Practice: Expression |
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Grammar: Pronouns and action verbs |
Writing: Writing a story and thinking about ideas |
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Decodable stories to read Moose's Tooth, Moon News, Boot's Clues, and Red Zed and Blue Stu |
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Web Resources |
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Lesson 25: A New Friend by Maria Puncel |
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Words to Know: buy, city, family, myself, party, please, school, and seven |
Spelling Words: how, now, cow, owl, ouch, house, found, out, gown, and town |
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Phonics: Using ou, ow, oi, oy au, and aw |
Comprehension: Understanding characters and summarize; Author's craft: word choice using signal words |
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Vocabulary Strategies: Synonyms-using aThesaurus |
Fluency Practice: Phrasing with attention to punctuation |
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Grammar: Contractions: using with pronouns and the word not |
Writing: Writing a story and thinking about sentence fluency |
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Decodable stories to read Down on the Farm, Scout and Count, Dawn's Voice, andShawn's Toys |
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Web Resources |
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