Monday December 12, 2011

1. MondayDecember 12, 2011

2. Fluency

3. SuccessfulReaders... Read aloud at a steady, even pace. Read slowly enough so that readers can understand each sentence.

4. From “Minn of the Mississippi” by Holling Clancy Holling-Echo The old crow, sitting on the dead pine’s tip, knew these great North Woods. For years he had flapped and soared over northern Minnesota. Each spring he beat his black wings northward-finding his forests, lakes and scattered farms unchanged. Yet this region that the old crow knew so well had been changed and re-changed in its ancient past; and each new change erased tracks of the last, like waves on sand…. The old crow wouldn’t have given a feather for such far-gone happenings. At this winter-ending time the country was wet. Feeling a raindrop on his beak, he cawed and flapped from his naked pine to a shaggy spruce tree. The wetness was coming again! Big drops pelted into the spruce and found the crow. Swinging his tail, he batted a drop into a shimmering mist. But it was no use-the very air was full of water! He hugged his tattered black robe tighter, closed his eyes and waited for what might come.

5. Vocabulary

6. Something that elongates stretches to a longer length. elongates The Christmas Tree elongates when the Grinch takes it out of his bag. What does this mean? Turn and talk to your partner.

7. elastic Something that is elastic stretches easily. Addy received silly bands in her stocking. The silly bands are elastic. Does this mean they break when you pull them (thumbs up) or stretch easily (thumbs down).

8. Something that is rigid is stiff and does not change easily. rigid You relatives come to visit for the holidays. Aunt Janie cries and complains that the mattress is rigid. What does she mean by this? Turn and talk to your partner.

9. accumulate When things accumulate they collect over time. What happens when snow flakes accumulate? Turn and talk to your partner.

10. Word Study

11. 5th Grade- Decoding/Word Attack Unaccented Syllables: Schwa +n, Schwa+l, Schwa+ r

12. Listen to me read this word. While I am reading, play close attention to which syllable is receiving the stress. ocean o/cean Did you notice that the first syllable receives the stress? The vowel sound in the final syllable is neither long nor short. This sound is called the schwa.

13. Listen to me read this word. While I am reading, play close attention to which syllable is receiving the stress. motion mo/tion Did you notice that in this word, too, the first syllable receives the stress? Notice that both ocean and motion have the schwa sound /әn/, but it is spelled differently in each word.

14. Listen to me read these words. When I point, echo read the word. par/ti/cle typical typ/i/cal particle The schwa sound is spelled differently in each word but the letters al and le in these words both stand for the /әl/ sound.

15. Listen to me read these words. When I point, echo read the word. vapor va/por angular an/gu/lar cooler cool/er The schwa sound is spelled differently in each word but the letters ar, er and or in these words all stand for the /әr/ sound.

16. Look at each word, then turn to your partner, read the word and identify the letters that stand for /әn/, /әl/, or /әr/ Ends with /әn/ as in motion Ends with /әl/ as in typical Ends with /әr/ as in vapor improbable improbable imperfection imperfection temperature temperature condition condition American American combustible combustible

17. To Do: • Separate words into syllables and sort according to the prefix on LA 89. – Glue into your journal. • Begin working on vocabulary children’s book. • Pioneers- Read pgs. 3-7 in Full Steam Ahead. Make a flip book of cause and effect using the directions on the page I give you. Small Group: