Big Question: How are families changed by the kind of place they live?

1. Big Question: How are families changed by the kind of place they live? Title: Me and Uncle Romie Author: Claire Hartfield Illustrator: Jerome Lagarrigue Genre: Realistic Fiction

2. Small Group Timer

3. rocky • foolish • rainy • childhood • selfish • treatment • movement • neighborhood • childish • parenthood • crunchy • bumpy • payment • sleepy • shipment • assignment • livelihood • stylish • environment • guilty Spelling Words

4. cardboard • feast • fierce • flights • pitcher • ruined • stoops • treasure • conductor • conversations • platform • constellations • counselors • vendor Vocabulary Words More Words to Know

5. Monday • Tuesday • Wednesday • Thursday • Friday Big Question: How are families changed by the kind of place in which they live?

6. Monday

7. Author’s Purpose • Prior Knowledge • Build Background • Vocabulary • Appropriate Phrasing • Conjunctions • Suffixes: -y, -ish, -hood, -ment Today we will learn about:

8. Monday Build Concepts

9. Fluency: Model While I read “Country Kid, City Kid” to you, notice how I group words together instead of reading word-by-word. Be ready to answer questions after the story. Would you say the author’s purpose in writing this story was to persuade, inform, entertain, or express ideas or feelings? What do you think the author means by “miles apart, but two of a kind?”

10. Changing Environments Concept Vocabulary:constellations, counselors, vendor

11. Author’s Purpose Pages 244 – 246

12. Prior Knowledge:Take 2 or 3 minutes to think about what you know about the city.

13. cardboard –a stiff material made out of layers of paper pulp pressed together, used to make cards, posters, boxes, and so on • feast – a big meal for a special occasion shared by a number of people • fierce – wild or frightening • flights – sets of stairs from one landing or one story of a building to the next Vocabulary Words

14. pitcher –a baseball player who throws the ball to the catcher • ruined –destroyed or spoiled something completely • stoops – porches or platforms at the entrance to a house • treasure – any person or thing that is loved or valued a great deal Vocabulary Words

15. conductor – a person who collects fares or tickets on a train or other public transportation • conversations – discussions or talks between two or more people • platform – a raised floor at a train station from which you can enter or leave a train More Vocabulary Words

16. constellations – groups of stars that form patterns • counselors – instructors or leaders in summer camp • vendor – person who sells something or provides a kind of service • (next slide) More Vocabulary Words

17. flights

18. cardboard

19. feast

20. pitcher

21. stoops

22. treasure

23. conductor

24. platform

25. constellations

26. counselors

27. vendor

28. Monday Grammar: Conjunctions

29. jeffs uncle lives in a city neighborhod • Jeff’s uncle lives in a city neighborhood. • his sister and him visits Uncle Jim every summer • His sister and he visit Uncle Jim every summer.

30. Her voice sang soft and low. • Andis a conjunction. It joins two words, soft and low. Grammar: Conjunctions

31. A conjunction is a word that connects words or groups of words. • To add information, use the conjunction and. • James played ball and listened to music. Grammar: Conjunctions

32. To show a choice, use the conjunction or. • He could stay inside or play outside. • To show a difference, use the conjunction but. • He had never played stickball, but he enjoyed it. Grammar: Conjunctions

33. You can use a conjunction to combine two sentences into a compound sentence. • Add a comma before the conjunction in a compound sentence. • James had played baseball. He had never played stickball. • James had played baseball, but he had never played stickball. Grammar: Conjunctions

34. New York is a huge city, but it has many smaller neighborhoods. • New York is a huge city, but it has many smaller neighborhoods. • Many artists and writers live in Greenwich Village. • Many artists and writers live in Greenwich Village. Grammar: Conjunctions Find the conjunction in each sentence.

35. Central Park has gardens, playgrounds, and a zoo. • Central Park has gardens, playgrounds, and a zoo. • You can see a play or a musical near Times Square. • You can see a play or a musical near Times Square. Grammar: Conjunctions Find the conjunction in each sentence.

36. It will take a long time to visit New York’s neighborhoods, but you will enjoy them. • It will take a long time to visit New York’s neighborhoods, but you will enjoy them. Grammar: Conjunctions Find the conjunction in each sentence.

37. Harlem is in New York City, (or, and) it is an interesting neighborhood. • Harlem is in New York City, and it is an interesting neighborhood. • It is not a wealthy area, (or, but) it is a lively one. • It is not a wealthy area, but it is a lively one. Grammar: Conjunctions Choose the correct conjunction in each sentence.

38. Writers from Harlem wrote poems, songs, (but, and) stories. • Writers form Harlem wrote poems, songs, and stories. • Would you like to read a poem about rain(or, but) a story about jazz? • Would you like to read a poem about rain or a story about jazz? Grammar: Conjunctions Choose the correct conjunction in each sentence.

39. Writers from Harlem chose these subjects (or, and)others. • Writers from Harlem chose these subjects and others. Grammar: Conjunctions Choose the correct conjunction in each sentence.

40. Monday Spelling: Suffixes -y, -ish, -hood, -ment

41. rocky • foolish • rainy • childhood • selfish • treatment • movement • neighborhood • childish • parenthood • crunchy • bumpy • payment • sleepy • shipment • assignment • livelihood • stylish • environment • guilty Spelling Words

42. Tuesday

43. Context Clues • Author’s Purpose • Prior Knowledge • Homonyms • Vocabulary • Conjunctions • Suffixes: -y, -ish, -hood, -ment Today we will learn about:

44. Tuesday Fluency:

45. Fluency: Choral Reading Turn to page 254. While I read this page to you, notice how I group words together instead of reading them word-by-word. Let’s practice as a class and read this page three times.

46. Vocabulary Strategy for Homonyms Page 246

47. Me and Uncle Romie Pages 248 - 259

48. Tuesday Grammar: Conjunctions

49. it was a rainey day, and we played baseball anyway • It was a rainy day, but we played baseball anyway. • i played in the outfield and catched a fly ball • I played in the outfield and caught a fly ball.

50. A conjunction is a word that connects words or groups of words. • To add information, use the conjunction and. • To show a choice, use the conjunction or. • To show a difference, use the conjunction but. Grammar: Conjunctions