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Ten Mile Day

Ten Mile Day. Day 4. Concept talk . What challenges do immigrants encounter?. Partner Share. Think about the sustenance the immigrant workers received as they worked to lay the ten miles of track. What kinds of sustenance do you need to survive?

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Ten Mile Day

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  1. Ten Mile Day Day 4

  2. Concept talk What challenges do immigrants encounter?

  3. Partner Share • Think about the sustenance the immigrant workers received as they worked to lay the ten miles of track. • What kinds of sustenance do you need to survive? • Immigrants coming to America often face adversity. What kinds of adversity did the immigrant workers face during Ten Mile Day?

  4. Concept Map • Let’s add the word sustenance under finding work on the concept map. • Let’s add the word adversity under missing their homeland on the concept map.

  5. Amazing Words • Established-means set up on a lasting basis • How would you know if a routine has been established? • Homeland- the country that is your home or native land • Ian missed his homeland after his father’s job took the family to China. • Teach your partner what this amazing word means.

  6. Vocabulary • Barren- unable to produce fruit • Syn-fruitless • The farmer’s trees were barren and looked empty in the field. • Deafening- very loud • Syn-earsplitting • The jet roared over the house with a deafening roar.

  7. Vocabulary • Lurched- rolled suddenly • Syn-blundered • The car lurched forward in the garage. • Previous- occurs before in time • Syn- earlier • She enjoyed the previous show better.

  8. Vocabulary • Prying- to look at closely • Syn-inquiring • The girl looked into the closet with prying eyes. • Surveying- looking carefully at • Syn-appraise • He was surveying the hill for his cat.

  9. Ten Mile Day We need our books now.

  10. Email • Take a look at page 164-167. • What is the name of the title of the email? • Who sent the email? • Who was it sent to? • Why is she writing the email?

  11. Email • With your partner, write a business email • You may choose to write one to: • A museum to ask for information about explorers • The city hall to ask about what the mayor actually does • You choose

  12. Fluency With your partner pick a part of the story “Ten Mile Day” that you will practice reading. Don’t stop until I tell you to. Read aloud either together or one at a time. Make sure to use good pacing and correct voice inflection

  13. Spelling Contractions This week we will use words that are a shortened form of two words. They contain apostrophes that show where letters have been left out.

  14. Spelling • It is • It’s • Will not • Won’t • That is • That’s • Must have • Must’ve

  15. Daily Fix it Lets take a look at our Daily Fix it

  16. Conventions

  17. Conventions • Collective nouns are nouns that represent groups of people. • Army audience board class company • Corporation council department firm • Group jury majority navy school team

  18. Writing • Expository compositions contain: • An introduction with a topic sentence • Body with main idea and supporting details • conclusion

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