A Storm in the Night

1. A Storm in the Night by Mary Stolz illustrated by Pat Cummings

2. Objectives: • You will: • Practice recognizing compound words • Practice recognizing the /hw/ sound spelled wh • Practice recognizing the suffix –ness • Practice recognizing silent consonant spellings • Practice using conjunctions and interjections • Practice writing a personal narrative

3. Word Knowledge Day 1 • Downspouts birdbath thunderstorm homework • Do you see anything similar about these words? • They are all compound words. • Whistle what whined when • What do these words have in common? • They all have the /hw/ sound.

4. Word Knowledge Day 1 • Silly silliness happy happiness • Calm calmness • What do you notice about these words? • They are a base word with a suffix –ness. • The Suffix –ness changes a word from an adjective to a noun.

5. Word Knowledge Day 1 • Scratched kitchen half • These words are found in our selection. They have a silent consonant. • I’m not afraid of thunderstorms, like Ringo and your dog.” • Do you see any compound words? • Thunder+storms • Thomas’s voice was like a penny whistle. • Are there any words with the /wh/ sound? • whistle

6. Word Knowledge Day 1 • “There’s too much silliness in here.” • Do you see any words with a suffix? • Silliness • The dog scratched at half of it’s food on the kitchen floor. • Do you see any words with a silent consonant? • Scratched, half, kitchen

7. Build BackgroundReading 2.2 • Activate Prior Knowledge • Does anyone remember a time when the electricity went off during a storm? • Would listening to stories help pass the time while the lights are off? • What kinds of stories do your grandparents or other relatives tell you?

8. Background Information • A Storm in the Night is a realistic fiction. • Electricity sometimes goes off during a storm because the strong winds knock down the lines or lightning hits a piece of equipment. • Cars were available as early as the 1800’s, but most people couldn’t afford them until the1920’s. • Electricity was available by the mid-1800’s.

9. Prepare and PreviewReading 2.6 We are going to read the focus questions, title, author and illustrator together. Now, let’s look a the first page or two for any clues, problems or wonderings. Clues Illustrations of a grandfather and a grandson Problems mandarin Wonderings What does a storm have to do with storytelling?

10. Storm in the Night repeats brave overcome Selection Vocabulary errand natural

11. repeats Something that is done again Thomas hadn’t heard all of them yet, because he kept asking for repeats. Sometimes when I listen to the radio, I get tired of hearing all the repeats.

12. brave having courage “We can’t all be brave as tigers.” “The athlete was brave when facing her opponent.”

13. errand a short trip to do something “Anyway, the day came when Melvin was out on some errand of his own, and I was doing my homework, when all at once, with only a rumble of warning . . . down came the rain, down came the lightening, and all around and everywhere came the thunder.” Dad and I went to town on an errand at the hardware store.

14. overcome to beat or conquer “Having overcome my fear enough to forget myself and think about Melvin, I wasn’t afraid of storms anymore.” I have worked very hard to overcome the urge to bite my nails.

15. natural normal “Perfectly natural,” said Grandfather. It’s only natural for cats to chase mice.

16. “Storm in the Night”Draw a line from the word to it’s picture and from the word to it’s definition brave, errand, repeats, natural, overcome something that is done again having courage a short trip to do something to beat or conquer not artificial or man-made

17. First Read Student Anthology • We are going to read our story pages 128-133 using our comprehension strategies: • Making connections • Visualization

18. Investigation • Investigating Concepts Beyond the text • Let’s do page 118 of our Inquiry Journal.

19. Word AnalysisEng. Lang. Conv. 1.8 • Spelling pretest • This week we are working on words with lf, mb and _tch. • The words from our selection that have this spelling pattern are: scratched, kitchen, half The vocabulary skill words for this week are: Natural, silliness, darkness, certainly, daintily half

20. English Language Conventions • Conjunctions and interjections • We are going to look in our language arts Handbook on page 255 information on conjunctions. • Conjunctions are words like: and, or,or but.

21. English Language Conventions • We rode the roller coaster and the Ferris wheel. • No comma needed to join only two items. • Mai Ling dreams of being an engineer, a scientist, or a doctor. • Commas in a series • Toby is afraid of diving underwater, but Dexter loves to swim to the bottom of the pool. • Comma joins independent sentences • Let’s do page 140 and 141 of our Comprehension and Language Arts workbook.

22. Writing Process Strategies • Writing a personal narrative • Let’s read pages 114-115 in our Language Arts Handbook to review narrative writing. • We’re going to make a list of ideas for writing a personal narrative.

23. Writing Process Strategies • Formal Assessment • All sentences are complete. 2 Points • It is written in the first person. 2 Points • It has a beginning, middle, and end. 2 Points • Exact words are used. 1 Point • Mechanics are correct. 2 points • Photographs or illustrations support the story. 1 point

24. Word Knowledge Day 2 • Downspouts birdbath thunderstorm homework • Do you see anything similar about these words? • They are all compound words. • Whistle what whined when • What do these words have in common? • They all have the /hw/ sound.

25. Word Knowledge Day 2 • Silly silliness happy happiness • Calm calmness • What do you notice about these words? • They are a base word with a suffix –ness. • The Suffix –ness changes a word from an adjective to a noun.

26. Word Knowledge Day 1 • Scratched kitchen half • These words are found in our selection. They have a silent consonant. • I’m not afraid of thunderstorms, like Ringo and your dog.” • Do you see any compound words? • Thunder+storms • Thomas’s voice was like a penny whistle. • Are there any words with the /wh/ sound? • whistle

27. Word Knowledge Day 1 • “There’s too much silliness in here.” • Do you see any words with a suffix? • Silliness • The dog scratched at half of it’s food on the kitchen floor. • Do you see any words with a silent consonant? • Scratched, half, kitchen

28. Devolving Oral Language • Downspouts birdbath thunderstorm homework • Whistle what whined when • Silly silliness happy happiness • Calm calmness • Scratched kitchen half • Can someone use one of these words in a complete sentence? • Can someone add adjectives of adverbs to one of these sentences? • Can someone say a word that rhymes with one of these words?

29. First Read Student Anthology • We are going to read pages 134-141 using these comprehension strategies: • Visualization • Making Connections • Predicting

30. Discussion Strategy Use • What connections did you make between the reading and what you already know? • On what basis did you make and confirm predictions? • What did you visualize as you were reading?

31. Discussing the SelectionReading 2.6 Reading 3.1 • Let’s use handing off to answer these questions: • Why did Grandfather tell Thomas the story? • How did Grandfather and Thomas feel about each other? • Was Thomas really afraid? • Why was Grandfather no longer afraid of storms?

32. Meet the Author • Let’s look on page 142 to read about the author of the story. • Why do you think Stolz’s first book was written while she was confined to her house? • How did her “Unk” inspire Stolz to write by buying books? • Why do you think she’ll only keep writing books as long as children read them for answers?

33. Meet the Illustrator • We’re going to read the second half of page 142 to learn about Pat Cummings. • Why do you think Cummings wants to portray different cultures in the writing and illustrations? • How would climbing the steps of German castles increase Cumming’s appreciation for fairy tales?

34. Theme Connections • We’re going to look on page 143 of our text books to make theme connections. • Let’s do page 109 of our Inquiry Journals.

35. Concept Would anyone like to add to our concept board? Question Would anyone like to add to our question board? Investigation

36. SpellingEng. Lang. Conv. 1.8 • Words with lf, mb, and _tch • Let’s say these words together slowly: • Calf lamb match • Listen carefully for the sounds of each word • Did you hear the /f/, /m/ or /t/ sound in calf, lamb and match? • The l, m and t are silent in these words.

37. VocabularyReading 1.1, 1.7, 1.8 Short • Suffixes • “You were short, probably.” • “Short, certainly.” pg. 130 • What is the base word in the word certainly? • Certain • Let’s look the word certain up in the dictionary. • Certain: sure; positive; known • When we add –ly to a word it means in a certain way. • So, certainly means in a known way. • Let’s do page 110 and 111 in our Spelling and Vocabulary Skills workbooks.

38. English Language Conventions • Grammar: Conjunctions and Interjections • Let’s look at page 255 of our Language Arts Handbook. • Oh, I can’t possible eat all that food. • Alas! The weather report arrived too late for me to save my boat. • Wow! • These are ways interjections can be punctuated. • Can you find any interjections • in “A Storm in the Night”?

39. Writer’s CraftExact Words • Please tap your feet. • Please stomp your feet. • Do you notice a difference in the way you move your feet when I use specific words? • When we are writing exact words help the read picture what you are talking about. • Can you think of any more exact words? • Rose daisy sunflower

40. Writing Process Strategies • Prewriting: A Personal Narrative • Page 90 of our Writer’s Workbook has information on prewriting a personal narrative. • Let’s look on page 13 of our Language Arts Handbook to read about Word Choice. • We are going to complete pages 90 and 91 in our Writer’s Workbook.

41. Word Knowledge Day 3 • Downspouts birdbath thunderstorm homework • Whistle what whined when • Silly silliness happy happiness • Calm calmness • Scratched kitchen half

42. Word Knowledge Day 3 • I’m not afraid of thunderstorms, like Ringo and your dog.” • Thomas’s voice was like a penny whistle. • “There’s too much silliness in here.” • The dog scratched at half of it’s food on the kitchen floor.

43. Student Anthology Second Read • Let’s read pages 134-141 of our student anthology. • While we are reading we will use the comprehension skill author’s purpose.

44. Supporting the ReadingListen/Speak 1.11 • The author’s purpose is usually to entertain, inform or persuade. • Now we are going to do pages 138 and 139 in our Comprehension and Language Arts Skills workbooks.

45. Investigation • Questions for Family Storytellers • We are going to do page 118 of our inquiry journal to learn more about storytelling.

46. SpellingEng. Lang. Conv. 1.8 • Words with lf, mb, and _tch • Scratched kitchen half • The red letters are silent. • Let’s circle the silent letters in these words. batch catch latch match lamb limb comb climb calf thumb crumb scratched kitchen half Let’s do page 112 of our Spelling and Vocabulary Skills workbook.

47. VocabularyReading 1.1, 1.7, 1.8 • Suffixes • Daintily • Dainty + ly • Can someone circle the suffix in the word daintily? • Let’s look the word up in the dictionary. • Dainty = delicate, beautiful; graceful • When you add –ly to a word it means in a certain way. • What happens to the y in dainty when you add ly? • You change the y to i and add ly.

48. English Language Conventions • Conjunctions and Interjections • Let’s look on pages 140 and 141 of our Comprehension and Language Arts work book to review conjunctions and interjections. • Let’s write 3 sentences using some of these words and conjunctions and interjections. • Horse, Grandmother, Grandfather, wagon, home, journey, faucet, creaked, slopes, friends, faraway, long ago, icicles, snow, chickens, automobile, castle, thunder, and wedding

49. Writing Process StrategiesWriting 2.1a, 2.1b, 2.1c • Let’s review page 91 of our Writer’s Workbooks to help us draft our personal narratives. • We’re going to draft our personal narrative.

50. Word Knowledge Day 4 • Downspouts birdbath thunderstorm homework • Whistle what whined when • Silly silliness happy happiness • Calm calmness • Scratched kitchen half