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Michelle Kwan Heart of a Champion

Michelle Kwan Heart of a Champion. Day 1. Teacher Read Aloud: Baseball’s Hero With a Heart. Activate Prior Knowledge. We will be reading aloud a selection about Sammy Sosa, who worked to become a star baseball player. What do you think makes an athlete a superstar? (personality and talent).

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Michelle Kwan Heart of a Champion

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  1. Michelle KwanHeart of a Champion Day 1

  2. Teacher Read Aloud: Baseball’s Hero With a Heart

  3. Activate Prior Knowledge • We will be reading aloud a selection about Sammy Sosa, who worked to become a star baseball player. • What do you think makes an athlete a superstar? (personality and talent)

  4. Activate Prior Knowledge • In 1998, Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa were in a homerun hitting race to beat Roger Maris’s homerun record of 61 homeruns in a single season.

  5. Activate Prior Knowledge • Locate San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic on the map, this is where Sosa was born.

  6. Fact and Opinion • a fact is a statement that can be proved true or false • an opinion is a statement that tells what someone thinks, feels, or believes • Pay close attention to opinions and facts as we are reading.

  7. While You Read • Is the author’s statement The hitting contest between Sammy and McGwire made for the most thrilling baseball season in years a fact or an opinion? How do you know?

  8. While You Read • What opinion did many people have about Sammy at on time, and why did sportswriters nickname him “Sammy So-So”?

  9. While You Read • Name one fact and one opinion from this selection.

  10. Baseball’s Hero With a Heart • How well do you think the author told the story of Sammy Sosa’s rise to fame, and why?

  11. Fact and Opinion • List some of the facts and opinions you read from the story.

  12. S1C4PO2, 04 We are acquiring and using new vocabulary for speaking and reading. amateur • n.  Someone who performs a sport or other activity without being paid. You must be an amateur to compete in high school sports. 

  13. S1C4PO2, 04 We are acquiring and using new vocabulary for speaking and reading. artistic • adj.  Showing imagination and skill in creating something beautiful. The dancers gave an artistic performance. 

  14. S1C4PO2, 04 We are acquiring and using new vocabulary for speaking and reading. compete • v.  To take part in a contest. The runners hoped to compete in the Boston Marathon. 

  15. S1C4PO2, 04 We are acquiring and using new vocabulary for speaking and reading. elements • n.  A basic part of a whole. Spirals, spins, and jumps are elements of a figure skating program. 

  16. S1C4PO2, 04 We are acquiring and using new vocabulary for speaking and reading. judges • n.  A person who decides who wins a contest. The judges awarded first prize to my grandfather's pumpkin pie. 

  17. S1C4PO2, 04 We are acquiring and using new vocabulary for speaking and reading. presentation • n.  Performance. Although the actor knew his lines, his presentation was flat. 

  18. S1C4PO2, 04 We are acquiring and using new vocabulary for speaking and reading. pressure • n.  A strong influence or force. Sandra felt pressure to finish the book over the weekend. 

  19. S1C4PO2, 04 We are acquiring and using new vocabulary for speaking and reading. required • adj.  Needed. Kayla has all of the training required for this job. 

  20. S1C4PO2, 04 We are acquiring and using new vocabulary for speaking and reading. technical • adj.  Showing basic knowledge of a complex task. The acrobat performed the triple somersault with great technical skill. 

  21. Fact and Opinion A spider has eight legs. Spiders are beautiful. I think this spider is prettier than that one. You should like spiders. They are the best! Other examples of opinion words: believe, think, should, feel and best FACT OPINION

  22. Compound Words • In order to make a compound word, you put together smaller words. You will get 6 cards. Write each of these words on a separate card: hand bag base ball sun shine

  23. Vocabulary: Word Families return nocturnal turnout turnup turn overturn inturn turnpike turned upturn Make a family with 10 members and then write a sentence to go with each word. You may need to use a dictionary to use the word correctly in a sentence. upturn http://www.morewords.com/contains/

  24. Michelle KwanHeart of a Champion • Day 2

  25. amateur

  26. artistic

  27. elements

  28. judges

  29. presentation

  30. pressure

  31. required

  32. technical

  33. Michelle Kwan (R5-S1C6-06) Use reading strategies to comprehend text. With your shoulder partner, discuss and answer in complete sentences,questions 1-7 on page 152 of your text. You may look back in your text if you need to. When you're finished begin thinking about the following questions. What kind of writing is the selection an example of? Why does this selection belong in a theme called Give it all You’ve Got? What traits does the main character have? What actions or achievements help reveal those traits? What advice might the main character give to others?

  34. (R5-S1C6-06) Use reading strategies to comprehend text. Fact and Opinion Pg. 141 • A fact is a statement that can be proven true or false. • An opinion is a statement that tells what someone believes or Clue words that signal opinions include, think, feel, should, best, and seem. • Play Fact and Opinion PowerPoint

  35. Fact and Opinion • Let’s look at pgs. 139 and 140 Decide whether these are facts or opinions. • (139) Michelle has a sister, Karen, and they practice skating at Ice Castles. • If we worked hard all year, I’d have a good chance of winning the Junior Nationals in 1993. • I took the Senior test. • I felt like I knew me better than anyone else. • Frank is one of the greatest coaches in the world. • I passed, no problem. FACT OPINION FACT OPINION OPINION OPINION

  36. Common and Proper Nouns • A common noun names any person, place, or thing. • A proper noun names a particular person, place, or thing. It is always capitalized. In proper nouns of more than one word, each important word is capitalized. • Let’s look at pg. 146. I want you to hold up your card while I read sentences pointing out Proper and Common Nouns.

  37. Compound Words

  38. Michelle KwanHeart of a Champion • Day 3

  39. You must be an ___________ to compete in high school sports.  amateur

  40. artistic • Spirals, spins, and jumps are _________ of a figure skating program. 

  41. elements • The dancers gave an __________ performance. 

  42. judges • The _________ awarded first prize to my grandfather's pumpkin pie.

  43. Although the actor knew his lines, his _____________ was flat.  presentation

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