Author : Lynne Cherry Genre : Fantasy

1. Big Question: How are living things connected? Author: Lynne Cherry Genre: Fantasy

2. Small GroupTimer

3. Review Games Story Sort VocabularyWords: • Arcade Games • Study Stack • Spelling City: Vocabulary • Spelling City: Spelling Words

4. SpellingWordsPossessives

6. Big Question: How are living things connected?MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFriday

7. Vocabulary Words More Words to Know Vocabulary Words • canopy • dangle • dappled • fragrant • pollen • pollinate • slithered • wondrous • gash • lulled • landmarks • mountains • wilderness

8. Monday

9. Today we will learn about: • Build Concepts • Generalize • Story Structure • Build Background • Vocabulary • Fluency: Model Punctuation Clues • Grammar: Irregular Verbs • Spelling: Possessives • Protecting the Environment

10. FluencyModel Punctuation Clues

11. Fluency: Punctuation Clues • Listen as I read “In One Era and Out the Other.” • As I read, notice how I use punctuation clues to make my reading understandable and expressive. I will pause at periods and commas, change inflection at question marks, and express emotion at exclamation marks. • Be ready to answer questions after I finish.

12. Fluency: Punctuation Clues • How does the narrator support the generalization that Mama traveled by landmarks? • What generalizations can you make about Mama? Give details to support your generalizations.

13. Concept Vocabulary • landmarks– places or things used as guides or designated as important or interesting • mountains– very high hills that rise 2,000 feet or more above surrounding land • wilderness – wild, desolate region with few or no people living in it • (next slide)

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16. Concept Vocabulary (To add information to the graphic organizer, click on end show, type in your new information, and save your changes.)

17. Build Concept Vocabulary landmarks, mountains, wilderness Protecting the Environment

18. Generalize, Story StructureTurn to page 360 - 361.

19. Prior KnowledgeThink of ways to conserve natural resources such as forests, farmland, and water. Natural Resources

20. Prior Knowledge • This week’s audio explores saving rain forests. After we listen, we will discuss what you found out and what surprised you most about rain forests and the efforts to save them.

21. Vocabulary Words

22. Vocabulary Words • canopy – uppermost layer of branches in forest trees • dangle – to hang and swing loosely • dappled – marked with spots; spotted • fragrant – having or giving off a pleasing odor; sweet-smelling • pollen – fine, yellowish powder released from the anthers of flowers that fertilize the pistil of flowers

23. Vocabulary Words • pollinate – to carry pollen from anthers to pistils; bring pollen to • slithered – moved with a sliding motion • wondrous – wonderful; marvelous; remarkable

24. More Words to Know • gash – a long, deep cut or wound • lulled – soothed with sounds or caresses, caused to sleep • (NextSlide)

25. canopy

26. dangle

27. dappled

28. pollen

29. gash

30. GrammarIrregular Verbs

31. my report were not ready so we started with her’s • My report was not ready so we started with hers. • mariamaked a model of a rain forest, it had monkeys and parrots • Maria made a model of a rain forest. It had monkeys and parrots.

32. Irregular Verbs • They see the Kapok tree. They saw it before. • While many verbs form their past tense by adding –ed, other verbs do not follow this rule. The past tense form of see is saw. Verbs such as see are called irregular verbs.

33. Irregular Verbs • Usually you add –edto a verb to show past tense. Irregular verbs do not follow this rule. Instead of having –edforms to show past tense, irregular verbs change to other words.

34. Irregular Verbs

35. Irregular VerbsWrite the past tense form of the irregular verb in ( ). • Two men (go) into the forest. • went • One man pointed to a Kapok tree and (leave). • left • The other man (hit) the tree with his ax. • hit

36. Irregular VerbsWrite the past tense form of the irregular verb in ( ). • The man (take) his ax and walked away. • took • Our class has (read) about the rain forest. • read

37. Irregular VerbsWrite the past tense form of the irregular verb in ( ). • We also have (see) a movie about rain forest animals. • seen • Our teacher has (take) a trip to the rainforest. • taken • She has (tell) us about her adventures. • told

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40. Tuesday

41. Today we will learn about: • Word Structure: Suffixes • Generalize • Story Structure • Author’s Purpose • Vocabulary • Fluency: Choral Reading • Grammar: Irregular Verbs • Spelling: Possessives • Time for Science: Kapok Trees • Protecting the Environment

42. Vocabulary Strategy: SuffixesPages 362 - 363.

43. The Great Kapok TreePages 364 - 371.

44. FluencyChoral Reading

45. Fluency: Choral Reading • Turn to page 367, the last paragraph. • As I read, notice how my voice drops at periods and becomes emphatic for exclamations. • We will practice as a class doing three choral readings of this paragraph.

46. GrammarIrregular Verbs

47. we heared the mans ax ringing out in the forest • We heard the man’s ax ringing out in the forest. • birds flies among the branches and tree frogs whistle • Birds fly among the branches, and tree frogs whistle.

48. Irregular Verbs • Many verbs add -edto form their past tense. • Some verbs, called irregular verbs, do not follow this rule. They change to other words to show past actions.

49. Irregular Verbs

50. SpellingWordsPossessives