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City Wildlife. Unit 2: Open Court Lesson 6: Secret Place. Objectives. You will: Practice recognizing contractions. Practice recognizing base words and affixes, including suffixes –ly and –ing and the prefix un-. Recognize words with /oi/ spelled oy.
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City Wildlife Unit 2: Open Court Lesson 6: Secret Place
Objectives • You will: • Practice recognizing contractions. • Practice recognizing base words and affixes, including suffixes –ly and –ing and the prefix un-. • Recognize words with /oi/ spelled oy. • Recognize words ending in –le with long and short vowels.
Word Knowledge • Freeway railroad warehouse smokestacks • Showed fanned carried lined • Dark light perfect imperfect • Boom shunt grunt snort cackle quack • Jangled noise year tangled clouds
Word Knowledge • Close by is a freeway where cars and trucks boom, and a railroad track with freight trains that shunt and grunt. • Smokestacks blow clouds to dim the sun. • He works a forklift in one of the brick warehouses, and I showed him the secret place the day I found it. • To celebrate the new year, the crowd jangled keys to make noise.
What do these words have in common? • Freeway railroad warehouse smokestacks • The above words are compound words. • Tell your partner what two words that make up each compound word. • For example: freeway = free + way
What is the same with these words? • Showed fanned carried lined • The words have the suffix –ed added to them. • How does the suffix change the meaning of these words? • The suffix –ed makes the words past tense. • Carried=change y to i and add ed.
What is the same with these words? • Dark light perfect imperfect • These words have the antonym pairs. • With your partner, use each of the above words in a sentence.
What is the spelling pattern in the next set of words? • Boom shunt grunt snort cackle quack • These words are vivid verbs and nouns. • Identify the above nouns and put them in a sentence. • Boom, shunt • Identify the above verbs and put them in a sentence. • Grunt, snort, cackle, quack
What is the same with these words? • Jangled noise year tangled clouds • These words are found in “Secret Place.” • What spelling patterns do you notice? • Jangled noise year tangled clouds
Please read the sentences and find the pattern • Close by is a freeway where cars and trucks boom, and a railroad track with freight trains that shunt and grunt. • Smokestacks blow clouds to dim the sun. • He works a forklift in one of the brick warehouses, and I showed him the secret place the day I found it. • Identify the compound words above: • Freeway, railroad, smokestacks, warehouses • Identify the word with the suffix –ed: • showed
Please read the sentences and find the pattern • Close by is a freeway where cars and trucks boom, and a railroad track with freight trains that shunt and grunt. • Smokestacks blow clouds to dim the sun. • He works a forklift in one of the brick warehouses, and I showed him the secret place the day I found it. • Identify the word with antonyms: • Close/far, dim/brighten, secret/public, day/night • Identify the vivid nouns or verbs: • Boom, shunt, grunt
Please read the sentences and find the pattern To celebrate the new year, the crowd jangled keys to make noise. Which spelling word patterns we studied do you notice in the above sentence? Year = long e = ea, Crowd = /ow/ = ow, Jangled =/el/= le noise = /oi/ = oi
Prior Knowledge • Have you ever found a hidden spot where wildlife lives in the city? What did you see there? • How does wildlife adapt to changing environments? • When cities grow, animals sometimes loose their natural habitats (homes).
Background Information • We will be reading a story that is realistic fiction. • The author chooses to tell a story using a form of writing similar to poetry. • Can you name other stories told using writing similar to poetry? • As cities grow, wildlife habitats are impacted. • Development versus conservation of land is a big debate in America.
Preview and Prepare (Reading 2.6 pp. 182O-182P) • Let ‘s read aloud:the title, the author and illustrator. • Now let’s browse the first page or two of the story. • Who are the main characters? • Look at the illustrations in the selections. • Make sure you make predictions about the text to help monitor your comprehension. • Look for: clues, problems, such as unfamiliar words (trans. 46) • Now let’s look at the focus question.
Set Purpose (Focus Question) • What is your purpose for reading this selection? Write it down. • Think about questions you have about city wildlife you may still have. • You may also set other reading goals.
Student Observation • Clues Problems Wonderings • The title is freight Where is the “Secret place? Place” What’s in it?
Selection Vocabulary Reading 1.3, 1.5 p. 182PTrans 15 • Shallow concrete slopes plumes shadowed wilderness (Transparency 15) • What do these words mean? • Context clues, word structure (root word, prefix & suffix), apposition, prior knowledge • Add vocabulary words to your Writers’ Notebook in the Vocabulary Words section
Reading 1.4 p. 182PTrans 15 Shallow concrete slopes plumes shadowed wilderness Selection Vocabulary
Selection Vocabulary Reading 1.4 p. 182PTrans 15 • Shallow: not deep (page 182) • concrete: a hard building material (page 182) • Slopes: upward or downward slant (page 182) • Plumes: feathers (pages 184) • Shadowed: covered in shadow; partially hidden (page 189) • Wilderness: area undisturbed by human activity (page 190)
Secret Place Te. 182Q (first reading-aloud pg. 182-187) • When I read this story I will: • Monitoring and Clarifying in order to understand difficult ideas or passages. • Summarize as a means to keep track of what we are reading. • Visualize by making mental pictures of events or characters from the story.
Secret Place Te. 188Q-R (first reading-orally pgs. 182-187) • Focus Questions: • What would it be like to be like to discover a secret place in the city that animals call home?
Investigating Concepts Beyond the Text TG 195A Inquiry • During workshop, let’s work on concluding our unit investigations. • Groups will meet to discuss questions you have about the story we just read. • Complete your presentations on disappearing Habits for city wildlife.
Language Arts Day 1 Word Analysis (TE. P. 196F) • This week, we will review spelling patterns from Unit 2. • Clouds tangled year noise jangled • Pretest p. 36 • Vocabulary Skill Words (review) • There plumes binoculars mallards together
English Language Conventions Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics (TG p. 195F Eng. Lang. Conv. 1.7) • Lesson 1: Quotation marks • Quotation marks are used to set off dialogue and the titles of short stories, poems, songs, and chapters of books. • Lesson 2: Commas in a series • Commas are used to separate three or more words or phrases in a series. • Lesson 3: Commas in dialogue • Properly place commas in dialogue
English Language Conventions Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics (TG p. 195F Eng. Lang. Conv. 1.7) • Lesson 4: Capitalization of places: • The names of specific city, states, countries, parks and buildings are capitalized. • Lesson 5: Question marks and Exclamation points • Use question marks at the end of questions and exclamation points with strong opinions or feelings. Complete Comprehension Book, pg. 54
Writing Process Strategies Getting Ideas: Research Reports TG p. 195F (writing 1.1, 1.4) • Read Language Arts handbook, pgs.108-113. • Even though the story ‘Secret Places’ is fiction, the author describes real wild animals doing the things real wild animals do. I want to know more about these creatures. Once I do, I could write a research report to share what I have learned with others. • Let’s make a list of topics we could write about. • Write your ideas for a research report in your Writer’s Notebook.
Writing Process Strategies Getting Ideas: Research Report TG p. 195J (writing 1.1, 1.4) • Total point value: 10 • The main idea is clearly stated. (2 points) • There is at least one supporting detail or example for each topic sentence. (2 points) • All information is written in the student’s own words. (2 points) • The final copy is clean, neat, and legible. (2 points) • Mechanics-punctuation, spelling, and capitalization is correct. (2 points)
Word Knowledge-Day 2 (TG p. 182L) • Freeway railroad warehouse smokestacks • Showed fanned carried lined • Dark light perfect imperfect • I need a volunteer to choose a word from the above list. • Next, I need another student to pronounce the word and put it in a sentence. • If you pronounce it correctly, you can pick another student to do the same thing. • Let’s continue with another volunteer.
Word Knowledge-Day 2 (TG p. 182L) Boom shunt grunt snort cackle quack • Jangled noise year tangled clouds • I need a volunteer to come up to the board and choose one of the above words. • Next, I need another volunteer to put the word in a sentence. • Now, I want another person to come up and add more information at the beginning of the sentence.
Secret Place Te. 188 (first reading-orally pgs. 188-193) • Focus Questions: • Why is it so important to protect such a secret place? • What can you do to help protect the wildlife near you?
Secret Place Te. 188 (first reading-aloud pg. 188-193) • When I read this story I will: • Monitoring and Clarifying in order to understand difficult ideas or passages. • Summarize as a means to keep track of what we are reading. • Visualize by making mental pictures of events or characters from the story.
Discussing Strategy Use TG 192 • What parts of the story did you have to slow down in order tomonitor & clarify? • What questions did you ask yourself as you read the story? • Did you pause to summarize as you read the story? When?
Discussing Strategy Use TG 143A Reading 2.5, 3.1 • Let’s use handing off to answer these questions: • Why was the place so unusual? • Why did the people who know about it care so much? • Why was its location secret? • Write your responses in the orange section of your writer’s notebook.
Reading and Responding (day 2) • Meet the Author(Read Pg. 194) • Why does Eve Bunting like to write about controversial issues? • Maybe she believes it is important for us to learn about these topics.
Reading and Responding (day 2) Where does Eve Bunting get her inspiration that helps her write so many books? Maybe she finds inspiration through everyday activities such as reading the newspaper or watching television. • Meet the Author(Read Pg. 194)
Reading and Responding (day 2) How might drawing holiday decorations in school have influenced Rand to become an artist full-time? Maybe he realized how useful art could be in everyday life. There are many purposes for drawings and decorations. Why do you think Rand has “time for nothing else” since he became an illustrator? It probably takes a long time to illustrate children’s books. • Meet the Illustrator(Read Pg. 194)
Theme Connections Reading 3.4 -TE. 195 • In your Writer’s Notebook (orange section) complete the questions on page 195. • Also, complete Inquiry Journal p. 31. • Write down what you learned about how ‘Secret Places’ helped you learn about City Wild Life.
Concept/Question Board TE p. 195B • Let’s use the Concept/Question board to: • Post questions we have about the story that have not been answered yet. • Post articles about city wildlife. • Answer our story focus question.
Language Arts Day 2 Word Analysis (TE. P.195G) ELC 1.8 • Let’s review Sound Spelling Card: • 27 • 29 • 39 • 43
Day 2 Vocabulary TE page 195G Reading 1.4 • Say ‘there’. Read the sentence with there on page 182. What does there mean? • Located, where the warehouses are • There their • What does their mean? • Ownership, personal, belonging to them • There and their are homophones. • Complete Spelling Book, pages 46.
English Language Conventions Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics (TG p. 195G E.L.C., 1.6, 1.7) • When are quotation marks used? • Quotation marks are used in dialogue and to set off the titles of short stories, poems, songs, and chapters of books. • Commas should be used between three or more words or phrases in a series. • We have water, snacks, and a first-aid kit for our hike. • When are commas in dialogue used? • Commas are used in dialogue to set off the words of the speaker from the rest of the sentence.
English Language Conventions Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics (TG p. 195G E.L.C., 1.6, 1.7) • What proper nouns do you capitalize? • Capitalize specific cities, states, countries, parks and buildings. • When do you use question marks and exclamation marks? • Question marks (?) are used in interrogative sentences and exclamation points (!) are used in exclamatory sentences and interjections. • Assignment: Look for examples of grammar in “Secret Place.”
Writing Process Strategies Prewriting- Research Report TG p. 195G (Writing 1.1, 1.4) • Let’s review our ideas about research report topics from yesterday. • Let’s read writer’s workbook, page 26 on prewriting for a research report. • Use your own words when writing down information for a research report. • Finish the graphic organizer found on page 27 of your Writer’s Workbook.
Day 3-Phonics and Fluency Review multi-syllabic words with long and short vowels; Review the /e/ soundTE 182M • Potato happen shallow happen • Cradle control freedom concrete justice • Another often banana • Compass alike America • A compass points the way. • Dad lost the remote control. • The phone wires rocked the moon in their cradle of lines.
Day 3-Phonics and Fluency Review multi-syllabic words with long and short vowels; Review the /e/ soundTE 182M • Let’s clap the syllables and identify the vowel: • Let’s blend these words: • Potato po-ta-to long o/long a • Happen hap-pen short a • Shallow shal-low long o • Unhappy un-ha-py long i spelled y
Day 3-Phonics and Fluency Review multi-syllabic words with long and short vowels; Review the /e/ soundTE 182M • Let’s clap the syllables and identify the vowel: • Let’s blend these words: • cradle cra-dle long a • control con-trol long o • freedom free-dom long econcrete con-crete long e
Day 3-Phonics and Fluency Review multi-syllabic words with long and short vowels; Review the /e/ sound TE 182M • The following words have the /e/ sound spelled a and e: • Let’s blend these words: • another a-noth-er a-noth-er • often of-ten of-ten • banana ba-na-na ba-na-na
Day 3-Phonics and Fluency Review multi-syllabic words with long and short vowels; Review the /e/ sound TE 182M • The following words have the /e/ sound spelled a and e: • Let’s blend these words: • Compass com-pass com-pass • Alike a-like a-like • America A-mer-i-ca A-mer-ic-a
Day 3-Phonics and Fluency Review multi-syllabic words with long and short vowels; Review the /e/ soundTE 182M • A compass points the way. • Dad lost the remote control. • Find the words with the short /e/ sound and use each word in a sentence. • Compass, control