Day 1 Boom Town

1. Day 1Boom Town When is money important, and when does it affect our lives?

2. What do you know about seasons? Turn and talk to your partner about the different seasons and how activities change through the year.

3. Prairie Town Each season in a prairie town brings different activities both for work and for fun.

4. Over a hundred years ago, railroad companies built tracks across America’s land. People built homes and started farms next to the tracks and prairie towns grew. The towns prospered among the bounty of wheat fields. In the spring, farmers were busy planting their corps because another growing season had begun. The town and farmers are economic and social partners. They provide goods and services for each other. Listen for details that show “Prairie Town” is an example of realistic fiction.

5. In midsummer, the grain ripens and farmers are busy harvesting their crops. Some are taken on trains to faraway markets. During the summer, the whole town is the children’s playground. Life is affected by the weather so everyone keeps an eye on the clouds. A town’s business depends on the farmer’s good crops. But if there is a hailstorm, tornado, or drought, all the crops can be destroyed. Everyone lives when the carnival comes to town. There are circus animals, carnival people in costumes, and rides for everyone to enjoy. One day each week the farmers bring their animals to sell at the auction.

6. The days start to get shorter and the weather is cooler so they know fall is approaching. Leaves change colors and begin to fall from trees. School starts back and the farm children swell the population during the day. At night, sports and music brings friends and families together. On night each week the businesses stay open later and people come to shop and visit. Everyone knows everyone else’s name. The people in the town call it their “hometown”.

7. Winter follows fall. Cold air and snow bring a blizzard to the town. People stay in their homes. It is hard to travel and snow piles up on the sides of buildings and fences. Some days school is cancelled and the kids get a “snow day”. The grocery store is very busy after a snowstorm. Winter finally turns to spring and a ayear has passed in the prairie town. People are busy repairing their homes, yards, and stores. New homes are built and new families move in. This past year the prairie town experienced the joy of a wedding and the sorrow of death. There was bounty in the grain fields and pumpkin patch. One back yard is even filled with new spring puppies.

8. Partners Partner 1: Do you think this story shows something that could have really happened? *Yes, none of the events seem out of the ordinary. Partner 2: How would you describe this story-as a realistic story or as a fantasy? Why? *This is a realistic story because all of the events in this story could have happened.

10. Is that sentence something that could happen in real life or a fantasy? I jumped into my time machine and went back to the day Columbus first landed in America.

11. Skill: Realism and Fantasy • Realistic story-tells about something that could happen • Fantasy story-is about something that could never happen Look at the story on page 13.

12. How Towns Grow

13. Writing • In the story Boom Town humorous voice and vivid language to describe realistic characters. • You will write a character description using vivid words to create voice. • Look at the transparency. The writer has used exact words to describe Pa. For example, happy and enjoys show that he is a cheerful person. The writer also creates word pictures that suggest Pa’s personality; you can picture pa singingand full of hope. Talk to your partner and come up with 4 words you could use to describe each other.

14. Grammar/Daily Fix-It 1.The apple pies was for super. • The apple pies were for supper. • Can you’re sister bake pies. 2. Can your sister bake pies?

15. Grammar Gooseberries grew on the bushes near town. This is a sentence. • It tells a complete thought. • It begins with a capital letter and ends with a period. Look at this transparency. Lets decide what is a sentence and what is a fragment.

16. Homonyms sound the same and are spelled the same but have different meanings. Turn to page 15. Read Gold Rush with your partner and look for words that are homonyms and use context clues to figure out their meaning. Lets do the first one together! Put your finger on the word boom in the story “Gold Rush”. Day 2Use Clues to determine the meaning of Homonyms.

17. Fluency • Listen as a reread “Prairie Town”. Make sure I don’t leave out or change any words. This is called reading with accuracy. • Read p. 18 with accuracy • Three read • We read together. • You read it with your partner. • Then you read it alone to your partner.

18. Writing Tomorrow we will write a character description. Transparency 1B

19. Grammar/Daily Fix-It 3. Soon there was more trafic in the town 3. Soon there was more traffic in the town. 4. Does any one need new shoes 4. Does anyone need new shoes?

20. Grammar • A sentence tells a complete thought. • A sentence begins with a capital letter and ends with a period, question mark, or exclamation mark. • A fragment is a group of words that does not tell a complete thought. • P.1

21. Day 3 Talk with your table about what has happened so far in Boom Town. 2 min. Listen and enjoy as I read the rest of Boom Town.

22. Fluency • Turn to p. 21 to practice reading with accuracy • Three read • We read together. • You read it with your partner. • Then you read it alone to your partner.

23. Writing • Think about a person you know who helps someone or something. • Now make a word web like mine to describe that person. • Use those words to write 3 or 4 sentences.

24. Grammar/Daily Fix-It 5. A log cabin kept the famly warm 5. A log cabin kept the family warm. 6. The rodes was muddy in winter. 6. The roads were muddy in winter.

25. Grammar What does a sentence start with? Capital letter! What does a sentence end with? Punctuation mark! Practice pg. 2

26. Day 4Writing • Do details make the person come alive? • Do my feelings and personality show? • Is every sentence complete? • Are words spelled correctly? Grammar and writing book p. 50-55

27. Grammar/Daily Fix-It 7. The settlers bilt a school and stores 7. The settlers built a school and stores. 8. They gived all the streats names. 8. They gave all the streets names.

28. Grammar • Practice P. 4

29. Day 5Daily Fix-It and Writing 9. What happened to the cowboy. 9. What happened to the cowboy? 10. He rode his Horse thrugh town. 10. He rode his horse through town. _________________________________________ Writing: Write a story about a time you worked hard for something you wanted, why you wanted it, and how you worked to get it.