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Unit 6: Growing Up Week 1 Day 2. Reinforce the Theme. How do animals and plants change as they grow? What is the same about how plants and animals grow? What is different about how plants and animals grow?. Reinforce Theme Vocabulary. To survive, a corn plant needs _________.
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Reinforce the Theme • How do animals and plants change as they grow? • What is the same about how plants and animals grow? • What is different about how plants and animals grow?
Reinforce Theme Vocabulary To survive, a corn plant needs _________. sun b) insects People get energy from ______________. a) reading b) eating food
Comprehension StrategyMaking Inferences • When you make an inference, you fill in information the author did not include. Readers do this to help them make sense of what they are reading. Combine: I know when it’s raining “The young girl scampered outside I use my umbrella. down the street with her pink umbrella.” I can infer it is raining outside even though the author didn’t tell me. … and details in the text What you know… to make an inference.
Make Inferences • Read page 8, “Living Things Move“. • The author says both animals and plants move. I’ve seen animals move but not plants. How and why do they move? • What do you think happens when a Venus flytrap catches insects? • Page 6, make an inference about why it might help walking stick insects to look like dead twigs.
Prepare to Read • Theme Question: How do living things grow and change? • Think of a plant or tree in your neighborhood. What changes have you seen over time? • Preview, point out headings, photos, captions, labelsand predict • Read chapter 2, pages 12-15.
Word Study tool box toolbox suit case suitcase foot ball football • Compound Words- words made up of smaller words • Combine pairs of words to form compound words and use them in sentences. ball dog light park cook house bull book
High-Frequency Words: eyes, long, practice, prepared • Decodable Reader #20: Jack’s Trip • Fluency: “Five Clues”(riddle) Practice Companion p. 74
Writing: Choose a Topic • Make a Home for Your Goldfish Writing Models Chart p. 40, Practice Companion p. 99