1. Communities
Unit 2

2. The Big Circle
By: Eric Kimmel
Who lived here long ago?

3. Objectives Yesterday:
Long o (CVCe) and contractions ‘m, ‘ll, n’t, High-Frequency Words, and Days, Months, & Holidays
Today:
Spelling and Phonics:
Long o (CVCe) and contractions ‘m, ‘ll, n’t
Skill: High-Frequency Words and Story
Grammar: Days, Months, and Holidays

4. Morning Warm-Up!
Today we will read about dinosaurs. We’ll learn how they cooperate. They share the job of protecting each other.

5. Question of the Day
What jobs do you share?

6. Amazing Words enemy extinct holler protect swamp crater
Objective: Build oral vocabulary.

7. Just what do they mean?
enemy – a person or animal that wants to cause harm to another
extinct – something that no longer exists
protect – to keep someone or something safe
crater – a big hole

8. Just what do they mean? holler – a loud cry or shout
swamp – an area of muddy, wet land

9. Share Literature-Listen & Respond
Time to Read
Share Literature-Listen & Respond
A Frog in the Bog
A Frog in the Bog tells what happens as the hungry frog meets up with other critters. What happens to the frog when he eats the tick? The ellipses after the word bigger mean that there is more to come.
By: Karma Wilson

10. Share Literature-Build Oral Vocabulary
Time to Read
Share Literature-Build Oral Vocabulary
A Frog in a Bog
Yesterday we read the book to find out what happened to the frog.
Listen to find out how the frog recognized the gator.

11. Monitor Listening comprehension
How did the frog recognize the gator?
How would you describe the bog?
What kinds of plants live in the bog?

12. Phonemic Awareness rope code zone choke stove
We just read about a frog whose home was in a bog.
Listen to the sounds in home.
/h/ /o/ /m/
Now say the sounds in these words and blend them together.
rope
code
zone
choke
stove
Objective: Blend and segment phonemes.

13. Blending Strategy Long o (CVCe) rode = r o d e doze
We have had words like made and hide.
Long o (CVCe)
rode = r o d e doze
pole joke cone home
stole rose drove close
globe froze vote hope

14. Long o
(CVCe)
Word Review

15. broke

16. hole

17. bone

18. note

19. bones

20. stone

21. rope

22. Rose

23. those

24. drove

25. stove

26. smoke

27. Contractions n’t, ‘m, ‘ll
Blending Strategy
We have had words like not, am, and will.
Contractions n’t, ‘m, ‘ll
A contraction is a short way to write two words as one.
didn’t = did not I’m = I am
we’ll = we will is not = isn’t
they will = they’ll can not = can’t
I’ll couldn’t it’ll hasn’t she’ll

28. Contractions Word
Review

29. don’t

30. can’t

31. aren’t

32. haven’t

33. I’m

34. he’ll

35. you’ll

36. didn’t

37. they’ll

38. it’ll

39. we’ll

40. isn’t

41. wasn’t

42. hadn’t

43. A baby Dinosaur
A big T. Rex woke up and said, “I’m hungry, but I won’t eat bread. A baby dinosaur tastes great. I’ll eat it up! I just can’t wait!” A baby heard him when he spoke. He knew the threat was not a joke. “I’m very smart,” the baby said. He ran home to get help instead. His family said, “Don’t give up hope.” They hid their baby on the slope. They drove the bully far away, And T. Rex didn’t eat that day.

44. Build Words Long o Contractions drove can’t
a c d e h I l m n o p r s t v w y z ‘

45. Sentences To
Read

46. 1. The bones are as strong as stones.
2. Cole rode in a van all the way home.
3. The ice cream cone dripped on the red robe.
4. Rose spoke to Cole when she went to vote.
5. The zone froze as we dozed.
6. Close the box with the rope.
7. I chose the note from Hope.
8. The pole sloped down the hill.
9. The stove is very hot when you cook.

47. Spelling Words home bone hope stone joke rose woke hose rode those
Objective: Segment sounds to spell words.

48. Unscramble your spelling words.
Spelling Practice
Unscramble your spelling words.
meho kewo
neob rdoe
phoe hotes
seho onets
rseo
kjoe
home
bone
hope
hose
rose
joke
woke
rode
those
stone

49. When did dinosaurs live on Earth?
Classify
Tyrannosaurus Rex Triceratops
meat eater
plant eater
tyrannosaurus rex
allosaurus
triceratops
brachiosaurus
What do you think dinosaurs ate?
How do you think dinosaurs protected themselves from enemies?

50. Connect to the Selection
Build Background
Connect to the Selection
Two dinosaurs we learned about are tyrannosaurus (T. Rex) and triceratops. What do we know about T. Rex and triceratops and the kinds of things they do? We’re going to read a story about a T. Rex and a herd of triceratops. We’ll find out what happens when a hungry T. Rex tries to hunt food.

51. Vocabulary Selection Words
triceratops – a large, plant-eating dinosaur that had three horns
meat – a kind of food that comes from animals
herd – a group of animals of the same kind that stay together
baby – a very young child or animal
circle – a round shape, like a ring

52. Vocabulary

53. High Frequency Words Pages 86-87

54. there

55. down

56. inside

57. now

58. together

59. High-Frequency Words Monitor Progress
inside down together
now there good
eat small
here want

60. Comprehension Skill: Sequence Strategy: Monitor and Fix Up
Authors usually try to tell the events of a story in the order they happen. Retell the order of events in A Big Fish for Max.
As you read, think about the order in which things happen.
Ask yourself what happens first, next, and last.
Strategy: Monitor and Fix Up
Good readers often ask themselves if they understand a story. If something seems confusing or is not clear, a good reader will go back and read a part of a story again.

61. Comprehension Ask yourself these questions as you read The Big Circle?
What is happening in this part of the story?
Should I reread this part to understand it?

62. Time To
Read
The Big Circle Pages

63. Time for Stations

64. Vocabulary Categorize Words
Recall the dinosaurs in the story. What did the triceratops and Big T. Rex want to eat? How could you put these dinosaurs into two groups?
One group of dinosaurs ate plants.
Another group of dinosaurs ate meat.
Some dinosaurs ate plants. Scientists know this because these dinosaurs had flat teeth for chewing. Other dinosaurs ate meat. Scientists know this because these dinosaurs had pointed, sharp teeth for cutting and tearing.

65. Vocabulary Categorize Words
Sort the following dinosaurs into meat-eaters or plant-eaters.
stegosaurus (flat teeth) raptor (sharp, pointed teeth)
allosaurus (sharp, pointed teeth) apatasaurus (flat teeth)
ankylosaurus (flat teeth) diplodocus (flat teeth)
Meat Eaters Plant Eaters

66. Writing Trait of the Week
Introduce: Organization/Paragraphs
Good writers organize their ideas so that they make sense. Think about how the author organizes ideas in The Big Circle.
These sentences tell about the events in order. Words such as first, next, then, and finally help us follow the order of the events.
First, T. Rex wakes up hungry.
Next, T. Rex runs toward the triceratops.
Then the triceratops make a big circle.
Finally, T. Rex runs away.

67. Writing Trait of the Week Introduce: Organization/Paragraphs
Write the sentences in the order in which the events happened. Add a time-order word to each sentence.
_____ the triceratops stand in a circle.
_____ the herd drives T. Rex away.
_____ the herd sees T. Rex.
_____ T. Rex smells the triceratops.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

68. Grammar – Days, Months, and Holidays
Days of the week, months of the year, and some special days have names. When we write the names of days, months, or holidays we need to use capital letters at the beginning.
Using the names of days, months, and holidays can make your writing more clear.
day month holiday
Monday January New Year’s
Tuesday February Valentine’s Day
Wednesday March Mother’s Day

69. What happened first, next, and last when the triceratops saw the T. Rex?
Wrap Up Your Day!
A good reader often pauses to think about what is happening and to ask, “Does this make sense?” Sometimes a good reader needs to stop, go back, and read a part of a story over again to help make sense of the reading.
The events in a story happen in a certain order. Remembering the events in order helps us understand and remember the story.

70. Preview Day Four
Tomorrow we will read about a trip a group of children took to see dinosaurs in a museum.

71. Extra

72. Daily Fix-It
1. The triceratops mad a circle 2. Can the baby hid in it.

73. Time to Listen to the Story
The Big Circle
Pages

74. Waltke’s Web Powerpoint
Mrs. Waltke is a veteran teacher living in Jasper and working in the Jasper School System.

75. Carl’s Corner http://www.carlscorner.us.com/
Cherry Carl is a retired teacher who lives in California. She teaches at UCLA.

76. Extra pictures

79. Grammar