1. Why are sports important in our country? Click to listen to the story.

2. Small Group Timer

3. Review Games Vocabulary & Amazing Words: Arcade Games Spelling Words:
Jigword
Matchword
Speedword
Wordsearch
Word Web
Spelling City: Amazing
Spelling City: Vocabulary
Spelling Words:
Speedword
Word Web
Quia Games
Spelling City
High Frequency Words

4. Just Like Josh Gibson Amazing Words athlete challenge effort dainty
disguise
champion
professional
shortstop

5. Just Like Josh Gibson Vocabulary Words cheers threw sailed plate bases
field
cheers
threw
sailed
plate
bases
soar
forties
Louisvile slugger

6. Just Like Josh Gibson High Frequency Words guess pretty science shoe
village
watch
won

7. Just Like Josh Gibson Spelling Words Glue Words we’re I’d some
I’ve they’d
don’t she’d
he’d we’ve
can’t could’ve
you’re would’ve
won’t should’ve
they’re
Glue Words
some
where do
the
which

8. Big Question: Why are sports important in our country?
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday

9. Just Like Josh Gibson Monday
Morning Warm-Up
This week we will read about a girl who played baseball long ago. She liked running toward first base. She enjoyed playing baseball. Why are sports important in our country?

10. Just Like Josh Gibson Monday
Morning Warm-Up
This week we will read about a girl who played baseball long ago. She liked running toward first base. She enjoyed playing baseball. Why are sports important in our country?

11. Just Like Josh Gibson Monday
Morning Warm-Up
This week we will read about a girl who played baseball long ago. She liked running toward first base. She enjoyed playing baseball. Why are sports important in our country?

12. Today we will learn about:
Amazing Words
Contractions
Compare & Contrast
Visualize
Using Capital Letters

13. Amazing Words

14. athlete
ath - lete
An athlete is somebody who uses skills and abilities to compete in sports.
The basketball players were skilled athletes.
The fastest athletes competed in the race.

15. challenge
chal - lenge
A challenge is a test of someone’s abilities. You can also challenge someone by daring him or her to do something.
Pitching a perfect game was her biggest challenge.
The other team will challenge us to a rematch if we win.

16. effort
ef - fort
Effort is the physical and mental energy you use to do something or to achieve a goal.
The men used a lot of effort to move the refrigerator onto the truck.
She put forth her best effort.

17. Listen to a song about being an athlete.

18. Contractions What do you know about reading this word?
didn’t
What do you know about reading this word?
Didn’t is a contraction of the words did and not.
An apostrophe takes the place of the letter o in not.
Today we’ll learn about contractions made from other words.

19. Contractions
we’re
This word is a contraction, a short way of saying and writing two words.
An apostrophe takes the place of letters that are left out.
You can read this word because you know the two words that make this contraction.

20. Contractions
we’re – we are
The apostrophe in we’re takes the place of the letter a in are.
To read contractions, first read the word before the apostrophe and then blend it with what comes after the apostrophe.

21. Contractions don’t can’t he’d ( ’d can mean had or would) you’re
I’ve
don’t
can’t
he’d ( ’d can mean had or would)
you’re
she’d ( ’d can mean had or would)
won’t
they’re
I’d
they’d
we’ve
could’ve

22. Contractions
you are

23. Contractions
you are
you’re

24. Contractions
you are
I have
you’re

25. Contractions
you are
I have
you’re
I’ve

26. Contractions
you are
I have
she had
you’re
I’ve

27. Contractions
you are
I have
she had
you’re
I’ve
she’d

28. Contractions
you are
I have
she had
you had
you’re
I’ve
she’d

29. Contractions
you are
I have
she had
you had
you’re
I’ve
she’d
you’d

30. Contractions you are I have she had you had we are I’ve she’d you’d
you’re
I’ve
she’d
you’d

31. Contractions you are I have she had you had we are I’ve she’d you’d
you’re
I’ve
she’d
you’d
we’re

32. Contractions you are I have she had you had we are will not I’ve she’d
you’re
I’ve
she’d
you’d
we’re

33. Contractions you are I have she had you had we are will not I’ve she’d
you’re
I’ve
she’d
you’d
we’re
won’t

34. Contractions he’d I’ll shouldn’t don’t can’t they’ve they’re I’d
where’s
won’t
we’ll
there’s
we’ve
she’s
what’ll

35. Just Like Josh Gibson Spelling Words Glue Words we’re I’d some
I’ve they’d
don’t she’d
he’d we’ve
can’t could’ve
you’re would’ve
won’t should’ve
they’re
Glue Words
some
where do
the
which

36. Compare and Contrast Visualize
Recall Horace and Morris but mostly Dolores.
Let’s compare the boys’ club and the girls’ club.
How would the story have been different if the boys had not decided to make their own club?

37. Compare and Contrast Visualize
Good readers compare and contrast what they read with what they already know.
Sometimes there are helpful clue words that help us compare and contrast, such as like, however, and but. Sometimes there aren’t any clue words.
Good readers picture, or visualize, what is happening in a story in their minds. Then we compare what we are reading with what we already know.

38. Pages

39. they’re watching ken play They’re watching Ken play.
Daily Fix-It
i want to be an atlete
I want to be an athlete.
they’re watching ken play
They’re watching Ken play.

40. Using Capital Letters
Sentences should always begin with a capital letter.
Days of the week, months of the year, and holidays begin with capital letters.
The first day of January is New Year’s Day.
Titles for people begin with capital letters.
Every year Mr. Lewis has a big party.

41. Using Capital Letters The last monday in may is memorial day.
Every year coach Scalia and mrs. Kurtz march in the parade.
Every year Coach Scalia and Mrs. Kurtz march in the parade.

42. Using Capital Letters This year the fourth of july is on a friday.
We always go to the barbecue at mr. Garcia’s house.
We always go to the barbecue at Mr. Garcia’s house.

43. Using Capital Letters
What holiday is on the fourth thursday in november?
What holiday is on the fourth Thursday in November?
I saw dr. Martin and ms. Chang at the thanksgiving party.
I saw Dr. Martin and Ms. Chang at the Thanksgiving party.

44. Wrap Up Your Day! Contractions ’re, ’ve, ’d, don’t and won’t.
Compare and Contrast
Let’s Talk About It
Tomorrow we will read about a girl that liked to play baseball.

45. Just Like Josh Gibson Monday
Journal Topic
Write a paragraph about a time you played or watched baseball.

46. Just Like Josh Gibson Tuesday
Morning Warm-Up
Today we will read about a girl who liked to play baseball. She wanted to compete with the boys. She played baseball for recreation. Do you know any girls who are good baseball players?

47. Just Like Josh Gibson Tuesday
Morning Warm-Up
Today we will read about a girl who liked to play baseball. She wanted to compete with the boys. She played baseball for recreation. Do you know any girls who are good baseball players?

48. Today we will learn about:
Contractions ’re, ’ve, ’d
Amazing Words
Vocabulary Words
Multiple-Meaning Words
Context Clues
Use Capital Letters

49. Amazing Words

50. dainty Dainty means delicate and pretty.
The dress had a dainty lace collar.
You could eat the dainty cookies in one bite.

51. disguise
dis – guise
A disguise can be clothes or make-up someone wears to change the way he or she looks so he or she won’t be recognized.
When you change your appearance so you won’t be recognized, you disguise yourself.
The spy wore a disguise so she wouldn’t be recognized.
He wore a wig and a beard to disguise himself.

52. champion A champion is the winner of a game or competition.
The champions had ten wins and no losses.
Our team practiced hard because we wanted to beat last year’s champions.

53. The Princesses Have a Ball

54. Contractions
I’ve
You can read this word because you know how to read contractions.
What two words form I’ve?
When you come to a contraction, read the word before the apostrophe and then blend it with what follows the apostrophe.

55. Contractions they’ve they’d won’t don’t they’ll we’d we’ve he’ll
she’s
they’ve
they’d
won’t
don’t
they’ll
they’re
we’d
we’ve
he’ll
she’ll

56. Listen for contractions.

57. Contractions
I’ve
he’d
we’ve
we’re
don’t
won’t

58. Contractions
we have

59. Contractions
we have
we’ve

60. Contractions
we have
he had
we’ve

61. Contractions
we have
he had
we’ve
he’d

62. Contractions
we have
he had
I have
we’ve
he’d

63. Contractions
we have
he had
I have
we’ve
he’d
I’ve

64. Contractions
we have
he had
I have
we are
we’ve
he’d
I’ve

65. Contractions
we have
he had
I have
we are
we’ve
he’d
I’ve
we’re

66. Contractions
we have
he had
I have
we are
do not
we’ve
he’d
I’ve
we’re

67. Contractions we have he had I have we are do not he’d I’ve we’re don’t
we’ve
he’d
I’ve
we’re
don’t

68. Contractions we have he had I have we are do not will not he’d I’ve
we’ve
he’d
I’ve
we’re
don’t

69. Contractions we have he had I have we are do not will not he’d I’ve
we’ve
he’d
I’ve
we’re
don’t
won’t

70. Just Like Josh Gibson Spelling Words Glue Words we’re I’d some
I’ve they’d
don’t she’d
he’d we’ve
can’t could’ve
you’re would’ve
won’t should’ve
they’re
Glue Words
some
where do
the
which

71. Contractions I’d ask him to come, but I don’t think he will.
You’re a good friend, and I’ve always said so!
We’ve seen that show before!
Won’t you walk home with me today?

72. Vocabulary
field – a piece of land used for some special purpose
cheers – calls out or yells loudly to show that you like something
threw – sent something through the air by force of your arm
sailed – moved smoothly like a ship with sails
(next slide)

73. field

74. plate

75. bases
Second Base
Third Base
First Base
Home Plate

76. forties

77. Louisville slugger

78. Vocabulary
plate – a hard rubber slab that a baseball player stands beside to bat
bases – places that are stations or goals in certain games, such as baseball
soar – to fly upward
forties – the years between 1940 and 1949
Louisville slugger – a popular kind of baseball bat

79. High-Frequency Words field you’re cheers gone threw watch sailed guess
plate
early
bases
once

81. Context Clues Sometimes we can get the meaning from word parts.
We may understand the base word and suffix (beautiful, full of beauty) or the two shorter words in a compound word (wildcat, a cat that’s wild).
We can look in a dictionary or glossary.
We can look for context clues in the words and sentences around the unknown word.
Today we will learn more about context clues.

82. I raned Around the basis I ran around the bases.
Daily Fix-It
the croud chears for me
The crowd cheers for me.
I raned Around the basis
I ran around the bases.

83. Capital Letters
Special names for people, places, animals, and things are called proper nouns.
Names of countries are proper nouns.
How do the names of countries begin?
Mexico
Italy
United States

84. Wrap Up Your Day! Lesson Vocabulary Visualize Let’s Talk About It
Tomorrow they will hear about some princesses and their secret pastime.

85. Just Like Josh Gibson Tuesday
Journal Topic
Write about a time you got a chance to play something you'd always wanted to play.

86. Just Like Josh Gibson Wednesday
Morning Warm-Up
Once upon a time, there were twelve princesses. These girls liked to play basketball every night. They wore special high-top shoes. Today we will read about a special ball they had. What do you think the ball will be like?

87. Just Like Josh Gibson Wednesday
Morning Warm-Up
Once upon a time, there were twelve princesses. These girls liked to play basketball every night. They wore special high-top shoes. Today we will read about a special ball they had. What do you think the ball will be like?

88. Today we will learn about:
Amazing Words
Vowels aw, au, augh, al
Contractions
Homophones
Sentences
Capital Letters

89. Amazing Words

90. professional pro – fes –sion - al
Professional describes a type of job in which people are paid for their skill and training.
My uncle is a professional basketball player.
I want to be a professional singer when I grow up.

91. shortstop
short - stop
Shortstop is the infield position on a baseball team between second and third base.
I would prefer playing shortstop rather than third base.
Our baseball team has the best shortstop in the league.

92. Vowels aw, au, augh, al
awful
You can read this word because you know that aw can stand for the sound /o/.
auto
caught
walk

93. Vowels aw, au, augh, al August, fault, draw, talk, taught, launch, saw, thaw, chalk, caught, stalk

94. Vowels aw, au, augh, al August, fault, draw, talk, taught, launch, saw, thaw, chalk, caught, stalk

95. Vowels aw, au, augh, al August, fault, draw, talk, taught, launch, saw, thaw, chalk, caught, stalk

96. Vowels aw, au, augh, al August, fault, draw, talk, taught, launch, saw, thaw, chalk, caught, stalk

97. Vowels aw, au, augh, al August, fault, draw, talk, taught, launch, saw, thaw, chalk, caught, stalk

98. draw August fault taught talk
Vowels aw, au, augh, al August, fault, draw, talk, taught, launch, saw, thaw, chalk, caught, stalk aw au
augh al
draw
August
fault
taught
talk

99. draw August fault taught launch talk
Vowels aw, au, augh, al August, fault, draw, talk, taught, launch, saw, thaw, chalk, caught, stalk aw au
augh al
draw
August
fault
taught
launch
talk

100. draw saw August fault taught launch talk
Vowels aw, au, augh, al August, fault, draw, talk, taught, launch, saw, thaw, chalk, caught, stalk aw au
augh al
draw
saw
August
fault
taught
launch
talk

101. draw saw thaw August fault taught launch talk
Vowels aw, au, augh, al August, fault, draw, talk, taught, launch, saw, thaw, chalk, caught, stalk aw au
augh al
draw
saw
thaw
August
fault
taught
launch
talk

102. draw saw thaw August fault taught launch talk chalk
Vowels aw, au, augh, al August, fault, draw, talk, taught, launch, saw, thaw, chalk, caught, stalk aw au
augh al
draw
saw
thaw
August
fault
taught
launch
talk
chalk

103. draw saw thaw August fault taught launch caught talk chalk
Vowels aw, au, augh, al August, fault, draw, talk, taught, launch, saw, thaw, chalk, caught, stalk aw au
augh al
draw
saw
thaw
August
fault
taught
launch
caught
talk
chalk

104. draw saw thaw August fault taught launch caught talk chalk stalk
Vowels aw, au, augh, al August, fault, draw, talk, taught, launch, saw, thaw, chalk, caught, stalk aw au
augh al
draw
saw
thaw
August
fault
taught
launch
caught
talk
chalk
stalk

105. Vocabulary bases, cheers, field, plate, sailed, threw
If you ran to home plate and were safe, how would you feel?
If a wind blew your papers and they sailed away, what would you do?
If you wanted to play baseball, what could you use to make bases?

106. Vocabulary bases, cheers, field, plate, sailed, threw
If you went to spend the day in a field, what might you do there?
If you heard cheers coming from the park, what might you find when you went to see what was happening?
If you threw a ball, what might your dog do next?

107. Just Like Josh Gibson Spelling Words Glue Words we’re I’d some
I’ve they’d
don’t she’d
he’d we’ve
can’t could’ve
you’re would’ve
won’t should’ve
they’re
Glue Words
some
where do
the
which

108. Homophones
Some words sound the same but are spelled differently and have different meanings.
threw – tossed
Nick threw the ball.
through – in one side and out the other side of
Edna ran through the door.

109. thruw the ball to left feild I threw the ball to left field.
Daily Fix-It
thruw the ball to left feild
I threw the ball to left field.
the crowd cheerd for him
The crowd cheered for him.

110. Capital Letters
Using capital letters helps readers identify proper nouns.
Writing with capital letters lets readers know days, months, holidays, and titles.
miss brady visited our school on the first friday in may.
Miss Brady visited our school on the first Friday in May.

111. Wrap Up Your Day! Compare and Contrast
Read with Accuracy and Appropriate Pace
Let’s Talk About It
Tomorrow we will read about how baseball began.

112. Just Like Josh Gibson Wednesday
Journal Topic
Write about a baseball game
you played or attended.

113. Just Like Josh Gibson Thursday
Morning Warm-Up
Today we will read to find out how baseball began. Baseball gives us an opportunity to compete and participate in recreation. What else do team sports teach us?

114. Just Like Josh Gibson Thursday
Morning Warm-Up
Today we will read to find out how baseball began. Baseball gives us an opportunity to compete and participate in recreation. What else do team sports teach us?

115. Today we will learn about:
Words in Context
Contractions
Capital Letters
Speak to Your Audience

116. Just Like Josh Gibson Amazing Words athlete challenge effort dainty
disguise
champion
professional
shortstop

117. Yankee Doodle Shortshop

118. Sentence Reading I guess you saw the pretty whale.
Did you see them laugh in math and science?
We watch those dolphins and wish they were pets.

119. Sentence Reading That photo of a bunch of shrimp won the contest.
The garden patch near the village has enough flowers.
My shoe is rough, and my foot starts to itch when I wear it.

120. Just Like Josh Gibson Spelling Words Glue Words we’re I’d some
I’ve they’d
don’t she’d
he’d we’ve
can’t could’ve
you’re would’ve
won’t should’ve
they’re
Glue Words
some
where do
the
which

123. we shou’ldve wun the game We should’ve won the game.
Daily Fix-It
we shou’ldve wun the game
We should’ve won the game.
we wouldv’e if w’ed scored
We would’ve if we’d scored!

124. Grammar How do names of days, months, and holidays begin?
How do proper nouns and titles of people begin?
Which of these words need a capital?

125. Grammar mr. glennon yesterday dr. b. rogers Dr. B. Rogers italy Italy
memorial day
Memorial Day
tomorrow
today
april
April
yesterday
dr. b. rogers
Dr. B. Rogers
italy
Italy
thanksgiving
Thanksgiving

126. Speaking and Listening
Speakers
Listeners
Think about the audience.
Decide whether to use formal or informal language.
Sit quietly.
Face the speaker.
Listen to what the speaker says.
Watch for nonverbal cues, such as hand gestures and head movements.

127. Wrap Up Your Day! Make Connections: Text to World Let’s Talk About It
You have heard about how baseball began and why sports are important in our country. Tomorrow we will hear about a baseball player.

128. Just Like Josh Gibson Thursday
Journal Topic
Write about becoming
a better athlete.

129. Just Like Josh Gibson Friday
Morning Warm-Up
This week we read about sports. Would you like to be an athlete? Athletes give an extra effort in every challenge they face. Why are sports important in our country?

130. Just Like Josh Gibson Friday
Morning Warm-Up
This week we read about sports. Would you like to be an athlete? Athletes give an extra effort in every challenge they face. Why are sports important in our country?

131. Today we will learn about:
Contractions
Vocabulary
Capital Letters
People as Resources

132. Just Like Josh Gibson Amazing Words athlete challenge effort dainty
disguise
champion
professional
shortstop

133. Just Like Josh Gibson Spelling Words Glue Words we’re I’d some
I’ve they’d
don’t she’d
he’d we’ve
can’t could’ve
you’re would’ve
won’t should’ve
they’re
Glue Words
some
where do
the
which

134. Contractions Don’t you know if they’re here yet?
I don’t see it—I should’ve found it by now.
Don’t ask them if they’d been there.
I would’ve called you but you’d just left the house.

135. Just Like Josh Gibson Vocabulary Words cheers threw sailed plate bases
field
cheers
threw
sailed
plate
bases
soar
forties
Louisvile slugger

136. Vocabulary bases, threw, sailed, plate, field, cheers
I hit the ball and watched as it ___ over the green, grassy _____.

137. Vocabulary bases, threw, sailed, plate, field, cheers
I hit the ball and watched as it sailed over the green, grassy field.
Everyone shouted and gave three____!

138. Vocabulary bases, threw, sailed, plate, field, cheers
I hit the ball and watched as it sailed over the green, grassy field.
Everyone shouted and gave three cheers!

139. Vocabulary bases, threw, sailed, plate, field, cheers
I hit the ball and watched as it sailed over the green, grassy field.
Everyone shouted and gave three cheers!
I ran the ____ as fast as anyone has seen!

140. Vocabulary bases, threw, sailed, plate, field, cheers
I hit the ball and watched as it sailed over the green, grassy field.
Everyone shouted and gave three cheers!
I ran the bases as fast as anyone has seen!
Just as the pitcher ____ the ball, I crossed home _____. “Safe!” was the call.

141. Vocabulary bases, threw, sailed, plate, field, cheers
I hit the ball and watched as it sailed over the green, grassy field.
Everyone shouted and gave three cheers!
I ran the bases as fast as anyone has seen!
Just as the pitcher threw the ball, I crossed home plate. “Safe!” was the call.

142. we chear as Joe runs the baises We cheer as Joe runs the bases.
Daily Fix-It
we chear as Joe runs the baises
We cheer as Joe runs the bases.
center feald is not home playte
Center field is not home plate.

143. Research/Study Skills People as Resources
People are excellent resources when you are doing research.
People have knowledge and expertise in many areas.
If you want information about something, you could ask an expert in that area.

144. Let’s Talk About Traditions
WRAP UP YOUR WEEK!
Let’s Talk About
Traditions

145. Just Like Josh Gibson Friday
Journal Topic
Write about an athlete
who meets a challenge.

146. Just Like Josh Gibson Related Links
All American Girls Professional Baseball League Josh Gibson Josh Gibson Foundation Contractions Game Type the Contractions Contractions

147. Just Like Josh Gibson APTPlus Videos (password required)
Eye Wonder: Baseball Bats, Bar Codes, and Quarries (24:46)
Baseball Bat Factory (01:00)

148. We are now ready to take our story tests.
Classroom webpage,
Student page,
Taking Tests AR
Other Reading Quizzes
Quiz #