1. Hold the Flag High
Day 1

2. What are the risks in helping others?
Concept Talk
What are the risks in helping others?

3. Partner Share Discuss the question of the week with your partner.
When have you taken a risk by helping someone else? Why?
When might helping another person involve a sacrifice?

4. Let’s Talk About Turn to page 202-203 Let’s look at the pictures.
Why is one hiker helping the other?
People often help others in order to accomplish something.

5. Let’s Talk About
The Coast guard is trying to rescue people from the ocean. What risks do they take?
Coast guard rescuers are trained to help in these situations, but the rescuers are still very brave.

6. Let’s Talk About
These soldiers are on the island of Iwo Jima during World War II.
What is their goal?
What are the risks in helping others?

7. Listen:
The story Number the Stars tells about the risks a family takes to save a Jewish girl during World War II. Listen for the words:
Poses
Officers
unwavering

8. Amazing Words Unwavering- steady, resolute, not moving
Would an Olympic swimmer be unwavering in pursuit of the finish line?

9. Amazing Words
Officers- someone who commands other people in the armed forces
The officer had this troops make a ten-mile hike as part of their training.

10. Amazing Words
Poses- when someone poses they are pretending to be someone they aren’t
My sister poses as a rock star and dances in front of a mirror.

11. Inferencing
Let’s watch this brainpop video on inferencing

12. Sequencing
Sequence is the order in which events take place from their first to last.
What clue words may show sequence?
First, next, then, finally,
What clue words tell you that events are occurring at the same time?
While, at the same time

13. Sequencing
Let’s watch the envisions video on sequencing.

14. Vocabulary
Canteen- a small container for carrying water or other drinks
The soldier took a final swig from his canteen.
Confederacy- a group of countries or states working together
The southern states wanted to create a new nation, the confederacy, independent of the United States.

15. Vocabulary Glory-great praise and honor
They were fighting for freedom and glory.
Quarrel-a fight with words
The two states had been having a quarrel for a long time.

16. Vocabulary Rebellion- a fight against your own government
The federal government sought to put down the rebellion and restore the country as one union.
Stallion-a male horse
He had a tall stallion in the barn.

17. Vocabulary Union-a joining of two or more people or things into one
They were hoping to bring the states back to a single union.

18. A Flag Unfurled
During your reading time, please read this story on your own. Fill out the graphic organzier. With your partner, please go over the sequence of the story. Did you get it right?

19. Spelling
This week we are practicing spelling words with irregular plurals by adding –s or –es.
Let’s take our pretest now.

20. Possessive Nouns Possessive nouns show that the noun owns something.
America’s flag
The soldiers’ uniforms
The men’s shoes

21. Writing Informal letter contains: Date Greeting Closing
It has a casual tone
It is usually written to someone you know well.