Thursday Lesson 15, Day 4

I like to think in _________ because _________. Objective: To listen and respond appropriately to oral communication. Question of the Day: Where do you like to go to think? What is this place like? On my signal, you will turn and talk to your partner to complete this stem: I like to think in _________ because _________.

I have a secret place to go, That no one else should ever know. Objective: To appreciate the rhythm and rhyme of a poem; to relate the poem to one’s life And There When I want to – When I’m ready – I have a secret place to go, And there— I’ll sit And think the thoughts That no one else should ever know.

On my signal, turn and talk with your partner to answer these questions What does the person do in the secret place? What do you think the secret place looks like? How does this poem make you feel?

Objective: To read high frequency words. Word Wall about books family name people read work writing some Objective: To read high frequency words.

Objective: To delete the beginning phonemes from a word. Phonemic Awareness Phoneme Deletion

Let’s review adding –ed and –ing to the end of a word Objectives: To recognize root words To read inflectional forms with –ed and –ing with a doubled final consonant Let’s review adding –ed and –ing to the end of a word stop On my signal tell me what the word stop would become when we add -ed stopped On my signal tell me what the word stop would become when we add -ing stopping

Root Word step drag hop bat Double the consonant add –ed stepped dragged hopped batted Double the consonant add –ing stepping dragging hopping batting

Pam hopped up and down. She was looking for Grandma. Pam spotted Grandma and hugged her. Pam grinned and began clapping her hands. She said, “Let’s go shopping!” “Yes! Shopping and chatting are fun,” said Grandma.

Build Words qu i l t qu i t wh i z qu i z Objectives: To use /kw/ qu, /hw/ wh, snd other known letter sounds to spell and write words To spell and write known high frequency words Build Words qu i l t qu i t wh i z qu i z

This Week’s Spelling Words quit quick quiz whiz which when arm part house put Objective: To blend sounds into words.

The sequence of a story is the order in which the events take place. Objective: To determine the sequence of events while listening to a selection To identify the selection as a text that has a sequenced text structure. Sequence The sequence of a story is the order in which the events take place. Let’s look at the story Fireflies, Fireflies Light My Way. There is an order in which the author sees the animals. Let’s discuss this order.

On my signal discuss these questions with your partner. Where and when does this story take place? How do you know? Let’s look at page 30 – how does this page help you remember the sequence of the story?

Robust Vocabulary accomplishment admire ambition Objective: To develop robust vocabulary by discussing ideas and situations. Robust Vocabulary accomplishment admire ambition

accomplishment If you have had an accomplishment, you have worked hard to get something done.

becoming the President I will name some things. If it is an accomplishment that you would like to achieve then say “What an accomplishment!” If not say nothing. becoming the President writing your name making a bed writing a song fighting a fire taking a nap

admire If you admire someone, you think that person is very special because of the things he or she does.

I will name some people. If you admire these people then clap once I will name some people. If you admire these people then clap once. If not do nothing. a sports star a good student a bank robber a crying baby a champion runner the mayor of a big city

ambition If you have an ambition, you want to do something very much.

Meeting a famous person I will name some activities. If you think the activities are an ambition that most children have then signal by giving a thumbs up. If not do nothing. Winning a race Eating an apple Meeting a famous person Hitting a home run Starring in a play Going to sleep

Where do these parts of the sentence belong? Objective: To use knowledge of the appropriate use of I and me in sentences. Remember that we use the word I in the naming part of the sentence and we use the word me in the telling part of the sentence. Where do these parts of the sentence belong? Mark and I Mom and I you and I Pam and me Dad and me you and me

Personal Narrative A personal narrative tells about something that has happened in a person’s life. It has a beginning, a middle, and an ending. It has words like I and me. Objective: To compose coherent sentences in a personal narrative; to generate ideas before writing on assigned tasks; to select a focus for writing.

Personal Narrative Objective: To compose coherent sentences in a personal narrative; to generate ideas before writing on assigned tasks; to select a focus for writing. Write about something that happened in your life. Make sure you use beginning, middle, and end in your story. WILF: Check to see if you told about something that happened to you. Use I and me in your writing. Use capital letters where needed and punctuation.