Bible and English Mrs. DesMarais Lesson # 60 Genre: Fables contractions

In today’s lesson…. 1. I can build and rearrange sentences. 2. I can find reflexive pronouns. 3. I can identify fables and myths. 4. I can describe a root word. 5. I can spell words and define genres correctly.

Sentences: Building and Rearranging He is a boy. He is a little boy. The little boy read a book. The book was read by the little boy. The little boy read a picture book. The little boy quickly read a picture book.

Build a Sentence Subject and Predicate _________________ _________ article adjective noun ________________________________ verbhow, when, where

Build a Sentence Subject and Predicate The friendly puppy articleadjective noun jumped up on my lap. verbhow, when, where

Rearranging Sentences The friendly puppy jumped up on my lap. Up on my lap jumped the friendly puppy. Tim watched a movie. The movie was watched by Tim.

Online Activity Make a Sentence Game magickey/adventures/patch_ game.shtml

Grammar: Reflexive Pronouns The root of “reflexive” is “reflect.” Reflexive pronouns bounce back to the subject of the sentence. Quiz: zone/330/grammar/reflex1.htm

Grammar: Reflexive Pronouns SingularPlural myselfourselves yourselfyourselves itselfthemselves himself herself (Did you notice the “f” changed to “v”?)

Grammar: Reflexive Pronouns Examples 1.I saw myself in the mirror. (not me or meself ) 2. Do not blame yourself. (not you or youself ) 3. Help yourselves to the cookies. (not yous, youselves or yourselfs )

Grammar: Reflexive Pronouns Examples 4. The dog hurt itself. 5. Jim sent himself an . (not hisself or him ) 6. We cook the food ourselves. 7. Emma lifted the box by herself. (not sheself )

Spelling Words Lesson 60 LuminaBE2/ LuminaBE2/ unhappyunable rereadrefresh carefulcareless disabledishonest gladlyhonestly

Genre: Fables What is a fable? Length: Very short stories Characters: usually only two or three, mostly animals that act like people. Theme: Teaches a lesson or moral

Genre: Myths What is a myth? Tries to explain: how something in nature happened, or why people or animals act as they do. Characters: people, gods and goddesses, or animals.

Read Online Fables and Myths c/chinese-fables/load.htm?f sop/ c/greek-myths/load.htm?f

Comprehension: Text Organization Features in a nonfiction text Italics – Bold print - words are darker Highlighting - Underlining

Comprehension: Text features Captions – Words near a picture to explain and give details. wikipedia.org

Comprehension: Text features Charts and Graphs – ways to show information or facts

Comprehension: Text features Diagram – A simple drawing that explains. Labels glencoe.com

Comprehension: More text features Timelines Abraham Moses Jesus Christ

Comprehension: More text features Table – a listing of information in columns and rows 2 nd Grade Test Scores

Comprehension: Text features Maps Look for the legend and the compass.

Writing: Research Report Research is an organized way to search for knowledge and learn about a subject. A report is when you write down and share what you learned.

Writing: Steps to a research report Great job! Plan + Decide Search for Info Take notes Organize + Write Publish + Share

Write: Animal research report Animal Report Form _______________ (name of your animal) by ________________________ (your name) Write your report in the first person.

Write: Animal research report I am a _________________________. (name of animal) I live in ________________________. (part of the world or habitat) I eat __________________________. (what the animal usually eats)

Write: Animal research report I have __________________________. (tell what it looks like) My enemies are ________________. (who kills or eats the animal) I _________________________. (interesting fact about the animal)

Example of animal research report Gray Wolf by Patti DesMarais I am a Gray Wolf. I live in North America, Europe, and Asia. I hunt and eat mammals. My fur is not just gray. It can also be white, brown, or black. My only enemy is man. I live and travel in a pack. You have read about me in many fairy tales. The End

Websites for Animal Research ls-for-children.php nimals.php /kids/animals/

Bible Verse He told them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field. Luke 10:2

Reflect Sentence building Reflexive pronouns Spell suffixes, prefixes Text features Fables, myths Research report Bible verse