Day 1 Abraham Lincoln

Today we will learn: * Vocabulary: Learn Amazing Words * Phonemic Awareness: Segment & Count Phonemes * Phonics/Spelling: Contractions * Fluency: Oral Rereading * Words: High-Frequency Words * Comprehension Skill: Author’s Purpose * Conventions: Proper Nouns * Writing: Biography >> Introduce

THE BIG QUESTION.... How can we work together? This week, we will talk, sing, read, and write about working together.

How has working together changed history? QUESTION OF THE WEEK: Concept Talk Video

This week, we will read about Abraham Lincoln and how he helped change the world for the better.

Amazing Words Sing with Me Big Book Audio The song says that we participate in working together. To participate means to..... take part in something.

participate How many syllables do you hear?

Amazing Words I like to participate when we play soccer.

identify How many syllables do you hear?

Amazing Words Identify is to name or recognize certain persons or things.

Amazing Words My cousin can identify many kinds of butterflies.

significant How many syllables do you hear?

Amazing Words Significant means ‘important’.

Amazing Words The Fourth of July is a significant holiday in America.

Academic Vocabulary Author’s Purpose Informational Text Proper nouns

How do you know the teacher is happy? He’s smiling. OR.... He is smiling. He’s a contraction.

Listen to the sounds in the contraction, can’t /k//a//n//t/ 4 sounds are in can’t.

Let’s count the sounds in the contraction, they’ll /th//l/ How many sounds are in they’ll? /a/ 3

A contraction is a short way of saying or writing two words as one. An apostrophe takes the place of letters that are left out.

Phonics- Contractions I’ll can’t you’ll who’s wasn’t isn’t it’s haven’t couldn’t they’ll Interactive Sound-Spelling Cards

can + not = can t

she + will = she ll

Phonics: Word Analysis What 2 words make up the contraction haven’t? Reader’s and Writer’s Notebook, page 109 Monitor Progress: Check Word Reading

Monitor Progress it’shaven’tisn’the’saren’t didn’twasn’tthere’sweren’twho’s I’llI’mwe’llshe’llthey’ll Abraham Lincoln, Day 1

HF Words page 223 Reader’s and Writer’s Notebook Page 110

Listening Comprehension Author’s Purpose * Author’s write for different reasons. The reason is called the author’s purpose.

Listening Comprehension Author’s Purpose * Good readers identify what the selection is about, called the topic, and the author’s purpose in writing about that topic.. *Two purposes are to inform and entertain.

Today we’ll read a selection about a woman who worked hard for the rights of others.

What is the Title? What is the Author’s Purpose? Coretta Scott King to inform readers about the life of Coretta Scott King A Walk in the Desert to inform readers about life in the desert Tara and Tiree to entertain the readers about a rescue

Conventions: Proper Nouns Grammar Jammer! A proper noun names a particular person, place, or thing. It always has a capital letter.

Conventions: Proper Nouns 1. My neighbor’s name is ____. 2. _____ is the name of her cat. 3. I live in the state of _____.

Writing- Biography Introduce This week, we’ll write a short biography. A biography tells about the life of a real person.

Writing- Biography Introduce A biography tells important facts about the person.

This biography tells about the life of a real person -- Helen Keller. It includes important facts and ideas about her life. It also includes some important dates in her life.