Tara and Tiree, Fearless Friends by: Andrew Clements

Question of the Week: How can we help each other in dangerous situations? Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Grammar Journal

Street Rhymes! Listen while I read this poem, and then we will read it together. Who is a friend that has no fear? Who will always keep you near? If you should land in trouble deep Who will help you? Who will keep Trying until you are safe once more? Then thump, thump, thump with her tail on the floor.

How can we help each other in dangerous situations? When Iris wanted to know who could be a friend for her, whom did she ask? When Henry had questions about camping, whom did he ask? When we are searching for answers, whom can we ask?

Show Big Question Video This week we will talk, sing, read, and write about how to help each other in dangerous situations. Question of the Week: How can we help each other in dangerous situations? Show Big Question Video

Tara and Tiree, Fearless Friends Monday We are going to make a concept map from pages 186 - 187. What is happening in the large photo? How did rescuers know to come to this person’s rescue? Let’s add this situation and Call 9-1-1 to the chart Why might the children be filling bags with sand? How do you think sandbags will help? Let’s add this to our chart.

Tara and Tiree, Fearless Friends Monday What happened in the top photo? What hazards are there in a tornado? How could we help? Let’s add these ideas to our chart This week we will read about two dogs in a dangerous situation. Show Concept Talk Video

Sing With Me We are going to listen to a song called “To the Rescue!” about helping others when they are in trouble. Listen for the words courageous, hazard, and rescue as you sing.

courageous cou - ra – geous Courageous means full of courage; brave. A firefighter who rescues someone from a burning building is very courageous. The courageous explorer started out on his journey to Greenland. Name something you have done that is courageous.

hazard haz – ard A hazard is something dangerous. The broken swing on the playground is a hazard. In the wintertime, ice on roads is a hazard to drivers. Name a hazard that a firefighter might face on the job.

rescue res – cue If you rescue someone, you save that person from danger. The firefighter rescued the child from the burning building. The lifeguard came to the rescue of the child who could not swim. How could people rescue a family that is caught in a flood?

Amazing Words at Work There are a lot of lights flashing in this picture. What do you think is going on? (use hazard in your answer) It looks like a scary situation. What is the girl in the picture doing? (use courageous in your answer) What happens when you call 9-1-1? (use rescue in your answer)

Amazing Words at Work Complete these sentences: My friend is courageous because __________. __________ is a dangerous hazard. The _______ came to the rescue.

Phonemic Awareness Let’s look at page 188 – 189 in your Reading book What is the place in the picture? The sound /ar/ is in the word farm; /f/ /ar/ /m/, farm Harm has the sounds /h/ /ar/ /m/. Let’s change the beginning sound to say another word. Let’s change the sound /h/ to /f/. What word do we say now?

Phonemic Awareness Find a word that rhymes with far and say the sound that was changed. Find a word that rhymes with born and say the sound that was changed. Find a word that rhymes with yarn and say the sound that was changed.

Phonics: Vowels: r-Controlled ar, or, ore, oar What do we know about the vowel sounds in these words? had spot Today we will learn how to spell and read words with the vowel sounds /ar/ and /or/. Sound spelling cards – interactive path

Phonics: Vowels: r-Controlled ar, or, ore, oar The r-controlled sound /ar/ you hear in artist can be spelled ar. (card 55) The r-controlled sound /or/ you hear in orchestra can be spelled or. (card 91) The r-controlled sound /or/ you hear in more can be spelled ore. (card 93) The r-controlled sound /oar/ you hear in board can be spelled oar. (card 87)

Phonics: Vowels: r-Controlled ar, or, ore, oar In the word hard, the letters ar stand for the sound /ar/. ar –tist dar – ling – you can blend longer words with /ar/ and /or/ by dividing them into syllables. When a word has two consonants in the middle, we usually divide it into syllables between two consonants. Read one syllable at a time and then say them together.

Group Practice born market tore tar roar porch harvest forget soar ignore board store

Phonics: Guide Practice Look at page 190 in your Reading book. I see a picture of an artist. In the word artist, the sound /ar/ is spelled ar. Listen as I name these pictures: orchestra, score, keyboard. I hear the same vowel sound in all three words: /or/. This sound can be spelled or, ore, and oar. Letter tile drag and drop – interactive path

Phonics: Guide Practice Take turns with your partner and read the “Sentences I Can Read”. Let’s read the sentences together as a class

Phonics: Monitor Progress sharp harvest charm start artist porch north thorn snore shore chop store board forgot uproar

Decodable Reader We are going to read “Farm Chores” together. Identify and read high-frequency words Preview the story Read “Farm Chores” Retell the story (characters, setting, events)

Tara and Tiree, Fearless Friends Spelling Words (Pretest) hard born horse before more smart farm porch corn chore score part

High-Frequency Words Look at page 191 in your Reading book Say and Spell – Say and spell the word break. Identify Familiar Letter-Sounds – What is the blended sound for these two letters? /b/ /r/ Show Meaning – Tell me a sentence using the word break. Repeat for family, listen, pull, once, and heard Let’s read “I Can Read!” together

Text-Based Comprehension Remember our weekly concept is “Dangerous Situations”. Listen while I read a story called “The Rescue”. When I read, I look for what happened and why it happened. Sandy chases the ball and goes over the cliff. That tells what happens. The ball went over the cliff. That’s the reason why it happened. Sandy was shaking, because she might fall. Dad helped Sandy up, so Maya could pull Sandy to safety.

Text-Based Comprehension Events in a story often happen for a reason. Why something happens is called a cause. What happens is called an effect. Good readers pay attention to cause and effect to help them understand the story. because so What do we call these words that authors use to signal cause and effect?

Text-Based Comprehension Turn to page EI3 in your Reading book. These pictures show an example of a cause and its effect. What happened? What was the cause of the tire going flat? Do Reader’s and Writer’s Notebook, p.99 together Do Let’s Practice It! DVD 67 together Envision Animations – Interactive Path

Research and Inquiry: Identify and Focus Topic Look at our Concept Map. What ideas about help in dangerous situations would you like to learn more about? I can research one kind of dangerous weather to read about how people help others when it happens. As I read, I can write notes. A note tells an idea I want to remember. If I wanted to learn about helping in heavy rainfalls, I could find answers to my questions about how people help others stay safe before a flood and during it. I’d write notes to remember answers.

Wrap Up Your Day! Vowels: r-Controlled ar, or, ore, oar garden store Spelling – name the sounds smart write porch score Content Knowledge Do you think Maya would help Sandy if she ever falls onto the ledge again? Why?

Tara and Tiree, Fearless Friends Tuesday Expand the Concept Remember “To the Rescue!” We heard about a friend who is in trouble. What can we do to help a friend in trouble?

Build Oral Language Listen while I read “Snoop, the Search Dog” by Carol Carrick. “They can even find people’s scents in avalanches and under more than one hundred feet of water.” What does “find people’s scents” mean? What other words could we use in place of scents? Why do you think the author chose the word scents? What does avalanche mean? Why do you think the author mentions an avalanche? Turn to your partner and tell how you think dogs can find someone in an avalanche.

avalanche av - a - lanche An avalanche happens when a lot of snow suddenly slides down a mountain. An avalanche buried lots of trees on the mountain. The movie star got an avalanche of letters from fans. Which is more like an avalanche – a pile of books falling from a bookcase or a pencil falling off a desk?

Concept Map What does the song “To the Rescue!” say we should do when a friend is in trouble? Let’s add “A friend is in trouble” under “Dangerous Situation” in our concept map What should we add under “How Can We Help”? What is a dangerous situation that happened in “The Rescue”? Let’s add that under “Dangerous Situation” on our map Even though Maya is afraid of high places, what courageous thing did she do? We can add that under “How Can We Help?’ on our map

Interactive Sound-spelling cards Review Short Vowels Blend these words: support chore picnic carpet hundred soar cactus orbit tarnish Read these sentences: The children forgot their address. We will ignore the cobwebs on the porch. That chipmunk ate the corn in my garden. Interactive Sound-spelling cards

Tara and Tiree, Fearless Friends Spelling Words hard born horse before more smart farm porch corn chore score part

High-Frequency Words family break heard listen once pull There are some words we learn by remembering the letters, rather than saying the sounds. Make a sentence using two of the words above.

High-Frequency Words Read these words: family pull listen once heard break very pieces gone often learn together though

Vocabulary activities Selection Vocabulary brave – showing no fear of dangerous things slipped – slid without meaning to collar – a band that a dog wears around its neck Vocabulary activities Journal: Word bank

Selection Vocabulary Some brave dogs must work in dangerous places. They can find someone who slipped on a hill and fell to the bottom. The dog wears a special collar and vest so people will know it is working.

Vocabulary Strategy: Unfamiliar Words My fearless cat is not afraid of anything. I can use context to figure out the meaning of the word fearless. The words in the sentence that come after fearless say that the cat is not afraid of anything, so I think that the word fearless means not being afraid or showing no fear. Do Reader’s and Writer’s Notebook, p.54 together

Vocabulary Strategy: Unfamiliar Words I knew that courage wins over fear when it has to. Read the sentence above and tell what the word courage means? Do Reader’s and Writer’s Notebook, p.54 together

Text-Based Comprehension Literary Nonfiction shares information about real characters, places, or events in the form of a story. When readers want to understand or remember what they read, they use the most important parts to retell the selection. Turn to page EI25 and let’s read together. What do you think these pictures are mainly about? As I read Tara and Tiree, I will look for what the selection is mostly about so that I can summarize it.

Text-Based Comprehension Before I read “Tara and Tiree, Fearless Friends”, I will predict what happens and set a purpose to guide my reading. As I read, I continue to predict what will happen next and I think about whether my purpose for reading is being met. Let’s read “Tara and Tiree, Fearless Friends” beginning on page 192.

Text-Based Comprehension How can you tell this story is literary nonfiction? What predictions were confirmed as you read? What effect did Jim’s feelings for dogs have on his choice of a job?

Text-Based Comprehension Literary Nonfiction gives true information in the form of a story. Are the people, places, and events in literary nonfiction real or made-up? In what order does the author tell the story?

Research and Inquiry Research Skill: Notes A note is an idea that is written to remember what someone else wrote or said. Each note is a short sentence or phrase in our own words. The source is the person or text that gave you the new information you want. You will write notes in your chart later.

Research and Inquiry Research Skill: Notes To find out more about people helping in times of floods, I could read a chapter in a book about big rainstorms. The text explains that adults and children fill sandbags to protect their homes from rivers that are expected to flood. I could write this note by my question about getting communities ready: Kids fill sandbags. Extreme Weather. Notice that I wrote the name of my source, the book, in case I need to reread later. Reader’s and Writer’s Notebook, p.105

Wrap Up Your Day! High-frequency words – family pull listen once heard break Content Knowledge What hazard did Jim face? How were Tara and Tiree courageous? Tomorrow we will reread Tara and Tiree, Fearless Friends.

Tara and Tiree, Fearless Friends Wednesday Expand the Concept Remember “To the Rescue!” Who might be able to help in a dangerous situation?

Build Oral Language Remember the story “Snoop, the Search Dog” What are some of the things that would make a dog a good search dog? Who uses search dogs? Why?

Build Oral Language “Snoop loves people and wants to please them, and a good search dog isn’t skittish in new situations.” What does “Snoop loves people and wants to please them” mean? Why did the author use the word please rather than satisfy or make happy? What does skittish mean? Why do you think the author chose the word skittish?

instinct in – stinct An instinct is an ability an animal is born with that makes it act in a certain way. Baby animals and people have an instinct to eat when they are born. Birds have an instinct to build their nests. Would a dog’s natural instinct be to climb a tree or hunt?

skittish skit – tish Skittish means nervous and easily upset. A skittish horse bolts when it hears an unusual noise. Our new puppy is so skittish it runs and hides whenever the door opens. Name a word that means the opposite of skittish. Which word means about the same as skittish? tranquil or excitable

Concept Map What was the dangerous situation in Tara and Tiree, Fearless Friends? Jim falls into the freezing lake Let’s add that under Dangerous Situation What happened to Tiree? How did Jim try to help her? What did Tara do? How did Tara and Tiree work together to get Jim out of the lake? What should we add under How Can We Help?

Sort Words: ar, or, ore, oar dark, north, store, stork, chore, soar, snore, oar, roar, marsh, forbid, sharpen ar or ore oar

Sort Words: ar, or, ore, oar dark, north, store, stork, chore, soar, snore, oar, roar, marsh, forbid, sharpen ar or ore oar dark

Sort Words: ar, or, ore, oar dark, north, store, stork, chore, soar, snore, oar, roar, marsh, forbid, sharpen ar or ore oar dark north

Sort Words: ar, or, ore, oar dark, north, store, stork, chore, soar, snore, oar, roar, marsh, forbid, sharpen ar or ore oar dark north store

Sort Words: ar, or, ore, oar dark, north, store, stork, chore, soar, snore, oar, roar, marsh, forbid, sharpen ar or ore oar dark north store stork

Sort Words: ar, or, ore, oar dark, north, store, stork, chore, soar, snore, oar, roar, marsh, forbid, sharpen ar or ore oar dark north store stork chore

Sort Words: ar, or, ore, oar dark, north, store, stork, chore, soar, snore, oar, roar, marsh, forbid, sharpen ar or ore oar dark north store soar stork chore

Sort Words: ar, or, ore, oar dark, north, store, stork, chore, soar, snore, oar, roar, marsh, forbid, sharpen ar or ore oar dark north store soar stork chore snore

Sort Words: ar, or, ore, oar dark, north, store, stork, chore, soar, snore, oar, roar, marsh, forbid, sharpen ar or ore oar dark north store soar stork chore snore

Sort Words: ar, or, ore, oar dark, north, store, stork, chore, soar, snore, oar, roar, marsh, forbid, sharpen ar or ore oar dark north store soar stork chore snore roar

Sort Words: ar, or, ore, oar dark, north, store, stork, chore, soar, snore, oar, roar, marsh, forbid, sharpen ar or ore oar dark north store soar marsh stork chore snore roar

Sort Words: ar, or, ore, oar dark, north, store, stork, chore, soar, snore, oar, roar, marsh, forbid, sharpen ar or ore oar dark north store soar marsh stork chore forbid snore roar

Sort Words: ar, or, ore, oar dark, north, store, stork, chore, soar, snore, oar, roar, marsh, forbid, sharpen ar or ore oar dark north store soar marsh stork chore sharpen forbid snore roar

card store board charm thorn sharp Fluent Word Reading spark I know the sounds for s, p, ar, and k.I blend them and read the word spark. Say the sounds in your head for each spelling you see. When I point to the word, we’ll read it together. card store board charm thorn sharp

Blend and Read We are going to read “Bart’s Chore” together. Identify and read high-frequency words Preview the story Read Bart’s Chore (Decodable Practice Passage 6B)

Tara and Tiree, Fearless Friends Spelling Words hard born horse before more smart farm porch corn chore score part

Dictation Practice The horse can pull a wagon. Please pull down the window shade. If you drop the glass, it will break.

Fluency Turn to page 194 in your Reading books. Before I begin reading, I scan the sentences for words I may not know. When I get to a new word, I sound it out by syllables and then say it quickly to make sure I can read it accurately when I come to it in the sentence. Let’s read this page together.

High Frequency Words and Selection Words break collar family once pull brave My _______ likes to listen to music. If you _______ on the string, you will break it. We heard a story about a ______ girl who saved a cat. I slipped more than _____ on the ice. My family bought a _______ for our new puppy. We heard the dishes _______ and ran to the kitchen.

High Frequency Words and Selection Words break collar family once pull brave My family likes to listen to music. If you _______ on the string, you will break it. We heard a story about a ______ girl who saved a cat. I slipped more than _____ on the ice. My family bought a _______ for our new puppy. We heard the dishes _______ and ran to the kitchen.

High Frequency Words and Selection Words break collar family once pull brave My family likes to listen to music. If you pull on the string, you will break it. We heard a story about a ______ girl who saved a cat. I slipped more than _____ on the ice. My family bought a _______ for our new puppy. We heard the dishes _______ and ran to the kitchen.

High Frequency Words and Selection Words break collar family once pull brave My family likes to listen to music. If you pull on the string, you will break it. We heard a story about a brave girl who saved a cat. I slipped more than _____ on the ice. My family bought a _______ for our new puppy. We heard the dishes _______ and ran to the kitchen.

High Frequency Words and Selection Words break collar family once pull brave My family likes to listen to music. If you pull on the string, you will break it. We heard a story about a brave girl who saved a cat. I slipped more than once on the ice. My family bought a _______ for our new puppy. We heard the dishes _______ and ran to the kitchen.

High Frequency Words and Selection Words break collar family once pull brave My family likes to listen to music. If you pull on the string, you will break it. We heard a story about a brave girl who saved a cat. I slipped more than once on the ice. My family bought a collar for our new puppy. We heard the dishes _______ and ran to the kitchen.

High Frequency Words and Selection Words break collar family once pull brave My family likes to listen to music. If you pull on the string, you will break it. We heard a story about a brave girl who saved a cat. I slipped more than once on the ice. My family bought a collar for our new puppy. We heard the dishes break and ran to the kitchen.

Text-Based Comprehension Good readers look for facts and opinions. Facts can be proved. How do opinions differ from facts? Look at page 199 in your Reading books. Is the first sentence a fact or an opinion? How could this fact be proved? Let’s Practice It! p.DVD 62

Read Main Selection Think Critically Remember that literary nonfiction is a type of writing about real people, places, and events in the form of a story. It may have characters, a setting, and events in a plot. Let’s go back and read “Tara and Tiree, Fearless Friends” (p.192) Story Sort – interactive path

Research and Inquiry: Gather and Record Information Today we will take notes as we research the answer to one of the inquiry questions. Our goal is to find out more about how people help each other in dangerous weather situations. Before you begin to take notes, you need to choose a question to research. I have decided to research the question How do people help others get ready for a flood? I have begun taking notes from nonfiction sources on a chart.

Wrap Up Your Day! Cause and Effect At the end of Tara and Tiree, Fearless Friends, what caused the characters to warm up after they came in from the cold? Summarize: Why is it helpful to summarize important ideas while reading? Tomorrow we will read about how people and special dogs work together.

Tara and Tiree, Fearless Friends Thursday Expand the Concept Remember “To the Rescue!” What are some ways people can help animal friends in dangerous situations?

Build Oral Language Who can tell me what you know about narrative nonfiction? It tells a story about something that could happen or about real people and things. Narrative nonfiction usually includes some facts. Today we will hear some facts about people who save lives in “Porpoise Savers” by Elizabeth Scheichert.

blustery blust – er – y A storm is blustery when the wind blows hard and makes a lot of noise. The blustery day made it hard to play outside. The wind and rain made the day so blustery, I was glad to get home. Show me how you would walk home from school on a blustery day.

fast-paced fast – paced You know what fast means. Pace means the speed at which something happens. So something that is fast-paced is happening very quickly. We had so much to do this morning that it was fast-paced. The baseball game was so fast-paced that it was over in an hour. Show me fast-paced walking.

Concept Map What were the children doing on the fishing boat in “Porpoise Savers”? Why did the porpoises need to be rescued? Let’s add “Porpoises are caught in fishing weirs” under “Dangerous Situation” on our map What should we add under “How Can We Help?”

Phonics: Consonant Digraphs shape catch You studied words like these last week. What do you know about the letters sh and tch? What letters spell the sound /sh/ in shape? What letters spell the sound /ch/ in catch?

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Phonics: Guide Practice stretch rubbish thick those whale children chipmunk shopping thorn when ch/tch sh th wh stretch

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Phonics: Guide Practice stretch rubbish thick those whale children chipmunk shopping thorn when ch/tch sh th wh stretch rubbish thick whale children shopping those when chipmunk thorn

Fluent Word Reading sore gone though vase together often space running very broke pieces short learn skating craft soared jogs sharp or Marcus

Sentence Reading The craft soared into space and was gone. The vase broke into very sharp pieces. Marcus is often running or skating. Did they learn the short tune together? She jogs though her leg is sore.

Decodable Reader 6c We are going to read “For the Family” together. Identify and read high-frequency words Preview the story Read For the Family (Decodable Practice Reader 6C)

Tara and Tiree, Fearless Friends Spelling Words hard born horse before more smart farm porch corn chore score part

Social Studies in Reading What did Tara and Tiree do in our story this week? Look at the title on page 212 of your Reading books. Predict what you might learn from this selection.

Social Studies in Reading Remember that expository text: Explains an animal, place, object, or idea It gives facts and details It often has graphic features such as pictures and maps Let’s read “Rescue Dogs”

Fluency Turn to page 200 in your Reading books. Follow along as I read these pages. Now you read with me.

Listening and Speaking When good speakers give instructions, they speak clearly and say all the steps of the instructions in order. To help make the instructions clear, they use formal classroom language rather than casual language they might use when talking to friends. When good listeners follow instructions, they listen carefully. They restate all the steps in order to make sure they understand the instructions.

Listening and Speaking When I give instructions, I speak in a clear, loud voice, and I say all the steps in the order that my listeners should do them. When I listen to someone giving instructions, I listen carefully and quietly to all the steps I need to follow. If I do not completely understand the instructions, I ask questions to help clarify what I should do. Then I restate the steps in the correct order to help me remember them.

Research and Inquiry: Synthesize I found information about my topic Helping Before a Flood. I wrote many notes about people helping their communities and some notes about people helping their own family. I may need to focus only on people helping their communities. I’ll revise my topic to Helping Communities Before a Flood. Now I’ll look for information just for the topic.

Wrap Up Your Day! Phonics – or, ore, ar, oar Before, score, more, for, boar, soar Fluency – read at an appropriate pace Many good stories are about brave people helping friends or animals. Tomorrow we will hear more about porpoises.

Tara and Tiree, Fearless Friends Friday Expand the Concept Remember “Porpoise Savers” After the rescue of the porpoises, what did Owen and Diana do?

Build Oral Vocabulary How can we help each other in dangerous situations? Dangerous Situation How Can We Help? Person falls into raging water Call 9-1-1 A river is flooding its banks Fill sandbags to hold back water There has been a tornado Get first aid and help clean up A friend is in trouble Run to get help, or find an adult who knows what to do Sandy falls off a cliff onto a ledge Maya helps her dad rescue Sandy Jim falls into the freezing lake Tiree and Tara pull Jim out Porpoises are caught in fishing weirs Owen and Diana help free the porpoises

Concept Talk Video – Interactive Digital Path Build Oral Vocabulary Turn and talk: What different dangerous situations have we learned about? What are some ways we have learned we can help in case of an emergency? Concept Talk Video – Interactive Digital Path

Check Oral Vocabulary What can we do to be courageous in difficult times? Name different types of hazards that you know about. How would a blustery day make rescuing someone a problem? Why is fast-paced work important in an avalanche?

Phonics Read these to yourselves and then we will read them together. The mark was far from the target. I will dig in the garden until dark. The large store is starting to sell more jam. Jordan dropped an oar and swam to shore.

Tara and Tiree, Fearless Friends Spelling Words (test) hard born horse before more smart farm porch corn chore score part

Vocabulary Strategy: Unfamiliar Words Turn to page 216 – 217 in your Reading books. Remember: We can determine a word’s meaning by looking at the words and pictures around it. Do Reader’s and Writer’s Notebook, p.6 together

Text-Based Comprehension: Cause and Effect Remember to think about things that happen and why those things happen as you read. What is a cause? What do we call what happens?

Text-Based Comprehension: Cause and Effect The bright sun woke Sloan before his alarm went off. He could hear the drip, drip, drip of melting icicles as he closed his bedroom window. “ The warm sun will cause the ice to melt,” he muttered to himself. “Dad will never let me skate on the pond now!” Sloan walked into the kitchen. “Hurry up and eat, and then grab your skates,” said his dad. “The indoor ice rink opens at nine. It doesn’t matter what the weather is because the ice at the rink is always perfect.” Why was Sloan upset after he heard the dripping icicles? Why would ice at an indoor rink always be perfect?

Selection Words collar slipped brave Use these words in a sentence.

Vocabulary family pull listen once heard break Do you like to hear a story once or more than once?

Genre: Expository Text Expository text explains and describes a topic by giving facts and details about it. Expository text often includes photographs and headings to help readers understand the topic. The author of “Rescue Dogs” gives us lots of information about rescue dogs. The text is descriptive because the author describes what rescue dogs are like and what they do. As I read, I look for descriptions of these dogs so I can understand what they do.

Genre: Expository Text I learn that rescue dogs help find people who are lost or trapped. Some dogs can follow a scent; others are good at finding people under the snow. I look for details in the text and the photos to help me understand what rescue dogs do. What is one way some dogs can find a lost person? What clues helped you understand this text? What dogs do you think would make the best rescue dogs?

Research and Inquiry: Communicate To explain my findings, I will use my notes. I will read each of my notes and think about how I can organize the information in a list. If some notes are not about my topic, I will cross them out. Then I will number each note in order so listeners will understand the ideas. I will practice my sentences in that order to check that they will be clear.

Monday: Daily Fix It that dog is smart That dog is smart. it’s exciteing to see it work hard. It’s exciting to see it work hard.

Grammar: Nouns Today we listened to a story about a girl and her fear of heights. Without naming names, who were some of the characters in the story? a girl, the dad, a dog All of these words are common nouns.

Grammar: Nouns A noun names a person, place, animal, or thing. A common noun names any person, place, animal, or thing. Collective nouns name groups. (group, family, herd, band) The park was covered in snow. The ducks and geese had no food.

Grammar: Nouns Two children lived across the street. The girl and the boy brought bread to the birds.

Sort these nouns into the correct group: park, snow, ducks, geese, food, children, street, girl, boy, bread, birds Person Place Animal Thing

Sort these nouns into the correct group: park, snow, ducks, geese, food, children, street, girl, boy, bread, birds Person Place Animal Thing park

Sort these nouns into the correct group: park, snow, ducks, geese, food, children, street, girl, boy, bread, birds Person Place Animal Thing park snow

Sort these nouns into the correct group: park, snow, ducks, geese, food, children, street, girl, boy, bread, birds Person Place Animal Thing park ducks snow

Sort these nouns into the correct group: park, snow, ducks, geese, food, children, street, girl, boy, bread, birds Person Place Animal Thing park ducks geese snow

Sort these nouns into the correct group: park, snow, ducks, geese, food, children, street, girl, boy, bread, birds Person Place Animal Thing park ducks geese snow food

Sort these nouns into the correct group: park, snow, ducks, geese, food, children, street, girl, boy, bread, birds Person Place Animal Thing children park ducks geese snow food

Sort these nouns into the correct group: park, snow, ducks, geese, food, children, street, girl, boy, bread, birds Person Place Animal Thing children park street ducks geese snow food

Sort these nouns into the correct group: park, snow, ducks, geese, food, children, street, girl, boy, bread, birds Person Place Animal Thing children girl park street ducks geese snow food

Sort these nouns into the correct group: park, snow, ducks, geese, food, children, street, girl, boy, bread, birds Person Place Animal Thing children girl boy park street ducks geese snow food

Sort these nouns into the correct group: park, snow, ducks, geese, food, children, street, girl, boy, bread, birds Person Place Animal Thing children girl boy park street ducks geese snow food bread

Sort these nouns into the correct group: park, snow, ducks, geese, food, children, street, girl, boy, bread, birds Person Place Animal Thing children girl boy park street ducks geese birds snow food bread

Grammar: Nouns He sat on a _____________ in the park. A _________ is the best kind of pet. That ___________ plays loud music.

Tuesday: Daily Fix It did you see the dog Did you see the dog? he used his nos to find the toy. He used his nose to find the toy.

Grammar: Nouns A noun names a person, place, animal, or thing. A common noun names any person, place, animal, or thing. Collective nouns name groups. (class, flock) What nouns are in the sentence below? The man ran by the lake with his dog on the board.

Grammar: Nouns Name the nouns in the sentences below: My cat likes to eat fish. The boys skate in the park. The bike had a bent wheel. Our class is learning a new song.

Grammar: Nouns Add nouns to complete these sentences: An animal that can swim is a _________. One person who helps the community is a ______. A ______ is a thing we use for writing.

Wednesday: Daily Fix It The dog has a jub? The dog has a job. he is berave. He is brave.

Grammar: Nouns A noun names a person, place, animal, or thing. A common noun names any person, place, animal, or thing. Collective nouns name groups. (children, class) What nouns are in the sentence below? The girl and her sheep are in the barn. What other animals could be in the barn? In what other places could these people and animals be?

Grammar: Nouns Add nouns to complete these sentences: For lunch, I had an apple, a sandwich, and _______. His puppy has a big _________ to play in. My little _______ is only two years old. After school, Maria is going to the __________. My ______ went to the museum.

Thursday: Daily Fix It I want two see the dog pla. I want to see the dog play. he is naping on the porch. He is napping on the porch.

Grammar: Nouns A noun names a person, place, animal, or thing. A common noun names any person, place, animal, or thing. (woman, porch, cow, car) Collective nouns name groups. (family, herd) What nouns are in the sentence below? The students in our class visit the library to find books about tigers.

Friday: Daily Fix It what a good dog he is What a good dog he is! will I see him later Will I see him later?

Grammar: Nouns A noun names a person, place, animal, or thing. A common noun names any person, place, animal, or thing. (woman, porch, cow, car) Collective nouns name groups. (family, herd)

Grammar: Nouns Add a noun to these sentences: My __________ likes to read. I got a ________ for my birthday. Last summer, we visited a _________. Look at that ______ sitting in a tree! My __________ is going to the zoo.

Grammar: Nouns What do the underlined nouns name? (person, place, animal, or thing) My friend saw an ant on a tree in the park. My family saw that band play music at the fair.

Tara & Tiree, Two Good Friends Monday Journal Topic Write about things people do that are courageous and explain why.

Tara & Tiree, Two Good Friends Tuesday Journal Topic Write about an animal you know or heard of who helped someone.

Tara & Tiree, Two Good Friends Wednesday Journal Topic Write about a dangerous situation you've heard or read about.

Tara & Tiree, Two Good Friends Thursday Journal Topic Write about when you helped someone.

Tara & Tiree, Two Good Friends Friday Journal Topic Write about when you helped someone.