Lesson 15 Day 3 You will need your textbook, workbook, journal, and pencils.

Phonics and Spelling ► Remember that c usually stands for the sound /k/, but when it is followed by e or i, it usually stands for /s/. ► This sound is sometimes called the soft sound of c. ► The letter g usually stands for /g/, but when it is followed by e or i, it often stands for /j/. ► This is called the soft sound of g. ► The spelling pattern dge also stands for /j/. ► circle, ridge, cereal, giant

Phonics and Spelling ► In the following sentences, identify the words that have the soft sound of g or c and explain how you know. ► Cindy gave celery to the rabbit. ► Cindy, celery ► Margie wrote advice in the margin. ► Margie, advice ► c or g is followed by e or i ► The prince lived in a giant castle. ► prince, giant ► I will give you my pencil so you can number your page. ► pencil, page

Phonics and Spelling ► What spelling words this week have the /s/ c and /j/ g, dge? ► edge, police, giant, judge ► Most words that have the /s/ sound are spelled with s. ► Most words that have the /j/ sound are spelled with j. ► The spelling dge comes at the end of a word or syllable.

Author’s Purpose ► The author’s purpose is the reason he or she wrote something. ► The most common purposes for writing are to entertain, to inform, to persuade, or to teach a lesson. ► Understanding the author’s purpose can help readers set a purpose for reading and better understand a selection.

Author’s Purpose ► I am going to describe several different writing situations and you are to tell me the author’s purpose for each of them. ► Remember that an author can have more than one purpose for writing. ► Why might an author write a letter to the editor supporting someone who is running for mayor? ► To persuade, to inform ► Why might an author write a poem about the sea? ► To entertain ► Why might an author write a funny story that takes place on a farm? ► To entertain ► Why might an author write an article about his or her experience in a hot-air balloon? ► To inform, to entertain

Using Context Clues ► Good readers use context clues to figure out the meanings of unfamiliar words. ► Other words in the sentence can help them figure out what the word means. ► Tamkia clutched the coin and held it tight. ► clutched-held tight ► The farmer made furrows in the ground and planted seeds in the cut lines. ► furrows-cut lines

Robust Vocabulary ► Would you rather receive an early issue of the newspaper or a late issue? Why? ► If you wanted to bake a cake, whom would you consult? What kind of cake would be luscious? ► What kind of foods would you recommend to a person visiting from a foreign country? ► Why would you ask a sensible person for advice? ► What kind of project might require you to devise a plan? What kind of expertise would you need?

Grammar: Review Subject and Object Pronouns ► A pronoun takes the place of a noun. ► Only subject pronouns can take the place of the subject of a sentence—whom or what the sentence is about. ► Subject Pronouns: I, you he, she, it, we, they ► An object in a sentence receives an action or has something done to it. ► Object pronouns can take the place of an object. ► Object Pronouns: me, you, him, her, it, us, them ► Object pronouns cannot be used to take the place of the subject. ► The words it and you are on both lists because they can be used as the subject or an object in a sentence.

Grammar ► ________ went to the park to watch _____. ► The subject and object are missing from this sentence. ► What kind of pronoun belongs in the first blank? ► Subject ► What subject pronoun could we use in the first blank? ► What kind of pronoun belongs in the second blank? ► Object ► What object pronoun could we use in the second blank?