LEAD21LEAD21 Unit 1 Week 1 Day 2

Activate Prior Knowledge  What are some places you have to go to?  What things do you do away from home?  Who do you see when you are away from home?  How are your roles away from home different from roles at home?

Reinforce Theme Vocabulary roles roles- different parts that people play change change– to become different Leader Leader- a person in charge Thumbs up or down if it is an example: roles things you can change leader * being a helper * when your b-day is* president of USA * watching TV * roles that you do* principal of your school * being a good * shoes you are wearing* your baby sister brother/sister

Determine Important Information -Find important ideas You Can Count on Me Page Ideas from the text Important Not important 8 A role at home is being a good family member. Text says it’s important and gives examples. 8 The grandpa tells great jokes. interesting, but not important 10

Prepare to Read What are your roles at school? Read pages 12-17

Word Study -s and –es, -ed, -ing Endings Some verbs, like kick just add an –s. Words like watch that end in ch, s, sh, ss, x, or z add an –es. I kick the ball. My sister kicks the ball. My sister and I are kicking the ball. We kicked the ball for two hours. s or es ed ing fix play pass wash

High Frequency Words: again, does, move, onto, our, warm, watch Decodable Reader 5: The Petting Zoo Fluency: “My Own Pet Lizard” Practice Page 5

Writing Traits Word Choice (Writing Models Chart p. 2) - The writer uses descriptive and exact words that help the reader to see, feel, and understand the message. It rained. The rain fell in sheets and flooded the field. Example 1 On the day of the race, the sun was shining brightly and blazing high in the sky. As I began the long race, I adjusted my baseball cap to keep the sun out of my eyes and took a sip from my water bottle. Example 2 I ran in a race. It was a long race. It was hot.

Writing Traits Voice (Writing Models Chart p. 2) - makes readers think a real person is speaking and cares about message, how the writing sounds How you talk to your friends is different than you talk to your teacher. Your voice in a funny story is different from your voice in a science report.

Voice, cont. story science report letter to a friend  Who might be the audience, or reader, of each of these types of writing? How would the author’s voice be different for each writing form?  Think about… Do I sound interested in this subject? Does this writing sound like me? How do I want my readers to feel?