1. Day 2

2. THE BIG QUESTION.... How do things change? How do things stay the same?

3. QUESTION OF THE WEEK: How do plants change over time?

4. Plants need: rain sunlight nutrients air Plants need: rain sunlight nutrients air

5. Oral Vocabulary: Amazing Words adapt annual Nutrients

6. What do plants need? Nutrients was one of our Amazing Words from yesterday. Let’s add Plants need rain, sunlight, nutrients, and air to our map.

7. Phonics: Short u; Vowel Patterns oo, u hoodtumble cookbook brookfullput rosebush thundersunny

8. Phonics: Short u; Vowel Patterns oo, u It’s hard to push the box full of books under the table. The wooden tub held a single fish that we will cook.

9. Phonics: Short u; Vowel Patterns oo, u A rosebush with three buds stood in the corner by the stable.

10. Spelling Words cook stood full wood July shook push pull brook book hood put *

11. Spelling oo, u Listen to the segmented sounds, repeat and write each spelling word. On Your Own: Reader's and Writer's Notebook, page 305

12. Lesson Vocabulary bump-y covered with high spots or lumps fruit part of a plant that contains seeds

13. har-vest season when crops are gathered root part of plant that takes in water and holds the plant in place

14. smooth - flat or even soil- top layer of Earth’s surface vine - thin stem of some plants that creep along the ground or climb

15. Lesson Vocabulary High-Frequency Words Day 2 Pumpkin rootsmoothbumpyharvest vinefruitsoil worldwomanmachines workliveeverywhere

16. Vocabulary Strategy: Antonyms Multiple Meaning Words

17. Great Grapes Grape farmers usually start with old vines, not new ones.

18. Great Grapes As, I read this sentence I may not be sure of the meaning. I can use the antonyms in the sentence to help me.

19. Grape farmers usually start with old vines, not new ones. I reread the sentence and see new vines. Using this context clue, I understand that old vines must mean vines that have lived for a long time, not just planted (new vines)!

20. Some fruits grow very quickly. Grapevines work much more slowly. Reader’s Writer’s Notebook p. 306 What are the antonyms in this sentence that help me understand?

21. page 61

22. A plant’s life cycle is the way a plant grows and changes. Listen to what Johnny Appleseed says about how an apple tree changes during its life cycle. Build Background

23. Background Building Audio CD How does an apple tree begin its life cycle? What happens to the seed? What does the seedling become?

24. Background Building Audio CD What do the flowers on an apple tree attract? What do the flowers become?

26. CYCLE CHART Apple seed Seedling with roots, stem, and leaves Mature apple tree Flowers attract pollinators Apple with seeds

27. Build Background We learned how an apple tree grows from a seed to a tree with apples.

28. In the selection we are about the read, Life Cycle of a Pumpkin, we’ll find out how a pumpkin grows and changes during its life cycle.

29. Comprehension Skill - Draw Conclusions SEQUENCE: Spring, summer, and fall Events happen in a certain order or sequence.

30. Comprehension Skill - Draw Conclusions Clue words with time can help you to understand the sequence.

31. Important Ideas Good readers look for important ideas in the text as well as facts and details supporting these ideas.

32. As I read Life Cycle of a Pumpkin, I will look for important ideas. I can identify important ideas using the headings and photographs.

33. Genre - Expository Texts- tell about real people, places, events, or things. It uses facts and details to explain the subject. Look for facts and details as you listen and read!

34. Preview and Predict - Look through the book to predict how the pumpkins change and grow. Comprehension

35. Set a Purpose -Setting a purpose helps you to think and understand more as we read. Comprehension

36. Main Selection Use the Table of Contents to find the page number?

37. Comprehension Check Expository Text Confirm Predictions Draw Conclusions Author’s Purpose Connect text to self Expository Text How did the photographs help you understand the information found in this selection? Confirm Predictions How did you use the key words at the top of the pages to help you predict what you would be reading about on each page? Draw conclusions What would happen if farmers did not save seeds from pumpkins? Author’s Purpose Why do you think the authors wrote this selection? Connect text to world Do you think pumpkins are useful plants? What are some ways people use pumpkin fruits?

38. Informational Text: Author’s Message Remember that authors have a purpose for writing and a message they want to communicate to readers. Authors do not always state their message in the text. What can you do to figure out an author’s message?

39. Informational Text: Author’s Message What are some messages an author of an expository text about planting a vegetable garden might want to share?

40. Author’s Message QuestionAuthor 1. What do the authors tell you? 2.Why do you think the authors tell you that? Title: Life Cycle of a Pumpkin Author: Ron Fridell and Patricia Walsh They explain stages in a pumpkin’s life cycle. They also tell how pumpkins are used. They want us to appreciate how amazing plants are. They do this by telling how a seed grows into a large pumpkin in a short time.

41. Conventions: Adjectives & Our Senses Grammar Jammer! ADJECTIVES Descriptive words can help us understand an object’s number, size, or shape. What do we call these words?

42. Four tiny seeds grew into a round pumpkin. Grammar Jammer! four = number tiny = size round = shape What are the adjectives? What do they tell us?

43. Identify the adjective & the sense it relates to. 1. I grew sixty pumpkins. 2. Our huge pumpkin won a prize. sixty-number huge/a - size/number

44. 3. Is that oval pumpkin yours? oval - shape

45. Complete these sentences with adjectives for number, size, and shape. 1. I couldn’t believe the size of that ____________elephant! 2. ______ flock of _________ birds sat in the tree. 3. A _________ block has six sides. Reader’s & Writer’s Notebook p.307

46. Writing for Tests Expository Nonfiction

47. Writer’s Craft: Supporting Details *Writing Prompt for today - Think about something in nature that changes during a year. Now write an explanation of how it changes from season to season.

48. Mini-Lesson: Narrowing Your Topic You need to be specific about what you want to write. Decide on the one thing that you want to tell about. When you write your facts and details, they will be about this one thing.

49. Scoring Rubric It is used to evaluate your writing this week. You should refer to this rubric as you write to make sure you include everything that’s needed to receive a good evaluation.

51. Writing Prompt Think about something in nature that changes during a year. Now write an explanation of how it changes from season to season.

52. Quick Write for Fluency Talk- Have children take two minutes to tell two facts or details from their paragraph to a partner. Write- Each child briefly writes two facts or details of his or her expository nonfiction paragraph. Share- Each child reads the sentences to the partner. Talk- Have children take two minutes to tell two facts or details from their paragraph to a partner. Write- Each child briefly writes two facts or details of his or her expository nonfiction paragraph. Share- Each child reads the sentences to the partner.

53. Wrap up your day In Life Cycle of a Pumpkin, what kind of nutrients does a pumpkin need to grow? An annual pumpkin harvest happens how many times a year?

54. Next time.... Tomorrow we will reread Life Cycle of a Pumpkin.