1. Harcourt Lesson 21 Day 1
2nd Grade
/ou/ ou, ow

2. Phonics Repeat these words after me:
Out
Owl
About
Brown
The words out and owl begin with the /ou/ sound, and the words about and brown have the /ou/ sound in the middle.

3. Listen for the sound
I will say some words. If you hear the /ou/ sound in the word, I want you to touch your nose. On
Ounce
Dawn
Down
Pond
pound
Around
Scoot
Scout
Scowl
Clown
Gone
Gown
golf

4. Connect letters to sounds:
Sound/Spelling card
The two letters ou together can stand for the /ou/ sound, the sound you hear in the middle of found.
What’s the sound?
The two letter ow together can stand for the /ou/ sound, the sound you hear in the middle of town.

5. /ou/ sound with ou and ow
Outside
Howl
Ouch
Shower
Ounce
Flower
Outline
Gown
Loud
Allow
Scout
Vow
Couch
Now
hound
wow

6. Read these words with me…
Out
Pound
Now
Ground
Crown
Wow
Scout
Brow
Pout
Town
Frown
Crowd
How
Ouch
Outfit

7. Read these sentences and identify words with ou or ow ( /ou/ sound)
Chad saw an owl fly down to the ground.
We heard a loud sound outside.
A brown hound howled loudly.
A groundhog ate some sprouts of grass.
The streets are crowded downtown.

8. Spelling Pretest Out Town Count Crowd Ground Now Found Crown Sound
Down
Surround
Without
Cowboy
Powerful
cloudless

9. Plot - Comprehension Read page 162 in your Student Edition.
Let’s look at this story map together.
The plot tells what happens during a story. By looking at the story map and reading the boxes on 162, I can tell what Ashley’s problem is, important events in the story that tell how Ashley tries to solve her problems, and the solution to the story.

10. Let’s practice We will create our own story map together. Your job:
Read “A Present for Mom” on page 163.
We will figure out the problem, important events, and the solution.

11. Story Map – “A Present for Mom”
Problem
Important
Events
Solution

12. Read Aloud “The Just – Right Gift” Page 76
Realistic Fiction – Make believe but may have parts that are like real life. The characters may have the same kinds of problems that real people have.
Let’s see if we can figure out the problem, important events, and solution as we read this story.

13. Robust Vocabulary - Allowance
Gina had been saving her allowance for months so she could buy her mother a birthday gift.
Allowance - if you get money for doing chores or helping at home, you get an allowance.
What’s the word?
Allowance
When I was little, I got an allowance each week for helping to set the table. Would someone get an allowance for doing the dishes or for breaking them?

14. Robust Vocabulary - rosy
Mom looked rosy and bright like the morning sun.
Rosy – If something looks rosy, it looks pink.
What’s the word?
Rosy
A rosy sunset fills the sky with red and pink colors. Which of these might you describe as rosy --- dark brown hair or a sunburn?

15. Robust Vocabulary
Give an example of something you might do to earn an allowance.
Show or draw an example of something that is rosy.

16. Grammar
Action verb – a word that tells what someone or something does.
A verb that tells about an action that is happening NOW is called a present-tense action verb.
Gina finds a just-right gift.
The present-tense action verb in the sentence is finds.
The verb finds tells what someone – Gina – does now.

17. Identify Present-tense action verbs
Danny and Gina go to a store.
Gina shops for a birthday gift for Mom.
They see many goods for sale.
Gina waves a timer in the air.

18. At last, Gina sees a silky scarf. She wraps it with pretty paper.
5. She and her brother smell perfume.
At last, Gina sees a silky scarf.
She wraps it with pretty paper.
Mom puts the scarf around her neck.

19. Independent Practice Write sentences with a present-tense action verb.
You will share these with your partner.
Remember it has to have something that is being done NOW.