1. The Skunk Ladder
Day 1

2. How can we find adventure in ordinary events?
Concept Talk
How can we find adventure in ordinary events?

3. Adventure
A day in the life of Scrat

4. Partner Share
What do you think turns an ordinary event into adventure?
What movies, TV shows, or books have you seen or read that are about someone having an adventure in their everyday life?

5. Let’s get our books
1-5
6-10
11-15
16-20
21-27

6. Let’s Talk About Turn to page 168-169
How might the family be having an adventure?
Why is the man handling a snake?
The boys are climbing a tree. How is that an adventure?
How can you find adventure in ordinary events?

7. Listen:
The story “How the Desert Made Us DIfferent” is about a family that moves from Kansas to the desert in Arizona. Listen for:
Prairie
desert

8. Amazing Words Prairie- a large open area of grassland
The antelope galloped across the prairie.
Desert- a dry, barren area of land, esp. one covered with sand
A tortoise lives in the desert.
Teach your partner these words

9. Plot Elements of a story The plot is in the sequence of events
The four parts of a typical plot on a timeline are:
Conflict, Rising action, Climax, resolution

10. Character
We see a character’s traits through their roles in relationships and conflicts
What would a shy character do on the first day of school?
Let’s read p. EI-11 about character and plot
Let’s read “The Day of Two Adventures”

11. Vocabulary Abandoned-gave up on
The house had been abandoned for years.
Attempt- effort
He made an attempt to build a shed
Teach your partner these words.

12. Vocabulary Teach your partner these words. Bellow- loud yell
The man let out a bellow when he saw the dog in his yard.
Cavern- cave
The kids followed the dog into the cavern.
Teach your partner these words.

13. Vocabulary Teach your partner these words.
Feat- act of skill or daring
Gabbi was amazed at his daring feat of climbing a tree.
Immensely- very greatly
The water was immensely hot.
Teach your partner these words.

14. Vocabulary Savage- wild The dog growled like a savage animal.
Teach your partner this word

15. Spelling Multisyllabic words: Words with many syllables
It is easiest to attach these words one syllable at a time, apply all the rules you have learned about the different word parts

16. Spelling
El-e-men-tary
Ve-hic-le
Min-ia-ture
Op-por-tun-i-ty

17. Contractions Negative contractions- Can and not- can’t
Will and not- won’t
Is and not-isn’t

18. Negatives To make a negative statement, use only one negative word:
No: There wasn’t nobody here.
Don’t never get in his way.
Yes: There wasn’t anybody here.
Don’t ever get in his way.

19. Writing Rhyming Poem Includes rhyming words
May include figurative language (such as similes and metaphors)
Sensory words
Poetic techniques such as alliteration and onomatopoeia
Graphic elements, such as capital letters

20. Writing
You will be writing your own rhyming poem