1. Learning Targets
I can identify and know the meaning of the inflected endings –s, -es in verbs.
I can use strategies to help identify the meanings of words in context.
I can describe the purpose of a numbered list.
I can determine the author’s purpose in a nonfiction text.
I can read text with expression.

2. Let’s begin by
looking at the pictures on pages 6 -7 in our Themed Reader.
What have you learned so far about changes?
How can you use what you learned about changes to answer the
Theme Question:
How do the changes around us make us
who we are?

3. There are two different types of context clues:
Context clues are words or phrases around an unfamiliar word that can help readers understand the meaning of the word.
There are two different types of context clues:
Example clues: The author uses specific examples to define the word. Readers can look for key words and phrases (such as, for example, and including) and punctuation (colons and dashes) to recognize examples.

4. What word is the sentence trying to define?
Explanation / Definition: The unknown word is explained or defined within the sentence or in a nearby sentence.
Look at an example: As you practice the things you learn, you’ll get better at doing them. Your skills will improve.
What word is the sentence trying to define?
Which sentence gives the explanation or definition?

5. Practice Companion Pages 28 - 29
Look at this example:
We need volunteers to take dogs for walks. If you can help, call the manager.
What word is the sentence trying to define?
Which sentence gives the explanation or definition?
Practice Companion Pages

6. Author’s Purpose
An author’s purpose is his / her reason for writing. An author may write to: P – persuade I – inform E – entertain and to express ideas!

7. Determine Author’s Purpose
Let’s look at page 31 in our Theme Reader to identify ways people change and grow.
Author’s Purpose
Page Number
Evidence of the Author’s Purpose 31
Information about ways people grow and change
Information about ways animals grow and change

8. Practice Companion page 30
Continue reading pages to identify other evidence that points to the author’s purpose and add this information to your chart. Reading / Writing: How does determining the author’s purpose help readers understand the text?
Practice Companion page 30

9. Fluency
Paired Reading Read Life’s Obstacles on page 24 of the Practice Companion. The first time use the same voice and expression for both characters in the interview and the second time use different voices and expressions for the characters. Consider: Which version helped you understand the interview? Why? With a partner, practice reading the selection with expression.

10. Practice Companion page 31
Word Study
Some inflected endings are called inflections, such as –s –es, which are added at the end of a base form of a verb to make the singular form of the verb.
For example:
walk: I walk one mile to school each morning.
walks: My brother walks with a limp because he hurt his ankle playing football.
With a partner, make a list of singular verbs using inflected endings and base words and then use each word in a sentence.
Practice Companion page 31

11. Text Features Have you noticed these text features in our reading?
bold face terms labels
charts Glossary
Contents headings and titles
captions index
time line maps
Let’s begin on page 24 and search for the text features that are important to the understanding of the text.

12. Text Feature: Numbered List
Look at the list graphic on page 32 of your Themed Reader. Numbered list tell the order of how something should be done.
Discuss the following questions:
What is the title of the list?
Which chore should be done last? How do you know?
How does a numbered list make information easier to understand?

13. Purpose
As you reread Chapter 3 & 4, look to see how text features can help you identify information to answer our Theme Question: How do the changes around us make us who we are?

14. Read Together
Pages
How do the photographs help you identify the kinds of changes you can make?
What is the author’s purpose for writing?

15. Read Together
Pages
How do the text features help you understand that choosing to make a change can help you avoid repeating a mistake?

16. Read Together
Pages
What important information does the author want you to remember?
What text features helped you figure that out?

17. Read Together
Pages
What context clues did you use to define the word responsibilities?

18. Read Together
Pages 34 – 36
How do the photographs help you understand the main idea?

19. How do changes around us make us
Respond
With a partner discuss:
Why do authors use text features in nonfiction?
How do text features help you understand the text? Which text features were the most helpful?
Describe a change that happens as we grow older.
Which text feature provided the most information about the Theme question?
How do changes around us make us
who we are?

20. Google Images Used PPT Created and Shared by Julie Kennedy, Stilwell Elementary