1. Thursday
Lesson 15, Day 4

2. I like to think in _________ because _________.
Objective: To listen and respond appropriately to oral communication.
Question of the Day:
Where do you like to go to think?
What is this place like?
On my signal, you will turn and talk to your partner to complete this stem:
I like to think in _________ because _________.

3. I have a secret place to go, That no one else should ever know.
Objective: To appreciate the rhythm and rhyme of a poem; to relate the poem to one’s life
And There
When I want to –
When I’m ready –
I have a secret place to go,
And there—
I’ll sit
And think the thoughts
That no one else should ever know.

4. On my signal, turn and talk with your partner to answer these questions
What does the person do in the secret place?
What do you think the secret place looks like?
How does this poem make you feel?

5. Objective: To read high frequency words.
Word Wall
about
books
family
name
people
read
work
writing
some
Objective: To read high frequency words.

6. Objective: To delete the beginning phonemes from a word.
Phonemic
Awareness
Phoneme
Deletion

7. Let’s review adding –ed and –ing to the end of a word
Objectives: To recognize root words
To read inflectional forms with –ed and –ing with a doubled final consonant
Let’s review adding –ed and –ing to the end of a word
stop
On my signal tell me what the word stop would become when we add -ed
stopped
On my signal tell me what the word stop would become when we add -ing
stopping

8. Root Word
step
drag
hop
bat
Double the consonant add –ed
stepped
dragged
hopped
batted
Double the consonant add –ing
stepping
dragging
hopping
batting

9. Pam hopped up and down.
She was looking for Grandma.
Pam spotted Grandma and hugged her.
Pam grinned and began clapping her hands.
She said, “Let’s go shopping!”
“Yes! Shopping and chatting are fun,” said Grandma.

10. Build Words qu i l t qu i t wh i z qu i z
Objectives: To use /kw/ qu, /hw/ wh, snd other known letter sounds to spell and write words
To spell and write known high frequency words
Build Words qu i l t qu i t wh i z qu i z

11. This Week’s Spelling Words
quit
quick
quiz
whiz
which
when
arm
part
house
put
Objective: To blend sounds into words.

12. The sequence of a story is the order in which the events take place.
Objective: To determine the sequence of events while listening to a selection
To identify the selection as a text that has a sequenced text structure.
Sequence
The sequence of a story is the order in which the events take place.
Let’s look at the story Fireflies, Fireflies Light My Way. There is an order in which the author sees the animals. Let’s discuss this order.

13. On my signal discuss these questions with your partner.
Where and when does this story take place? How do you know?
Let’s look at page 30 – how does this page help you remember the sequence of the story?

14. Robust Vocabulary accomplishment admire ambition
Objective: To develop robust vocabulary by discussing ideas and situations.
Robust Vocabulary
accomplishment
admire
ambition

15. accomplishment
If you have had an accomplishment, you have worked hard to get something done.

16. becoming the President
I will name some things. If it is an accomplishment that you would like to achieve then say “What an accomplishment!” If not say nothing.
becoming the President
writing your name
making a bed
writing a song
fighting a fire
taking a nap

17. admire
If you admire someone, you think that person is very special because of the things he or she does.

18. I will name some people. If you admire these people then clap once
I will name some people. If you admire these people then clap once. If not do nothing.
a sports star
a good student
a bank robber
a crying baby
a champion runner
the mayor of a big city

19. ambition
If you have an ambition, you want to do something very much.

20. Meeting a famous person
I will name some activities. If you think the activities are an ambition that most children have then signal by giving a thumbs up. If not do nothing.
Winning a race
Eating an apple
Meeting a famous person
Hitting a home run
Starring in a play
Going to sleep

21. Where do these parts of the sentence belong?
Objective: To use knowledge of the appropriate use of I and me in sentences.
Remember that we use the word I in the naming part of the sentence and we use the word me in the telling part of the sentence.
Where do these parts of the sentence belong?
Mark and I
Mom and I
you and I
Pam and me
Dad and me
you and me

22. Personal Narrative
A personal narrative tells about something that has happened in a person’s life.
It has a beginning, a middle, and an ending.
It has words like I and me.
Objective: To compose coherent sentences in a personal narrative; to generate ideas before writing on assigned tasks; to select a focus for writing.

23. Personal Narrative
Objective: To compose coherent sentences in a personal narrative; to generate ideas before writing on assigned tasks; to select a focus for writing.
Write about something that happened in your life. Make sure you use beginning, middle, and end in your story.
WILF:
Check to see if you told about something that happened to you.
Use I and me in your writing.
Use capital letters where needed and punctuation.