2. citizen law branch patrol community leader headquarters earn
Amazing Words
citizen law branch patrol community leader headquarters earn

3. Who works in our community?
This week we will talk, sing, read and write about people in communities.
Who works in our community?

4. What job do you think the woman on page 79 has
What job do you think the woman on page 79 has? Mayors make important decisions about a city or town. These people are citizens in a community. They are obeying a law. What law are they obeying? What work are these people doing? How do gardeners make a community a nice place?

6. Listen for these amazing words: citizen community law leader

7. Amazing Words
These citizens live in a great place. A citizen of the town met to discuss the parade. Citizens often help take care of the neighborhoods.
A community is a group of people and the place where they live. Different neighbors can be part of one community.
A law is a rule that tells people what they can or cannot do. It is a law that cars must stop at a red light.
A leader is the head of a group. The principal is the leader of our school. The president is the leader of our country.

8. Amazing Words Why should the people in this community obey laws?
Name some of the citizens in the picture.
Who is the leader of the community?

9. citizens community laws leader
Amazing Words
The principal is the ______________ of our school.
My teacher, my friends, and I are ________ of our town.
Our _________________ is made up of all the people who live here.
It is important to obey the ______________________ to stay safe.
citizens community laws leader

10. Phonemic Awareness
I see a boy taking a ride. The middle sound in ride is /i/. I see a bit in the horse’s mouth. The middle sound in bit is /i/. If I change the vowel sound /i/ to /i/, I make a new word: bite. Listen bit, bite.

11. Phonemic Awareness
Listen to the sounds in bit: /b/ /i/ /t/. There are three sounds. Let’s blend those sounds to make a word: /b/ /i/ /t/, bit.
/b/ /i/ /t/ /e/, bite
knit knight
limb lime

12. Phonics What do you know about the vowel sound in this word? cake
Today we will learn how to spell and read words with the long vowel sound /i/.
The long i sound, /i/, can be spelled i _ e.
The e gives the vowel i its long sound, and the blank shows where a consonant will go.
In the word like, the vowel letters i _ e stand for the /i/ sound.
Let’s blend this word: /l/ /i/ /k/ like

13. What do you know about reading these words?
Group Practice
life
rice
prize
fine
kite
mine
dime
glide
shine
mice
What do you know about reading these words?

14. Look at the picture on this page. I see a picture of a lime
Look at the picture on this page. I see a picture of a lime. When I say, lime I hear the sound /i/ in the middle. In lime, the /i/ sound is spelled i _ e.

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16. p. 250

17. Monitor Progress
                                                   

18. Spelling Words 1. like 2. ride 3. smile 4. time 5. white 6. bike
7. dime
8. hide
9. ice
10. kite

19. Nonsense Words Practice

20. Small Group Time!

21. Some words we learn by remembering the letters
Some words we learn by remembering the letters. Tell me a sentence using the word people. (Repeat with each word. )

22. Text-Based Comprehension
Authors write for different reasons. This is called the author’s purpose.
Authors may write to be funny or to entertain readers. They may write to explain something or to give information.
Identifying the topic of a story can help you find the author’s purpose.
Why might an author write the book Birds?
When might an author write the book Bird Comics?

23. Name a funny part of the story
Name a funny part of the story. How does knowing the author’s purpose help you in your reading?

25. Daily Fix It 1. Ann and mik wen to the park.
2. they help pick up trahs.

26. Daily Fix It 1. Ann and mik wen to the park.
Ann and Mike went to the park.
2. they help pick up trahs.
They help pick up trash.

27. Conventions
In the story we listened to, Kim’s mom is the mayor. “Mayor” is her special title. Who are other people you know with special titles?
Special titles are used to describe who someone is or what a person does. Sometimes the title is used alone, and sometimes it comes before a person’s name. It begins with a capital letter and sometimes ends with a period.

28. Special Titles

29. Team Talk: Who do you know who have special titles?
Conventions
Team Talk: Who do you know who have special titles?

30. Writing This week you will write an explanation.
In an explanation, you tell about a person, idea or thing.
An explanation helps people, understand the topic.

31. Wrap Up Your Day!
like Which letters in like stand for the long i sound? Let’s read these words: bike time kite Remember that the final e in these words are silent. Remember the story “Too Much Trash.” What workers helped the community?

32. Day 2
What people in the song help to make the community safe?

33. citizen law branch patrol community leader headquarters earn
Amazing Words
citizen law branch patrol community leader headquarters earn

34. Build Oral Language Listen for these amazing words: branch
headquarters
There are many branch libraries in different neighborhoods throughout the city.
What does many branch libraries mean?
What other word could we use in place of many?
Team Talk: How are branch libraries similar to branches on a tree?
There is one large station that is the headquarters.
What is a headquarters?
Team Talk: Turn to your partner and discuss how many police headquarters you think are in a city.

35. Build Oral Language: Amazing Words
Headquarters The book says there are many police stations in the city, and there is one large station that is the headquarters. Headquarters are places where business or city leaders work. The headquarters of many companies are in Los Angeles. The president of a bank works at the headquarters. Who works at the police headquarters? Branch A branch is a part of a bigger system or company. There is a main library in the big city and a branch of that library in my neighborhood.

36. The first sound in cherries is /ch/
The first sound in cherries is /ch/. What other words have a /ch/ sound at the beginning? The first sound in whistle is /hw/. What other words have a /hw/ sound at the beginning?

37. bench white photo child
Group Practice
Let’s blend these words:
bench white photo child
/ch/ /i/ /p/ chip
/f/ /o/ /t/ /o/ photo
/hw/ /i/ /l/ while

38. Phonics
ship them
What do you know about the beginning sounds of these words?
Today we will learn how to spell and read words with other consonant pairs that make one sound.
The letters wh in whale stand for the sound /hw/. The sound /hw/ is spelled wh.

39. Phonics: Model when In this word, the letters wh stand for the sound /hw/. Let’s blend this words. /hw/ /e/ /n/ when /ch/ /i/ /p/ chip /h/ /a/ /tch/ hatch /f/ /a/ /s/ /e/ phase W What do you know about reading these words?

40. The word in the first picture is whale
The word in the first picture is whale. When I say whale, I hear /hw/ at the beginning. In whale, the sound /hw/ is spelled wh. The word in the next picture is chair. When I say chair, I hear /ch/ at the beginning. In chair, the sound /ch/ is spelled ch. The word in the next picture is watch. When I say watch, I hear /ch/ at the end. In watch, the sound /ch/ is spelled tch. The word in the last picture is phone. When I say phone, I hear /f/ at the beginning. In phone, the sound /f/ is spelled ph. Team Talk: Read the sentences with your partner.

41. Monitor Progress

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44. Team Talk: Turn to your partner and read the sentences.
Phonics
Team Talk: Turn to your partner and read the sentences.

45. Team Talk Pick two high frequency words and make a sentence with each word.

46. Vocabulary mail – letters or packages sent through a post office and delivered to homes or businesses neighborhood - a place where people live and work together busy – having many things to do

47. Expository text tells facts about real people or events
Expository text tells facts about real people or events. There is no story. Instead the text explains or describes facts.

48. Look at what is happening in this picture
Look at what is happening in this picture. What is important to know about the picture? As you read, think about the important ideas, information and facts in the text.

49. Nonsense Word Fluency

50. Small Group Time

51. Conventions: Special Titles
Here is our principal’s name Mrs. Russell
It begins with a capital letter.

52. Special Titles – p. 255

53. 3. I lik the sity. 4. did you go t a park.
Daily Fix It Sentences
3. I lik the sity. 4. did you go t a park.

54. Daily Fix It Sentences
3. I lik the sity. I like the city. 4. did you go to a park. Did you go to a park?

55. Writing
Think about the kinds of jobs people do. Now think about what teachers do. Write an explanation of a teacher’s job.

56. Handwriting - p. 257

57. Wrap Up Your Day!
What do you know about reading these words? when which catch phone Let’s practice reading these words and use them in a sentence. who people live work out Where does the leader of the police work? What do the police officers at each community branch do?

58. Day 3
Who are some of the workers in your community?

59. citizen law branch patrol community leader headquarters earn
Amazing Words
citizen law branch patrol community leader headquarters earn

60. Build Oral Language Listen for the word patrol.
Think about the people and places in a city.
What are some of the buildings in a city?
What are some jobs that people do in a city?

61. Sentences and Words Most police officers patrol the city in cars.
How do most police officers patrol the city?
How do you think a police officer patrols in a car?
Why did the author choose to use the word patrol?
What other words could the author have used?
Team Talk: Turn to your partner and replace key words in this sentence.
Most police officers _____________the city _____________.

62. Robust Vocabulary Routine
The police officer patrols the neighborhood to keep it safe. When you patrol, you walk around making sure a place is safe.
The officers patrol the streets in their cars. When the police patrol the streets, we feel safe.
Can a guard dog patrol an area?

63. Today we are going to use this picture to help us name words that have the same beginning sound.
I see a chain. Chain has the beginning sound /ch/.
I also see a child and a chair. Chain, child, and chair all have the same beginning sound: /ch/.
Phonemic Awareness

64. Phonemic Awareness
Let’s find words that begin with /hw/.

65. Phonemic Awareness /ch/
Let’s practice reading these words: chase chop chart cheer choose cheese Team Talk: Turn to your partner and think of other words that begin with /ch/ or /hw/.

66. Phonics: Blending
Now we are going to build words with the long i sound.
wide
side

67. Fluent Word Reading white
I know the sounds for wh, i, and t. I blend them and read the word white.
/hw/ /i/ t/ white
/ch/ /u/ /m chum
/b/ /a/ /tch/ batch
/f/ /a/ /s/ phase

68. Guided Practice
Say the sounds in your head for each word you see. When I point to the word, we’ll read it together. ride chat much fetch whale phase

69. Let’s practice writing these sentences on our marker boards.
Spelling
Let’s practice spelling and reading these word wall words.
who work
Let’s practice writing these sentences on our marker boards.
Who will work in the kite shop?
I like to ride a bike.
He has time to make ice.

70. Workbook page 261

71. Nonsense Word Fluency

72. Small Groups

73. High Frequency and Selection Words neighborhood work busy mail who 1
High Frequency and Selection Words neighborhood work busy mail who 1. Drop that ________in the box. 2. _______________will kick that ball? 3. Jan will _____________late. 4. That _________man will not stop. 5. Nat runs in this _________________.

74. Monitor Progress

75. Text Based Comprehension
Main Idea and Details
The main idea is what a selection is mostly about. The details are small bits of information that tell about the main idea. Paying attention to the main idea and details helps us understand what the text is about.
What is the main idea in Who Works Here?
What are some details that tell about the main idea?

76. Expository Text
Expository text gives facts about real people and events.
What are some facts in Who Works Here?

77. Daily Fix It
5. The Mail truck went past 6. NO mail is in the bx.

78. Daily Fix It
The Mail truck went past
The mail truck went past.
6. NO mail is in the bx.
No mail is in the box.

79. What special title is in the sentence?
Conventions
Remember that we call some people by special titles.
Mr. Tripp Dr. Smith
Remember that some special titles begin with a capital letter and end with a period.
Ms. Davis likes to run.
What special title is in the sentence?
Team Talk: What titles could be used in the sentences , such as Dr., Principal, or Mr. ?
1. ____________Smith’s baby is sick.
2. She will take her baby to ___________Fox’s office.
3. ________Lund will look in the baby’s mouth.

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81. Writing: Explanation

82. Wrap Up Your Day!
Remember that an author always has a reason for writing.
Did the author Melissa Blackwell Burke write Who Works Here? to tell a make –believe story or to help readers learn about the people who work in a neighborhood?

83. Day 4
What are some ways we can help workers keep our community nice?

84. Amazing Words citizen law branch patrol community leader headquarters
earn

85. What are the key features of an expository text
What are the key features of an expository text? It tells facts about real people and events. Today you will read an expository text about how a city starts as a small community and grows.

86. Amazing Words
earn
People came to the city to earn money. When you earn money, you are paid for work you do.
Babysitters can earn a lot of money in one evening. The boy decided to walk dogs to earn some money.
What could you do to earn some money?

87. Phonemic Awareness
This week we read about how a community changes over time. Listen as I say the word time. /t/ /i/ /m/
The sound i can also come at the beginning of a word, is in ice /i/ /s/
/h/ /i/ hi
I will say a word, and you will tell me if the sound /i/ is in the beginning, middle, or end of the word.
(Use teacher book page 100c.)

88. Phonics
You studied words like this one already. What do you know about the vowel sound in this word? late What is the word?
cent gent
You studied words like these. Knowing how the sounds /s/ and /j/ can sometimes be spelled helps you read these words.
How is /s/ spelled in the first word?
How is /j/ spelled in the second word?

89. Phonics
When I say a word, hold up one finger if the word has long a, two fingers if the word has the /s/ and three fingers if the word has the sound /j/:
pale, gem, cell, cape, spice, rage, nice and gel.

91. Fluent Word Reading

92. Nonsense Words Practice

93. Workbook page 263

94. Conventions
Special Titles begin with a capital letter and some end with a period.
Mr. Lorenz rides the bus.

95. Good readers look at the signs and symbols on a map
Good readers look at the signs and symbols on a map. This map includes buildings, symbols, and a compass rose to tell directions. I will pay attention to the signs and symbols on the map to find out where things are and what they mean.

96. 7. What is your aje. 8. Dave mad a fase.
Daily Fix It Sentences
7. What is your aje. 8. Dave mad a fase.

97. Daily Fix It Sentences
7. What is your aje. What is your age? 8. Dave mad a fase. Dave made a face.

98. Writing

99. Long i words: like bike tide lime time line Fluency 1
Long i words: like bike tide lime time line Fluency 1. Dave got on that bus. 2. Did Dave have a nice ride? 3. Yes, Dave did!

100. Day 5 Amazing Words citizen law branch patrol community leader
headquarters
earn

101. Daily Fix It Sentences
9. we Help in class. 10. Can u help me.

102. Daily Fix It Sentences
9. we Help in class. We help in class. 10. Can u help me. Can you help me?

103. This week we have read and listened to stories about communities and the people who work in them. Today you will listen to find out how a town can grow into a city. Why do so many people come to live in a city?

104. Oral Vocabulary What community workers did we read about?
What is something each community worker does for the community?

106. Phonics

109. What is the author’s purpose for writing about firefighters
What is the author’s purpose for writing about firefighters? What do we learn from the text?

110. High Frequency Words and Selection Words
people live work who out Let’s make sentences with each of these words. Review these words: neighborhood busy mail

111. Conventions-Special Titles