1. Communities
Unit 2

2. By: Melissa Blackwell Burke
Who Works Here?
By: Melissa Blackwell Burke
Who works where you live?

3. Objectives Yesterday:
Long i (CVCe), Digraphs wh, ch, & tch, High-frequency words & Special Titles
Today:
Spelling and Phonics:
Long i (CVCe) and digraphs wh, ch, & tch
Skill: Author’s Purpose & Story
Grammar: Special Titles

4. Morning Warm-Up!
Today we will read about workers in a community. If you watch them, you will see that they do much to help us.

5. Question of the Day
What workers do you have in your community?

6. Amazing Words citizen community headquarters law patrol leader branch
Objective: Build oral vocabulary.

7. Just what do they mean?
citizen – a person who lives in a certain location
community – the town or city in which you live
law – a rule that tells people what they can and cannot do
leader – the head of a group

8. Just what do they mean?
headquarters – places where business or city leaders work
patrol – to move around, watching or guarding
branch – a smaller type of a larger bank, library, or office

9. Share Literature-Build Concepts
Time to Read
Share Literature-Build Concepts
Walk Around a City
Walk Around a City gives information about a real place. The words that appear in boldface type are the ones the author thought the reader should know to learn about a city. These words appear in the Glossary at the back.
By: Peter and Connie Roop

10. Share Literature-Build Concepts
Time to Read
Share Literature-Build Concepts
Walk Around a City
Yesterday the class read the book to find out why a city needs police and firefighters.
Listen today to find out what other kinds of jobs people do in a city.

11. Build Oral Vocabulary What are some jobs people do in a city?
Is there just one library, one bank, or one grocery store in a city? Why do these things need to have branches?

12. Phonemic Awareness /hw/ /i/ /l/
We just read how people travel on subways in cities. On a subway, you can read while you ride.
Listen to the sounds in while.
/hw/ /i/ /l/
Now say each sound as you write the letter that goes with it.
/hw/ /i/ /l/ = while
whine
chime
white
chive
Objective: Blend and segment phonemes.

13. Blending Strategy Long i (CVCe) bike = b i k e wide ripe like
We have had words like made and lake.
Long i (CVCe)
bike = b i k e
wide ripe like
time prize wise
life dime rice
mine kite mice shine

14. Long i
(CVCe)
Word Review

15. like

16. time

17. fine

18. kite

19. mice

20. nice

21. nine

22. smile

23. pile

24. pine

25. bite

26. shine

27. dine

28. wipe

29. ice

30. lime

31. Blending Strategy Digraphs wh, ch, tch when = wh e n chip = ch i p
We have had words like ship and them.
Digraphs wh, ch, tch
when = wh e n chip = ch i p
catch munch champ which
match such chop whale
itch much chick lunch

32. Words To
Know

33. which

34. such

35. while

36. white

37. when

38. whale

39. chin

40. chat

41. chess

42. check

43. patch

44. ranch

45. Mitch

46. lunch

47. much

48. catch

49. watch

50. match

51. hatch

52. batch

53. fetch

54. chick

55. A Nice, Fine Neighborhood
Neighbors like to work together. They watch out for everyone. They pitch in to help each other Until all the chores are done. Neighbors like to play together. They put out the welcome mat. Children ride bikes on the sidewalk. Grown-ups sit outside and chat. When the busy day is over, Happy neighbors feel so good. They all smile at each other. What a nice, fine neighborhood!

56. Sort Words Long i wh ch tch size when chalk switch hike whisk
chick whale fetch catch slide

57. Sentences To
Read

58. I rode my yellow bike while my kite was flying behind me.
The sidewalk outside the school is where I like to play.
I cannot drive the glider.
The lime is ripe enough to eat.
You are wise not to play with fire.
Nine mice ate five bites of cheese.
Mike has nine dimes with him.
Life is so much fun to live.
I want a big size pizza slice.

59. Spelling Words like ice bike dime ride time hide kite smile white
Objective: Segment sounds to spell words.

60. Unscramble your spelling words.
Spelling Practice
Unscramble your spelling words.
keli emit
bkie cei
drie tiewh
emdi tkie
silem
deih
like
bike
ride
dime
smile
hide
time
ice
white
kite

61. What are some sounds you might hear in our community?
construction equipment
school bells
car horns
Community Sounds
police siren
train whistles
children playing
dogs barking
people talking
Why might different kinds of communities have different kinds of sounds?

62. Connect to the Selection
Build Background
Connect to the Selection
The people who work in a community help us in many ways. We’ll read a selection that tells about some workers and how they help a community.

63. Vocabulary Selection Words
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

64. Vocabulary

65. High Frequency Words Pages 66-67

66. people

67. live

68. work

69. who

70. out

71. High-Frequency Words Monitor Progress
out live work
who people your
they to
way where

72. Comprehension Skill: Author’s Purpose Strategy: Ask Questions
People write things for different reasons. Sometimes authors write to explain something or give information. Other times authors write to be funny or to entertain.
As you read, look for clues about why the author wrote the selection.
Strategy: Ask Questions
Good readers often ask themselves questions that help them understand and remember what they are reading.

73. Comprehension Ask yourself these questions as you read Who Works Here?
What do I want to know?
When I look at the pictures, what do I wonder about?
Does the author want me to learn something? What?

74. Who Works Here? Pages 68-77
Time To
Read

75. Time for Stations

76. Then look to the left before you cross the street.
Vocabulary
Directional Words
The police officer wants children to look all ways before crossing the street. Tell which ways you should look before crossing the street.
Look to the right.
Then look to the left before you cross the street.

77. Writing Trait of the Week
Introduce: Conventions
Conventions are rules good writers follow when they write. Good writers spell words a certain way. They begin sentences and special titles with capital letters. They put end marks after sentences and some special titles. Think about whether the author of Who Works Here? Follows spelling and sentence rules.
Who drives a big bus? That is Mr. Chang.
Suppose the author had written these sentences. Are they written correctly?

78. Writing Trait of the Week Introduce: Conventions
Look at the following paragraph. Add capital letters and end punctuation where needed.
our bus driver is ms franklin she takes us to school and back home now she is moving away we need a new bus driver will you take the job
Our bus driver is Ms. Franklin. She takes us to school and back home. Now she is moving away. We need a new bus driver. Will you take the job?

79. Grammar – Special Titles
We call some persons by special titles. A police officer might be called Officer. If you know a police officer’s name, you might call him Officer Brown. Special titles can make your writing more interesting.
person special title
a doctor Dr. Reed
man Mr. Davis

80. Wrap Up Your Day!
How does each helper help me? How does the helper help our community?
Why did the author write this selection?
Sometimes you need to pause and think about what you read to be sure it makes sense. A good reader often asks questions to help make the information easier to understand.

81. Who makes our neighborhood a nice place in which to live?
How Community Workers Help Us
How We Help Them
keep us safe
put out fires
take care of parks
govern the
community
help solve
problems
keep the
community clean
obey the laws
practice fire safety in
our homes/businesses
protect the environment
participate in community
events
help leaders solve

82. Tomorrow we will read about the places in a community.
Preview Day Four
Tomorrow we will read about the places in a community.

83. Extra

84. Daily Fix-It
1. The Mail truck went past 2. NO mail is in the bx.

85. Waltke’s Web Powerpoint
Mrs. Waltke is a veteran teacher living in Jasper and working in the Jasper School System.

86. Carl’s Corner http://www.carlscorner.us.com/
Cherry Carl is a retired teacher who lives in California. She teaches at UCLA.

87. Time to Listen to the Story
Who Works Here?
Pages

88. Extra pictures

91. Grammar