2. Unit 5 Week 1 Day 1

3. Spelling List 1. stripe6. spray 2. string7. splash 3. scream8. split 4. scrap9. school 5. spring10. through

4. List 2 Spelling 1. scratch 6. spread 2. spraying 7. scratchy 3. sprained 8. stranger 4. sprinkler 9. stretch 5. scribble 10. straight

5. Introduction  Theme Question: How do communities change, and how do they stay the same?  Focus Question: What was life like in the past? ThingHow It Changes people trees towns buildings

6. Vocabulary  life- the way people live Example: Life on a farm can be fun, but there is a lot of hard work.  settle- to live in a place Example: My great-grandparents settled in a town near a river.  suburb- part of a city that is away from the center Example: My parents like living and working in this suburb.

7. Prepare to Read Informational text-facts, details, and examples Compare travel, technology, and food from the past to the present. How can we find out about the past? Read pgs. 6-11

8. Phonics /ou/ spelled ow, ou cowloudhowlsound mouth down wow “Look out!” shouted Stan in a loud voice. A brown cow found Mom’s flowers. It was about to chow down.

9. Word Work  High-Frequency Words-care, laugh, laughed, lives (verb), loves, should  Decodable Reader #18 The Frowning Clown  Fluency- poem, “One Hundred Years Ago”

10. Writing A good report… tells about an interesting topic. includes facts and details that explain the topic. has an introduction that grabs the reader’s attention and tells what the report is about. has middle paragraphs that add facts and details to explain the parts of the topic. has a conclusion that sums up the major points and leaves the reader with something to think about.

11. Writing Introduction:  Tells that the report is about the early years of the telephone  Grabs the reader’s attention with a question  Provides facts and details about the invention of the telephone Middle Paragraph:  Gives facts and details about the spread of the telephone over almost a hundred years  Tells about the invention of the cell phone Conclusion:  Summarizes big ideas  Leaves readers with something to think about