YEAR 5 READING

Cooperation and CompetitionUnit 1: Open Court

Objectives

• You will identify derivatives that build on root words with the suffixes –tion, -ing, and –or.

• You will recognize and read blends of consonants with the letter r at the beginnings of words.

• You will also recognize and read words with different spelling of the /er/ sound and with the /a/ sound spelled a.

• Finally, you will develop fluency reading words and sentences aloud. Let’s begin!

Word KnowledgeEach _______ was proud.

• A. compete

• B. competitor

• C. competition

• D. competing

Word KnowledgeEach competitor was proud.

What do these words have in common?

• Compete competitor competition competing• The words include the root word compete and some of it’s derivatives.• What does compete mean?• It means, “to try to win or gain something from another or others.”• Can I get you students to look the work up in your glossary? • How does the word’s origin compare with it’s meaning today?• What are the suffixes of compete used above and what do they mean?• -or (or –er) means doer, maker, or resident. The suffix –tion (or-son) means

action, state, or result. The ending –ing is used to form nouns of verbs, • or to denote an action.• Can you think of other words that take these suffixes?• Elect, elector, election, electing• What is the root word and what are the meaning of the words?

What is the same with these words?

• brokeFriday grade proud tripped• The words contain consonant plus -r blends.• With your partner, come up with words that have

a consonant plus –r word blends.• Here are some examples: • Driver, president, principal, friend.

What’s the secret pattern between these words?What’s the secret pattern between these words?

• Accident activity classroom absentballot

• The words contain the /a/ sound spelled a,

no matter where it appears in the syllable.• Can you think up any other examples?

Word Knowledge

She tripped while playing _______.

• A. compete B. competitor C. soccer • D. competing

• Broke Friday grade proud tripped• soccer hurt whir pertain• Accident activity classroom absent ballot• There were many empty desks in the classroom

because students were absent.

Word Knowledge

She tripped while playing _______.

• A. compete B. competitor C. soccer • D. competing

• Broke Friday grade proud tripped• soccer hurt whir pertain• Accident activity classroom absent ballot• There were many empty desks in the classroom

because students were absent.

Word Knowledge

She tripped while playing soccer.

What is the spelling pattern in the next set of words?

• soccer hurt whir pertain

• The words illustrate different spellings for the /er/ sound.

• Spellings for the /er/ sounds include er, ir, and ur.• Look around the room. Can you see any

words with the /er/ sound?

Please read the following sentences together:

• Each competitor was proud.• She tripped while playing soccer.• Can someone remember the words that have /er/?• Competitor, and soccer are right!• Let’s do it again!• Each competitor was proud.• She tripped while playing soccer.• What about the words that contain blends with the letter r?• That’s correct: proud, competitor• What were the nouns in the sentence?• Competitor, soccer- Excellent!

Now, let’s read the following sentences together:

• Accident activity classroom absent ballot• Each competitor was proud.• She tripped while playing soccer.

• Which words had the root word compete?• Competitor, competition• What’s the function of these words?• They are subjects! Nice job folks…

Word KnowledgeThe ____________ is on Friday.

• A. compete B. competitor • C. competition D. competing

• broke Friday grade proud tripped

• soccer hurt whir pertain• accident activity classroom absent

ballot

Word KnowledgeThe competition is on Friday.

One last line: Let’s read it,… today!

• There were many empty desks in the classroom because students were absent.

• Which words have the /a/ sound?• There were many empty desks in the

classroom because students were absent.

•That’s right! Classroom, absent

Background Information

• The class president is often selected each year by fellow classmates.

• The duties of a class president vary.

• In my class, the class president is in charge of the playground balls and helping me set up for fun events.

Class President

• Predict what the story might be about

• Questions that come to mind.

• Images that pop into my mind. (Visualize)

• Summarize story in own words• Listen/Speak 1.1,1.2

Word KnowledgeThere were many empty desks in the ______ because students were ______. A. allot, accident

B. classroom, absentC. hurt, absentD. competing, classroom

broke Friday grade proud tripped soccer hurt whir pertain accident activity classroom absent ballot

Word KnowledgeThere were many empty desks in the ______ because students were ______. A. allot, accident

B. classroom, absentC. hurt, absentD. competing, classroom

broke Friday grade proud tripped soccer hurt whir pertain accident activity classroom absent ballot

Word KnowledgeThere were many empty desks in the classroom because students were absent.

Preview and Prepare (Reading 2.3 pp. 20M-20N)

• Let ‘s read aloud: the title, the author and illustrator. • Now let’s browse the first page or two of the story.• Who are the main characters?• Look at the illustrations in the selections.• Make sure you make predictions about the text to

help monitor your comprehension.• Look for: clues, problems, such as unfamiliar words

(trans. 54)• Now let’s look at the focus question.

Student Observation

• Clues Problems Wonderings

• “Vote for Cricket” Pronunciation of Julio Who is running for office?

Set Purpose (Focus Question)

• What qualities do good leaders have?

• If you were running for class president, what would your strategy be for winning the election?