DOL level 4 week 35

• Analogy

1. harbor : ______ - classroom : students

2. male : masculine – female : _________

1. she went to the dentists office to have her braces took off

2. i hope i can go to said sally excitedly

ships

feminine

Pledge

Fluency

6 min. reading solution

Objectives day 2

Students willrecognize superlative adjectives and

adverbs.

Word Structure day 2

Line 1

Line 2

Line 3

Line 4

tastiest angriest spiciest laziest

farthest fastest earliest latest

saddest happiest richest poorest

strongest lightest meanest craziest

Word Structure day 3

• The word pairs in this line have opposite meanings.• What spelling change was necessary to form

saddest?• Can you think of other superlative adjective pairs

that are opposite in meaning?

saddest happiest richest poorestLine 3

Vocabulary lesson 3

demanded protested

To ask firmly To say in disagreement

Very nice

discarded

Thrown away

He demanded his dinner early She protested against going to bed early

He wore a fine suit He discarded his old clothingfine

Vocabulary lesson 3

possessions wealth

Things that someone owns A great amount of money

The rich man had lots of possessions Their family had a lot of wealth

Meet the Author and Illustrator• Joe HayesHayes is one of the most famous storytellers in America. He began by telling stories to his children and soon realized that he wanted to tell stories for a living. Growing up in Arizona, Hayes learned Spanish from his friends. When he began writing stories, he decided to write them in English and Spanish in order to share both of his beloved languages with others. Hayes’s stories are made from a combination of traditional folktales, history, and imagination.

• Rebecca LeerLeer has won many awards for her illustrations. She says she used her love for the desert as inspiration for the drawings in A Spoon for Every Bite. Although she once enjoyed living in the West, she now lives in New York City.

Theme Connections1. Why did the poor man and woman not invite their neighbor to

dinner that first evening?2. Compare and contrast the poor couple and the rich man.3. The poor couple saves enough money to buy a new spoon. Who

in another selection also saves money to buy something he or she needs?

4. The Indian couple in the pueblo ate tortillas and beans for dinner. What other selection has characters eating tortillas and beans?

5. Was it wrong of the poor couple to trick their rich neighbor? Why or why not?

6. Have you read any other stories about tricksters?

Purpose

BigIdea

How do people make money choices?

Inquiry Process day 3

Make a ConjectureA conjecture begins with phrases such as I

think that or Maybe. Work together to create your own

conjectures.

WritingPersonal Letters via E-Mail day 3

Letters sent via e-mail are similar to those sent through regular mail, with a few exceptions:At the top of the e-mail message is the word to: where you type the e-mail address of the person to whom you are sending the letter.Type the subject of your e-mail after the word Subject.Remember the body includes everything you want to say.

Salutation – use the word Dear followed by the person’s name and a comma.

Body – This is the message part of the letter that starts two lines below the salutation. Indent the first word in each paragraph on the body.

Closing – Yours truly and Sincerely are commonly used for a closing. The closing goes two lines below the body. Capitalize the first word, and use a comma at the end of the closing.

Signature –This is where you type your name.

Type this letter on a word document fist. You can save it and make corrections.

Objectives day 3

Students willreview double negatives.learn how to combine sentences with

participial phrases.learn how to use the card or computer

catalog.learn how to use multimedia in presentations.

Grammar, Usage, and MechanicsDay 3

Combining Sentences with Participial Phrases

The miser looked at his gold. At the same time, he was gloating.Gloating, the miser looked at his gold.A participle is a verb form used as an adjective. Add –ing to a verb

to form the present participle, and add –ed to a verb to form the past participle, unless the verb is irregular.

A participial phrase is a group of words that begins with a participle and modifies a noun or a pronoun.

Write a couple of sentences using participles.

Spellingwealthier finer droopier faster larger madder

wider luckier sleeker surer crabbier slimmer

warmer duller lower stiffer littler firmer

ruder fresher healthier tougher