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Unit 2: All Around Town

Week 2 Day 1

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Spelling Pre-Test

throwtoesholdonesome

1.2.3.4.5.

6.7.8.9.10

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followtoastthoughoceantomorrow

Challenge Words

windowalthoug

hpillowgoalclothes

1.2.3.4.5.

6.7.8.9.10

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Where have you seen plants growing?

What kinds of plants have you seen?

What do all plants need to grow?

How do you get new plants?

Theme Question: How is science a part of out

community?

Science All Around – Informational text: real, gives facts and information about a topic

Read pages 16-21

How does this chapter help answer the Theme Question: How is science a part of our community?

Prepare to Read

/u/ spelled u, u_e, ue, ew human mule rescue few /j/ spelled ge, gi: huge giant gem giraffe

Mom and I saw a few goats, a mule, and a cute sheep named Cupid at the farm. We saw huge cucumbers too.

Phonics

High Frequency Words: give

Decodable Reader #10: “Ginny’s Robot Tale”

Fluency: “A Letter of Thanks” Practice Page 88

Read Writing Models Chart p. 9 “Tasha Fixes a Mistake.”

Who are the characters?What is the setting?What problem does she face?How does she solve this problem?

Writing– Write a Story

Characteristics of Good Stories: Is made up by the writer.

Has characters that may be people or animals.

Has a setting that tells when and where the

story happens.

Has a problem that characters need to solve.

Has a beginning, middle, and end.

Tells events in the order they happen.  

Writing– Write a Story

Favorite Story Ideas and Characters

- If Frog and Toad were my favorite characters, I could write about two animal friends that help each other.

- I could use the setting of Horrible Harry for a story about things that happen at school, in town, or at home.

- I could imagine a character like Flat Stanley having a new adventure, maybe at the zoo.

Resource Master 25

Choose a Topic

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PrewriteSetting: Time: before winter break Place: school

Characters: Forgetful Freddie, his friend Carla, Mrs. Gray, classmates

Problem: Freddie is afraid he will forget his lines for the school play.

Plot/Events: -Mrs. Gray announces a school play - Forgetful Freddie is worried he will forget his lines. - He practices every day with his friend Carla.

Solution:On the day of the play, Forgetful Freddie remembers his lines.

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Unit 2: All Around Town

Week 2 Day 2

How do the photos on page 18-19 connect to the Theme Question: How is science a part of our community?

How do you get to places in our community?

What other things do people use to get from one place to another in our community? Why are these things important?

Reinforce the Theme

Pollution is something that harms and dirties the environment.Example: Black or brown smoke going up into the air is

pollution. Ask: What is another type of pollution that you have seen?

Transportation is the ways of moving people from place to place.

Example: Cars are a type of transportation. Ask: What kind of transportation carries a lot of people at one

time?Review:Plans – Drawings or diagrams that show where things go.Technology – The tools and machines we use that help people do their jobs

well.

Introduce Theme Vocabulary

Make Predictions- Predicting is making thoughtful guesses

before and while reading.

 A thoughtful what you what the guess based on already know and author tells you

Model using page 22, 23, 24 (revise/confirm prediction).

People in a community travel in different ways. List forms of transportation:

What do you predict will happen in ch. 4?

Read pages 22-29

Prepare to Read

Double Medial Consonants

kitten bunny mitten hidden

How many vowel sounds do you hear? (clap it out)

When two consonants come together in the middle of a word, break the word between the two consonants.

High Frequency Words: Review coming, oh, their, water

Decodable Reader #10: “Ginny’s Robot Tale”

Fluency: “A Letter of Thanks” (Phrasing)

Practice Page 88

Characteristics of Good Stories: Is made up by the writer.

Has characters that may be people or animals.

Has a setting that tells when and where the

story happens.

Has a problem that characters need to solve.

Has a beginning, middle, and end.

Tells events in the order they happen.  

Writing– Write a Story

Reread “Tasha Fixes a Mistake” Writing Chart p. 9

In the beginning, we met the character Tasha and learned that the setting was Tasha’s home. We learned the problem- that Tasha’s puppy chewed a big hole in her favorite shoe.

What happens in the middle of the story? What happens at the end? What did Tasha

learn?

Write a Story

Forgetful Freddie and the Play

Mrs. Gray told the class they would be putting on a school play. Everyone was excited. But Forgetful Freddie was worried. He had to play the part of the king, but he wasn’t good at remembering lines.

Freddie wanted to do his best, so he practices his lines with his friend Carla every day. Each day Freddie remembered more and more lines.

The day of the play came. When it was Freddie’s turn to talk, he didn’t say a word. (How should we end the story?)

Write a First Draft

Plural Nouns with Spelling Changes

Grammar

Singular Plural

child children

foot feet

tooth teeth

person people

mouse mice

fish fish

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Unit 2: All Around Town

Week 2 Day 3

Look at pages 18 & 19 in Science All Around:

-Nature is a part of science. How is science at work in a garden?

-How does creating a neighborhood garden connect to our Theme Question: How is science a part of our community?

Look at pages 22-23:

Transportation is a part of science. What do these photos remind you about science in our community?

Reinforce the Theme

- Look for clues in the text to find the meaning of a difficult word or phrase.

- Author’s might use synonyms, antonyms, or examples to help them figure out the meaning of the word.

Use page 23 and model using the word power.Use page 16 to practice using the word changes.

Use Context Clues

Example:

Identify Details and Facts- bits of information that help readers understand

important ideas

A dentist uses tools

and technolog

y.

uses x-rays

uses a drill

keeps people’s

teeth healthy

Model using page 17 of Science All Around.

Identify Details and Facts- bits of information that tell about important ideas

Plants grow in all kinds of places.

Plants need water and light.

Plants grow in cracks of sidewalks.

Plants grow where they are planted.

Practice using page 18 of Science All Around to complete the frame.

Identify Details and Facts- bits of information that tell about important ideas

Neighbors plant a community garden.

Text features help readers understand better.

* diagram- A drawing or plan that outlines and explains the parts of something.

Page 18: reading this diagram is like looking at the garden from above, but everything is smaller.

What have you learned from reading this diagram?What would you see in a diagram of our classroom?

Read pages 16-29

Prepare to Read

Phonics: long /o/ spelled o, o_e, ow, oa, oe

/f/ spelled ph throw stone soak hoe phphoto

High-Frequency Words: give

Decodable Reader #10: Ginny’s Robot Tale

Fluency: “A Letter of Thanks” (Model reading with

PC p. 88 expression that helps

communicate meaning.)

Tasha fownd Max with her shoe. He had chewed a

big hol in the shoe. tasha took the shoe Tasha thought

about what to do? These were her favfit shoes! It was

summer. Then suddenly She had an idea.

Revise the Model

Tasha looked for Max, their new puppy.

She fownd Max curled up in his bed with her

shoe. He had chewed a big hol in the toe of

the shoe. tasha took the shoe and thought

about what to do? These were her favrit

shoes! Then suddenly She had an idea.

Edit the Model

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Week 2 Day 4

How does your family use science?

Think about people you see every day. Who uses special tools and technology in their jobs?

How does nature affect your life?

Extend the Theme

Plans are drawings or diagrams that show where things go.

Technology is the tools and machines we use that help people do their jobs well.

Pollution is something that harms and dirties the environment.

Transportation is the ways of moving people from place to place.

Review Theme Vocabulary

Extend Theme Vocabulary

transportation

carry

pollution

harms

ugly distance machines

dirty travel dangerous

Make Predictions- -making a good guess about text

Clues on the page What I PredictPage 21:

The sidebar heading is “A Garden in Your Classroom” and there is a photo of strawberries.

The sidebar will tell how to grow strawberries in a classroom.

Page 22The title is Getting from Here to There. The first sentence says “As a community gets bigger, people need ways of getting around.”

Theme Question: How is science a part of our community?

Continue reading to page 29 and record text evidence.

Text EvidenceReread pages 16-29 and record text evidence

Page Text Evidence

16 I see plants and flowers. The caption says the park gardeners plant new flowers and pull weeds.

Word Study: Review Double Medial Consonants

funny puppy

pillow hello

bottom yellow

silly follow

A syllable is a word part that contains a vowel sound.

Fluency: “A Letter of Thanks”

Practice Page 88 (pacing)

Publish and Present

Share Text Connections

Theme Question

Focus Question 2?

FocusQuestion 4

FocusQuestion 3

FocusQuestion 1