UNIT 4WEEK 1

Day 3

Theme:How do weather and seasons affect our lives?

What is the meaning of: Weather Seasons

What are some examples of different kinds of weather?

What are the four seasons?

Reinforcing The Theme

Page 14-15 The World of Weather These photos show people doing different activities and plants during different seasons. Write what you see:

Living Things Summer Winter

People Do outdoor activities

Wear warm clothes

Plants Can burn in wildfires

Covered in snow

Vocabulary Strategy:Antonyms

Antonyms are words with opposite meanings

Emma’s dog is not large. She is small. Which words are antonyms?

Some places are hot and humid in summer, but other places are hot and dry.

Which words are antonyms?

Comprehension Skill:Compare and Contrast

Compare: how are things alike Contrast: how are things different

Turn to a friend. How are you alike? How are you different?

Compare and Contrast Monarch butterflies and geese.

Text Features:Diagrams

Diagrams use pictures, labels, lines, and arrows to show how something works.

Page 12-13 - What does this diagram help you understand? - How is using the diagram different from reading the text?

Read pages 6-17

Phonics

Three letter blends str-aw spr- ing scr- een spl-ash

Word Family alk *Words that end in alk are all part of the alk family.

Phonics Practice

alk add: ch – chalk st- t- w-

Write as many words as you can with /o/ spelled au, aw, al and three letter blends str, spr, scr, spl.Ex: sprawl, straw

Word Work

High Frequency Words: gone, great, only, pulled, upon

Reread Decodable Reader 15

Fluency Page 218 “The Seasons” (expression)

Grammar:Verbs

Am, is, are, was, were

Verbs tell what someone or something is or was. Am is only used with the pronoun I

Present Tense: Past Tense: I am I was You are You were He, she, it is They were

The boys are in the car already.My friend is Mark.The cats were brown and black.

Writing:Expository Paragraph Draft

First Draft: Topic Sentence: “Have you ever wondered how snow forms?”Add details: Have you ever wondered why it snows? It all begins with cold air and cold clouds. Clouds have water in them. The water comes from lakes and rivers. The water rises up and changes to a gas. For the water to freeze, the air in the clouds must be very cold. When the water freezes, it becomes small bits of ice. The ice bits clump together. When they get heavy enough and the air is cold enough, it snows!

Title: Winter

Topic Sentence: Do you like to chill in the winter?

Detail 1:In the winter I like to read by the fireplace. My favorite book is Twilight.

Detail 2:When it snows I zip and zoom down the front hill on my red shiny sled.

Detail 3:After that I mope inside and get cozy with a cup of warm hot chocolate.