Jan’s New Home Big Question: Why are changes exciting? Author: Angela Shelf Medearis Illustrator: Don Tate Genre: Realistic Fiction

Jan’s New HomeBig Question: Why are

changes exciting?

Author:

Angela Shelf MedearisIllustrator:

Don TateGenre:

Realistic Fiction

BIG QUESTION WHY ARE CHANGES EXCITING?

DAY 1DAY 2DAY 3DAY 4DAY 5

Jan’s New HomeDay 1

Daily Fix-it

1. My dad fickses buss.

2. i have a vere friendly class.

Unit 3 Jan’s New Home - Day 1

Daily Fix-it

1. My dad fickses buss.My dad fixes buses.

2. i have a vere friendly class.I have a very friendly class.


Morning Warm-up

Have you ever gone to a new place? Were you sure you would like it? Maybe you were a little bit scared too. Why are changes exciting?

Unit 3 Jan’s New Home – Day 1

New Location

It’s time to depart so here we go.

What time will we get there?

We don’t know.

We’ve planned our route

And we’re heading out

To follow the rainbow.

We are heading for a new location

That is all the way

Across the nation.

Soon we’ll arrive there.

It is a place where

Changes can be fun!


Amazing Words

arrive – When you arrive somewhere, you get there.

depart – When you depart, you leave.

location – A location is the place where something is.

route – A route is the way you go to get somewhere.


Video about words Ending in -es; Plural -es

Ending -es; Plural -es

runs ragsfixes f i x esb u s es busesr u sh es rushesb o x es boxes

dr e ss es dressesw i sh es wishesbr u sh es brushes

• c a tch es• m i x es

• cr o ss es• gl a ss es• f o x es

• cl a ss es

Words with –es Words without -es


Word Reading - Ending -es

• foxes• dishes• catches• rushes• mops• kicks• pushes• glasses

• mixes• classes• rocks• yelling• kisses• bosses• rested


Sometimes

people are excited about moving to a new place. Sometimes they are afraid. Jan is a character in the story we are about to read. We’ll find out what will change when Jan moves to a new home.

Daily Journal WritingDay 1

Write sentences about a place where you would like to live.

3-5 sentences


Daily Fix-it

3. I kis my mom before I catch the buss.

4. My fiends meet at the bus sop.


Daily Fix-it

3. I kis my mom before I catch the buss.I kiss my mom before I catch the

bus.4. My fiends meet at the bus sop.

My friends meet at the bus stop.


Morning Warm-up

Mr. George Baker goes to school to try to read. It’s very hard work. But he is always excited and happy. Why do you get excited about going to school?


Amazing Words

tumble –

Tumble means “to roll or toss about.”


swoop –

When things swoop, they move down suddenly.

Video aboutR-controlled words

r-Controlled or; ore

• spot• sports p or t• f or• c or n• s or e• p or ch• st or e

Word Work

• c or k• s or t• sn or e• b or n• sc or e• n or th• f or g e t

horn

Word Reading

• torn• chop• fort• chore• porch• hole• fork• rock

• score• port• corn• choke• storm• store• thorn



Write about an exciting change.

3-5 sentences


Re-Read the story

Click the book to listen to the story

Amazing WordsAmazing Words

crumpled – When you crumple something , you crush it into wrinkles. If something is crumpled, it is wrinkled.


High - Frequency Words

• things• our• school• family• very• stay• house• down

• away• car• could• home• friends• everything


Video aboutR-controlled words

Ending -es; or, ore

• crashes• glass glasses• pork• shore• buses• store• sport


When you come to a new word, look to see if it has an ending. Say the sounds in the base word to yourself and read the ending. Then blend the base word and ending to read the word.

Moving from New York

Jordan packs some boxes till his arms are sore.He is moving from New York to the North Shore.In every corner there’s a boxPacked with dishes, cords, and socks.Jordan finishes packing one, then packs some more.

Jordan wishes when he reaches his new street,There will be all sorts of friends for him to greet.Will they like to play fun sportsOr turn porches into forts?Jordan can’t wait to explore with friends he’ll meet.


Underline the words with –es, -or and -ore

Daily Fix-it

5. I wich Kim was in my klass.

6. My best freinds ride the bus


Daily Fix-it

5. I wich Kim was in my klass.

I wish Kim was in my class.

6. My best freinds ride the bus

My best friends ride the bus.


Morning Warm-up

Jan moved to a new house! How did she feel? What kind of changes did she experience?


What does it mean to Compare and Contrast?

Click diagram for PowerPoint Lesson


Compare two places you have lived.


Daily Fix-it

7. I wich I could ride the bus

8. the buses were lat.


Daily Fix-it

7. I wich I could ride the busI wish I could ride the bus.

8. the buses were lat.The buses were late.


Morning Warm-up

Jan is going to a new school. She is meeting new friends. Today she is sending a letter to an old friend. How do you think Jan is feeling now? What changes would you tell about in a letter?


Amazing WordsAmazing Words

stampede – A stampede is a wild rush of animals or people.


Word Reading• ring• plant• sunshine• every• ever• new• were• any• own• they

• king• sure• grow• live• Frank• brand• sandbox• big• home• enoughUnit 3 Jan’s New Home - Day 4

What are compound words?

Click for video about compound words

Two words joined to create a new word

Sort the Compound Words

compound word first word second word


hangout

kingfish

sinkhole

stingray

sunshine

sandbox

Underline the compound words in two colors

Take turns reading the sentences out loud.

1.Are you sure that the king will own every big ring?

2.They were in the sandbox by the porch.

3.Frank, did you ever live in a brand new home?

4.Any plant will grow with enough sunshine.



Write what happens to Jan on her

birthday at her new school.


Reading Street Test

Daily Fix-it

9. Dad say good-by.

10. Jan iz on her way?


Daily Fix-it

9. Dad say good-by.Dad says good-bye.

10. Jan iz on her way? Jan is on her way.


Underline words Ending in – es,

Then…

Words with r-controlled or, ore

1)The foxes were born in a den.

2)A wave crashes on the shore.

3)Mom mixes the corn with a big fork.

4)Ford tosses the ball and Hank catches it.


school our house very car away friends

O_ r f __ __ __ __ __ __ drove a __ __ y

in a c __ r.

But our friends didn’t go v __ __ y far.

They went to the pool. They drove by the s __ __ __ __ l.

Then ended up back at their h __ __ __ e.


Compare and Contrast Game

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Jan’s New Home Big Question: Why are changes exciting? Author: Angela Shelf Medearis Illustrator: Don Tate Genre: Realistic Fiction