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Week 3 Day 1

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Spelling Pre-Test

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Challenge Words

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Page through Science All Around, select a picture that represents an answer to the Theme Question.

How do you think science is a part of this community?

What kind of science can you see?

Theme Question: How is science a part of our

community?

Drip! Drop!•What do you know about water and how it gets to homes and buildings? Explain the steps it goes through.•How does water look, feel, smell, and taste?•What kinds of things do people use water for?•Where do you find water in nature?

Activate Prior Knowledge

* Streams are small rivers. Example: We catch fish in the streams. Ask: Does the water in streams move or stay still?

* Cleaned means made free from dirt or mess. Example: I cleaned the mud off my bike. Ask: What have you cleaned this week? Review:

Plans – Drawings or diagrams that show where things go.Technology – 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.

Introduce Theme Vocabulary

Drip! Drop! – Nonfiction text which is about real things

Preview and predictRead pages 3-18, follow along in your Literature Little

Books

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

Prepare to Read

/ar/ Spelled arpart car art card far jar

hard Consonant Digraphs sh, th, ch, tch: shade thin charm fetch shop thick chip watch

I will sail far into a bay to catch a large fish.I think I will see a shark too.

Phonics

High Frequency Words: doesn’t, don’t

Decodable Reader #11: “A Pig for a Pet”

Fluency: “Free Garden Guide”(announcement)

Practice Page 108

*What do you know about report writing?

*A report is nonfiction and based on real people, places, or events.

*Read Writing Models Chart p. 12 “The Morris Canal”

What interesting facts did you learn?

Writing a Report

Characteristics of a Report: Tells about an interesting topic.

Includes facts that explain the topic.

Has a beginning that grabs readers’ attention and

tells what the report is about.

Has middle paragraphs that add facts and details to

explain the topic.

Has a summary paragraph that sums up the major

points.  

Writing a Report

Organization of a ReportBeginning: -Tells that the report is about the Morris Canal.-Asks a question to get readers’ attention.-Tells how the writer feels.

Middle Paragraph: -The main idea is building the canal.-Details tell when, where, and how the canal was built.

Middle Paragraph: -The main idea is how the canal was used. - Details tell about shipping goods, mules pulling boats, and end of use. - He practices every day with his friend Carla.

Summary Paragraph:-Restates the main ideas.-Tells the canal’s history, its past use, and how it is used today.

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Unit 2: All Around Town

Week 3 Day 2

How do the photos on page 16-17 connect to the Theme Question: How is science a part of our community?

Would you drink the water from an ocean or a lake? Why or why not?

How is the water you drink different than the water in an ocean, a lake or a river?

What do you think happens to water before it comes to your tap?

Reinforce the Theme

* Streams are small rivers. Example: We catch fish in the streams.

* Cleaned means made free from dirt or mess. Example: I cleaned the mud off my bike. Review:

Plans – Drawings or diagrams that show where things go.Technology – 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.

Reinforce Theme Vocabulary

Summarize- A summary is a statement that tells the

important ideas in a text. Model using pages 5-9

Important Ideas in the Text My Summary

• Water gets heated by the sun and evaporates

• Water vapor forms clouds• Water vapor in clouds gets

cold, turns back into water, and falls

• Water soaks into the ground or goes into streams, rivers, and the ocean

• This is the water cycle

Practice using pages 16-17

Water always moves. Water goes into the air and comes back down to the ground. Then the cycle starts over.

Think about how water gets cleaned before it comes to our taps.

Use the diagram on pages 22-23 to predict how the water gets to each building.

Read pages 19-32

Prepare to Read

Word Study: Homophones

blew knows their blue nose there

No, I do not know where the ball is.Did you hear the tale about the rat with the long tail?We rode down the bumpy road.

I _________ a small piece of pizza.Who _________ me these pretty flowers?It is important that everyone _________ the rules. cent sent ate eight knows nose

High Frequency Words: give

Decodable Reader #11: “A Pig for a Pet”

Fluency: “Free Garden Guide”(announcement)

Practice Page 108 (Phrasing)

Characteristics of a Report: Tells about an interesting topic.

Includes facts that explain the topic.

Has a beginning that grabs readers’ attention and

tells what the report is about.

Has middle paragraphs that add facts and details to

explain the topic.

Has a summary paragraph that sums up the major

points.

Reread “The Morris Canal” (Writing Model Chart p. 12) 

Writing a Report

What are some interesting things that show how science is a part of our community?wind power, solar energy, The Erie Canal, The Hoover DamPrewrite: KWL Chart

Brainstorm Topics

What I Know What I Want to Know

What I Learned

A dam is a barrier that stops the flow of water.

Where is the Hoover Dam?

Why was it built?

Dams in AmericaBy Joel Ivanic

•On the Colorado River•On the Arizona/Nevada border•In the desert

Taking Notes

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Week 3 Day 3

- How do people in a community use water?

- Where can we find water in nature?

Look at pages 22-23 in Drip! Drop!

- What are some of the steps water goes through before it reaches our taps? Describe what happens at each.

- Why does water go through so many steps?

Reinforce the Theme

- If words are not defined in a selection, readers can look up words in a dictionary.

- A dictionary tells readers how to say a word, what it means, and whether it is a noun, verb, adjective, or adverb.

- Words are shown in alphabetical (ABC) order. The guide words are at the top to help you find the word.

Use page 18 in Drip! Drop! and model using the word filter.Use page 18 to practice using the word basin.

Use a Dictionary

Model using page 16-21 of Drip! Drop!

Identify Main Idea and Details

- main idea is what a text is mostly about and details tell about the main idea

Main Idea:Main Idea:Before water goes from the reservoir to the city, it must be cleaned. (pp. 16-17)

Detail:Large objects are filtered out of the water. Another filter made of gravel and sand keeps small objects out. (pp. 17-18)

Detail: Scientists remove minerals. (p. 21)

Detail:They add chemicals that kill bacteria. (p. 21)

Practice using diagram on page 18 of Drip! Drop! to complete the frame.

Identify Details and Facts- main idea is what a text is mostly about and details tell about

the main idea

Main Idea:How the water is cleaned.

Detail:

Detail:

Detail:

Literary Elements: makes text interesting and help readers visualize text

Setting: where and when things happen in a text or story

Read page 3, where is the girl when she pours

this glass of water?Where are the girl and dog on page 15?

Reread pages 1-32 to notice how setting adds to the meaning of the text and to answer the Theme Question.

Prepare to Read

* long /u/ spelled u, u_e, ew, ue* /j/ spelled ge, gi

Word Family: use use museBuild words by adding the following letters to –use.

 f am ref

 

Phonics

High-Frequency Words: doesn’t, don’t

Decodable Reader # 11: A Pig for a Pet

Fluency: “Free Garden Guide” (expression)

Practice Page 108

Characteristics of a Report: Tells about an interesting topic.

Includes facts that explain the topic.

Has a beginning that grabs readers’ attention and

tells what the report is about.

Has middle paragraphs that add facts and details to

explain the topic.

Has a summary paragraph that sums up the major

points.  

Reread “The Morris Canal: (Writing Model Chart p. 12)

Writing a Report

Beginning paragraph: -topic -expresses how the author feels-gets readers’ attention

Imagine a stone structure that soars into the clouds in the middle of the desert. At over 725 feet tall, the Hoover Dam is a sight to see! Located on the Arizona-Nevada border, the Hoover Dam is an important structure that has many purposes.

Draft

Proper nouns name specific people, places, or things and begin with a capital letter.

Abraham Lincoln EricaTampa New YorkMorris Canal Pine Hill School

Common Noun or Proper Noun

Maria school August Texas Friday New York friends Mr. Smith Cinderella river Flat Stanley the seaTuesday Mississippi River

Grammar: Proper Nouns

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Week 3 Day 4

What else have you seen or read about water? How is it similar to or different from what you’ve read in this selection?

What things do people build to bring water to a community and the places that need it?

Extend the Theme

Streams are small riversCleaned means made free from dirt or mess. Plans – Drawings or diagrams that show where things go.Technology – 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.

Extend Theme Vocabulary

Extend Theme Vocabulary

clean

filter

stream

wet

dirt bacteria water fish minerals

nonliving

Summarize- -using your own words to retell important

information Model using pages 20-21

Important Ideas in the Text My Summary

• Next the water goes to the water treatment plant

• There scientists take out minerals and add chemicals.

Practice using page 24 and add to chart.

At the water treatment plant, scientists remove minerals and add chemicals.

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

Continue reading to page 23 and record text evidence.

Text EvidenceReread pages 3-23 and record text evidence

Page Text Evidence

4-9 Water is a nonliving thing in nature. Nature is one part of science in my community.

16-17

21-23

Word Study: Review Homophones

1. The tale is about a puppy that chases its _____.

2. I rode my bike along a dirt _____ yesterday.

3. My big blue kite ______ away in the wind.

4. Everybody knows that a _____ is for smelling.

Homophones are words that sound alike but have different spellings and meanings.

Fluency: “Free Garden Guide”

Practice Page 108 (pacing)

The canal in my town is called the morris canal. I

like to walk their. It makes me feel like I’m walking in

history. I wish I had a time machine.

A canal is like a small river, but it is made by

peepole The morris canal was made in 1831. It went

across new jersey. Peepole dig the canal by hand.

Revise the Model

Do you have a canal in your town? The canal in

my town is called the morris canal. I like to walk

their. It makes me feel like I’m traveling through

history.

A canal is like a small river, but it is made by

peepole. The morris canal was built in 1831. It went

across new jersey. Peepole dig the canal by hand.

Edit the Model

Share Text Connections

Theme Question

Focus Question 2?

FocusQuestion 4

FocusQuestion 3

FocusQuestion 1