Tier II

Lesson 6 Day 1

Phonics and Spelling

• Read the spelling words from p. 22 in your packet.

• clubhouse club/house

• Compound words are made up of at least two smaller words. club houseclubhouse

• What does the word clubhouse mean?

• A house for a club

Phonics and Spelling Continued

• Practice: Write a sentence for three spelling words, but leave a blank for the spelling word.

• Trade papers with your friend and fill in the blanks in each other’s papers.

Vocabulary

• Shabby: things that look old and worn out• Embarrass: when you fcleel uncomfortable or

ashamed• Midst: in the middle of something• Elevated: lifted up off the ground• Dazed: confused; cannot think properly• Collapses: falls• Look at p. 60 in your Climbing Higher book.

Read the story, then complete the sentences on p. 61.

Fact and Opinion• Fact: Something that is true; it can be seen or proven• Opinion: what someone thinks; key words are think,

believe, feel• Please tell me if each of the following sentences is a fact

or an opinion.• 1. We are at school.• Fact• 2. Our class is the best!• Opinion• 3. I think our school is very cool.• Opinion• 4. The principal of our school is Mrs. Arnold.• Fact

Vocabulary• Contribution Initiative• Say these words with me.• A contribution is something someone gives in order to

help others. My contribution to our holiday party was to clean the kitchen.

• Initiative is the first step in doing something, often on your own without being told to do something. Our class showed initiative when we wrote a letter to the local newspaper.

• Which sentence describes contribution? Which sentence describes initiative?

• 1. The vet set up a free pet clinic to help stray animals.• initiative• 2. The vet’s gift of her free time was greatly appreciated.• contribution

Grammar/Writing

• We saw many people swimming in the lake.• We saw many people at the lake, and they were

swimming.• The first sentence tells a complete thought.

Remember that compound words are two words joined together. The second sentence is a compound sentence, which is made up of two sentences joined together. Compound sentences are joined with the words and, or, or but. In compound sentences a comma is used before the joining words.

Grammar/Writing Practice

• 1. Our team won the game. 2. We left the field, and we went to Tony’s for pizza.

• Is the first sentence a compound sentence? How can you tell?

• No; it does not have a comma or the words and, or, but.

• Is the second sentence a compound sentence? How can you tell?

• Yes; it has two simple sentences, the joining word and, and a comma.

Fluency

• Look at page 23 in your packet.• Listen as I read the words in the first column.

You may repeat the words after me.• Work with your partner to read the words in the

first column to each other. • Let’s do the same thing with the second and

third columns.• I want you to practice reading all the words to

your partner.