Harcourt Reading Lesson 26 Day 3

Read Aloud “Far Away” What rhyming words did you hear in the poem? Were any words repeated in the poem? Why?

Word Wall High – Frequency Words accept early coming half picture year shoes wear

Work with patterns: Phonograms -ood-ook-oot-ould goodcookfootcould

Can you find those phonograms?

Spelling – What is the same in each word? ooou

After Reading: Cause is _________ something happens. Effect is ____________happens because of the cause. Look back to the story and reread the last paragraph on page 334 – 335. Cause is _________ something happens. Effect is ____________happens because of the cause. Look back to the story and reread the last paragraph on page 334 – 335.

What did Yum Yung decide? What was the effect of Yum Yung’s decision? Why  cause What  effect Which one is which? Cause – Yum Yung decided his bagel must be lost. Effect – He decided to search for his missing bagel.

Vocabulary belongings Would all of your belongings fit into a backpack? Explain. fleeing Would someone fleeing from a hurricane be able to take all of his or her belongings? Explain.

Vocabulary gently What are some things that should be treated gently? smothered How can you tell if French fries are smothered with ketchup?

Vocabulary replied If you replied, did you ASK or ANSWER? Explain. pleaded What might you say if you pleaded with your family to get a puppy?

Vocabulary fragrant Tell about something that is fragrant. grunted How would you feel if you just grunted, tired and grumpy or lively and energetic? Explain.

Vocabulary crave What are some things plants might crave? correspond Why might you correspond with the owner of a store or other business?

Antonyms Antonyms are words that have opposite meanings. Use the context and what you already know to figure out if the words are antonyms. Use a dictionary or thesaurus to find some antonyms. A thesaurus is a book of synonyms, but antonyms may also be included at the end of some entries.

Example: I want to know an antonym for wet. I know that if something is NOT wet, it is dry. So dry must be an antonym for wet. I will look in a thesaurus to be sure. I know that words are arranged in ABC order in a thesaurus. I can look in the ‘w’ section to find wet.

Identify Antonyms:

Practice: Work with your partner. I’ll call on volunteers to circle the correct answer.

Grammar Daily proofreading: was you at Jeffs birthday party _________________________

Irregular Verbs Find the subject and verb in each sentence. I have a book. Gwen has a book. Gwen and Fong have a book. You had a book yesterday.

Rules: have – I, you, we, they, and plural nouns to tell about now has – he, she, it, and singular nouns to tell about now had – all subjects to tell about the past

Practice/Apply 1.I have/had my first swimming lesson last week. 2.Celia and Evan have/had lessons last week, too. 3.Now I have/has another swimming lesson. 4.Evan have/has his fifth lesson now.