Day 1 Exploring with an Astronaut, Day 1

Today we will learn: new amazing words, new amazing words, long vowels CVCe, long vowels CVCe, high-frequency words high-frequency words main ideas and details main ideas and details subjects subjects expository nonfiction expository nonfiction

What can we learn from exploring new places and things? THE BIG QUESTION...

What can we learn by exploring space? QUESTION OF THE WEEK:

Concept Talk Video * Think * Pair * Share

Writing on Demand Write about ways people have explored space.

Let’s Talk About It! page 52-53

Look at the outer space picture. What are some new places that we can explore? We can explore the planets and stars is something we know. We’ll add it to our chart.

Concept Map What can we learn by exploring space? What we KNOW What we WANT to Know What We Learned * We can explore the planets and stars.

How do astronauts ascend, or go up into space? Astronauts ascend into space in a space shuttle is something we know. We’ll add it to our chart.

Concept Map What can we learn by exploring space? What we KNOW What we WANT to Know What We Learned * We can explore the planets and stars. * Astronauts ascend into space in a space shuttle.

Although the sky diver can’t go where the shuttle goes, the sky diver is exploring too.

This week, we’ll read about an astronaut’s life in space. What is life like in space? is something we want to know. We’ll add it to our chart.

Concept Map What can we learn by exploring space? What we KNOW What we WANT to Know What We Learned * We can explore the planets and stars. * Astronauts ascend into space in a space shuttle. * What is life like in space?

Meet the Amazing Words for the Week!

Meet the Amazing Words: ascend descend orbit universe enormous journey launch meteorite

Sing with Me Big Book Audio Today we’ll sing about astronauts... Listen for today’s Amazing Words: ascend descend orbit

Amazing Words aascend HHow many syllables do you hear? as-cend

Amazing Words: Astronauts ascend into space in their space shuttles.

Amazing Words: When you ascend, you go up.

Amazing Words: You ascend to the second floor when you walk upstairs.

Model for me.... Model for me.... How would you ascend a flight of stairs? How would you ascend a flight of stairs?

The opposite of ascend is descend... The opposite of ascend is descend...

Amazing Words: descend How many syllables are in this Amazing Word? de - scend 2 syllables!

Amazing Words: When you descend, you go down.

Amazing Words: Astronauts descend when they come down from space in their space shuttles.

Amazing Words: You descend when you walk downstairs.

Use your hand to model for me.... Use your hand to model for me.... Show me how an airplane would descend in landing. Show me how an airplane would descend in landing.

Amazing Words oorbit HHow many syllables do you hear? or - bit

An orbit is the path of something like a spacecraft, moon, or planet around something in space, such as Earth or the sun.

Earth orbits the sun, and the moon orbits Earth.

We can watch TV because of the satellites that orbit the Earth.

orbit

We watched the __________ ascend.The astronauts descend from _______.The ________ makes an orbit around the ________.

Academic Vocabulary expository text main idea and details the subject of a sentence

Phonemic Awareness Distinguish Medial Phonemes Listen for the middle sounds page 54-55

Listen for Middle Sounds: plan= /p/ /l/ /a/ /n/ plane= game= vase= cat=

Listen for Middle Sounds: Long /o/ sound: smoke rope rose Long /e/ sound: wheel teeth feet

Listen for Middle Sounds: Long /i/ sound: bike pipes dive Long /u/ sound: moon food

Phonics- Long Vowels -VCe What do you notice about the vowel sounds in these words? The vowel sounds are short vowels! cap not cut

Phonics- Long Vowels -VCe Today, we’ll learn about long vowel sounds! VCe spelling pattern Sound-Spelling Cards

VCe – VCe – make make race race plate plate rice rice mice mice pile pile nice nice ice ice

Meet ‘Super e’......

Long Vowels -VCe face nose fuse age Pete mice cube dime escape empire dispose What do you know about reading these words?

Long Vowels -VCe When you see the spelling pattern VCe, try the LONG vowel sound. Flip the sound....

cap (vc) cap (vc) What vowel sound do you hear in the word cap? What vowel sound do you hear in the word cap?

Flip the sound.... cape (VCe) cape (VCe) What happened to the short a sound when an e was added to the end of cap? What happened to the short a sound when an e was added to the end of cap?

Phonics: Build Fluency page 56

Phonics: Blend & Read Monitor Progress: Check Word Reading zonecuteiceekeescape rosecaselacewagegame until reptile cuteGeneinvite

Phonics: Blend & Read What do you know about reading these words? What do you know about reading these words? A vowel that is followed by a consonant and ‘e’ usually says its name and the ‘e’ is silent. A vowel that is followed by a consonant and ‘e’ usually says its name and the ‘e’ is silent.

Decodable Reader Ike and Ace Reread for Fluency Text

Spelling Pretest Think about the -VCe spelling pattern!

 SPELLING WORDS  page  nose  space  size  fine  mice  late  huge  blaze  race  rice  vote * move * live Challenge Words: erase confuse spice quite chase lonely

Small Group Time Practice Stations: Listen Up Word Work

High-Frequency Words Vocabulary Activities on Digital Path Reader’s and Writer’s Notebook, p. 14 page 57

Listening Comprehension Main Idea and Details Envision It! Animations

The topic is what a selection is about. The main idea is the most important idea about the topic. The topic is what a selection is about. The main idea is the most important idea about the topic.

Small pieces of information in a selection that tell more about the main idea are called details. Small pieces of information in a selection that tell more about the main idea are called details. You’d be wise to notice the details! You’d be wise to notice the details!

Comprehension Main Idea and Details Good readers look for the main idea to help them understand what the whole story is about. Good readers look for the main idea to help them understand what the whole story is about.

Main Idea and Details Eating In Space Listen for the main idea and details Reader’s and Writer’s Notebook, p. 15

Listening Comprehension Main Idea and Details Main Idea Supporting Details

Daily Fix-It we will fly into spac We will fly into space.

Daily Fix-It it will be lots of fun It will be lots of fun.

Conventions: Subjects The subject of a sentence tells who or what does something.

Conventions Where is the subject? Neil Armstrong walked on the moon. Neil Armstrong walked on the moon. The moon goes around the Earth. The moon goes around the Earth.

Where is the subject? Tony wants to be a firefighter. Tony wants to be a firefighter.

Where is the subject? Firefighters put out fires. Firefighters put out fires.

Where is the subject? Conventions Astronauts study space. Astronauts study space.

Where is the subject? The girl will be an astronaut. The girl will be an astronaut. Sally Ride, astronaut Sally Ride, astronaut

Where is the subject? Conventions She dreams about spaceships. She dreams about spaceships.

Which Subject would fit? 1. ______ orbits the sun. 2. _____ lights up the Earth. 3. _____ wants to be an astronaut. Earth, The Sun, Olivia

Which Subject would fit? 1. orbits the sun. 1. Earth orbits the sun. 2. lights up the Earth. 2. The Sun lights up the Earth. 3. wants to be an astronaut. 3. Olivia wants to be an astronaut.

Writer’s Craft: Read like a writer Expository Nonfiction tells about real people, places, or events. It includes facts and details about a topic.

Writer’s Craft: Read like a writer Let’s Listen to an example, page 16 of Reader’s & Writer’s NB

Key Features of Expository Nonfiction: gives information about a topic tells about real people, places, or events. It uses facts and details

Wrap up your day Phonics: What kind of vowel? Phonics: What kind of vowel? race nice cage race nice cage Spelling: What letters spell... Spelling: What letters spell...

Wrap up your day Build Concepts: Why do you think eating in space is so challenging? Build Concepts: Why do you think eating in space is so challenging? Family Times Newsletter Family Times Newsletter

Quick Write: Talk: What did you learn about space from “Eating in Space”? What is it like to live and work in space?

Quick Write: Talk Write Share

we will read about how astronauts explore space. Tomorrow, we will read about how astronauts explore space.

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