The Skunk Ladder Day 1

How can we find adventure in ordinary events? Concept Talk How can we find adventure in ordinary events?

Adventure A day in the life of Scrat

Partner Share What do you think turns an ordinary event into adventure? What movies, TV shows, or books have you seen or read that are about someone having an adventure in their everyday life?

Let’s get our books 1-5 6-10 11-15 16-20 21-27

Let’s Talk About Turn to page 168-169 How might the family be having an adventure? Why is the man handling a snake? The boys are climbing a tree. How is that an adventure? How can you find adventure in ordinary events?

Listen: The story “How the Desert Made Us DIfferent” is about a family that moves from Kansas to the desert in Arizona. Listen for: Prairie desert

Amazing Words Prairie- a large open area of grassland The antelope galloped across the prairie. Desert- a dry, barren area of land, esp. one covered with sand A tortoise lives in the desert. Teach your partner these words

Plot Elements of a story The plot is in the sequence of events The four parts of a typical plot on a timeline are: Conflict, Rising action, Climax, resolution

Character We see a character’s traits through their roles in relationships and conflicts What would a shy character do on the first day of school? Let’s read p. EI-11 about character and plot Let’s read “The Day of Two Adventures”

Vocabulary Abandoned-gave up on The house had been abandoned for years. Attempt- effort He made an attempt to build a shed Teach your partner these words.

Vocabulary Teach your partner these words. Bellow- loud yell The man let out a bellow when he saw the dog in his yard. Cavern- cave The kids followed the dog into the cavern. Teach your partner these words.

Vocabulary Teach your partner these words. Feat- act of skill or daring Gabbi was amazed at his daring feat of climbing a tree. Immensely- very greatly The water was immensely hot. Teach your partner these words.

Vocabulary Savage- wild The dog growled like a savage animal. Teach your partner this word

Spelling Multisyllabic words: Words with many syllables It is easiest to attach these words one syllable at a time, apply all the rules you have learned about the different word parts

Spelling El-e-men-tary Ve-hic-le Min-ia-ture Op-por-tun-i-ty

Contractions Negative contractions- Can and not- can’t Will and not- won’t Is and not-isn’t

Negatives To make a negative statement, use only one negative word: No: There wasn’t nobody here. Don’t never get in his way. Yes: There wasn’t anybody here. Don’t ever get in his way.

Writing Rhyming Poem Includes rhyming words May include figurative language (such as similes and metaphors) Sensory words Poetic techniques such as alliteration and onomatopoeia Graphic elements, such as capital letters

Writing You will be writing your own rhyming poem