Diary of a Spider Unit 1: Lesson 4 By Doreen Cronin

Skills Diary of a Spider Comprehension Questions Author and Illustrator Vocabulary pg 102-103 Spelling Phonics vowel Phonics G sounds Diary of a Sipder pg 107- 129 A Swallow and a Spider Context Clues Cause and Effect Personification Reading Response Journal Nouns pg 138-139 Review

insects dangerous sticky scare rotten screaming breeze judge Vocabulary insects dangerous sticky scare rotten screaming breeze judge

Glossary pg 102-103 insects- bugs with 6 legs dangerous- not safe scare- frighten sticky- to cling rotten- spoiled screaming- to yell breeze- wind judge- to decide

Comprehension Questions Find the text evidence! What page are you on? How do good friends act? What drill does the class practice? Why? Why does spider make flashcards? What happens when Fly plays at Spider’s house? What happens on June 5th? What does grandpa do that makes him seem like a person?

Reading Response Journal T- turn it around A- answer the question G- give details Make sure your use TAG! How do good friends act? Write a diary entry on your day.

Spelling 1. doze 7. cute 2. nose 8. woke 3. use 9. mule 4. rose 10. rode 5. pole 11. role 6. close 12. tune

Spelling Practice Step Spelling Type Spelling White board Spelling Rainbow Spelling Hilite Spelling ABC Spelling

Spelling Review Tic Tac Spelling Mix Up Spelling Circles Team Race Baseball Shaving Cream Terminator SpellingCity Four boxes Sparkle

Review

Swat dangerous insects sticky rotten judge screaming breeze scare Listen for the clue, and then swat the correct vocabulary word. dangerous insects sticky rotten judge screaming breeze scare

Phonics Long o and u sounds The silent e on the end bites the vowel and makes it say its name o- doze, rose, complete, woke… u- use, fuse, cute, mule…

Phonics Find doze hand run rest rose left use cute woke rode dog mute team sad hill tune close role nose drove sew pole fan cat

Phonics Sort Thumbs up when you finish!

G sounds Soft G makes a J sound

Context Clues

Personification

Nouns Noun song Noun song Noun song Webs ABC categories Flocabulary Jump start Noun song School House Rock Noun song Flocabulary Webs ABC categories