LEAD21 Unit 3 Week 1 Day 3

Reinforcing The Theme Look at the pictures on page 12 of A Community Like Mine Show pictures of San Francisco, California in 1860 and 2008. Describe what you see. Look at the city’s population numbers Questions: What are some reasons people start communities? What are some reasons that a city like San Francisco might grow so much? * Use “resources, population, and need” to help answer the questions.

Use Text Features: Side Bars Sidebars are separate from the main text but tell extra information that is related to the main idea. * Read page 10 of A Community Like Mine Find the sidebar What is the sidebar about? How does it relate to the main text? * Read pages 10-11, identify main idea and supporting details.

Vocabulary Strategy: Review Homophones -Words that sound the same but are spelled different New means “just made or bought” Knew means “had learned or understood” The spelling we use depends on what the word means in the situation. Which homophones are correct in the sentence? Explain how you know. This man cells/sells fruit and vegetables to/too/two the people in his neighborhood.

Cause and Effect Cause: The reason something happens. Effect: What happens. Read page 13 of A Community of Mine Why it Happens (Cause) What Happens (Effect) Page 13 The community has things people need. People stay in the community. People move to a community.

Set Purposes Reread to Think about how sidebar text adds information to the text Use the sidebar information to answer Theme Question: What makes a good community?

Read Together Reread Pages 6-17 in A Community Like Mine Pages 8-9: How do resources help a community begin and grow? What is one effect on a community when coal or oil is discovered? Pages 12-14: What happens as communities grow? Page 15: Why are stores important in the community?

Phonics ark spark, List words with the sound /ar/: Use the following letters to build words with /ar/. b bark d p l m sh ark spark,

Phonics List spelling words with sh, th, ch, tch: sh th ch tch shop thin, bunch, with, chip, shop, itch, rush, pitch sh th ch tch shop thin chip itch

High Frequency Words: friends, out, tall, walking Fluency: “This is the Place!” (expression)

Verbs Grammar Find the verbs: Words that tell what someone or something is or does. ** Watch for is and are. They are verb that tell what someone or something is. Find the verbs: I hop on one foot. The children shake their heads “no.” The new house is very big. She ties her shoelaces. My mother and grandmother are good cooks.

First Draft Example: First draft of a biography on Abraham Lincoln (using sequence chart from yesterday) Model: In the beginning, I’ll introduce Lincoln and tell about his early life. Abraham Lincoln was born in a log cabin in 1809. As a boy, he loved to read. When he became an adult, he worked at a mill, and a post office. Then he became a lawyer. cont…

First Draft cont… Ask students to add details following the sequence of his life. In 1860 people voted for Lincoln and he became the sixteenth President of the United States. The Civil War began in 1861. It started partly because Lincoln wanted to end slavery. States in the South did not agree with Lincoln. Those states wanted to break away. Lincoln wanted to keep the country together. In 1863 Lincoln ended slavery. The Civil War ended in 1865. Students help write the conclusion.