Illustrated by: Steven Kellogg Skill: Realism and Fantasy If You Made a Million By: David M. Schwartz Illustrated by: Steven Kellogg Skill: Realism and Fantasy Genre: Nonfiction
Question of the Day Why do you think some people keep on working even after they earn a million dollars?
Reader Response page 110 Open for Discussion Are you planning to buy a castle or maybe a hippo? No? Maybe If You Made a Million is important for you to read anyway. Tell why. I think these examples made it fun to learn about kinds of money and what they are worth.
1.The author couldn't tell everything, so the artist wrote some things in his pictures. Read the words in the pictures. Why are they there? Think Like an Author 2.How is this selection different from other nonfiction selections you have read? Talk about whether you like it, and tell why or why not. Realism and Fantasy 3.Did you need to reread any part of the selection? How did that help you? What else could you have done? Monitor and Fix Up 4.Tell what you would do if you made a million dollars. Use words from the Words to Know list. Vocabulary
Look Back and Write Look back at page 106. What is more important than money? Use details from the selection in your answer. Top Score Response: Very hard or dangerous jobs may pay a lot of money. Some people like challenges at work. They are paid very well. Some people need a lot of money for things they want. Other people like jobs that make them happy. Enjoying your work is more important than money.
Words to Know amount check earned expensive interest million thousand value worth
More Words to Know afford feat
amount the total sum
check a written order directing a bank to pay money to the person named
earned got money in return for work or service
expensive costing a lot of money
interest the money paid for the use of someone else’s money
million one thousand thousands; 1, 000,000
Thousand - ten hundreds; 1,000
value the real worth of something in money
worth equal in value to
Small Group Time Read pages 100-110
Test Time Do your best!
Fluency Model Read aloud p. 106. Notice how I read the passage with a steady rhythm and how I chunk the words that begin with the same letter. We will practice as a class by doing three echo readings.
Grammar Objectives: Define and identify sentences that are commands. Define and identify sentences that are exclamations. Use commands and exclamations correctly in writing.
Daily Fix-It 7. Have you seen this kind of nickle. Have you seen this kind of nickel? 8. The boys is colecting coins. The boys are collecting coins.
Commands and Exclamations A sentence that tells someone to do something is a command. Some commands begin with please. Commands usually end with periods. Sentences that show strong feelings are exclamations. Exclamations begin with a capital letter and end with an exclamation mark.
Commands and Exclamations The subject of a command is you, so a command can get readers' attention. Exclamations can make writing vivid by expressing surprise, anger, or excitement.
Spelling Objective: Spell words with long vowel digraphs. Long a is sometimes spelled ai and ay: grain, display. Long e is sometimes spelled ea and ee: clean, agree. Long o is sometimes spelled oa and ow: coach, window. Long vowel sounds are sometimes spelled as digraphs.
Halloween really These words are difficult for third-graders to spell because of the different ways to spell the long e digraph.
Poetry in Spelling. Write a poem using at least 4 spelling words Poetry in Spelling. Write a poem using at least 4 spelling words. Use this graphic organizer and your 5 senses to help you.
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