Communities Unit 2

By: Melissa Blackwell Burke Who Works Here? By: Melissa Blackwell Burke Who works where you live?

Objectives Yesterday: Long i (CVCe), Digraphs wh, ch, & tch, High-frequency words & Special Titles Today: Spelling and Phonics: Long i (CVCe) and digraphs wh, ch, & tch Skill: Author’s Purpose & Story Grammar: Special Titles

Morning Warm-Up! Today we will read about workers in a community. If you watch them, you will see that they do much to help us.

Question of the Day What workers do you have in your community?

Amazing Words citizen community headquarters law patrol leader branch Objective: Build oral vocabulary.

Just what do they mean? citizen – a person who lives in a certain location community – the town or city in which you live law – a rule that tells people what they can and cannot do leader – the head of a group

Just what do they mean? headquarters – places where business or city leaders work patrol – to move around, watching or guarding branch – a smaller type of a larger bank, library, or office

Share Literature-Build Concepts Time to Read Share Literature-Build Concepts Walk Around a City Walk Around a City gives information about a real place. The words that appear in boldface type are the ones the author thought the reader should know to learn about a city. These words appear in the Glossary at the back. By: Peter and Connie Roop

Share Literature-Build Concepts Time to Read Share Literature-Build Concepts Walk Around a City Yesterday the class read the book to find out why a city needs police and firefighters. Listen today to find out what other kinds of jobs people do in a city.

Build Oral Vocabulary What are some jobs people do in a city? Is there just one library, one bank, or one grocery store in a city? Why do these things need to have branches?

Phonemic Awareness /hw/ /i/ /l/ We just read how people travel on subways in cities. On a subway, you can read while you ride. Listen to the sounds in while. /hw/ /i/ /l/ Now say each sound as you write the letter that goes with it. /hw/ /i/ /l/ = while whine chime white chive Objective: Blend and segment phonemes.

Blending Strategy Long i (CVCe) bike = b i k e wide ripe like We have had words like made and lake. Long i (CVCe) bike = b i k e wide ripe like time prize wise life dime rice mine kite mice shine

Long i (CVCe) Word Review

like

time

fine

kite

mice

nice

nine

smile

pile

pine

bite

shine

dine

wipe

ice

lime

Blending Strategy Digraphs wh, ch, tch when = wh e n chip = ch i p We have had words like ship and them. Digraphs wh, ch, tch when = wh e n chip = ch i p catch munch champ which match such chop whale itch much chick lunch

Words To Know

which

such

while

white

when

whale

chin

chat

chess

check

patch

ranch

Mitch

lunch

much

catch

watch

match

hatch

batch

fetch

chick

A Nice, Fine Neighborhood Neighbors like to work together. They watch out for everyone. They pitch in to help each other Until all the chores are done. Neighbors like to play together. They put out the welcome mat. Children ride bikes on the sidewalk. Grown-ups sit outside and chat. When the busy day is over, Happy neighbors feel so good. They all smile at each other. What a nice, fine neighborhood!

Sort Words Long i wh ch tch size when chalk switch hike whisk chick whale fetch catch slide

Sentences To Read

I rode my yellow bike while my kite was flying behind me. The sidewalk outside the school is where I like to play. I cannot drive the glider. The lime is ripe enough to eat. You are wise not to play with fire. Nine mice ate five bites of cheese. Mike has nine dimes with him. Life is so much fun to live. I want a big size pizza slice.

Spelling Words like ice bike dime ride time hide kite smile white Objective: Segment sounds to spell words.

Unscramble your spelling words. Spelling Practice Unscramble your spelling words. keli emit bkie cei drie tiewh emdi tkie silem deih like bike ride dime smile hide time ice white kite

What are some sounds you might hear in our community? construction equipment school bells car horns Community Sounds police siren train whistles children playing dogs barking people talking Why might different kinds of communities have different kinds of sounds?

Connect to the Selection Build Background Connect to the Selection The people who work in a community help us in many ways. We’ll read a selection that tells about some workers and how they help a community.

Vocabulary Selection Words mail – letters or packages sent through a post office and delivered to homes or businesses neighborhood – a place where people live and work together busy – having many things to do

Vocabulary

High Frequency Words Pages 66-67

people

live

work

who

out

High-Frequency Words Monitor Progress out live work who people your they to way where

Comprehension Skill: Author’s Purpose Strategy: Ask Questions People write things for different reasons. Sometimes authors write to explain something or give information. Other times authors write to be funny or to entertain. As you read, look for clues about why the author wrote the selection. Strategy: Ask Questions Good readers often ask themselves questions that help them understand and remember what they are reading.

Comprehension Ask yourself these questions as you read Who Works Here? What do I want to know? When I look at the pictures, what do I wonder about? Does the author want me to learn something? What?

Who Works Here? Pages 68-77 Time To Read

Time for Stations

Then look to the left before you cross the street. Vocabulary Directional Words The police officer wants children to look all ways before crossing the street. Tell which ways you should look before crossing the street. Look to the right. Then look to the left before you cross the street.

Writing Trait of the Week Introduce: Conventions Conventions are rules good writers follow when they write. Good writers spell words a certain way. They begin sentences and special titles with capital letters. They put end marks after sentences and some special titles. Think about whether the author of Who Works Here? Follows spelling and sentence rules. Who drives a big bus? That is Mr. Chang. Suppose the author had written these sentences. Are they written correctly?

Writing Trait of the Week Introduce: Conventions Look at the following paragraph. Add capital letters and end punctuation where needed. our bus driver is ms franklin she takes us to school and back home now she is moving away we need a new bus driver will you take the job Our bus driver is Ms. Franklin. She takes us to school and back home. Now she is moving away. We need a new bus driver. Will you take the job?

Grammar – Special Titles We call some persons by special titles. A police officer might be called Officer. If you know a police officer’s name, you might call him Officer Brown. Special titles can make your writing more interesting. person special title a doctor Dr. Reed man Mr. Davis

Wrap Up Your Day! How does each helper help me? How does the helper help our community? Why did the author write this selection? Sometimes you need to pause and think about what you read to be sure it makes sense. A good reader often asks questions to help make the information easier to understand.

Who makes our neighborhood a nice place in which to live? How Community Workers Help Us How We Help Them keep us safe put out fires take care of parks govern the community help solve problems keep the community clean obey the laws practice fire safety in our homes/businesses protect the environment participate in community events help leaders solve

Tomorrow we will read about the places in a community. Preview Day Four Tomorrow we will read about the places in a community.

Extra

Daily Fix-It 1. The Mail truck went past 2. NO mail is in the bx.

Waltke’s Web Powerpoint http://classroom.jc-schools.net/waltkek/First1.html Mrs. Waltke is a veteran teacher living in Jasper and working in the Jasper School System.

Carl’s Corner http://www.carlscorner.us.com/ Cherry Carl is a retired teacher who lives in California. She teaches at UCLA.

Time to Listen to the Story Who Works Here? Pages 68-77

Extra pictures

Grammar