A Turkey for Thanksgiving Monday Morning Warm-Up Holidays are a pleasant time when people gather together to celebrate. How can we contribute to a celebration?

A Turkey for Thanksgiving Monday Morning Warm-Up Holidays are a pleasant time when people gather together to celebrate. How can we contribute to a celebration?

Today we will learn about: Amazing Words Long a: a, ai, ay Drawing conclusions Possessive Nouns

Turkey for Thanksgiving Amazing Words

dine When you dine, you eat dinner. We dined on a huge turkey on Thanksgiving Day. We will dine on hot dogs and potato salad at the picnic.

holiday hol – i – day A holiday is a day when people celebrate something special. Thanksgiving is a holiday for people in the United States. The 4 th of July is the holiday when we celebrate the birth of our country.

participate par – tic – i - pate When you participate in something, you join in. The girls always participate in soccer. Gwen wants to participate in the singing contest.

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Long a: a, ai, ay late What do you know about reading this word? late Today we’ll learn about ai and ay words that also stand for the long a sound.

apron CVCe-When a word has a vowel- consonant-silent e pattern, the vowel usually stands for its long sound. – make – race – plate CVVC-When two vowels appear together in a word or syllable, the first usually stands for its long sound and the second is silent. – braid – nail – train CVV –The letters ay usually stand for the long a sound. – day – play –stay CV – When a word or a syllable ends with a single vowel, the vowel sound is usually long. – paper – baby – label

Long a: a, ai, ay laid When the letters ai are together in a word or syllable, the a stands for its long vowel sound and the i is silent. –“When 2 vowels go walking, the first does the talking, and the second one stays quiet.”

Long a: a, ai, ay stay When the letters ay are together in a word or syllable, the a stands for its long vowel sound and the y is silent. –“When 2 vowels go walking, the first does the talking, and the second one stays quiet.”

Long a: a, ai, ay You can blend longer words with the long a by dividing them into smaller chunks, or syllables. When a word or syllable ends with a single vowel, the vowel sound is usually long. Read one syllable at a time and then blend them together. –today

Long a: a, ai, ay Blend these words together. snail gray braid clay sprain sway paint

Long a: a, ai, ay Blend these words together. aim hay claim stay gain way faint

Long a: a, ai, ay Building Words a – i – o b – d – n r – t - y

Word Reading rain bake away say claim crack pail maze stain fray race parched afraid sway match

SPELLING tail main wait raise brain paint daily raisin say away play stay today tray holiday orange pink black purple brown *participate

Word Family Word – nice (online dictionary) (online dictionary) ConsonantDigraphsBlends dice mice rice price slice spice

Word Family Word – nice dice spiceslice mice rice

Word Family Word – ride (online dictionary) (online dictionary) ConsonantDigraphsBlends hide side tide wide chide bride glide slide snide stride

Word Family Word – ride hide tide bride stride slideglide

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Draw Conclusions To draw conclusions, we use what we know about real life and what we read to figure out more about the characters and what happens in the story. Good readers ask themselves if their conclusions make sense.

Read-Aloud Happy’s Holiday

Shared Writing Come to Our Party! What It’s For___________________ Date___________________________ Time___________________________ Place___________________________ Reply by ________________________

Shared Writing Come to Our Party! What It’s For___________________ Date___________________________ Time___________________________ Place___________________________ Reply by ________________________

Come to Our Party! What It’s For- Ben’s Birthday Date-Saturday, October 24th Time-2:00 until 4:00 Place-Oneonta Skating Rink Reply by-Wednesday October 21st

Possessive Nouns Plural nouns name more than one person, place, animal, or thing. Some nouns change spelling when they become plural.

Possessive Nouns A noun that shows who or what owns something is a possessive noun. To show ownership, add an apostrophe (’) and –s when the noun is singular. –the turkey’s tail (one turkey, singular)

Possessive Nouns Add just an apostrophe (’) when the noun is plural. –The rabbits’ tails (more than one rabbit, plural)

Possessive Nouns Happy the Dog’s party was fun! All of his friend’s food was very good. All of his friends’ food was very good. Hermans’ belly was full after dinner. Herman’s belly was full after dinner.

Possessive Nouns head of one horse horse’s head legs of two goats goats’ legs mane of one lion lion’s mane dinner of several animals animals’ dinner

Wrap Up Your Day! Long a: a, ai, ay Draw Conclusions Let’s Talk About It Tomorrow we will read about a group of animals who are celebrating Thanksgiving.

A Turkey for Thanksgiving Monday Journal Topic List friends you would like to dine with.