UNIT 7: LOCAL LEADERS WEEK 3 DAY 1

SPELLING 1. feet6. teeth 2. mice7. people 3. women8. children 4. geese9. them 5. men10. family

SPELLING

PHONICS  /zh/ spelled s, g, or z treasure measure usual vision fusion beige seizure  I saw a television story about hidden treasure.  A mirage is a vision of something that is not there.  Would you measure this table?

 High Frequency Words: whose break father friendless mother mountain once river song  Decodable Reader #26: Mee-Ling and the Dragon  Fluency: article, “Safety on Our Streets” Word Work

INTRODUCE THE THEME  Theme Question: What role does the government play in my community?  Focus Question: How does a local government help make a good community?

PREPARE TO READ  Vocabulary: department- one part of a government The police department is part of the city government. checked- made sure something is right Dad checked the doors to see if they were locked.  Officer Buckle and Gloria

WRITING: DESCRIPTIVE PARAGRAPH  A good descriptive paragraph… Gives a detailed picture of a person, animal, place, or thing. Has a topic sentence, supporting sentences, and a closing sentence. Includes sensory details and figurative language (similies).

WRITING  Use your senses when you write.  sight hearing smell touch taste beautiful, green, like a painting rumble, whoosh, crunch sweet, rotten, like flowers, like a spring morning hot, sharp, crunchy, like fire sour, salty, like fish, like wet snow melting on my tongue

CENTERS  Practice Book: p. 181, 183, 188  Phonics: p. 69  Fluency, read p. 180  Complete any projects  Practice spelling words on scrap paper