At the Beach Day 1

Why is honesty important? Concept talk Why is honesty important?

Partner Share Discuss the question of the week with your partner Can you describe a character in a story or a movie who chose to be honest in a difficult situation? What are some examples of ways people can be honest?

Let’s Talk About Turn to page 176-177 Let’s look at the pictures . What are the woman in the courtroom doing? A trial depends on people being honest so that justice can be done. Let’s add honest to the concept map.

Let’s Talk About Why is it important to be honest if you talk to a police officer? If a police officer does not know the truth, she cannot do her job and stop crime.

Let’s Talk About What might a dishonest person do during a test? Let’s add dishonest person to the concept map.

Let’s Talk About Why is honesty important? This week you will be reading about why honesty is important.

Listen: The story Bullseye is about a boy who learns a lesson about honesty from his grandfather. Listen for the words: Integrity Frank Honorable moral

Amazing Words integrity- someone with integrity is honest and has good morals. Teach your partner what this amazing word means.

Amazing Words frank- people who are frank are not afraid to say what they think Lee’s father was frank about how much it would cost to fix the car. Teach your partner what this amazing word means

Amazing Words honorable- honorable people demonstrate a sense of what is right. The policeman’s honorable actions earned him a medal from the community. Teach this word to your partner.

Amazing Words moral- a moral person has good character or conduct and acts according to traditional standards of right and wrong. Will is a moral person, and when he found the bag of money, he took it to the police station.

Compare and Contrast When you compare and contrast you tell how things are alike and different. Let’s watch this video.

Compare and Contrast Some clue words that an author might use: Same Unlike But although

Compare and Contrast Let’s read Ryan and Jonah. In today’s story Ryan tells two different stories about what happened to Jonah. Let’s look at paragraph 3 . What two stories does Ryan tell? How are these stories different?

Vocabulary Hammock- Would you like to take a nap in a hammock? Driftwood- Would you find driftwood at the beach?

Vocabulary Punished- Are other people happy with your behavior when you are punished? Concealed- If something is concealed, is it easy to find?

Vocabulary Algae- Would you see algae at the beach? Urchin- Is a sea urchin as big as a whale?

Vocabulary Tweezers- Would you use tweezers to chop wood? Lament- Would you lament the loss of your favorite pet?

Spelling Digraphs th, sh, ch, ph This week we will use words that have these digraphs

Spelling Examples: Shout Catch Elephant Thursday

Let’s take our spelling pretest now.

Lets take a look at our Daily Fix it

Conventions Irregular nouns are nouns that change their spelling when there is one or more than one.

Conventions Regular and Irregular plural nouns

Take one, Give One Take two minutes and write as many words as you can think of that are irregular nouns. BEGIN

Take one, Give One While the music plays, walk around and find a friend, take one of their words, give one of yours. Then move on to another friend, take one of their words, give one of yours. When the music stops, sit down in your seat.

Start Now

Take one, Give One Now, look over the list with your partner. Do all the words on yours lists fit in the columns? If not, put them where they belong.

Writing This week you will write a descriptive writing piece. Descriptions help readers visualize a scene. Descriptions use sensory words that provide details about how something smelled, tasted, looked, sounded or felt.

Writing Descriptions can sometimes be a part of a longer story. They often can tell information about the writer by the way the writer has chosen to describe something. We are seeing the world through the writer’s eyes only.

Writing Descriptive writing contain: Vivid language helps readers visualize a scene Can be a part of a longer story Often provides details that tell what something smelled, felt, or tasted like, as well as how something looked or sounded