Theme 6: Talent Show
Theme 6, Selection 2 Title: Moses Goes to a Concert Author: Isaac Millman
Genre: Realistic Fiction Realistic characters and events come to life in a fictional plot
Comprehension Strategy:
Comprehension Skill:
Comprehension Skill Review:
Phonics: Long i (igh and ie) fit fight sit sight fighter highlight frightful dried fries replied
Spelling: igh, ie, i, y night high light sky fly try dry find mind eye* buy* Review:Challenge: why flight myreply
Phonics review: Vowel Pairs ( oo, ew, ue, ou ) Spoonful of soup flewglue
High-Frequency Words: alphabet heart mind
High-Frequency Review: airinstead fairmiddle hourmillion importantsoldier
Key Vocabulary: deaf- not able to hear signs- uses Sign Language to talk to & understand other vibration- a quick movement back and forth hearing- the ability to hear
deaf- not able to hear
signs- uses Sign Language to talk to and understand others
Sign Language alphabet
vibration- a quick movement back and forth
hearing- able to hear
Key Vocabulary: percussion - the hitting or striking of an instrument to make music instruments – things that make music
percussion – the hitting or striking of an instrument to make music
percussion instruments gong tambourine piano drums triangle cymbals marimbamaracas
concert- a musical show or performance orchestra- a large group of people who play instruments together recovered- got better after an illness Other Vocabulary:
concert – a musical show or performance
orchestra- a large group of people who play musical instruments together
recovered- got better after an illness
Other Vocabulary: lawyer- a person who makes a living giving advice about the law and presents cases in court electrician- a person who makes a living putting wires for electricity in homes and buildings, or fixes things that run on electricity
lawyer-a person who makes a living giving advice about the law, and who presents cases in court
electrician- a person who makes a living putting wires for electricity in homes and buildings, or fixes things that run on electricity
Vocabulary Skills: Multiple Meaning Words Ring the bell. My mom wears a gold wedding ring. In space, there are rings around the planet Saturn.
Grammar Skills: Adjectives including a, an, the An adjective describes a noun. Some adjectives tell what kind or how many. There are 3 special adjectives. The words a, an, the always come before a noun.
Writing: A Summary A summary is a short way to tell the important parts of a story. Characters Setting Beginning, middle, end Tell how story action starts? (problem) Tell how problem is solved? (solution) Genre
Improving Your Writing : Paraphrasing To tell information in your own words
I Reading Books: Phonics Library: Dwight the Knight Who Drew the Cartoon? by Becky Ward