My Sidewalks Second Grade Unit 1 Week 2 Day 1

in The sound for i is /i/ and the sound for n is /n/. Listen as I blend the sounds for i and n. What is the word? w i n itripfitdig

if You can already read this word. What is the first letter? Is this letter a vowel or a consonant? The last letter is a consonant. What is the last letter? What is the word? What is the beginning sound in if? What is the end sound? Now lets look more at the letter I and the sound it can make. /i/

big The letter is stands for /i/ This is how I blend this word: /b/ /i/ /g/, big. Now you try: /b/ /i/ /g/, big big KidLitKickHisPinthick Lets try the same thing with these words

Your turn Have each child blend two of the following words: SitLickDidTickMixhill Spell and write What sounds do you hear in hit? What is the letter for /h/? Lets all write h. What is the letter for /i/? Write i. What is the letter for /t/? Write t. HimBit SickPig LipPick

High Frequency Words afraidSosurpriseworry Here are some words that we wont sound out. Well spell them. This word is afraid: a, f, r, a, i d, afraid. What is this word? What are the letters in this word? Now you write afraid. Lets look at the sounds in afraid that you do know. What is this letter? (f), What is the sound for this letter? Continue with r, d Tell me a sentence using afraid. Continue with other words

Oral Vocabulary AscendDescendOrbit Ascend: The astronauts ascend to outer space in their spaceship. Ascend means to go up. You ascend to the next floor when you walk upstairs. Show me how you ascend stairs. Descend: When they are finished exploring outer space, the astronauts descend back to Earth in their spaceship. Descend means to go down. You descend when you walk down stairs. Show me how you descend stairs. Orbit: When the astronauts are in outer space, they orbit Earth. Orbit means to go around a planet or something else in space. Earth and other planets orbit, or go around, the Sun. Spaceships orbit Earth. Imagine that you are in a spaceship and your desk is Earth. Show me how you orbit Earth Write each word in a sentence.

The selections this week are about outer space. Picture walk before reading. Before Reading: Page What does the first pictures how? The dark spots on the moon are deep pits called craters. The light parts show the thick dust that covers the moon. What is happening in the second picture? Yes, the spaceship is starting ot blast off into space, the area around Earth. The ship will ascend, or go up, to outer space. Page Who do you think is inside the spaceship? Yes, astronauts are people trained to fly spaceships. Where has this spaceship landed? Flat, round disks help the ship sit on the moons thick dust. What is the print in the dust? Yes, the print shows where an astronaut stepped on the moon. Page What does the first picture show? The astronauts descend, or go down, to Earth after exploring the moon. What is this girl dressed as? Yes, this girl is at space camp. Lets read to find out about outer space. You will read these words in the selection They are Astronautspace

During Reading: As we read, ask yourself: What did I learn? What is this mainly about? After I read, I ask myself(Model using page 28): What is this mainly about? The author talks about a place that astronauts go that has big rocks, sand, and thick dust. I think this page is mainly about the moon. After Reading: How do the astronauts feel when they ascend to outer space? What do the astronauts see from their ship as they orbit around the moon? What will the astronauts do after they descend to Earth? Re-read p28-30 for Fluency Choral Read, Partner Read, Independent Read

My Sidewalks Second Grade Unit 1 Week 2 Day 2

Partner Read: p31-33(Have children re-read 3 or 4 times) ink The sound for I is /i/ and the sound for nk is /ngk/. Listen as I blend the sounds for these letters. What is the word? Ink is used for writing. A pen is filled with ink. sang What is the word? SinkRangWingbank

back and sink You already can read words like these. What are the words? What sounds do they end with? What letters stand for that sound? Today we are learning about two other sounds that come at the end of words and are spelled with two letters. This is a swing and a skunk. What sound do you hear at the end of swing? Say it with me:: /ng/. The two letters ng stand for the sound /ng/ when they are together. What sound do you hear at the end of skunk? Say it with me: /ngk? The two letters nk stand for the sound /ngk/ when they are together.

ring sank The two letters ng at the end of this word stand for /ng/. This is how I blend this word: /r/ /i/ /n/ /g/, ring. (Repeat with sank) Lets try the same thing with these words. BangMinkHangTankSingJunk Your turn: WinkRangThinkRinkThinglung

High Frequency Words afraidSosurpriseworry Here are some words that we wont sound out. Well spell them. This word is afraid: a, f, r, a, i d, afraid. What is this word? What are the letters in this word? Now you write afraid. Lets look at the sounds in afraid that you do know. What is this letter? (f), What is the sound for this letter? Continue with r, d Tell me a sentence using afraid. Continue with other words

Franklin Chang-Diaz, Astronaut pp Before Reading: p : What is the man in the first picture wearing? A spacesuit is a uniform that a person wears in space. What is the mans job? What is the boy doing in the other pictures? Yes, this boy is pretending to go up in space in a box. p Here are pictures of the same boy and man. Where do you think the man is? What do you think he does there? Yes, astronauts can fly spaceships and fix things on the ship. You will read these words in the selection: During Reading: As we read, ask yourself: What am I learning? What is this mainly about? (Model with 34-37) What is this mainly about so far? Yes, he had a big wish. (Model with 38-41) What more did you learn about Franklin Chang-Diaz? Yes, he got his wish. He learned how to fix things. Now he fixes things in space. Astronautspace

After Reading: What did you learn? What was the selection mainly about? (Model how to summarize) The first four pages were about how Franklin Chang- Diaz had a wish to become an astronaut. The next pages told how he learned to fix things and become an astronaut. I put that all together and pick the most important ideas. The selection is mainly about how Franklin Chang-Diaz became an astronaut.

Shared Writing What was Franklin Chang-Diazs wish? He wanted to____________________. What should you do if you want to be an astronaut? You should__________________.