Thursday February 5, 2009 Lesson 20 Day 4

Objective: To listen attentively and respond appropriately to oral communication Question of the Day

How would you describe a city in the morning? On my signal, turn and talk with your partner to complete the following stem I might see ____________in a city in the morning. I might hear ______________.

Objective: To appreciate the rhythm and rhyme of a poem We are going to read a poem today called City. As we read the poem I want for you to look for two things. First, I want you to listen for things that describe a city. Next, I want you to see if you hear any musical words in the poem (words like song, and sings).

City In the morning the city Spreads its wings Making a song In stone that sings. In the evening the city Goes to bed Hanging lights About its head.

Objective: To read high frequency words Word Wall Words holes move place warm over sky other hurry

Objective: To substitute phonemes to say new words Substitution

Let’s change some letters to make new words spill – change /l/ to /n/ and you have spin came – change /a/ to /o/ and you have comb cheese – change /e/ to /o/ and you have chose sound – change /s/ to /f/ and you have found cart – change /ar/ to /or/ and you have court sheep – change /sh/ to /ch/ and you have cheap skit – change /i/ to /a/ and you have skate mind – change /i/ to /ou/ and you have mound

Phonograms are words that have the same endings and rhyme Objective: To read words with phonograms –ay and -ain Phonograms Phonograms are words that have the same endings and rhyme

Words ending in -ay gray clay tray

Words ending in -ain main brain drain

Letters tr st p Phonogram ay ain Words tray train stay stain pay pain

“What a gray day!” said Fay. “We can stay in and paint. We could make things with clay.” “There is no rain yet,” said Ray. “We don’t have to stay in. Let’s go out to play.”

Objective: To spell spelling words and high frequency words. day say play plain rain wait feet me door told 14

Word Blending m ai l r ai l r ai n d ay Objective: To build and blend words with /a/ and other known letter-sounds. Word Blending m ai l r ai l r ai n d ay 15

Word Building d ay s ay p l ay p l ai n r ai n w ai t Objective: To build and blend words with /a/ and other known letter-sounds. Word Building d ay s ay p l ay p l ai n r ai n w ai t 16

Objective: To identify causes and effects Cause and Effect Remember that the effect is what happened in the story and the cause is why it happened

We will read the story of The Little Red Hen We will read the story of The Little Red Hen. As we read the story I want you to listen and see if you can find the cause and effect of this story. What happened when the bread was all baked? Why did this happen?

The Little Red Hen did all the work all by herself. Why did it happen? What happened? Effect The Little Red Hen did all the work all by herself. Why did it happen? Cause Cat, Dog, and Duck would not help.

Robust Vocabulary bitterly dwelling amusement Objective: To develop robust vocabulary by discussing ideas and situations. Robust Vocabulary bitterly dwelling amusement 20

A place that is bitterly cold is very, very cold. Arctic The temperature in the Arctic is bitterly cold. 21

I will say some things. If you think what I say could be bitterly cold then I want you to pretend to shiver, if not do nothing. the Arctic boiling water a freezer a glass of milk a winter ice storm a flower garden

A dwelling is a place where people live. In the rain forest, people might live in a dwelling built on stilts because there is so much water on the ground. 23

If you think the things that I say are dwellings then you should use your hands and arms to make a house. If not do nothing. house igloo tree beach castle river mobile home desert apartment

If you do something for amusement, you do it for fun. In the rain forest, children swim and play under the waterfall for amusement. 25

I will say some things. If you would do these things for amusement, then you should smile and clap your hands. If not do nothing. play video games do homework wash dishes ride a bike clean your room fly a kite go to the park swim in a pool

Description of a Place It names the place. Objective: To write using describing words can tell about taste, smell, sound, and feel Description of a Place It names the place. It tells what you can see, taste, smell, hear, and feel. It helps readers feel as if they are in the place. 27

Descriptive Writing Objective: To write using describing words can tell about taste, smell, sound, and feel Make a new descriptive web or use yesterday’s web to work on your sentence. See Taste Hear Place Feel Smell 28