LEAD21 Unit 3: Community Life Week 1 Day 1

Spelling Words shop rush chip bunch with thin pitch itch thought when

Challenge Words dishwasher marshmallow hopscotch sandwich touchdown kitchen 7.stopwatch 8.another 9.breath 10. clothes

Theme Question: What makes a good community? Is your community big or small? Is it a city or a town? What kinds of buildings, places, jobs, and transportation does your community have? How is your community similar to or different from other nearby communities?

Theme Vocabulary O Resources are things that can be sold or used to make other things. Example: Water and land are important resources for farmers. O Population is the number of people living in a place. Example: The population of the United States is about 300 million people. O Need is to have to have something. Example: People need food in order to stay alive.

Prepare to Read Theme VocabTheme Vocab-resources, population, need A Community Like Mine-nonfiction book about real communities, pages 4-11  A community is a place where people live, work, and do things together. How is the picture like our community?  What do you see? Which are found in our community? How will this chapter help answer the Theme Question: What makes a place good for building a community?

Phonics /ôr/ /ôr/ spelled or, ore, oar, oor, our forcore roar floor your Dora and I went to the sports store. Near the door we saw an oar. We saw four snowboards on the floor.

High Frequency Words: friends, out, tall, walking Decodable Reader #12: “Mack and Nick” Fluency: “This is the Place!” Practice Page 146

Writing– Biography Read Writing Models Chart p “Pierre L’Enfant” O Why is Pierre L’Enfant famous? O What else did you learn about Pierre L’Enfant?

Writing– Write a Biography Characteristics of Good Biography: O Tells about the important events and experiences in another person’s life. O Usually is about a person who is famous or has done something special. O Tells why this person and these events are important. O Tells events in the order in which they happened. O Written in the third person; uses the pronoun he or she.

Early Years Born in France in 1754 Studied art; became architect 1777 Joined American Army Liked George Washington’s ideas 1791 Published plans for design of Washington, D.C Designed buildings, streets, statues 1825 Died Sequence Events