Anansi Goes Fishing Day 1 Interactive Digital Path

BIG Question of the Unit What does it mean to be creative?

Question of the Week

Build Concepts This week, we will talk, sing, write, and read about solving problems.

Anchored Talk How can creative thinking solve a problem? Pages:

This week, we’ll read about the spider Anansi. He wants to catch a fish to eat.

Meet Our Amazing Words! consume prey shrewd

Amazing Words Listen for these Amazing Words: consume prey shrewd

Amazing Words consume con-sume When you consume something you eat it or use it all up.

Fish must know their surroundings or they could end up consumed.

Our family consumed a huge bowl of popcorn while we played a game.

Large trucks consume gas quickly. Name something you like to consume.

prey Prey is an animal often hunted by another animal for food.

Small fish are often the prey of larger fish. A wild pig is often the prey of tigers. What is the prey of cats?

shrewd Someone or something shrewd is very clever and smart.

Wolves are shrewd hunters. The detective made a shrewd plan to catch the thief.

_____ consume many ____. _______ see fish as prey. Always be shrewd about ___________.

Academic Vocabulary compare and contrast folk tale verbs for past, present, and future What do you know about this week’s academic vocabulary?

Phonemic Awareness Segment and Count Phonemes Pages Let’s Listen For...

Phonemic Awareness What are some compound words in the picture? A compound word is made up of two smaller words.

Phonemic Awareness What words make up the compound word? flagpole

Phonemic Awareness What words make up the compound word? bathrobe What sounds do you hear in bath and robe? /b/ /a/ /th/ /r/ /o/ /b/

Phonemic Awareness flag Listen as I say the sounds of a word and then count them. How many sounds are in flag? 4 /f/ /l/ /a/ /g/

Phonemic Awareness tree backpack tiger bridge bird vines Listen as I say the sounds of a word and then count them.

Phonics - Teach/Model Compound Words sail boat Today we’ll learn about combining two words like sail and boat to make a compound word. sailboat

Phonics - Teach/Model A compound word is a word made up of two or more shorter words. foot ball sail boat

Phonics - Teach/Model Compound Words headband pancake sandbox handshake rainstorm backpack homeland birthday seasick sandpaper

Phonics - Build Fluency Page Find the football. Football is a compound word. What two shorter words do you see in football?

Phonics - Build Fluency football When I see a compound word I read each shorter word and say the two words together.

Reader’s & Writer’s Notebook p. 217

Monitor Progress suntanheadlinegoldfish snowflakebathtubstarfish landlordbackyardbirdbath herselfrailroadweekend paycheckseacoastladybug Day 1 Anansi

Spelling Words 1. basketball 2. someone 3. weekend 4. something 5. birthday 6. riverbank 7. bathtub 8. backyard 9. driveway 10. bedtime 11. raindrop 12. mailbox

Challenge Words grandparent earthquake rattlesnake

Compound Word Riddle.... Where do cars go when it gets hot? to a carpool

High Frequency Words been believe caught finally today tomorrow whatever Let’s read and spell each word!

Listening Comprehension: Compare and Contrast What does it mean to compare? We tell how two or more things are alike or different.

Listening Comprehension: Compare and Contrast What does it mean to contrast? We only tell how two or more things are different.

Listening Comprehension: Compare and Contrast Today we will read about two spiders.

Listening Comprehension: Compare and Contrast As we read “Dinner for a Spider” We will compare and contrast using a Venn Diagram.

Conventions: Verbs for Past, Present, and Future Verbs can tell when action happens.

Some verbs tell what happens now. Some verbs tell what happened in the past. Some verbs tell what will happen in the future.

Conventions: Verbs for Past, Present, and Future

invents = present sprinkles = present

added = past will use = future

Conventions: Verbs for Past, Present, and Future 1. A woman ___ her dog now. 2. I ___ in a ball game last Saturday. 3. My brother ___ on stage next week.

Writing: Narrative Poem - Introduce This week you will write a narrative poem. What is a poem?

Roses are red, Violets are blue. Sugar is sweet, and so are you! (a classic!)

On Monday we’ll take a test. The rest of the week, we shall rest!

Jack and Jill Went up the hill to fetch some Lindor Truffles. Jack fell down and broke his crown, and Jill wrinkled her ruffles! (You’ve never heard of this one....)

Homework can put me in a tizzy. It can also make me feel real dizzy!

A poem is a piece of writing that expresses a writer’s feelings or imagination.

words that appeal to the senses the last words in some lines rhyme Poems often have...

A narrative poem is a poem that tells a story. What topic will you write about this week?

Writing Prompt: Think about how creative thinking can solve a problem. Now write a narrative poem in which someone solves a problem.

Let’s listen to some narrative poems and learn about the Key Features of a narrative poem. Reader’s & Writer’s Notebook p. 220

Key Features of a Narrative Poem: has well-chosen words arranged in lines tells a brief story may have rhyming words

Wrap Up Your Day Phonics: basketball What are the two words within this compound word? Build Concepts: In what creative way did the spider in “Dinner for a Spider” solve the problem of getting food?