1. Hottest, Coldest, Highest, Deepest Day 1

2. Hottest, Coldest, Highest, Deepest Author: Steve JenkinsAuthor: Steve Jenkins Genre: Expository NonfictionGenre: Expository Nonfiction Author’s Purpose: InformAuthor’s Purpose: Inform Skill: Compare and ContrastSkill: Compare and Contrast

3. Question of the Week Why do nature's record holders fascinate us?Why do nature's record holders fascinate us?

4. Read Aloud: “Animal Olympics” How do human beings compare to the animals mentioned in the selection?How do human beings compare to the animals mentioned in the selection? Which animal wins the prize for distance swimming?Which animal wins the prize for distance swimming?

5. Mosts Concept Web Listen to this sentence:Listen to this sentence: It has a streamlined shape, like a torpedo. It tucks its long "sail" into a slot in its back.It has a streamlined shape, like a torpedo. It tucks its long "sail" into a slot in its back. “Streamlined” means shaped so as to cause the least possible resistance to motion through air or water. Let’s add it to the web.“Streamlined” means shaped so as to cause the least possible resistance to motion through air or water. Let’s add it to the web.

6. Mosts Concept Web Listen to this sentence:Listen to this sentence: From 50 feet (15 m) or more over the water, these birds plunge headfirst to catch fish.From 50 feet (15 m) or more over the water, these birds plunge headfirst to catch fish. Plunge means to fall or move suddenly downwardPlunge means to fall or move suddenly downward

7. Mosts Concept Web Listen to this sentence:Listen to this sentence: Human weightlifters can lift more than three times their body weight while standing in one spot.Human weightlifters can lift more than three times their body weight while standing in one spot. Weightlifters are people who train their bodies to lift heavy weightsWeightlifters are people who train their bodies to lift heavy weights

8. Comare/Contrast Ask Questions Objectives:Objectives: Understand compare and contrast.Understand compare and contrast. Ask questions to understand and to make comparisons and contrasts.Ask questions to understand and to make comparisons and contrasts.

9. Compare and Contrast When you compare and contrast, you tell how things are alike and different.When you compare and contrast, you tell how things are alike and different. When you read, look for clue words that signal comparisons and contrasts, such as like, both, different, and however.When you read, look for clue words that signal comparisons and contrasts, such as like, both, different, and however.

10. Strategy: Ask Questions Good readers ask themselves questions when they read. Doing this will give you a purpose for reading. As you read, you might ask yourself, “How are these things alike? How are they different? What do I already know about these things?”Good readers ask themselves questions when they read. Doing this will give you a purpose for reading. As you read, you might ask yourself, “How are these things alike? How are they different? What do I already know about these things?”

11. Kindergarteners/Third Graders

13. Rivers Work with a partner and make a list of all of the rivers you can think of.Work with a partner and make a list of all of the rivers you can think of. Let’s add some of them to the web.Let’s add some of them to the web. Which one do you think is the longest?Which one do you think is the longest? Look for the answer as you read the selection.Look for the answer as you read the selection.

14. Vocabulary average depth deserts outrun peak tides waterfalls

15. More Words to Know extremeextreme precipitationprecipitation temperaturetemperature

16. average The quantity found by dividing the sum of all the quantities by the number of quantitiesThe quantity found by dividing the sum of all the quantities by the number of quantities 6 + 3 + 1 + 2 = 126 + 3 + 1 + 2 = 12 12 divided by 4 = 312 divided by 4 = 3

17. depth The distance from the top to the bottomThe distance from the top to the bottom

18. deserts Dry, sandy regions without water and treesDry, sandy regions without water and trees

19. outrun To run faster than someone or something elseTo run faster than someone or something else

20. peak The pointed top of a mountain or hillThe pointed top of a mountain or hill

21. tides The rise and fall of the ocean about every twelve hoursThe rise and fall of the ocean about every twelve hours

22. waterfalls Streams of water that fall from a high placeStreams of water that fall from a high place

23. extreme Much more than usual; very greatMuch more than usual; very great

24. precipitation The water that falls to the earth in the form of rain, snow, sleet, or hailThe water that falls to the earth in the form of rain, snow, sleet, or hail

25. temperature How hot or cold something isHow hot or cold something is

26. We walked through the dry ______ and needed plenty of water to drink.We walked through the dry ______ and needed plenty of water to drink.

27. We walked through the dry deserts and needed plenty of water to drink.We walked through the dry deserts and needed plenty of water to drink.

28. The teacher will ________ the grades at the end of the grading period.The teacher will ________ the grades at the end of the grading period.

29. The teacher will average the grades at the end of the grading period.The teacher will average the grades at the end of the grading period.

30. There was a cave behind the opening to the _____________, and we enjoyed splashing in the water.There was a cave behind the opening to the _____________, and we enjoyed splashing in the water.

31. There was a cave behind the opening to the waterfall, and we enjoyed splashing in the water.There was a cave behind the opening to the waterfall, and we enjoyed splashing in the water.

32. Upon climbing to the _____ of the mountain, we were breathless.Upon climbing to the _____ of the mountain, we were breathless.

33. Upon climbing to the peak of the mountain, we were breathless.Upon climbing to the peak of the mountain, we were breathless.

34. The _______of the ocean are affected by the moon’s gravitational pull.The _______of the ocean are affected by the moon’s gravitational pull.

35. The tides of the ocean are affected by the moon’s gravitational pull.The tides of the ocean are affected by the moon’s gravitational pull.

36. ______ is measured with a thermometer.

37. Temperature is measured with a thermometer.Temperature is measured with a thermometer.

38. The shortest person will ________ the tallest person in the marathon.The shortest person will ________ the tallest person in the marathon.

39. The shortest person will outrun the tallest person in the marathon.The shortest person will outrun the tallest person in the marathon.

40. The swimmer swam to the _____ of the ocean and returned to the surface.The swimmer swam to the _____ of the ocean and returned to the surface.

41. The swimmer swam to the depth of the ocean and returned to the surface.The swimmer swam to the depth of the ocean and returned to the surface.

42. Sometimes _______ circumstances prevent one from doing his best in his work.Sometimes _______ circumstances prevent one from doing his best in his work.

43. Sometimes extreme circumstances prevent one from doing his best in his work.Sometimes extreme circumstances prevent one from doing his best in his work.

44. There will be some form of _________ on the ground in the morning.There will be some form of _________ on the ground in the morning.

45. There will be some form of precipitation on the ground in the morning.There will be some form of precipitation on the ground in the morning.

46. Watch for the word on the screen. Say the word. Clap as you spell the word.Watch for the word on the screen. Say the word. Clap as you spell the word.

47. temperature temperature

48. average

49. depth depth

50. precipitation

51. deserts deserts

52. waterfalls waterfalls

53. tides

54. extreme extreme

55. peak

56. outrun outrun

57. Small Group Read leveled readers.Read leveled readers.

58. Fluency – Silent Reading I’m going to reread aloud "Animal Olympics" on p. 36m, but I’m going to read it silently. A good reader finds a comfortable and quiet place to read.I’m going to reread aloud "Animal Olympics" on p. 36m, but I’m going to read it silently. A good reader finds a comfortable and quiet place to read.p. 36mp. 36m

59. Grammar Day 1

60. Objectives Define and identify subject and object pronouns.Define and identify subject and object pronouns. Use subject and object pronouns in writing.Use subject and object pronouns in writing. Become familiar with pronoun assessment on high-stakes tests.Become familiar with pronoun assessment on high-stakes tests.

61. Daily Fix-it 1.Some of the worst weather in the werld is in antarctica. Some of the worst weather in the world is in Antarctica. 2. The days is freezeing there even in summer. The days are freezing there even in summer.

62. Reading-Grammar Connection They studied the highest mountain in the world, and it amazed them.They studied the highest mountain in the world, and it amazed them. The pronoun they is the subject of the sentence and is a subject pronoun. The pronoun them follows the action verb amazed and is an object pronoun.The pronoun they is the subject of the sentence and is a subject pronoun. The pronoun them follows the action verb amazed and is an object pronoun.

64. Writing Day 1

65. Objectives Identify the characteristics of a description.Identify the characteristics of a description. Write a description of a setting using an engaging style.Write a description of a setting using an engaging style. Focus on word choice.Focus on word choice. Use a rubric.Use a rubric. Genre Description Writer's Craft Style Writing Trait Word Choice

66. Reading-Writing Connection Hottest, Coldest, Highest, Deepest is expository nonfiction.Hottest, Coldest, Highest, Deepest is expository nonfiction. The writer uses vivid words to create sensory details and to describe his personal observations of the unusual settings in Hottest, Coldest, Highest, Deepest.The writer uses vivid words to create sensory details and to describe his personal observations of the unusual settings in Hottest, Coldest, Highest, Deepest. You will describe a setting you have seen using vivid words to create sensory details.You will describe a setting you have seen using vivid words to create sensory details.

67. I see that the writer has described the setting in a story called Saturday Morning in Eastwood. The writer uses vivid verbs and sensory details such as sights, sounds, and smells of the setting. The place of the setting is described in the topic sentence.

68. Spelling Day 1

69. Time for the pre-test!

70. Check your work