1. Diary of a Spider
Unit 1: Lesson 4
By Doreen Cronin

2. Skills Diary of a Spider
Comprehension Questions
Author and Illustrator
Vocabulary pg
Spelling
Phonics vowel
Phonics G sounds
Diary of a Sipder pg
A Swallow and a Spider
Context Clues
Cause and Effect
Personification
Reading Response Journal
Nouns pg
Review

4. insects dangerous sticky scare rotten screaming breeze judge
Vocabulary
insects
dangerous
sticky
scare
rotten
screaming
breeze
judge

5. Glossary pg 102-103 insects- bugs with 6 legs dangerous- not safe
scare- frighten
sticky- to cling
rotten- spoiled
screaming- to yell
breeze- wind
judge- to decide

6. Comprehension Questions
Find the text evidence! What page are you on?
How do good friends act?
What drill does the class practice? Why?
Why does spider make flashcards?
What happens when Fly plays at Spider’s house?
What happens on June 5th?
What does grandpa do that makes him seem
like a person?

7. Reading Response Journal
T- turn it around
A- answer the question
G- give details
Make sure your use TAG!
How do good friends act?
Write a diary entry on your day.

8. Spelling
1. doze cute
2. nose woke
3. use mule
4. rose rode
5. pole role
6. close tune

9. Spelling Practice Step Spelling Type Spelling White board Spelling
Rainbow Spelling
Hilite Spelling
ABC Spelling

10. Spelling Review
Tic Tac Spelling
Mix Up
Spelling Circles
Team Race
Baseball
Shaving Cream
Terminator
SpellingCity
Four boxes
Sparkle

11. Review

12. Swat dangerous insects sticky rotten judge screaming breeze scare
Listen for the clue, and then swat the correct vocabulary word.
dangerous
insects
sticky
rotten
judge
screaming
breeze
scare

13. Phonics Long o and u sounds
The silent e on the end bites the vowel and makes it say its name
o- doze, rose, complete, woke…
u- use, fuse, cute, mule…

14. Phonics Find
doze hand run rest rose left use cute woke rode dog mute team sad hill tune close role nose drove sew pole fan cat

15. Phonics Sort
Thumbs up when you finish!

16. G sounds
Soft G makes a J sound

17. Context Clues

19. Personification

21. Nouns Noun song Noun song Noun song Webs ABC categories Flocabulary
Jump start
Noun song
School House Rock
Noun song
Flocabulary
Webs
ABC categories