1. Text: Song and Dance Man
Week 2 Day 1
Text: Song and Dance Man
Reminisce
think or talk about events in the past

2. Text: Song and Dance Man
Week 2 Day 1
Text: Song and Dance Man
Reminisce
think or talk about events in the past
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We reminisce about pleasant memories from our past
THINK, PAIR, SHARE:
What is something pleasant in your past that you reminisce about with
your family or friends?

3. Text: Song and Dance Man
Week 2 Day 1
Text: Song and Dance Man
Reminisce
think or talk about events in the past
THINK, PAIR, SHARE:
Prompt: I reminisce about…
What’s the new word we are learning that means “think or talk about
events in the past”?

4. Text: Song and Dance Man
Week 2 Day 1
Text: Song and Dance Man
Trim
decorate or add ornaments to something

5. Text: Song and Dance Man
Week 2 Day 1
Text: Song and Dance Man
Trim
decorate or add ornaments to something
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Grandpa’s old trunk is trimmed

6. Text: Song and Dance Man
Week 2 Day 1
Text: Song and Dance Man
Trim
decorate or add ornaments to something
THINK, PAIR, SHARE:
What might you do to trim the edges of your friend’s birthday card?
Prompt 1: To trim the edges of the card, I might . . .

7. Text: Song and Dance Man
Week 2 Day 1
Text: Song and Dance Man
Trim
decorate or add ornaments to something
Multiple Meaning Words- Some words have more than one meaning. The meanings may be very different.
What else do you know about the word trim?
PROMPT 2: “I think trim also means . . .”

8. Text: Song and Dance Man
Week 2 Day 1
Text: Song and Dance Man
Trim
decorate or add ornaments to something; cut or clip something to make it tidy or
make it fit
What do you do when you trim hair or trim grass?
PROMPT 3: “When you trim [hair/grass], you . . .
What’s the new word we are learning that means “decorate or add
ornaments to something” or “cut or clip something to make it tidy or
make it fit”?

9. Text: Song and Dance Man
Week 2 Day 1
Text: Song and Dance Man
Transform
change completely

10. Text: Song and Dance Man
Week 2 Day 1
Text: Song and Dance Man
Transform
change completely
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Synonyms:
Words that mean the same thing or almost the same thing
Ex. Change and transform

11. Text: Song and Dance Man
Week 2 Day 1
Text: Song and Dance Man
Transform
change completely
THINK, PAIR, SHARE:
If you could transform into something or someone else, what would it
be? Why?
PROMPT 1: “I would transform into a [bird] because . . .”
What’s the new word we are learning that means “change completely”?

12. Text: Song and Dance Man
Week 2 Day 1
Text: Song and Dance Man
Trim
decorate or add ornaments to something; cut or clip something to make it tidy or make it fit
Scenario 1: Mrs. Temple wanted her daughter’s wedding dress to be special, so she
trimmed the sleeves and hem of the dress with beautiful white lace
Does trim mean “decorate or add ornaments to something” or “cut or clip
something to make it tidy or make it fit”? Why? Turn to your partner
PROMPT: “Trim means [decorate or add ornaments to something]
because . . .
Scenario 2: Mr. Juarez looked around his yard. “My goodness,” he thought. “The apple
tree has grown too tall. It’s time to trim it.
Does trim mean “decorate or add ornaments to something” or “cut or clip
something to make it tidy or make it fit”? Why? Turn to your partner
PROMPT: “Trim means [decorate or add ornaments to something]
because . . .

13. Text: Song and Dance Man
Week 2 Day 2
Text: Song and Dance Man
reminisce
trim
transform
THINK, PAIR, SHARE:
With whom do you like to reminisce? Why do you like to reminisce with
that person?
PROMPT 1: I like to reminisce with ___________ because…

14. Text: Song and Dance Man
Week 2 Day 2
Text: Song and Dance Man
reminisce
trim
transform
THINK, PAIR, SHARE:
What might you use to trim weeds? Why?
PROMPT 2: To trim weeds, I might use . . .

15. Text: Song and Dance Man
Week 2 Day 2
Text: Song and Dance Man
reminisce
trim
transform
THINK, PAIR, SHARE:
If you wanted to transform the appearance of your bedroom, what might
you do?
PROMPT 3: “I might transform the appearance of my bedroom by . . .

16. Text: Song and Dance Man
Week 2 Day 2
Text: Song and Dance Man
reminisce
trim
transform
“DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?”:
Scenario 1: Next week is Tim’s birthday, and he is planning to have a party. He calls his friends to reminisce about all the fun they will have at the party
Does the word reminisce make sense in the scenario? Why do you think that?
PROMPT 4: “The word reminisce [does/does not] make sense because…

17. Text: Song and Dance Man
Week 2 Day 2
Text: Song and Dance Man
reminisce
trim
transform
“DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?”:
Scenario 2: The students in Mrs. Keene’s class decide to make a Thanksgiving bulletin board. They trim the bulletin board with drawings of pumpkins and turkeys.
Does the word trim make sense in the scenario? Why do you think that?
PROMPT 5: The word trim [does/does not] make sense because . . .

18. Text: Song and Dance Man
Week 2 Day 2
Text: Song and Dance Man
reminisce
trim
transform
“DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?”:
Scenario 3: Ramon worked hard on his yard. What was once dry, bare earth became a beautiful garden filled with colorful flowers. When his neighbors walk by, they tell him, “You’ve done a wonderful job, Ramon. Your yard is transformed.”
Does the word transform make sense in the scenario? Why do you think that?
PROMPT 6: “The word transform [does/does not] make sense because . . .

19. Text: Song and Dance Man
Week 2 Day 3
Text: Song and Dance Man
sidesplitting
extremely funny

20. Text: Song and Dance Man
Week 2 Day 3
Text: Song and Dance Man
sidesplitting
extremely funny
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Idiom- an expression or phrase that means something
different from what it appears to mean
get-up-and-go
sidesplitting

21. Text: Song and Dance Man
Week 2 Day 3
Text: Song and Dance Man
sidesplitting
extremely funny
THINK, PAIR, SHARE:
When have you seen or heard something sidesplitting, or something so
funny that you laughed really, really hard?
PROMPT 1: “It was sidesplitting when . . .
What’s the new idiom we are learning that means “extremely funny?

22. Text: Song and Dance Man
Week 2 Day 3
Text: Song and Dance Man
enthusiastic
excited about something or interested in it

23. Text: Song and Dance Man
Week 2 Day 3
Text: Song and Dance Man
enthusiastic
excited about something or interested in it
Page (Song and Dance Man)
What are the children doing that shows they are enthusiastic, or excited,
about Grandpa’s performance?
PROMPT 1: “The children show they are enthusiastic by . . .

24. Text: Song and Dance Man
Week 2 Day 3
Text: Song and Dance Man
enthusiastic
excited about something or interested in it
What is something you are enthusiastic about? What do you do that shows
you are enthusiastic?
PROMPT 2: “I am enthusiastic about [baseball]. I show I am
enthusiastic by [playing baseball with my friends and watching baseball games on TV].
What’s the new word we are learning that means “feeling excited about or
interested in something”

25. Text: Song and Dance Man
Week 2 Day 3
Text: Song and Dance Man
adore
love or be very fond of someone or something

26. Text: Song and Dance Man
Week 2 Day 3
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adore
love or be very fond of someone or something
Page (Song and Dance Man)
Grandpa adores his grandchildren and they adore him

27. Text: Song and Dance Man
Week 2 Day 3
Text: Song and Dance Man
adore
love or be very fond of someone or something
Who is someone you adore? Why?
PROMPT 1: “I adore [my mother] because . . .
What is something you adore? Why?
PROMPT 2: “I adore [pizza] because . . .”
What’s the new word we are learning that means “love or be very fond of
someone or something”?

28. Text: Song and Dance Man
Week 2 Day 4
Text: Song and Dance Man
sidesplitting
enthusiastic
adore
THINK, PAIR, SHARE:
Would you find it sidesplitting if someone you adored slipped on the ice
and fell? Why?
PROMPT 1: “I [would/would not] find it sidesplitting if someone I adored slipped and fell because . . .”
Would you be enthusiastic about going to a place you adore? Why?
PROMPT 2: “I [would/would not] be enthusiastic about going to a place I
adore because . . .”

29. Text: Song and Dance Man
Week 2 Day 4
Text: Song and Dance Man
sidesplitting
enthusiastic
adore
“WHICH WORD GOES WITH?”:
Which of yesterday’s words do you think goes with fun? Why do you
think that?
PROMPT 3: “I think [_________] goes with fun because . . .
Which of yesterday’s words do you think goes with friend? Why do you
think that?
PROMPT 4: “I think [_________] goes with friend because . . .”
Which of yesterday’s words do you think goes with play? Why do you think that?
PROMPT 5: “I think [________] goes with play because . . .”

30. Text: A Bad Case of Stripes and The Old Woman Who Named Things
Week 2 Day 5
Text: A Bad Case of Stripes and The Old Woman Who Named Things
bizarre
effective
get-up-and-go
ineffective
sag
Review: “What do you know about…”
The word bizarre?
The word effective?
The word get-up-and-go?
The word ineffective?
The word sag?

31. Text: A Bad Case of Stripes and The Old Woman Who Named Things
Week 2 Day 5
Text: A Bad Case of Stripes and The Old Woman Who Named Things
bizarre
effective
get-up-and-go
ineffective
sag
WOULD YOU…
Would you think it was bizarre if a friend wore a pair of pants that
sagged? Why?
PROMPT 1: “I [would/would not] think it was bizarre if a friend wore a
pair of pants that sagged because . . .”
Would you say that an effective way to fix a sagging mattress is to put a board under it? Why?
PROMPT 2: “I [would/would not] say that an effective way to fix a sagging mattress is to put a board under it because . . .”

32. Text: A Bad Case of Stripes and The Old Woman Who Named Things
Week 2 Day 5
Text: A Bad Case of Stripes and The Old Woman Who Named Things
bizarre
effective
get-up-and-go
ineffective
sag
WOULD YOU…
Would you say that doing bizarre things is an ineffective way to make
friends? Why?
PROMPT 3: “I [would/would not] say that doing bizarre things is an
ineffective way to make friends because . . .”
Would you say that eating a good breakfast is an effective way to have get-up-and-go in the morning? Why?
PROMPT 4: “I [would/would not] say that eating a good breakfast is an
effective way to have get-up-and-go in the morning because . . .