1. Articles and Comparative & Superlative
Day 1
Adjectives
Articles and Comparative & Superlative
Editing Invitation

2. Invitation to Notice & Imitate
Day 1
For instance, if you looked at your elderly aunt Edith choking on a piece of steak from an all-you-can-eat buffet and you told yourself, Man, I sure hope she’d not choking, you would waste several lifesaving, Heimlich maneuver-performing seconds.
Articles
Excerpt from Flora & Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo (pg. 33)

3. Invitation to Notice & Imitate
Day 1
Articles
The adjectives a, an, and the are called articles.
The article a comes before singular words that begin with consonant sounds and singular words that begin with the long u sound.
a shooting star a unique constellation
The article an comes before singular words that begin with any vowel sounds except for long u
an astronaut an unusual outfit

4. Invitation to Notice & Imitate
Day 1
Comparative & Superlative
And you probably know that Paul was taller than a redwood tree, stronger than fifty grizzly bears, and smarter than a library full of books.
The best thing about camping is sleeping outdoors, and the worst thing is not having enough hot water.

5. Invitation to Notice & Imitate
Day 1
Comparative & Superlative
Comparative Adjectives
compares a noun with another noun
Rover is smarter than my dog, Daisy.
He is also more curious than Daisy is.
Superlative Adjectives
compares a noun with two or more other nouns
Rover is the smartest animal I have ever known.
He is the most curious animal in town.

6. Articles and Comparative & Superlative
Day 2
Adjectives
Articles and Comparative & Superlative
Editing Invitation

7. Invitation to Notice & Imitate
Day 2
Comparative & Superlative
And you probably know that Paul was taller than a redwood tree, stronger than fifty grizzly bears, and smarter than a library full of books.
Give it a try…
Paul was _________ than a _______...
Share Time!
Let’s hear some comparative adjectives!
Check your writing for a time you used an article…make sure you used the correct article.
Check with a partner to make sure they used the correct article
Share Time!
Let’s hear some sentences with articles!

8. Articles and Comparative & Superlative
Day 3
Adjectives
Articles and Comparative & Superlative
Editing Invitation

9. Test Talk: We Try It Together
Day 3
Carlin wrote a story about a time when he was surprised. Read Carlin’s paper and think about the corrections he needs to make.
(13) Mom entered the kitchen with my younger brother. (14) She informed me that school was cancelled today because of the snow. (15) All of us were eager to go out to play, so we munched an quick breakfast and got dressed. (16) We put on our warmer coats, scarves, and hats, and took the gloves out from the bottom of our drawers. (17) Then we moved outside to play in the fresh snow. (18) We made snowballs, a snow person, and a enormous snow fort. (19) It was a really fun way to spend the day. (20) The snow was the bestest surprise ever! 1 What change, if any, should be made in sentence 15? A Change were to was B Change dressed to dresed C Change an to a D Make no change
The Best Surprise from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

10. Test Talk: We Try It Together
Day 3
(13) Mom entered the kitchen with my younger brother. (14) She informed me that school was cancelled today because of the snow. (15) All of us were eager to go out to play, so we munched an quick breakfast and got dressed. (16) We put on our warmer coats, scarves, and hats and took the gloves out from the bottom of our drawers. (17) Then we moved outside to play in the fresh snow. (18) We made snowballs, a snow person, and a enormous snow fort. (19) It was a really fun way to spend the day. (20) The snow was the bestest surprise ever!
2 What change, if any, should be made in sentence 16?
A Change scarves to scarfes
B Change warmer to warmest
C Delete the comma after coats
D Make no change
The Best Surprise from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

11. Articles and Comparative & Superlative
Day 4
Adjectives
Articles and Comparative & Superlative
Editing Invitation

12. The Best Surprise from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Test Talk: I Try It!
Day 4
Carlin wrote a story about a time when he was surprised. Read Carlin’s paper and think about the corrections he needs to make.
(13) Mom entered the kitchen with my younger brother. (14) She informed me that school was cancelled today because of the snow. (15) All of us were eager to go out to play, so we munched an quick breakfast and got dressed. (16) We put on our warmer coats, scarves, and hats and took the gloves out from the bottom of our drawers. (17) Then we moved outside to play in the fresh snow. (18) We made snowballs, a snow person, and a enormous snow fort. (19) It was a really fun way to spend the day. (20) The snow was the bestest surprise ever!
3 What change, if any, should be made in sentence 18?
A Change a to an
B Change made to will make
C Delete the comma after snowballs
D Make no change
The Best Surprise from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

13. The Best Surprise from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Test Talk: I Try It!
Day 3
(13) Mom entered the kitchen with my younger brother. (14) She informed me that school was cancelled today because of the snow. (15) All of us were eager to go out to play, so we munched an quick breakfast and got dressed. (16) We put on our warmer coats, scarves, and hats and took the gloves out from the bottom of our drawers. (17) Then we moved outside to play in the fresh snow. (18) We made snowballs, a snow person, and a enormous snow fort. (19) It was a really fun way to spend the day. (20) The snow was the bestest surprise ever!
4 What change, if any, should be made in sentence 20?
A Change the exclamation mark to a question mark
B Change surprise to suprise
C Change bestest to best
D Make no change
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