1. THEME: Neighborhoods and Communities
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Treasures Unit 2 Week 3: Coasting to California
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2. Write on Demand: Expository
Writing
When you take a test, you may be asked to write to a prompt.
A prompt introduces information about a topic, and then provides instructions about a specific writing assignment.
W3.2.2 Write descriptions that use concrete sensory details to present and support unified
impressions of people, places, things, or experiences.
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3. Write on Demand: Expository
Writing
Most prompts are expository or narrative.
Expository prompts ask you to explain something.
Narrative prompts ask you to tell a story.
W3.2.2 Write descriptions that use concrete sensory details to present and support unified
impressions of people, places, things, or experiences.
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4. Write on Demand: Expository
Writing
Before you begin writing, ask yourself these questions:
Is the prompt expository or narrative?
What is the purpose of the writing? What is the actual assignment?
Does the prompt call for a specific form or format?
W3.2.2 Write descriptions that use concrete sensory details to present and support unified
impressions of people, places, things, or experiences.
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5. Write on Demand: Expository
Writing
Let’s look at page 220 in our textbook.
You will write on demand for 8 minutes.
W3.2.2 Write descriptions that use concrete sensory details to present and support unified
impressions of people, places, things, or experiences.
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6. Writing Skill: Expository Description
Conversation – No. Please work quietly.
Help – Raise your hand if you need help.
Activity – Write on demand for 8 minutes. Remember to focus on a setting, a moment, or an object. Also, show, not tell by using descriptive sensory details.
Movement – Stay in your seat.
Participation – I know you are on-task if I see you writing quietly.
WA2.1 Develop plot with well chosen details.
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7. Daily Language Activities
Writing
I do not want mouses in my house.
That is the trooth
Do like deers outside it?
LC1.1 Complete Sentences.
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8. Grammar: Irregular Plural Nouns
Writing
Some nouns have special plural forms.
They do not add –s or –es to form a plural.
Their spelling may or may not change!
LC3.1.2 Subject and verb agreement.
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9. Grammar: Irregular Plural Nouns
Writing
Proofread
Look at the deers in my yard.
Brush your teeths every day.
Those three mooses are very big.
We saw two sheeps and three mouses on the farm.
LC3.1.2 Subject and verb agreement.
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10. Grammar: Irregular Plural Nouns
Writing
Let’s do Practice Book, page 105.
We will do a little bit and finish the rest during IWT.
LC3.1.2 Subject and verb agreement.
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11. “A Treat of a Street”
Oral Language
Focus Question: Do you think it was important to save Olvera Street?
R3.3.1 Distinguish common forms of literature.
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12. Vocabulary: Connect to Words
Word Study
Complete these sentence stems:
Immigrants are people who…
In a ____, there are many different communities.
In my family’s culture, ….
A long time ago, settlers established…
In my house, a traditional meal includes…
R1.4 Vocabulary – Use antonyms, synonyms to determine meanings.
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13. Prefixes: Anti- The prefix anti- means “against” or “opposed to”
Word Study
The prefix anti- means “against” or “opposed to”
Anti-immigration
Anti-slavery
Anticrime
Anti-aging
antifreeze
Let’s add the prefix anti- to our
Writer’s Notebooks.
R3.1.8 Use knowledge of prefixes and suffixes to determine the meaning of words.
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14. Suffixes: -ion The suffix –ion means “the result of” or “the act of”
Word Study
The suffix –ion means “the result of” or “the act of”
Invention
Subtraction
Collection
concentration
Let’s add the suffix –ion to our
Writer’s Notebooks.
R3.1.8 Use knowledge of prefixes and suffixes to determine the meaning of words.
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15. Spelling: Proofread and Write
Word Study
Circle each misspelled word and write the word correctly.
The boys trew balls at the skreens.
He scrabs the streats.
We heard threigh screems.
The throan was scrached.
The sprey was pretty stroung.
LC3.1.8 Spell correctly one-syllable words.
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16. Spelling: Proofread and Write
Word Study
Practice Book, page 103.
Let’s do some together.
Finish the rest during IWT.
LC3.1.8 Spell correctly one-syllable words.
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17. Show What You Know: A Treat of a Street
Reading Comprehension
Author and Me Test-taking Strategy
Answers are not always directly stated in the text.
Authors provide clues that can help you answer a text question.
Combine your knowledge with what the author has provided to help you figure out the answer.
R3.2.3 Demonstrate comprehension by identifying answers in the test.
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18. Show What You Know: A Treat of a Street
Reading Comprehension
Author and Me Test-taking Strategy
Let’s practice the Author and Me strategy by doing pages
R3.2.3 Demonstrate comprehension by identifying answers in the test.
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19. Reread for Fluency: Pronunciation and phrasing
Oral Language
Pronounce the words clearly so listeners will understand and enjoy what you are reading.
Pause at the commas.
Stop at the period.
I will listen for your pronunciation and phrasing this week.
R3.1.3 Read aloud narrative and expository text fluently and accurately.
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20. Reread for Fluency: Pronunciation and phrasing
Oral Language
Let’s practice using Practice Book, page 98.
R3.1.3 Read aloud narrative and expository text fluently and accurately.
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21. Word Squares Word Study The word
Your own definitions of the world and any related words, synonyms, words with the same base word
Simple illustration
Nonexamples and antonyms
R1.4 Vocabulary – Use antonyms, synonyms to determine meanings.
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22. Independent Workshop Time (IWT)
Students will work independently.
By yourself
With a partner
In a group
Or with the teacher.
RC1.0 Reading Comprehension
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23. Independent Workshop Time (IWT)
Green Go Time
DO NOT DISTURB THE TEACHER.
When you are done, read a book from inside your desk.
RC1.0 Reading Comprehension
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24. Rotation/Independent Workshop Time (IWT)
MUST DO
Vocabulary, Practice Book, page 95 and 101
Main Ideas and Details, Practice Book pg 96 and 97
Spelling, Practice Book pg 94, 102, and 103
Irregular Plural Nouns, Practice Book page 104, 105
Word Squares, Finish the rest of your word squares.
RC1.0 Reading Comprehension
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