1. Lost and Found
Day 1

2. My Dog Ate My Homework
I am going to read aloud a story about a boy who has many adventures while trying to get back his lost homework.
Have you ever heard the excuse “the dog ate my homework” (usually it is a made-up excuse, but in this story it turns out to be true)

3. Comprehension How does the boy first lose his homework?
Who is the first person to help the boy?
What happens after the boy rows out to the boat?
Why does each person help the boy when he asks for help?

4. Journal Activity:
What might you find in a lost and found?

5. Reading, writing, listening, & speaking!
It’s time for . . .
These are words . . .
We use them for . . .
Vocabulary
we want to know
Reading, writing, listening, & speaking!

6. Vocabulary
directions: lines or paths along which someone or something goes, lies, or points.

7. rumpled: wrinkled or creased

8. situations: set of conditions at certain moments in time.

9. unusual: not usual, common, or ordinary

10. visible: able to be seen

11. worried: concerned or anxious

12. I can summarize the important parts in my own words.
Take a look at the pictures of this story and make predictions about what will happen to help you understand.

13. Sequence of Events
Sequence of events is the order in which story events take place.
Paying attention to the sequence of events helps a reader understand a story.
Key words: then, first, and next

14. Event Map
PB pg. 48
Pages 94-95
Wendell and Floyd are at the principal’s office. Then Mona enters and says
Mona leans so far into the bin that only her feet are showing.
A moment later,
The boys
The children see a sign to the Hat Room, so they follow a
passageway to
The children come to a hallway lined with doors. Finally, Mona opens
one last door and finds
she wants to look in the Lost and Found for her lucky hat.
Pages 96
she disappears.
Pages 98-99
climb into the Lost and Found bin to find Mona.
Pages 102
a cave, a lake, a suit of armor, and a boat.
Pages
the Hat Room.

15. Parts of a Dictionary TE pg. 121 G
Pronunciation symbols
Entry words in alphabetical order
Other sections of a dictionary
Other forms of the entry word
Most common definition

17. You are Great Readers!

18. Lost and Found
Day 2

19. Reading, writing, listening, & speaking!
It’s time for . . .
These are words . . .
We use them for . . .
Vocabulary
we want to know
Reading, writing, listening, & speaking!

20. Vocabulary
directions: lines or paths along which someone or something goes, lies, or points.

21. rumpled: wrinkled or creased

23. Sequence of Events
Sequence of events is the order in which story events take place.
Paying attention to the sequence of events helps a reader understand a story.
Key words: then, first, and next

24. Sequence of Events
Put these events in order. (Use page for help)
Mona reaches into her purse for a tissue.
Wendell’s tassel tickles his nose.
Mona finds her lucky hat.
The boys start trying on hats.
Wendell picks a burgundy fez as his lucky hat.

25. Alphabetical Order

26. Inflected Endings
-ed and –ing are endings that can be added to base words.
They usually appear at the end of verbs (action words).
The –ed ending usually means the action happened in the past.
The –ing ending usually means the action is happening in the present.
When a base word ends with a vowel and a consonant , double the consonant.
flip=flipped=flipping

27. Base Word
Using your white board write the words circling the base words.
entered glanced
changing popped

28. You are Great Readers!

29. Lost and Found
Day 3

30. Reading, writing, listening, & speaking!
It’s time for . . .
These are words . . .
We use them for . . .
Vocabulary
we want to know
Reading, writing, listening, & speaking!

31. situations: set of conditions at certain moments in time.

32. unusual: not usual, common, or ordinary

34. Inflected Endings
I plan a trip. I am planning a trip. I planned the trip a week ago. I stir the soup. I am stirring the soup. I stirred the soup while it was on the stove.
TE pg. R18

35. Take out your white board and you will be identifying and writing the base word of these words.

36. trapped

37. pointed

38. winding

39. trying

40. popped

41. Partner Read Lost and Found
2. When finished do Off to Adventure! Packet pg. 52

42. You are Great Readers!

43. Lost and Found
Day 4

44. Reading, writing, listening, & speaking!
It’s time for . . .
These are words . . .
We use them for . . .
Vocabulary
we want to know
Reading, writing, listening, & speaking!

45. visible: able to be seen

46. worried: concerned or anxious

47. Review Lost and Found
Listen to c.d. of Lost and Found
Play Jeopardy