1. Growing Up

2. Reinforce the Theme Page 16, The Emperor’s Egg Is this a male or female penguin? What is he/she doing? Why is he/she taking care of the egg? How will he/she take care of it? Activate Prior Knowledge What have you learned so far about penguins? Bird Life Cycles How Penguins Grow and ChangeHow Other Birds Grow and Change The father puts the egg on his feet until it hatches. The mother sits on the eggs in a nest until they hatch. Young penguins must be able to swim to catch food. Other young birds must be able to fly to find food.

3. Reinforce Theme Vocabulary Theme Vocabulary single one and no more shuffle to walk slowly by keeping one’s feet close to the ground

4. Comprehension Strategy Make Connections: Connect text to your own life (text-to-self) Connect to other texts (text-to-text) Connect to outside world (text-to-world)

5. Making Connections Page 17 - Reading about the penguins standing in the snow makes me think of a time I was waiting for a bus on a snowy day. I had to stand there for a long time. My feet felt like blocks of ice. I was very uncomfortable.

6. Prepare to Read Preview and predict Think about the Theme Question: How do living things grow and change? Read pages 18-32 How does the author help you connect with the penguin not having food? What activity does this part remind you of? How does that connection help you understand the text? Why do male and female penguins make a good team?

7. Word Study Prefixes: Sometimes a beginning can be added to a word to change its meaning. pre- “before” in-, im- “not” Underline the base word, circle the prefix and give definition. prepay incorrect impossible imperfect invisible preview

8. High-Frequency Words: been, brother, stronger, year Decodable Reader #22: Clare’s Secret Fluency: “Growing Up” (dialogue) Practice companion p. 108 (phrasing)

9. Characteristics of Persuasive Writing: Good persuasive writing… * Tries to convince readers to do or believe something. * Have a title that grabs readers’ attention. * Uses facts and opinions to convince readers.

10. Traits Focus: Ideas fact A fact is something that actually happened or can be proved true or false. opinion An opinion is a statement that tells someone’s feelings about a subject. It is a personal judgment, view, or idea. It cannot be proven true or false. (Use practice p. 137 to practice)

11. Writing: Persuasive Poster Reread Writing Models Chart 44 (Practice p. 137) Choose a Topic Possible Topics for a Persuasive Poster Do SomethingFeel SomethingBuy Something Join student councilOur school is the bestBake sale items RecycleLearning is importantA lawn mowing service Exercise every dayLibraries are greatSchool T-shirts

12. Generate Ideas: Why People Should Come to the Bake Sale FactsOpinions The money will go to charity.The treats are really good. It will happen during lunch.It’s nice to have a treat with lunch. It’s the last bake sale of the year. Kids shouldn’t miss this.