1. January 26, 2011

2.  Determine vowel digraphs in a word with at least 80% accuracy  Spell new words successfully 8 out of 10 trials  Determine the difference between the parts of speech with at least 80% accuracy  Antonyms, nouns, adjectives  Define unfamiliar words in a story

3.  Which syllable types produce long vowel sounds? Final Silent e and Open syllables  Final Silent e Syllable  It ends with a vowel + consonant + e  The e at the end of the syllable is silent  The pattern occurs at the ends of words or syllables  EXAMPLES: Made, Complete  Open Syllable  It ends with a single vowel grapheme.  It has a long vowel sound  The pattern can occur at the beginning, middle, or end of words  EXAMPLES: Me, I/tem, Po/ta/to

4. Aim, Green, Float, Stain, Need, Sweet, Loan, Toast, Paint Directions: 1. Listen to the words 2. Say each word with the students 3. Sort the words into three columns according to their vowel sounds Aim Green Float Stain Need Sweet Loan Toast Paint Long a sound: ai Long e sound: ee Long o sound: oa

5.  A vowel digraph is made up of two vowel letters that combine to represent a single vowel sound  Ai, Ee, Oa  Please turn to workbook page R4  Locate the long e sound: write see as a cue word  Locate the long a sound: write rain as a cue word  Locate the long o sound: write boat as a cue word

6. Workbook Page R4 see rain boat

7.  Please turn to workbook page 6  Please listen to the word the teacher says  Write it down to the best of your ability  When done with the whole pretest  Please write the correct spelling of the word next to or at the bottom of the page.

8. Workbook Page 6 railroad coaching abroad download speeds against captain keeping curtain freestyle language training rain check entertain nuisance

9.  Please turn to page R45 in your workbook  Check out the spelling words for Unit 19  These words can be difficult to spell  Try to come up with little shortcuts to help you in spelling the word correctly

10. Workbook Page R45

11.  Please turn to hard cover page 5  Take some time to look at the UNIT VOCABULARY  We, as a class, have to:  Identify an unfamiliar words  Define them  Clarify the meaning of any of the unfamiliar words

12.  Antonyms are words that have opposite meanings  What is the opposite of brave ?  What is the opposite of lower ?  What is the opposite of continue ?  What is the opposite of disagree ?  What is the opposite of borrow ? afraid raise wait agree loan

13.  A word line can represent degrees of meaning  Degrees of meaning means that the word as varying, or different, degrees or states  Example: temperature has different degrees, such as cold, chilly, room-temperature, warm, hot  Please turn to page 7 in your workbook for practice on this  Read the words in the Word Bank  Read the topic, or context, above each word line  Sort and record the words on the word line according to their degree of meaning related to the target word speed

14. Workbook Page 7 walkjogrunsprintbolt scootcrawltoddlewalkrun Answers will vary!

15.  Keep your fingers crossed  Keep your shirt on  Idioms are phrases that have a meaning that is not literal  Example: Keep your fingers crossed: means to wish you luck or hope that something happens or doesn’t happen

16.  Words in English have different functions, or jobs  Nouns are words that name people, places, things, or ideas  Adjectives are words that describe nouns

17.  Sometimes the same word can function in different ways in different sentences. It is important to consider context to understand the function of the word.  Please turn to page 8 in your workbook  Read each numbered sentence  Use context to decide if the underlined noun is used as a noun or as an adjective  Put an X in the correct column  Share your answers

18. Workbook Page 8 x x x x x x x x x x x x

19.  Please turn to workbook page 9  Read the first paragraph of “Early Springting: Betty Robinson, Gold Medalist” in your hardcover page 16  Look at each underlined word on workbook page 9 and decide if it is a noun that is used as an adjective  List the nouns used as adjectives on the line provided

20. Workbook Page 9 trackcollegeAmsterdam

21.  Before you read:  What do you know about the Olympic Games?  We will discuss the title of the story.  Read the boldface headings about early Olympic events  Read the opening paragraph and discuss

22.  Please turn to page 9 in your workbook  Look at the bottom part of the page  We will read and scoop the first one together  Review the cueing questions you can use to decide which words go together to form meaningful phrases  Continue reading the remaining sentences in the paragraph independently  Use cueing questions to identify meaningful groups of words  Reread the sentences with proper inflection at the end of the phrases  Example to follow

23. In 1928, an unknown 16 – year – old girl won gold.

24. Workbook Page 9 Answers will vary!

25.  Please turn to workbook page 10  Follow along in the exercise, using context clues to figure out the meaning of the phrase was born as it is used there  Write a definition for the phrase, and a sentence using that definition as a substitute for the phrase

26. Workbook Page 10 happened for the first time Answers will vary! Women’s track and field had entered the Olympic Games.

27.  Please turn to workbook page 11  EXAMPLE:  Betty Robinson was a high school junior. She ran the women’s 100-meter dash. She took first place.  Directions: 1. Identify the pronouns, and circle them 2. Identify the noun that the pronouns represent, underline it 3. Rewrite the last two sentences by combining sentences and replacing the two pronouns with the noun they represent 4. Check that each sentence uses sentence signals- capital letters, commas, and end punctuation

28. Workbook Page 11 She won short races and long races, and freestyle and backstroke. This amazing swimmer became a celebrated athlete.