2. Theme 6: Talent Show

3. Selection 3 Title: The School Mural Author: Sarah Vazquez Illustrator: Melinda Levine

4. Genre: Realistic Fiction realistic characters and events come to life in a fictional plot.

5. Comprehension Strategy: Question to figure out what part you did not understand.

6. Comprehension Skill: Problem Solving Characters in stories often have problems to solve and may have to try more than just one way to solve them

7. Comprehension Skill Review: Information and Study Skills: Chapter Titles and Headings

8. Phonics: Endings –ed, -ing hoped = hope + ed hoping= hope + ing traded = trade + ed trading = trade + ing

9. Phonics review: Long i (igh, ie) Word night high light sky fly try dry find mind eye* buy* why flight my reply fit fight sit sight fighter highlight frightful dried fries replied

10. Spelling Focus: More Words With –ed or -ing liked hoping baked using chased making closed hiding named riding Review: Challenge: time teasing sleep decided

11. Key Vocabulary: event- something that takes place; an occurrence mural- a very large painting on a wall pride- the feeling that comes when one is proud of something

12. event- something that takes place; an occurrence

13. mural- a very large painting on a wall

14. pride- the feeling that comes when one is proud of something

15. Other Vocabulary: project- a large assignment That usually takes more than one day to complete scene- something that can be seen; picture or view sketches- drawings that are completed quickly and with few details

16. project- a large assignment That usually takes more than one day to complete

17. scene- something that can be seen; picture or view

18. sketches- drawings that are completed quickly and with few details

19. Other Vocabulary: banner- a long piece of piece of cloth or paper, usually with words and/or pictures bookmark- an object placed between the pages of a book to indicate where a reader stopped reading or to mark a favorite part

20. banner- a long piece of cloth or paper, usually with words and/or pictures

21. bookmark- an object placed between the pages of a book to indicate where a reader stopped reading or to mark a favorite part

22. Other Vocabulary: local- having to do with a small area such as a town or neighborhood splattered- splashed reporter- a person who gathers news and writes for a newspaper

23. local- having to do with a small area such as a town or neighborhood

24. splattered- splashed

25. reporter- a person who gathers news and writes for a newspaper

26. Other Vocabulary: hobby- something that people like to do in their free time, such as drawing, reading or playing music

27. hobby- something that people like to do in their free time, such as drawing, reading or playing music

28. Vocabulary Skills: Using Context

29. High-Frequency Words: below neighbor should

30. High-Frequency Review: alphabet board child gold heart heavy mind woman

31. Grammar Skills: Comparing With Adjectives Add –er to adjectives to compare two people or things. Add –est to compare more than two people or things.

32. Writing: A Comparison/Contrast Paragraph Giving Examples

33. I Reading Books: 65 Phonics Library: Will Holly Sing? Fright Night by Anne Walker