1. Unit 3: Community Life Week 1 Day 2

2. Activate Prior Knowledge Why might people like a community and want to move there? What things does a community need to have? How does a community change when more people move there?

3. Reinforce Theme Vocabulary resources – things that can be sold or used to make other things population – the number of people living in a place need- to have to have something

4. Ask and Answer Questions - Readers can ask and answer questions before, during, and after reading. O You can ask questions if you are confused, to find information, or to deepen your understanding of a text. O Sometimes you’ll find answers by rereading or reading on, and other times you’ll have to think on your own.

5. Ask and Answer Questions O Refer to page 6-7 of A Community Like Mine QuestionsAnswers Is the water in the photo on page 6 a lake or an ocean? an ocean Why do towns start by the ocean? can fish in the water can get there by boat Read aloud page 10 and record.

6. Prepare to Read How are small towns and large cities alike and different? What do you predict will happen in Chapter 2 of A Community Like Mine? Read pages 12-17

7. Word Study  Contractions * made with two words put together * a shorter way of saying a word * drop one letter or letters from the second word and place a punctuation mark called an apostrophe where the letter (s) used to be * the words in each column have the same meaning

8. Contractions 2 words1 word with apostrophe you areyou’re I amI’m they hadthey’d we havewe’ve they are she had you have

9. High Frequency Words: doesn’t, don’t Decodable Reader #11: “A Pig for a Pet” Fluency: “This Is the Place!” (Phrasing) Practice Page 146

10. Writing Characteristics of a Good Biography:  Tells about the important events and experiences in another person’s life.  Usually is about a person who is famous or has done something special.  Tells why this person and these events are important.  Tells events in the order in which they happened.  Written in the third person, uses the pronoun he or she. Reread Pierre L’Enfant (Writing Models Chart p. 16)

11. Possible Topics for a Biography Have students use a T-Chart (RM 14) to create a list of possible topics. Choose one that interests them and begin research using a sequence chart (RM 27). Famous WomenFamous Men Harriet TubmanAbraham Lincoln * Amelia EarhartMartin Luther King, Jr. Martha WashingtonAlexander Graham Bell

12. Gather Information Early Life Born in a log cabin in 1809; loved to read Became a mill worker, a postmaster, and a lawyer 1860 Became the 16 th President of the United States 1861-1863 The Civil War started in 1861 partly because Lincoln wanted to end slavery The southern states disagreed with ending slavery and wanted to break away Lincoln ended slavery in 1863 1865 Civil War ended Lincoln kept the country together He was killed by an assassin