2. Objective: To listen attentively and respond appropriately to oral communication

3. Have you ever seen an elephant? What does it look like? On my signal, turn and talk with your partner and complete the following stem An elephant has a _________________________________.

4. Today we are going to reread a poem about elephants. Where is an elephant’s trunk? Where is an elephant’s tail? As we read the poem I would like for you to wag your arms in front of you when you hear the word trunk. I would like for you to point over one shoulder when you hear the word tail. I will read it once and you will join me in reading on the second time.

5. Elephant If a tail is behind, And a trunk is in front, What you have seen Is an elephant. For an elephant Will never lack A trunk in the front And a tail in the back.

6. Objective: To read high frequency words loudly love visitor listen kinds good-bye color clear because

7. Objective: To add phonemes and change words

8. Objective: To read inflectional forms with –ed and -ing Let’s review over adding -ed and -ing to the end of a word. Remember that when a word ends with a silent e and we add ed or ing we drop the e at the end of the word before adding ed or ing. move moved moving

9. Root WordAdd edAdd ing close like trade use closed liked traded used closing liking trading using

10. Dad and I baked a cake for Mom. Dad iced the cake. Then I sprinkled the nuts on top. Here comes Mom. This is so exciting! Mom sees the cake. She is smiling. I think Mom is surprised. You read the words in red.

11. Objective: To spell and write known high frequency words use cute cube tube tune rule nice large hear talk

12. Word Blending u e Objective: To build and blend words with /u/ and other known letter-sounds. s u ect c b t b t n

13. Word Building u e Objective: To build and blend words with /u/ and other known letter-sounds. l u erl r d f m m

14. Objective: To read and write high frequency words Clear Color Good-bye Hair Kinds Only Toes

15. Objective: To arrange and sequence words in ABC order Remember when we put words in ABC order we look at the first letter to see what comes first.

16. We are going to reread the story It is the Wind. As we read let’s look at the animals in the story and put them in ABC order.

17. Objective: To develop robust vocabulary by discussing ideas and situations. Robust Vocabulary variety incredible typical

18. If there is a variety of something, there are many different kinds. variety We found a variety of peppers at the market.

19. If I say something that has a great variety then you should say, “There’s a great variety of ____________________!” If I say something that does not have a great variety you should give me a thumbs down sign. food clothes rocks dinosaurs still living colors scissors books pet lions

20. incredible If something is incredible, it is so amazing that it’s hard to believe. It would truly be incredible to surf this close to a shark.

21. If I say something incredible then you should say “Wow!” If I say something that is not incredible then you should make a thumbs down sign. A dog barking An erupting volcano A talking dog A baby lifting a car A piece of cheese A person chewing gum

22. If something is typical, it usually happens this way. typical It was typical for Keesha to brush her teeth before school.

23. If I say something that typically happens on a school day you should shrug your shoulders and say “That’s so typical!” If not you should make a thumbs down sign. eat lunch go swimming do math sit down read a story go on a field trip bake a cake talk

24. Objective: To use knowledge of verbs to write sentences Remember that a verb is a word that names an action. A verb is something that you can do.

25. Let’s see if we can pick out the verbs in the following sentences. Stand up. Sit down. Open the door. Turn off the lights. Run in place. Smile at me. Pick up a pencil. Lift up a book.

26. Objective: To understand what a research report is Research Report A research report has a title. The first sentence tells the main idea. The other sentences tell facts.

27. KWL What I KnowWhat I Want to Know What I Learned They live in the jungle. They have fur. What do they eat? Can they understand words? Do they live in families? Fruit, leaves,insects, birds