1. Day 2
Anansi Goes Fishing

2. THE BIG QUESTION....
What does it mean
to be creative?

3. Concept Talk
In the song we hear that fish are not always safe. What is one problem that fish have in this song?

4. Oral Vocabulary: Amazing Words
consume
prey
shrewd

5. Problem Creative Thinking
People and animals need food to stay alive.
People and animals need can use a tool to eat.
Armadillos roll up to protect themselves.
Animals need to stay safe.
Anansi wants to eat a fish.
Bait on a hook can trick fish.

6. goldfish handmade playmate raindrop backstage bedspread overflow
Consonant Blends and
Compound Words
goldfish
handmade
playmate
raindrop
backstage
bedspread
overflow
landslide
sandstone

7. 1. Trish got a postcard with a seacoast shown on it.
Phonics
1. Trish got a postcard with a seacoast shown on it.
2. The three men will backpack into the hills and see lots of wildlife.
3. We stay inside during a windstorm or sandstorm.

8. Spelling Words
1. basketball
2. someone
3. weekend
4. something
5. birthday
6. riverbank
7. bathtub
8. backyard
9. driveway
10. bedtime
11. raindrop
12. mailbox

9. Challenge Words
grandparent
Earthquake
rattlesnake

10. Compound Word Riddle....
Why is the bluebird blue?
Because the mockingbird is always mocking him!

11. High-Frequency Words caught today been finally believe parents wash
tomorrow
whatever
been
finally
believe
parents
wash
company
picture
school
faraway
answer
Monitor Progress: Check HF Words
Day 2 Anansi Goes Fishing

12. Vocabulary Activities
An ANTONYM is a word that has the opposite meaning of another word.
Vocabulary Activities
Journal Word Bank

13. Vocabulary
slow
day
full
yes
large
bad
fast
night
empty no
small
good

14. Your next,
Daily Task....

15. Story Words
These are some of the new story words we’ll read today when we read our main selection....

16. weave – to form threads into a cloth or to make straw into hats
Story Words
WEAVE
weave – to form threads into a cloth or to make straw into hats

17. Story Words
LAZY
lazy – not liking to work or be active

18. Story Words
DELICIOUS
delicious – something that tastes really good

19. justice – something that is fair and right
Story Words
JUSTICE
justice – something that is fair and right

20. Background Building Audio CD
Build Background
Background Building Audio CD
Listen for how
Anansi tricks Tiger.
Question Preview....

21. Turn and Talk....
1. Who is Anansi? How does he trick Tiger?
2. What are some things that Anansi can do?

22. Turn and Talk....
3. What other trickster characters do you know?
4. Who do you think comes out the best in the end - the trickster or the character that was tricked?

23. Did we have a brain match?
Turn and Talk....
Trickster Character
What Character Does
Animals in Bremen Town Musicians
B’rer Rabbit
Anansi
Did we have a brain match?

24. Turn and Talk.... Trickster Character What Character Does
Animals in Bremen Town Musicians
Trick the Robbers
B’rer Rabbit
Tricks the Bear and Fox
Anansi
Tricks other animals in the forest

25. Let’s Practice It! TR DVD 145
Comprehension Skill
• Good readers compare and contrast as they read.
• They think about how two or more things are alike or different.
Let’s Practice It! TR DVD 145

26. Comprehension Strategy
* When readers want to understand or remember what they read, they look for the most important things that happen and use them to retell the story......
This is summarizing!
* EI•25Student Edition

27. Genre Folk Tale....
• a story that was told long ago and passed along orally
• often has a trickster character, or a character that tries to get something by tricking another character

28. Comprehension
Preview and Predict:
reading the title
take a picture walk
make a prediction
Set a Purpose so we think and understand as we read the story.

29. Let’s Read!

30. Folk Tale: What animal’s behavior does this folk tale explain?
Comprehension Check
Folk Tale: What animal’s behavior does this folk tale explain?
Confirm Predictions: Think of a prediction you made using the illustrations. Did you confirm your prediction?

31. Literary Text Setting, Character, anD Plot
* We read a different version of this same story. Let’s compare and contrast Anansi Goes Fishing with A Fool Goes Fishing.

32. LITERARY TEXTSETTING, CHARACTER, AND PLOT
How are the characters the same? Different?
Both stories are about Anansi. In the one story he is a man, and in the other story he is a spider.

33. LITERARY TEXTSETTING, CHARACTER, AND PLOT
How are the settings the same? Different?
Both stories are by the water. One is near the West African forest.

34. Reread for Fluency Reread pages 428-429 of our story
Read it more than once!
Do you notice your
fluency improving?

35. Conventions: Verbs for Past, Present, and Future
The frog hops now.
hops
What is the verb,
or action word?
Grammar Jammer!

36. Conventions: Verbs for Past, Present, and Future
The frog hopped yesterday.
What is the new verb?
hopped
What ending do we use when we talk about the past tense?
-ed

37. Conventions: Verbs for Past, Present, and Future
will hop
The frog ________ tomorrow.
What new verb goes in the blank to show the future?
will
What word begins the verb when we talk about the future?

38. 1. We cleaned the desks well.
Read the sentences. What are the verbs?
Tell when the action happens.
1. We cleaned the desks well.
cleaned, past tense
2. The windstorm scared me.
scared, past tense

39. 3. An insect hurries to hide.
Read the sentences. What are the verbs?
Tell when the action happens.
3. An insect hurries to hide.
hide, present tense
4. Who will open the window soon?
open, future tense

40. finish these sentences.
Use an action verb to
finish these sentences.
1. Our clock ____ the time now.
2. The bell ____ later.
3. Last night we ____ at my sister’s joke.
Reader’s and Writer’s NB, page 223

41. Writer Trait: Conventions
*Writing Prompt for today
Think about how creative thinking can solve a problem. Now write a narrative poem in which someone solves a problem.
Generate ideas for the topic...

42. Problems Creative Solutions
To start planning our poem, think of problems characters have had in stories we read.
Problems
Creative Solutions

43. TO START PLANNING OUR POEM, THINK OF PROBLEMS CHARACTERS HAVE
HAD IN STORIES WE READ.
Problems
Creative Solutions
needed to get food
tricked
wanted to find a new home
built something new
wanted to win a race
used something in a different way
needed to escape
wanted to travel or do something new

44. Writer Trait: Conventions
•Mini-Lesson
Sentences in a Poem
RW Notebook
page 224
for planning sheet

46. Writer Trait: Conventions
ROUTINE:
Quick Write for Fluency
Talk
Write
Share

47. High-Frequency Words-
Wrap up your day
High-Frequency Words-
Let’s read the high frequency words in this sentence.
I believe that Anansi has finally been caught in a trick.

48. Wrap up your day
Build Concepts
* What prey did Anansi want to catch?
* Did turtle or Anansi consume all the fish?
* Who proved to be the more shrewd character?

49. Tomorrow
Tomorrow we’ll learn more amazing words and we will reread Anansi Goes Fishing.