1. Here’s My Dollar
Unit 2 Week 4
Day 1

2. Daily Language Activity Day 1
1. the big diper is the name of a group of stars
2. the planet mars is close to earth
3. can you sea the stars at nite!
Write about a time that you helped someone.How did you feel? How do you think the other person felt? Add details.

3. Vocabulary
tour
volunteers
thrilled
slogan
deserve

4. tour A tour is a short trip to a place of interest with a guide.
Our class took a tour of the science museum.
Have you ever been on a tour? What did you see?

5. volunteers
Volunteers are people who do a job willingly without getting paid.
Sometimes volunteers work in museums
Where else might volunteers work?

6. slogan
A slogan is an easy-to-remember phrase that is used in advertisements or by special groups or organizations.
“Service with a smile” might be a good slogan for a store.
Why should a slogan be easy to remember?

7. thrilled To be thrilled is to be very excited or happy.
I was thrilled when everyone came to my party.
When was a time that you were thrilled?

8. deserved To be thrilled is to be very excited or happy.
I was thrilled when everyone came to my party.
When was a time that you were thrilled?

9. Grammar Skill: Possessive Nouns Examples: boy boy’s
A possessive noun is a noun that shows who or what owns something.
Add an apostrophe (‘) and the letter s to make a singular noun possessive
Ben’s telescope is huge.
The girl’s toy spaceship is tiny
Examples:
boy boy’s
children children’s

10. On your own...
With a partner do pages 108 and 116 in your practice books

11. Spelling & Phonics Digraphs
Digraphs are two consonants put together to make one sound.
For example:
ch as in chick
ck as in chick
wh as in wheel
th as in thumb
sh as in shout

12. Spelling In your journal makethese headings: ch, th, ph, tch, wh, sh
Sort each one of these Spelling words under the correct digraph
Can you find them in the wordsearch on
page 114 in your practice book? Then complete page 107 also.

13. Do you know why an author writes?
SKILL:
Author’s Purpose
Do you know why an author writes?
These are the reasons an author writes something.
Authors write to:
Inform: If they want to give facts about something
Persuade: If they want the reader to agree with their opinions or want the reader to take action
Entertain: If they want their readers to think the story is funny, interesting, or suspenseful

14. STRATEGY: Monitor Comprehension
This means that good readers have to stop and check if they understand what they read.
Good readers also have to stop if they do not understand something
If they are confused,
they reread,
visualize,
read ahead,
summarize,
slow down,
or ask for help!

15. Let’s Read
Gorilla Garden
page

16. Here’s My Dollar
Unit 2 Week 4
Day 2

17. Daily Language Activity Day 2
1. That planets climate is cold
2. earths wheather is nice?
3. the suns rays are hot
4. Imagine that your class is volunteering at an animal shelter. Write a paragraph describingwhat your classmates can do and why.

18. Here’s My Dollar
Unit 2 Week 4
Day 3

19. Daily Language Activity Day 3
1. the tree boys will look at the stars
2.that stars color is yellow
3. miss smiths class drew pictures of stars
Write about a person who helped you in some way. Use strong and descriptive verbs.

20. Exploring California
Unit 2 Week 4
Day 4

21. Daily Language Activity Day 4
1. tonites homework is a report
2. i will right about the big dipper
3. Other childrens reports are about jupiter
Have you ever done any volunteer work?
Write about a volunteer work that you would enjoy. Explain why you would like it.

22. Here’s My Dollar
Unit 2 Week 4
Day 5
chimpanzee

23. Daily Language Activity Day 5
1. there are ate planets in the solar system
2. earth is the third planet?
3. Earths orbit is around the sun
If you were to take an imaginary trip to a planet, which one would you choose to travel to. Why would you like this one?