1. Unit 4 Week 4 Day 2

2.  Make connections between theme and differentiated vocabulary words. Theme WordsDifferentiated Words seasons warnings hidden hibernate temperature predict shadows

3.  Visualizing can also work with summarizing and making inferences.  Page 12 of The World of Weather: The author tells how the Earth moves around the sun. I want to summarize this information. I’m imagining myself in a spaceship, and I visualize following Earth around the sun. I see that Earth is also spinning as it moves around the sun. Visualizing helps me form a summary: Earth moves around in two ways. The way Earth moves helps create the seasons.  Page 15: How does visualizing help you summarize the selection? What other strategies can you use?

4.  Which selection gives information about the topic of weather?  Which selection has a pattern of short lines?  Use Text Evidence: Find and record evidence that answers Focus Question #2, How does life change along with the seasons?  Read pages 9-17  Read pages 10-27 

5. Review /oo/ Spelled u, u_e, ue, ew, oo uu_eueewoo truthrule In June Sue played her new flute. She blew into the tube. It squeaked. In August Sue played smooth tunes.

6.  Circle the compound words and explain each word part. We may see a rainbow after a thunderstorm.  Write the compound words. bath, tub rain, coat skate, board butter, fly

7.  High Frequency Words: about, anything, every, without  Fluency: “We Need Some Sunshine” Practice Companion p. 268

8.  Contractions  Contractions- two words are joined together and one or more letters are left out. An apostrophe shows where the letters have been left out. Contractions with Not have + nothaven’t has + not had + not should + not

9.  First sentence-  First sentence- topic sentence tells what the paragraph will be about.  Supporting sentences-  Supporting sentences- include sensory details that describe the topic.  Closing sentence-  Closing sentence- tells what the writer thinks about the topic.

10. There’s so much to see and do at the amusement park. You can hear the roar of the huge, tall roller coasters and the riders screaming as they coast downhill. Calliope music plays at the colorful carousel. When you walk around the park, you can smell freshly popped popcorn. You can also sample interesting food from different cultures. The park has a big fountain that sprays water on visitors as they walk by. I like going to the amusement park.