Transcript Harcourt Lesson 21 Day 1

Harcourt
Lesson 21
Day 1
2 ND GRADE
/OU/ OU, OW
Phonics
 Repeat these words after me:
 Out
 Owl
 About
 Brown
 The words out and owl begin with the /ou/ sound,
and the words about and brown have the /ou/ sound
in the middle.
Listen for the sound
 I will say some words. If
you hear the /ou/ sound
in the word, I want you
to touch your nose.
 On
 Ounce
 Dawn
 Down
 Pond
 pound
 Around
 Scoot
 Scout
 Scowl
 Clown
 Gone
 Gown
 golf
Connect letters to sounds:
 Sound/Spelling card
 The two letters ou together can stand for the /ou/
sound, the sound you hear in the middle of found.
 What’s the sound?
 The two letter ow together can stand for the /ou/
sound, the sound you hear in the middle of town.
 What’s the sound?
/ou/ sound with ou and ow
ou
Outside
Ouch
Ounce
Outline
Loud
Scout
Couch
hound
ow
Howl
Shower
Flower
Gown
Allow
Vow
Now
wow
Read these words with me…
Out
Crown
Pout
How
Pound
Wow
Town
Ouch
Now
Scout
Frown
Outfit
Ground
Brow
Crowd
Read these sentences and identify words with ou
or ow ( /ou/ sound)
1. Chad saw an owl fly down to the
2.
3.
4.
5.
ground.
We heard a loud sound outside.
A brown hound howled loudly.
A groundhog ate some sprouts of
grass.
The streets are crowded downtown.
Spelling Pretest
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Out
Town
Count
Crowd
Ground
Now
Found
8. Crown
9. Sound
10. Down
11. Surround
12. Without
13. Cowboy
14. Powerful
15. cloudless
Plot - Comprehension
 Read page 162 in your Student Edition.
 Let’s look at this story map together.
 The plot tells what happens during a story. By
looking at the story map and reading the boxes on
162, I can tell what Ashley’s problem is, important
events in the story that tell how Ashley tries to solve
her problems, and the solution to the story.
Let’s practice
 We will create our own story map together.
 Your job:
 Read “A Present for Mom” on page 163.
 We will figure out the problem, important events,
and the solution.
Story Map – “A Present for Mom”
Problem
•
Important
Events
•
Solution
•
Read Aloud
 “The Just – Right Gift”
 Page 76
 Realistic Fiction – Make believe but may have parts
that are like real life. The characters may have the
same kinds of problems that real people have.
 Let’s see if we can figure out the problem, important
events, and solution as we read this story.
Robust Vocabulary - Allowance
 Gina had been saving her allowance for months so
she could buy her mother a birthday gift.
 Allowance - if you get money for doing chores or
helping at home, you get an allowance.
 What’s the word?

Allowance
 When I was little, I got an allowance each week for
helping to set the table. Would someone get an
allowance for doing the dishes or for breaking them?
Robust Vocabulary - rosy
 Mom looked rosy and bright like the
morning sun.
 Rosy – If something looks rosy, it looks
pink.
 What’s the word?
 Rosy
 A rosy sunset fills the sky with red and pink colors.
Which of these might you describe as rosy --- dark
brown hair or a sunburn?
Robust Vocabulary
 Give an example of something you might do to earn
an allowance.
 Show or draw an example of something that is rosy.
Grammar
 Action verb – a word that tells what someone or
something does.
 A verb that tells about an action that is happening
NOW is called a present-tense action verb.
 Gina finds a just-right gift.
 The present-tense action verb in the sentence is finds.
 The verb finds tells what someone – Gina – does now.
Identify Present-tense action verbs
1. Danny and Gina go to a store.
2. Gina shops for a birthday gift for
Mom.
3. They see many goods for sale.
4. Gina waves a timer in the air.
5.
She and her brother smell
perfume.
6. At last, Gina sees a silky scarf.
7. She wraps it with pretty paper.
8. Mom puts the scarf around her
neck.
Independent Practice
 Write sentences with a present-tense action verb.
 You will share these with your partner.
 Remember it has to have something that is being
done NOW.