Transcript Lead 21 Unit 6 Week 1 Day 3

Growing Up
Reinforce the Theme
 Theme Question: How do living things grow and
change?
 What do living things need to grow?
Compare young animals with their parent:
Animal
Young Animal
Changes
elephant
Small, light,
follows parent
Gets larger and
heavier, leads
other animals
Giraffe
bear
Vocabulary Strategy: Determine
Word Relationships
 Colors have shades.
Dark blue is different from light blue
Words have shades too. They can have shades of
meaning. Two words can mean almost the same thing,
but have slightly different meanings.
Big >
Huge >
gigantic
Tiny >
small >
little
Comprehension Skill: Sequence
Events
 Sequence is the order in which events take place.
 Look for clue words like first, next, then, and last to
help you know when events occur.
What happens first, next, and last during the school
day?
 Page 12 Living and Growing
 First the seed grows and breaks open. Next, roots reach
down into the soil. Then a stem grows up to the light
and air.
Sequence Events (cont.)
Put the following steps in order:
 The plant’s stem grows leaves.
 The leaves take energy from sunlight.
 The leaves use energy, water, and carbon dioxide to
make food.
Order of events:
1.
2.
3.
Prepare to Read:
Text Features: Subheads
 Authors use subheads to organize text into sections.
 Subheads may state the main idea of a section of text.
 A subhead can also ask a question that the reader will
find the answer to in the text.
 Page 7 Living and Growing
What question will the text answer in this section?
Page 8 Living and Growing
What will the reader learn about on this page
Read Together
 Reread pages 6-15 in Living and Growing
 What word could the author have used on
page 8 instead of snaps? Why is snaps a
better choice?
o Why do scientists classify living things?
o What is the cycle of how plants grow?
Word Work: Phonics
 /air/ spelled are, air, ear
What shape do you see?
What sound do the letters a-r-e stand for?
We can also spell the /air/ sound: a-i-r and e-a-r
S-t-air
What sounds do the letters stand for?
Blend the sounds together.
Add the letters b,p,t,w to –ear. What words did you make?
Word Study
High Frequency words:
answer and people
Reread Decodable Reader 21 The Cruise Street Parade
Fluency: Practice Companion page 74
“Five Clues”
Spelling: Remember, this week’s spelling words end in
-er.
Grammar
 Adjectives that describe
Adjectives are words that describe people, places, and things.
Adjectives can describe something’s color, number, size, or shape.
Find the adjectives:
Jill ate two big, red, square pieces of melon.
Juan ate three round, juicy, purple plums for lunch.
The narrow street had four blue cars parked on one side.
Write Directions
Writing Models Chart page 40
-Why does the author explain that goldfish need a
place to hide?
-What other useful details does the author include
to make the directions clear?
-How do you think the author decided which
details to use?
-How can you check that the author’s steps are
correct?
Write a First Draft
 Start by writing a Title
“How to Play Hide-and-Seek”
Directions
How to Play Hide-and-Seek
What you need: 4 or more players, home base
1) Pick a home base
2) Pick someone to be “it”
3) “It” closes his or her eyes and counts to 10. Other
players run and hide.
4) “It” tries to find and tag the other players.
5) Players try to run for home base without getting
tagged.
6) If “It” tags someone, that player is “it” next.
First Draft (cont.)
 Details
What other details could we add to make the hide and
seek directions more clear and helpful?
Directions cannot be too complicated, but they must
include all the basic information readers need to follow
them. Using specific and clear details can help readers
understand how to do each step correctly or explain why
a particular step is important.