Transcript Copy of Grammar Slides

Monday
Language of the Day
Pretend that you found a treasure chest.
What’s inside?
“I opened a treasure chest, and I found _____.”
Expressing Intentions
How to express intentions (pg. 354)
Tell about a plan or goal.
Use the phrase, “I am going to…”
There’s a secret garden in my
house. I’m going to discover it.
How will you achieve your goal?
Use the phrase, “I plan to…”
I plan to hunt in corners.
What else will you do?
Use the phrase, “I will …”
Use the phrase, “I’ll keep … until…”
I’ll move the couch and look behind
it. I’ll keep looking until I find the
treasure.
Write about intentions you have (plans for the summer,
what to do in 5th grade, etc.) and use the sentence stems in
red to create a paragraph.
Vocabulary
• Complete your vocabulary sheet along
with what is displayed.
Characters (pg. 356)
Zack’s Treasure
• Zack looks for treasure in his room. He searches but he
can’t find any. He goes to the garage to look. Zack’s little
brother wants to play ball, but Zack is too busy. Then
Zack goes inside and sees his brother crying. He feels
bad. So, Zack takes his little brother outside to play ball.
He knows his little brother is the most important thing.
Tuesday
Language of the Day
What’s your most treasured possession?
“My most treasured possession is _____.”
Grammar – Subject & Object Pronouns
• Marc was happy. He found a missing
treasure.
• He found it in the car.
• The treasure was his mother’s earrings.
They belong to her.
• She was glad to have them back.
• Which words are pronouns?
What are pronouns?
• A pronoun takes the place of a noun.
• A subject pronoun tells who or what is doing
something. It takes the place of a subject in the
sentence. It is usually near the beginning of a sentence.
Mark was happy. He found a missing treasure.
• An object pronoun comes after a verb or after a word
like “for” or “to”.
He found a missing treasure. He found it in the car.
Grammar Practice
• John and Ivan are pretending to be pirates. ____ plan
an adventure. John packs all his things. Then, ____
helps Ivan. John packs Ivan’s bag for ____. John opens
the treasure map so he can study ____. The pirates
hope to find treasure so ____ can be rich. Ivan’s mother
wishes ____ good luck. John and Ivan wave good-bye to
____.
Determining Importance (pg. 358)
• The topic is
• Important details are
• The picture shows
Determining Importance (pg. 358)
• The topic is looking for gold.
• Important details are
• The picture shows
Determining Importance (pg. 358)
• The topic is looking for gold.
• Important details are a family at an exhibit,
pans of water, and searching for gold.
• The picture shows
Determining Importance (pg. 358)
• The topic is looking for gold.
• Important details are a family at an exhibit,
pans of water, and searching for gold.
• The picture shows a family panning for
gold at a hands-on exhibit.
Determining Importance (pg. 358)
• The topic of the paragraph is __________.
• Important details are ________________
and _________________.
• The paragraph is about ______________
_______________.
Wednesday
Language of the Day
• Where should I look for treasure?
• You should ________. You might ______.
Making & Accepting Suggestions
• Think about how you practiced stating
your intentions (I am going to…, I plan
to…). This is related to making
suggestions.
• When we make suggestions, we give
people hints or ideas by saying things like:
“You should…”, “You might try…”, and “I
would…”
Making & Accepting Suggestions
Ways to make a
suggestion
Ways to accept a
suggestion
You should…
That’s a great idea.
You may want to…
Thanks for the
suggestion.
You might want to…
I think I’ll try that.
Making & Accepting Suggestions
Treasure Hunting Tips
If you want to hunt for treasure,
You should start by looking right at home.
Take the cushions right off the chair.
You might find some money there.
Look around on the ground.
Look under your bed.
If you really want to hunt for treasure,
You should start looking right at home.
Thursday
Language of the Day
• Summarize your favorite part of “Treasure
Island.”
• The part I liked ____________________.
Grammar – Reflexive Pronouns
• Jim had hid himself in a barrel.
Who did Jim hide?
• We might hurt ourselves.
Whom might we hurt?
• When we talk about persons or things
twice in the same sentence, we use
reflexive pronouns.
Grammar – Reflexive Pronouns
Practice 1
• I taught myself about pirates. You can
teach _______ about pirates too.
• Jim fetched himself an apple. The pirates
fetched ________ apples too.
• I hid _______ in a cave. You can all hide
________ in a cave as well.
Grammar – Reflexive Pronouns
Practice 2
• Use the words: myself, yourself, himself, herself,
itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves to
complete each sentence.
1.
Don’t cut
2.
A rat hid
3.
The pirates
4.
Ben hid
_______ with
______ in the
told _______
______ on the
that dagger!
ship’s hold.
that they were
island.
not bad men.
5.
Can we steer 6.
Maria taught 7.
You boys will 8.
I opened the
this ship
______ to
make ______
treasure chest
______?
read a map.
sick if you sail
all by ______.
in a storm.