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Unit 2
Week 4
Monday Opening
1. the big dipper is the name of a group of stars.
2. The planet mars is close to Earth!
3. Can you sea the stars at night.
Journal Prompt: Write about a time when you
helped someone. How did you feel? How do you
think the other person felt?
Monday Spelling
Pretest in your writing journal
Letter Blends
th as in thumb, then
*sh as in shell
wh as in whale
*ng as in sing
ph as in phone
*ch, tch as in cheese, pitch
Practice book pg. 114
Monday Grammar
Possessive Nouns
A possessive noun is a noun that shows who or what owns or has something.
Add an apostrophe (‘) and the letter s to make a singular noun possessive.
Examples:
Clayton’s telescope is huge.
The girl’s toy spaceship is tiny.
Add an apostrophe (‘) to make most plural nouns possessive.
Add an apostrophe (‘) and s to form the possessive of plural nouns that do not end in
s.
Examples:
boys boys’
children
children’s
Monday Grammar
Possessive Nouns
Practice: Identify the singular possessive noun in each item.
1. The star’s light is bright.
2. We can feel the sun’s heat.
3. I learned the planet’s name.
4. Mr. Chung’s favorite planet is Mars.
5. That is Omar’s bike.
GR 25
Unit 2, Week 4
Vocabulary
tour
slogan
volunteers
deserve
thrilled
Unit 2, Week 4
Vocabulary
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?
Unit 2, Week 4
Vocabulary
Volunteers are people who
do a job willingly without
getting paid.
Sometimes volunteers work
in museums.
Where else might
volunteers work?
Unit 2, Week 4
Vocabulary
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?
Unit 2, Week 4
Vocabulary
A slogan is an easy-toremember 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?
Unit 2, Week 4
Vocabulary
If you deserve something,
you have a right to it.
The girls deserve praise for
their hard work.
When do you deserve
praise?
Read Aloud
“The Song of the World’s Last
Whale”
This folk song is actually a poem. Many people
consider folk songs to be poems. A folk song shows
strong feelings about a topic.
Both poems and folk songs often have rhythm,
meter, and rhyme.
Poems and folk songs are written in lines or stanzas.
Read Aloud
“The Song of the World’s Last
Whale”
Define: Reefed is a sailing term that means folded up
to be made smaller.
Example: The first mate helped the captain reef the
boat’s sail.
Ask: Why would a sail need to be reefed?
Read Aloud
“The Song of the World’s Last Whale”
Define: To be passionate about something is to be
filled with emotion, or intense feeling.
Example: The actor was passionate about making
good movies.
Ask: What are some things that people might be
passionate about?
Read Aloud
“The Song of the World’s Last Whale”
Define: Fate is what will happen in the future.
Example: It was the boy’s fate to become a doctor
like his father.
Ask: What is a synonym for the word fate?
Read Aloud
“The Song of the World’s Last Whale”
After the first stanza, Turn to your partner and discuss
where the narrator is and what he is doing.
After the second stanza, The narrator recorded
whales singing. What did he do to record them? Tell
the steps he took.
After the last stanza, Tell your partner what the
narrator says to the reader about saving the whales.
Explain why he says this.
Are these kids preserving, or saving, the beach? How?
What kinds of litter wash up onto California beaches?
Unit Theme
Big Idea
Communities band together and donate money to save
something of importance to the people living there.
CONNECT TO THEME
What have we read about so far? What new things did we
learn about communities banding together to save
something important?
What are different things communities can do to help save
something important?
Word Study –
Context Clues
Sometimes you will come across an unfamiliar word.
When this happens, you can look for clues in nearby
sentences. One kind of clue is an example. It tells or shows
exactly what the unfamiliar word is. Red and blue are
examples of colors. Robins and owls are examples of
birds.
Read “Context Clues” on the bookmark on page 224. Then
use examples to determine the meaning of the word
slogan.
Gorilla Garden
Author’s Purpose
What Is It?
An author’s purpose is the reason the author writes
a story or article. Authors write to entertain, inform, or
persuade.
Why Is It Important?
Identifying an author’s purpose can help you figure out
how to read the selection and what to look for as you
read. For example, readers might read nonfiction more
carefully and slowly than stories written to entertain.
Gorilla Garden
To figure out the author’s purpose in a story, the reader
can look at the genre and clues in the story.
Authors who writes to entertain tell an interesting, funny,
or exciting story that readers will enjoy.
Authors who write to inform present facts and
information about a topic.
Authors who write to persuade present facts and opinions
that try to persuade a reader to think a certain way, to do
something, or to take action for a cause.
Gorilla GardenAuthor’s Purpose
Vocabulary Practice
Where would you like to go on a tour? Why?
How do volunteers help others?
What are synonyms for the word thrilled?
What kind of slogans have you seen or heard? Are
they effective?
How is the word deserve different from the word
want? Explain.
Monday Writing
Write about a moment when you did something that
was hard for you.
Strong Verbs
Strong verbs are verbs that help writers show, rather
than tell. They are verbs that are very vivid and
precise and create a picture in the reader’s mind. If
you write I went to school, you will want them to
show how they were moving as they went to school.
Strong verbs are verbs that show more detail about
an action.
Strong Verbs
I will show you a sentence where the verb is weak. I
want you to think of stronger verbs to replace this
weak one.
I hit the ball.
• What is the verb in this sentence?
• A strong verb can not only show us that the ball was
hit, but also HOW the ball was hit.
I smashed the ball.
Strong Verbs
Smashed is a strong verb because it gives the reader more
information. It tells us that the narrator not only hit the
ball, but hit it hard, and probably with a loud sound. Can
you think of more strong verbs to replace hit?
Strong verbs don’t always have to be forceful. A strong
verb is simply very descriptive. It can be a very quiet word.
For example, instead of look I can say I glanced at
something. “Glance” is not a loud or forceful action, but
it’s very specific. When I say I “glanced” you know I
looked quickly.
Strong Verbs
Copy these two sentences onto the next blank page
in your Writer’s Notebooks and rewrite each
sentence by replacing the verb with a strong verb
that shows more precise detail. This verb should
answers the question, How?
Tuesday Opening
1.
both books are about foxs.
2. Baby foxs are called pups!
3. next week we will sea a fox.
Journal Prompt: Write a paragraph telling why or
why not butterflies are important to our
environment.
Tuesday Vocabulary
Why do tours need guides?
Why do volunteers work for no money?
Have you ever felt thrilled about something? Explain.
Where can you read or hear a slogan?
Do you always get what you deserve? Why or why
not?
Tuesday Vocabulary
Strategy - Examples
1. Apes, monkeys, and humans are all primates.
2. You must walk around the zoo since cars, trucks, and
other vehicles are not allowed.
3. The animals come from rain forests, deserts,
mountains, and many other habitats.
4. Small rodents such as rats, mice, and gerbils are in a
special room.
5. In the wild, wolves, lions, and hawks are all predators.
Tuesday Spelling
Silent Letters
kn as in know • mb as in lamb
• rh as in rhyme
• gn as in gnat or sign
bt as in debt
• mn as in hymn
• wr as in write • gh as in ghost
• l as in calf
Tuesday Spelling
Word Sort
Sort the words in your plastic baggies into no more
than 5 groups.
Be ready to share the rule you sorted your words by.
Complete 25
Tuesday Grammar
Possessive Nouns
A possessive noun shows who or what owns or has something.
Adding an apostrophe (‘) and the letter s makes a singular noun
possessive.
Adding an apostrophe (‘) to the end of a plural noun makes it
possessive.
Adding an apostrophe (‘) and s forms a possessive of plural nouns
not ending in s.
Examples:
book
men
cats
book’s
men’s
cats’
Grammar
Possessive Nouns
The men’s guide took them to the museum.
men’s; plural
The star’s color is blue.
star’s; singular
Practice: Identify the possessive noun as singular or plural.
The planet’s nickname is the Evening Star.
The women’s spacesuits were ready.
My friend’s assignment was to read about the stars.
The children’s field trip was to a planetarium.
We drove there in the parents’ cars.
Practice Book pg. 116
Tuesday Phonics
letter blends
Tuesday Phonics
letter blends
Practice Book page 107
Here’s My Dollar
Genre
Nonfiction gives information about real people,
places, or things.
Read to Find Out
Why did the author write about Angel?
Home Grown Butterflies
Drawing Conclusions
What Is It?
Readers can use facts and details from a nonfiction selection, as
well as their own experience, to help them come to a new
understanding of the text. This is called drawing conclusions.
Readers usually make inferences about information the author has
not included when they draw conclusions.
Why Is It Important?
Drawing conclusions helps readers identify and understand
information and ideas that the author doesn’t tell the readers
directly.
Here’s My Dollar
Author’s Purpose
What Is It?
An author’s purpose is the reason the author writes
a story or article. Authors write to entertain, inform, or
persuade.
Why Is It Important?
Identifying an author’s purpose can help you figure out
how to read the selection and what to look for as you
read. For example, readers might read nonfiction more
carefully and slowly than stories written to entertain.
Author’s Purpose
Tuesday - Writing
Write about a moment when you were someplace
hectic.
Sometimes we need help thinking of strong words to
use to describe what we’re doing. It will be helpful to
create a class list of some strong verbs that you can
post and they can use in the future.
Tuesday Writing
Think about what you like to play outside or inside with a
friend or family (excluding computer and video games and
movie watching). For example:
Words to show that someone is moving fast. (raced, sped)
Words to show that someone is moving slow. (crept,
meandered)
Words to show how someone threw something. (I ‘fired’ the
pillow at my brother.)
Strong Verbs
When you brainstorm, you are listing ideas as quickly
as possible. It is important that you work quickly in
order to write as many words as possible.
Draw and number columns 1–3 in your Writer’s
Notebooks. In each column, write as many verbs that
you can think of for each category.
Moving Fast
Moving Slow
How
something is
thrown
Wednesday Opening
1. Do bunnys have clawes
2. Read these bookes about rabbits?
3. I saw two wolf cubs near the creak.
Journal Prompt: Write a list of all the facts you have
learned about raising butterflies.
Wednesday Spelling
Complete each group by filling in the blank with a Spelling Word.
baby bird is a …
large ocean mammals are …
opposite of thin is …
Food made from milk is …
Opposite of alie is …
Can you think of any of your own?
Complete SP26
Wednesday Vocabulary
1.
What is the difference between a sidewalk and a dirt
path?
2. Would you be more likely to grumble about something if
you were happy or angry?
3. Would you find a trader in a supermarket? How do you
know?
4. What is the difference between a plant blossoming and
growing?
5. How is screaming different from wailing?
6. When do you think someone might feel lonesome?
Wednesday Vocabulary
Practice
In your writers notebook create word squares for each of this weeks
vocabulary words.
1. In the first square write the vocabulary word.
2. In the second square write a definition in your own words.
3. In the third square draw a picture of the word.
4. In the fourth square write an antonym or opposite of the vocabulary word.
Repeat for each of the words.
1. Vocabulary word:
thrilled
2. Definition in your
own word:
happy, excited,
ecstatic, overjoyed,
joyous
3. Draw a picture of
the word:
4. Antonym or
opposite words:
sad, disappointed,
unhappy
Grammar
Possessive Nouns
Add an apostrophe (‘) and s to singular possessive nouns:
a star’s light.
Add an apostrophe (‘) at the end of plural possessive
nouns that end in s: many scientists’ tools.
Use an apostrophe (‘) and s to the end of plural possessive
nouns that do not end in s: the children’s telescopes; the
people’s spacesuits.
Grammar
Possessive Nouns
Review:
The men’s guide took them to the museum.
men’s; plural
The star’s color is blue.
star’s; singular
Practice: Practice using apostrophes in possessive nouns with
the following items.
the movements of the planets
the orbit of the Earth
the books of the children
the project of Meg
the telescopes of the two boys
GR 26
Wednesday Reading
Reread “Here’s A Dollar” and answer questions on
page 239
Wednesday – Fluency
Dear Fresno Bee,
My name is Angel and I am nine. I heard that the Chaffee
Zoo is having money problems. I am very worried for the
animals. I am worried because they might not have
enough food or water or even might not have a home.
They deserve to have a home and be safe and warm. I
think that if everybody in Fresno gave $1.00 to the Chaffee
Zoo it would help a lot. Here’s my dollar.
Angelica Arellano, age 9
Fresno
Wednesday - Writing
Write about a moment when you were being very
careful.
Wednesday Writing
Strong verbs can make sentences more interesting. Today
you are going to practice changing verbs to strong verbs
so that you’ll know how to do it in your own writing.
I ate my snack.
Strong verbs are more specific and give more information.
I ate my snack. is not a very interesting sentence. It would
be more interesting and give you more information if I
said, I gobbled my snack.
Why is gobbled more interesting? How did you eat your
snack? What other suggestions for this sentence do you
have?
Wednesday Writing
Copy these sentences in your Writer’s Notebook.
Circle the verb in each sentence.
Rewrite each one three times using a new and
stronger verb. (You can change other parts of the
sentence too)
1. I walked home.
2. “Hey Joe!” I said
Thursday Opening
1.
Last week our class wnt to the zoo
2. We wached two sea liones play ball.
3. what a fun day we had?
Journal Prompt: Tell how your class could raise money and
help nature.
Thursday- Vocabulary
Practice
1. The best tour I have ever been on was -----.
2. Volunteers are important because ----.
3. I was thrilled when ---- .
4. My favorite slogan is ---- because ----.
5. I think that I really deserve because ----.
Thursday Spelling
Proofread
Wat books did your techer give you to read?
The warm weater attracted wales.
I told tem that’s the truthe!
I will catch this fihs for luch!
We watched as the chik hached from the egg.
Practice Book page 115
Thursday Grammar –
Possessive Nouns
Proofread:
Our planets name is earth.
Teds report was on the planet mercury.
The three boy’s reports were about space!
The mens’ ties were blue?
Thursday Grammar
Practice: Correct errors in the following passage.
last week john and I saw a movie called An Astronauts
Adventure. what a great movie it was? have you seen it? It
is about a girls’ trip to the moon. She is sttrong and Brave.
The rockets flight is exciting. The astronaut, is Johns’s new
hero. See this movie now?
Practice Book page 117
Thursday - Paired
Reading
GENRE: Poetry
Free verse poems:
may describe something or show a strong feeling
do not rhyme and may not have any punctuation
Rhyming poems:
rhyme and may have stanzas
often include literary elements such as assonance or
personification
may have line breaks at the end of phrases instead of at the
end of whole thoughts
Paired Reading
A rhyme is two or more words that end with the
same sound, such as ate and late.
A rhyme scheme is the pattern of rhymes in a poem.
To find the pattern, look at the last word of each line.
Repetition means that words or phrases are
repeated. A repeated line in a poem is called a
refrain.
Paired Selection
What words rhyme in the second stanza of
“Neighbors”?
What is the mood of “Neighbors”? What words help
create the mood and meaning?
What is the refrain in “Recycling”? Why is this line a
refrain?
Practice Book pg. 112
Thursday Reading
Find an example of assonance in the 11th line of
“Monarch Butterfly” and tell why it is assonance.
Answer questions on page 207
Practice Book page 87
Thursday Writing
Write about a moment when you participated in a
game (soccer, cards, board game, street game, etc).
Thursday Writing
Treasures Pages 242-243
When have you tried to help someone?
Read aloud the excerpt from Here’s My Dollar. Which
verb in this passage could you imagine even if there
were no pictures? Why do you think the author wanted
us to be able to picture those parts of his article?
Friday Opening
1. there are eight planets’ in the solar system.
2. earth is the third planet.
3. Earths orbit is around the sun
Journal Prompt: Write about volunteer work that you
would enjoy. Explain why you would enjoy it.
Friday Vocabulary Test
tour
volunteers
slogan
thrilled
deserve
The zoo did not have much money. The zoo director
put an ad in the local newspaper. The ad began with the
(1) , “Put a Zoo in Your Life.” The whole community saw
the ad. Many people called. They wanted to be (2) so they
could help at the zoo. The director interviewed everyone
who called. She explained that the zoo needed people to
feed and care for the animals. “Our animals (3) the best
care,” she said. Some volunteers started to lead a (4) of
the zoo. They took grownups and children around to see
the animals. All of the visitors were (5) to see the
wonderful changes at the zoo.