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Storm in the Night
Unit 5 Lesson 3
Day 1:
Word Knowledge
 Line 1: downspouts birdbath thunderstorm homework
Compound words
What are the 2 words that make each compound word?
 Line 2: whistle what whined when
All begin with /hw/ sound.
Can you use these words in a sentence?
What are some other words that start with the /hw/
sound?
 Line 3: silly silliness happy happiness
 Line 4: calm calmness
Base words with the suffix –ness.
How does it change the word?
Adj. to a noun
What is the base word ?
 Line 5: scratched kitchen half
These are words from our story and have
silent consonants.
What are the silent consonants?
t in /ch/ spelled /tch/
l in /lf/
 Sentence 1: “I’m not afraid of thunderstorms, like
Ringo and your dog.”
 Sentence 2: Thomas’s voice was like a penny
whistle.
 Sentence 3: “There’s to much silliness in here.”
Can you underline the compound word?
Can you circle the word with the /wh/ sound?
Can you put a triangle around the word with a suffix?
 Sentence 4: The dog scratched at half of its
food on the kitchen floor.
Can you underline the words that have a silent
consonant?
scratched, half, kitchen
Day 2:
D.O.L.
 Find a word and name it’s location, then ask
another student to identify the word and use it in a
sentence.
 Line 1: downspouts birdbath thunderstorm
homework
 Line 2: whistle what whined when
 Line 3: silly silliness happy happiness
 Line 4: calm calmness
 Line 5: scratched kitchen half
Name a rhyming word for each word
Have another student make up a sentence
with the rhyming word.
 Line 3: silly silliness happy happiness
 Line 4: calm calmness
 Line 5: scratched kitchen half
Day 1:
Build Background
Do you ever remember a time where the
electricity went out during a storm?
You can tell stories to help pass the time
during a storm.
What kind of stories has your family told you?
The story we are about to read is realistic
fiction, which means the events are made
up, but could happen in real life.
Often in storms, the electricity can shut off.
This can happen because strong winds can
knock over power lines, and sometimes
lightning can strike a power line.
Preview and Prepare
 Let’s browse through the story and look for
problems, clues, and wonderings.
Selection Vocabulary
 repeats
Something that is done
again
brave
 Having courage
errand
 A short trip to do
something
overcome
 To beat or conquer.
natural
 Not artificial
Vocabulary Match
 repeats
 Not artificial or man made
 brave
 A short trip to do
something
 errand
 overcome
 natural
 Having courage
 Something that is done
again
 To beat or conquer
Vocabulary Practice
 The athlete was ________ when facing her
opponent.
 Dad and I went to town on an ________to
the hardware store.
 I have worked very hard to _________the urge to
bite my nails.
 It’s only_________ for cats to eat mice.
 Sometimes when I listen to the radio, I get tired of
hearing all the _________.
Other Important Vocabulary
 mandarin
Orange or reddishyellow
scarcely
 Barely
brandishing
 To swing or shake an
object in a way that
signals possible
danger.
drenched
 To soak completely
bough
 One of the major
branches of a tree
Day 1:
English Language Conventions
 Do these sentences need commas? If so, where
are they needed?
 We rode the roller coaster and the Ferris wheel.
 Mai Ling dreams of being an engineer a scientist
or a doctor.
 Toby is afraid of diving underwater but Dexter
loves to swim to the bottom of the pool.
Day 2:
Word Analysis
 What are the silent letters?
calf lamb match
Turn to pg. 255 LA Handbook
Oh, I can’t possibly eat all that food.
(commas are used after interjections with mild feeling)
Alas! The weather report arrived too late for me to save my
boat.
Wow!
Day 3:
Word Analysis
 Do page 112-113 Spelling Vocab. Skills
 Review Comp LA Skills pg. 140-141
 Write 3 sentences using some of these words
using conjunctions and interjections
 horse, wagon, Grandmother, Grandfather, home,
journey, faucet, creaked, slopes, friends, faraway,
long ago, icicles, snow, chickens, automobile,
castle, thunder, wedding
Day 4:
Word Analysis
 Here are some words that are worn out
 nice, good, mad
 Let’s see if we can use more effective words and
list them
Instead of nice, we can use________
Instead of good, we can use ________
Instead of mad, we can use_________