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Title:
Elena’s Serenade
Author:
Campbell Geeslin
Illustrator:
Ana Juan
Genre:
Fantasy
Small Group
Timer
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cloth
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nature
natural
able
ability
mean
meant
deal
dealt
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please
pleasant
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signature
equal
equation
equator
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VOCABULARY WORDS
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burro
bursts
factory
glassblower
puff
reply
tune
MORE WORDS TO KNOW
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serenade
shriek
discouraged
instruments
mellow
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Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Question of the Day
When are you free to
follow your dreams?
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Build Concepts
Generalize
Predict
Build Background
Vocabulary
Fluency: Model Characterization
Grammar: Quotations
Spelling: Related Words
Freedom to Create
Fluency:
Model Characterization
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Listen as I read “Manuelo the Playing
Mantis” to you.
While I read, notice how I use
different voices for each character.
The size of the animal character
influences the voice I use.
Also, their words and actions, which
show their personality, can influence
the tone of voice that I choose to use.
Be ready to answer questions after the
story.
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What generalization can you make
about Debby?
What generalization can you make
about Manuelo?
Feelings
Freedom
to Create
Description
of End Result
Turn to page 380 - 381.
Word
burro
bursts
factory
glassblower
puff
reply
tune
serenade
shriek
Know
Have Seen
Don’t Know
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burro – a donkey, used to carry
loads
bursts – breaks open or opens
suddenly
factory – a building or group of
buildings where people and
machines make things
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glassblower – person who shapes
glass objects by blowing air from
the mouth through a tube into a
blob of hot liquid glass at the
other end of the tube
puff – to swell up
reply – to answer someone by
words or actions
tune – a piece of music; melody
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serenade – music played to
someone outside at night
shriek – to make a loud, sharp,
shrill sound
discouraged – feeling less hopeful
about something
instruments – devices for
producing musical sounds
mellow – soft and rich; not
harsh
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Grammar: Quotations
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tina and me enjoy the naturel
world in the desert
Tina and I enjoy the natural
world in the desert.
tina said “i thouht I saw a
snake
Tina said, “I thought I saw a
snake.”
“Let me hear you,” I say.
 This is a quotation. The
quotation marks indicate
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the speaker’s exact words.
 A comma separates the
speaker’s words from the
rest of the sentence.
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Quotation marks “ ” show the
exact words of a speaker in a
conversation.
Use a comma to separate the
speaker’s exact words from the rest
of the sentence.
Use a capital letter to begin the
first word inside the quotation marks.
Put the punctuation mark that ends
the quotation inside the quotation
marks.
“I want to be a glassblower,”
said Elena.
 “Is that a hard job?” I asked.
 She replied, “You need good
lungs.”
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Quotation marks also indicate
many kinds of titles, such as
song, poem, and story titles.
 Elena played “Burro Serenade.”
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There are different ways to make
glass into objects Ben said.
“There are different ways to make
glass into objects,” Ben said.
You can blow the hot glass with a
blowpipe Kit said
“You can blow the hot glass with a
blowpipe,” Kit said.
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Taylor said you can press the glass
into a mold.
Taylor said, “You can press the
glass into a mold.”
Kevin added you can pour hot glass
into a mold.
Kevin added, “You can pour hot
glass into a mold.”
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You can make many useful and
pretty things with glass Sara
exclaimed.
“You can make many useful and
pretty things with glass,” Sara
exclaimed.
Mr. Parker said you can make
beautiful vases
Mr. Parker said, “You can make
beautiful vases.”
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I asked are some lamps made of
glass?
I asked, “Are some lamps made of
glass?”
Spelling: Related
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Question of the Day
What effect does
Elena’s music have on
the animals she
meets?
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Context Clues
Generalize
Predict
Main Idea
Vocabulary
Fluency: Readers’ Theater
Grammar: Quotations
Spelling: Related Words
Time for Social Studies:
Location Skills
Women in the Workforce
Freedom to Create
Fluency: Readers’
Theater
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Turn to page 387.
As I read, notice
characterization.
Practice doing reader’s theater
readings of page 387 in groups
of three: a narrator, Pedro, and
Elena.
Turn to page 382.
Turn to page 384-393.
Grammar: Quotations
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doesnt the warm sun in the
desert feel pleasent
Doesn’t the warm sun in the
desert feel pleasant?
the desert animels rests
during the day
The desert animals rest during
the day.
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A quotation shows the exact words of
a speaker in a conversation.
Use a comma to separate the
speaker’s exact words from the rest
of the sentence.
Use a capital letter to begin the first
word inside the quotation marks.
Put the punctuation mark that ends
the sentence inside the quotation
marks.
Spelling: Related
Words
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Question of the Day
How does Elena’s
music create and
guide the swallow that
takes her home?
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Generalize
Predict
Context Clues
Main Idea
Vocabulary
Fluency: Model Characterization
Grammar: Quotations
Spelling: Related Words
Time for Social Studies: Glassblowing
Freedom to Create
Fluency:
Characterization
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Turn to page 389.
As I read, notice how my voice
changes as I read the dialogue.
Practice reading the dialogue on
this page with a partner, taking
turns being Elena and Burro.
Turn to page 394 - 401.
Grammar: Quotations
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roadrunners are birds and they
usual live in the desert
Roadrunners are birds, and they
usually live in the desert.
joe said, Roadrunners are abel to
run 15 miles per hour”.
Joe said, “Roadrunners are able
to run 15 miles per hour.”
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Using quotations that show exactly
what people said makes stories and
articles more vivid and interesting.
Interesting: The little girl said she
wanted to be a glassblower.
More Interesting: The little girl
said, “I want to be a glassblower.”
Spelling: Related
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Question of the Day
In what ways do
freedoms cost more
than what even money
can buy?
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Prefixes and Suffixes
Expository Nonfiction/Text Features
Reading Across Texts
Content-Area Vocabulary
Fluency: Readers’ Theater
Grammar: Quotations
Spelling: Related Words
Time for Social Studies: Economic
Opportunity
Fluency: Readers’
Theater
Turn to page 389.
 In groups of three, read this
page three times, readers’
theater style.
 Be sure you read with
characterization.
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Turn to page 404 - 407.
Grammar: Quotations
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tina said, “i wonder if there are
wolfs in the desert.
Tina said, “I wonder if there are
wolves in the desert.”
coyotes live in the desert and
they are members of the dog
family to
Coyotes live in the desert, and
they are members of the dog
family too.
You may be asked to identify
which words should go inside
quotation marks.
 In addition to showing the exact
words of people, quotation marks
indicate many kinds of titles,
such as song, poem, and story
titles.
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Titles of longer works such as books
are indicated with italics in print or
underlined in handwriting.
Examples:
Jane read a story called “A Big
Lizard.”
I read a poem called “Desert
Nights.”
Spelling: Related
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Question of the Day
When are you free to
follow your dreams?
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Build Concept Vocabulary
Generalize
Details and Facts
Context Clues
Grammar: Quotations
Spelling: Related Words
Chart/Table
Freedom to Create
When you
, you make
a
or
that applies to several
examples.
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tells how
people or things are alike in
some way.
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are small pieces of
information.
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are pieces of information
that can be proven to be true.
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Details can help you remember
important information,
visualize the story events, and
justify your predictions,
conclusions, generalizations,
and feelings related to the
story.
Look for details that help you
understand the plot, characters,
and setting.
 As you read, try to decide which
details are important.
 Use details to help you decide
why the author wrote a
selection.
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Word
Context Clue
Synonym
Meaning
bottles
eyeglasses
plates
containers
bricks
mugs
windows
marbles
ornaments
Grammar: Quotations
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coyotes wolves and foxs are all
members of the dog family
Coyotes, wolves, and foxes are all
members of the dog family.
chris and him hears coyotes
howling in the desert in july
Chris and he hear coyotes howling
in the desert in July.
Spelling: Related
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You have learned many words that
are similar.
able, ability, deal, dealt
How do you pronounce the first
word?
What does able mean?
How is the second word similar to
the first?
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When you come to an unfamiliar
word, think about similar words you
already know.
Often words that look and sound
similar are related. That means
they have similar meanings.
The word
describes a person
who can do something well.
is a noun that means “
.”
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Use what you know about able
to help understand what ability
means.
By thinking about related words
and using context clues if the
word is in a sentence can usually
help figure out the new word
without looking it up.
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single
singular
courtesy
courteous
describe
description
add
additional
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It’s almost time for
dinner so let’s look for a
good place to dine.
The piece of cake
crumbled into tiny crumbs
when I picked it up.
The job of a goalie is to
keep the other team from
scoring a goal.
A historian is a person
who studies history.
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We learned to decode longer
words by dividing them into word
parts— base word, prefixes, and
suffixes.
Read the sentence to yourself.
Raise your hand when you see a
word that has a base word and
two suffixes.
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Her cheerfulness made us feel at
home.
How do we divide cheerfulness
into parts?
cheer / ful / ness
How does dividing the word into
parts help us figure it out?
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mismanagement
previewing
overjoyed
distrustfully
midyear
disinterested
replacement
shamefully
disorderly
oversleeping
unpleasantness
misconduct
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Our fear of the
darkness turned out to
be needless.
Rebuilding the model for
the science fair was a
big job.
The outfielder ran to
catch the ball.
The whole problem was
the result of my
carelessness.
What kind of information have you
seen organized in a chart or table?
 Some examples are schedules,
calendars, price lists, and
multiplication facts.
 Both terms chart and table can
describe the same thing.
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Most tables have boxes.
 Charts and tables have horizontal
rows and/or vertical columns.
 Tables usually have a title that
summarizes the included
information.
 The words in the rows and columns
tell you what information is given.
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