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Title:
America’s Champion
Swimmer
Author:
David A. Adler
Genre:
Biography
Small Group
Timer
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dentist
editor
artist
hostess
actress
swimmer
seller
tutor
tourist
organist
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lioness
shipper
chemist
investor
conductor
announcer
pharmacist
journalist
commuter
pianist
VOCABULARY WORDS
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celebrate
continued
current
drowned
medals
stirred
strokes
MORE WORDS TO KNOW
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attempted
courageous
determined
magnificent
propellers
suspended
Monday
Tuesday
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 Friday
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Question of the Day
How might it feel to be
the first to do
something?
Build Concepts
 Fact and Opinion
 Monitor and Fix Up
 Build Background
 Vocabulary
 Fluency: Model Appropriate Phrasing
 Grammar: Contractions
 Spelling: Suffixes -er, -or, -ess, -ist
 Being First
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Fluency:
Model Appropriate Phrasing
 As
I read “One Giant Leap: The
Story of Neil Armstrong,” pay
special attention to groups of
words.
 Be ready to answer questions
after I finish reading.
 Find
one fact and one opinion in
the selection.
 What do you think Neil
Armstrong felt when he first
stepped on the moon?
Equipment
Being
First
Motions
Description/
Emotions
Turn to pages 86 – 87.
K (What do you know?) W (What would you like L (What did you learn?)
to learn?)
celebrate – to do something
in special honor of a special
person or day
 continued – kept up; kept on
going
 current – a flow or stream
of water
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drowned – to die or cause to
die under water or other
liquid because of lack of air
to breathe
 medals – pieces of metal,
like coins, that are given as
prizes or rewards
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stirred – mixed something
by moving it around with a
spoon or stick
 strokes – single, complete
movements made over and
over again
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attempted – tried
 courageous – fearless, brave
 determined – with your mind
made up
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magnificent – something
wonderful; grand; splendid
 propellers – metal blades
that turn rapidly on a shaft,
making boats and aircraft
move
 suspended – hanging
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Grammar: Contractions
isn’t brian the best swimer on
the team
 Isn’t Brian the best swimmer on
the team?
 he gos to the pool four a work
out every morning
 He goes to the pool for a
workout every morning.
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didn’t matter to Trudy what
people said or wrote.
 Didn’t
is a contraction of the
words did not.
 Contractions: We’ve gone
swimming every day, but we
won’t go tomorrow.
A
contraction is a word made by
putting two words together.
 When words are joined in a
contraction, an apostrophe is
used to show where a letter or
letters have been left out.
 Some
contractions combine a
pronoun and a verb:
 I + will = I’ll
 they + will = they’ll
 she + is = she’s
 it + is = it’s
 they + have = they’ve
 you + are = you’re
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contractions combine a
verb and not:
 has + not = hasn’t
 had + not = hadn’t
 was + not = wasn’t
 did + not = didn’t
 could + not = couldn’t
 Swimming
was popular in ancient
Greece, and it’s still popular today.
 it’s – it is
 Swimmers began competing in the
1896 Olympics, and they’ve
competed ever since.
 they’ve – they have
 Women
didn’t compete in the
Olympics until 1912.
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didn’t – did not
 Wasn’t
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Mark Spitz the winner of
seven gold medals in 1972?
Wasn’t – was not
 American
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swimmers couldn’t beat
Spitz’s record in 2004.
couldn’t – could not
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see that you are reading about
Natalie Coughlin, my favorite athlete.
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you’re
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had not heard of Janet Evans, who
competed in 1988.
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hadn’t
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will tell you about Fanny Durack.
I’ll
Spelling:
Suffixes –er, -or, -ess, -ist
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dentist
editor
artist
hostess
actress
swimmer
seller
tutor
tourist
organist
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lioness
shipper
chemist
investor
conductor
announcer
pharmacist
journalist
commuter
pianist
Question of the Day
What goals do you think
Trudy set for herself as
a young girl when she
realized she was a good
swimmer?
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Suffixes –er, –or-, -ess, -ist
Context Clues
Fact and Opinion
Monitor and Fix Up
Vocabulary
Fluency: Choral Reading
Grammar: Contractions
Change
Heroes
Being First
Pages 88 - 89
Pages 90 - 97
Fluency: Choral Reading
 Turn to page 100.
 As I read, notice how
I group
words and read phrases instead
of reading word-by-word.
 We will practice as a class doing
three choral readings of this
page.
Grammar: Contractions
the swimmor jump into the pool
with a spelash
 The swimmer jumped into the
pool with a splash.
 a tuter will helped her with
some strokes
 A tutor will help her with some
strokes.
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contraction is a word made by
putting two words together.
 When words are joined in a
contraction, an apostrophe is
used to show where a letter or
letters have been left out.
 Some
contractions combine a
pronoun and a verb:
 I + will = I’ll
 they + will = they’ll
 she + is = she’s
 it + is = it’s
 they + have = they’ve
 you + are = you’re
 Some
contractions combine a
verb and not:
 has + not = hasn’t
 had + not = hadn’t
 was + not = wasn’t
 did + not = didn’t
 could + not = couldn’t
Spelling:
Suffixes –er, –or-, -ess, -ist
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dentist
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lioness
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chemist
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conductor
announcer
pharmacist
journalist
commuter
pianist
Question of the Day
Why do you think
Gertrude Ederle became a
“beacon of strength to
girls and women
everywhere” after she
successfully swam the
English Channel?
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Draw Conclusions
Monitor and Fix Up
Context Clues
Generalize
Vocabulary
Fluency: Model Appropriate Phrasing
Grammar: Contractions
Spelling: Suffixes –er, –or-, -ess, -ist
Geography
Being First
Pages 98 - 107
Fluency:
Model Appropriate Phrasing
 Turn to page 103.
 As I read, notice how
I pause at
commas and how I group words
appropriately.
 We will practice as a class doing
three choral readings of this
page.
Grammar: Contractions
didnt you learn the backstoke
Didn’t you learn the
backstroke?
 he do the backstrok in races
but the crawl is fastest
 He does the backstroke in
races, but the crawl is faster.
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A
contraction is a word made by
putting two words together.
 When words are joined in a
contraction, an apostrophe is
used to show where a letter or
letters have been left out.
 Some
contractions combine a
pronoun and a verb:
 I + will = I’ll
 they + will = they’ll
 she + is = she’s
 it + is = it’s
 they + have = they’ve
 you + are = you’re
 Some
contractions combine a
verb and not:
 has + not = hasn’t
 had + not = hadn’t
 was + not = wasn’t
 did + not = didn’t
 could + not = couldn’t
 Test Tip:
 You may be
asked to use
contractions correctly.
 Do not confuse contractions with
words that sound the same but
have different meanings and
spellings.
 Examples:
 They’re jumping
off the dock.
(contraction)
 They might hurt their feet.
(possessive pronoun)
Spelling:
Suffixes –er, –or-, -ess, -ist
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dentist
editor
artist
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seller
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tourist
organist
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lioness
shipper
chemist
investor
conductor
announcer
pharmacist
journalist
commuter
pianist
Question of the Day
What challenges might
women athletes still face
today?
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Prefixes pre-, mid-, over-, outOnline Directories
Reading Across Texts
Fluency: Paired Reading
Grammar: Contractions
Spelling: Suffixes –er, –or-, -ess, -ist
Research Sports
Pages 108 - 111
Fluency: Paired Reading
 Turn to page 103.
 With a partner, take
turns
reading aloud this page.
 Read with appropriate phrasing
and offer each other feedback.
Grammar: Contractions
hurry, or youll miss youre
swimming leson
 Hurry, or you’ll miss your
swimming lesson.
 julia and her left really erly
 Julia and she left really early.
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contraction is a word made by
putting two words together.
 When words are joined in a
contraction, an apostrophe is
used to show where a letter or
letters have been left out.
 Some
contractions combine a
pronoun and a verb:
 I + will = I’ll
 they + will = they’ll
 she + is = she’s
 it + is = it’s
 they + have = they’ve
 you + are = you’re
 Some
contractions combine a
verb and not:
 has + not = hasn’t
 had + not = hadn’t
 was + not = wasn’t
 did + not = didn’t
 could + not = couldn’t
 Contractions
are not generally
used in formal writing such as
research reports.
 However, contractions give
informal writing a conversational
tone and make dialogue sound
realistic.
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Formal: “I cannot come to
your house after school,” Toby
said.
 Realistic: “I can’t come to your
house after school,” Toby said.
Spelling:
Suffixes –er, –or-, -ess, -ist
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dentist
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lioness
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pharmacist
journalist
commuter
pianist
Question of the Day
How might it feel to be
the first to do
something?
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Build Concept Vocabulary
Fact and Opinion
Author’s Viewpoint
Context Clues
Grammar: Possessive Pronouns
Spelling: Suffixes –er, –or-, -ess, -ist
Being First
A
statement of fact tells
something that can be proved
true or false. You can prove it by
reading or asking an expert.
 A statement of opinion tells
someone’s ideas or feelings.
Words that tell feelings, such as
should or best, are clue to
opinion.
 Facts
= can be proven to be
true
 Opinions = what someone
thinks or how someone feels
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The way an author looks at the subject or
ideas he or she is writing about is called the
author’s viewpoint, or the author’s bias.
You can learn about the author’s viewpoint
by looking at the words he or she uses and
the opinions he or she expresses.
Look for other clues; for instance, does the
author present only one side of an issue?
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You can use context clues to determine the
meaning of multiple-meaning words.
List any unknown words you find as you read
“America’s Champion Swimmer: Gertrude
Ederle.”
Create a chart showing the unknown word,
helpful context clues, and their definition
of the word based on its context.
Word
Context Clues
Meaning
 Some
words, such as paddle,
refer to swimming. With a
partner make lists of words that
refer to swimming.
 Use your words to describe any
experience you have had with
swimming.
Grammar: Contractions
beths race is next and her
coatch is talking to she
 Beth’s race is next, and her
coach is talking to her.
 the winer will go to the finals
in new york
 The winner will go to the finals
in New York.
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A
contraction is a word made by
putting two words together.
 When words are joined in a
contraction, an apostrophe is
used to show where a letter or
letters have been left out.
 Some
contractions combine a
pronoun and a verb:
 I + will = I’ll
 they + will = they’ll
 she + is = she’s
 it + is = it’s
 they + have = they’ve
 you + are = you’re
 Some
contractions combine a
verb and not:
 has + not = hasn’t
 had + not = hadn’t
 was + not = wasn’t
 did + not = didn’t
 could + not = couldn’t
learned the suffixes –ly, -ful,
-ness, and –less in Unit 3.
 Words –er, -or, -ess, and –ist
often refer to people: swimmer,
editor, actress, artist.
 Adding the suffixes does not
change the pronunciation of the
base word.
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 teacher
 What is the base word?
 What does it mean?
 The suffix –er means someone
something who does the thing
described by the base word.
 What does the word teacher
mean?
or
 visitor
 What is the base word?
 What does it mean?
 The suffix –or means someone
something who does the thing
described by the base word.
 What does the word visitor
mean?
or
suffixes –or and –ist also
mean someone who does
something.
 The suffix –ess means a woman
who does something.
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driver
sculptor
hostess
cyclist
actress
reader
typist
inventor
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He has so many books
that he is now a book
collector.
Our waitress brought our
food to the table and
left.
The player ran back and
forth across the field.
She is a very good
violinist.
 We
studied the prefixes pre-,
mid-, over-, and out-.
 Read these words to yourself.
 Raise your hand when you know
what each word means.
 predawn
 midnight
 overhead
 outstay
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overturn
midway
outdated
outrun
overload
preheat
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midday
prepack
midair
overfill
outnumber
preowned
 My
father was overjoyed that the
whole family was at the dinner
table.
 She is twelve years old, so she is a
preteen.
 Grandpa told us to outplay the
other team.
 We’ll stop at the midpoint and rest.
Line Graphs
 Identify
different kinds of
graphs you have seen or used.
A
line graph is a visual way to
summarize changes over time.
 The changes appear as numbers
or amounts.
 Line graphs have two axes—one
vertical line and one horizontal.
 The
scale (range of numbers)
usually appears on the vertical
axis.
 The periods of time (hours,
weeks, years) are usually labeled
below the horizontal axis.
 Points
are plotted where the
period of time meets the
appropriate number on the scale.
 A line connects the points.
Spelling:
Suffixes –er, –or-, -ess, -ist
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lioness
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chemist
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conductor
announcer
pharmacist
journalist
commuter
pianist
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