Transcript Anansi Goes Fishing

When are creative ideas good?
When are they bad?
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Review Games
Vocabulary & Amazing
Words:
 Arcade Games
 Jigword
 Matchword
 Speedword
 Wordsearch
 Word Web
 Spelling City- Voc.
 Spelling City-Amazing
Spelling Words:
 Speedword
 Word Web
 Quia Games
 Spelling City
High Frequency
Words
 Fill-in-the Blank
 Spelling City
Anansi Goes Fishing
Amazing Words
Story Words
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lazy
weave
delicious
justice
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consume
prey
shrewd
boast
gloat
snicker
contentment
cure
incident
Anansi Goes Fishing
High Frequency
Words
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believe
caught
finally
been
whatever
today
tomorrow
Anansi Goes Fishing
Spelling Words
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basketball
someone
weekend
something
birthday
riverbank
bathtub
backyard
driveway
bedtime
raindrop
mailbox
grandparent
rattlesnake
earthquake
Big Question:
When are creative ideas good?
When are they bad?
Monday
 Tuesday
 Wednesday
 Thursday
 Friday
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Anansi Goes Fishing
Monday
Morning Warm-Up
Creative ideas can solve problems
or answer questions. When are
creative ideas good? When are
they bad?
Anansi Goes Fishing
Monday
Morning Warm-Up
Creative ideas can solve problems
or answer questions. When are
creative ideas good? When are
they bad?
Let’s watch the
Concept Talk Video!
Today we will learn about:
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Amazing Words
Folk Tales
Compound Words
Compare and Contrast
Verbs for present, past, and future
Anansi Goes Fishing
Monday
Small Group
Timer
Anchored Talk
How can creative thinking solve a problem?
Problem
Creative Thinking
People and animals need
food to stay alive.
People and chimpanzees
can use a tool to eat.
Animals need to stay safe.
Armadillos roll up to protect
themselves.
Anansi wants to eat fish.
Click to
listen to a
song about
clever fish.
Anansi Goes Fishing
Amazing
Words
consume
con - sume
 When you consume something,
you eat it or use it all up.
 Our family consumed a huge bowl
of popcorn while we watched TV.
 A lot of my extra time is consumed
by homework and playing ball.
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prey
prey
 Prey is an animal that is hunted
and killed by another animal for
food.
 Small fish are often the prey of
bigger fish.
 Mice are the prey of cats.
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shrewd
shrewd
 Someone or something shrewd is
very clever and smart.
 Dad told me to be shrewd about
deciding what to do with my
allowance.
 The detective made a shrewd plan
to catch the thief.
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Phonemic Awareness
Compound Words
sail – boat
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learn about
combining two
words, such as
sail and boat,
to make a
compound word.
 sailboat
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Compound Words
A compound word is made up of
two shorter words.
 The meaning of the compound
word is often made up of the
meanings of the two shorter words.
 What two words do you hear in
sailboat?
 What does sailboat mean?
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Compound Words
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To read compound words, first
chunk the word into two words.
Read the two words and then blend
them into one word.
Let’s blend this word together:
sail-boat.
someone
bedtime
snowstorm
pancake
Compound Words
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maybe
daytime
cupcake
airline
haystack
network
rainstorm
Let’s Practice Compound Words
Compound Words
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schoolyard
everything
bathtub
raindrop
brainstorm
lipstick
airplane
rowboat
Compound Words
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baseball
starfish
railroad
goldfish
forever
paycheck
snowflake
landlord
Compound Words
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seashore
laptop
birthday
weekend
suntan
backyard
babysit
grasshopper
Compound Words Pg. 422
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Words I Can Blend
 Backyard
 Daytime
 Sunrise
 Password
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Sentences I Can Read
 From Carl’s Backyard, he can see that sailboat on
Sand Lake.
 Daytime begins at sunrise.
 Use this password to get in my fort.
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Let’s
Read
Partner
Routine
Take
turns,
choral,
back to
desk.
Anansi Goes Fishing
Spelling Words
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I’ll say the word.
Repeat.
I’ll give you a sentence.
Let’s say and write the sounds!
Check!
Anansi Goes Fishing
Spelling Words
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basketball
someone
weekend
something
birthday
riverbank
bathtub
backyard
driveway
bedtime
raindrop
mailbox
grandparent
rattlesnake
earthquake
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Nondecodable
Words
Say and spell
each word!
I read
We read
Ya’ll read
Compare and Contrast
 Compare
– How are things alike?
 Contrast
– How are things different?
Read-Aloud
Dinner for a Spider
Daily Fix-It
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hir purse is durty.
Her purse is dirty.
the tirtle ca’nt run fast.
The turtle can’t run fast.
Grammar: Verbs for Past, Present
and Future
A verb tells what someone or
something does.
 A verb can show action.
 It can show action that is happening
now, has already happened, or is
going to happen.
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Grammar: Verbs for Past, Present
and Future
Today Jeb bakes muffins.
 The verb bakes tells about now. It ends
with –s.
 Yesterday Jeb baked muffins.
 The verb baked tells about the past. It
ends with –ed.
 Tomorrow Jeb will bake muffins.
 The verb will bake tells about the future.
It begins with will.
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Grammar: Verbs for Past, Present
and Future
Decide if the verb tells about now, the
past, or the future.
 Jeb invents new kinds of muffins.
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Grammar: Verbs for Past, Present
and Future
Decide if the verb tells about now, the
past, or the future.
 Jeb invents new kinds of muffins. (now)
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Grammar: Verbs for Past, Present
and Future
Decide if the verb tells about now, the
past, or the future.
 Jeb invents new kinds of muffins. (now)
 Today he sprinkles coconut.
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Grammar: Verbs for Past, Present
and Future
Decide if the verb tells about now, the
past, or the future.
 Jeb invents new kinds of muffins. (now)
 Today he sprinkles coconut. (now)
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Grammar: Verbs for Past, Present
and Future
Decide if the verb tells about now, the
past, or the future.
 Jeb invents new kinds of muffins. (now)
 Today he sprinkles coconut. (now)
 Yesterday he added pineapple.
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Grammar: Verbs for Past, Present
and Future
Decide if the verb tells about now, the
past, or the future.
 Jeb invents new kinds of muffins. (now)
 Today he sprinkles coconut. (now)
 Yesterday he added pineapple. (past)
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Grammar: Verbs for Past, Present
and Future
Decide if the verb tells about now, the
past, or the future.
 Jeb invents new kinds of muffins. (now)
 Today he sprinkles coconut. (now)
 Yesterday he added pineapple. (past)
 Next week he will use squash.
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Grammar: Verbs for Past, Present
and Future
Decide if the verb tells about now, the
past, or the future.
 Jeb invents new kinds of muffins. (now)
 Today he sprinkles coconut. (now)
 Yesterday he added pineapple. (past)
 Next week he will use squash. (future)
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Grammar: Verbs for Past, Present
and Future
Decide if the verb tells about now, the
past, or the future.
 Jeb invents new kinds of muffins. (now)
 Today he sprinkles coconut. (now)
 Yesterday he added pineapple. (past)
 Next week he will use squash. (future)
 In the future, I will make my own muffins.
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Grammar: Verbs for Past, Present
and Future
Decide if the verb tells about now, the
past, or the future.
 Jeb invents new kinds of muffins. (now)
 Today he sprinkles coconut. (now)
 Yesterday he added pineapple. (past)
 Next week he will use squash. (future)
 In the future, I will make my own muffins.
(future)
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Grammar: Verbs for Past, Present
and Future
Writing – Narrative Poem
A poem is a piece of writing that
expresses a writer’s feelings or
imagination. Poems often have
words that appeal to the senses.
Usually the LAST word in a line
rhymes.
 A narrative poem tells a story.
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Writing a Narrative Poem
Writing – Narrative Poem
Has well – chosen words arranged in
lines.
 Tells a brief story.
 May have rhyming words.
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Writing – Narrative Poem
Research and Inquiry
Look at anchored chart.
 What ideas about solving problems
would you like to learn more about?
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One way to learn something new is
to interview someone.
– One person asks, the other answers.
Research and Inquiry
Wrap Up Our Day
Compound Words
 Compare and Contrast
 Let’s Talk About it!
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Tomorrow we will read about a
trickster named Anansi who gets
tricked himself.
Anansi Goes Fishing
Monday
Journal Topic
Quick Write.
What problem could someone
have?
How could the person solve
the problem?
Anansi Goes Fishing
Tuesday
Morning Warm-Up
How do you feel when someone
tries to trick you or when anyone
lies to you? What is something
you can do?
Anansi Goes Fishing
Tuesday
Morning Warm-Up
How do you feel when someone
tries to trick you or when anyone
lies to you? What is something
you can do?
Read-Aloud
Farmer Smart’s Fat
Cat
Anansi Goes Fishing
Amazing
Words
boast
boast
 Someone who boasts brags or
speaks too well of himself of
herself.
 That girl always boasts about her
grades.
 Jim says he can run faster than I
can, but I think he’s just boasting.
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gloat
gloat
 When you think about something
you’re very satisfied with, you
gloat about it.
 The two farmers in the story
gloated that their machines would
get rid of the mice.
 My big brother gloated at his
team’s first win all season.
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Anchored Talk
How can creative thinking solve a problem?
Problem
Creative Thinking
People and animals need
food to stay alive.
People and chimpanzees
can use a tool to eat.
Animals need to stay safe.
Armadillos roll up to protect
themselves.
Anansi wants to eat fish.
Anansi tries to trick Turtle.
People put bait on a hook.
Shrewd fish learn not to
take the bait.
Spiders eat bugs.
Spiders use a web to catch
their prey.
Mice eat the crops.
The farmer’s cat get’s rid of
the mice.
Sort Compound Words:
Compound
Word
Grandpa
First Word
Second Word
Sort Compound Words:
Compound
Word
Grandpa
First Word
Grand
Second Word
pa
Sort Compound Words:
Compound
Word
Grandpa
Grandma
First Word
Grand
Second Word
pa
Sort Compound Words:
Compound
Word
Grandpa
Grandma
First Word
Grand
Grand
Second Word
pa
ma
Sort Compound Words:
Compound
Word
Grandpa
Grandma
rowboat
First Word
Grand
Grand
Second Word
pa
ma
Sort Compound Words:
Compound
Word
Grandpa
Grandma
rowboat
First Word
Grand
Grand
row
Second Word
pa
ma
boat
Sort Compound Words:
Compound
Word
Grandpa
Grandma
rowboat
outside
First Word
Grand
Grand
row
Second Word
pa
ma
boat
Sort Compound Words:
Compound
Word
Grandpa
Grandma
rowboat
outside
First Word
Grand
Grand
row
out
Second Word
pa
ma
boat
side
Sort Compound Words:
Compound
Word
Grandpa
Grandma
rowboat
outside
lunchbox
First Word
Grand
Grand
row
out
Second Word
pa
ma
boat
side
Sort Compound Words:
Compound
Word
Grandpa
Grandma
rowboat
outside
lunchbox
First Word
Grand
Grand
row
out
lunch
Second Word
pa
ma
boat
side
box
Sort Compound Words:
Compound
Word
Grandpa
Grandma
rowboat
outside
lunchbox
halfway
First Word
Grand
Grand
row
out
lunch
Second Word
pa
ma
boat
side
box
Sort Compound Words:
Compound
Word
Grandpa
Grandma
rowboat
outside
lunchbox
halfway
First Word
Grand
Grand
row
out
lunch
half
Second Word
pa
ma
boat
side
box
way
Sort Compound Words:
Compound
Word
Grandpa
Grandma
rowboat
outside
lunchbox
halfway
sunscreen
First Word
Grand
Grand
row
out
lunch
half
Second Word
pa
ma
boat
side
box
way
Sort Compound Words:
Compound
Word
Grandpa
Grandma
rowboat
outside
lunchbox
halfway
sunscreen
First Word
Grand
Grand
row
out
lunch
half
sun
Second Word
pa
ma
boat
side
box
way
screen
Sort Compound Words:
Compound
Word
Grandpa
Grandma
rowboat
outside
lunchbox
halfway
sunscreen
someone
First Word
Grand
Grand
row
out
lunch
half
sun
Second Word
pa
ma
boat
side
box
way
screen
Sort Compound Words:
Compound
Word
Grandpa
Grandma
rowboat
outside
lunchbox
halfway
sunscreen
someone
First Word
Grand
Grand
row
out
lunch
half
sun
some
Second Word
pa
ma
boat
side
box
way
screen
one
Compound Words
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Can we play basketball in the driveway?
Compound Words
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Can we play basketball in the driveway?
Compound Words
Can we play basketball in the driveway?
 The birthday party will be in the
backyard.
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Compound Words
Can we play basketball in the driveway?
 The birthday party will be in the
backyard.
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Compound Words
Can we play basketball in the driveway?
 The birthday party will be in the
backyard.
 I see frogs and birds by the riverbank.
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Compound Words
Can we play basketball in the driveway?
 The birthday party will be in the
backyard.
 I see frogs and birds by the riverbank.
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Compound Words
Can we play basketball in the driveway?
 The birthday party will be in the
backyard.
 I see frogs and birds by the riverbank.
 I have popcorn before bedtime on the
weekend.
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Compound Words
Can we play basketball in the driveway?
 The birthday party will be in the
backyard.
 I see frogs and birds by the riverbank.
 I have popcorn before bedtime on the
weekend.
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Compound Words
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Consonant Blends in compound words
golfish handmade playmate raindrop
backstage bedspread overflow landslide
sandstone.
Trish got a postcard with a seacoast shown on
it.
The three men will backpack into the hills and
see lots of wildlife.
We stay inside during a windstorm or
sandstorm.
Anansi Goes Fishing
Count and Clap!
Spelling Words
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basketball
someone
weekend
something
birthday
riverbank
bathtub
backyard
driveway
bedtime
raindrop
mailbox
grandparent
rattlesnake
earthquake
Anansi Goes Fishing
High Frequency
Words
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believe
caught
finally
been
whatever
today
tomorrow
High-Frequency Word Review
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today
work
caught
whole
been
brought
tomorrow
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watched
whatever
nothing
believe
catch
finally
eat
Sometimes characters try to
trick one another to get what
they want.
Building Background
Trickster Tales
Trickster Tales
Anansi Goes Fishing
Amazing Words
Vocabulary
Words
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lazy
weave
delicious
justice
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consume
prey
shrewd
boast
gloat
snicker
contentment
cure
incident
Vocabulary Words
lazy – not liking to work or be active
 weave – to form threads into cloth or
web or to make straw into hats or
baskets
 delicious – something that tastes
really good
 justice- something that is fair and
right
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weave
Vocabulary Words
lazy, weave, delicious, justice
Big Spider watched Little Spider ____
a large web.
 weave
 Big Spider felt ____, so she did not
help Little Spider.
 lazy
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Vocabulary Words
lazy, weave, delicious, justice
Little Spider ate a _____ bug that got
caught in the web.
 delicious
 Little Spider said, “Too bad you’re
hungry, Big Spider, but that’s ____!”
 justice
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Monitor and Fix up
 When
you read a story, ask
yourself questions like:
– Who is this story about?
– Where does it happen?
– What is happening?
Monitor and Fix Up
 If
you don’t know the answer to a
question, then stop the way you
have been reading.
 You might need to slow down.
 If you read more slowly, you can
better understand what you are
reading.
Monitor and Fix Up
you read “Anansi Goes Fishing”
ask yourself these questions:
 What are the characters like in the
story?
 Do I remember what has happened
in the story so far?
 Should I read the story more slowly
to understand what is happening?
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Antonyms
Let’s read!
Anansi Goes Fishing page 424
 Compare
and Contrast
– What is alike, what is different?
 Summarize
– Look for the most important details to retell
a story.
Genre
Folk Tale
– Story from long ago, passed down orally,
often has a trickster
Setting Character Plot
Let’s read!
Anansi Goes Fishing page 424
 Compare
and Contrast
– What is alike, what is different?
 Summarize
– Look for the most important details to retell
a story.
Genre
Folk Tale
– Story from long ago, passed down orally,
often has a trickster
Setting Character Plot
Let’s read!
Anansi Goes Fishing page 424
 Compare
and Contrast
– What is alike, what is different?
 Summarize
– Look for the most important details to retell
a story.
Genre
Folk Tale
– Story from long ago, passed down orally,
often has a trickster
Setting Character Plot
Daily Fix-It
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last week end I sent a leter
Last weekend I sent a
letter.
my mom red a story at bed
time
My mom read a story at
bedtime.
Conventions:
Verbs past and present.
1.
2.
3.
4.
We cleaned the desks well.
The windstorm scared me.
An insect hurries to hide.
Who will open the window soon?
Our clock ______ the time now.
The bell _______ later.
Last night we _______ at my sister’s joke.
Grammar: Verbs for Past, Present
and Future
A verb tells what someone or
something does.
 A verb can show action.
 It can show action that is happening
now, has already happened, or is
going to happen.
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Grammar: Verbs for Past, Present
and Future
We fish now.
 We fish now. (present)
 Yesterday we fished.
 Yesterday we fished. (past)
 Tomorrow we will fish.
 Tomorrow we will fish. (future)
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Writing
Narrative Poems
To start planning a narrative poem, we can
list ideas for a character’s problem. It can
help to think about stories we’ve read.
Let’s list Anansi’s problem:
HE NEEDED TO GET FOOD.
WHAT WAS HIS CREATIVE SOLUTION?
Writing
Narrative Poems
4 SQUARE WRITING
BEGINNING
PROBLEM
SOLUTION
END
Research and Inquiry
Research and Inquiry
Interview
Title let’s me know what interview is about.
The interviewer asks questions and the
source answers them.
Wrap Up Your Day!
High-Frequency Words
 Monitor and Fix Up
 Compare and Contrast
 Narrative Poem
 Let’s Talk About It!
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Tomorrow we will reread Anansi.
Anansi Goes Fishing
Tuesday
Journal Topic
Think of a time when you had a
good idea and tell what happened
when you used it.
Anansi Goes Fishing
Wednesday
Morning Warm-Up
Yesterday Farmer Smart had a
problem. Today he finds a way to
fix it. Tomorrow he won’t have
the problem anymore! How do
you fix your problems?
Anansi Goes Fishing
Wednesday
Morning Warm-Up
Yesterday Farmer Smart had a
problem. Today he finds a way to
fix it. Tomorrow he won’t have
the problem anymore! How do
you fix your problems?
Today we will learn about:
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Amazing Words
Compound Words
High-Frequency Words
Vocabulary Words
Verbs for Past, Present, and Future
Anansi Goes Fishing
Amazing
Words
snicker
snick - er
 When you snicker, you giggle or
laugh in a mean way.
 When one farmer saw the other’s
mouse-catching machine, he
snickered at it.
 The kids snickered at the strangelooking car.
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Anchored Talk
How can creative thinking solve a problem?
Problem
Creative Thinking
People and animals need
food to stay alive.
People and chimpanzees
can use a tool to eat.
Animals need to stay safe.
Armadillos roll up to protect
themselves.
Anansi wants to eat fish.
Anansi tries to trick Turtle.
People put bait on a hook.
Shrewd fish learn not to
take the bait.
Spiders eat bugs.
Spiders use a web to catch
their prey.
Mice eat the crops.
The farmer’s cat get’s rid of
the mice.
Animals don’t want to work
to catch fish.
Trick others into doing work.
Making Words
Head, may, band
Headband
Post, gold, fish
Suds, week, soap
Coast, skate, board
Home, storm, wind
Back, stone, pack
Fluent Word Reading
Popcorn, seacoast,
rainstorm, bathrobe,
underline, overhead
Compound Words
A compound word is made up of
two shorter words.
 The meaning of the compound
word is often made up of the
meanings of the two shorter words.
 What two words do you hear in
sailboat?
 What does sailboat mean?
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Compound Words
Have you been playing basketball
in that driveway?
 Tim’s birthday party will be in his
backyard.
 I believe someone is on that
riverbank.
 We had popcorn before bedtime
last weekend.
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Jon’s Postcard
I read, we read, ya’ll read
Vocabulary: Antonyms
Remember that at the end of the story,
Turtle was full.
 The more he ate, the more full he
became.
 Anansi, however, was the opposite of full.
 What word means the opposite of full?
 Full and empty are opposites, or
antonyms.
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Anansi Goes Fishing
High Frequency
Words
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believe
caught
finally
been
whatever
today
tomorrow
High-Frequency Words
whatever, tomorrow, finally, believe, today, caught, been
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I woke up on Sunday morning and said,
“____ I don’t have to go to school.”
today
I love all kinds of foods and will eat ____
Dad puts on my plate.
whatever
Do you ___ fairy tales are true?
believe
Yesterday I went fishing and ____ three
fish.
caught
High-Frequency Words
whatever, tomorrow, finally, believe, today, caught, been
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I woke up on Thursday and said, “___ is
Friday!”
tomorrow
I have ___ sick for three days.
been
I can’t wait until I’m ___ old enough to
drive.
finally
Anansi Goes Fishing
Spelling Words
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basketball
someone
weekend
something
birthday
riverbank
bathtub
backyard
driveway
bedtime
raindrop
mailbox
grandparent
rattlesnake
earthquake
Fluency Routine: I Read, We Read, Ya’ll Read!
Read-Aloud
Anansi Goes Fishing
During the reading,
think about what
Anansi or Turtle might
have learned.
Think Critically
Anansi Goes Fishing
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Daily Fix-It
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he saw a toy in the drive
way
He saw a toy in the
driveway.
some one played a trick on
her.
Someone played a trick on
her.
Grammar: Verbs for Past, Present
and Future
A verb tells what someone or
something does.
 A verb can show action.
 It can show action that is happening
now, has already happened, or is
going to happen.
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Grammar: Verbs for Past, Present
and Future
Travis claps his hands.
 We will clap our hands 3 times.
 We _________ our hands.
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Let’s Write It! Page 446
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Use sensory words in your writing.
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Warm, sunny, crunch,
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Sensory words help readers to
imagine they can see, hear, smell,
taste or feel what is being described.
Let’s Write It!
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Use sensory words in your writing.
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Warm, sunny, crunch,
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Sensory words help readers to
imagine they can see, hear, smell,
taste or feel what is being described.
Let’s Write It! Page 446
Quick write:
 Take one minute to talk about your
something in your poem, how it
looked, sounded, or felt if touched.
 Write a sentence to describe it.
 Share your sentences at your table.
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Research and Inquiry
Gather and Record information.
 Write your questions
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– What problem did you have?
– How did you solve it?
– Take notes as you interview your
partner.
Research and Inquiry
Gather and Record information.
 Write your questions
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– What problem did you have?
– How did you solve it?
– Take notes as you interview your
partner.
Wrap Up Your Day!
Compare and Contrast
 Fluency
 Let’s Talk About It!
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Tomorrow we will read hear a poem
about how spiders avoid their own
sticky traps.
Anansi Goes Fishing
Wednesday
Journal Topic
Describe Anansi and Turtle,
making sure to use at least one
pair of antonyms.
Anansi Goes Fishing
Thursday
Morning Warm-Up
Today we will read about a small
clever insect. A spider spins long,
sticky webs to trap bugs to eat.
Do you know why the spider
doesn’t get stuck in its own web?
Anansi Goes Fishing
Thursday
Morning Warm-Up
Today we will read about a small
clever insect. A spider spins long,
sticky webs to trap bugs to eat.
Do you know why the spider
doesn’t get stuck in its own web?
Today we will learn about:
Review Amazing Words
 Compound Words
 Long o: o, oa, ow
 Verbs for Past, Present, and
Future
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Anansi Goes Fishing
Amazing Words
Story Words
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lazy
weave
delicious
justice
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consume
prey
shrewd
boast
gloat
snicker
contentment
cure
incident
Read-Aloud
The Hippopotamus
and a Monkey’s Heart
Read-Aloud
The Hippopotamus
and a Monkey’s Heart
contentment
con – tent – ment
 Contentment is a feeling of being
pleased or satisfied.
 The dog stretched and sighed in
contentment.
 After dinner, we sat around the
campfire in complete
contentment.
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cure
cure
 When something cures you, it
makes you feel better and healthy
again.
 The medicine the doctor gave me
cured my rash.
 Scientists are searching for a cure
for many different diseases.
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incident
in – ci - dent
 An incident is something that
happens.
 That movie had some very exciting
incidents in it.
 Mom told us several funny
incidents from her trip.
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Anchored Talk
How can creative thinking solve a problem?
Problem
Creative Thinking
People and animals need
food to stay alive.
People and chimpanzees
can use a tool to eat.
Animals need to stay safe.
Armadillos roll up to protect
themselves.
Anansi wants to eat fish.
Anansi tries to trick Turtle.
People put bait on a hook.
Shrewd fish learn not to
take the bait.
Spiders eat bugs.
Spiders use a web to catch
their prey.
Mice eat the crops.
The farmer’s cat get’s rid of
the mice.
Animals don’t want to work
to catch fish.
Trick others into doing work.
The hippopotamus wants
the monkey’s heart.
The monkey tells the hippo
that he left his heart behind.
Long o: o, oa, ow
most, toad, show
 You can read these words because you
know that the long o sound can be
spelled o, oa, and ow.
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Long o: o, oa, ow
most, glow, toast, coach, scold,
bowls, throat, thrown, hosting
O
oa
ow
Long o: o, oa, ow
most, glow, toast, coach, scold,
bowls, throat, thrown, hosting
O
most
oa
ow
Long o: o, oa, ow
most, glow, toast, coach, scold,
bowls, throat, thrown, hosting
O
most
oa
ow
glow
Long o: o, oa, ow
most, glow, toast, coach, scold,
bowls, throat, thrown, hosting
O
most
oa
toast
ow
glow
Long o: o, oa, ow
most, glow, toast, coach, scold,
bowls, throat, thrown, hosting
O
most
oa
toast
coach
ow
glow
Long o: o, oa, ow
most, glow, toast, coach, scold,
bowls, throat, thrown, hosting
O
oa
most
toast
scold
coach
ow
glow
Long o: o, oa, ow
most, glow, toast, coach, scold,
bowls, throat, thrown, hosting
O
oa
ow
most
toast
glow
scold
coach
bowls
Long o: o, oa, ow
most, glow, toast, coach, scold,
bowls, throat, thrown, hosting
O
oa
ow
most
toast
glow
scold
coach
bowls
throat
Long o: o, oa, ow
most, glow, toast, coach, scold,
bowls, throat, thrown, hosting
O
oa
ow
most
toast
glow
scold
coach
bowls
throat
thrown
Long o: o, oa, ow
most, glow, toast, coach, scold,
bowls, throat, thrown, hosting
O
oa
ow
most
toast
glow
scold
coach
bowls
hosting
throat
thrown
Spiral Review Fluent Word
Reading
recess
sandy
speedy
believe
these
picture
nobody
teammate
weekend
answer
seashells
notepaper
concrete
ponytail
parents
wash
athlete
school
company
faraway
Sentence Reading
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Did your parents see that speedy athlete and
her teammate?
Pete will wash these sandy seashells over the
weekend.
We have recess in the concrete yard at
school.
Keith is painting a neat picture of a girl with a
ponytail.
Nobody had the correct answer on their
notepaper.
I believe our company came from a faraway
place.
Sentence Reading
I
will paint a picture at recess when
I am at school
 Last weekend we drove to a
faraway place.
 My three teammates told me the
answer after the reading test.
Partner Reading Routine
Take turns, choral, back to desk!
Anansi Goes Fishing
Spelling Words
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basketball
someone
weekend
something
birthday
riverbank
bathtub
backyard
driveway
bedtime
raindrop
mailbox
grandparent
rattlesnake
earthquake
Anansi Goes Fishing
High Frequency
Words
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believe
caught
finally
been
whatever
today
tomorrow
Poetry
Poems are written in lines.
 These lines are arranged in groups
called verses.
 Each line often begins with a capital
letter, even if the line does not begin a
new sentence.
 Many poems have words that rhyme.
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Poetry
Sometimes authors use alliteration.
 Alliteration is using words with repeating
consonant sounds.
 Read the title and find the alliteration.
 spiders, stick
 As we read the poem, look for other
alliteration.
 Also look in the poem for antonyms.
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Summarize
I’ll do it. Turn to partner
and you do it!
Cause and Effect
 What causes the spider to
slide off the sticky
strands of the web?
I’ll read, we’ll read, ya’ll read.
Daily Fix-It
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i fish in the pond
yesserday
I fished in the pond
yesterday.
i will fished agen tomorro
I will fish again tomorrow.
Grammar: Verbs for Past, Present
and Future
A verb tells what someone or
something does.
 A verb can show action.
 It can show action that is happening
now, has already happened, or is
going to happen.
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Grammar: Verbs for Past,
Present and Future
Yesterday I played soccer.
 Yesterday I played soccer.
 Today I play soccer.
 Today I play soccer.
 Tomorrow I will play soccer.
 Tomorrow I will play soccer.
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Grammar: Verbs for Past,
Present and Future
Yesterday I cleaned my room.
 Yesterday I cleaned my room.
 Today I clean my room.
 Today I clean my room.
 Tomorrow I will clean my room.
 Tomorrow I will clean my room.
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Writing – Narrative Poem
What phrase needs to be removed?
 Eddy wanted a new kind of toy different
from his other toys.
 Keezie needed a big sunhat, maybe a
red one.
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Writing – Narrative Poem
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Let’s revise the poems we wrote
yesterday!
Make sure the stories are clear. Take
out phrases that don’t fit. Reread to
make sure it makes sense!
 Remember using sensory words!
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Listening and Speaking
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Summarize Information
– Good speakers
 Speak
loudly
 Tell the most important information
 When summarizing a story, they tell about the
characters, the setting, and the most
important details of the plot.
 Summarizing nonfiction, tell only the most
important facts.
Listening and Speaking
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My Turn
– The story Anna Moves In is about a girl who uses
sign language because she cannot hear. She
moves next door to a boy named Toby. Toby
wants to play with Anna, but he doesn’t know sign
language. Anna teaches Toby the sign for cat.
When Toby signs “cat” to Anna, she smiles and
they play together. When it is time for lunch, Toby
makes a motion like eating and points to the
house. Anna understands that it’s time to eat!
They become friends.
Listening and Speaking
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Your turn. Summarize and share!
Each table summarizes a story!
Pearl and Wagner
Dear Juno
Anansi Goes Fishing
Research and Inquiry
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Review our responses to finding
creative solutions to problems.
Anansi Goes Fishing
Thursday
Journal Topic
Make a list of animals that
hunt for prey.
Wrap Up Your Day!
Text to Text
 Let’s Talk About It!
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Tomorrow we will read hear a story
about a monkey that tricked a
hippopotamus.
Anansi Goes Fishing
Friday
Morning Warm-Up
This week we read about
characters who had creative ideas.
When are creative ideas good?
When are they bad?
Today we will learn about:
Review Amazing Words
 Compound Words
 Review High-Frequency Words
 Verbs for Past, Present, and Future
 Alphabetical Order to the Second
Letter
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Anchored Talk
How can creative thinking solve a problem?
Problem
Creative Thinking
People and animals need
food to stay alive.
People and chimpanzees
can use a tool to eat.
Animals need to stay safe.
Armadillos roll up to protect
themselves.
Anansi wants to eat fish.
Anansi tries to trick Turtle.
People put bait on a hook.
Shrewd fish learn not to
take the bait.
Spiders eat bugs.
Spiders use a web to catch
their prey.
Mice eat the crops.
The farmer’s cat get’s rid of
the mice.
Animals don’t want to work
to catch fish.
Trick others into doing work.
Anansi Goes Fishing
Story Words
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lazy
weave
delicious
justice
Amazing Words
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consume
prey
shrewd
boast
gloat
snicker
contentment
cure
incident
Read-Aloud
The Hippopotamus
and a Monkey’s Heart
Amazing Words and ideas
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How can creative ideas help find cures for
illnesses?
Why would creating something give you
contentment?
How can being shrewd protect an animal from
becoming prey?
How might creativity save you from an
unfortunate incident?
Would you boast and gloat over a bad idea? Why
or why not?
Why isn’t it safe to consume something you creat
from an experiment?
Is it rude to snicker when someone’s creative
idea fails? Explain.
Compound Words
I gave him a basketball for his
birthday last weekend.
 I gave him a basketball for his
birthday last weekend.
 Someone will watch the sailboat near
the seashore.
 Someone will watch the sailboat near
the seashore.
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Compound Words
I put something in the treehouse by
our driveway.
 I put something in the treehouse by
our driveway.
 She broke the egg at breakfast and
they were everywhere.
 She broke the egg at breakfast and
they were everywhere!
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Anansi Goes Fishing
High Frequency
Words
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believe
caught
finally
been
whatever
today
tomorrow
High-Frequency Words
been, finally, whatever, today, tomorrow, believe
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I ____ a fish!
caught
Can you ___ I got my wish?
believe
“_____ will I do with it?” I say.
whatever
“____ was a great day!”
today
High-Frequency Words
been, finally, whatever, today, tomorrow, believe
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Mom said ____ I could go again.
tomorrow
She said I could ___ take my friend!
finally
If I do not take him, he will not know where
I have _____.
been
Let’s Learn It! Page 450
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Vocabulary
– Antonyms
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Fluency
– Expression
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Listening and Speaking
– Summarize information
Review
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Comprehension
– Compare and contrast
– What is alike about Cat and Rat?
– How are the instruments Cat and Rat play
different?
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Literary Text
– Setting, Character, Plot
– Folk Tale
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Animal
moral
Review
Daily Fix-It
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i want to do some thing fur
bill
I want to do something for
Bill.
do you had any ideas
Do you have any ideas?
Anansi Goes Fishing
Spelling Words
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basketball
someone
weekend
something
birthday
riverbank
bathtub
backyard
driveway
bedtime
raindrop
mailbox
grandparent
rattlesnake
earthquake
Wrap Up Our Week!
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Let’s Talk About Creative Ideas:
– When are creative ideas good?
– When are creative ideas bad?
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Next week we will read about two
sisters who use creative ideas to
help each other.
Anansi Goes Fishing
Friday
Journal Topic
Write about a spider's
shrewd prey.
We are now ready to
take our story tests.
Anansi Goes Fishing
Related Links
Cause and Effect Website
Compound Words
Kids' Africa
Explore Africa with Anansi
United Streaming A Story, A Story
Opposites
Squanky the Tooth Taker
Quiet Quest for Opposites
Game Goo
Compound Words
Drag and Drop
Anansi Goes Fishing
Related Links
Compound Words
Click the circle to make a compound word
Get Ready to Read
Online Story
Compound Words Game
Spiders
Compound Words Website
Compound Words
Compound Words
Cause and Effect
 Most
things happen for a reason.
 Good readers ask themselves what
happens and why it happens.
 Words like because can help you
figure out why something happens.
 Look for clue words, such as if and
because, that signal causes.
Click to listen
to”Mistake in
the Lake.”
Word Reading:
Pick out the compound words in
“Mistake in the Lake.”
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Grandpa
rowboat
outside
Grandma
lunchbox
sunscreen
halfway
someone
Alphabetical Order
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Dictionaries, glossaries, and names in a
telephone book are all arranged in
alphabetical order.
Words that begin with a come before
words that begin with b, and so on.
Sometimes two or more words begin with
the same letter.
When this happens, we alphabetize by the
second letter.
Alphabetical Order
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Animal, friend, fish, spider, fly
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How do we put these words in
order?
animal
fish
fly
friend
spider
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Alphabetical Order
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walk, where, went
How do we put these words in
order?
 walk
 went
 where
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Alphabetical Order
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slow, stupid, share
How do we put these words in
order?
 share
 slow
 stupid
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Alphabetical Order
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tired, tomorrow, then
How do we put these words in
order?
 then
 tired
 tomorrow
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Alphabetical Order
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catch, cook, cried
How do we put these words in
order?
 catch
 cook
 cried
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