Transcript Conjunctions

Theme: Nature’s Fury
Theme is about the
power of nature and
how people cope with it.
 Story: Eye of the
Storm: about a person
who photographs
lightning and tornado
storms.
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Pg. 54/55
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Eye of the Storm
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Chasing Storms with Warren Faidley
Genre:
Nonfiction selection on
storm photography
 Selection Summary
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Warren Faidley discusses the
challenges involved in photographing
tornadoes, lightning, and hurricanes.
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Background
54A
 This
theme is about the
power of nature.
 Find the “Storm Route” and what
seasons.
 What are some things you know
about tornadoes, lightning, and
hurricanes?
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Vocabulary
55A
Trans 1-9
collide: to bump into another
mass with force
 funnel cloud: tornado cloud that is
wide at the top and narrow where it
touches the ground
 lightning: the flash of light in the sky
when electricity passes between
clouds or between a cloud and the
ground
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Practice book 23
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Vocabulary (cont)
 rotate:
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to swirl in a circular
motion
 sizzling: crackling with intense
heat
 tornadoes: rotating columns of
air accompanied by whirling
funnel-shaped downspouts that
can cause great damage
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Vocabulary
(cont)
55A
prairies:
flat, open
grasslands
jagged: having a sharp ,
pointed edge or outline
severe: serious or
extreme in nature
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Vocabulary Link
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atmosphere: the air that surrounds
Earth
vapor: gas formed from a liquid, such
as water vapor
condenses: changes from a gas to a
liquid
precipitation: water that falls to the
earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail
downdraft: a downward movement of
air
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Phonics and Decoding
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What are our Phonics/Decoding skills?
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are chunking, words we
know, beginning and endings,
look carefully, affixes,
syllables, try different vowel
sounds, base words or root
words
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Phonics/Decoding
55A
 He
slid a few feet down the
rough concrete embankment,
using his hands and the soles
of his shoes as brakes.
 How should we figure out this
word? Use your Phonics and
Decoding skills.
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Decoding
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Phonics
TE__
Understanding long vowel sounds can
help you decode unfamiliar words
 People listened to the howling winds
of a hurricane.
 How can we use our phonics and
decoding skills to figure out this
word?
 Practice: meantime, exclaim, chaser,
microphone
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Long Vowel /a/,/e/,/i/ TE
Long
a vid
Long e vid
Long I vid
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 By
Reading Strategy
Question
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asking yourself questions as you
read or after you read, you can help
yourself understand what the
author is trying to get across.
 Does anyone have any questions
about this story before we read it?
 Why, what, how, when questions?
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Writing
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TE81 M
Response to Literature
 Promptdirections, can be in the form of a
question, give the topic and format
for a piece of writing
 Topic –
what a selection is mostly about
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Writing
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Steps for writing
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Comprehension Skills TE
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Trans 1-10
Text can be organized by main ideas
or
 Text can be organized according to
sequence of events.
 Authors will use text features such
as heading as a guide to the
organization of information.
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Fact and Opinion
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 Fact
is something that can be
proven true.
 Opinion is something that deals
with feelings, beliefs, or
thoughts.
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Decoding Longer Words
Syllabication
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Warren wasn’t looking for cactus wrens.
Divide cactus into syllables. Where does it get
divided?
cac/tus -each syllable needs its own vowel sound
The VCCV syllable pattern needs a break
between the CC, the c and t in cactus.
The CVVC syllable pattern – diary – gets divided
di/a/ry – each syllable gets its own vowel sound.
Let’s divide these words: radio, spectacular,
tornado, horizon, organize
Practice book pg. 28
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Syllabication
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What are your strategies for finding
the syllables of a word?
 Clap
 Look for patterns
 Trust yourself
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Syllabication TE
 Need
syllable vid need to
download
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Long a vowel sound
 The rule: the letters aconsonant-e, ai, and ay can
all stand for the /a/ sound
 ex. cake, mail, and play
81F PB29
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Long e vowel
81F PB29
the letters ea and ee can stand for
the /e/ sound ex. feet and heat
 These are the vowel sounds for long e
 Spelling patterns are ie and ei ex.
relief, receive
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Long i vowel sound
81F PB29
Spelling patterns: the letters iconsonants-e, igh, and i can
stand for the /i/ sound
ex. Time & Bright
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Vocabulary
Dictionary: Alphabetical Order and Guide
Words 81G
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words defined in a dictionary
are known as entry words, and are
arranged in alphabetical order
 The guide words are at the top of
the page indicate the first and last
entry on each page. The guide
words are used to quickly locate
the words.
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Practice book 32
trans 1-12
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Grammar Skills
81K
Conjunctions and compound sentences
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Conjunctions may be
used to join words in
a sentence. (and, or,
or but)
Trans 1-14
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PB 33
Joe went home. Jane
went home too.
Joe and Jane went
home.
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Conjunctions may be
used to join
sentences. (and, or,
or but)
Trans 1-15
PB 34
Jill looked out the
window. She saw the
kids playing.
Jill looked out the
window, and she saw
the kids playing.
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Conjunctions
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compound sentences
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Conjunctions
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Trans 1-14
81K
PB33
 Conjunctions
may be used to
join words in a sentence.
 A conjunction may be used to
join sentences.
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Compound Sentences
 Compound
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Sentences
 If
two sentences are related,
they can be combined to make one
compound sentence.
 Use a comma and the conjunctions
and, but, or or to combine the
sentences.
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Trans 1-15
PB 35
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Capitalizing and
Punctuating Sentences
81N
 It’s
important when writing
in a response to a prompt,
it’s important to use
correct capitalization and
punctuation.
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Trans 1-17
PB 37
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Capitalizing and
Punctuating Sentences
81N
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Run-on Sentences
Run-on: Jill usually rode her bike
to soccer practice, in this weather
she would get a ride with the
Carltons.
 Correct: Jill usually rode her bike
to soccer practice, but in this
weather she would get a ride with
the Carltons.
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Dictionary and Structural Analysis:
Prefixes re-, dis-, un-, 81R
A prefix is a word part added to the
beginning of a base word. For
example, the prefixes re-, dis-, un-,
can be added to the words name,
appear, and load to form the words
rename, disappear, and unload.
 Prefixes can change the meaning of
word.
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Dictionary and Structural Analysis:
Suffixes –ness, -ment, -less, -ion
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A suffix is a word part added to the
end of a base word. For example, the
suffixes –ness, -ment, -ful, -less, and
–ion can be added to the words happy,
require, meaning, and act to form the
words happiness, requirement,
meaningful, action.
 Suffixes can change the meaning of a
word.
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Think About
pg.76
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Science Connection
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Fluency
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Reading like you are speaking.
Combine volume, tone, and pitch to
show the author’s meaning.
Montone is reading with no
expression, like a robot.
Tips: vary pitch, tone, and volume to
reflect author’s meaning.
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Response to Literature
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Writing about some topic.
Include main ideas with details.
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Spelling Test
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1. speech
2. claim
3. strike
4. stray
5. fade
6. sign
7. leaf
8. thigh
9. thief
10. height
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11. mild
12. waist
13. sway
14. beast
15. stain
16. fleet
17. stride
18. praise
19. slight
20. niece
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Challenge Words
campaign
 describe
 cease
 sacrifice
 plight
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Study Guide for the test
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Long a, e, and i sound
Question
Text organization
Guide words
Conjunctions
Compound sentences
Capitalizing and punctuation
Prefixes and suffixes
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United Streaming Videos
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Long a, e, i vowels
Syllables
Conjunctions
Compound sentences
Capitalizing
Punctuation
Prefixes
suffixes
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