Transcript Big Question:

Big Question:
Boom Town
When would hard work be the way to strike it rich?
Title: Boom Town
Author: Sonia
Levitin
Illustrator: John
Sandford
Genre: Historical
Fiction
Small Group
Timer
Spelling Words
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napkin
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Vocabulary
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boom
business
coins
fetched
laundry
mending
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More Words to Know
 bustle
 nuggets
 prospector
 bounty
 economic
 population
Big Question:
When would hard work be the way to
strike it rich?
 Monday
 Tuesday
 Wednesday
 Thursday
 Friday
Monday
Question of the Day
When would hard work be
the way to strike it rich?
Today we will learn about:
 Realism and Fantasy
 Prior Knowledge
 Build Background
 Vocabulary
 Fluency: Model Accuracy
 Sentences
 Short Vowels VCCV
 Community Development
Monday
Fluency:
Model
Fluency: Model Accuracy
 Listen as I read “Prairie Town.”
 Notice how I speak carefully so no words are
omitted.
 I will adjust my reading rate to be sure to
include any difficult or unfamiliar words.
 Be ready to answer questions after I finish.
 Do you think this story shows something that
could have really happened?
 How would you describe this story—as a
realistic story or as a fantasy?
Build Concept Vocabulary:
bounty, economic, population
Growth
Community
Development
Businesses
Residents
Realism and Fantasy
Turn to page 12
Prior Knowledge:
Take 2 or 3 minutes to think about as many things as you can about
how towns grow.
What do you KNOW?
What would you
WANT to find out?
What have you
LEARNED?
After we read our story, we will add what we learned in the last
column.
Vocabulary Words
boom - having rapid growth
 business – work done to earn a
living
 coins – round pieces of metal used
as money
 fetched – went and got something
 laundry – a room or building where
clothes are washed and ironed
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Vocabulary Words
mending – sewing that repairs a
hole or tear
 pick – a tool with a heavy metal bar
pointed at one or both ends, having
a long, wooden handle
 skillet – a type of frying pan
 spell – a period of time
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Other Vocabulary Words
bustle – a noisy or excited activity
 nuggets – small, rough pieces of
valuable metal ore
 prospector – someone who explores
or examines a region, looking for
gold or other valuable resources
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Other Vocabulary Words
 bounty – a large supply
 economic – having to do with the
business affairs of a country or
area
 population – the number of people
living in a place
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business
coins
laundry
Read about the
washboard.
mending
pick
skillet
nuggets
gold nuggets
silver nuggets
iron nuggets
nickel nuggets
prospector
population
Vocabulary
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boom
business
coins
fetched
laundry
mending
pick
skillet
spell
More Words to Know
 bustle
 nuggets
 prospector
 bounty
 economic
 population
Monday
Grammar:
 the apple pies was for super
 The apple pies were for
supper.
 can you’re sister bake pies
 Can your sister bake pies?
Grammar: Sentences
 Gooseberries grew on the bushes
near town.
 This group of words is a
sentence.
 It tells a complete thought.
 It begins with a capital letter
and ends with a period.
Grammar: Sentences
 A sentence is a complete thought.
 It names someone or something and
tells what that person or thing is
or does.
 An incomplete sentence is called a
fragment.
 Sentence: The girls ate
strawberries.
 Fragment: A farmer in the big
field.
Grammar: Sentences
 Words in a sentence are in an
order that makes sense.
 A sentence always begins with a
capital letter and ends with a
an end mark.
Sentences
Decide if each group of words is a sentence or a fragment.
 The bakery sells fresh bread.
 sentence
 Serving lunch at the café.
 fragment
 The bankers eat there each
day.
 sentence
Sentences
Decide if each group of words is a sentence or a fragment.
 At a quiet table in the corner.
 fragment
 Everyone works hard all week.
 sentence
 Who will clean the clothes?
 sentence
 Washing the men’s shirts?
 fragment
Sentences
Decide if each group of words is a sentence or a fragment.
Sleeping in the barn.
fragment
He could build a stable.
sentence
Across the street from the
store.
 fragment
 Mr. Jay built a shoe shop.
 sentence
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Monday
Spelling:
Spelling Words
happen
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 winter
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sister
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napkin
collar
traffic
suggest
puppet
skillet
picnic
planet
system
pumpkin
Tuesday
Question of the Day
What type of person is well
suited to living in a new
town?
Today we will learn about:
 Short Vowels
 Context Clues
 Realism/Fantasy
 Prior Knowledge
 Character
 Vocabulary
 Fluency: Choral Reading
 Sentences
 Short Vowels VCCV
 Communities
Vocabulary Strategy for
Homonyms
Turn to page 14.
Boom Town
Pages 16 – 27.
Tuesday
Fluency:
Fluency: Choral Reading
 Turn to page 18.
 As I read, notice that I read
all of the words as written and
I don’t omit or substitute any
words.
 Now we will practice together
doing three choral readings of
page 18.
Tuesday
Grammar:
 soon their was more trafic in
the town
 Soon there was more traffic
in the town.
 does any one need knew shoes
 Does any one need new shoes?
Grammar: Sentences
 A sentence tells a complete
thought.
 A sentence begins with a capital
letter and ends with a period,
question mark, or exclamation
mark.
 A fragment is a group of words
that does not tell a complete
thought.
Tuesday
Spelling:
Spelling Words
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napkin
collar
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puppet
skillet
picnic
planet
system
pumpkin
Wednesday
Question of the Day
How do towns and cities
grow?
Today we will learn about:
 Realism/Fantasy
 Prior Knowledge
 Context Clues
 Vocabulary
 Fluency: Model Accuracy
 Sentences
 Short Vowels VCCV
 Economics
Boom Town
Pages 28 - 37.
Wednesday
Fluency:
Fluency: Choral Reading
 Turn to page 21.
 As I read, notice that I read every
word correctly without omitting any
words.
 Now we will practice together doing
three choral readings of page 21.
Wednesday
Grammar:
 a log cabin kept the family
warm
 A log cabin kept the family
warm.
 the rodes was muddy in winter
 The roads were muddy in
winter.
Grammar: Sentences
 A sentence begins with a capital
letter, ends with an end
punctuation mark, and tells a
complete thought.
Wednesday
Spelling:
Spelling Words
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napkin
collar
traffic
suggest
puppet
skillet
picnic
planet
system
pumpkin
Thursday
Question of the Day
How might things you sell
help both you and your
community?
Today we will learn about:
 Long Vowels CVCe
 Expository Nonfiction/Text Features
 Reading Across Texts
 Content-Area Vocabulary
 Fluency:
Partner Reading
 Sentences
 Short Vowels VCCV
 Economics
Social Studies in Reading
Mike’s Teaching T-shirts
Pages 38 - 41
Thursday
Fluency:
Fluency: Partner Reading
 Turn to page 21.
 We will partner read this page aloud
three times.
 Read with accuracy and offer each
other feedback.
Thursday
Grammar:
 the settlers bilt a school and
stores
 The settlers built a school and
stores.
 they gived all the streats
names
 They gave all the streets
names.
Grammar: Sentences
 Test Tips:
 Watch out for fragments that
have an –ing word.
 Sentences:
 The boys are going to the game.
 The band is marching in the
parade.
 Fragments:
 Going to the game.
 The band marching in the parade.
Thursday
Spelling:
Spelling Words
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napkin
collar
traffic
suggest
puppet
skillet
picnic
planet
system
pumpkin
Friday
Question of the Day
When would hard work be
the way to strike it rich?
Today we will learn about:
 Concept Development
 Realism/Fantasy
 Setting
 Context Clues
 Compare and Contrast
 Analyze a Photo
 Sentences
 Short Vowels VCCV
 Advertisement/Poster
 Community Development
Realism and Fantasy
 Ask yourself, “Could this really
happen?”
 A realistic story tells about
something that could happen.
 A fantasy is a story about
something that could never
happen.
Setting
 The setting is the time and place
in which a story occurs.
 Setting can be real or imaginary.
 Some writers describe a setting.
Other writers reveal the setting
through details.
Setting
 Identify the setting by listing the
time and place in which the story
occurs.
 Use details to help understand
how the writer implies elements
of the setting.
Vocabulary Strategy:
Context Clues
 Some words have more than one
meaning.
 You can use context clues to figure
out which meaning makes sense in the
sentence.
 If you still need help, find the
meaning of the word in a dictionary.
 Decide which meaning is appropriate
in the context of Boom Town.
Context Clues
Word
shooting
scooped
slice
Context Clues
Meaning
Homonyms
 Many words we use every day are
homonyms.
 Look at the list on the next slide.
 Add words to the list.
 Then with a partner write a
sentence using one meaning for
each of the homonyms listed.
Homonyms
rich: having lots of money
hard: solid and tough
rich: food with lots of
sugar or fat
hard: difficult
pinch: a tiny bit (of salt)
pinch: to squeeze flesh
sore: angry
sore: aching
store: a place that sells
goods
store: to save
Friday
Grammar:
 what happened
to the cowboy
 What happened to the
cowboy?
 he rode his Horse thrugh town
 He rode his horse through
town.
Friday
Spelling:
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napkin
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puppet
skillet
picnic
planet
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pumpkin
Short Vowels
 Vowels can stand for long or short
sounds.
 dollar – dol / lar
 Which letters in the first
syllable are consonants?
 Which letter is a vowel?
Short Vowels
 When there is only one vowel at
the beginning or in the middle of
a word or syllable, the vowel
usually stands for its short sound.
 sudden – sud / den
 Do you think the vowel in the
first syllable of this word is long
or short?
Short Vowels
 When you come to a word you
don’t know, divide it into syllables
and sound out each syllable.
 sud / den
 The first syllable of this word
has a vowel between two
consonants, so the vowel probably
stands for its short sound.
Short Vowels
Find the short vowel in the first syllable.
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spelling
pencil
winner
pollen
monster
putter
biscuit
tadpole
 I hope the puppies act
better when they grow
up.
 Bees get pollen in the
summer.
 We have hidden the key
near the window.
Long Vowels
 We studied vowel sounds in syllables that
end with silent e.
 Read this sentence to yourself. Raise
your hand when you know which word has a
long vowel sound.
 Did you invite Pam to visit us?
 What long vowel sound do you hear in the
second syllable?
 How do you know that i stands for its long
sound?
Long Vowels
 Read this sentence to yourself. Raise
your hand when you know which word has a
long vowel sound.
 Do you want to sit beside Ken?
 What long vowel sound do you hear in the
second syllable?
 How do you know that i stands for its long
sound?
Long Vowels
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remote
divide
misplace
precede
assume
arose
behave
revise
ignite
conclude
arrive
advice
 Our grandpa gives us
good advice.
 Austin rewrote his story
in his best writing.
 I dislike some
vegetables.
 Jacob’s nickname is
Jake.
Advertisement/Poster
 What is the purpose of an
advertisement?
 The headline is the main part
of the advertisement that
catches the reader’s eye.
The headline might be a
photo or a catchy phrase.
 Most advertisements include
a product shot. It might be
the product by itself or a
shot of the product in use.
Advertisement/Poster
 Advertisements also always
have body copy, or text.
The copy emphasizes the
value of the product or
service. It tries to persuade
the reader.
 Advertisers often use a
signature that the consumer
will remember. It might be a
brand name or a memorable
phrase.
Review Games
Spelling City:
Spelling Words
Vocabulary Words
Other Vocabulary Words
We are now ready to
take our story tests.
 Story test
 Classroom webpage,
 Reading Test
 AR
 Other Reading Quizzes
 Quiz #