Lesson 23Day 2

Question of the Day:•How do you think Chester

Cricket would describe his friend Harry and Tickey to another cricket?

Listening Comprehension• I am going to finish reading the magazine article

to you titled “Musical Insects”.

• Magazine Articles * Presents facts and other information of

interest to readers * Are written in a lively and

entertaining way.

• Lets listen to find out why the insects are described as “musical”.

Sequence is the order in which events happen. Authors of fiction stories usually write the story events in sequence. An author may use time-order words such as first, next, then, and finally to show the sequence. Keeping track of the sequence of events can help you understand what you read.

FOCUS SKILL

Graphing Organizer for Sequence

• Open your books to page 604- Reread this section with your partner.

What was Chester doing just before he ate the two dollar bill?

• Now turn to page 605- Reread this page independently.

What does Tucker do right after Chester tell him that the has eaten a two-dollar bill?

Context Clues• Context clues are words or phrases that surround

an unfamiliar word and give hints about its meaning.

• Context clues may be found in the sentence, sentences, or paragraphs surrounding an unfamiliar word.

• They help you understand the meaning of an unknown word or they can help you understand words with more than one meaning.

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Practice Context Clues The tired farmer had toiledtoiled in his field all day planting

crops.A. PlayedB. Worked HardC. Ran

The police officer admonishedadmonished the man not to drive down the flooded street.

A. WarnedB. RewardedC. Promised

Practice Vocabulary • Open your books to page 598.• As I read the story, when we come to highlighted vocabulary word, you say the word.• Pay close attention, because we will be answering questions about what we read.

If you do something forlornly, you do it in a way that shows you feel sad and lonely.

Why did Chester look forlornly at the two-

dollar bill?

People might fidget, or more around restlessly, when they are bored or nervous.

Why did Ticker fidget when Harry told Chester

he had money?

A person or thing that is pathetic is sad and helpless. You usually feel sorry for pathetic people or things.

When did Tucker act pathetic?

When you have resolved to do something, you have made up your mind to do it.

What did Mario resolve to do to free Chester?

If an animal is scrounging, it is looking around trying to find food.

How did Ticker’s Scrounging make him a

wealthy mouse?

If you describe someone as noble, you think that person is honest and unselfish.

Who was more noble, Chester or Tucker? Why?

Someone who is stingy doesn’t like to spend money or share what they have.

Why did Ticker Mouse not want to be known as

stingy?

If you think someone is guilty of doing something wrong, you have a suspicion about him or her.

What was Mrs. Bellini’s first suspicion when she saw Chester on the pile

of coins?

Spelling WordsWords with Suffixes –ation, -ition, -al, ial

• Decoration• Abbreviation• Admiration• Association• Aviation• Civilization• Declaration• Addition• Composition• Preposition• Abdominal• Proposal• Rendition

• Disposal• Emotional• Environmental• Denial• Facial• Judicial• TestimonialChallenge Words:• Superficial• Repetition• Conversation• Approximation• International