mayday! a coast guard rescue day one day two day three day four day five word work high frequency...
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Mayday! Mayday!A Coast Guard RescueDay One
Day Two
Day Three
Day Four
Day Five
Word Work
High Frequency Words
Phonics Practice
Additional Resources
Cause and EffectA cause is the reason why something occurs.
An effect is what happens.
Ex: If you are mean to people, you will nothave any friends.
The cause is being mean.The effect is not having friends.
Let’s Write Questions
Revise and editI am going to check my work. Did I write the correct punctuation mark? Did my sentence ask a question? Did I begin with an uppercase letter? Did I use my best handwriting?
whowhatwhenwherewhyhow
Shared ReadingPages 4-5 What is happening to the boat?
What will happen if they do not get help soon?
What kind of boat is it?
Shared ReadingPages 6-7 What type of vehicle will the Coast Guard use for the rescue mission?
How many rescuers are going onto the helicopter?
What does it mean to be “fueled”?
Shared ReadingPages 8-9 How do the flight “mech” and swimmer prepare before they leave for the mission?
How is this like what you do to get ready for a trip?
Shared ReadingPages 10-11 Where is the helicopter now?
How does the sky look in this picture?
What are turbines?
Shared ReadingPages 12-13 What happened to the yacht?
How do you think the people on the yacht feel?
Shared ReadingPages 14-15 Where are the pilots?
What do you think the pilot uses them for?
What is radar used for?
Shared ReadingPages 18-19 What is the swimmer doing?
What do you think he will do next?
What is a swell?
Shared ReadingPages 20-21 What is the swimmer wearing on his head?
Why do you think he needs one?
What is a chemlight?
Shared ReadingPages 22-23 What is the rescue swimmer doing in this picture?
Why do they need a raft?
What does weary mean?
Shared ReadingPages 24-25 What is the flight mechanic doing?
What is the basket for?
What does swirling mean?
Shared ReadingPages 28-29 What is the mech doing at the doorway of the helicopter?
Why does he need to watch?
What does it mean to be steady?
Shared ReadingPages 30-31 Who is being lifted into the helicopter?
What does hoisted mean?
How are they being hoisted up?
Shared ReadingPages 32-33 How are the sailors feeling as they are strapped into seats on the helicopter?
Why are they cold?
What are you doing if you retreat?
Shared ReadingPages 34-35 Where is the Jayhawk now?
What do the helicopter and the workers do when they aren’t on a rescue?
How is the sky different?
Let’s WriteThe sailors were in trouble because of a storm.
By the end of the book, the sailors were safe. What questions could we ask the sailors about the rescue?
Cause and Effect
• We can learn more from reading when we try to understand why things happen. First, we need to think about what happened in a story. Then we try to find why those things happened.
• The sailors call for help. Why? • The Coast Guard gets the helicopter ready. Why? • The Coast Guard and Jayhawk are back at the
base. Why?
Review SequenceIn a story something happens first, something happens
next, and something happens last.
What happened first in the story Mayday! Mayday!?
When they got the mayday signal, what did the Coast Guard do next?
After the swimmer reached the sailors, what happened next?
What happened last in the story?
Let’s WriteIn Mayday! Mayday! the Coast Guard used a helicopter. What do firefighters use to rescue people? What other vehicles are used to rescue people or animals?
Write a sentence about a rescue mission.
WebsitesStudent Sites:Starfall- letter Xx
http://www.starfall.com/n/level-k/letter-x/load.htm?fCookie Monster- letter Xx
http://pbskids.org/sesame/letter/x.htmlRescue Heroes Online Puzzle
http://www.fisherprice.com/us/rescueheroes/fun/puzzles/puzzle.asp?loadPuz=JIG_RH_6_BOB
Rescue Heroes- Mission Select Game (go to MISSION)http://www.fisher-price.com/us/rescueheroes/default_flash.asp?z=fun
Teacher Sites:BrainPOP- video Armed Forceshttp://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/currentevents/armedforces/preview.wemlWater rescue video clip (takes a little while to load)http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/upload/wmv/
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