Monday October 31, 2011

MondayOctober 31, 2011

Fluency- Reading with Appropriate PhrasingGood Readers:

Pause between groups of words that go together.Use punctuation marks to guide their phrasing.Fluency- Reading with Appropriate Phrasing

What are you supposed to do when you see a period while reading?What should you do when you see a comma while reading?PAUSEFluency-Reading with Appropriate PhrasingWhat should you do when you see an exclamation point?

ANDShow strong feeling in your voice!What should you do when you see a question mark?

ANDUse inflection to show it is a question.Our focus is on phrasing. However, this does remind students that punctuation can be used to help with expression and inflection.4Lets echo read this focusing on phrasing.From From the Notebooks of Leonardo by Nick DAlto

The chain and gears that power your bicycle were first designed in 1490. By whom? Of courseLeonardo da Vinci! It was also Leonardo who invented the first contact lenses, the monkey wrench, the rotisserie oven, and the diving snorkel. He even developed an early form of air conditioning five centuries ago!Although most of Leonardo da Vincis inventions never actually were made during his time, he still may have been the greatest inventor who ever lived. In his remarkable notebooks, the Italian master designed futuristic devices that were centuries ahead of their time. Some of his ideas still look modern today.Vocabulary

Scholars are people who have studied certain topics and know a lot about them. ScholarsWhy would it be important for scholars to have a love of learning? Turn and talk to your partner. Scholars

This man is a scholar. Do you know who he is? Why is he a scholar?Turn and TalkDo you know of another person who would be considered a scholar?Put your thumb up when think of someone.Albert Einstein

SpecializedSomeone who has specialized in something has given it most of his or her time and attention. If you could hire a robot to help you, what would you hope that robot specialized in? Cleaning (thumbs up) or homework (thumbs down)?Specialized

What do you think this person specializes in?

What do you think this person specializes in?Word StudySyllable patterns:Three medial ConsonantsNotice that this word has 3 medial consonants (consonants in the middle)In wealthy , the l stands for one sound, and the letters th stand for one sound.The th stays together when the word is divided into syllables.Wealthy can be divided into 2 syllables: weal/thywealthyIn accomplish, the m stands for one sound.The letters pl form a blend /pl/.The word is divided between the double consonants, and the blend stays together when the word is divided into syllables.Accomplish can be divided into 3 syllables:ac/com/plishaccomplishRemember:In a word with 3 medial consonants, the two consonants that stand for one sound or form a blend stay together when the word is divided.Try these.Identify the 3 medial consonants.Where are the syllable breaks?Turn and tell your partner what the 3 medial consonants are.healthyHold up the number of fingers that show how many syllables are in this word.heal/ thy -2 syllablesWhy do the letters th stay together? Turn and tell your partnerth will stay together because the letters th make one sound /th/healthyTurn and tell your partner what the 3 medial consonants are.ImpreciseHold up the number of fingers that show how many syllables are in this word.im/pre/cise- 3 syllablesWhy do the letters pr stay together? Turn and tell your partner.Remember- pr will stay together because the letters p and r form a blend /pr/ impreciseComplete word study practice LA 57.Begin your vocabulary graphic organizer using scholars and specialized.Read silently

To Do List:Small GroupColonists and Loyalists - Meet with Mrs. DobrinskiAbolitionists and Patriots Meet with Mrs. DobrinskiPioneers - Read pgs. 3-7 in Lost Wax and begin a sequence of events comic strip.