Unit 2

Week 4

Monday Opening1. the big dipper is the name of a group of

stars.

2. The planet mars is close to Earth!

3. Can you sea the stars at night.

Journal Prompt: Write about a time when you helped someone. How did you feel? How do you think the other person felt?

Monday SpellingPretest in your writing journal

Letter Blends

th as in thumb, then *sh as in shell

wh as in whale *ng as in sing

ph as in phone *ch, tch as in cheese, pitch

Practice book pg. 114

Monday Grammar Possessive NounsA possessive noun is a noun that shows who or what owns or has something.

Add an apostrophe (‘) and the letter s to make a singular noun possessive.

Examples:

Clayton’s telescope is huge.

The girl’s toy spaceship is tiny.

Add an apostrophe (‘) to make most plural nouns possessive.

Add an apostrophe (‘) and s to form the possessive of plural nouns that do not end in s.

Examples:

boys boys’ children children’s

Monday Grammar Possessive Nouns

Practice: Identify the singular possessive noun in each item. 1. The star’s light is bright.2. We can feel the sun’s heat.3. I learned the planet’s name.4. Mr. Chung’s favorite planet is Mars. 5. That is Omar’s bike.

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Unit 2, Week 4Vocabulary

tour volunteers thrilled

slogan deserve

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A tour is a short trip to a place of interest with a guide.

Our class took a tour of the science museum.

Have you ever been on a tour? What did you see?

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Volunteers are people who do a job willingly without getting paid.

Sometimes volunteers work in museums.

Where else might volunteers work?

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To be thrilled is to be very excited or happy.

I was thrilled when everyone came to my party.

When was a time that you were thrilled?

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A slogan is an easy-to-remember phrase that is used in advertisements or by special groups or organizations.

“Service with a smile” might be a good slogan for a store.

Why should a slogan be easy to remember?

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If you deserve something, you have a right to it.

The girls deserve praise for their hard work.

When do you deserve praise?

Read Aloud “The Song of the World’s

Last Whale” This folk song is actually a poem. Many people consider folk songs to be poems. A folk song shows strong feelings about a topic.

Both poems and folk songs often have rhythm, meter, and rhyme.

Poems and folk songs are written in lines or stanzas.

Read Aloud “The Song of the World’s

Last Whale” Define: Reefed is a sailing term that means folded up to be made smaller.

Example: The first mate helped the captain reef the boat’s sail.

Ask: Why would a sail need to be reefed?

Read Aloud “The Song of the World’s Last

Whale” Define: To be passionate about something is to be filled with emotion, or intense feeling.

Example: The actor was passionate about making good movies.

Ask: What are some things that people might be passionate about?

Read Aloud “The Song of the World’s Last

Whale” Define: Fate is what will happen in the future.

Example: It was the boy’s fate to become a doctor like his father.

Ask: What is a synonym for the word fate?

Read Aloud “The Song of the World’s Last

Whale” After the first stanza, Turn to your partner and discuss where the narrator is and what he is doing.

After the second stanza, The narrator recorded whales singing. What did he do to record them? Tell the steps he took.

After the last stanza, Tell your partner what the narrator says to the reader about saving the whales. Explain why he says this.

Are these kids preserving, or saving, the beach? How? What kinds of litter wash up onto California beaches?

Unit ThemeBig Idea

Communities band together and donate money to save something of importance to the people living there.

CONNECT TO THEME

What have we read about so far? What new things did we learn about communities banding together to save something important?

What are different things communities can do to help save something important?

Word Study – Context Clues

Sometimes you will come across an unfamiliar word. When this happens, you can look for clues in nearby sentences. One kind of clue is an example. It tells or shows exactly what the unfamiliar word is. Red and blue are examples of colors. Robins and owls are examples of birds.

Read “Context Clues” on the bookmark on page 224. Then use examples to determine the meaning of the word slogan.

Gorilla GardenAuthor’s Purpose

What Is It?

An author’s purpose is the reason the author writesa story or article. Authors write to entertain, inform, or persuade.

Why Is It Important?

Identifying an author’s purpose can help you figure out how to read the selection and what to look for as you read. For example, readers might read nonfiction more carefully and slowly than stories written to entertain.

Gorilla GardenTo figure out the author’s purpose in a story, the reader can look at the genre and clues in the story.

Authors who writes to entertain tell an interesting, funny, or exciting story that readers will enjoy.

Authors who write to inform present facts and information about a topic.

Authors who write to persuade present facts and opinions that try to persuade a reader to think a certain way, to do something, or to take action for a cause.

Gorilla Garden-Author’s Purpose

Vocabulary Practice

Where would you like to go on a tour? Why?

How do volunteers help others?

What are synonyms for the word thrilled?

What kind of slogans have you seen or heard? Are they effective?

How is the word deserve different from the word want? Explain.

Monday WritingWrite about a moment when you did something that was hard for you.

Strong VerbsStrong verbs are verbs that help writers show, rather than tell. They are verbs that are very vivid and precise and create a picture in the reader’s mind. If you write I went to school, you will want them to show how they were moving as they went to school.

Strong verbs are verbs that show more detail about an action.

Strong VerbsI will show you a sentence where the verb is weak. I want you to think of stronger verbs to replace this weak one.

I hit the ball.

• What is the verb in this sentence?

• A strong verb can not only show us that the ball was hit, but also HOW the ball was hit.

I smashed the ball.

Strong VerbsSmashed is a strong verb because it gives the reader more information. It tells us that the narrator not only hit the ball, but hit it hard, and probably with a loud sound. Can you think of more strong verbs to replace hit?

Strong verbs don’t always have to be forceful. A strong verb is simply very descriptive. It can be a very quiet word. For example, instead of look I can say I glanced at something. “Glance” is not a loud or forceful action, but it’s very specific. When I say I “glanced” you know I looked quickly.

Strong VerbsCopy these two sentences onto the next blank page in your Writer’s Notebooks and rewrite each sentence by replacing the verb with a strong verb that shows more precise detail. This verb should answers the question, How?

Tuesday Opening 1. both books are about foxs.

2. Baby foxs are called pups!

3. next week we will sea a fox.

Journal Prompt: Write a paragraph telling why or why not butterflies are important to our environment.

Tuesday Vocabulary

Why do tours need guides?

Why do volunteers work for no money?

Have you ever felt thrilled about something? Explain.

Where can you read or hear a slogan?

Do you always get what you deserve? Why or why not?

Tuesday Vocabulary Strategy - Examples1. Apes, monkeys, and humans are all primates.

2. You must walk around the zoo since cars, trucks, and other vehicles are not allowed.

3. The animals come from rain forests, deserts, mountains, and many other habitats.

4. Small rodents such as rats, mice, and gerbils are in a special room.

5. In the wild, wolves, lions, and hawks are all predators.

Tuesday SpellingSilent Letters

kn as in know • mb as in lamb • rh as in rhyme • gn as in gnat or sign bt as in debt • mn as in hymn • wr as in write • gh as in ghost • l as in calf

Tuesday SpellingWord Sort

Sort the words in your plastic baggies into no more than 5 groups.

Be ready to share the rule you sorted your words by.

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Tuesday GrammarPossessive Nouns

A possessive noun shows who or what owns or has something.

Adding an apostrophe (‘) and the letter s makes a singular noun possessive.

Adding an apostrophe (‘) to the end of a plural noun makes it possessive.

Adding an apostrophe (‘) and s forms a possessive of plural nouns not ending in s.

Examples: book book’s men men’s cats cats’

GrammarPossessive Nouns

The men’s guide took them to the museum. men’s; plural

The star’s color is blue. star’s; singular

Practice: Identify the possessive noun as singular or plural.

The planet’s nickname is the Evening Star. The women’s spacesuits were ready. My friend’s assignment was to read about the stars. The children’s field trip was to a planetarium. We drove there in the parents’ cars.

Practice Book pg. 116

Tuesday Phonicsletter blends

Tuesday Phonicsletter blends

Practice Book page 107

Here’s My DollarGenre

Nonfiction gives information about real people, places, or things.

Read to Find Out

Why did the author write about Angel?

Home Grown Butterflies

Drawing Conclusions

What Is It?

Readers can use facts and details from a nonfiction selection, as well as their own experience, to help them come to a new understanding of the text. This is called drawing conclusions.

Readers usually make inferences about information the author has not included when they draw conclusions.

Why Is It Important?

Drawing conclusions helps readers identify and understand information and ideas that the author doesn’t tell the readers directly.

Here’s My DollarAuthor’s Purpose

What Is It?

An author’s purpose is the reason the author writesa story or article. Authors write to entertain, inform, or persuade.

Why Is It Important?

Identifying an author’s purpose can help you figure out how to read the selection and what to look for as you read. For example, readers might read nonfiction more carefully and slowly than stories written to entertain.

Author’s Purpose

Tuesday - WritingWrite about a moment when you were someplace hectic.

Sometimes we need help thinking of strong words to use to describe what we’re doing. It will be helpful to create a class list of some strong verbs that you can post and they can use in the future.

Tuesday Writing Think about what you like to play outside or inside with a friend or family (excluding computer and video games and movie watching). For example:

Words to show that someone is moving fast. (raced, sped) Words to show that someone is moving slow. (crept, meandered) Words to show how someone threw something. (I ‘fired’ the pillow at my brother.)

Strong VerbsWhen you brainstorm, you are listing ideas as quickly as possible. It is important that you work quickly in order to write as many words as possible.

Draw and number columns 1–3 in your Writer’s Notebooks. In each column, write as many verbs that you can think of for each category.

Moving Fast Moving Slow How something is thrown

Wednesday Opening

1. Do bunnys have clawes

2. Read these bookes about rabbits?

3. I saw two wolf cubs near the creak.

Journal Prompt: Write a list of all the facts you have learned about raising butterflies.

Wednesday Spelling

Complete each group by filling in the blank with a Spelling Word.

baby bird is a …

large ocean mammals are …

opposite of thin is …

Food made from milk is …

Opposite of alie is …

Can you think of any of your own?

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Wednesday Vocabulary

1. What is the difference between a sidewalk and a dirt path?

2. Would you be more likely to grumble about something if you were happy or angry?

3. Would you find a trader in a supermarket? How do you know?

4. What is the difference between a plant blossoming and growing?

5. How is screaming different from wailing?

6. When do you think someone might feel lonesome?

Wednesday Vocabulary Practice

1. Vocabulary word: thrilled

2. Definition in your own word:happy, excited, ecstatic, overjoyed, joyous

3. Draw a picture of the word:

4. Antonym or opposite words: sad, disappointed, unhappy

In your writers notebook create word squares for each of this weeks vocabulary words. 1. In the first square write the vocabulary word.2. In the second square write a definition in your own words.3. In the third square draw a picture of the word.4. In the fourth square write an antonym or opposite of the vocabulary word.Repeat for each of the words.

GrammarPossessive Nouns

Add an apostrophe (‘) and s to singular possessive nouns: a star’s light.

Add an apostrophe (‘) at the end of plural possessive nouns that end in s: many scientists’ tools.

Use an apostrophe (‘) and s to the end of plural possessive nouns that do not end in s: the children’s telescopes; the people’s spacesuits.

GrammarPossessive Nouns

Review: The men’s guide took them to the museum.

men’s; plural

The star’s color is blue. star’s; singular

Practice: Practice using apostrophes in possessive nouns with the following items.

the movements of the planetsthe orbit of the Earththe books of the childrenthe project of Meg the telescopes of the two boys

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Wednesday Reading

Reread “Here’s A Dollar” and answer questions on page 239

Wednesday – Fluency

Dear Fresno Bee,

My name is Angel and I am nine. I heard that the Chaffee Zoo is having money problems. I am very worried for the animals. I am worried because they might not have enough food or water or even might not have a home. They deserve to have a home and be safe and warm. I think that if everybody in Fresno gave $1.00 to the Chaffee Zoo it would help a lot. Here’s my dollar.

Angelica Arellano, age 9Fresno

Wednesday - Writing

Write about a moment when you were being very careful.

Wednesday Writing

Strong verbs can make sentences more interesting. Today you are going to practice changing verbs to strong verbs so that you’ll know how to do it in your own writing.

I ate my snack.

Strong verbs are more specific and give more information. I ate my snack. is not a very interesting sentence. It would be more interesting and give you more information if I said, I gobbled my snack.

Why is gobbled more interesting? How did you eat your snack? What other suggestions for this sentence do you have?

Wednesday Writing

Copy these sentences in your Writer’s Notebook.

Circle the verb in each sentence.Rewrite each one three times using a new and stronger verb. (You can change other parts of the sentence too)

1. I walked home. 2. “Hey Joe!” I said

Thursday Opening1. Last week our class wnt to the zoo

2. We wached two sea liones play ball.

3. what a fun day we had?

Journal Prompt: Tell how your class could raise money and help nature.

Thursday- Vocabulary Practice 1. The best tour I have ever been on was

-----.

2. Volunteers are important because ----.

3. I was thrilled when ---- .

4. My favorite slogan is ---- because ----.

5. I think that I really deserve because ----.

Thursday Spelling Proofread

Wat books did your techer give you to read?

The warm weater attracted wales.

I told tem that’s the truthe!

I will catch this fihs for luch!

We watched as the chik hached from the egg.

Practice Book page 115

Thursday Grammar –

Possessive NounsProofread:

Our planets name is earth.

Teds report was on the planet mercury.

The three boy’s reports were about space!

The mens’ ties were blue?

Thursday Grammar

Practice: Correct errors in the following passage. last week john and I saw a movie called An Astronauts Adventure. what a great movie it was? have you seen it? It is about a girls’ trip to the moon. She is sttrong and Brave. The rockets flight is exciting. The astronaut, is Johns’s new hero. See this movie now?

Practice Book page 117

Thursday - Paired Reading

GENRE: Poetry

Free verse poems: may describe something or show a strong feeling do not rhyme and may not have any punctuation

Rhyming poems: rhyme and may have stanzas often include literary elements such as assonance or personification may have line breaks at the end of phrases instead of at the end of whole thoughts

Paired ReadingA rhyme is two or more words that end with the same sound, such as ate and late.

A rhyme scheme is the pattern of rhymes in a poem. To find the pattern, look at the last word of each line.

Repetition means that words or phrases are repeated. A repeated line in a poem is called a refrain.

Paired SelectionWhat words rhyme in the second stanza of “Neighbors”?

What is the mood of “Neighbors”? What words help create the mood and meaning?

What is the refrain in “Recycling”? Why is this line a refrain?

Practice Book pg. 112

Thursday ReadingFind an example of assonance in the 11th line of “Monarch Butterfly” and tell why it is assonance.

Answer questions on page 207

Practice Book page 87

Thursday WritingWrite about a moment when you participated in a game (soccer, cards, board game, street game, etc).

Thursday WritingTreasures Pages 242-243

When have you tried to help someone?

Read aloud the excerpt from Here’s My Dollar. Which verb in this passage could you imagine even if there were no pictures? Why do you think the author wanted us to be able to picture those parts of his article?

Friday Opening1. there are eight planets’ in the solar

system.

2. earth is the third planet.

3. Earths orbit is around the sun

Journal Prompt: Write about volunteer work that you would enjoy. Explain why you would enjoy it.

Friday Vocabulary Test

tour volunteers thrilled

slogan deserve

The zoo did not have much money. The zoo director put an ad in the local newspaper. The ad began with the (1) , “Put a Zoo in Your Life.” The whole community saw the ad. Many people called. They wanted to be (2) so they could help at the zoo. The director interviewed everyone who called. She explained that the zoo needed people to feed and care for the animals. “Our animals (3) the best care,” she said. Some volunteers started to lead a (4) of the zoo. They took grownups and children around to see the animals. All of the visitors were (5) to see the wonderful changes at the zoo.