Lesson 18: Where Does Food Come From?
by Shelley Rotner and Gary Goss
Question to think about: Why do authors write nonfiction?
Words to Know: first, right, under, food, sometimes, your, ground, and these
Spelling Words: play, grain, sail, mail, may, rain, way, day, stay, and pain
Phonics: Using ai, ay, -ain, and contractions: 'll and 'd
Comprehension: Author's purpose and summarize
Author's craft: Predictable text
Vocabulary Strategies: Multiple-Meaning words
Fluency Practice: Expression
Grammar: Names of months, days, and holidays; using commas with dates
Wednesday, March 14, 2018
Journeys Pilot - Lesson 17 - Week of March 19-23
Lesson 17: The Big Trip
by Baleri Gorbachev
Question to think about: How are ways to travel the same and different?
Words to Know: about, could, sure, by, don't, there, car, and maybe
Spelling Words: me, be, read, feet, tree, keep, eat, mean, sea, and these
Phonics: Using long e (CV, CVCe), ee, ea, -ng, and -nk; using -ean, -ink
Comprehension: Compare and contrast and visualize
Author's craft: Dialogue
Vocabulary Strategies: Classify and categorize--transportation words
Fluency Practice: Phrasing with attention to punctuation especially question marks (punctuation marks are like road signs--For example, they help you to know when to stop!)
Grammar: Kinds of sentences-Is it a statement or a question?
by Baleri Gorbachev
Question to think about: How are ways to travel the same and different?
Words to Know: about, could, sure, by, don't, there, car, and maybe
Spelling Words: me, be, read, feet, tree, keep, eat, mean, sea, and these
Phonics: Using long e (CV, CVCe), ee, ea, -ng, and -nk; using -ean, -ink
Comprehension: Compare and contrast and visualize
Author's craft: Dialogue
Vocabulary Strategies: Classify and categorize--transportation words
Fluency Practice: Phrasing with attention to punctuation especially question marks (punctuation marks are like road signs--For example, they help you to know when to stop!)
Grammar: Kinds of sentences-Is it a statement or a question?
Journeys Pilot - Lesson 16 - Week of March 12-16
We have packed a lot of learning into our first week trying out the Journeys reading program. Below are the skills on which we have focused:
Lesson 16: Let's Go to the Moon
by Stephen R. Swinburne
Question to think about: What is important to know about the moon?
Words to Know: around, because, before, bring, carry, light, show, and think
Spelling Words: so, go, home, hole, no, rope, joke, poke, stove, and bone
Phonics: Using long o (CV, CVCe) and long u (CVCe)
Comprehension: Main idea and details and questions
Vocabulary Strategies: suffixes -y, -ful
Fluency Practice: Stress (finding the right words to give emphasis while reading)
Grammar: Questions--What is a question?
Lesson 16: Let's Go to the Moon
by Stephen R. Swinburne
Question to think about: What is important to know about the moon?
Words to Know: around, because, before, bring, carry, light, show, and think
Spelling Words: so, go, home, hole, no, rope, joke, poke, stove, and bone
Phonics: Using long o (CV, CVCe) and long u (CVCe)
Comprehension: Main idea and details and questions
Vocabulary Strategies: suffixes -y, -ful
Fluency Practice: Stress (finding the right words to give emphasis while reading)
Grammar: Questions--What is a question?
Sunday, March 11, 2018
Monday, March 5, 2018
Unit 28 Spelling Words - for test on Friday, March 9
Unit 28 Spelling Words
Words with the long "e" sound
spelled using "ee" or "ea"
Basic Words
- feel
- need
- deep
- neat
- feed
- read
- eat
- sleep
- keep
- mean
- been
- goes
- never
Extra Credit Words
- peanut
- please
- cheese
- easy
- dream
Friday, March 2, 2018
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