Unit 2 Week 1: Cooperation
Why is working together a good way to solve a problem?
Skills
Comprehension Strategy
Make Predictions-use clues in the story to guess, or predict, what happens next.
Comprehension Skill
Theme-is the author’s message. Think about what the characters do and say, and then think about what happens in the story as a result of the character’s actions.
Genre
Folktale-is a short story passed from person to person in a culture, usually has a message or lesson.
Grammar (kinds of nouns)
Noun-is a word that names a person, place, or thing.
Common noun-names any person, place, or thing.
Proper noun- names a special person, place, or thing, it begins with a capital letter.
Writing
Informative text-it explains how something works or how to do something, provides steps that are easy to follow, use time-order words, lists materials needed, and has facts, definitions, and details that explain each step.
Prompts:
Plural words with y to i
Make Predictions-use clues in the story to guess, or predict, what happens next.
Comprehension Skill
Theme-is the author’s message. Think about what the characters do and say, and then think about what happens in the story as a result of the character’s actions.
Genre
Folktale-is a short story passed from person to person in a culture, usually has a message or lesson.
Grammar (kinds of nouns)
Noun-is a word that names a person, place, or thing.
Common noun-names any person, place, or thing.
Proper noun- names a special person, place, or thing, it begins with a capital letter.
Writing
Informative text-it explains how something works or how to do something, provides steps that are easy to follow, use time-order words, lists materials needed, and has facts, definitions, and details that explain each step.
Prompts:
- Write about a time you and someone else worked together to solve a problem. Use linking words to connect ideas.
- Tell a story about two students who have to do a school project together. Use linking words to connect ideas.
Plural words with y to i
Vocabulary
Strategy: context clues: antonyms
Cooperation-When there is cooperation, people are working together to do something
Attempt-When you make an attempt to do something, you try to do it
Awkward-When a person is awkward, he or she is clumsy and not graceful
Created-When something is created, it is made or built
Furiously-When you act furiously, you act in a way that shows you are very angry
Interfere-When I interfere, I get in the way of something happening
Involved-When you let people get involved in an activity, you let them take part
Timid-When a person is timid, he or she is shy and not brave
Attempt-When you make an attempt to do something, you try to do it
Awkward-When a person is awkward, he or she is clumsy and not graceful
Created-When something is created, it is made or built
Furiously-When you act furiously, you act in a way that shows you are very angry
Interfere-When I interfere, I get in the way of something happening
Involved-When you let people get involved in an activity, you let them take part
Timid-When a person is timid, he or she is shy and not brave
Spelling: long i and long u
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Literature
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Textbooks: (NOT AR)
"Roadrunner's Dance" - Folktale "Deltona is Going Batty" - Expository Text "Anansi Learns a Lesson" - Folktale |
Leveled Readers:
Orange- The Quarreling Quails 2.7 AR# 913487 Blue – Jungle Treasures 3.8 AR# 913501 Green- The Bear Who Stole the Chinook 4.0 AR# 913452 Purple- Jungle Treasures 3.1 AR# 913531 |
Roadrunner's Dance
Anaya, Rudolfo
AR Quiz No. 44104 EN Fiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 0.5
AR Quiz Types: RP
Rating:
Because Rattlesnake has taken over the road and will not let any of the people or animals in the village use it, Desert Woman enlists the aid of the other animals to create a strange, new creature with the necessary tools to overcome Rattlesnake.
Anaya, Rudolfo
AR Quiz No. 44104 EN Fiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 0.5
AR Quiz Types: RP
Rating:
Because Rattlesnake has taken over the road and will not let any of the people or animals in the village use it, Desert Woman enlists the aid of the other animals to create a strange, new creature with the necessary tools to overcome Rattlesnake.