Unit 2 Lesson 6

1. Unit 2Lesson 6 Secret Place Day 3

2. What We Will Learn • Multisyllabic words with short or long vowel sounds. • The /Ə/ sound spelled with a and e.

3. Phonics and Fluency • The following words have long or short vowel sounds. Identify the syllables. Are they open or closed? • potato happen shallow unhappy • po ta to hap pen shal low un hap py more

4. Phonics and Fluency • The following words have long or short vowel sounds. Identify the syllables. Are they open or closed? • cradle control freedom • cra dle con trol free dom • concrete justice • con crete jus tice

5. Phonics and Fluency • These words review the /Ə/ sound spelled a and e. Which vowel letters have the schwa sound? • another often banana • another often banana • compass alike America • compass alike America

6. What We Learned • Multisyllabic words with short or long vowel sounds. • The /Ə/ sound spelled with a and e.

7. Vocabulary • shallow – not deep • part of speech: noun • antonym – deep • synonym – not deep • Children under five have to swim in the shallowpool.

8. Vocabulary • concrete – a hard building material • part of speech: noun • antonym: abstract • synonym: real, solid • The concrete sidewalk was cracked and uneven from the tree roots growing underneath.

9. Vocabulary • slopes – upward or downward slant • part of speech – noun • antonym – flat • synonym – slant • It was difficult to walk up the steep slope.

10. Vocabulary • plumes – feathers or feather like • part of speech: noun • synonym: plumage • Plumes of smoke came from the smokestack.

11. Vocabulary • shadowed – covered in shadow; partially hidden • part of speech: adj • antonym: open, lit up • synonym: shaded • The woman’s face was shadowed.

12. Vocabulary • wilderness – area undisturbed by human activity • part of speech: noun • synonym: wild • The leopard’s natural habitat is the wilderness.

13. Poetry • Sentences are sometimes broken into parts and each part is on its own line. • Often contains words that rhyme. The lines often have a rhythm or meter (beat). • Words are sometimes repeated. • Things are sometimes described by comparing them with something else. Often uses figurative, descriptive, and sensory language.

14. Meet the Author of The WormRaymond Souster • Mr. Souster hopes that some of his poems have made a reader or two take a second glance at some natural miracle of this earth that they’ve perhaps taken for granted.

15. Meet the Illustrator of The Worm – Robert Byrd • Robert Byrd once told Something about the Author (a publication): "To me, illustrating means making pictures. That is all I really ever wanted to do with my ability. I always drew as a child, but oddly enough never thought of it as a profession, or what you did when you grew up....

16. Vocabulary – The Worm • corkscrew – spiral • part of speech: verb • synonym: spiral • antonym: straight • There were so many things in the way I had to corkscrew my way through the sidewalk.

17. Vocabulary – The Worm • pavement – sidewalk or road surface • part of speech: noun • synonym: sidewalk • antonym: dirt road • After going down the bumpy dirt driveway, we drove on the smooth pavement of the road.

18. Vocabulary – The Worm • uncoiling – unwinding • part of speech: verb • synonym: unwinding • antonym: winding • The wire uncoiled out of the box.

19. Focus Questions • What do you know about worms? • Where are you most likely to find a worm? • In what ways are worms fascinating?

20. Visualizing • Close your eyes and visualize what I am reading to you. • After you listen to the poem once, I will read it again while you draw what you have visualized. • We will share some of your drawings.

21. Meet the Author of PigeonsLilian Moore • She was born March 17, 1909 and died July 20, 2004. • She became a part-time elementary school teacher in New York City. • Mrs. Moore worked as an editor for Scholastic and proposed (suggested) that the publisher release books in paperback so that they would be affordable to more children's families.

22. Lilian Moore • She became editor of the Arrow and Lucky Book Clubs for children. • Her stepson's involvement in the civil rights movement led to her involvement in founding the Council on Interracial Books for Children, which advocated the elimination of racial stereotypes in children's literature.

23. Meet the Illustrator of PigeonsRobert Byrd • Pigeons was also illustrated by Robert Byrd.

24. Vocabulary • content – happy • part of speech: adj • synonym: satisfied • antonym: wanting, unhappy

25. Vocabulary • seldom – rarely, not very often • part of speech: adverb • synonym: rarely • antonym: often • I seldom go to New York City.

26. Vocabulary • commutes – travels regularly to and from work • part of speech: verb • synonym: travel back and forth • antonym: work at home

27. Focus Questions • Why do pigeons like living in cities? • Where in a city are you likely to find a pigeon?

28. Visualizing • Close your eyes and visualize what I am reading to you. • After you listen to the poem once, I will read it again while you draw what you have visualized. • We will share some of your drawings.

29. Independent TimePairs or Individually • Answer the following question in RAP form: • Restate and answer the question • Give three good details from the poems that support your answer • Write a concluding sentence • Let’s suggest some ways to restate and answer the question • What lessons do these poems teach about city wildlife?

30. Independent TimePairs or Individually • Complete your answer to the question by supporting it with at least three details from the poems. • We will share your answers.