Reading Street

1. Reading Street Unit 3 Week 6

2. What is changing in our world? How do we change as we grow? What do we learn as we grow and change? Why are changes exciting? What changes happen in a garden? What changes can we observe in nature? How does nature change during the year?

3. Day 1 What winter changes can you see in An Egg is an Egg? What season changes did you see in Ruby in Her Own Time? Morning Warm Up! When summer is done, We know winter will soon be here. How does nature change during the year?

4. Amazing Words hibernatemigrateseasontemperatureautumnfreezebitterly weary

5. Amazing Words definitions • hibernate - to spend the winter sleeping • Bears hibernate in the winter. • migrate – to move from one place to another • Some birds migrate to the south in the fall. If a bird doesn’t migrate, it has to be able to find food in cold weather.

6. Amazing Words definitions • season – one of the four parts of the year • Fall is my favorite season. Winter is the coldest season. Summer is the season that comes after spring. temperature – how cold or hot something is • The temperature last summer was at an all-time high. • The boy had to stay home from school because he had a temperature of 101 degrees.

7. Oral Vocabulary: Share Literature Change of Seasons When the season starts to change, And temperature is falling, Animals all know Soon there will be snow. It is time to go. A warmer place is calling. In winter, many animals Just seem to disappear. Some go hibernate Some, like ducks, migrate. But if we just wait, They’ll all be back next year.

8. Phonemic Awareness (Blend and segment syllables) We just sang about winter coming. In winter, the animals will not eat green plants. Listen to the sounds in green. g r e n green Listen as I add /er/ to green. green er greener green est greenest sm aw l small small er smaller small est smallest

9. Phonemic Awareness (Blend and segment syllables) hot h o t hot t er hotter hottest hot t est f l a t flat flat t er flatter flat t est flattest

10. Routine Comparative Endings checked checking What do you know about reading these words? Today we will learn about comparative endings with –er and –est. This word is made from the base word fast and the ending –er. We add the ending –er to words to compare two things and –est to compare three or more things. I see that the base word is fast. You can cover the ending, read the base word, and then blend the base word and the ending to read the whole word. This is how I blend this word. faster Let’s blend this word together.

11. Routine Comparative Endings Let’s try blending these words. fast est = fastest Did you notice that the last consonant of the base word, big, was doubled before the ending –er was added? The g will also be doubled when the ending –est is added. big ger = bigger big gest = biggest These words are made from a base word and an ending. Sound the base word first, then add the ending. thickest darker hottest stiffer flattest What do you know about reading words with endings? Read the base word, read the ending, and then blend the two parts.

12. Comparative Endings: Blending Strategy These words are made from a base word and an ending. Sound the base word first, then add the ending. fatter newest saddest deeper slimmest greenest base word Ending -er Ending -est smart smarter smartest thin thinner thinnest wet wetter wettest quick quicker quickest

13. Check Word Reading Endings –ed, ing fewer sweeter newest firmest shorter smaller taller smallest stalled tallest bigger hottest skipped thinnest trotting

14. Pretest Short u • Model Writing for Sounds: • The word deeper has an ending. What is the ending? What is the base word? • What sounds do you hear in deep? What is the letter for /d/? • Now let’s add the ending –er. • Repeat with deepest, slimmer, slimmest. High-Frequency Words: Break into groups.

15. Build Background -Develop Concepts Let’s Talk AboutGrowing and Changing • Develop Oral Vocabulary • Tell me about what you see here. During which season do you think this photograph was taken? How can you tell? Look at the picture at the top of p. 145. How do you know that this is not a winter scene? Are any of the photographs on these pages taken during the winter? • Build Oral Vocabulary • What is the flock of birds doing? Use the word migrate in your answer. • Is the girl with the umbrella going to hibernate when winter comes? How do you know? • Tell me about the temperature in the picture that shows four children and a dog. • Look at each photograph and tell me during which season it was taken.

16. Build Background -Develop Concepts Let’s Talk AboutChanges in Nature • How does nature change during the year? • What can you tell me about spring? • What do you know about summer? • What happens in the fall? • How is winter different from the other seasons?

17. Listening ComprehensionTeach/Model Sequence • DEFINE Sequence • Events in a story happen in a certain order. • Words such as first, then, next, and last can help readers figure out the order of events. • READ ALOUD Read “Back and Forth" and model how to identify sequence. MODEL When I read, I look for words such as first, then, next, and lastto help me pay attention to the order in which things happen. First Robin is happy living in the north. Then he notices it is getting colder and birds are flying away. Next it begins to snow, and Robin listens to Duck and flies south. CLUES TO SEQUENCE Ask children to tell what happens in the story after Robin and Duck fly south. What happens after Robin and Duck fly south? Then what happens? What happens last in the story? IDENTIFY SEQUENCE Recall the story Frog and Toad Together. What does Toad do after Frog gives him the flower seeds? What happens after Toad plants the seeds? What happens after Frog tells Toad that all the yelling makes the seeds scared? CONNECT TO READING Tell children that when they read any story, they should think about the order in which things happen. .

18. Daily Fix-It The bigest burd said good-bye first. It was the sadest day?

19. Daily Fix-It The bigest burd said good-bye first. The biggest bird said good-bye first. It was the sadest day? It was the saddest day.

20. Shared Writing: Write Greeting Card • GENERATE IDEAS Describe each of the four seasons. Ask: • Is it hot or cold? • Wet or snowy? • What happens to the trees? • WRITE A SONG The class will write a song that tells about the seasons and how they change. Comprehension Skill: Think about the sequence of events – the order in which things happen – for the seasons.

21. Grammar Teach/Model Verbs That Add -s • Does and not can be put together to make a contraction. • Put an apostrophe where the letter o used to be in not. Practice: has + not = hasn’t was + not = wasn’t were + not = weren’t (Write sentences using these contractions.)

22. COMPARATIVE ENDINGS • fast, slow - Change these words by adding -er and then -est. • SPELLING ADDING -er, -est • big - Before adding -er or -est the consonant is doubled because the base word ends in one consonant after a short vowel. • kind, hot,and sad - Add -er and –est to each word and use it in a sentence. • SEQUENCE Ask: Could the story "Back and Forth" have occurred in a different order—for example, could Robin have flown south during the summer and north during the winter? Why not? • LET'S TALK ABOUT IT When did Robin move south? When do you think he moved back north? Tomorrow the class will read more about the seasons of the year.

23. Day 2 Can you find words that have r-controlled ar and r-controlled ore? Morning Warm Up! Today we‘ll read more about the seasons. Each season is part of the year. When one season ends, another starts. How do our clothes change with each season?

24. Amazing Words hibernatemigrateseason temperatureautumnfreezebitterly weary

25. Share Literature • NONFICTION Read the title and identify the author. • This nonfiction book about the seasons is written like a poem. Listen for the rhythm as I read. • BUILD ORAL VOCABULARY Discuss what happens as the seasons change from summer to autumn. Listen for ways the sun is different in each season. • How does the weather change from summer to autumn? • How does autumn help plants and animals prepare for winter?

26. Amazing Words definitions • autumn – one of the four seasons • Leaves fall off the trees in autumn. Another word for autumn is “fall.” I like to visit the pumpkin farm in autumn.

27. Phonemic Awareness: Teach/Model We just saw leaves sprout in a flower box on a ledge. Listen to the sounds in ledge. l e j ledge You can see that ledge has 5 letters but only 3 sounds. b a j badge r i j ridge l o j lodge e j edge t r u j trudge

28. -dge/j/: Teach/Model germ cage These words have a “g” that makes the “j” sound. b r i g bridge badge b a j d o j dodge r i j ridge p l e j pledge t r u j trudge Try to blend these words: wedge judge Madge edge sludge ledge

29. Routine r-Controlled ar Blending Strategy gem cage What do you know about reading these words? Today we will learn about other letters that stand for /j/. This is jet. The sound you hear at the beginning of jet is /j/. Say it with me /j/. In this word the letters dge stand for the sound /j/. This is how I blend this word. bridge Let’s blend this word together.

30. Routine r-Controlled ar Blending Strategy Group Practice: Say the sounds and blend the word together. badge dodge ridge pledge trudge What do you know about reading these words? The letters dge stand for /j/. Individual Practice: Blend the words together. edge wedge judge Madge sludge ledge

31. Build Words Add “l” to the beginning of egde. What is the new word? ledge Change “l” to “br”. Change the first “e” to “i”. What is the new word? bridge Take away the “b”. What is the new word? ridge Change the “r” to “b”. Change the “i” to “u”. What is the new word? budge Change the “u” to “a”. What is the new word? badge

32. Check Word Reading Ending - dge judge lodge page bridge smudge gem ridge nudge pledge ginger game gate fudge large porridge

33. Spelling: Practice r-Controlled er, ir, ur (Click to Check Dictation) Is a bug slower or faster than a bird? We ride the biggest but slowest bus. What is bigger than a whale? Midge looked sadder than Meg before she said good-bye.

34. High-Frequency Words: Break into groups.

35. Word Wall Words High-Frequency Words find of said where your Find some words in the story, “Where is my Badge?” that have a /j/ sound at the end. badge edge ledge Madge

36. Routine Read the Words Words to Read “Does anyone know where Squirrel is?” asked Bear. “I want to say good-byebefore my long nap. I won’t see anyone for a while. Oh, I’m so sleepy! It’s nap time right now.” • Look at the Words to Read. You cannot yet blend the sounds in these words. We will spell the words and use letter-sounds we know to learn them. This word is does, d-o-e-s, does. What is this word? What are the letters in this word? • (Point to the first letter in does.) What is this letter? What is its sound? • Tell me a sentence using this word.

37. Interactive Writing WriteJournal Entry What makes the seasons? Example: Spring It is spring. It is warm and sunny. Plants are growing. • What does the sentence start with? • Does the sentence tell something or ask something? • What does the sentence end with?

38. Daily Fix-It jay was the fasttest bird. Duck were the slowest bird

39. Daily Fix-It jay was the fasttest bird. Jay was the fastest bird. Duck were the slowest bird Duck was the slowest bird.

40. Grammar Develop the Concept:Contractions with Not aren’t hasn’t weren’t wasn’t A short way to put two words together is called a contraction. What letter has been left out of the contractions above? The contraction for has not is hasn’t. I replace the o with an apostrophe: hasn’t. The boy has not come home. hasn’t My pants were not dirty. weren’t She was not tired. wasn’t

41. Speaking and Listening Summarize Information • If you are telling an exciting story or talking about something you love, you might want to use gestures to show how you feel. Gestures include nodding your head, shrugging your shoulders, and moving your hands. • The way you stand, eye contact you make with the audience, and how you move your body all can help show your thoughts and feelings.

42. Look for the high-frequency words in these sentences: Oh, I turned right too soon. Now I won’t get there before he does. I hope I get to say good-bye. Tomorrow you will read about animals that move when the seasons change. before does good-bye oh right won’t Add –er and –est to fast and short faster fastest shorter shortest Let’s Talk About It How does nature change during the year?

43. Day 3 Can you name the two words that the contractions stand for? Can you find the words that are contractions? Morning Warm Up! Animals know when the seasonsbegin to change. We’re going to read how animals get ready for winter.What’s something you getready for each year?

44. Amazing Words hibernatemigrateseason temperatureautumnfreezefragilevessel

45. Amazing Words definitions • freeze – to turn into something hard because of the cold • The pond will freeze when it gets cold enough outside. • When you freeze water, you get ice. • When rain freezes, it turns into snow.

46. Share Literature • BUILD ORAL VOCABULARY Yesterday you listened to find out how the sun is different in each season. As seasons change and the weather gets colder, things begin to freeze, or turn solid from the cold. Listen to find out how our lives change with the seasons. • Monitor Listening Comprehension • How do we change our lives as the seasons change? • How does autumn help plants and animals prepare for winter? • What do animals need to be ready before the weather is so cold things will freeze?

47. Phonemic Awareness Blend and Segment Phonemes We just read that some animals sleep in the winter. These animals don’t move or budge. Listen to the sounds in budge. b u j = budge w e j = wedge b r i j = bridge b a j = badge s m u j = smudge

48. Routine Contractions: Teach/Model You can read this word because you know how to blend the base word and ending together. What is the base word? What is the ending? What is the word? smarter Blend this word. Notice that the last consonant on the base word is doubled. thinnest You can read this word because you know that the letters –dge stand for the /j/ sound. What does –dge stand for? What is the word? ridge When you come to a new word, look for a base word and an ending, or look at all the letters in the word and think about their sounds. Say the sounds in the word to yourself and then read the word. When you come to a new word, what are you going to do?

49. Routine Contractions: Teach/Model Group Practice: Let’s read these words. Look at all the letters, think about their sounds, and say the sounds to yourself. When I point to a word, let’s read it together. badge wetter grudge smallest

50. The Coldest Time When the seasons change, all nature changes too. All the animals must judge what’s best to do. When the tree colors grow bolder, And the days start turning colder, Then they have their hardest season to get through. Every animal finds ways to dodge the chill. Geese fly off in a big wedge across the hill. Beavers build a lodge and creep in. Bears find cozy caves to sleep in. They pledge to come out in spring, and so they will. Can you blend these –dge words? hardest judge dodge wedge lodge pledge