Lesson 6 Day 4

1. Lesson 6 Day 4 You will need your Reading book, paper, and a pencil.

2. Phonics and Spelling • Identify the compound words. • lighthouse, kitchen, pigpen, vitamin • How did you know lighthouse and pigpen where compound words? • It is easy to confuse compound words and words with endings.

3. Phonics and Spelling • Which word is a compound word? • doorbell careful helpless • catfish darkness paintbrush • cowhand listening hopeful • chalkboard sunburn sickness • glassess greenhouse divided • toenail football cupful • careful fingerprint sweater • shoebox horseshoe shoeless

4. Phonics and Spelling • These are spelling words, but all the consonants or vowels have been removed. Identify the words. • _ _ t s _ d _ r _ _ n d r _ p _ o _e _ _ i _ _ • outside, raindrop, something

5. Phonics and Spelling • Compound words can be hard to spell because they can include many letters. It is easy to leave out letters or mix them up, especially in the middle of words. • What can you do to make sure you spell compound words correctly? • You can look carefully at the vowels and consonants. • You can look for familiar letter patterns. • You can break the word into two parts.

6. Fluency As you read you should: • look for and follow punctuation • read in phrases that make the meaning clear. • read smoothly and clearly.

7. Fluency • As I read part of “The Babe and I,” I’m going to make sure that I do not pause too often. I’m going to scan ahead in the sentence so I can pay attention to the meaning. That way, I will be able to read in one breath words that belong together. • Follow along with me on page 180 as I read aloud. • With a partner, you will choose a page to read. • Remember to pay attention to punctuation.

8. Fact and Opinion • What is a fact? • A fact is a statement that can be proven. • What is an opinion? • An opinion is a statement that expresses what someone believes or thinks.

9. Display Transparency R35Read “The Best Party!” together. • How does Nick think Grandpa looks when he realizes it is a surprise party? • He thinks Grandpa has never looked happier. • What words help you know that Nick’s opinion is correct? • Grandpa says, “This is the best birthday I ever had!” • Is what Grandpa said a fact or an opinion?

10. Read page 175 in your Reading book. • How does Dad feel about selling apples? • What does he say and do that lets you know his opinion?

11. Characters and Setting • A character is a person or animal in the story. • A writer tells about the character through what the character says and does. • The setting is where the story takes place. • A writer usually gives clues in the story that provide readers information about the setting. • For example, a forest might have dark twisted trees because the writer wants the setting to be scary.

12. Characters and Setting • As I look at the illistrations in “The Babe and I,” I notice an apartment building with three stories and the boy’s father waving to him from a sidewalk with a fire hydrant nearby. These details tell me that the setting is a city. • Reread page 178. • Who are the characters on this page? • What is the setting?

13. Characters and Setting • Read page 182. • Write the setting of this page. • Write about what the main character feels about what is happening and how you know.

14. Build Robust Vocabulary • span- A span is the distance between two points. • I will name some things that cover a span of space. • If the span is wide, spread your arms wide. If the span is small, move your hands closer together. • caterpillar, truck, fingernail, Florida

15. Build Robust Vocabulary • skim- To skim the surface of something means to move quickly over it, barely touching it. • I will name something that might skim the water. If you think it will sink, say sink. If you think it will skim, say skim. • stone, elephant, speedboat, house

16. Build Robust Vocabulary • contribution- If you help your family reach its goal, you make a contribution to your family. • If I name a contribution a third grader could make raise your hand. • Taking out the trash every night. • Working as a doctor or nurse in a foreign country. • Help a friend with homework.

17. Build Robust Vocabulary • initiative- When you take initiative, you make the first step in doing something without being told what to do. • Raise your hand if I say something that would take a lot of initiative. • sing a song • travel to mars • become a professional athlete

18. Build Robust Vocabulary • midst- If you are in the midst of something, you are in the middle of it. • Give an example of when being in the midst of something might not be a good thing. • shabby- Shabby things look old and worn out. • Would you ever wear shabby clothes to impress someone? • dazed- If you are dazed, you are confused and cannot think properly. • If someone seemed dazed, would you ask them to drive you to the store.

19. Build Robust Vocabulary • elevated- Something that is elevated is lifted up. • If you are at a concert, why would it be good to be in an elevated row? • embarrass- If you embarrass someone, you make that person feel uncomfortable or ashamed. • If your friend is embarrassed, what can you do to make them feel better? • collapses- When something collapses, it falls down because it is not well supported. • What would you do if someone you know collapses? • Homework:

20. Writing Character Sketch • Describes how a person looks, sounds, or acts • Tell what a person is like • Includes a topic sentence • Includes detail sentences

21. Writing • Sometimes authors use comparisons to describe characters of events in writing. One type of comparison is called a simile. • When the wind blows through the Golden Gate, the men cling to the girders like caterpillars on a branch. • This simile uses a different event to describe the men’s actions. • The author does this to help the reader picture what the men are doing. • A simile uses the words like or as to compare one object to another. • The spring sky is as blue as a robin’s egg. • Can you come up with a simile? • Finish writing and revising your character sketch.

22. Grammar • Compound sentences are made up of two simple sentences. • They use a comma and the word and , or, or but to join the sentences. • The word and shows a connection between two ideas. • The words but and or show a difference between two ideas.

23. Grammar • Combine the two sentences to make a compound sentence. • The boy was happy to find customers. He made a lot of money. • The boy was happy to find customer, and he made a lot of money. • His dad did not want to sell apples. He needed to earn money. • His dad did not want to sell apples, but he needed to earn money. • He could see a movie. He could go to the ballgame. • He could see a movie, and he could go to the ballgame. • Homework: WB pg. 21