William’s House

1. William’s House Written by: Ginger Howard Illustrated By: Larry Day Skill: Draw Conclusions Genre: Historical Fiction Author’s Purpose: Inform PowerPoint By Susie Mumper 2011

2. Home Page • Question of the day • Million $ word • Building concept • Comprehension • Building background • Vocabulary • Unfamiliar Words • Spelling • Web Links • Phonics • Daily task 12345 • Review questions • Phonics review • Fix-its 1234 • Plural Possessive Nouns • Writing Prompt • Vocabulary practice

3. Which word or words has the same meaning as spoil? • Ruin • Toil • Bed • Good

4. Which word or words has the same meaning as barrels? • television • girl • containers • wagon

5. Which word or words has the same meaning as cellar? • chair • attic • teller • Underground room

6. Which word or words has the same meaning as steep? • Straight up • shoe • cheap • Gentle slope

7. Which word or words has the same meaning as pegs? • legs • hooks • fasten • light

8. Which word or words has the same meaning as clearing? • blanket • smearing • Closed in • Open space Home

9. Writing Prompt How would you describe autumn to a Martian who had never visited Earth? Write about it. Home

10. Spelling Consonant digraphs can create a new sound because the letters in the digraph are pronounced together, not separately. For example, the digraph ph is pronounced like the letter f.

11. Say each digraph and then write the corresponding words underneath each digraph. Home

14. colonies’ Americans’ farmers’ horses’ Oxen's Home

15. Fix-its • The Inglish settlers had the first thanksgiving. The English settlers had the first Thanksgiving. • The childrens toys were made of would. The children’s toys were made of wood. Home

16. Daily Fix-It 3. The colonys had cold wether. The colonies had cold weather. • The two boys’s cloths were not warm enough. The two boys’ clothes were not warm enough. Home

17. CONSONANT BLENDS • We studied initial and final consonant blends. • Read the sentence to yourself. Raise your hand when you know which words have aconsonant blend. Please straighten your desk. • What letters make up the consonant blend in please? In straighten? In desk?

18. Read the following words.

19. Read these sentences and circle theword or words containing consonant blends. • I gave a present to my brother on his birthday. • Practice what you preach. • There are three loaves of bread in the stove. • The air was crisp, and frost gleamed on the grass. Home

20. Consonant Digraphs Last week we talked about consonant blends. You hear all the letters in a consonant blend. You will learn about other consonant combinations that stand for a single sound.

21. chat • How many letters do you see in chat? • How many sounds do you hear? • Which two letters stand for one sound? When I see the letters ch in chat, I pronounce them as a single sound, /ch/, because ch is a consonant digraph. But when I see the same letters in the word parachute, I pronounce them as /sh/. The digraph ch can stand for different sounds, /ch/ and /sh/. I also watch for the consonant digraphs sh, th, wh, ph, tch, and ng when I sound out words.

23. Read these words and then underline the consonant digraphs.

24. Read these sentences, point out words with consonant digraphs, and say the sound the letters stand for. • Thunder scares our dog, and she hides under my bed. • Each boy let out a whoop of joy. • I hear a little bird chirping beneath my window. Home

25. Vocabulary Strategyfor Unfamiliar Words Context Clues Sometimes when you are reading, you come across a word you don’t know. How can you figure out what the word means? Look for context clues. Context clues are the words and sentences around the word. They can help you figure out the meaning of the word.

26. Read the words and sentences around the word you don’t know. Sometimes the author tells you what the word means. • If not, use the words and sentences to predict a meaning for the word. • Try that meaning in the sentence. Does it make sense? As you read “Like the Good Old Days,” use context clues to help you understand the meanings of the vocabulary words. Home

27. Words to know clearing steep barrels pegs cellar spoil

28. More Words to Know fashioned halt succotash

29. barrelscontainers with round, flat tops and bottoms and sides that curve out slightly

30. cellaran underground room or rooms

31. clearingan open space

32. pegspins or small bolts of wood or metal used to fasten parts together

33. spoilto become bad or not good to eat

34. steephaving a sharp slope; almost straight up and down

35. The workers dumped the salt into containers called barrels.

36. I had trouble walking up the steep mountain.

37. Aunt Joan and Uncle Perry hung their coats on the pegs by the door.

38. He kept food in the cellar where it would stay cold.

39. If you leave milk out of the fridge all night it will spoil.

40. Our log house stood alone in the clearing of the forest.

41. Let’s review our words. Watch carefully because they will flash on the screen for just a moment.

42. barrels

43. cellar

44. clearing

45. pegs

46. spoil

47. steep Home

48. Daily task 1 • With a partner do section 1 of your tri-fold • With your partner do word builder CPA • Independently do RWB p. 93-94 • Independently read leveled reader and take an AR test. • Independently read books from your bag of books and take AR test. Home

49. Daily task 2 • With a partner do section 2 of your tri-fold. • With your partner do RWB p. 93-94 • With your partner do CPA chart 1-3. Do each activity on a piece of paper and staple it to your chart. I will take them up on Friday. • Independently read a leveled reader and take an AR test. • Independently read books from your bag of books and take AR test. Home

50. Daily task 3 • With a partner do section 3 of your tri-fold • With a partner do vocabulary CPA. • Independently read leveled reader and take an AR test. • Independently finish RWB p 93-94, word builder CPA and 10 sentences CPA. • Independently read books from your bag of books and take AR test. Home