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You need your text book. Lesson 22 Day 2

Phonics and Spelling • Part A • cause • naughty • The letters au often stand for the /ô/ sound. • Words can have just an au, as in cause, or they can have an augh, as in naughty. • In the word naughty, the gh is silent. • bought • In bought, the /ô/ sound is spelled with the letters ough. In bought, the gh is also silent. • You have already learned about words where the gh is pronounced /f/. There is no good rule to know when gh is silent and when it is pronounced /f/, so you will have to try /f/ and no sound to see which makes a word that fits the context.

Phonics and SpellingPart B: The word in dark print is a spelling word that has been spelled with the wrong letter combination. You have to decide on the correct spelling. • You ot to drink lots of water during the summer. • ought • We had to pawse for a minute to catch our breath during our nature walk. • pause • Bridget cawt a fly ball in the last inning of the baseball game. • caught • Carlos tawt his sister how to play checkers. • taught

Vocabulary • Turn to Student Edition p. 198-199. • Read the selection titled “Night Flyers.”

nocturnal An animal that is nocturnal sleeps during the day and is active at night. What does a nocturnal animal do? Where does the birds’ nocturnal journey end?

effort When you work hard, you use effort. Does a player have to make a great effort to hit a baseball? Why is the songbirds’ journey a great effort?

dozes Someone who dozes takes short naps. A cat often dozes in the sunshine. Why do you think that is? If a bird dozes during the day, is it strong or weak at night?

swoops When something swoops, it dives or dips downward. If a hawk swoops to catch dinner, what does it look like? When a bird swoops toward a tree, what does it look for?

detail A detail is a small piece of information that is part of a larger whole. Why is it important to pay attention to every detail? What is one detail you can state about the birds’ trip?

fluttering When something moves through the air lightly and quickly, it is fluttering. What might cause a flag to be fluttering? What part of the birds’ bodies is fluttering during their journey?

Grammar: Main and Helping Verbs is am are was were has have had will Each of these words can be used as a helping verb. The main verbs tell the action or state of being. Helping verbs tell when the action or state of being takes place. The helping verbs is, am, & are tell about the present. Was, were, has, have, & had tell about the past. Will tells about the future.

Grammar • Bat is waking up. • The main verb is waking. The helping verb, is, tells that the action happens in the present. • Bat has chased a moth. • What is the helping verb? When does the action happen…past, present, or future? • has, past • Bat will sleep all day. • What is the helping verb? When does the action happen…past, present, or future? • will, future

“Bat Loves the Night” • Turn in your Reading book to page 200-201. Genre Study • Read the genre information on Student Edition page 200. • Informational narratives present information in the form of a story. • Look for… • Facts about a topic • Events told in time order • The purpose of an informational narrative is to inform. It can also entertain, since is tells a story.

Comprehension Strategy • Monitor comprehension—if you cannot figure out a word, reread the sentence that comes before it. • You can reread to find the meanings of unfamiliar words. You can also reread to clarify the information that is complex or confusing. • Whenever you come to a section in your reading that contains words or ideas that are unclear, you should reread the sentences around the word or idea. Reading the sentences again will help you figure out the meaning of the word or idea.

As you read “Bats Love the Night,” you will fill in the sequence chart graphic organizer on Practice Book page 189. The sequence chart will help you keep track of the information as you read. First Next Then Finally

“Bats Love the Night” • You are going to read an informational piece about bats. • What do you know or what have you read about bats? • One purpose for reading an informational narrative is to learn about a topic. • Turn to pages 200-201 in your Student Edition. • Read the title out loud. • The animal in the illustration is a bat. Notice the moon in the illustration. Why do you think the illustration shows the moon?

Retelling • After reading the selection, list the main events of the story in order. • Then, write a summary of the story. You may want to refer to the information on Practice Book page 189 to recall important information. • Remember to use time-order words and include details about the important events from the selection. • A summary should include the characters, setting, problem, main events, and solution of the story.

Fluency • Good readers adjust their reading rate as they read. This helps them ensure that they are reading fluently and with expression. • You should read more quickly when events are exciting and more slowly when reading complicated or important details. • Turn to Student Edition pages 202-203. Track the print as I read. Notice how I adjust my reading rate and read the information in the captions more slowly.

Writing a Summary • Summaries include the most important ideas from a selection. • One way to explain important ideas is to include details from the selection. • Summaries… • Include the most important ideas • Use connectives, including time-order words • Use details that support the important ideas

Writing a Summary • When you write a summary, your sentences should connect and build on each other. Some connective words include also and because. Connective words can include time-order words, such as first, then, & last.

Summary • Use a chart to note the three most important ideas you learned about Bat in “Bat Loves the Night.” You should use details and facts from the text to support these ideas.

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