Communities
Unit 2
Who Works Here?
By: Melissa Blackwell Burke
Who
works
where
you live?
Objectives
Yesterday:
Long i (CVCe), Digraphs wh,
ch, & tch, High-frequency
words & Special Titles
Today:
Spelling and Phonics:
Long i (CVCe) and
digraphs wh, ch, & tch
Skill: Author’s Purpose
& Story
Grammar: Special Titles
Morning Warm-Up!
Today we will read about
workers in a community. If
you watch them, you will see
that they do much to help us.
Question of the Day
 What workers do you have
in your community?
citizen
community
law
leader
Amazing
Words
headquarters
patrol
branch
Objective: Build oral vocabulary.
Just what do they mean?
citizen – a person who lives in a
certain location
community – the town or city in
which you live
law – a rule that tells people
what they can and cannot do
leader – the head of a group
Just what do they mean?
headquarters – places where
business or city leaders work
patrol – to move around,
watching or guarding
branch – a smaller type of a
larger bank, library, or office
Time to Read
Share Literature-Build Concepts
Walk Around a City gives
information about a real
place. The words that
appear in boldface type
are the ones the author
thought the reader
should know to learn
about a city. These
words appear in the
Glossary at the back.
Walk Around a City
By: Peter and Connie
Roop
Time to Read
Share Literature-Build Concepts
Walk Around a
City
• Yesterday the class
read the book to find
out why a city needs
police and firefighters.
• Listen today to find
out what other kinds of
jobs people do in a city.
Build Oral Vocabulary
 What are some jobs people do in a city?
 Is there just one library, one bank, or one
grocery store in a city? Why do these
things need to have branches?
Phonemic Awareness
 We just read how
people travel on
subways in cities.
On a subway, you
can read while you
ride.
 Listen to the
sounds in while.
/hw/ /i/ /l/
 Now say each sound as
you write the letter
that goes with it.
/hw/ /i/ /l/ = while
whine
chime
white
chive
Objective: Blend and segment phonemes.
Blending Strategy
We have had words like made and lake.
Long i (CVCe)
bike = b i k e
wide ripe
time prize
life
dime
mine kite
like
wise
rice
mice
shine
Long i
(CVCe)
Word Review
like
time
fine
kite
mice
nice
nine
smile
pile
pine
bite
shine
dine
wipe
ice
lime
Blending Strategy
We have had words like ship and them.
Digraphs wh, ch, tch
when = wh e n
chip = ch i p
catch munch champ which
match such chop whale
itch
much chick lunch
Words
To
Know
which
such
while
white
when
whale
chin
chat
chess
check
patch
ranch
Mitch
lunch
much
catch
watch
match
hatch
batch
fetch
chick
A Nice, Fine Neighborhood
Neighbors like to work together.
They watch out for everyone.
They pitch in to help each other
Until all the chores are done.
Neighbors like to play together.
They put out the welcome mat.
Children ride bikes on the sidewalk.
Grown-ups sit outside and chat.
When the busy day is over,
Happy neighbors feel so good.
They all smile at each other.
What a nice, fine neighborhood!
Sort Words
Long i
wh
ch
tch
size when chalk switch hike whisk
chick whale fetch catch slide
Sentences
To
Read
1. I rode my yellow bike while my kite
was flying behind me.
2. The sidewalk outside the school is
where I like to play.
3. I cannot drive the glider.
4. The lime is ripe enough to eat.
5. You are wise not to play with fire.
6. Nine mice ate five bites of cheese.
7. Mike has nine dimes with him.
8. Life is so much fun to live.
9. I want a big size pizza slice.
Spelling Words
like
bike
ride
hide
smile
ice
dime
time
kite
white
Objective: Segment sounds to spell words.
Spelling Practice
Unscramble your spelling words.
keli
emit
like
time
bkie
cei
bike
ice
drie
tiewh
ride
white
emdi
tkie
dime
kite
silem
smile
deih
hide
What are some sounds you might
hear in our community?
school
bells
police
siren
children
playing
construction
equipment
Community
Sounds
people
talking
car
horns
train
whistles
dogs
barking
Why might different kinds of communities have
different kinds of sounds?
Build Background
Connect to the Selection
 The people who work in a community help us
in many ways. We’ll read a selection that
tells about some workers and how they help a
community.
Vocabulary
Selection Words
mail – letters or packages sent through a
post office and delivered to homes or
businesses
neighborhood – a place where people live
and work together
busy – having many things to do
Vocabulary
High Frequency
Words
Pages 66-67
people
live
work
who
out
High-Frequency Words
out
live
work
who
people
your
they
to
way
where
Comprehension
Skill: Author’s Purpose
 People write things for different
reasons. Sometimes authors write to
explain something or give information.
Other times authors write to be funny
or to entertain.
 As you read, look for clues about why
the author wrote the selection.
Strategy: Ask Questions
 Good readers often ask themselves
questions that help them understand and
remember what they are reading.
Comprehension
Ask yourself these questions as
you read Who Works Here?
 What do I want to know?
 When I look at the pictures,
what do I wonder about?
 Does the author want me to
learn something? What?
Who
Works
Here?
Pages 68-77
Time
To
Read
Time for Stations
Vocabulary
Directional Words
The police officer wants children to look
all ways before crossing the street. Tell
which ways you should look before crossing
the street.
Look to the right.
Then look to the left before you cross the
street.
Writing Trait of the Week
Introduce: Conventions
 Conventions are rules good writers follow when
they write. Good writers spell words a certain
way. They begin sentences and special titles with
capital letters. They put end marks after
sentences and some special titles. Think about
whether the author of Who Works Here? Follows
spelling and sentence rules.
Who drives a big bus? That is Mr. Chang.
 Suppose the author had written these sentences.
Are they written correctly?
Writing Trait of the Week
Introduce: Conventions
 Look at the following paragraph. Add capital
letters and end punctuation where needed.
our bus driver is ms franklin she takes us to
school and back home now she is moving away we
need a new bus driver will you take the job
Our bus driver is Ms. Franklin. She
takes us to school and back home. Now
she is moving away. We need a new bus
driver. Will you take the job?
Grammar
– Special Titles
 We call some persons by special titles. A
police officer might be called Officer. If
you know a police officer’s name, you
might call him Officer Brown. Special
titles can make your writing more
interesting.
person
special title
a doctor
Dr. Reed
man
Mr. Davis
Wrap Up
Your Day!
Sometimes you need to
pause and think about
what you read to be
sure it makes sense. A
good reader often asks
questions to help make
the information easier
to understand.
How does each
helper help me?
How does the
helper help our
community?
Why did the
author write
this selection?
Who makes our neighborhood a nice
place in which to live?
How Community
Workers Help Us
How We Help Them
keep us safe
put out fires
take care of parks
govern the
community
help solve
problems
keep the
community clean
obey the laws
practice fire safety in
our homes/businesses
protect the environment
participate in community
events
help leaders solve
problems
Preview
Day Four
Tomorrow
we will read
about the
places in a
community.
Extra
Daily Fix-It
1. The Mail truck went past
2. NO mail is in the bx.
Waltke’s Web Powerpoint
http://classroom.jc-schools.net/waltkek/First1.html
Mrs. Waltke is a veteran teacher living in Jasper and working in the Jasper School
System.
Carl’s Corner
http://www.carlscorner.us.com/
Cherry Carl is a retired teacher who lives in California. She teaches at UCLA.
Time to Listen
to the Story
Who
Works
Here?
Pages
68-77
Extra
pictures
Grammar