Unit 5 Week 2 Mayday! Mayday!
Unit Theme: How do people get from here to there?
ELL Planning Sheet
High Frequency Words: yellow, blue, green
New Phonics Skills: Xx /x/
Grammar: Question Sentences
Amazing Vocabulary: rescue, pilot, yacht, sailor, mechanic, shimmering
Story Vocabulary: adrift, turbines, “short taxi”, “whipping into gale”, swell, hoisted aboard, diagram
Activity
Building
Background
Knowledge
Vocabulary
(Amazing Words
And
Story Vocabulary
Tier II and III)
Reading
Comprehension
Grammar
Writing
Monday
Activate Prior
Knowledge:
Poster 26
Poster Talk-Through
Poster activities Day 1
& combine w/ High
Frequency Words
Video: Niagara
Rescue—clip shows
rescue team training
Talk with me/Sing with
me Chart 26 A/B:
rescue, pilot, yacht,
sailor, mechanic,
shimmering
Read: Mayday!
Mayday!
Tuesday
Develop Vocabulary:
Poster 26 Day 2
Word Roll
Wednesday
Thursday
Talk with me Chart 26
rescue, pilot, yacht,
sailor, mechanic,
shimmering - flare
Story Vocabulary:
adrift, turbines, “short
taxi”, “whipping into
gale”
Story Vocabulary:
swell, hoisted aboard,
diagram
Re-read: Mayday!
Mayday!
Cause/Effect pg 77
Coast guard
rescue/sailor in
trouble
Yacht tipped
over/storm
Questions
Definition
Student speak
Re-read: Mayday!
Mayday!
Cause/Effect
Coast guard get in
helicopter/receive
Mayday message
Sailors tired and
cold/battling storm
Questions
Students Speak and
write question about a
Re-read: Mayday!
Mayday!
Cause/Effect
Line could get tangled
in sail/strong winds
Swimmer drops in
water/gets thumbs
up from mech
Question
Students speak and
write question to
1
Friday
Mayday! Mayday!
narrative text
graphic organizer
Unit Connection
Question
Practice Workbook
pg. 20
Unit 5 Week 2 Mayday! Mayday!
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High Frequency
Words
yellow, blue, green
Combined with Build
background
Flash Cards
Spelling
(Phonics)
Xx /x/
Phonemic Awareness
DI46
segment/ blend (fox,
mix, fix, fox, six)
Readers
Teacher model write
questions pg 81
yellow, blue, green
Spell/Sentences
Find HF words in
Phonics Reader: Max
Flash Cards
Xx /x/
Phonics Pg DI 20
Blend (pal, six, legs)
cat
coast guard
yellow, blue, green
Poster 26 day 3 #
column chart list items
on poster of the colors
Flash Cards
Xx /x/
Phonics
Pg DI 23
blend (rip, top, fan)
yellow, blue, green
Flash Cards
Find HF words in
Decodable Reader:
Fox Can Fix It
Xx /x/
Phonics - spelling
(fax, fox, fix)
yellow, blue, green
Flash Cards
Phonic Reader: Max
(keep to re-read on
Day 3)
Re-read Phonics
Reader: Max
Decodable Reader:
Fox Can Fix It
(keep to re-read on
Day 5)
Decodable Reader
Fox Can Fix It
Unit 1 Proposed Assessment Plan
Measure
High frequency words
Frequency
weekly
Assessor
Classroom teacher
Verbal retell
weekly
Classroom teacher
Writing CBM
biweekly
ELL tutor
2
Xx /x/
Phonics- spelling
(box, ax, ox, mix)
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Unit Theme: How do people get from here to there?
Day 1
High Frequency Words: yellow, blue, green
New Phonics Skills: Xx /x/
Grammar: Question Sentences
Amazing Vocabulary: rescue, pilot, yacht, sailor, mechanic, shimmering
Story Vocabulary: adrift, turbines, “short taxi”, “whipping into gale”, swell, hoisted aboard, diagram
Background
Knowledge
Vocabulary
(Amazing
Words
and
Story
Vocabulary
Tier II and III)
Poster 26
 Poster Talk-through – read aloud and point as you describe the poster. Have
students repeat the underlined words in the script, after you say them and
identify on the poster.
 Students need to respond to the following questions with one of the embedded
answer choices or complete sentence as modeled.
 Error Corrections: If needed, model, test, and ask the same question at the end
of this section to retest.
o Are these people at camp or at school? These people are at camp
o Can you point to something in the picture that is the color green?
o What color is the water, green, or blue? The water is blue.
o This girl in the water is acting like she is tired and cannot swim anymore.
o Are the people going to use the sea plane or the boat to help the girl in
the water? The people will use the boat to help the girl in the water.
o What color are the life vests the people are wearing, blue or yellow? The
life vests are yellow.
o Does a sea plane land in the water or on land? A sea plane lands in the
water.
o How does a sea plane get into the air?
o A sea plane will move across the top of the water, getting faster and
faster until it is able to fly in the air.
o Another word for moving across the water, is to taxi across the water.
o What is another word for moving across the water? Taxi
o If the girl needed to get to a hospital, would the people use the sea
plane or the boat? The people would use a sea plane.
Video: Niagara Rescue—clip shows rescue team training
Display Talk with Me Chart 26 A
“This week we will talk about how people use different types of transportation when
people need help.”
 This helicopter is trying to rescue someone.
o Rescue means to help people get out of danger.
o What does rescue mean? to help people get out of danger.
o What is the word to help people get out of danger? Rescue
o A fireman can rescue people in danger.
o Can you think of people that can rescue someone in danger? A
(Policeman, national guard…) can rescue someone in danger.
 A person who flies a helicopter or a plane is called a pilot.
o What does a pilot do? The pilot flies a helicopter or a plane.
o What do we call a person who flies a helicopter or a plane? A pilot
o Display pg. 8-9. Who is this person sitting in the front of the helicopter?
A pilot
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This type of boat is called a yacht.
o A yacht is big enough to go in the ocean.
o Where can a yacht go? I yacht can go in the ocean.
o A yacht has an upstairs and a down stairs.
o Display pg. 4-5. What is this a picture of? A yacht.
o What is wrong with the yacht?
o I think this yacht is in danger .
Reading
Display Mayday! Mayday!.
Comprehension
 Think Aloud: I see a helicopter trying to rescue some people in the water. The
title of this book is Mayday! Mayday! What do you think Mayday, Mayday
means?
o When someone is in danger and needs to be rescued they can send out
a message saying Mayday, Mayday. This tells other people that
someone is in danger and needs help.
o What could you say if you were in danger and needed to be rescued?
Help or Mayday, Mayday.
 Do a picture walk and discuss what is happening on each page. (Do not read the
text) Encourage and support students to use phrases and complete sentences
when talking about the pictures.
o For Example: pg. 4-5 There is a storm out above the ocean. This Yacht
looks like it is in danger. The people have sent a Mayday, Mayday call.
They need help.
 Pg. 6-7 These people are running to the helicopter. They are
called the coast guard. The coast guard helps to rescue people
in the water.
 Pg. 8-9 This is the mechanic, swimmer and pilot. They are
checking to make sure all their things are ready for a rescue.
Grammar and
Writing
High Frequency yellow, blue, green
Words
 Here are this week’s high frequency words.
o This word is yellow. What word? yellow
o This word is blue. What word? blue
o This word is green. What word? green
Spelling
(Phonemic
Awareness/
Phonics)
Second Time
When I touch under the word, say the word in your head.
When I tap under the word, everyone will say the word aloud.
Practice the word list until they read the list without errors.
Unpredictable individual turns (Not everyone will have an individual turn.)
Xx /x/
Today we will learn a new sound. Listen and watch as I say the sound: /x/, /x/, /x/.
o Please say the /x/ sound……/x/ /x/ /x/
 Say fox…. fox. What sound do you hear at the end of fox? /x/
 Sometimes the /x/sound can happen at the beginning of a word
 Most of the time the /x/ sounds happens at the end of the
word.
o Say fix…fix. What sound do you hear at the end of fix? /x/
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o

 Say box … box. What sound do you hear at the end of box? /x/
 Say fix the box… fix the box
Say mix…mix. What sound do you hear at the end of mix? /x/
 Say six…six. What sound do you hear at the end of six? /x/
 Say mix six…..mix six
Say max…max. What sound do you hear at the end of max? /x/
 Say fox…fox. What sound do you hear at the end of fox? /x/
 Say Max the fox…..Max the fox
Use three fingers to help children see the number of sounds you say while
segmenting a word. Model then have students repeat.
o Segment the word mix. Hold up fingers as you say the individual sounds.
“mix m – i –x”
o Say it with me. mix m – i –x
o You (Students) do it. mix m – i –x
o Model putting fingers together and blending the sound
o Say it with me: mix
o You (students) do it: mix
 Repeat with the following words: fix, fox, six, fox
Readers
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Day 2
High Frequency Words: yellow, blue, green
New Phonics Skills: Xx /x/
Grammar: Question Sentences
Amazing Vocabulary: rescue, pilot, yacht, sailor, mechanic, shimmering
Story Vocabulary: adrift, turbines, “short taxi”, “whipping into gale”, swell, hoisted aboard, diagram
Background
Develop Vocabulary
Knowledge
Poster 25 Day 2: Follow instructions for activity: Word Roll
Students do not need to write sentences – just have them say a sentence. After a
sentence is shared, have the rest of the group repeat the sentence.
(use word cube template at end of day 2)
Vocabulary
Display Talk with Me Chart 26 A
(Amazing
“This week we will talk about how people use different types of transportation when
Words
people need help.”
and
 This helicopter is trying to rescue someone.
Story
o Rescue means to help people get out of danger.
Vocabulary
o What does rescue mean? to help people get out of danger.
Tier II and III)
o What is the word to help people get out of danger? Rescue
 A person who flies a helicopter or a plane is called a pilot.
o What does a pilot do? The pilot flies a helicopter or a plane.
o What do we call a person who flies a helicopter or a plane? A pilot
 This type of boat is called a yacht.
o A yacht is big enough to go in the ocean.
o Where can a yacht go? I yacht can go in the ocean.
 A person who works on a yacht or a boat is called a sailor .
o What does a sailor do? A sailor works on a boat.
o What do we call people who work on a boat? A sailor
o Display pg 4-5. What do we call these people that are in the yacht?
Sailors.
o Display pg 22-23. Now the sailors are getting off the yacht and into a
raft. Read the text on the page.
o Display pg 26-27. Now the sailors are getting out of the raft and into
the basket. Read the text on the page
o Display pg 30-31. Now where is the sailor going? The sailor is going up
to the helicopter.
o Display and read pg 32-33. How do the sailors feel? The sailors are cold
and tired.
 This person is a mechanic.
o A mechanic is a person who knows how to fix and run machines.
o What does a mechanic do? A mechanic can fix and run machines.
o What do we call a person that can fix and run machines? A mechanic
o Diplay pg 8-9. These person sitting here is the mechanic. Sometimes
people will call him mech. Read the text on the page.
o What does the mech or mechanic do before the helicopter goes up in
the air? The mechanic puts on his seatbelt and puts his bags away.
o Display pg 24-25. The mechanic drops the basket down into the water.
o What is the mechanic doing? The mechanic drops the basket down into
the water.
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The mechanic on a rescue helicopter has another job. Display pg 28-29.
The pilot cannot see what is happening under the helicopter in the
water. The mechanic tells the pilot what is going on and what to do.
o How does the mechanic help the pilot? The mechanic tells the piot what
is happening in the water.
 Display and read pg. 16-17.
o Show flare pictures on the page after Day 2
o If you are in danger and need to be rescued you can light a flare and it
will help people to see where you are.
o What does a flare do? Make light so people can see where you are.
o Shimmering describes something that sparkles in the light.
o The sky is shimmering red, or sparkling red from the flare.
o What does shimmering mean? something that sparkles in the light
Reading
Display Mayday! Mayday! & Cause and Effect graphic organizer
Comprehension
 One way we can better understand a story is to think about what happened and
why it happened. This is called cause and effect.
o Something that happened in the story was coast guard rescued sailors.
(fill this in on the what happened side of the graphic organizer.)
o Why , or what caused the coast guard to rescue the sailors? Because
they sent out a Mayday, Mayday message. (Fill this in on the cause side
of the graphic organizer.)
o Complete for the following cause/effect relationships
 The yacht tipped over. Why? Because there was a bad storm
Read Mayday! Mayday!
Grammar and Questions
Writing
 A sentence that asks something is called a question?
o What is a question? A sentence that asks something
o What do we call a sentence that asks something? A question
 Display sentence question page. Something is wrong with all these questions.
Can you see what is wrong?
o What do we need to put at the beginning of a questions sentence? A
capital letter.
o What do we need to put at the end of a question sentence? A question
mark?
o Read each question and have students direct you on how to fix the
mistakes.
High Frequency yellow, blue, green
Words
This word is yellow. What word? yellow
Spell the word yellow. Y – e – l – l - o – w
What is the word? Yellow
A sentence with the word yellow is… My jacket is yellow.
Have a student use the word yellow in a sentence.
Repeat with the words: blue, green
Second Time
When I touch under the word, say the word in your head.
When I tap under the word, everyone will say the word aloud.
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Practice the word list until they read the list without errors.
Unpredictable individual turns (Not everyone will have an individual turn.)
Spelling
(Phonics)
Find High Frequency words yellow, blue, green in Phonics Reader: Max
Xx /x/
 Hold up a X letter card. This is the letter X. It makes the /x/ sound.
o Give each student a X letter card.
o Trace the letter X on your card and say /x/.
o What sound does this letter make? /x/
o What is the name of this letter? X

I am going to say three words. One of the words ends with the /x/ sound, hold
up the letter X card for that word.
o Max, mike, molly
o Taco, tax, talk
o Milk, mix, water
o Rover, Rex, Buddy

Readers
Use the page with arrows and blocks to practice blending words together.
o With students slowly sound out each letter while pointing to the letter
with finger.
o With students repeat sounding out and pointing at a faster speed.
o With students repeat reading and pointing at a normal speed.
Phonics Reader : Max
Keep reader to re-read on Day 3
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swimmer
yellow
boat
taxi
green
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blue
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WHAT
HAPPENED
WHY
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where are the cookies
are you five or six
do you want more crayons
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X
X
X
X
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l
p
a
l
s
i
x
e
g
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Day 3
High Frequency Words: yellow, blue, green
New Phonics Skills: Xx /x/
Grammar: Question Sentences
Amazing Vocabulary: rescue, pilot, yacht, sailor, mechanic, shimmering
Story Vocabulary: adrift, turbines, “short taxi”, “whipping into gale”, swell, hoisted aboard, diagram
Vocabulary
Story Vocabulary
(Amazing
“This week we will talk about how people use different types of transportation when
Words
people need help.”
and
 Display and read pg 4-5.
Story
o This boat is adrift. Adrift means that the sailors are not able to drive or
Vocabulary
direct the boat. The boat is being carried away by the waves.
Tier II and III)
 Display and read pg 10-11.
o These are the turbines on the helicopter. Turbines help to give the
helicopter engine power.
o A “short taxi” means that the helicopter rolls across the top of the
ground before it goes in the air.
 Display and read pg 18-19.
o A gale is a very strong wind that can be dangerous. The winds are
whipping into a gale – or the winds are getting very strong.
o What is a gale? A very strong wind
Reading
Display Mayday! Mayday! & Cause and Effect graphic organizer
Comprehension
 One way we can better understand a story is to think about what happened and
why it happened. This is called cause and effect.
o Something that happened in the story was coast guard gets in the
helicopter. (fill this in on the what happened side of the graphic
organizer.)
o Why , or what caused the coast guard to get in the helicopter? Because
they got a Mayday, Mayday message. (Fill this in on the cause side of
the graphic organizer.)
o Complete for the following cause/effect relationships
 The sailors are tired and cold. Why? Because they have been
fighting the storm
Read Mayday! Mayday!
Grammar and Questions
Writing
 A sentence that asks something is called a question?
o What is a question? A sentence that asks something
o What do we call a sentence that asks something? A question
 Display the picture of a cat
o Have students think of a question to ask about the cat.
o After is question is said have the other students repeat the question
 Have students write a question about the cat.
o Review with students that all questions start with a capital letter, spaces
between words and a question mark at the end.
High Frequency yellow, blue, green
Words
Display the three column color chart and Poster 26.
Have students identify items on the poster that are those colors
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List students responses.
Spelling
(Phonics)
Readers
Second Time
When I touch under the word, say the word in your head.
When I tap under the word, everyone will say the word aloud.
Practice the word list until they read the list without errors.
Unpredictable individual turns (Not everyone will have an individual turn.)
Xx /x/
 Hold up a X letter card. This is the letter X. It makes the /x/ sound.
o Give each student a X letter card.
o Trace the letter X on your card and say /x/.
o What sound does this letter make? /x/
o What is the name of this letter? X
 I am going to say a sentence. One of the words has an /x/ sound. Hold up your
card when you hear the /x/ sounds.
o The ox ran.
o The snake is in the box.
o Max pets the duck.
o I have six fish.
 Use the page with arrows and blocks to practice blending words together.
o With students slowly sound out each letter while pointing to the letter
with finger.
o With students repeat sounding out and pointing at a faster speed.
o With students repeat reading and pointing at a normal speed.
Re-read Phonics Reader : Max
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WHAT
HAPPENED
WHY
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Sentence:
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YELLOW
BLUE
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GREEN
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r
i
p
t
o
p
f
a
n
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Day 4
High Frequency Words: yellow, blue, green
New Phonics Skills: Xx /x/
Grammar: Question Sentences
Amazing Vocabulary: rescue, pilot, yacht, sailor, mechanic, shimmering
Story Vocabulary: adrift, turbines, “short taxi”, “whipping into gale”, swell, hoisted aboard, diagram
Vocabulary
(Amazing
Words
and
Story
Vocabulary
Tier II and III)
Story Vocabulary
“This week we will talk about how people use different types of transportation when
people need help.”
 Display and read pg 18-19.
o A swell is the rising part of the water. The diver is dropping down into
the ocean that is moving up and down.
 Display and read pg 30-31.
o Hoist means to lift up. The sailors are lifted up into the helicopter.
 Display pg. 36-37, 38-39
o These pictures are called diagrams.
o A diagram is a picture with names written of all the parts.
o What is a diagram? A picture with the parts named
o What do we call a picture with the names of the parts written? A
diagram
o Point out several different labels of the diagram and where they are
located. Example: turbine, rotor, life vest, gloves…..
Reading
Display Mayday! Mayday! & Cause and Effect graphic organizer
Comprehension
 One way we can better understand a story is to think about what happened and
why it happened. This is called cause and effect.
o Display pg 18- 19. Something that happened in the story is the line
could get tangled in the sail. (fill this in on the what happened side of
the graphic organizer.)
o Why , or what could cause the line to get tangled in the sail? The strong
winds could blow the line into the sail. (Fill this in on the cause side of
the graphic organizer.)
o Complete for the following cause/effect relationships
 The swimmer drops in the water Why? He gets the thumbs up
from the mechanic
Read Mayday! Mayday!
Grammar and Questions
Writing
 A sentence that asks something is called a question?
o What is a question? A sentence that asks something
o What do we call a sentence that asks something? A question
 Let’s pretend someone from the coast guard came to our class. What question
would you want to ask them.
 Have each student say a question they would like to ask someone from the
coast guard.
 Pass out writing paper. Assist students as needed to write the question they
would like to ask someone from the coast guard.
o Review with students that all questions start with a capital letter, spaces
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High Frequency
Words
Spelling
(Phonics)
Readers
between words and a question mark at the end.
yellow, blue, green
First Time
When I touch under the word, say the word in your head.
When I tap under the word, everyone will say the word aloud.
Practice the word list until they read the list without errors.
Unpredictable individual turns (Not everyone will have an individual turn.)
Second Time
Pass out Decodable Reader - Fox Can Fix It
Have students find and underline the sight words yellow, blue, green
in the story.
Xx /x/
Display a X letter card. This is the letter X. It makes the /x/ sound.
What is the name of this letter? X
What sound does this letter make? /x/
Have students air write the letter X while saying the /x/ sound.
We are going to spell some words. Pass out writing materials. If a word is a proper
noun, remind students to begin that word with a capital letter.
 Teacher say “fax”
 Students say “fax”
 Teacher and students segment word. Hold up one finger for each letter sound.
f - a - x
 Students write the word.
Repeat for the following words: fox, fix
Decodable Reader: Fox Can Fix It
Keep reader to re-read on Day 5
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WHAT
HAPPENED
WHY
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Day 5
High Frequency Words: yellow, blue, green
New Phonics Skills: Xx /x/
Grammar: Question Sentences
Amazing Vocabulary: rescue, pilot, yacht, sailor, mechanic, shimmering
Story Vocabulary: adrift, turbines, “short taxi”, “whipping into gale”, swell, hoisted aboard, diagram
Vocabulary
(Amazing
Words
and
Story
Vocabulary
Tier II and III)
Reading
Display Mayday! Mayday!
Comprehension
 Use narrative text graphic organizer to have students retell the story.
Grammar and
Writing
High Frequency
Words
Spelling
(Phonics)
Readers
 How did Max get to Zeke’s Palace of Ice-cream?
 What types of transportation can help people who need to be rescued?
Question
 Practice Book pg 20
yellow, blue, green
When I touch under the word, say the word in your head.
When I tap under the word, everyone will say the word aloud.
Practice the word list until they read the list without errors.
Unpredictable individual turns (Not everyone will have an individual turn.)
X x /x/
Display a X letter card. This is the letter X. It makes the /x/ sound.
What is the name of this letter? X
What sound does this letter make? /x/
Have students air write the letter X while saying the /x/ sound.
We are going to spell some words. Pass out writing materials. If a word is a proper
noun, remind students to begin that word with a capital letter.
 Teacher say “box”
 Students say “box”
 Teacher and students segment word. Hold up one finger for each letter sound.
b - o - x
 Students write the word.
 Repeat for the following words: ax, ox, mix
Decodable Reader : Fox Can Fix It
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