Abraham Lincoln
Written by: Delores Malone
Illustrated by: Stephen Costanza
Question of the Week:
How has working together changed history?
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Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
• Grammar
• Grammar
• Grammar
• Grammar
• Grammar
Street Rhymes!
Listen while I read this poem, and then we will
read it together.
Our nation’s past is a long, long road.
Along the way, the people have showed
That, no matter what the trouble or weather,
We get things done by working together.
Where there is wrong, we’re willing to fight
To win the day and make it right.
This week we will talk, sing, read, and write about
working together to change history.
Question of the Week:
How has working together changed history?
Show Concept Talk Video
Abraham Lincoln
Monday
We are going to make a concept map from pages 218219.
•When people work together, what do you think might
happen?
•Let’s put People learn from each other on our
concept map.
Abraham Lincoln
Monday
•How are children in the bottom picture dressed?
•How did they work together?
•Let’s add “Pilgrims and Native Americans make the
first Thanksgiving” to the map.
•Who else is working together on page 218?
•What might they be working on?
•Let’s add “Boys and girls work together to learn” to
the map.
Abraham Lincoln
Monday
•Can you identify the statue on page 219?
•Who was Abraham Lincoln?
•Let’s add “People change the country for the
better” and “Abraham Lincoln” to our map
Sing With Me
• We are going to listen to a song called “Look at
History” about looking at the past.
• Listen for the words identify, participate, and
significant as you sing.
participate
• par – tic – i - pate
• participate means to take part in
something.
• Mr. Lewis wants us to participate as much
as we can in class discussions.
• I like to participate when we play soccer.
• Give examples of what kinds of things you
participate in at school.
identify
• i– dent – i -fy
• identify is to name or recognize certain
persons or things.
• I could identify the girl in the photo as my
sister.
• My cousin can identify many kinds of
butterflies.
• What would help you identify different kinds
of birds?
significant
• sig – nif – i -cant
• significant means important.
• The Fourth of July is a significant holiday
in America.
• The computer was a significant invention.
• What is a significant event in a person’s
life?
Amazing Words at Work
•It looks like these children are thinking about people
from the past.
•Can you identify any of them?
(use identify in your answer)
•Do you think what Abraham Lincoln did in the past
might be significant?
(use significant in your answer)
•What are some ways you could participate in helping
to make our country a better place?
(use participate in your answer)
Amazing Words at Work
Complete these sentences:
1.Sara could not identify ________.
2.I like to participate in ___________.
3.A person who made a significant change is
__________.
Phonemic Awareness
• Let’s look at page 220-221 in your Reading book
• How do you know the teacher is happy?
• We could say “He is smiling” or we could put the
words He and is together to say “He’s smiling”.
• We call words such as he’s contractions.
Phonics: Contractions
We can put words together to make one word, a
contraction.
he + is = he’s
A contraction is a short way of saying or writing
two words as one.
An apostrophe takes the place of the letters that
are left out.
can + not = can’t
I + am = I’m
she + will = she’ll
it + is = it’s
Phonics: Contractions
When I see a contraction, I notice the two parts
and read them together.
he’s
I can break the contraction back into it’s parts
he is
Group Practice
I’ll
it’s
who’s
they’ll
you’ll
couldn’t
isn’t
wasn’t
can’t
haven’t
Phonics: Guide Practice
• Look at page 222 in your Reading book.
• The boy cannot swim.
• The boy can’t swim.
• Can’t is a contraction made up of two words can
and not.
• Let’s tell the contractions and word parts in
“Words I Can Blend”.
Phonics: Guide Practice
• Take turns with your partner and read the
“Sentences I Can Read”.
• Let’s read the sentences together as a
class
Phonics: Monitor Progress
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haven’t
isn’t
he’s
aren’t
didn’t
wasn’t
there’s
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weren’t
who’s
I’ll
I’m
we’ll
she’ll
they’ll
Decodable Reader
We are going to read “Jem Wasn’t Happy” together.
Identify and read high-frequency words
Preview the story
Read “Jem Wasn’t Happy”
Retell the story
(characters, setting, events)
Abraham Lincoln
Spelling Words (Pretest)
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can’t
he’s
didn’t
she’s
isn’t
hadn’t
worst
it’s
I’m
who’s
aren’t
haven’t
I’ll
great
High-Frequency Words
Look at page 223 in your Reading book
• Say and Spell – Say and spell the word certainly.
• Identify Familiar Letter-Sounds – What is the
sound for the ‘c’ at the beginning of certainly?
• Show Meaning – Tell me a sentence using the word
certainly.
• Repeat for worst, laugh, second, great, and
either.
• Let’s read “I Can Read!” together
Text-Based Comprehension
• Remember our weekly concept is “Changing
History”.
• Listen while I read a story about “Coretta Scott
King”.
• When I read, I ask myself, What is the topic?
• Then I ask myself, Why did the author write this
story?
Text-Based Comprehension
• Authors write for different reasons. The reason is called
the author’s purpose.
• Two purposes are to inform and to entertain.
• Good readers identify what the selection is about,
called the topic, and the author’s purpose in writing
about the topic.
Text-Based Comprehension
• Turn to page EI2 in your Reading book.
• These pictures show examples of author’s
purpose.
• What do you see
you the author’s
• What do you see
you the author’s
in the first picture that tells
purpose is to inform?
in the second picture that tells
purpose is to entertain?
Do Reader’s and Writer’s Notebook, p.111 together
Do Let’s Practice It! DVD 77 together
Research and Inquiry:
Identify and Focus Topic
• Look at our Concept Map.
• Who is someone important in history you want to research
this week? Give reasons why?
• I can research to find out about big events in the person’s
whole life, not just about when the person changed
history. This will help me learn what the person did and
why. I want to find out more about Coretta Scott King. My
first questions are “When was she born?” “Did her family
move from one place to another?” “When?”
• When I find answers, I will record them.
Wrap Up Your Day!
• Phonics: Contractions
– wasn’t
it’s
we’ll
• Spelling – identify the missing words
– haven’t who’s
he’s
I’ll
• Content Knowledge
– Who did Coretta Scott King work with to change
history?
Abraham Lincoln
Tuesday
Expand the Concept
Remember “Look at History”
What lessons from the past can we
learn from history?
Build Oral Language
Listen while I read “Sky Boys”.
“So every morning before school you scour the streets for
firewood, hunched down in an icy wind”
What does “you scour the street for firewood” mean?
•What other words could we use in place of scour?
•Why do you think the authors chose the word scour?
Turn to your partner and tell about a time you could not
find something and had to search for it. Use the word scour
to tell how you looked for the thing.
scour
• scour
• scour means to go through in search of something.
• I scour the library for a good book to read.
• They scour the crowd, looking for a friend.
• Act out scouring for something. Then use the word
scour to describe what you are doing.
Concept Map
• What does the song “Look at History” say is significant
about looking at history?
• Sometimes people build or create things that change
history. What did the construction workers in “Sky Boys”
build together?
– Let’s add “People create and build things” and
“Construction workers build the Empire State Building”
to the map.
• In yesterday’s story “Coretta Scott King,” Martin and
Coretta worked together to help many people.
– Let’s add those things to our concept map.
Review Consonant Blends
Blend these
haven’t
branded
doesn’t
words:
scraping
it’s
flute
they’ll
string
I’m
Read these sentences:
• We’ll skate to the store together.
• Weren’t we planning to have a picnic at the stream?
• She’s bringing her pet to class today.
Abraham Lincoln
Spelling Words
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can’t
he’s
didn’t
she’s
isn’t
hadn’t
worst
it’s
I’m
who’s
aren’t
haven’t
I’ll
great
High-Frequency Words
certainly
laugh
either
second
great
worst
you’re
• There are some words we learn by remembering
the letters, rather than saying the sounds.
• Make a sentence using two of the words above.
High-Frequency Words
Read these words:
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second
you’re
either
laugh
worst
great
certainly
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family
heard
pull
break
once
listen
Selection Vocabulary
• noticed – looked at; saw
• honest – telling the truth; not lying
• lawyer – someone who has studied law
and helps people with laws and in court
• fault – a cause for blame
Selection Vocabulary
1. Lincoln was not happy when he noticed
that people were slaves.
2. He did not like what he saw and was
honest about it.
3. Lincoln became a lawyer so he could
help people.
4. It wasn’t Lincoln’s fault that people
were slaves, but he did something about
it.
Vocabulary Strategy:
Dictionary/Glossary: Guide Words
When I come across a word I don’t know, I look it up in a
dictionary or glossary. To find the word lawyer, I go to the
section of the dictionary where guide words at the top begin
with the same letters as lawyer. When I find the word entry
on the page, I read its definition.
Let’s use a dictionary or glossary to find the meaning of elect.
What guide words helped you find the word elect?
What is the definition of elect?
Journal: Word Bank
Vocabulary Activities
Text-Based Comprehension
• Informational text is a piece of writing that informs. It often
gives facts and details about real people, places, and events.
• Let’s look at page EI26 in your reading books.
• When readers want to understand or remember what they
read, they pay attention to the text structure, or
organization.
• What do you think this picture is mainly about?
• The picture shows sequence. As I read “Abraham Lincoln”, I
will look for patterns in the text to find the text structure.
Text-Based Comprehension
• Before I read “Abraham Lincoln”, I will predict
what happens and set a purpose to guide my
reading. As I read, I continue to predict what
will happen next and I think about whether my
purpose for reading is being met.
• Let’s read “Abraham Lincoln” beginning on page
224.
Text-Based Comprehension
• How can you tell that parts of this selection are
biography and narrative nonfiction?
• How was the experience of the children in Ms.
Grant’s class like that of Abraham Lincoln?
• How did they differ?
Text-Based Comprehension
• Informational text often gives facts about real
people and events in history. The events are
often told in time order.
• What did Abraham Lincoln do after he passed a
test to become a lawyer?
• Let’s complete a time line about Abraham
Lincoln.
Research and Inquiry
Research Skill: Time Line
A time line is a line marked with dates or times to show when
important events happened. We will make a time line to record
events from the life of the person we chose to research.
Display Research Transparency 7
This time line is about the life of Coretta Scott King. Some
important events in Coretta’s life are marked and explained,
The years are listed in time order.
Remember: a source is a person, place, or thing that provides
information. (encyclopedias can help create time lines)
Wrap Up Your Day!
• High-frequency words
– Did you laugh at the second joke?
• Content Knowledge
– Do you think it would be difficult to find
information about how Abraham Lincoln worked
with others and changed history? Why?
• Tomorrow we will reread Abraham Lincoln.
Abraham Lincoln
Wednesday
Expand the Concept
Remember “Look at History”
The song says lessons from the past show us
how to work together.
What might be some lessons from the past
that help us?
Build Oral Language
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Remember the story “Sky Boys”
• What do the father and child do once the
building is complete?
• Why was the Empire State Building important?
Build Oral Language
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“In this new, ingenious assembly-line construction,
each man works as fast as he can, …”
• What does “each man works as fast as he can”
mean?
• What does “fast” mean?
• Why did the author use the word fast rather than
rapidly?
• What does ingenious mean?
ingenious
• in – gen – io - us
• ingenious is very clever or imaginative.
• Leah had an ingenious idea to raise money.
• Holden’s design for the talking robot was ingenious.
• Tell about a time that you came up with an
ingenious plan?
Concept Map
• In Abraham Lincoln, President Lincoln was faced
with a big problem. What was it?
• What did Abraham Lincoln do?
– Let’s add this information to our concept
map.
Sort Words:
contractions
he’s
not
can’t
she’s
I’m
we’ll
didn’t
I’ll
is
will
am
Sort Words:
contractions
he’s
not
can’t
she’s
I’m
we’ll
didn’t
I’ll
is
he’s
will
am
Sort Words:
contractions
he’s
can’t
she’s
I’m
we’ll
didn’t
I’ll
not
is
can’t
he’s
will
am
Sort Words:
contractions
he’s
can’t
she’s
I’m
we’ll
didn’t
I’ll
not
is
can’t
he’s
she’s
will
am
Sort Words:
contractions
he’s
can’t
she’s
I’m
we’ll
didn’t
I’ll
not
is
can’t
he’s
she’s
will
am
I’m
Sort Words:
contractions
he’s
can’t
she’s
I’m
we’ll
didn’t
I’ll
not
is
will
am
can’t
he’s
we’ll
I’m
she’s
Sort Words:
contractions
he’s
can’t
she’s
I’m
we’ll
didn’t
I’ll
not
is
will
am
can’t
he’s
we’ll
I’m
didn’t
she’s
Sort Words:
contractions
he’s
can’t
she’s
I’m
we’ll
didn’t
I’ll
not
is
will
am
can’t
he’s
we’ll
I’m
didn’t
she’s
I’ll
Fluent Word Reading
you’ll
I know how to read the parts you and ‘ll. I put the parts
together and read the contraction you’ll.
Say the sounds in your head for each spelling word.
When I point to the word, we’ll read it together.
wasn’t
they’ll
that’s
hasn’t
there’s
she’ll
Blend and Read
We are going to read “Let’s Wish” together.
Identify and read high-frequency words
Preview the story
Read Let’s Wish
(Decodable Practice Passage 7B)
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Spelling Words
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can’t
he’s
didn’t
she’s
isn’t
hadn’t
worst
it’s
I’m
who’s
aren’t
haven’t
I’ll
great
Dictation Practice
1. Aren’t we getting a great part?
2. That was the worst storm I ever saw!
3. My sister has a great singing voice.
Fluency
Turn to page 227 in your Reading books.
Quotation marks show that someone is talking. I try
to read the part in quotation marks the way the
character would say it. I use punctuation marks
as clues.
Let’s read this page together.
High Frequency Words and Selection
Words
honest
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great
second
fault
lawyer
noticed
Rita will either win the race or come in ______.
If you’re a _______, then you must work very hard.
I certainly try to be _________ at all times.
We _________ the funny clown and began to laugh.
I had the worst cold last week, but now I feel
_______.
6. It’s certainly not my ________ that it’s raining!
High Frequency Words and Selection
Words
honest
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
great
second
fault
lawyer
noticed
Rita will either win the race or come in second.
If you’re a _______, then you must work very hard.
I certainly try to be _________ at all times.
We _________ the funny clown and began to laugh.
I had the worst cold last week, but now I feel
_______.
6. It’s certainly not my ________ that it’s raining!
High Frequency Words and Selection
Words
honest
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
great
second
fault
lawyer
noticed
Rita will either win the race or come in second.
If you’re a lawyer, then you must work very hard.
I certainly try to be _________ at all times.
We _________ the funny clown and began to laugh.
I had the worst cold last week, but now I feel
_______.
6. It’s certainly not my ________ that it’s raining!
High Frequency Words and Selection
Words
honest
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
great
second
fault
lawyer
noticed
Rita will either win the race or come in second.
If you’re a lawyer, then you must work very hard.
I certainly try to be honest at all times.
We _________ the funny clown and began to laugh.
I had the worst cold last week, but now I feel
_______.
6. It’s certainly not my ________ that it’s raining!
High Frequency Words and Selection
Words
honest
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
great
second
fault
lawyer
noticed
Rita will either win the race or come in second.
If you’re a lawyer, then you must work very hard.
I certainly try to be honest at all times.
We noticed the funny clown and began to laugh.
I had the worst cold last week, but now I feel
_______.
6. It’s certainly not my ________ that it’s raining!
High Frequency Words and Selection
Words
honest
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
great
second
fault
lawyer
noticed
Rita will either win the race or come in second.
If you’re a lawyer, then you must work very hard.
I certainly try to be honest at all times.
We noticed the funny clown and began to laugh.
I had the worst cold last week, but now I feel great.
It’s certainly not my ________ that it’s raining!
High Frequency Words and Selection
Words
honest
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
great
second
fault
lawyer
noticed
Rita will either win the race or come in second.
If you’re a lawyer, then you must work very hard.
I certainly try to be honest at all times.
We noticed the funny clown and began to laugh.
I had the worst cold last week, but now I feel great.
It’s certainly not my fault that it’s raining!
Text-Based
Comprehension
Facts are pieces of information that can be proved
true and details are small pieces of information.
Let’s turn to page 237 in your reading book.
What sentence tells you when the Civil War began?
Is this a fact?
How do you know?
Let’s Practice It! p.DVD 72
Read Main Selection
Think Critically
Remember that informational text gives facts
about real people, places, and events that
reflect history or the traditions of communities.
What facts about American history and traditions
did you learn in “Abraham Lincoln”?
Let’s go back and read “Abraham Lincoln” (p.224)
Think Critically p.240
Research and Inquiry:
Gather and Record Information
Remember our research on Coretta Scott King.
We might find other information besides what we
asked about. To decide what to record, we can
think about what were important dates in the
person’s life, such as starting school and getting
a job the first time. We can also think about
what the person is famous for, such as an
invention or how he or she changed history.
Wrap Up Your Day!
• Author’s Purpose
– Why do you think the author wrote the selection
Abraham Lincoln?
• Text Structure
– How do you use text structure to understand
ideas as you read?
• Tomorrow we will learn more about how we
remember Abraham Lincoln.
Abraham Lincoln
Thursday
Expand the Concept
Remember “Look at History”
What do you think the song means by
“participate in all you try”?
Build Oral Language
• Remember informational text often gives facts
about real people, places, and events that
reflect history or the traditions of a
community.
• Listen while I read “Taking Flight” by Stephen
Krensky about the Wright brothers.
aloft
• a - loft
• aloft means “high up in the air”
• The bird was aloft high in the sky.
• The sailor worked aloft among the sails.
• Show me how something would look if it were aloft in
the air.
architect
• arch – i - tect
• An architect is someone who designs and makes plans
for buildings.
• I read about an architect who designed a glass house.
• Some architects design museums.
• Who works on a house first? The architect or the
painter?
tinker
• tink - er
• When you tinker with something, you try to figure out
how to fix it or get it to work.
• My dad tinkered with our old radio and got it to play.
• Sometimes an adult has to tinker with a child-proof cap
to open a bottle.
• Explain how you would tinker with an old bike.
Concept Map
• Working together is important to accomplish things.
• What did the Wright brothers do together?
• Why did they work so hard together to build it?
– Let’s add this information to the concept map.
Phonics: r-controlled
ar, or, ore, oar
spark
thorn
shore
roar
You studied words like these last week. What do you
know about the vowel sounds in these words?
What letters spell the sound /ar/ in spark?
What letters spell the sound /or/ in thorn, shore, and
roar?
Phonics: Guide Practice
roar
board
ar
store
forget
or
smart
snore
ore
orbit
sharp
carpet
ignore
oar
Phonics: Guide Practice
roar
board
ar
store
forget
or
smart
snore
ore
orbit
sharp
carpet
ignore
oar
roar
Phonics: Guide Practice
roar
board
ar
store
forget
or
smart
snore
orbit
sharp
carpet
ignore
ore
oar
store
roar
Phonics: Guide Practice
roar
board
ar
smart
store
forget
or
smart
snore
orbit
sharp
carpet
ignore
ore
oar
store
roar
Phonics: Guide Practice
roar
board
store
forget
smart
snore
orbit
sharp
carpet
ignore
ar
or
ore
oar
smart
orbit
store
roar
Phonics: Guide Practice
roar
board
store
forget
smart
snore
orbit
sharp
carpet
ignore
ar
or
ore
oar
smart
orbit
store
roar
sharp
Phonics: Guide Practice
roar
board
store
forget
smart
snore
orbit
sharp
carpet
ignore
ar
or
ore
oar
smart
orbit
store
roar
sharp
board
Phonics: Guide Practice
roar
board
store
forget
smart
snore
orbit
sharp
carpet
ignore
ar
or
ore
oar
smart
orbit
store
roar
sharp
forget
board
Phonics: Guide Practice
roar
board
store
forget
smart
snore
orbit
sharp
carpet
ignore
ar
or
ore
oar
smart
orbit
store
roar
sharp
forget
snore
board
Phonics: Guide Practice
roar
board
store
forget
smart
snore
orbit
sharp
carpet
ignore
ar
or
ore
oar
smart
orbit
store
roar
sharp
forget
snore
board
carpet
Phonics: Guide Practice
roar
board
store
forget
smart
snore
orbit
sharp
carpet
ignore
ar
or
ore
oar
smart
orbit
store
roar
sharp
forget
snore
board
carpet
ignore
Fluent Word Reading
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that
heard
once
haven’t
didn’t
bread
I’m
chicken
thin
it’s
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listen
family
pull
shell
thread
she’ll
hatch
break
white
dish
Sentence Reading
• She’ll give the bread to her family once it’s baked.
• Listen to the chicken peck the shell to hatch.
• I’m going to pull this thin thread.
• We didn’t break the white dish.
• I haven’t heard that tune yet.
Decodable Reader 7C
We are going to read “It’s Stuck” together.
Identify and read high-frequency words
Preview the story
Read It’s Stuck
(Decodable Practice Reader 7C)
Abraham Lincoln
Spelling Words
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can’t
he’s
didn’t
she’s
isn’t
hadn’t
worst
it’s
I’m
who’s
aren’t
haven’t
I’ll
great
Poetry in Reading
What are some of the things you learned about
Abraham Lincoln this week?
Look at the title on page 244 of your reading book.
Predict what you might learn from this poem.
Poetry in Reading
Remember that poetry:
– Has carefully chosen words
– Is arranged in lines or verses
– Creates an image or expresses thoughts and
feelings
Let’s read “Lincoln”
Fluency
Turn to page 230 in your Reading books.
Follow along as I read these pages with expression.
Now you read with me.
Media Literacy
People use a variety of media resources for the purpose
of getting information.
Sometimes we use media to entertain us and sometimes
we use it to give us information.
Information can be presented through a variety of media
sources, including newspapers, the Internet, radio,
video, and television news.
We know that the purpose of media is to give
information when it includes facts about a topic.
Media Literacy
If I want to read about John F. Kennedy, one of the
Presidents of the United States, I know that I can
find information about him using different kinds of
media. I can go online, watch a film, or read a
newspaper or magazine article about my topic,
President Kennedy. I know that the purpose of the
media source is to give information when it
presents facts and true information.
Research and Inquiry:
Synthesize
Sometimes I find a lot of information to answer my
questions about a person when he or she was an
adult. But I do not find information about when
the person was growing up. That’s when I focus on
the information that I can find. My time line can
begin when the person was about twenty years old
or maybe even later when the person was
changing history. I look for sources showing the
person at the right age in pictures. I also read
headings to know what paragraphs are about. A
heading is something printed at the top of a text’s
chapter or other part.
Wrap Up Your Day!
• Contractions – which words make up these
contractions?
– Shouldn’t
we’ll
he’s aren’t
• Fluency – read at an appropriate pace
– Sal and Carl look on a Web site because they
don’t know a date.
• Tomorrow we will hear more about the Wright
brothers.
Abraham Lincoln
Friday
Expand the Concept
Remember “Taking Flight”
What did the Wright brothers build?
How did they change history?
Build Oral Vocabulary
Why is it a good idea to
work together?
People
learn from
each other
Pilgrims and
Native
Americans
make the first
Thanksgiving
Boys and girls
work together
to learn
People
change the
country for
the better
Abraham
Lincoln
Worked with
others to
abolish slavery
Kept the
country
together
Coretta
Scott King
and Martin
Luther King,
Jr.
Marched
together to
protest
unfair laws
Fought for
the rights of
people
People create
and build
things
Construction
workers built
the Empire
State Building
Orville and
Wilbur
Wright
Worked
together to
build a
flying
machine
Build Oral Vocabulary
Turn and talk:
How did Abraham Lincoln change history?
What did the Wright brothers work together to
build?
Check Oral Vocabulary
Can you identify some skills an architect might need?
Why would an architect need these skills?
What are some ways in which you could participate in
changing our country? Explain.
Who is a significant person in history? Why?
If a bird is flying high in the sky, is the bird scour or
aloft?
If I tinker with something, what am I doing?
Tell about an idea that you think is ingenious.
Phonics
Read these to yourselves and then we will read
them together.
1.
She’s telling my friend that I’ll be late.
2.
We can’t lift the box because it’s too heavy.
3.
I’m glad that I haven’t missed a day of school.
4.
Didn’t Mom tell us that he’s at the park?
Abraham Lincoln
Spelling Words (test)
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•
•
•
•
•
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can’t
he’s
didn’t
she’s
isn’t
hadn’t
worst
it’s
I’m
who’s
aren’t
haven’t
I’ll
great
Vocabulary Strategy:
Dictionary/Glossary
Guide Words
Turn to page 246 – 247 in your Reading books.
Remember:
The first guide word on a dictionary page is the
first word entry on the page. The second guide
word is the last entry on the page.
Text-Based Comprehension:
Author’s Purpose
• Remember that an author writes about a topic for a
reason. Authors might write to inform or to entertain
readers. What do we call the reason an author
writes?
Text-Based Comprehension:
Author’s Purpose
• In addition to being very smart, Lincoln was known
for his sense of humor. Once, one of Lincoln’s
neighbors heard a lot of shouting in the street. He
went to his door to see what was causing the racket.
He saw Mr. Lincoln standing there with two boys and
asked him what was the matter. Lincoln replied,
“The same thing that’s the matter with the whole
world. I have three walnuts and each one of them
wants two of them!”
• What is the topic of this paragraph?
• What is the author’s purpose for writing about this
topic?
Selection Words
fault
noticed
honest
lawyer
•How do you feel if you are blamed for
something that is not your fault?
•What is one thing you noticed on your way to
school?
•How does an honest person behave when
finding a wallet filled with money?
•When might a person talk to a lawyer?
Vocabulary
second
laugh
you’re
worst
either
great
certainly
If you can have either tacos or pizza, which
would you choose?
Genre: Poetry
Remember that poetry is writing that has carefully
chosen words, arranged in lines or verses, that
create an image or express thoughts and feelings.
The topic of a story, selection, or poem is what the
text is about. The main idea is different than the
topic. The main idea of a piece of writing is not who
or what it’s about, but it is the point or ideas
expressed about the topic.
Genre: Poetry
The title of the poem on pages 244-245 is “Lincoln,” so
I know the topic is Abraham Lincoln. What I don’t
know until I continue reading is the main idea of the
poem. When I look at the picture, I can see that the
picture is of Lincoln as a young man reading by the
fire. I will continue to read to find out more about
the main idea of the poem.
Why did young Lincoln trudge “long weary miles” and
make a fire?
What do you think this poem says about the actions of
Abraham Lincoln as a young person?
What is the main idea of the poem?
Research and Inquiry:
Communicate
To create an electronic time line, I will use the
drawing tools in the word processing program on my
computer. First, I will change the orientation of the
page to landscape to give me more width on the
page. In the toolbar at the top of the screen I will
open my drawing tools and draw the time line. To
add information, I can insert text boxes. These let
me type dates and other information. Finally, I can
insert pictures or clip art.
Monday:
Daily Fix It
we want to play baseball
We want to play baseball.
its a fun game.
It’s a fun game.
Grammar: Proper Nouns
Today we listened to a story about a woman named
Coretta Scott King. The story included the names
of Coretta Scott King, the month of April, and the
city of Atlanta. Can you name other people,
months, or places.
Remember that a noun is a person, place, animal, or
thing.
A proper noun is a noun that names a particular
person, place, animal, or thing.
Grammar: Proper Nouns
Thanksgiving Day
Max
July 4
Grand Canyon
Ella
Flavo Cereal
Proper Nouns: (all begin with a capital letter)
holidays
dates
people’s names
animal’s names
names of places
names of things such as products
Grammar: Proper Nouns
Proper nouns are special names for people, places,
animals, and things.
They begin with capital letters.
Days of the week
Months of the year
Holidays
Titles of people
Initials
Grammar: Proper Nouns
alicia b ortiz broke her arm in the game on july 1.
Alicia B. Ortiz broke her arm in the game on July 1.
dr. ray t lee told her no more baseball until labor day.
Dr. Ray T. Lee told her no more baseball until Labor
Day.
On friday alicia was back at pioneer park.
On Friday Alicia was back at Pioneer Park.
Grammar: Proper Nouns
Her team, the patton panthers, was playing the terry
tigers.
Her team, the Patton Panthers, was playing the Terry
Tigers.
“Go, roberto! Come on, cindy!” shouted alicia.
“Go, Roberto! Come on, Cindy!” shouted Alicia.
Grammar: Proper Nouns
Complete these sentences using proper nouns:
1. My neighbor’s name is __________.
2. __________ is the name of her cat.
3. I live in the state of __________.
Tuesday:
Daily Fix It
Whos going to play
Who’s going to play?
When will we stat
When will we start?
Grammar: Proper Nouns
Which of these are proper nouns?
Ms. Jackson
dog
Doctor Ruiz
Springfield
Presidents’ Day
woman
spot
doctor
city
holiday
The names of particular people, places, animals, and
things are called proper nouns.
How do proper nouns begin?
Grammar: Proper Nouns
Complete this chart:
Noun
Proper noun
principal
student
Dr. Adamski
Snowball
state
building
India
continent
Grammar: Proper Nouns
Complete these sentences:
1. My gerbil’s name is __________.
2. Our school is on ___________.
3. Two teachers in our school are _______ and ________.
4. I would like to visit the city of ___________.
Wednesday:
Daily Fix It
I’m made that it is rainning.
I’m mad that it is raining.
I hop it does not last long
I hope it does not last long.
Grammar: Proper Nouns
Names of particular people:
Ms. Grant
Noah
Maya
Names of particular places:
Springfield
Kentucky
What proper noun is the title of this week’s story?
Remember proper nouns can name particular people,
place, animals, and things.
Grammar: Proper Nouns
Give proper nouns for these common nouns.
friend
pet
place
thing
Grammar: Nouns
Add proper nouns to complete these sentences:
1. My dog’s name is _________.
2. I live in ___________.
3. I would like to take a vacation to __________.
4. My next-door neighbor is ____________.
Thursday:
Daily Fix It
it didnt rain much.
It didn’t rain much.
Can john be on my team.
Can John be on my team?
Grammar: Nouns
A noun names a person, place, animal, or thing.
A common noun names any person, place, animal,
or thing. (woman, porch, cow, car)
Collective nouns name groups. (family, herd)
Proper nouns name a particular person, place,
animal, or thing.
The names of days, months, and holidays are proper
nouns that should be capitalized.
Mrs. Lee said Max and I could have a picnic at her
house on Main Street.
Friday:
Daily Fix It
I hit the ball had
I hit the ball hard.
What a fun gam this is
What a fun game this is!
Grammar: Proper Nouns
A noun names a person, place, animal, or thing.
A common noun names any person, place, animal,
or thing. (woman, porch, cow, car)
Collective nouns name groups. (family, herd)
Proper nouns name particular people, places,
animals, or things.
Proper nouns begin with a capital letter.
Grammar: Proper Nouns
Add a proper noun to these sentences:
1. _________ is a famous person.
2. We are traveling to _________ in the spring.
3. My pet, ___________, loves to play catch!
4. My favorite holiday is ____________.