Lesson 18
Day 4
You will need
your book,
journal, pencil,
and workbook.
Question of the Day
• Suppose you were making a picture of a day at
your school. What would you show?
• To show what our school is like I would
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Read Aloud
What would be the
purpose for reading a
story called “A Mobile for
Callie”?
•For enjoyment
•To learn why someone
would make a mobile
•To practice reading
fluently
What kind of art does Jay
make?
He makes a mobile.
How does art bring Callie
and Jay closer?
Jay makes a mobile with
photographs of Callie’s
friends so she will not be
lonely in the hospital. This
shows Callie that Jay cares
about her.
Suffixes/ Adverbs
little/littlest feeble/feebly
wrinkle/wrinkly
• Looking for word parts can
help you decode longer words.
• Also, knowing the meanings of
suffixes can help you figure
out the meanings of suffixes
can help you figure out the
meanings of unfamiliar words.
• -er - more
• -est – most
• -ly –in a way
• -ful – full of
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carefully
care/ful/ly
wonderfully
wonder/ful/ly
beautifully
beauti/ful/ly
shamefully
shame/ful/ly
harmfully
harm/ful/ly
gracefully
grace/ful/ly
delightfully
delight/ful/ly
hatefully
hate/ful/ly
playfully
play/ful/ly
Suffixes –er, -est, -ly, -ful
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thankful
thankful
quickly
quickly
finest
finest
When you hear words that
end with the sounds /ful/,
/le/, and /est/, the suffixes
probably will be spelled as the
words on the board.
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nicer
nicer
teacher
teacher
sailor
sailor
The suffixes on these words are all
pronounced the same way although
not all of them are spelled the same
way or have the same meanings.
Which word compares things?
nicer
When you hear a word that
compares it is usually spelled with
the letters er.
Look at teacher and sailor.
The suffixes –er and –or both can
mean “one who does something”.
You will have to memorize whether
a word ends with –er or –or.
Fluency
• Reading with correct phrasing
helps readers know where
ideas begin and end.
• Always…
• pay attention to punctuation
so they know when to pause
or stop
• pay attention to when ideas
or thoughts begin and end
• try to sound like natural
speech
As I read page 93 , I am going to
pay attention to the punctuation
marks to break the sentences
into phrases. See if you think
that makes my reading easier to
understand.
Read “Me and Uncle Romie” like a
reader’s theater.
Remember to:
Use a different voice for each
character.
Be fluent and expression while
reading.
Use proper phrasing and correct
pronunciation. If you make a
mistake correct it right away and
continue to read.
Theme
• The story’s theme is the main message or
lesson that readers learn from the story.
• Readers usually have clues in the story to help
figure out the theme.
• Clues can come from the events, the dialogue,
and the personalities of the characters.
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Use transparency R119
Theme
Context Clues
• You can figure out the
meaning of unfamiliar
words by looking for clues.
• There was an excess of
information, or too much to
take in.
• We had to grapple with the
problem by working hard
and trying many things to
solve it.
I can figure out the meaning of
excess by looking at the
definition that follows it: “too
much to take in”.
I want to know the meaning of
grapple. I will start by looking for
clues about the word. I don’t see a
definition, but I see the words
“working hard” and “trying many
things to solve it.” These tell me
that grapple involves working hard
and trying to solve things. A word
for ‘work hard’ and ‘try many things
to solve a problem’ is grapple.
• Juana demolished her
science project when she
sat on it.
• The cat prowled, or crept,
around the house looking
for food.
Robust Vocabulary
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dull
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Why might you wear dull clothing in a forest?
towers
How could you see the top of something that towers over you?
glorious
What is the most glorious sight you have seen in nature?
memory
What is one memory you will keep of your time in 3rd grade?
crept
Which would be a better way to surprise people: creeping up on
them or marching up behind them?
Robust Vocabulary Cont.
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ruined
What can you do with a T-shirt that has been ruined?
streak
What would you like to see streak across the sky? Why?
yanked
Which would be more polite: if someone yanked a pencil from
you or if someone asked to borrow it?
masterpiece
Why are many masterpieces kept in museums?
heritage
What would you do if you were given a special hat that was part
of your heritage from long ago?
Review Vocabulary
• If your best friend
accidentally ruined your
favorite shirt, would you
have a dilemma? Why or
Why not?
• Is it easy to streak across
afield if you are drowsy?
• Why would you get a
scolding if you yanked
someone’s hair?
• Why do some people feel
awe if a mountain or
building towers over
them?
• If someone secretly crept
up on you for a long
distance, why would he or
she have needed a lot of
concentration?
• How would you console
someone whose favorite
shiny bracelet turned
dull?
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Grammar: Articles
• Articles are words that can tell about one or more objects,
people, places, or ideas.
• a an - These articles tell about something that is one of
many things.
• a is used before words that begin with a consonant sound.
• an is used before words that begin with a vowel sound.
• the is used to refer to a specific person, place, or thing.
• the - This article can be used for both singular or plural
nouns.
• ________ bus took Sam to school.
• He met ________ students there.
• Grammar book page 65
Writing: Story Dialogue
• Communicates what characters say out loud.
• Uses different voices to tell how different
characters speak.
• Sounds like natural speech.
• Uses quotation marks to show a character’s
words.
• Uses phrases like “she said” to show who is
speaking.