Lesson 1 Day 1
Question of the Day
• What do you do when you want to make new
friends?
• When I want to make a new friend, I _______.
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Read Aloud
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Set a Purpose:
Why might we listen to a story?
to learn or to enjoy
Along with enjoying the story, you should
listen to understand how the main character is
feeling.
Read Aloud
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Read Aloud
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What happens to Alex in the story?
Alex moves to a new town.
How do you think Alex feels?
nervous, scared, lonely, sad
Why do you think he feels that way?
He doesn’t know anyone.
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Phonics and Spelling
Short Vowels a, e, i, o, u
• ă
The letter a can stand for the short vowel
ă sound, as in pat.
• ĕ
The letter e can stand for the short vowel
ĕ sound, as in Ben.
• ĭ
The letter i can stand for the short vowel ĭ
sound, as in tin.
• ŏ
The letter o can stand for the short vowel
ŏ sound, as in top.
• ŭ
The letter u can stand for the short ŭ
vowel sound, as in cup.
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Phonics and Spelling
Short Vowels a, e, i, o, u
• can ten pin top cut
• cvc
cvc cvc cvc cvc
• Notice the consonant-vowel-consonant
pattern.
• The vowel is closed in by consonants.
• Words with this pattern have a short vowel
sound.
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Phonics and Spelling
Short Vowels a, e, i, o, u
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magnet
basket
picnic
mag net
bas ket
pic nic
Each syllable has a vowel sound.
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Phonics and Spelling
Short Vowels a, e, i, o, u
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You Try!
napkin
kitten
contest
cannot
nap kin
kit ten
con test
can not
You have 2 minutes to create nonsense words
by mixing up the syllables in the previous
words. Write them in your journal.
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Spelling Pretest
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this
went
jump
still
last
dust
tell
drop
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shut
lamp
stop
felt
drink
clock
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Characters and Setting
• Turn to page 16 in your book.
• I know I usually find out about the characters
and setting in the beginning of a story. If the
story takes place at a school, I know I might
read about children in a classroom or on a
playground. As I read a story, I think about
what a character says and does. I think how I
would feel if I were a the character.
• Let’s read pages 16-17 together.
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Characters and Setting
Characters
Settings
Jen
firefighters
school
Turn to page 2 of your practice book.
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Characters and Setting
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Listening Comprehension
Read Aloud
• Good readers try to read every word correctly,
or accurately. When they realize that they
have read a word incorrectly, they go back and
reread it so that the sentence makes sense.
Think about your first day at a new school. Turn and talk to a
partner about your first day at a new school.
“First Day Jitters” is the title of the story I am going to read to you.
Jitters – to be nervous
Did you have jitters on your first day?
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Listening Comprehension
Read Aloud
• Does a story about a first day at school
sound like real life?
• Stories about things that could happen in
real life are called realistic fiction.
• I know that realistic fiction is like real life. I
expect that the characters in this story will
be like people I know. I expect that the
school will be like my school in many ways.
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Listening Comprehension
Read Aloud
• Two important parts of every story are the
characters – people in the story – and the
setting – when and where the story takes place.
• Listen to identify the characters as I read “First
Day Jitters”. Just as in real life, the characters do
not stay in one place; so one story can take
place in several settings.
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Listening Comprehension
Read Aloud
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Respond!
What is Realistic Fiction?
A story that could happen in real life.
Who were the characters in the story?
Where did the story take place?
Why was Sarah nervous about teaching?
Thumbs up if you enjoyed the story, thumbs
down if you didn’t.
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trudged
• Sarah trudged into
the kitchen because
she did not want to
get up for school.
• If you walked slowly
as though your feet
were stuck in the
mud, you trudged.
The word is…
trudged
What is the word?
trudged
We trudged through
the tall grass to get
to the lake. Which
would you trudge
through, a pool or a
swamp?
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gushed
• Mrs. Burton gushed at
Sarah to show how glad
she was to see her.
• When you were excited
about something and
talked a lot about it, you
gushed.
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The word is….
gushed
What is the word?
gushed
Jason’s parents gushed
whenever he scored a
goal in a soccer game.
• When would you gush
over a puppy – when it
obeyed you, or when it
chewed your shoe?
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Daily Proofreading
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1. we have a new student today? .
front
sit
2. She will sat in the frunt row.
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Daily Proofreading
• Check your work!
• 1. We have a new student
today.
2. She will sit in the front row.
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Grammar:
Sentences: Statements & Questions
• A sentence is a group of words that tells a
complete thought.
• You make sentences all the time when you talk.
• Sarah tumbled out of bed.
• Notice:
• the words are in order
• they make sense to tell a complete thought
• It begins with a capitol letter
• ends with an end mark (period)
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Grammar:
Sentences: Statements & Questions
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Sarah tumbled out of bed.
One part of the sentence tells who or what
Sarah
and the other part tells what the who or
what is or does.
• tumbled out of bed
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Grammar:
Sentences: Statements & Questions
Grammar:
Sentences: Statements & Questions
Complete each incomplete sentence in your journal.
used the
• is in the drawer.
markers.
• The dog
• My friend
• The boys
• liked the CD.
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Writing: Descriptive Paragraph
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Writing: Descriptive Paragraph
• A Descriptive Paragraph…
• uses words that help readers see, hear, feel,
smell, and sometimes taste what is
happening.
• includes plenty of details.
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Writing: Descriptive Paragraph
• Let’s brainstorm some descriptive words for a
trip to the park. Draw this chart in your
journal.
See
Feel
Hear
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Smell
Taste