Unit 20, Lesson 1
W. A. L. T.
• Determine vowel digraphs in words with at
least 80% accuracy
• Spell new words successfully at least 8 of 10
trials
• Determine adjectives in sentences successful 4
of 5 attempts
• Use commas successfully in sentences at least
80% accurately
1. Review: Vowel Digraphs
• A vowel digraph is made up of two vowel
letters that combine to make a single vowel
sound. The vowel sound represented by
vowel digraphs is usually long.
• Examples:
– Gain, aim, stain, explain = all long a sounds
1. Discover It: Vowel Digraphs ay and
ai
• Rain, spray, aid, brain, tray, maybe, play, faint
• Sort the words into two columns
• Ay
Ai
spray
tray
maybe
aid
brain
play
faint
rain
1. Discover It: Vowel Digraphs ay and
ai
• The words on the previous slide are sorted
according to their sound/spelling pattern
• Ay is found at the end of words or syllables
• Ai is found at the beginning or middle of
words or syllables
Workbook Page R4
play
great
2. Spelling Pretest 1
• Please write the words to the best of your
ability
• When done, please write the correct spelling
• Please turn to workbook page 56
relieve
decrease
course
chimney
hollow
guarantee
guard
feast
guess
shallow
guest
delay
great
meanwhile
friend
Workbook Page 56
Workbook Page R45
3. Unit Vocabulary
• Hardcover page 45 has the vocabulary words
for the unit
• We have to
– Identify words that are unfamiliar
– Discuss the meanings of these words
3. Review: Synonyms
• Synonyms are words that have the same or
similar meanings
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beast
What is a synonym for monster?
break
What is a synonym for damage?
What is a synonym for ambitious?
eager
hollow
What is a synonym for empty?
3. Multiple Meaning Map
• Multiple meaning maps allow you to see a
word in different contexts
• It organizes the meanings of one word
• It also helps us better understand words that
have more than one meaning in the context
1. To participate in a
game or engage in a
sport
I want to play on the
elite hockey team this
year
3. To pretend
My little sisters play
house all day long.
2. To perform on an
instrument
play
The violin is a difficult
instrument to play.
4. A dramatic
production
Dean was chosen for
the lead role in the
school play.
3. Idioms
• Play with fire
• Literal meaning: “fool around with something
that is burning”
• Idiomatic meaning: “take part in a dangerous
or risky activity”
4. Review: Adjectives
• Words in English have different functions, or jobs
• Adjectives are words that describe nouns or pronouns.
• Adjectives tell which one? what kind? or how many?
• Please turn to workbook page 57
• Read the sentences
• Decide whether each underlined adjective tells which
one? what kind? or how many?
• Write each of these adjectives in the correct column of
the chart
• Check and revise their answers
• Example to follow
4. Sort It: Adjectives
• Ogden Nash used words in a unique manner.
Which one?
What kind?
unique
How many?
Workbook Page 57
those
that
unique
funny
prominent
stressful
special
many
some
few
4. Review: Commas in a Series
• When three or more words are listed together in
a sentence, the items are written one after the
other.
• Commas are used to separate the items
• A comma is not placed in front of the first word
• The last item is usually connected to the others in
the series by and or or. A comma is placed before
and or or.
• The same rules are true for three or more groups
of words listed together in a sentence
4. Punctuate It: Commas in a Series
• Please turn to workbook page 58
• Read the sentences
• Identify the words, or word groups, in the
series in each sentence
• Place a comma between each item in the
series
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Workbook
Page 58
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5. Independent Text: “Nash’s Bashes:
Word Play”
• Before you read: (hardcover page 56-57)
– Discuss the title of the story
– Read the introductory poem
– According to the poem:
• What are some uses for words?
– Sample: Response
» Get attention, get things done, have fun
5. Phrase It
• Please turn to workbook page 59
• Use cueing questions you can use to decide
which words go together to form meaningful
phrases
• Read the sentences
• Use those cueing questions to identify
meaningful groups of words
• Scoop the meaningful phrases together
• Example to follow
5. Phrase It
• Example:
–Some folks use words to get attention.
Workbook
Page 59
6. Use the Clues
• Please turn to workbook page 60
• Read the paragraph from “Nash’s Bashes:
Word Play”
• Find each underlined pronoun
– Pronoun: replaces a noun (he, they, him, she, her,
etc)
• Identify and circle the noun or nouns that
each pronoun replaces
Workbook Page 60
6. Rewrite It
• Please look at the bottom of page 60
• Rewrite the last two sentences as a single
sentence by replacing the first pronoun, they,
with the nouns it represents and combining
the two sentences with and.
• Check the revised sentence for sentence
signals- capital letters, commas, and end
punctuation
Workbook Page 60
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Answers will vary!
Repetition, rhythm, and rhyme all triggered memory, and
they also helped him celebrate language.