THEME: Neighborhoods
& Communities
English Language Art
Treasures Unit 2 Week 2 – Home-Grown Butterflies
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Writing
Strong Paragraphs:
Replacing Telling with Showing
Showing is a writer’s ability to use precise
observations, descriptive details, and
expressive language to communicate
emotion, evoke images, and present
evidence.
Showing is describing so that the readers
know and understand, without you
having to tell them what is going on.
W3.1.1 Create a single paragraph. Develop a topic sentence. Include supporting facts and details.
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Writing
Strong Paragraphs:
Replacing Telling with Showing
Today, we are going to compare
a piece of writing that “shows”
to a piece that only “tells”.
W3.1.1 Create a single paragraph. Develop a topic sentence. Include supporting facts and details.
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Writing
Strong Paragraphs:
Replacing Telling with Showing
You have read Wolf! Here is a passage from Wolf! Except I rewrote it
by taking out all the showing.
A wolf came to town and saw animals
reading. He tried to scare them, but the
animals liked their books too much to be
distracted by him. The wolf decided to go to
school to learn how to read. He practiced a
lot and read a book to the farm animals. He
made friends with the animals.
W3.1.1 Create a single paragraph. Develop a topic sentence. Include supporting facts and details.
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Writing
Strong Paragraphs:
Replacing Telling with Showing
Let’s compare that passage to
Wolf! By Becky Bloom.
How are they different? What
makes Wolf! Better?
W3.1.1 Create a single paragraph. Develop a topic sentence. Include supporting facts and details.
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Writing
Strong Paragraphs:
Replacing Telling with Showing
Conversation – No. Please write quietly.
Help – Raise your hand if you are stuck or you need help.
Activity – Write about a time you tried something
difficult or challenging. Remember to show, not tell.
Movement – Stay in your seat.
Participation – I know you are on-task if I see you
writing quietly. When you are done, go back and
proofread using your proofreading marks.
W3.1.1 Create a single paragraph. Develop a topic sentence. Include supporting facts and details.
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Writing
Daily Language Activities
1. Do seels live in the Zoo?
2. what a scary Wolf I saw!
3. the movie about foxes is on
Friday.
LC3.1.1 Use complete declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory sentences.
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Writing
Grammar:
Singular and Plural Nouns
Singular nouns
Names one person, place,
or thing.
Plural nouns
Names more than one
person, place, or thing.
Add –s to form the plural of
most singular nouns.
Add –es if the singular
nouns ends in s, ch, sh, or x
Can be compound words.
Can be compound words.
LC3.1.3 Understand and use complete declarative, interogative,
imperative, and exclamatory sentences.
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Writing
Grammar:
Singular and Plural Nouns
Singular nouns
Plural nouns
Friend
Friends
Wish
Wishes
Grandmother
Grandmothers
wristwatch
wristwatches
LC3.1.3 Understand and use complete declarative, interogative,
imperative, and exclamatory sentences.
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Oral Language
Focus Question:
Butterflies are born on their own
in nature. How can people help
them grow?
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“The Sure-Footed
Shoe Finder”
Oral Language
Genre: Nonfiction Article
A nonfiction article presents facts about a
topic.
The purpose of a nonfiction article is to
inform the reader about real people, places,
and things.
Nonfiction articles may include quotes from
people interviewed who are experts on the
topic.
R3.3.1 Distinguish common forms of literature.
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Oral Language
Vocabulary
Pursuit
Elusive
Field guide
R1.4 Vocabulary – Use antonyms, synonyms to determine meanings.
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Oral Language
Listen for a Purpose
Listen carefully to “Chasing
Butterflies”.
Listen for the vocabulary words
(pursuit, elusive, field guide).
Ask questions in your head and be
prepared to share using this
sentence frame: “I wonder…”
RC2.0 Reading comprehension.
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Build Background
Page 90-91
Oral Language
A farmer’s market is where
local farmers come to sell their
produce.
RC2.0 Reading Comprehension.
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local
Business
produce
Oral Language
On-Demand Writing
Write in your Writer’s
Notebook about local
businesses in our community.
Write as much as you can for 8
minutes.
WS1.1 Write a single paragraph. Develop a topic sentence.
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Oral Language
Big Idea
Communities form businesses around local needs.
How do local businesses help a neighborhood and a
community?
What local businesses are in your neighborhood?
Let’s write the Big Idea in our Unit Theme
Foldables. Add details as you continue
reading this week.
RC2.0 Reading Comprehension.
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Word Study
Lesson Vocabulary
Disappear
Protect
Harming
Supply
Capture
enclosure
R1.4 Vocabulary – Use antonyms, synonyms to determine meanings.
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Word Study
Lesson Vocabulary
Let’s do Practice Book, page 83.
We will do a little bit and finish
the rest during IWT.
R1.4 Vocabulary – Use antonyms, synonyms to determine meanings.
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Word Study
Academic Vocabulary
Multiplemeaning
Nonfiction
personification
Draw
conclusions
sequence
RC2.0 Reading Comprehension.
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Word Study
Strategy: Dictionary and
Multiple-Meaning Words
M&M has more than one meaning.
If you can’t figure out the meaning
of the word by using word parts or
context clues, you can look up the
word in a dictionary.
Let’s find the word enclosure in the dictionary.
R3.1.8 Use knowledge of prefixes to determine meanings of words.
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Word Study
Spelling Pretest
Conversation – No. Please spell quietly.
Help – Raise your hand if you don’t understand
the word or did not hear it.
Activity – Spell the words correctly on your list.
Movement – Stay in your seat.
Participation – I know you are on-task if I see you
writing quietly. When you are done, thumbs up to
show that you are ready for the next word.
LC 3.1.8 Spell correctly one-syllable words.
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Word Study
Spelling Practice Strategy
LOOK at the word.
SAY the word aloud.
STUDY the letters in the word.
WRITE the word.
CHECK the word. Did you spell the
word right? If not, go back to step 1.
LC 3.1.8 Spell correctly one-syllable words.
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Word Study
Spelling
Let’s do Practice Book, page 89.
We will do a little and finish the
rest during IWT.
LC 3.1.8 Spell correctly one-syllable words.
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Reading
Purpose for Reading
“Save Our Butterflies”, page 192-193
What are some new things we can
learn from this selection?
Look for clues, such as multiplemeaning words, to help you find the
meanings of highlighted words.
You will read these words again in
Home-Grown Butterflies.
RC2.0 Reading Comprehension.
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Reading
Reread for Comprehension
Strategy: Monitor
Comprehension
Skills: Draw Conclusions
RC2.0 Reading Comprehension.
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Reading
Strategy:
Monitor Comprehension
Monitor comprehension is checking
for understanding as you read.
Why is it important? Good readers
monitor their comprehension to make
sure they understand what they are
reading. This will also help you
remember what you read.
R3.2.2 Ask questions and support answers by connecting prior knowledge
with literal information found in, and inferred from, the text.
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Reading
Skill: Draw Conclusions
Drawing conclusions is using facts,
details, and our own experiences to
come up with a new understanding.
Why is it important? This helps you
figure out ideas and information that
the author does not tell you directly.
R3.2.2 Ask questions and support answers by connecting prior knowledge
with literal information found in, and inferred from, the text.
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Reading
Skill: Draw Conclusions
Clue
Clue
Conclusion
R3.2.2 Ask questions and support answers by connecting prior knowledge
with literal information found in, and inferred from, the text.
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Reading
Skill: Draw Conclusions
Let’s do Practice Book, page 84.
R3.2.2 Ask questions and support answers by connecting prior knowledge
with literal information found in, and inferred from, the text.
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Oral Language
Reread for Fluency: Pacing
and Phrasing
Read slowly and clearly for
nonfiction article.
Pause at commas and stop at
periods.
I will be listening for your
pacing and phrasing this week.
LAS3.1.9 Read prose and poetry aloud with fluency, rhythm, and pace.
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Oral Language
Focus Question:
Butterflies are born on their own
in nature. How can people help
them grow?
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IWT
Rotation/Independent
Workshop Time (IWT)
Students will work
independently.
By yourself
With a partner
In a group
Or with the teacher.
RC1.0 Reading Comprehension
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IWT
Rotation/Independent
Workshop Time (IWT)
Green Go Time
DO NOT DISTURB THE TEACHER.
When you are done, read a book
from inside your desk.
RC1.0 Reading Comprehension
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IWT
Rotation/Independent
Workshop Time (IWT)
MUST DO
Practice Book, pages 83, 89, and
84 only.
Reread “Save Our Butterflies”,
pages 192-193. Be careful with
your pacing and phrasing.
RC1.0 Reading Comprehension
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