Whole Group Reading
9:00-9:45
Monday, 3/10:
Objective: I can compare and contrast within the text.
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OVC: Brer Rabbit and the Hurricane: Listen for the words from story
Read Anthology: Warm and Cold Days, pgs. 66-67,
Read Bookmark words.
Discuss: extreme, predict
Objective: I can read high frequency words, long /a/ ay,ai words, identify the use of go and do, identify
rhyming words and compound words.
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Introduce HFW: warm, sound, cold, great, know, their
Introduce Vocabulary words: conditions, forecast, breeze, commotion, tranquil
Extra vocabulary words: extreme, predict
Phonemic Awareness:
Verbal activity: Say words, what sound do you hear?
Bait, gray, way, pay, wait
Then: Read Rhyme and Chime to listen for the long /a/ sound in words.
Listen and signal when you hear the long /a/ sound in words:
Fishing Today!
Today we’re going fishing.
We’re going to the lake.
I will take the poles and Joe will bring the bait.
Yes, today we’re going fishing,
And I can hardly wait!
Build Fluency: Echo Read (PowerPoint)
Introduce Go & Do (Power Point)
Tuesday, 3/11:
Objective: I can compare and contrast within the text.
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OVC: Brer Rabbit and the Hurricane
Discuss meanings of words.
Read Anthology: Stormy Weather (pgs. 68-74) (Teacher Read)
Listen for vocabulary words.
Read Bookmark- call attention to the genre: Nonfiction Article
Focus Question- How many kinds of storms do you know about?
o Ask: How big is hail?
o How is a thunderstorm like a blizzard? (p. 72)
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How are they different?
Review the question: How many kinds of storms do you know about?
Objective: I can read high frequency words, long /a/ ay,ai words, identify the use of go and do, identify
rhyming words and compound words.
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Review HFW: warm, sound, cold, great, know, their
Review Vocabulary words: conditions, forecast, breeze, commotion, tranquil
Extra vocabulary words: extreme, predict
Phonemic awareness: Blend words (Verbal)
Stay, wait, gray, tail, tray, play
Build words with long /a/: (Power Point)
Tray  gray, grain  strain, stray spray, prayplay
Review GO and DO: (Power Point)
Wednesday, 3/12:
Objective: I can compare and contrast within the text.
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Read-Aloud Anthology: The Power of Weather” (pgs. 143-145)
o Explain that weather conditions are different all over the world. –
When it is winter here in the U.S., it is summertime in Brazil and Australia.
Objective: I can read high frequency words, long /a/ ay, ai words, identify the use of go and do, identify
rhyming words and compound words.
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Review HFW: warm, sound, cold, great, know, their
Review Vocabulary words: conditions, forecast, breeze, commotion, tranquil
Verbal Activity: “Which word am I thinking of…”
Extra vocabulary words: extreme, predict
Word Automaticity: (Power Point)
Practice Do & Go (Power Point)
Spelling word Sort-Activity
Students categorize spelling words with long/a/ sounds (p, 75g)
Thursday, 3/13:
Objective: I can compare and contrast within the text.
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Read-Aloud Anthology: Icy and Showers
Comprehension Strategy- Visualize
Discuss: Alliteration
Repeat Read: Stormy Weather (pgs. 68-74)- Partner Read
Objective: I can read high frequency words, long /a/ ay,ai words, identify the use of go and do, identify
rhyming words and compound words.
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Review HFW: warm, sound, cold, great, know, their
Review Vocabulary words: conditions, forecast, breeze, commotion, tranquil
Verbal Activity: ‘You give me clues and I will guess the word…”
Extra vocabulary words: extreme, predict
Identify Compound Words (Power Point)
Review GO & DO (Power Point)
Friday, 3/14:
Objective: I can compare and contrast within the text.
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Read Anthology: Dangerous Storms, (pgs. 76-77)
Objective: I can read high frequency words, long /a/ ay,ai words, identify the use of go and do, and
identify rhyming words.
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Review HFW: warm, sound, cold, great, know, their
Review Vocabulary words: conditions, forecast, breeze, commotion, tranquil
Fill-in the word. (Power Point)
When a dog is tranquil, he is ________.
There was a commotion in the lunchroom when ________.
When a breeze came, ____________.
If they forecast rain, you should___________.
Find out the weather conditions, so that you will be able to ________.
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Extra vocabulary words: extreme, predict
Fill-in the sentences using extreme and predict. (Power Point)
The dessert has ____________ conditions.
What do you ________will happen at the end of the story?
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Blend words: tail, pail, main, stain, play, bait
Review GO & DO: (Power Point)
Review Compound words (Power Point)