The Truth About Austin’s
Amazing Bats
Day 1
How can unplanned
situations have positive
outcomes?
• What is going on at that table?
• What’s unexpected about the hippo and a
bird?
• Do you think there’s a potential for a big
smile from Mom? Why?
• How can unplanned situations have
positive outcomes?
Listen:
• The story “A Lucky Accident” is about
some inventions that were discovered by
accident. As I read, listen for the words:
• Unintended
• Fortuitous
• Adventageous
• potential
• Unintended- something that was not
planned, accidental
• The trip had an unintended benefit for
Sarah.
• Fortuitous- happening by chance,
accidental
• It was fortuitous that I won the raffle.
• Advantageous- means giving a favorable
benefit
• The agreement was advantageous to both
groups.
• Potential-means an ability or skill that may
develop in the future
• His teachers knew he had the potential to
be an A student.
• 1-5
• 6-10
• 11-15
• 16-20
• 21-27
• When we draw conclusions we need to
consider two things to base our
conclusions on:
• Information from the test
• Information that you already know
• Vital- important, crucial
• Air is vital to breathing and living.
• Breathtaking- astonishing
• The view over the valley was breathtaking.
• Bizarre- strange
• He drew the most bizarre picture of a
horse.
• High-pitched- shrill and piercing
• The girls made the most high-pitched
scream.
• Roost- perch
• The rooster flew up to roost on the fence.
• Headline- the title of a newspaper article
• The headline announced that we were at
war.
Spelling
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Suffixes:
-ous: possession (jealous, famous)
-sion: condition or state of being (tension)
-ion: condition of something (creation)
-ation: state or condition of (relaxation)
• Compound words:
With your partner, choose a word from the
left side and one from the right side to make
words:
High breath
way step loose
rope
Head sky
rest wear bridge
ache
Foot
line dress path band
• Modifiers- a word or group of words that
tell more about other words in a sentence
• He saw a truck in the driveway that was red
and black. (what was red and black, the truck
or the driveway?)
• He saw a red and black truck in the driveway.
(this is more clear)
Let’s check our
daily fix it.