Title:
Elena’s Serenade
Author:
Campbell Geeslin
Illustrator:
Ana Juan
Genre:
Fantasy
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VOCABULARY WORDS
burro bursts factory glassblower puff reply tune
MORE WORDS TO KNOW
serenade shriek discouraged instruments mellow
Question of the Day
When are you free to follow your dreams?
Build Concepts
Generalize
Predict
Build Background
Vocabulary
Fluency: Model Characterization
Grammar: Quotations
Spelling: Related Words
Freedom to Create
Fluency:
Model Characterization
Listen as I read “Manuelo the Playing
Mantis” to you.
While I read, notice how I use different voices for each character.
The size of the animal character influences the voice I use.
Also, their words and actions, which show their personality, can influence the tone of voice that I choose to use.
Be ready to answer questions after the story .
What generalization can you make about Debby?
What generalization can you make about Manuelo?
Feelings
Freedom to Create
Description of End Result
Turn to page 380 - 381
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Word burro bursts factory glassblower puff reply tune serenade shriek
Know Have Seen Don’t Know
– a donkey, used to carry loads bursts – breaks open or opens suddenly
– a building or group of buildings where people and machines make things
– person who shapes glass objects by blowing air from the mouth through a tube into a blob of hot liquid glass at the other end of the tube puff – to swell up reply – to answer someone by words or actions tune – a piece of music; melody
serenade – music played to someone outside at night shriek – to make a loud, sharp, shrill sound discouraged – feeling less hopeful about something
– devices for producing musical sounds mellow – soft and rich; not harsh
Grammar: Quotations
tina and me enjoy the naturel world in the desert
Tina and I enjoy the natural world in the desert.
tina said “i thouht I saw a snake
Tina said, “I thought I saw a snake.”
This is a quotation. The
the speaker’s exact words.
A comma separates the speaker’s words from the rest of the sentence.
Quotation marks “ ” show the exact words of a speaker in a conversation.
Use a comma to separate the speaker’s exact words from the rest of the sentence.
Use a capital letter to begin the first word inside the quotation marks.
Put the punctuation mark that ends the quotation inside the quotation marks.
“I want to be a glassblower,” said Elena.
“Is that a hard job?” I asked.
She replied, “You need good lungs.”
Quotation marks also indicate many kinds of titles, such as
song, poem, and story titles.
Elena played “Burro Serenade.”
There are different ways to make glass into objects Ben said.
“There are different ways to make glass into objects,” Ben said.
You can blow the hot glass with a blowpipe Kit said
“You can blow the hot glass with a blowpipe,” Kit said.
Taylor said you can press the glass into a mold.
Taylor said, “You can press the glass into a mold.”
Kevin added you can pour hot glass into a mold.
Kevin added, “You can pour hot glass into a mold.”
You can make many useful and pretty things with glass Sara exclaimed.
“You can make many useful and pretty things with glass,” Sara exclaimed.
Mr. Parker said you can make beautiful vases
Mr. Parker said, “You can make beautiful vases.”
I asked are some lamps made of glass?
I asked, “Are some lamps made of glass?”
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Words
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Question of the Day
What effect does
Elena’s music have on the animals she meets?
Context Clues
Generalize
Predict
Main Idea
Vocabulary
Fluency: Readers’ Theater
Grammar: Quotations
Spelling: Related Words
Time for Social Studies:
Location Skills
Women in the Workforce
Freedom to Create
Fluency: Readers’
Theater
Turn to page 387.
As I read, notice characterization.
Practice doing reader’s theater readings of page 387 in groups of three: a narrator, Pedro, and
Elena.
Turn to page 382 .
Turn to page 384-393 .
Grammar: Quotations
doesnt the warm sun in the desert feel pleasent
Doesn’t the warm sun in the desert feel pleasant?
the desert animels rests during the day
The desert animals rest during the day.
A quotation shows the exact words of a speaker in a conversation.
Use a comma to separate the speaker’s exact words from the rest of the sentence.
Use a capital letter to begin the first
word inside the quotation marks.
Put the punctuation mark that ends the sentence inside the quotation marks.
Spelling: Related
Words
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Question of the Day
How does Elena’s music create and guide the swallow that takes her home?
Generalize
Predict
Context Clues
Main Idea
Vocabulary
Fluency: Model Characterization
Grammar: Quotations
Spelling: Related Words
Time for Social Studies: Glassblowing
Freedom to Create
Fluency:
Characterization
Turn to page 389.
As I read, notice how my voice changes as I read the dialogue.
Practice reading the dialogue on this page with a partner, taking turns being Elena and Burro.
Turn to page 394 - 401 .
Grammar: Quotations
roadrunners are birds and they usual live in the desert
Roadrunners are birds, and they usually live in the desert.
joe said, Roadrunners are abel to run 15 miles per hour”.
Joe said, “Roadrunners are able to run 15 miles per hour.”
Using quotations that show exactly what people said makes stories and articles more vivid and interesting.
Interesting: The little girl said she wanted to be a glassblower.
More Interesting : The little girl said, “I want to be a glassblower.”
Spelling: Related
Words
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Question of the Day
In what ways do freedoms cost more than what even money can buy?
Prefixes and Suffixes
Expository Nonfiction/Text Features
Reading Across Texts
Content-Area Vocabulary
Fluency: Readers’ Theater
Grammar: Quotations
Spelling: Related Words
Time for Social Studies: Economic
Opportunity
Turn to page 389.
In groups of three, read this page three times, readers’ theater style.
Be sure you read with characterization.
Turn to page 404 - 407 .
Grammar: Quotations
tina said, “i wonder if there are wolfs in the desert.
Tina said, “I wonder if there are wolves in the desert.” coyotes live in the desert and they are members of the dog family to
Coyotes live in the desert, and they are members of the dog family too.
You may be asked to identify which words should go inside quotation marks.
In addition to showing the exact words of people, quotation marks indicate many kinds of titles , such as song , poem , and story titles .
Titles of longer works such as books are indicated with italics in print or underlined in handwriting.
Examples:
Jane read a story called “A Big
Lizard.”
I read a poem called “Desert
Nights.”
Spelling: Related
Words
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Question of the Day
When are you free to follow your dreams?
Build Concept Vocabulary
Generalize
Details and Facts
Context Clues
Grammar: Quotations
Spelling: Related Words
Chart/Table
Freedom to Create
When you a
, you make or that applies to several examples.
A tells how people or things are alike in some way.
are small pieces of information.
are pieces of information that can be proven to be true.
Details can help you remember important information, visualize the story events, and justify your predictions, conclusions, generalizations, and feelings related to the story.
Look for details that help you understand the plot, characters, and setting.
As you read, try to decide which details are important.
Use details to help you decide why the author wrote a selection.
Word Context Clue
Synonym
Meaning
bottles eyeglasses plates containers bricks mugs windows marbles ornaments
Grammar: Quotations
coyotes wolves and foxs are all members of the dog family
Coyotes, wolves, and foxes are all members of the dog family.
chris and him hears coyotes howling in the desert in july
Chris and he hear coyotes howling in the desert in July.
Spelling: Related
Words
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You have learned many words that are similar.
able, ability, deal, dealt
How do you pronounce the first word?
What does able mean?
How is the second word similar to the first?
When you come to an unfamiliar word, think about similar words you already know.
Often words that look and sound similar are related. That means they have similar meanings.
The word describes a person who can do something well.
is a noun that means “ .”
Use what you know about able to help understand what ability means.
By thinking about related words and using context clues if the word is in a sentence can usually help figure out the new word without looking it up.
single singular courtesy courteous describe description add additional
It’s almost time for dinner so let’s look for a good place to dine.
The piece of cake crumbled into tiny crumbs when I picked it up.
The job of a goalie is to keep the other team from scoring a goal.
A historian is a person who studies history.
We learned to decode longer words by dividing them into word parts— base word , prefixes , and suffixes .
Read the sentence to yourself.
Raise your hand when you see a word that has a base word and two suffixes.
Her cheerfulness made us feel at home.
How do we divide cheerfulness into parts?
cheer / ful / ness
How does dividing the word into parts help us figure it out?
mismanagement previewing overjoyed distrustfully midyear disinterested replacement shamefully disorderly oversleeping unpleasantness misconduct
Our fear of the darkness turned out to be needless.
Rebuilding the model for the science fair was a big job.
The outfielder ran to catch the ball.
The whole problem was the result of my carelessness.
What kind of information have you seen organized in a chart or table ?
Some examples are schedules , calendars , price lists , and multiplication facts .
Both terms chart and table can describe the same thing.
Most tables have boxes .
Charts and tables have horizontal rows and/or vertical columns .
Tables usually have a title that summarizes the included information.
The words in the rows and columns tell you what information is given.
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