Title:
Rocks in His Head
Author:
Carol Otis Hurst
Illustrator:
James Stevenson
Genre:
Biography
Small Group
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Vocabulary Words
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attic
board
chores
customer
labeled
spare
stamps
More Words to Know
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janitor
minerals
quarries
forged
mentor
ornamental
 Monday
 Tuesday
 Wednesday
 Thursday
 Friday
Question of the Day
When is valuable to
have unique interests?
 Build Concepts
 Generalize
 Prior Knowledge
 Build Background
 Vocabulary
 Fluency: Model Characterization
 Grammar: Possessive Pronouns
 Spelling: Prefixes: pre-, mid-, over-, out Unique Interests
Fluency: Model
Characterization
Listen as I read “Catching the
Fire.”
 As I read, notice how I use
different tones of voice when I
read any dialogue.
 Be ready to answer questions
after I finish.
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 What generalization can you
make about Simmons’s gates?
 What details in the selection tell
us what kind of person Simmons
is?
Actions
Unique
Interests
What
Kind of
Product
Source
of
Interests
Generalize
Page 60 - 61
What I Know About Rocks
What I Want to Know About Rocks
Word Meaning Chart
Word
attic
board
chores
customer
labeled
spare
stamps
Meaning
Sentence
 attic – the space in a house just
below the roof and above the
other rooms
 board - a group of people
managing something
 chores – small tasks or easy
jobs that you have to do
regularly
 customer – someone who buys
goods or services
 labeled – put or wrote a label on
something
 spare – extra
 stamps – small pieces of paper
with glue on the back for mailing
letters and packages
 janitor – someone whose work is
taking care of a building or
offices
 minerals – solid substances,
usually dug from the earth
 quarries – places where stone is
dug, cut, or blasted out for use
in putting up buildings
 forged – heated metal until it
is very soft and then hammered
it into shape
 mentor – someone who advises
and shows you how to do or be
something
 ornamental – used as decoration
 Next Slide
Grammar:
Possessive Pronouns
 colin and him finds rocks in
miny places out doors
 Colin and he find rocks in many
places outdoors.
 the rocks in my poket has gold
flecks
 The rocks in my pocket have
gold flecks.
 Mrs. Johnson got out her big
Packard touring car, and my
father got in.
 The words her and my are
possessive pronouns.
 Some pronouns show who or what
owns, or possesses, something. This
kind of pronoun is a possessive
pronoun.
 My, mine, you, yours, her, hers, his,
its, our, ours, their, and theirs are
possessive pronouns.
 I’ll look at your rock collection, and
then you look at mine.
 Builders use rock in their work.
 their
 Your walls and floors are made
of rock.
 your
 The cement in our driveway
comes from rocks.
 our
 Mr. Ferguson used limestone
walls in his house.
 his
 Mrs. Ferguson has marble floors
in her living room.
 her
 There are white cliffs in England,
and the cliffs’ color comes from
limestone. (their, its)
 their
 One beautiful area in Arizona
stands out because the area’s
rocks are red. (their, its)
 its
 We took a road through the
mountains, and the mountains’
colors amazed us. (our, their)
 their
 The rocks on your side were
yellow, while the rocks on my side
were orange. (mine, yours)
 mine
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Question of the Day
Why did the narrator’s
father open a gas station
instead of pursuing a
career involving rocks?
 Prefixes: pre-, mid-, over-, out-
 Context Clues
 Generalize
 Prior Knowledge
 Vocabulary
 Fluency: Choral Reading
 Grammar: Possessive Pronouns
 Unique Interests
 Earth Science
Pages 62 - 63
Pages 64 - 69
Fluency: Choral Reading
 Turn to page 72.
 As I read, notice how my
voice changes as I use
characterizations to read the
dialogue.
 We will practice as a class
doing three choral readings
of page 72.
Grammar:
Possessive Pronouns
 the strangeest rocks are her’s
 The strangest rocks are hers.
 didnt she find them in the
Middwest
 Didn’t she find them in the
Midwest?
 Some pronouns show who or what
owns, or possesses, something.
This kind of pronoun is a
possessive pronoun.
 My, mine, you, yours, her, hers,
his, its, our, ours, their, and
theirs are possessive pronouns.
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Question of the Day
In what way did the
narrator’s father’s unique
interest in rocks prove
valuable to him and his
family?
 Prior Knowledge
 Context Clues
 Cause and Effect
 Vocabulary
 Fluency: Model Characterization
 Grammar: Possessive Pronouns
 Spelling: Prefixes: pre-, mid-, over-,
out Unique Interests
 Earth Science
 Careers
Pages 70 - 77
Fluency: Model
Characterization
 Turn to page 74.
 As I read, notice how I
change my voice as I read
the dialogue depending on
which character is talking.
 We will practice reading as a
class by reading this page
orally three times.
Grammar:
Possessive Pronouns
 that black rock of their’s are
unnown to me
 That black rock of theirs is
unknown to me.
 the yellow rock was found in
the camp ground by juan and he
 The yellow rock was found in
the campground by Juan and
him.
 Some pronouns show who or what
owns, or possesses, something.
This kind of pronoun is a
possessive pronoun.
 My, mine, you, yours, her, hers,
his, its, our, ours, their, and
theirs are possessive pronouns.
 Using possessive pronouns makes
writing smoother by avoiding the
repetition of a noun.
 Repetitious: Sandra showed us
Sandra’s rocks in Sandra’s room.
 Smoother: Sandra showed us
her rocks in her room.
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Question of the Day
What are some
characteristics of rocks
that make them unique or
special?
 R-Controlled Vowels
 Poetry
 Reading Across Texts
 Content-Area Vocabulary
 Fluency: Choral Reading Poetry
 Grammar: Possessive Pronouns
 Spelling: Prefixes: pre-, mid-,
over-, out Start a Rock Museum
Pages 78 - 85
Fluency: Choral Reading
 Turn to page 81.
 We will choral read
“Everybody Needs a Rock,
Rule Number 2” three times.
 Read the poem with rhythm,
pretending you are the
author.
Grammar:
Possessive Pronouns
 hers green rock was finded in
South america
 Her green rock was found in
South America.
 rob and them displayed the
rocks in ms shaws’ room
 Rob and they displayed the
rocks in Ms. Shaw’s room.
 Some pronouns show who or what
owns, or possesses, something.
This kind of pronoun is a
possessive pronoun.
 My, mine, you, yours, her, hers,
his, its, our, ours, their, and
theirs are possessive pronouns.
 Test Tip:
 You may be asked to identify
possessive pronouns.
 Do not confuse possessive
pronouns with possessive nouns.
 Possessive nouns have
apostrophes.
 Possessive pronouns do not have
apostrophes.
 Example: Tim’s rocks were the
most unusual (possessive noun)
 His rocks were the most unusual.
(possessive pronoun)
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Question of the Day
When is valuable to
have unique interests?
 Build Concept Vocabulary
 Generalize
 Paraphrase
 Context Clues
 Grammar: Possessive Pronouns
 Spelling: Prefixes: pre-, mid-,
over-, out Unique Interests
 When you read, you can
sometimes make a general
statement about what you have
read.
 A general statement tells how
some things are mostly alike or
all alike.
 Look for examples. Ask what
they have in common.
 To paraphrase is to restate a
sentence or paragraph in your
own words.
 When you paraphrase, it is
important to keep the meaning
and ideas of the original
statement.
 When you paraphrase, think
about what the writer said and
then retell it in your own words.
 When you paraphrase, be sure
never to copy the exact words
from a sentence or passage.
 You can use context clues to
determine the meaning of
multiple-meaning words.
 List any unknown words you find
as you read “Rocks in His Head.”
 Create a chart showing the
unknown word, helpful context
clues, and their definition of the
word based on its context.
Word
Context Clues
Meaning
 Hobby words, such as collector,
refer to things people do for fun
or find interesting.
 Use reference sources to make
lists of words that refer to
hobbies.
Grammar:
Possessive Pronouns
 the small rock is mine and the
big one is your
 The small rock is mine, and the
big one is yours.
 can we put them both in the
disply kase
 Can we put them both in the
display case?
 Some pronouns show who or what
owns, or possesses, something.
This kind of pronoun is a
possessive pronoun.
 My, mine, you, yours, her, hers,
his, its, our, ours, their, and
theirs are possessive pronouns.
 Prefixes are word parts at the
beginning of words that change
its meaning.
 prepaid
 What is the base word?
 What does it mean?
 The prefix pre- means before.
What does prepaid mean?
 When I read a word like prepaid,
I can figure out what it means by
looking at its parts.
 I know pre- is a prefix. If I
cover the prefix, I see the word
paid. I know paid means “bought”
or “gave money for.”
 I also know pre- means “before.”
So prepaid must mean bought
before or ahead of time.
 My mother prepaid for the plane
tickets. My mother bought the
tickets ahead of time.
 That makes sense.
 Do the same thing to figure out
these other words that begin
with prefixes.
 midnight
 overeat
 outsmart
 prehistory
 overpaid
 midday
 outweigh
 overslept
 midsection
 outbid
 preheat
 We took a midwinter
vacation last year.
 Jess outran me in the
race.
 We overcooked the
turkey this year.
 I went to preschool
when I was four years
old.
 We studied the r-controlled
vowel /er/ spelled ir, er, ur, ear,
and or.
 Read this sentence to yourself.
Raise your hand when you know
which word has the r-controlled
vowel /er/ sound.
 Last Thursday we went to the
movies.
 Thursday
 Which letters stand for /er/ in
Thursday?
 The nurse gave me a shot.
 nurse
 worldly
 verb
 thirteen
 urban
 lurk
 stirrup
 fern
 thirsty
 research
 heard
 furnish
 undershirt
 Does every sentence have a noun
and a verb?
 Renee has seen that movie thirty
times.
 David is trying to earn enough
money to buy a new bike.
Clarify Directions
 Describe something you have
done that involved following
directions.
 Directions are often numbered.
Follow the directions in numerical
order.
 Read all of the directions before
completing any one step. Gather
any materials that you need.
 Make sure each step is complete
before continuing.
 If the directions include diagrams,
study them carefully. Use this
information to help understand
what the directions say.
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