The Night the Moon Fell
Day 1
Today at a Glance…
Oral Vocabulary: adjust,
landmark, unexpected
Syllable Patterns
Oral Rereading
Conventions: Adverbs that tell
when and where
Writing: Narrative Poem
Unit’s Big Question:
How do things change?
How do they stay the same?
Question of the Week
Why are some changes difficult?
Concept Talk Video
Think
Pair
Share
pages 120-121
Anchored Talk
Look at the little photo of the
people with boxes. What is
happening?
Anchored Talk
This family will have to
adjust, or get used to a new
situation.
Anchored Talk
Moving to a new place is a
difficult change.
Anchored Talk
Now look at the
photo of the boy.
How do you think
his smile changed
as he grew older?
Anchored Talk
Why might this be a difficult
change for the boy?
Anchored Talk
Everyone grows older.
Sometimes this can bring a
difficult change.
This week you will read an old
story about a time when the
moon felt sad and lost when
she moved to a new place.
Amazing Words
adjust
landmark
unexpected
Listen for these Amazing Words:
adjust
landmark
unexpected
adjust
The song says the family will
have to adjust to many new
things.
When you adjust to
something new, you get
used to it.
The children will soon adjust
to their new school.
The crossing guards will
adjust to the freezing
weather.
Some animals must adjust
to living in an animal shelter.
Would you prefer to adjust
to living in a desert or living
in a rain forest?
Why?
landmark
A
landmark is an object (as a
stone or tree) that marks the
boundary of land .
landmark
The
moon landing is a
landmark in space
exploration.
landmark
Name
a landmark that is
located in the state you live in.
Remember these
landmarks?
unexpected
Unexpected means
not expected.
unexpected
The rain was
unexpected today.
I got an unexpected
gift today.
unexpected
Sing with me
It looks like the
family is
moving out of
their home.
Look at the
song book,
what will the
little girl take
with her?
How will her
toy help the
girl adjust to
her new
home?
Use adjust
in your
answer.
The song says the move
was unexpected.
Explain what this means.
Why is the boy
looking at a map?
What landmark might
the boy see on the
map to guide him?
We need to adjust to the new
______.
A landmark is a feature like
_____.
The ______ was unexpected.
Academic Vocabulary
Do you recognize these terms?
myth
plot
theme
adverbs
Phonics
This word has two
consonants in the
middle with a vowel on
each side.....
bas * ket
bas * ket
We divide it between
the two consonants.
We read the first
syllable with a
short vowel sound.
Phonics
This words has one
consonant in the
middle with a vowel
on each side......
ti * ger
ti * ger
When we divide it
after the first vowel,
we read that vowel
with a long sound.
ti * ger
playground
This word has two vowels
which stand for one sound
in the first syllable.
play * ground
playground
There are two vowels that
spell the sound /ou/ in the
second syllable.
play * ground
play * ground
Each vowel pair stays
together in its own syllable.
paper
picnic
chapter
boyhood
frozen
downtown
sailboat
robot
window
• pencil
soybean
oatmeal
Page 122-123
The Night the Moon Fell
Day 1
Phonics
bonus
problem
pilgrim
music
velvet
freeway
raincoat
bailout
cookout
cowboy
joyful
flower
oily
powder thousand
Spelling Words
downstairs
football
cowboy
houseboat
railroad
rainbow
boyhood
oatmeal
soybean
roadway
outplay
Daydream
Challenge Words:
needlepoint
downspout
Coattail
Syllable Patterns
Skill Strategy
Plot and Theme
Visualize
Envision It!
Plot
Many things happen
to characters in a
story. These events
make up the story
plot.
Where do good readers look
in a story to figure out the
story plot?
Look at the events that happen
in the beginning, middle, and
end of the story!
Theme
Once readers identify
the story plot, they use
this information to help
them figure out the
story theme.
Theme
A story theme is the
‘big idea’ that the
author wants the
reader to learn from
reading the story.
Visualize
After reading the
first paragraph,
I pictured in my
mind a girl cutting a
square in the side of
a huge backing box.
Visualize
Creating
images in
Your head
helps you
understand
the story.
What did you
picture in your
mind?
Creating
images helps
us better
understand
the events in a
story.
Visualize
Lesson
Vocabulary
balance
canyons
coral
rattle
slivers
sway
whisper
Vocabulary
What do these words
have in common?
Then, name the
vocabulary word that fits in
the same category.....
balance
canyons
coral
rattle
slivers
sway
whisper
steadiness, upright, footing
balance
canyons
coral
rattle
slivers
sway
whisper
clatter, clink, jangle
balance
canyons
coral
rattle
slivers
sway
whisper
mumble, shout, babble
balance
canyons
coral
rattle
slivers
sway
whisper
slices, chunks, chips
balance
canyons
coral
rattle
slivers
sway
whisper
valleys, mountains, cliffs
balance
canyons
coral
rattle
slivers
sway
whisper
swing, jump, glide
balance
canyons
coral
rattle
slivers
sway
whisper
seaweed, sand, shells
Practice
Conventions
Adverbs
That Tell When and Where
A verb tells what
someone or something
does.
An adverb is a word that
tells more about a verb.
The words today and
upstairs are adverbs.
Adverbs like:
first, next, and last...
......tell the order in
which things happen.
Adverbs
1. We will have a test
_______.
2. When it rains, I play
______.
Adverbs
3. Seth will play the piano
first and I will play ________.
This week, we will write a
narrative poem.
A narrative poem
is a poem that tells
a story.
Poem
Tomorrow, we
will plan our own
narrative poem.
Research and Inquiry
Identify and Focus Topic
What ideas about difficult
changes would you like to know
more about?
Let’s make a list of questions
Research and Inquiry
Topic: Why Some Changes Are
Difficult
Question:
What kinds of changes are
difficult?
Answer:
Wrap up your Day
How many syllables
are in each word:
basket
paper
downtown
Wrap up your Day
¡ Spelling
¡ In
“We Are Moving,” Why
might it be difficult for the
person in this song to make
the change to a new house?
¡ Tomorrow,
we’ll read a myth
about a change that happened
when the moon fell from the
sky.