Students need paper,
pencil, textbook, and
practice book.
You will listen to two poems
about the fall season.
Remember that poems may
have rhythm and rhyme and
poems create feelings and
pictures in listeners’ minds.
When you listen to a poem, you should listen to
enjoy the rhyme and rhythm as well as the
feelings the poem creates.
One purpose for listening is to picture what the
poet has written about through descriptive
words.
Stop, think, and then
quickly sketch (draw)
what you picture in
your mind after
listening to
“The Tree on the
Corner”.
Active participation activity.
What does the author, Lilian
Moore mean by saying that
you don’t really see a tree
until you see its bones?
Turn and talk to your
partner about your answer.
Partner 1share first.
Listen to another poem
about the fall season.
Remember to listen to
enjoy the poem, and to
picture in your mind what
the author is telling
about.
Luster is a glow
of
reflected light.
How do you know
this poem is
about
the fall season?
What did you feel as you
listened to the poems?
Turn and talk to your partner. (2)
What do these two poems
have in common?
Turn and talk to your partner. (1)
Model Oral
Fluency
This time, echo read
two lines at a time after
I model them.
This skill is needed to answer the openended questions on tests- to prove your
answer using the information in
the passage.
To draw a conclusion,
readers use information
from the story
along with what they know
from real life.
Drawing conclusions helps
readers understand what
happens in a story, and
why.
The paragraph says that the
coin feels warm. A coin in
the snow would be cold.
You can conclude that the
coin just fell fro someone’s
warm hand.
What is another clue that
Enrico noticed?
Who probably dropped the
coin?
Let’s make a graphic
organizer:
Story
Details
What You Conclusion
Know
There are Someone The person
footprints had been
who left
in the
the
where
snow.
footprints
Enrico is
dropped
standing.
the coin.
You can try using the READ
AHEAD strategy to answer
questions about a confusing
word or idea in a passage.
Sometimes the answers
to your questions can be found
later on in the text.
Let’s review the READ AHEAD
strategy:
If you become confused by
something as you are
reading, you should:
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The word “something” in the
fourth sentence is confusing
because the author doesn’t say
what it is. Read ahead for an
We
need
a
volunteer
to
read
answer. The next sentence has
aloud
the first
paragraph.
the answer:
something
refers to
the strange cloud.
We need a volunteer to read the second
paragraph. Raise your hand when the reader
comes to something that isn’t
explained.
We should
read we
ahead.
need
What should
do to We
try to
understand
another volunteer
tothis?
read P. 3.
In this week’s selection, you
will read about a mysterious
stranger who visits a farm in
the fall. Let’s make a web
about what you know about
this season.
Stop and jot down two things you
know about FALL.
Did you write things
like this?
Some FALL facts:
Turn to page 78 in your
reading practice book.
Work with your
partner to answer 1-6.
Let’s check your work:
Work by yourself to answer
questions 7 and 8.
Let’s check your work:
During “reading
station” today, read
this week’s
selection,
THE STRANGER on
pages 370-383.