Title:
Volcanoes, Nature’s
Incredible Fireworks
Author:
David L. Harrison
Genre:
Expository Nonfiction
Small Group
Timer
Spelling Words
thumb
 gnaw
 written
 know
 climb
 design
 wrist
 crumb
 assign
 wrench

knot
 wrinkle
 lamb
 knob
 knit
 wrestler
 bologna
 cologne
 honeycomb
 knickknack
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Vocabulary Words
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beneath
buried
chimney
earthquakes
fireworks
force
trembles
volcanoes
Vocabulary Words
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crevice
collide
lava
authorities
debris
evacuate
More Words to Know
Big Question: How can people use a scientific
understanding of nature to protect
themselves from natural disasters?
 Monday
 Tuesday
 Wednesday
 Thursday
 Friday
Monday
Question of the Day
How can people use a scientific
understanding of nature to
protect themselves from
natural disasters?
Today we will learn about:
 Build
Concepts
 Compare and Contrast
 Monitor and Fix Up
 Build Background
 Vocabulary
 Fluency: Silent Reading
 Irregular Verbs
 Words with wr, kn, mb, gn
 Surviving Natural Disasters
Monday
Fluency:
Read Silently
Fluency: Read Silently
Listen as I read “Hurricane.”
 As I read, notice how I read with
accuracy and self-correct when I
misread.
 You should use the same strategy
when you read silently.
 Be ready to answer questions
after I finish.
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Fluency: Read Silently
How does the information in the
selection compare to what you
already knew about hurricanes?
 Name the main idea and one
supporting detail.

Build Concepts
authorities, debris, evacuate
What to
Do
Surviving
Natural
Disasters
Dangers
What/What
Helps
Monday
Compare and Contrast
Pages 380 - 381
Prior Knowledge
Think about as many ideas as you can for each category.
Volcanoes
Facts I Know About Volcanoes
Questions I Have About
Volcanoes
Vocabulary: Word Rating Chart
Word
beneath
buried
chimney
earthquakes
fireworks
force
trembles
volcanoes
Know
Have Seen
Don’t Know
Vocabulary Words
beneath – in a lower place;
under; below
 buried –covered up; hidden
 chimney - a tall, hollow column,
usually made of brick, to carry
away smoke from a fireplace or
furnace
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Vocabulary Words
earthquakes – violent shaking
or shifting motion of the ground
caused by the sudden movement
of rock far beneath Earth’s
surface
 fireworks – firecrackers and
other things that make a loud
noise or go up high in the air and
burst in a shower of stars and
sparks
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Vocabulary Words
force – power; strength
 trembles – moves with a quick
shaking motion
 volcanoes – hills or mountains
built up by lava and ash around
an opening in Earth’s crust
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Other Vocabulary Words
crevice – a crack in Earth’s
surface
 collide –to crash into one
another
 lava – hot, melted rock that
flows onto Earth’s surface from
deep inside Earth
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Other Vocabulary Words
authorities – the officials in
control
 debris – scattered pieces or bits
of something that has been torn
down or blown up
 evacuate – to get everyone out of
a dangerous place or situation
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 Next
slide
chimney
earthquakes
fireworks
volcanoes
crevice
collide
lava
debris
evacuate
Monday
Grammar:
Irregular Verbs
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
did you now there is a big volcano
in washington
Did you know there is a big
volcano in Washington?
i seen a picture of its steam and
ashs
I saw a picture of its steam and
ashes.
Irregular Verbs
 Two
plates crashed. They sent
tremors called earthquakes
through the ground.
 Crashed is a regular verb because
it forms its past tense by adding –
ed.
 Sent is an irregular verb because
it does not follow this rule.
Irregular Verbs
 Usually
you add –ed to a verb to
show past tense.
 Irregular verbs do not follow this
rule.
 Instead of having –ed forms to
show past tense, irregular verbs
change to other words.
Irregular Verbs
 Here
are some examples. Use the
special past forms in the third
column of the chart only with
these helping verbs.
Irregular Verbs
Present Tense
begin
do
find
give
go
run
see
take
think
wear
Past Tense
began
did
found
gave
went
ran
saw
took
thought
wore
Past with has, have, or had
(has,
(has,
(has,
(has,
(has,
(has,
(has,
(has,
(has,
(has,
have,
have,
have,
have,
have,
have,
have,
have,
have,
have,
had) begun
had) done
had) found
had) given
had) gone
had) run
had) seen
had) taken
had) thought
had) worn
Irregular Verbs
Choose the correct form of the irregular verb in ( ) for each sentence.
 That
island (begun, began) as a
volcano.
 began
 Lava has (run, ran) into the ocean.
 run
 We have (taken, took) a trip to
that island.
 taken
Irregular Verbs
Choose the correct form of the irregular verb in ( ) for each sentence.
 We
have (see) ash come out of the
volcano.
 seen
 We (find) small volcanic rocks.
 found
 We have (go) to the top of the
volcano.
 gone
Monday
Spelling:
Words with wr, kn, mb, gn
Spelling Words
thumb
 gnaw
 written
 know
 climb
 design
 wrist
 crumb
 assign
 wrench

knot
 wrinkle
 lamb
 knob
 knit
 wrestler
 bologna
 cologne
 honeycomb
 knickknack
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Tuesday
Question of the Day
Describe two kinds of
volcanoes and tell what they
look like when they are
erupting.
Today we will learn about:
 Silent
Consonants
 Dictionary
 Compare and Contrast
 Develop Vocabulary
 Fluency: Silent Reading
 Irregular Verbs
 Words with wr, kn, mb, gn
 Make a Model
 Surviving Natural Disasters
Tuesday
Dictionary
Pages 382 - 383
Tuesday
Volcanoes
Pages 384 - 389
Tuesday
Fluency:
Read Silently
Fluency: Silent Reading
 Turn
to page 386.
 As I read, notice how I read
with accuracy.
 Practice reading page 386
silently three times.
 Be sure to self-correct when
you misread.
Tuesday
Grammar:
Irregular Verbs
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mr patricks class was assined a
report on mount st helens
Mr. Patrick’s class was assigned a
report on Mount St. Helens.
sharon and juan has began their
reports
Sharon and Juan have begun their
reports.
Irregular Verbs
 Usually
you add –ed to a verb to
show past tense.
 Irregular verbs do not follow this
rule.
 Instead of having –ed forms to
show past tense, irregular verbs
change to other words.
Irregular Verbs
Present Tense
begin
do
find
give
go
run
see
take
think
wear
Past Tense
began
did
found
gave
went
ran
saw
took
thought
wore
Past with has, have, or had
(has,
(has,
(has,
(has,
(has,
(has,
(has,
(has,
(has,
(has,
have,
have,
have,
have,
have,
have,
have,
have,
have,
have,
had) begun
had) done
had) found
had) given
had) gone
had) run
had) seen
had) taken
had) thought
had) worn
Tuesday
Spelling:
Words with wr, kn, mb, gn
Spelling Words
thumb
 gnaw
 written
 know
 climb
 design
 wrist
 crumb
 assign
 wrench

knot
 wrinkle
 lamb
 knob
 knit
 wrestler
 bologna
 cologne
 honeycomb
 knickknack
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Wednesday
Question of the Day
What happens when a volcano
is “sleeping”?
Today we will learn about:
 Monitor
and Fix Up
 Author’s Purpose
 Develop Vocabulary
 Fluency: Silent Reading
 Irregular Verbs
 Words with wr, kn, mb, gn
 Changes in Landforms
 Surviving Natural Disasters
Wednesday
Volcanoes
Pages 390 - 395
Wednesday
Fluency:
Read Silently
Fluency: Silent Reading
 Turn
to page 389.
 As I read, notice how I read
with accuracy.
 Practice reading page 389
silently three times.
 Be sure to self-correct when
you misread.
Wednesday
Grammar:
Irregular Verbs
thomas seen a mountan in hawaii
and it was a volcano
 Thomas saw a mountain in Hawaii,
and it was a volcano.
 last year he and his Family walks
on hard lava
 Last year he and his family
walked on hard lava.
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Irregular Verbs
 Usually
you add –ed to a verb to
show past tense.
 Irregular verbs do not follow this
rule.
 Instead of having –ed forms to
show past tense, irregular verbs
change to other words.
Irregular Verbs
Present Tense
begin
do
find
give
go
run
see
take
think
wear
Past Tense
began
did
found
gave
went
ran
saw
took
thought
wore
Past with has, have, or had
(has,
(has,
(has,
(has,
(has,
(has,
(has,
(has,
(has,
(has,
have,
have,
have,
have,
have,
have,
have,
have,
have,
have,
had) begun
had) done
had) found
had) given
had) gone
had) run
had) seen
had) taken
had) thought
had) worn
Irregular Verbs
 Using
a variety of verbs makes
writing lively.
 Some verbs that writers use are
irregular verbs.
 I found hard lava and took
photographs.
Wednesday
Spelling:
Words with wr, kn, mb, gn
Spelling Words
thumb
 gnaw
 written
 know
 climb
 design
 wrist
 crumb
 assign
 wrench

knot
 wrinkle
 lamb
 knob
 knit
 wrestler
 bologna
 cologne
 honeycomb
 knickknack
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Thursday
Question of the Day
What might be some results of
a natural disaster near where
you live?
Today we will learn about:
 Suffixes
–ly, -ful, -less, -ness
 Search Engines/Text Features
 Reading Across Texts
 Fluency: Silent Reading
 Irregular Verbs
 Words with wr, kn, mb, gn
 Make a Model
Thursday
Reading Online:
Natural Disasters
Pages 396 - 399
Thursday
Fluency:
Read Silently
Fluency: Silent Reading
 Turn
to page 400.
 We will echo read “Cloud
Dragons,” three times.
Thursday
Grammar:
Irregular Verbs
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joe and mr stevens will climbed
to the top of the volcano
Joe and Mr. Stevens will climb to
the top of the volcano.
they finaly heard about their to
friend’s hike on the volcano
They finally heard about their
two friends’ hike on the volcano.
Irregular Verbs
 Usually
you add –ed to a verb to
show past tense.
 Irregular verbs do not follow this
rule.
 Instead of having –ed forms to
show past tense, irregular verbs
change to other words.
Irregular Verbs
Present Tense
begin
do
find
give
go
run
see
take
think
wear
Past Tense
began
did
found
gave
went
ran
saw
took
thought
wore
Past with has, have, or had
(has,
(has,
(has,
(has,
(has,
(has,
(has,
(has,
(has,
(has,
have,
have,
have,
have,
have,
have,
have,
have,
have,
have,
had) begun
had) done
had) found
had) given
had) gone
had) run
had) seen
had) taken
had) thought
had) worn
Thursday
Spelling:
Words with wr, kn, mb, gn
Spelling Words
thumb
 gnaw
 written
 know
 climb
 design
 wrist
 crumb
 assign
 wrench

knot
 wrinkle
 lamb
 knob
 knit
 wrestler
 bologna
 cologne
 honeycomb
 knickknack
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Friday
Question of the Day
How can people use a scientific
understanding of nature to
protect themselves from
natural disasters?
Today we will learn about:
 Concept
Vocabulary
 Compare and Contrast
 Graphic Sources
 Dictionary
 Fluency: Silent Reading
 Irregular Verbs
 Words with wr, kn, mb, gn
 Surviving Natural Disasters
Compare/Contrast
 When
you compare and contrast,
you tell how two or more things are
alike and different.
Thing 1
Both
Thing 2
Graphic Sources
 Graphic
sources are any
graphics, such as charts,
graphs, time lines, diagrams,
and maps, that organize and
present information in a visual
manner.
Graphic Sources
 Authors
use graphics to help us
understand information better;
for example, a time line shows
important events and when they
happened.
 A time line can help us place
events we are reading about in
history and understand the
information better.
Dictionary
 You
can use a dictionary to
determine the meaning of
unfamiliar words.
 List any unknown words you find
as you read “Volcanoes.:
 Create a chart showing the
unknown word and its dictionary
definition.
Dictionary
Word
Dictionary Definition
Silent Consonants
write
 What sound do you hear in the first
part?
 r
 What letters stand for the sound?
 wr
 The letters written together stand
for one sound, /r/.

Silent Consonants
gnaw
 What sound do you hear in the first
part?
 /n/
 What letters stand for the sound?
 gn
 The letters gn written together
stand for one sound, /n/.

Silent Consonants
Find the letters that represent the silent consonants.
listen
 knee
 gnarled
 thumbtack
 whistle
 gnat
 wrestle
 known

 My
little brother
sucks his thumb.
 I broke my
neighbor’s garden
gnome by mistake.
 Thistles can be
sharp.
 I will knock on the
door.
Suffixes –ly, -ful, -less, -ness
 We
studied the suffixes –ly, -ful,
-less, and –ness.
 sadly
 What is the suffix?
 -ly
 What does the word mean?
 not happily
Suffixes –ly, -ful, -less, -ness
emptiness
 What is the suffix?
 -ness
 What does the word mean?
 state of being empty
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Suffixes –ly, -ful, -less, -ness
wasteful
 What is the suffix?
 -ful
 What does the word mean?
 full of waste
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Suffixes –ly, -ful, -less, -ness
colorless
 What is the suffix?
 -less
 What does the word mean?
 without color

Suffixes –ly, -ful, -less, -ness
healthful
 kindness
 awkwardly
 lifeless
 ageless
 rudely

colorful
 excitedly
 restful
 dreamless
 readiness
 rightful

Suffixes –ly, -ful, -less, -ness
 We
had to return the kitten to
its rightful owner.
 The small puppy ran awkwardly
across the floor.
 The room was warm and colorful.
 She is well-liked for her kindness
and cheer.
Newspaper/Newsletter
 What
source would you use to
find out what is going on in your
region or around the country?
 Newspapers tell what is currently
happening in a local area, around
the country, and all over the
world.
Newspaper/Newsletter
 Newspapers
have sections that
focus on different subjects, such
as sports, entertainment, and
business.
 The location of each section is
listed, like a table of contents,
usually near the front of the
newspaper.
Newspaper/Newsletter
 Newspapers
can contain articles,
advertisements, and announcements.
 The beginning of an article usually
has a title, author, and often a
location.
 The first few paragraphs often tell
who, what, when, where, why, and
how about the subject.
Newspaper/Newsletter
 Newspapers
usually have many
photographs and captions to go with
the articles.
 Some sections might have graphs,
tables, and charts.
Friday
Grammar:
Irregular Verbs
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


the side of mount st helens had
come off in 1980
The side of Mount St. Helens had
come off in 1980.
many families homes was lost.
Many families’ homes were lost.
Irregular Verbs
 Usually
you add –ed to a verb to
show past tense.
 Irregular verbs do not follow this
rule.
 Instead of having –ed forms to
show past tense, irregular verbs
change to other words.
Irregular Verbs
Present Tense
begin
do
find
give
go
run
see
take
think
wear
Past Tense
began
did
found
gave
went
ran
saw
took
thought
wore
Past with has, have, or had
(has,
(has,
(has,
(has,
(has,
(has,
(has,
(has,
(has,
(has,
have,
have,
have,
have,
have,
have,
have,
have,
have,
have,
had) begun
had) done
had) found
had) given
had) gone
had) run
had) seen
had) taken
had) thought
had) worn
Irregular Verbs
 Test
Tip:
 You may be asked to identify the
correct past tense of an irregular
verb.
 Learn which verbs are irregular and
practice using their past tense.
Irregular Verbs
 The
volcano began an eruption.
 The volcano has done this
before.
 Rocks have gone far into the
air.
Friday
Spelling:
Words with wr, kn, mb, gn
Spelling Words
thumb
 gnaw
 written
 know
 climb
 design
 wrist
 crumb
 assign
 wrench

knot
 wrinkle
 lamb
 knob
 knit
 wrestler
 bologna
 cologne
 honeycomb
 knickknack

Review Games
Spelling City:
 Spelling
Words
 Vocabulary Words
 Other
Vocabulary Words
We are now ready to
take our story tests.

Story test
 Classroom webpage,
 Reading Test

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