Author: Stephen Kramer

Genre: Expository Nonfiction

Big Question: How do weather patterns affect

our lives?

Small GroupTimer

Story SortVocabulary Words: Arcade Games Study Stack Spelling City: Vocabulary Spelling City: Spelling Words

Review Games

Spelling WordsCompound Words

• watermelon• homemade• understand• sometimes• shoelace• highway• upstairs• thunderstorm• shortcut

• doorbell• jellyfish• touchdown• campfire• skateboard• anyway• fireworks• haircut• loudspeaker

• laptop• flashlight• masterpiece• stomachache• cliffhanger• sweatshirt• afterthought

Big Question: How do weather patterns affect

our lives?

MondayTuesday

WednesdayThursday

Friday

destruction expected forecasts inland shatter surge

potential withstand wreckage ditch shelter unpredictable

Vocabulary WordsVocabulary Words More Words to Know

Monday

Question of the Day

How do weather patterns affect our

lives?

Build Concepts Graphic Sources Predict Build Background Vocabulary Fluency: Pauses Grammar: Past, Present, and Future Tenses Spelling: Compound Words Storms

Today we will learn about:

FluencyModel Pauses

Listen as I read “Tornado Tales.” As I read, notice how I pause after

complete thoughts, such as at the end of phrases and sentences to make it easier for listeners to understand the text.

Be ready to answer questions after I finish.

Fluency: Model Pauses

What caused frogs to fall on a girl’s head?

Why shouldn’t someone try to flee from a tornado in a car?

Fluency: Model Pauses

ditch – a long narrow hole dug into the earth. Ditches are usually used to carry off water.

shelter – something that covers or protects from weather, danger, or attack

unpredictable – uncertain, unable to tell about beforehand

(next slide)

Concept Vocabulary

ditch

shelter

Concept Vocabulary

(To add information to the graphic organizer, click on end show, type in your new information, and save your changes.)

Build Concept Vocabulary ditch, shelter, unpredictable

Why storms are dangerous

Where to find shelter

Storms

Graphic Sources, Predict

Turn to page 338 – 339.

Prior KnowledgeWhat do you know about hurricanes?

K (What do you know?)

W (What would you like to learn?)

L (What did you learn?)

This week’s audio explores how meteorologists forecast hurricanes. After we listen, we will discuss what you found out and what surprised you most about forecasting hurricanes.

Prior Knowledge

Vocabulary Words

destruction – great damage; ruin expected – thought something would

probably come or happen forecasts – statements of what is

coming; predictions inland – in or toward the interior shatter – to break into pieces

suddenly surge- a swelling motion; sweep or

rush; especially of waves

Vocabulary Words

potential – something possible withstand – to stand against;

hold out against; resist; endure wreckage – what is left behind

after destruction (Next Slide)

More Words to Know

destruction

shatter

surge

wreckage

GrammarPast, Present, and Future Tenses

the thundastorm put out our camp fire but we had a gas stove

The thunderstorm put out our campfire, but we had a gas stove.

we return Home last night soaking wet

We returned home last night soaking wet.

It rains every day. It rained last night. It will rain tomorrow.

The verb in sentence 1 is in present tense, the verb in sentence 2 is in past tense, and the verb in sentence 3 is future tense.

Past, Present, and Future Tenses

When the word has, have, or had precedes a verb, it is called the perfect tense. This tense indicates that the action was done before a given point in time.

Past, Present, and Future Tenses

The tense of a verb tells when an action happens. A verb in the present tense tells about action that is happening now.

A verb in the past tense tells about action that has already happened. Many past tense verbs end in –ed.

Past, Present, and Future Tenses

A verb in the future tense tells about action that will happen in the future. The helping verb will is added to a verb to form the future tense.

Present Tense: The rain pours down. We use our umbrellas.

Past Tense: It rained last night. They filled buckets with rainwater.

Past, Present, and Future Tenses

Future Tense: The rain will stop tomorrow.

When a verb ends with e, drop the e before adding –ed: save, saved.

When a one-syllable verb ends with one vowel followed by one consonant, double the final consonant before adding –ed: clap, clapped

Past, Present, and Future Tenses

When a verb ends with a consonant followed by y, change the y to i before adding –ed: hurry, hurried.

Past, Present, and Future Tenses

Warren Faidley lives in Arizona. present He follows storms. present In 1992, he chased Hurricane

Andrew. past

Past, Present, and Future Tenses

Identify the tense of each underlined verb.

He stayed in a concrete parking garage.

past Next summer he will take pictures

of thunderstorms. future

Past, Present, and Future Tenses

Identify the tense of each underlined verb.

My dog hates thunderstorms. hates, present Last summer a storm arrived one

afternoon. arrived, past The wind nearly knocked me over. knocked, past

Past, Present, and Future Tenses

Find the verb and identify its tense.

I hugged a telephone pole. hugged, past Next time I will remain indoors. will remain, future

Past, Present, and Future Tenses

Find the verb and identify its tense.

Spelling WordsCompound Words

• watermelon• homemade• understand• sometimes• shoelace• highway• upstairs• thunderstorm• shortcut

• doorbell• jellyfish• touchdown• campfire• skateboard• anyway• fireworks• haircut• loudspeaker

• laptop• flashlight• masterpiece• stomachache• cliffhanger• sweatshirt• afterthought

Tuesday

Question of the Day

Why do you think storms are so

fascinating to some people?

Word Structure: Endings Graphic Sources Predict Cause and Effect Vocabulary Fluency: Echo Reading Grammar: Past, Present, and Future Tenses Spelling: Compound Words Time for Science: Tornadoes Satellite Pictures Storms

Today we will learn about:

Vocabulary Strategy: Endings

Pages 340 -341.

Eye of the Storm

Pages 342 - 349.

FluencyEcho Reading

Turn to page 348, the heading and first paragraph.

As I read, notice how I pause after reading the heading, after commas, and at the ends of sentences.

We will practice as a class doing three echo readings of this paragraph.

Fluency: Echo Reading

GrammarPast, Present, and Future Tenses

water covered the highway. After the hurricane

Water covered the highway after the hurricane.

how would we get threw How would we get through?

The tense of a verb tells when an action happens.

Present tense tells about present action. Many present tense verbs end in –s or –es.

Past tense tells about past action. Many past tense verbs end in –ed.

Future tense tells about future action. The helping verb will is added to the verb to form the future tense.

Past, Present, and Future Tenses

Spelling WordsCompound Words

• watermelon• homemade• understand• sometimes• shoelace• highway• upstairs• thunderstorm• shortcut

• doorbell• jellyfish• touchdown• campfire• skateboard• anyway• fireworks• haircut• loudspeaker

• laptop• flashlight• masterpiece• stomachache• cliffhanger• sweatshirt• afterthought

Wednesday

Question of the Day

Why should people respect the power of

storms?

Graphic Sources Predict Vocabulary Fluency: Model Pauses Grammar: Past, Present, and Future Tenses Spelling: Compound Words Time for Science: What Causes a Hurricane? Storms

Today we will learn about:

Eye of the Storm

Pages 350 - 354.

FluencyModel Pauses

Turn to page 349, paragraphs 2-4.

As I read, notice how I use punctuation clues to determine when to pause, including the dash and the colon.

Now we will practice together as a class by doing three echo readings.

Fluency: Model Pauses

GrammarPast, Present, and Future Tenses

i watches lightning flash over the mountain’s

I watched lightning flash over the mountains.

if you see a tornado go too a safe place

If you see a tornado, go to a safe place.

The tense of a verb tells when an action happens.

Present tense tells about present action. Many present tense verbs end in –s or –es.

Past tense tells about past action. Many past tense verbs end in –ed.

Future tense tells about future action. The helping verb will is added to the verb to form the future tense.

Past, Present, and Future Tenses

Using present, past, and future tenses tells readers the time of an action.

Example: I passed my spelling quiz. I will pass my spelling quiz. The verb tense makes each sentence

mean something different. Review something you have written to

see if you can make the action clearer by using present, past, or future tense.

Past, Present, and Future Tenses

Spelling WordsCompound Words

• watermelon• homemade• understand• sometimes• shoelace• highway• upstairs• thunderstorm• shortcut

• doorbell• jellyfish• touchdown• campfire• skateboard• anyway• fireworks• haircut• loudspeaker

• laptop• flashlight• masterpiece• stomachache• cliffhanger• sweatshirt• afterthought

Thursday

Question of the Day

Has your home ever lost electrical power

during a storm? What else happened?

Web Site/Text Features Reading Across Texts Fluency: Partner Reading Grammar: Past, Present, and

Future Tenses Spelling: Compound Words Science: Tornado Safety

Today we will learn about:

“Severe Weather Safety”

Pages 356 - 359.

FluencyPartner Reading

Turn to page 349, paragraphs 2-4.

Read these paragraphs three times with a partner. Be sure to pause at logical places and offer each other feedback.

Fluency: Partner Reading

GrammarPast, Present, and Future Tenses

last night the hurricanes power surprise us

Last night the hurricane’s power surprised us.

the winds blew childrens off their feets

The winds blew children off their feet.

The tense of a verb tells when an action happens.

Present tense tells about present action. Many present tense verbs end in –s or –es.

Past tense tells about past action. Many past tense verbs end in –ed.

Future tense tells about future action. The helping verb will is added to the verb to form the future tense.

Past, Present, and Future Tenses

Test Tip: The present tense describes events that are happening now, but it also describes repeated actions. Words such as always, usually, often, and every day generally appear with present tense verbs.

Examples: Thunderstorms usually occur in summer. I carry an umbrella to school every day.

Past, Present, and Future Tenses

Spelling WordsCompound Words

• watermelon• homemade• understand• sometimes• shoelace• highway• upstairs• thunderstorm• shortcut

• doorbell• jellyfish• touchdown• campfire• skateboard• anyway• fireworks• haircut• loudspeaker

• laptop• flashlight• masterpiece• stomachache• cliffhanger• sweatshirt• afterthought

Friday

Question of the Day

How do weather patterns affect our

lives?

Graphic Sources Similes Word Structure: Endings Grammar: Past, Present, and Future

Tenses Spelling: Compound Words Online Telephone Directory Storms

Today we will learn about:

A graphic source shows or explains information in the text. Pictures, maps, charts, time lines, and diagrams are all examples of graphic sources.

As you read, use graphic sources to help you understand information. Compare information in the text with information in the graphic sources.

Graphic Sources

A simile is a comparison of two unlike things that are alike in at least one way.

A simile uses a comparison word such as like or as.

Writers use similes to help the reader better understand something they are describing or to think about it in a new or different way.

Similes

The ending –s is used for many plural nouns. In some words the ending is –es, and there may be a spelling change in the base noun.

Identify the singular form of each word and then use each noun in a sentence.

Endings

Plural Noun Singular Noun Example Sentence

tornadoes

branches

leaves

flashes

countries

Endings

How might you find the phone numbers or address of a local business?

Online telephone directories, like print directories, consist of white and yellow pages.

The white pages contain listings for individuals and sometimes businesses.

Online Telephone Directory

The yellow pages contain businesses categorized by type, such as hotels, sporting goods, and so on.

To find an online directory, use the keywords white pages or yellow pages on a search engine.

Online Telephone Directory

Once in the directory, type in the name of the person or business you want to find (or the category of a business if you don’t know a specific name).Also include a city or zip code and state to narrow the search.

Online Telephone Directory

GrammarPast, Present, and Future Tenses

they say the weather in atlanta improved tomorrow

They say the weather in Atlanta will improve tomorrow.

the storm reaches Nova scotia By next saturday

The storm will reach Nova Scotia by next Saturday.

The tense of a verb tells when an action happens.

Present tense tells about present action. Many present tense verbs end in –s or –es.

Past tense tells about past action. Many past tense verbs end in –ed.

Future tense tells about future action. The helping verb will is added to the verb to form the future tense.

Past, Present, and Future Tenses

Spelling WordsCompound Words

• watermelon• homemade• understand• sometimes• shoelace• highway• upstairs• thunderstorm• shortcut

• doorbell• jellyfish• touchdown• campfire• skateboard• anyway• fireworks• haircut• loudspeaker

• laptop• flashlight• masterpiece• stomachache• cliffhanger• sweatshirt• afterthought

We are now ready to take our story tests.

Story test Classroom webpage, Reading Test

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