hold the flag high day 1. concept talk what are the risks in helping others?
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Hold the Flag High
Day 1
Concept Talk
What are the risks in helping others?
PARTNER SHARE• Discuss the question of the week
with your partner.• When have you taken a risk by
helping someone else? Why?• When might helping another
person involve a sacrifice?
Let’s Talk About• Turn to page 202-203• Let’s look at the pictures.• Why is one hiker helping the other? • People often help others in order to
accomplish something.
Let’s Talk About• The Coast guard is trying to rescue people
from the ocean. What risks do they take?• Coast guard rescuers are trained to help in
these situations, but the rescuers are still very brave.
Let’s Talk About• These soldiers are on the island of Iwo Jima
during World War II.• What is their goal?• What are the risks in helping others?
Listen:
The story Number the Stars tells about the risks a family takes to save a Jewish girl during World War II. Listen for the words:• Poses• Officers• unwavering
AMAZING WORDS• Unwavering- steady, resolute, not
moving• Would an Olympic swimmer be
unwavering in pursuit of the finish line?
AMAZING WORDS• Officers- someone who commands
other people in the armed forces
• The officer had this troops make a ten-mile hike as part of their training.
AMAZING WORDS• Poses- when someone poses they are
pretending to be someone they aren’t
• My sister poses as a rock star and dances in front of a mirror.
Inferencing• Let’s watch this brainpop video on
inferencing
Sequencing• Sequence is the order in which events take
place from their first to last.• What clue words may show sequence?• First, next, then, finally, • What clue words tell you that events are
occurring at the same time?• While, at the same time
Sequencing• Let’s watch the envisions video on
sequencing.
Vocabulary• Canteen- a small container for carrying water
or other drinks• The soldier took a final swig from his canteen.• Confederacy- a group of countries or states
working together• The southern states wanted to create a new
nation, the confederacy, independent of the United States.
Vocabulary• Glory-great praise and honorThey were fighting for freedom and glory.
• Quarrel-a fight with words• The two states had been having a quarrel for a
long time.
Vocabulary• Rebellion- a fight against your own
governmentThe federal government sought to put down the rebellion and restore the country as one union.
• Stallion-a male horse• He had a tall stallion in the barn.
Vocabulary• Union-a joining of two or more people or
things into one
• They were hoping to bring the states back to a single union.
A Flag UnfurledDuring your reading time, please read this story on your own.
Fill out the graphic organzier.
With your partner, please go over the sequence of the story. Did you get it right?
Spelling• This week we are practicing spelling words
with irregular plurals by adding –s or –es.
• Let’s take our pretest now.
Possessive Nouns• Possessive nouns show that the noun owns
something.• America’s flag• The soldiers’ uniforms• The men’s shoes
WRITINGInformal letter contains: Date Greeting Closing It has a casual tone It is usually written to someone you
know well.
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