Author: Joan Sandin

Genre: Historical Fiction

Big Question: How can we work together to achieve a goal?

Small Group Timer

Review Games

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

Spelling Words

Irregular Plurals

• videos• teeth• potatoes• themselves• lives• leaves• cliffs• roofs• halves

• moose• radios• sheep• cuffs• beliefs• patios• banjos• tornadoes• tomatoes

• hoofs• loaves• portfolios• embargoes• handkerchiefs• calves• lassoes

Big Question: How can we work together to achieve a goal?

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Vocabulary WordsVocabulary Words More Words to Know

• bawling• coyote• dudes• roundup• spurs

mesquite promoted convince energetic offers

Monday

Question of the Day

How can we work together to achieve a

goal?

Today we will learn about:

Build Concepts Draw Conclusions Prior Knowledge Build Background Vocabulary Fluency: Model Emotion Grammar: Regular Plural Nouns Spelling: Irregular Plurals Working Together

Fluency

Model Emotion

Fluency: Model Emotion

Listen as I read “A Big-City Dream.”

As I read, notice how I will express Luz’s emotions by changing my pacing and tone of voice. Reading with emotion makes dialogue more interesting.

Be ready to answer questions after I finish.

Fluency: Model Emotion

At the beginning of the story, how does Luz feel about her plan for creating a garden?

What kind of person is Luz? How do you know?

Concept Vocabulary

convince – to make someone feel sure; to persuade by argument or proof

energetic – full of energy; vigorous

offers – holds out to be taken; is willing if another approves

Concept Vocabulary

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Build Concept Vocabulary convince, energetic, offers

Working Together

Performing Tasks

Gathering a Team

Draw Conclusions, Prior Knowledge

Turn to page 162 - 163.

Build BackgroundWhat do you know about life on a ranch?

Play

People

Work

Life on a

Ranch

Vocabulary Words

Vocabulary Words bawling – crying out in a noisy

way coyote – small, wolflike

mammal living in many parts of North America

dudes – people raised in the city, especially easterners who vacation on a ranch

Vocabulary Words roundup – the act of driving or

bringing cattle together from long distances

spurs – metal points or pointed wheels, worn on a rider’s boot heels for urging a horse on

More Words to Know

mesquite – any of several trees or bushes common in southwestern United States and Mexico, which often grow in dense clumps or thickets

promoted – raised in rank, condition, or importance

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coyote

dudes

roundup

spurs

mesquite

Grammar

Regular Plural Nouns

tornadoes sometimes sweep, through the western states

Tornadoes sometimes sweep through the western states.

they can blow. The rooves off houses

They can blow the roofs off houses.

Regular Plural Nouns

Many of the kids on the ranches rode ponies.

The underlined words are nouns, plural nouns. They name more than one person, place, or thing.

Some nouns form their plural by adding an -s, -es, or –ies.

Regular Plural Nouns

Singular nouns name one person, place, or thing.

Plural nouns name more than one person, place, or thing.

Add –s to form the plural of most nouns.

school/schools, dog/dogs, cow/cows

Regular Plural Nouns

Add –es to form the plural of nouns that end in ch, sh, s, ss, or x.

ranch/ranches, bush/bushes, bus/buses, cross/crosses, fox/foxes

Regular Plural Nouns

To form the plural of nouns that end in a consonant followed by a y, change the y to i and add –es.

family/families, party/parties, pony/ponies

Regular Plural NounsFind the plural noun in each sentence.

The students had a long bus ride to school.

students They squeezed together like

sardines in a can. sardines

Regular Plural NounsFind the plural noun in each sentence.

Several families from the area rode the bus.

families They lived on ranches and

went to the same school. ranches

Regular Plural NounsFind the plural noun in each sentence.

There were no big cities nearby.

cities

Regular Plural NounsWrite each singular noun as a plural.

chicken chickens story stories newspaper newspapers

Regular Plural NounsWrite each singular noun as a plural.

box boxes baby babies recess recesses

Regular Plural NounsWrite each singular noun as a plural.

teacher teachers dish dishes bench benches

Spelling Words

Irregular Plurals

• videos• teeth• potatoes• themselves• lives• leaves• cliffs• roofs• halves

• moose• radios• sheep• cuffs• beliefs• patios• banjos• tornadoes• tomatoes

• hoofs• loaves• portfolios• embargoes• handkerchiefs• calves• lassoes

Tuesday

Question of the Day

What work must be done on a ranch?

Today we will learn about: Dictionary/Glossary Draw Conclusions Prior Knowledge Setting Vocabulary Fluency: Choral Reading Grammar: Regular Plural Nouns Spelling: Irregular Plurals Social Studies: U.S. Expansion Spanish Explorers Working Together

Turn to pages 164 - 165.

Vocabulary Strategy:

Dictionary/Glossary

Turn to pages 166 - 175.

Coyote School News

Fluency

Choral Reading

Fluency: Choral Reading

Turn to page 172, paragraphs 2-3.

As I read, notice how my pitch and tone change to express Monchi’s feelings about Victor and Miss Byers.

Now we will practice together as a class by doing three choral readings of these paragraphs.

Grammar

Regular Plural Nouns

we saw cows horsies sheeps chickens and pigs on the ranch

We saw cows, horses, sheep, chickens, and pigs on the ranch.

there were to many cowes two count

There were too many cows to count.

Regular Plural Nouns

A plural noun names more than one person, place, or thing.

Add –s to form the plural of most nouns. Add –es to form the plural of nouns ending in ch, sh, s, ss, or x.

When a noun ends in a consonant followed by y, form its plural by changing the y to i and adding –es.

Spelling Words

Irregular Plurals

• videos• teeth• potatoes• themselves• lives• leaves• cliffs• roofs• halves

• moose• radios• sheep• cuffs• beliefs• patios• banjos• tornadoes• tomatoes

• hoofs• loaves• portfolios• embargoes• handkerchiefs• calves• lassoes

Wednesday

Question of the Day

How do all the children contribute to Coyote

News?

Today we will learn about: Draw Conclusions Prior Knowledge Dictionary/Glossary Vocabulary Fluency: Model Emotion Grammar: Regular Plural Nouns Spelling: Irregular Plural Nouns Social Studies: Hispanic Cowboys Working Together

Turn to pages 176 - 184.

Coyote School News

Fluency

Model Emotion

Fluency: Model Emotion

Turn to page 183, paragraphs 3-9 (begin with “The winner of…”)

As I read, notice how my voice changes to express Monchi’s surprise and then sense of pride.

Now we will practice together as a class by doing three choral readings of these paragraphs.

Grammar

Regular Plural Nouns

it was fun watching the horses look after there babys

It was fun watching the horses look after their babies.

the foals have long thin legs, they run after their motheres

The foals have long thin legs. They run after their mothers.

Regular Plural Nouns

A plural noun names more than one person, place, or thing.

Add –s to form the plural of most nouns. Add –es to form the plural of nouns ending in ch, sh, s, ss, or x.

When a noun ends in a consonant followed by y, form its plural by changing the y to i and adding –es.

Regular Plural Nouns

Good writers are careful to spell words correctly.

Review something you have written to see if you can improve it by correcting the spelling of plural nouns.

Spelling Words

Irregular Plurals

• videos• teeth• potatoes• themselves• lives• leaves• cliffs• roofs• halves

• moose• radios• sheep• cuffs• beliefs• patios• banjos• tornadoes• tomatoes

• hoofs• loaves• portfolios• embargoes• handkerchiefs• calves• lassoes

Thursday

Question of the Day

How is teamwork necessary in Monchi’s life, both in and out of the Coyote School?

Today we will learn about:

How-to Article/Text Features Reading Across Texts Content-Area Vocabulary Fluency: Partner Reading Grammar: Regular Plural Nouns Spelling: Irregular Plural Nouns Social Studied: History of

Newspapers

Turn to pages 186 - 187.

How to Start a School

Newspaper

Fluency

Partner Reading

Fluency: Partner Reading

Turn to page 183, paragraphs 3-9.

Read these paragraphs three times with a partner. Read with emotion, and offer each another feedback.

Grammar

Regular Plural Nouns

if i get the chance. im going to work on a ranch

If I get the chance, I’m going to work on a ranch.

its hard work but i know id enjoy it

It’s hard work, but I know I’d enjoy it.

Regular Plural Nouns

A plural noun names more than one person, place, or thing.

Add –s to form the plural of most nouns. Add –es to form the plural of nouns ending in ch, sh, s, ss, or x.

When a noun ends in a consonant followed by y, form its plural by changing the y to i and adding –es.

Regular Plural Nouns

Test Tip: Do not use apostrophes to form plural nouns. Only contractions and possessive nouns use apostrophes.

No: The mother cow’s are feeding their baby’s.

Yes: The mother cows are feeding their babies.

Spelling Words

Irregular Plurals

• videos• teeth• potatoes• themselves• lives• leaves• cliffs• roofs• halves

• moose• radios• sheep• cuffs• beliefs• patios• banjos• tornadoes• tomatoes

• hoofs• loaves• portfolios• embargoes• handkerchiefs• calves• lassoes

Friday

Question of the Day

How can we work together to achieve a

goal?

Today we will learn about:

Build Concept Vocabulary Draw Conclusions Narrative Writing Dictionary/Glossary Grammar: Regular Plural Nouns Spelling: Irregular Plural Nouns Newspaper/Newsletter Working Together

Draw Conclusions Drawing a conclusion while you

read or after you read is forming an opinion based on what you already know or on the facts and details in a text.

Check on author’s conclusions or your own conclusion by asking: Is this the only logical choice? Are the facts accurate?

Narrative Writing

Narrative writing recalls an event or series of events through the storyteller, or narrator.

Narrative writing describes events in detail as seen through the eyes of the storyteller.

Think about the storyteller’s point of view when reading narrative writing.

Dictionary/Glossary

The dark, or bold, words defined in a dictionary or glossary are called entry words. When looking up the meaning of an unfamiliar word, its entry word may not match exactly the word in the selection.

Dictionary/Glossary

Entry words are often base words without endings, prefixes, or suffixes.

Use a dictionary to define the following words from “Coyote School News.” List the entry word and meaning for each word.

Dictionary/Glossary Word in Story Entry Word and Meaning

promoted

nagging

wrestled

branded

perfectly

Newspaper/Newsletter

Name a newspaper and share what you know about how it is organized.

A newspaper is a daily or weekly publication containing world and local news and other features.

Newspapers are divided into sections. Each section focuses on a subject, such as local news, arts, or sports.

Newspaper/Newsletter

A newspaper has an index on or near the front page.

Newspapers include editorial pages that express opinions on current events.

A newsletter is a brief publication from a group that contains news of interest to the group’s members.

Newspaper/Newsletter

Newspapers and newsletter articles are identified with headlines and may also include illustrations or photographs with captions.

Grammar

Regular Plural Nouns

what great rider those vaqueros are

What great riders those vaqueros are!

they can rode all day and never get tired, id like to do that

They can ride all day and never get tired. I’d like to do that.

Regular Plural Nouns

A plural noun names more than one person, place, or thing.

Add –s to form the plural of most nouns. Add –es to form the plural of nouns ending in ch, sh, s, ss, or x.

When a noun ends in a consonant followed by y, form its plural by changing the y to i and adding –es.

Spelling Words

Irregular Plurals

• videos• teeth• potatoes• themselves• lives• leaves• cliffs• roofs• halves

• moose• radios• sheep• cuffs• beliefs• patios• banjos• tornadoes• tomatoes

• hoofs• loaves• portfolios• embargoes• handkerchiefs• calves• lassoes

We are now ready to take our story tests.

Story testClassroom webpage,Reading Test

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