day 2 anansi goes fishing. the big question.... what does it mean to be creative?
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Day 2
Anansi Goes Fishing
THE BIG QUESTION....
What does it meanto be creative?
Concept Talk
In the song we hear that fish are not always safe. What is one problem that fish have in this song?
Oral Vocabulary: Amazing Words
consume
prey
shrewd
Problem Creative ThinkingPeople and animals need food to stay alive.
People and animals need can use a tool to eat.
Animals need to stay safe.Armadillos roll up to protect themselves.
Anansi wants to eat a fish.
Bait on a hook can trick fish.
Consonant Blends and Compound Words
goldfish handmade playmate
raindrop backstage bedspread
overflow landslide sandstone
Phonics
1. Trish got a postcard with a seacoast shown on it.
2. The three men will backpack into the hills and see lots of wildlife.
3. We stay inside during a windstorm or sandstorm.
1. basketball
2. someone
3. weekend
4. something
5. birthday
6. riverbank
7. bathtub
8. backyard
9. driveway
10. bedtime
11. raindrop
12. mailbox
Spelling Words
Challenge Words
grandparent
Earthquake
rattlesnake
Compound Word Riddle....
Why is the bluebird blue?
Because the mockingbird is always mocking him!
High-Frequency Words
caught today tomorrow whatever
been finally believe parents
wash company picture school
faraway answer Monitor Progress: Check HF Words
Day 2 Anansi Goes Fishing
Vocabulary Activities
Vocabulary ActivitiesJournal Word Bank
An ANTONYM is a word that has the
opposite meaning of another word.
Vocabulary
slow
day
full
yes
large
bad
fast
nightempty
no
small
good
http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/match/matchgeneric.asp?
filename=kderitteantonyms
Your next,Daily Task....
Story Words
These are some of the new story words we’ll read today when we read our main selection....
Story Words
weave – to form threads into a cloth or to make straw into hats
WEAVE
Story Words
lazy – not liking to work or be active
LAZY
Story Words
delicious – something that tastes really good
DELICIOUS
Story Words
justice – something that is fair and right
JUSTICE
Build Background
Background Building Audio CD
Listen for how Anansi tricks Tiger.
Question Preview....
Turn and Talk....
1. Who is Anansi? How does he trick Tiger?
2. What are some things that Anansi can do?
Turn and Talk....
3. What other trickster characters do you know?
4. Who do you think comes out the best in the end - the trickster or the character that was tricked?
Turn and Talk....
Trickster Character
What Character Does
Animals in Bremen Town Musicians
B’rer Rabbit
Anansi
Did we have a brain match?
Turn and Talk....
Trickster Character
What Character Does
Animals in Bremen Town Musicians
Trick the Robbers
B’rer RabbitTricks the Bear and
Fox
AnansiTricks other animals in
the forest
ComprehensionSkill
• Good readers compare and contrast as they read.
• They think about how two or more things are alike or different.
Let’s Practice It! TR DVD 145
ComprehensionStrategy
* When readers want to understand or remember what they read, they look for the most important things that happen and use them to retell the story......
* EI•25Student Edition
This is summarizing!
Genre Folk Tale....
• a story that was told long ago and passed along orally• often has a trickster character, or a character that tries to get something by tricking another character
Comprehension
Set a Purpose so we think and understand as we read the story.
Preview and Predict: reading the title
take a picture walkmake a prediction
Let’s Read!
Comprehension Check
Folk Tale: What animal’s behavior does this folk tale explain?
Confirm Predictions: Think of a prediction you made using the illustrations. Did you confirm your prediction?
Literary TextSetting, Character, anD Plot
* We read a different version of this same story. Let’s compare and contrast Anansi Goes Fishing with A Fool Goes Fishing.
How are the characters the same? Different?
LITERARY TEXTSETTING, CHARACTER, AND PLOT
Both stories are about Anansi. In the one story he is a man, and in the other story he is a spider.
How are the settings the same? Different?
LITERARY TEXTSETTING, CHARACTER, AND PLOT
Both stories are by the water. One is near the West African forest.
Reread for Fluency
Read it more than once!Do you notice your fluency improving?
Reread pages 428-429
of our story
Conventions:Verbs for Past, Present, and Future
Grammar Jammer!
What is the verb, or action word?
The frog hops now.
hops
Conventions:Verbs for Past, Present, and Future
What is the new verb?
The frog hopped yesterday.
hoppedWhat ending do we use when we
talk about the past tense?-ed
Conventions:Verbs for Past, Present, and Future
What new verb goes in the blank to show the future?
The frog ________ tomorrow.will hop
What word begins the verb when we talk about the future?
will
Read the sentences. What are the verbs? Tell when the action happens.
cleaned, past tense
1. We cleaned the desks well.
2. The windstorm scared me.
scared, past tense
Read the sentences. What are the verbs? Tell when the action happens.
hide, present tense
3. An insect hurries to hide.
4. Who will open the window soon?
open, future tense
Reader’s and Writer’s NB, page 223
1. Our clock ____ the time now.
2. The bell ____ later.
3. Last night we ____ at my
sister’s joke.
Use an action verb to finish these sentences.
Writer Trait: Conventions
*Writing Prompt for today
Think about how creative thinking can solve a problem. Now write a narrative poem in which someone solves a problem.
Generate ideas for the topic...
To start planning our poem, think of problems characters have
had in stories we read.
Problems Creative Solutions
Problems Creative Solutions
needed to get food tricked
wanted to find a new home built something new
wanted to win a raceused something in a different way
needed to escape
wanted to travel or do something new
TO START PLANNING OUR POEM, THINK OF PROBLEMS CHARACTERS HAVE
HAD IN STORIES WE READ.
Writer Trait: Conventions
•Mini-Lesson Sentences in a Poem
RW Notebookpage 224
for planning sheet
Writer Trait: Conventions
ROUTINE:
Quick Write for FluencyTalkWriteShare
Wrap up your day
High-Frequency Words-Let’s read the high frequency words in this sentence.
I believe that Anansi has finally been caught in a trick.
Wrap up your day
Build Concepts* What prey did Anansi want to catch?* Did turtle or Anansi consume all the fish?* Who proved to be the more shrewd character?
Tomorrow
Tomorrow we’ll learn more amazing words and we will reread Anansi Goes Fishing.