Lesson 8 Day 3

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Question of the Day

• What are some unusual things you have seen animals do?

• What if anything, do you think the animals were trying to communicate?

• Name one unusual, interesting, or funny thing you have seen animals do. What do you think the animal was trying to do or to communicate?

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Read Aloud

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• What is the purpose of reading a poem again?

• for enjoyment• to listen to the rhythm and rhyme• to appreciate meaning

Read Aloud

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Phonics and Spelling

• Remember that ow and ou are both ways to spell the sound /ou/.

• Read these words and use them in a sentence. • brown• shout• towel• mouth

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Phonics and Spelling

• The letters oi and oy can both stand for the sound /oi/.

• Which letters stand for the /oi/ sound in these words?

• boy• annoy• oyster• joy• royal

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Phonics and Spelling

• Which letters make the /oi/ sound in these words?

• join• voice• ointment• noise• foil

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Phonics and Spelling

• These words are made up and have no meaning but you can still use the spelling and pronunciation rules you know to decode them.

• poy koist noiling• encloy voin thoyer• gloice shoy chointed

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Phonics and Spelling

• There is a spelling rule that will help you know when the sound /oi/ is made with oi and when it is spelled with oy.

• an/noy , oy/ster, oint/ment, roy/al• OY is used at the end of a syllable and oi is

used in other situations.

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Phonics and SpellingWhich word is spelled correct?

destroy destoiemploy emploichoyce choicepoynt pointspoyl spoilsoybean soibean

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Fluency• Good readers…• use punctuation to tell them when to pause or stop

and what tone of voice to use. • a comma signals a pause• a period signals a stop for a statement.• a question mark signals a stop for a question.• an exclamation signals a stop for something exciting

or important.

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Fluency• I am going to read aloud a passage from “How

Animals Talk.” I will let the punctuation guide me. I will pause at commas and stop at periods. If I see a question mark, I will make my voice sound questioning. If I see an exclamation point, I will make my voice sound excited or scared.

• Listen as I read the first paragraph on page 236.

• What did you notice about my reading?• Reread this paragraph with me. • Read the next paragraph with your partner.

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Main Idea and Details

• The main idea is the most important idea in a piece of writing.

• Supporting details are the information and facts that tell about the main idea. Not all details in a passage support the main idea. These details might be interesting, but they do not necessarily support the main idea.

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Main Idea and Details

• Read the second parargraph on page 238. What is the main idea?

• Male and female spiders communicate. • What details in the passage support the main idea?• What details in the passage do not support the main

idea?

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Main Idea and Details• Read page 240.• Fill in a chart like the one below.

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Main Idea

Supporting Detail

Non-supporting Detail

Big birds called albatrosses are getting to know each other.

A male gooney bird dances for his mate.

These birds are also called gooney birds.

Good readers use reference

sources to help them

find information.

There are many print reference sources.

A few examples are.....

A dictionary is a book people use to find a

word’s meaning, spelling, part of

speech, and pronunciation.

Dictionaries are organized in

alphabetical order with guide words at

the top of each page.

A thesaurus is a book people use to find synonyms. Synonyms are

words that mean almost the same thing. A thesaurus is set up like a

dictionary.

happy-cheerful, joyful, glad, delighted, pleased, satisfied, content

An atlas is a book people use to find a map of a

state, country, or part of the world.

An encyclopedia is a set of books that people use to find

information. Topics are arranged in alphabetical

order.

There are also technology reference

sources.A few examples are.....

computerCDs DVDs

People use the internet to find many kinds of information. You

can read documents, see pictures and artwork, listen to

music, and take a virtual tour of many places.

Let’s practice!

Which reference source would you use to find a word that

means the same as the word “smart”?

thesaurus

A. dictionaryB. thesaurusC. atlas

If I had to do a projecton Rosa Parks, where wouldI look to find information on

her?

encyclopedia

A. dictionaryB. atlasC. encyclopedia

If I want to take a trip to Disney World, which reference source

would help me figure out how to get there?

atlas

A. atlasB. encyclopediaC. thesaurus

If I wasn’t sure how to spell a word, which reference source

would I look in?

dictionary

A. atlasB. encyclopediaC. dictionary

What reference source could you use to look up

information about President Obama?

internet

A. atlasB. thesaurusC. internet

True or False:A printer is an example of a reference source.

FALSE

BONUS:What is a search engine?

It is a special tool on the internet. People use search engines to find out what they need to know about a topic.

BONUS:What is a website?

It is a location on the internet that gives people information about a topic.

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Build Robust Vocabulary

• When you flick a light switch, what happens. • How would you flick a bug that was bothering you?

• How could you alert someone to danger?• How does a baby bird alert its mother that it is

hungry?

• What signal might you use to greet a friend?• What signal does a stoplight give to a driver?

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Build Robust Vocabulary

• Who is more likely to chatter, a group planning a party or a girl reading a book?

• Name some places where it is okay to chatter and where it is not okay to chatter.

• Does a horse look better before or after someone grooms it?

• What do you do to groom yourself before you go to school?

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Build Robust Vocabulary• Would a race car charging around a race track be easy to see?• What would you do if a crocodile were charging at you?• Is a kitten usually ferocious?• Is a ferocious animal dangerous or safe?

• Which bird is dominant: a baby robin or a bald eagle? • Would a dominant runner be slower than other runners?

• What kind of conflict might there be between two elephant seals?

• How would you act if you were in a conflict with a friend?

• How can you communicate with a friend who lives far away?• How do two male elephant seals communicate with each

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Grammar

• Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. Fri. Sat. Sun. • These are abbreviations for the days of the week.

• Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.

• These are the abbreviations for the months of the year.

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Grammar• Help me write abbreviations for the following words. • Wednesday, October 3• Wed., Oct. 3• Tuesday, November 14• Tues., Nov. 14• Sunday, June 17• Sun., June 17• Saturday, August 9• Sat., Aug. 9

• WB pg. 28

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Writing

• Read page 240. What type of language is used in this description.

• This language creates an image of the birds as funny and interesting.

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Writing

A Description• Uses vivid words that appeal to the senses. • Uses precise words that give specific information

about the topic.• Uses different types of language.• Includes a main idea for each paragraph.

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Writing

• Use the graphic organizer from yesterday to help you draft a description of the animal you have chosen.

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