Objective: To listen attentively and respond appropriately to oral communication

How would you describe a city in the morning?

On my signal, turn and talk with your partner to complete the following stem

I might see ____________in a city in the morning.

I might hear ______________.

Objective: To appreciate the rhythm and rhyme of a poem

We are going to read a poem today called City. As we read the poem I want for you to look for two things. First, I want you to listen for things that describe a city. Next, I want you to see if you hear any musical words in the poem (words like song, and sings).

City

In the morning the city

Spreads its wings

Making a song

In stone that sings.

In the evening the city

Goes to bed

Hanging lights

About its head.

Objective: To read high frequency words

holes

move

place

warm

over

sky

other

hurry

Objective: To substitute phonemes to say new words

Let’s change some letters to make new words

spill – change /l/ to /n/ and you have spin

came – change /a/ to /o/ and you have comb

cheese – change /e/ to /o/ and you have chose

sound – change /s/ to /f/ and you have found

cart – change /ar/ to /or/ and you have court

sheep – change /sh/ to /ch/ and you have cheap

skit – change /i/ to /a/ and you have skate

mind – change /i/ to /ou/ and you have mound

Objective: To read words with phonograms –ay and -ain

Phonograms are words that have the same endings and rhyme

Words ending in -ay

Words ending in -ain

Letterstr

st

p

Phonogram

ayainayainayain

Wordstraytrainstaystainpaypain

“What a gray day!” said Fay.

“We can stay in and paint.

We could make things with clay.”

“There is no rain yet,” said Ray.

“We don’t have to stay in.

Let’s go out to play.”

daysayplayplainrain

Objective: To spell spelling words and

high frequency words.

waitfeetmedoortold

Word Blending

m

Objective: To build and blend words with/a/ and other known letter-sounds.

aiair

l

airl

nday

Word Building

Objective: To build and blend words with /a/ and other known letter-sounds.

ds

ayay

playplai

ain

nrwait

Objective: To identify causes and effects

Remember that the effect is what happened in the story and the cause is why

it happened

We will read the story of The Little Red Hen. As we read the story I want you to listen and see if you can find the cause and effect of this story.

What happened when the bread was all baked?

Why did this happen?

What happened?

Effect

The Little Red Hen did all the

work all by herself.

Why did it happen?

Cause

Cat, Dog, and Duck would not

help.

Objective: To develop robust vocabulary by discussing ideas and

situations.

Robust Vocabulary

•bitterly

•dwelling

•amusement

A place that is bitterly cold is

very, very cold.

bitterly

The temperature in the Arctic is bitterly cold.

Arctic

I will say some things. If you think what I say could be bitterly cold then I want you to pretend to shiver, if not do nothing.

the Arctic

boiling water

a freezer

a glass of milk

a winter ice storm

a flower garden

dwelling

A dwelling is a place where

people live.

In the rain forest, people might live in a dwelling built on stilts because there is so

much water on the ground.

If you think the things that I say are dwellings then you should use your hands and arms to make a house. If not do nothing.

house

igloo

tree

beach

castle

river

mobile home

desert

apartment

If you do something

for amusement, you do it for

fun.

amusement

In the rain forest, children swim and play under the waterfall for amusement.

I will say some things. If you would do these things for amusement, then you should smile and clap your hands. If not do nothing.

play video games

do homework

wash dishes

ride a bike

clean your room

fly a kite

go to the park

swim in a pool

Objective: To write using describing words can tell about taste, smell, sound, and feel

Description of a Place•It names the place.

•It tells what you can see, taste, smell, hear, and feel.

•It helps readers feel as if they are in the place.

Descriptive WritingMake a new descriptive web or use

yesterday’s web to work on your sentence.

Objective: To write using describing words can tell about

taste, smell, sound, and feel

Place

Smell

Hear

Taste

See

Feel

TASTEsalty

peanuts

SMELL

HEARloud honking horns,

people talking,noisy

FEELHard sidewalks

SEETall buildings, taxis

City