Rosa and Blanca Unit 3, week 4Amy Hall 2nd Grade Clements

Abundant: means more then enough or plenty.

Assist:if you assist someone, you help him/her

do something.

Generous: A generous person shares with other

people and is unselfish.

Dismay: a feeling of deep disappointment and

fear.

Efficient: an Efficient person gets things done

without wasting time or energy.

Beam:

when you beam, you smile in a happy way.

Forever: means never ending or always.

Situation: A situation is an act or happening or

condition.

Use the Morning warm up posters to introduce the concept of the week and review the high frequency words of believe, today and tomorrow.

Use the Sing with me big book to introduce the Amazing Words (abundant, assist and generous)

Believe or not, every problem has a solution.

If you think of a creative idea today, you can solve a problem tomorrow!

When can creative ideas solve problems.

Long I, I, ie and igh, ySound spelling card 16

bike

hidewildspidertieflyhighfind

pilottitledielieshyslymight

tightIndividuals blend long I word cards

brightchildwhydiesigh

crylielilacsort words by long and short I Have students cut apart the i w words and glue them onto the correct side.also workbook page 133

Name__________________ sort the i words

long i short i

mild flightthink triedpitcher thighmint nylonstick kind

fly fries

mild flightthink triedpitcher thighmint nylonstick kindfly fries

WORD WORK ACTIVITYTape the large letters on cups, students will sort the words by spelling using the word cards below the letters.

i ie

igh ymild fligh

tchild cry

think tried

finds my

pitcher

thigh

I sky

mint nylon

I’ll high

stick kind cries rightfly fries brig

htsight

Parent Note for the story Rosa and BlancaThis week we are learning about long i. The long i sound is the sound you hear in ice cream. Sometimes the long i sound can be spelled with an i (like in wild), with ie (like in tie), with igh (like in flight), or with a y (like in fly). Today we practiced reading words with the long i

sound. Let your child share with you what they learned today and allow them to read these words to you. If they get them all right, give them a big hug. If they have a harder time, give them a hug for doing their best and keep practicing. After all, practice makes perfect! The Second Grade Teachers

find wild kind writingcycle squint spin chime

thick spine dirt driedwhirl why birth

spelling page 53 and phonics story Rose Flies Home

build background TE pages 402 AND 403use the graphic organizer to develop concepts about problem solving

Listening comprehension: use the posters below to discuss PLOT.

Shared writing: write an ad using writing transparency 14 (use magazines for ideas if kids can’t come up with a new idea)

Grammar: verbs (more verbs)

What happens at the beginning,

middle and end is the plot.

Every story has one big idea.

Good readers pay attention to what happens and the order in which it happens. Then they

think about what they learned to help them understand the big

idea of a story.

Day 2

Friends can have a

problem today

that might be solved tomorrow.Do you believe

that can be true?

sing with me big book Generous Friends review today, tomorrow and believe in on the sunshine page.

Read Farmer Smart’s Fat Cat again

Phonics Lesson: Long i

use phonics songs and rhymes chart to find the long i words

Fluent reading cards for long i words

highlightremindmyselfdiedtigersliedfirefly

delightuptightgrindtiedreply

Name____________________Spelling Dictation page for Rosa and Blanca

1.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2._________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3._________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

comprehension(theme and plot): use posters from yesterday to reviewBuild background: (farmer’s market) use the slide show from this website to introduce students to a farmer’s markethttp://www.kingstonfarmersmarket.com/photos.htmlWriting: notesGrammar: verbsHigh frequency (popcorn words) workbook page 136)

daughters

youngesttheirbuymanyalone

halfMonitor Progress (High Frequency Words)

Parent Note for the story Rosa and Blanca

Today we practiced high frequency words. Let your child read these words to you. If they get them all right, give them a big hug. If they have a harder time, give them a hug for doing

their best and keep practicing.After all, practice makes perfect!

their alone halfmany whole daughter

sbuy laughe

dpoor

youngest lovedanother wher

ehous

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Selection vocabulary

tortillasthin, round cakes made of corn meal and are served hot.

luckiesthaving more luck or fortune than anyone else

chilesa hot pepper that is used for seasoning

Day 3

Farmer Smart sighed. “At night the mice eat my corn. Then they

hide. It’s time to teach them this corn is mine!” What are some ways we

can teach each other things?

Sing Generous Friends from big book and review Farmer Smart’s Fat Cat Amazing word is BEAM.

Review compound words (page 138)Use compound word cards and activity from http://www.carlscorner.us.com/Compounds.htm

review high frequency words using cards and pages below

alone their

buy halfmany youngestdaughters

Read each sentence and decide which popcorn word makes sense in the blanks.

I like to sit all ________ in my bedroom and read.We will go over

to _________ house after school.

We will _______ milk at the store.

I am the

_________ of three children.

They have one son and

two _________.

Dad cut my sandwich in_________.

How ________cats do you have?

Vocabulary from other languages: Fluency: attend punctuationThink and ShareWriting trait: Word choiceGrammar: verbs

Day 4:Generous Friends in the sing with me big bookAmazing words review Consume and shrewd/ forever and situationShare Lit: Wile and the Hairy ManSentence reading: Partner booksSpelling: partner review of wordsRead the crow and the pitcherFluency: read with appropriate phrasingWriting: make a listGrammar: verbsSpeaking and listening: see posters below

Today we will read about a thirsty crow. She must find water to consume. But it is hard for her to reach the water in the pitcher. She has a shrewd idea. What do you think she will do?

Read with a friendWork with a partner during read with

a friend to read these sentences 5 times each. Work on becoming more

and more fluent each time.

It has been a mild winter with light snow and no ice.

Did you finally locate the bright white tile at the store today?

I believe it is time to donate rice to the food drive. The child cried when he caught a cold and had a high fever.

I don’t know whatever happened to the spider that tried to catch the fly.

Mike might have time tomorrow to fix my broken boat.

find Work with a partner. One friend will read the word on

the card and the other friend will write the word.

Use the card to check your spelling. When you have

spelled all the words, switch!

child flightsky spider

bright crywild blindfly myself

identify right

frighten arrival

Speakers

* Speak slowly and clearly.* Use appropriate phrasing to add

drama.*Keep going until

the end.

Listeners

*Sit quietly.

*Face the speaker.

*Listen to what the speaker says.

Day 5

Generous Friends

Morning questionsShare lit/review Wiley and the Hairy Man.Oral vocabulary; Review Amazing wordsReview Long i words and high frequency wordsSpelling testMonitor Progress Sentence reading and fluency and comp.Grammar and writing: Finish with verbs and use page 424 and 425 to writeStudy skills: Tally Chart

An art activity (Christmas Decoration if you wanted to use it) making a chile pepper…http://jas.familyfun.go.com/arts-and-crafts?page=CraftDisplay&craftid=11215

Very cute!

This week we read a bout

Wiley, Rosa and

Blanca and Farmer Smart. They all had problems to solve. When can a creative idea solve a problem?Name______________

Today your child was assessed on reading Set A, Set B, Set C sentences.

______ Your child successful read these sentences. EXCELLENT!

______ Your child had some trouble with these sentences. Practice reading the highlighted words. Good Job.

_____Your child had trouble reading many of these words. Let them practice reading these sentences with you as part of their homework next week.

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Your child was also assessed on reading the attached fluency passage aloud for 1 minute. We are working toward your child reaching the December reading goal of 70 words in one minute.

______ You child read 70 or more words in one minute. Great!

_____ Your child read _____ words in one minute. Reading aloud at home will help your child reach the goal of 70 words. The best way to become a better reader is to read. If you need reading materials for your child to practice reading, let me know. I will be happy to send you materials on your child’s reading level to help them practice.