Objective: To listen attentively and respond appropriately to oral communication.

How would you explain what an adventure is to a friend?

On my signal, you will turn and talk to your partner to complete the following

stem

An adventure is ______________________.

If you were to write an adventure story, what would it be about and where would it take

place?

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

My adventure story would be about _________________________.

It would take place ____________________________.

Today we are going to reread the poem Searching’s End. As I read

the story I would like for you to listen and see if it sounds like the story we read yesterday about the baby seal. I will read it once and I

would like for you to join me in reading the second time.

Objective: To identify similarities across texts.

Searching’s End

Adventures can be found

In many places,

In unfamiliar sounds,

Or in new faces.

Did this poem remind you of anything about the story “Ebb and Flo?”

Ebb and Flo found adventure.

The baby seal’s sound was unfamiliar at first.

The baby seal and it’s mother were “new faces.”

Objective: To read high frequency words

answered

baby

clear

climbed

eyes

heard

kinds

thought

done

earth

pools

pushed

table

together

Review Wordsclearcolorkinds

goodbyehaironlytoesbabybikinghiking

opened

Long A Reviewhaymayrainpainmainclayraystaywait

/i/ “i_e” Reviewbikehikeridetidebitesite

bikerhikerrider

Reviewrainingpaintedwaitedvotingposedropingplayedstaying

hikedridingtimedtalkingwalkedjumpedskippingrunning

Objective:To substitute phonemes to make new words

To add phonemes to make new words

Objective: To discriminate between words with different spelling patterns

To use common vowel spelling patterns to read words

-out -ow

pout how

scout cow

snout allow

sprout vow

grout plow

shout bow

trout sow

spout brow

stout now

“It is spring and time to plow the ground,” said the farmer.

“Bow-wow,” said the dog, as he ran to the barn.

“Oink-oink,” said the the sow, as she rubbed her snout.

“Moo, moo,” said the cow, as she ate grass.

At the end of the day, the tired farmer wiped his brow.

“Now I can plant my seeds,” he said.

“I’ll be glad when I see the seeds sprout.”

Read the words in red

Objective: To discriminate between words with different patterns

To use common vowel spelling patterns to read words

To use /ou/ ow, ou and other known letter-sounds to spell and write words

To spell and write known high frequency words

-own -ound

town round

gown hound

frown found

down sound

Objective: To spell and write known high frequency words

how

cow

down

out

found

round

try

light

earth

table

Word Building

h

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

owowc

downoutfroundound

Word Blending

Objective: To use /ou/ ow, ou and other known letter-sounds to decode words.

loupr cr gr gra r

doudow dowloundound

dr own

Word Blending

scsc

owtl

ousp toup tou

Objective: To use /ou/ ow, ou and other known letter-sounds to decode words.

Objective: To read high frequency words

answered

baby

become

climbed

done

eyes

fooling

heard

pools

pulled

pushed

together

Objective: To recognize story elements while listening to a story

Story Elements Ebb and Flo and the Baby Seal

Well Done, York It Is the Wind

characters Ebb, Flo, Mom, baby seal

Farmer McClean, York, Mist, Mrs.

McClean

A boy

setting Seashore day to night

Farm daytime Boy’s room nighttime

plot Ebb finds a lost baby seal

York is learning to be a sheepdog

Noises wake a sleeping boy

Objective: To develop robust vocabulary by discussing

ideas and situations.

Robust Vocabulary

• lonesome

• elated

• hopeless

If you are lonesome, you feel

lonely and want

company.

lonesome

The girl was lonesome without her friends.

Objective: To review robust vocabulary

Lonesome

Answer in one voice with a yes or no

Would a new student feel lonesome on the first day of school?

T and T – What would you say or do if you thought that your friend felt lonesome?I would do ______________

T and T – What are some things that you can do so you won’t feel lonesome?

I can ___________.

elated

If you are elated, you

are very happy and

excited about

something.

The baby was elated because of his new teddy bear.

Elated

Answer in one voice

If you got a gold star on your work, would you be likely to feel lonesome, hopeless, or elated?

T and T What are some other things that make you feel elated?

____________ makes me feel elated.

T and T What are some things that do not make you feel elated?

______________ does not make me feel elated.

Physical - How might you show that you are elated about something?

If something seems

hopeless, you feel as if there is no chance

that what you want to happen

will happen.

hopeless

Winning the game seemed hopeless now that they had an injured player.

Hopeless

Answer in one voice with a yes or no

Would it be hopeless to want a unicorn for a pet?

Why might learning to play an instrument seem hopeless at first?

If something seems hopeless to you, how do you make it better?

I will say some things. If I name something that can quiver, Then you say, “It quivers!” If not say nothing

a leaf on a tree

a chair

your hand

a brick

your voice

a book

I want you to say “I’m elated!” if I say something you would be

elated about. If not say nothing.

Your new bike is lost.You find ten dollars.

Today’s lunch is liver.You are sick.

Your team wins.You get a pet.

If I say something that would make you wail then you should say “I’d wail!” If not say nothing

You fall down.You lose your new jacket.Your grades are all A’s.

Your dog runs away.Your mom makes dessert.

Your best friend moves.

Objective: To use am, is, and are in sentences

Let’s find the words for the following sentences.

I _____ happy.They _________ happy.She ___________happy.

Ebb _______ a dog.It ________a rainy day.

Flo and Mom ____________too busy to play.A baby seal ___________on the beach.

Seals _________sea animals.I ____________glad the seal found its mom.

I __________sure you ____________glad, too.

Let’s see if we can correct the following sentences.

You is looking at the cover, too.

The author and illustrator is on the cover.

The boy are looking out the window.

The bugs is singing.

I are turning the pages.

Objective: To write a book review

Book Review

•The title and the author of the book are given.

•The review tells what the book is about.

•It tells what I think about the book.

One-Dog Canoeby Mary Casanova

A girl and her dog set out in a canoe. All kinds of animals join them. Soon there are too many. This book is very funny. It made me giggle. Read it to find out why. It will make you giggle, too.