Unit 2Lesson 6

Secret Place

Day 3

What We Will Learn

Multisyllabic words with short or long vowel sounds.

The /Ə/ sound spelled with a and e.

Phonics and Fluency

The following words have long or short vowel sounds. Identify the syllables. Are they open or closed?

potato happen shallow unhappy po ta to hap pen shal low un hap py

more

Phonics and Fluency

The following words have long or short vowel sounds. Identify the syllables. Are they open or closed?

cradle control freedom cra dle con trol free dom concrete justice con crete jus tice

Phonics and Fluency

These words review the /Ə/ sound spelled a and e. Which vowel letters have the schwa sound?

another often banana another often banana compass alike America compass alike America

What We Learned

Multisyllabic words with short or long vowel sounds.

The /Ə/ sound spelled with a and e.

Vocabulary

shallow – not deep part of speech: noun antonym – deep synonym – not deep

Children under five have to swim in the shallow pool.

Vocabulary

concrete – a hard building material part of speech: noun antonym: abstract synonym: real, solid

The concrete sidewalk was cracked and uneven from the tree roots growing underneath.

Vocabulary

slopes – upward or downward slant part of speech – noun antonym – flat synonym – slant

It was difficult to walk up the steep slope.

Vocabulary

plumes – feathers or

feather like part of speech:

noun synonym:

plumage Plumes of smoke came from the smokestack.

Vocabulary

shadowed – covered in

shadow; partially hidden part of speech: adj antonym: open, lit up synonym: shaded

The woman’s face was shadowed.

Vocabulary

wilderness – area

undisturbed by

human activity part of speech:

noun synonym: wild The leopard’s natural habitat is the

wilderness.

Poetry

Sentences are sometimes broken into parts and each part is on its own line.

Often contains words that rhyme. The lines often have a rhythm or meter (beat).

Words are sometimes repeated. Things are sometimes described by

comparing them with something else. Often uses figurative, descriptive, and sensory language.

Meet the Author of The WormRaymond Souster

Mr. Souster hopes that

some of his poems have

made a reader or two take

a second glance at some

natural miracle of this earth that they’ve perhaps taken for granted.

Meet the Illustrator of The Worm – Robert Byrd

Robert Byrd once told Something

about the Author (a publication):

"To me, illustrating means

making pictures. That is all I really

ever wanted to do with my ability. I always drew as a child, but oddly enough never thought of it as a profession, or what you did when you grew up....

Vocabulary – The Worm

corkscrew – spiral part of speech: verb synonym: spiral antonym: straight

There were so many things in the way I had to corkscrew my way through the sidewalk.

Vocabulary – The Worm

pavement – sidewalk

or road surface part of speech: noun synonym: sidewalk antonym: dirt road After going down the bumpy dirt driveway, we

drove on the smooth pavement of the road.

Vocabulary – The Worm

uncoiling – unwinding part of speech: verb synonym: unwinding antonym: winding

The wire uncoiled out of the box.

Focus Questions

What do you know about worms?

Where are you most likely to find a worm?

In what ways are worms fascinating?

Visualizing

Close your eyes and visualize what I am reading to you.

After you listen to the poem once, I will read it again while you draw what you have visualized.

We will share some of your drawings.

Meet the Author of PigeonsLilian Moore

She was born March 17, 1909 and

died July 20, 2004. She became a part-time elementary

school teacher in New York City. Mrs. Moore worked as an editor for

Scholastic and proposed

(suggested) that the publisher

release books in paperback so that they would be

affordable to more children's families.

Lilian Moore

She became editor of the Arrow and Lucky

Book Clubs for children. Her stepson's involvement in the civil rights

movement led to her involvement in founding the Council on Interracial Books for Children, which advocated the elimination of racial stereotypes in children's literature.

Meet the Illustrator of PigeonsRobert Byrd

Pigeons was also illustrated by Robert Byrd.

Vocabulary

content – happy part of speech: adj synonym: satisfied antonym: wanting,

unhappy

Vocabulary

seldom – rarely, not very often part of speech: adverb synonym: rarely antonym: often

I seldom go to New York City.

Vocabulary

commutes – travels regularly to and from work

part of speech: verb synonym: travel back and forth antonym: work at home

Focus Questions

Why do pigeons like living in cities?

Where in a city are you likely to find a pigeon?

Visualizing

Close your eyes and visualize what I am reading to you.

After you listen to the poem once, I will read it again while you draw what you have visualized.

We will share some of your drawings.

Independent TimePairs or Individually

Answer the following question in RAP form: Restate and answer the question Give three good details from the poems that

support your answer Write a concluding sentence

Let’s suggest some ways to restate and answer the question

What lessons do these poems teach about city wildlife?

Independent TimePairs or Individually

Complete your answer to the question by supporting it with at least three details from the poems.

We will share your answers.