Unit 3, Story 2 Dear Juno



Unit 3, Story 2 Dear Juno

Amazing Words

|Correspond |

|When you correspond with someone, |

|you write each other. |

|Postage |

|Postage is the money you pay to |

|send a letter to something you want to mail. |

|Transport |

|When you transport something, you carry it somewhere. |

|Cove |

|A cove is a small part of a sea or lake partly surrounded by land. |

|Footprint |

|A footprint is the mark your foot makes when you step on something. |

|Deaf |

|Someone who is deaf cannot hear well at all. |

|Imitate |

|When you imitate someone or something, you try to act like or be like the person or thing. |

|Sign Language |

|Sign language is a way of talking by making signs with your hands. |

High Frequency words

|[pic] answer |

|[pic] company |

|[pic] faraway |

|[pic] parents |

|[pic] picture |

|[pic] school |

|[pic] wash |

Selection Words

|[pic] envelope |

|[pic] Persimmons |

|[pic] photograph |

|[pic] smudged |

Day One

Question of the week: print from

Oral vocabulary: correspond/postage/transport

sing with me big book song 12

Phonics lessons: Long o: o, oa and ow

follow the instructions on page 344n in teacher’s ed. (sound card 24)

Words for blending

|vote |

|nose |

|ocean |

|coat |

|most |

|told |

|slow |

|host |

|cold |

|boat |

|mow |

|bowl |

|open |

|throat |

Sort long o and short o words/ This is a baggie activity for students do complete in small groups. (workbook page 113)

Instructions: 1. read the words on the word cards 2. Sort them by long o and short o sounds 3. sort them by their spelling pattern (o, oa or ow) 4. write the words on the paper in the baggie.

WORDS

|coach |loaf |

|scold |know |

|grow |clock |

|foam |notch |

|broke |shock |

|both |pot |

Word sort for Dear Juno

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Monitor Progress Cards: To see if students can read long o words.

|float |

|fond |

|over |

|locate |

|throat |

|shore |

|sold |

|follow |

|bold |

|host |

|dock |

|bowl |

|cannot |

|before |

|forget |

Checklist for long o words

|student number|Yes |No |

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Spelling: Pretest

More Day one stuff:

Apply Phonics: read Sam’s Stroll

Build Background page 343 and 344

Listening Comprehension (page 144 in workbook) TE page 245a and 345b Skill is

Drawing Conclusions

Shared writing: make a list page 345c

Grammar singular and plural nouns (grammar Transparency 12)

Day Two

Question of the week: print from

Share Literature from Read aloud Anthology ISABEL AND THE SHY GIANT

oral vocabulary: cove

Phonics

Follow instructions in TE page

346c and d (use songs and rhymes chart)

word cards

|coaching |

|locate |

|rowing |

|probe |

|blown |

|floating |

|owner |

|boast |

|donate |

|doze |

|alone |

|foamy |

|know |

|almost |

|roaming |

|mowing |

use spelling practice page 46 to sort words

Name____________

spelling dictation

1.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2._________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3._________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Skill: drawing conclusions workbook page 115

Building background: page 346f

use page 346 to introduce high frequency (popcorn) words follow the plan in TE on page 347 workbook page 116

perform high frequency word check

Cards for words and checklist below

|picture |

|village |

|answer |

|through |

|parents |

|words |

|faraway |

|second |

|school |

|pulled |

|company |

|answered |

|wash |

|drew |

Checklist for high frequency words

|student number|Yes |No |

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selection words: use transparency page 12

|Persimmons: |

|a yellow and orange colored sweet fruit that are like plums. |

|smudged: |

|smeared or marked with dirty streaks. |

|envelope: |

|paper sleeve that is used to hold a letter. |

|photograph: |

|a picture taken with a camera. |

read Dear Juno

writing: write a letter

grammar: singular and plural nouns page 45

Day 3

Question of the week: print from

recall the Isabel and the shy Giant

review story

oral vocabulary: footprint

monitor listening comp. page 366b

Phonics

review long e: ee, ea, and y (workbook page 118!)

|a |b |e |

|m |h |e |

|s |t |y |

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|a |b |e |

|m |h |e |

|s |t |y |

Today we had so much fun with this phonics lesson. You can do it with your child at home. Follow these instructions.

Spell the word Heat.

change the h to a b….

What’s the new word?

change the a in beat to an e…

What’s the new word?

Change the b in beet to an m…

What’ s the new word?

Change the ee in meet to an ea…

What’s the new word?

add a y to meat…

What’s the new word?

Take the m away and change the t to an s…

what’s the new word.

high frequency word review…fill in the blanks on flip chart or board/ page 119 reading book page 366d

Spelling rhymes (page 366d) make a baggie game with these cards: match the spelling word to the clue

|rhymes with roll |bowl |

|rhymes with boat |float |

|a part of your body |throat |

|are animals | |

| |goat |

| |toad |

|it means the same thing as “not quite” |almost |

|are rhyming pairs |told:hold |

| |show: slow |

| |most:toast |

|mean the opposite of closed |open |

|mean the same as empty |hallow |

|have only three letters |ago |

Vocabulary words: shortened forms of words te page 366e

|auto (automobile) |

|plane (airplane) |

|St. (street) |

|photo (photograph) |

|T.V. (television) |

|U.S.A (United States of America) |

re-read for fluency Dear Juno

te 366f

Think and Share: and retelling cards TE page 366g and 366f

Writing Trait of the Week

page 367a

Grammar: Singular and plural nouns apply to writing (grammar page 46)

Day 4

Question of the week: print from

recall Juno and Isabel and the ways they communicated. Read Anna moves in from Read aloud Anthology. (page 368b TE)

Review oral vocabulary: deaf/imitate/sign language

monitor listening comp.

Read with a friend

Work with a partner during read with a friend to read these sentences 5 times each. Work on becoming more and more fluent each time.

Dear Juno

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He made a phone in a case and won the science fair.

I guess we can locate the cave they say is close to home.

Lois opened the door and say the gray shoe by the sofa.

There was a quake in the village below the hills today.

There was a quake in the village below the hills today.

I like to watch the boats roll along the cold waves in the bay.

The painting with the flowing colors and bold print of Rome is petty.

TE page 368d

Spelling (page 48) student pretest with a friend

Social Studies in Reading

page 368e

Fluency: model reading using dear juno: choral reading (or use Reader’s Theater from )

Writing: math problem (page 370)

Grammar (page 47) singulary and plural nouns.

Speaking and listening (retelling a story) page 368d

Day 5

Day 4

Question of the week: print from

Use Prior Knowledge: Review Anna Moves in using page 370b

Review oral vocabulary and check progress

Phonics Review (page 370c) and use word cards from Day one for review also.

Spelling Test

Sentence Reading and Fluency and Comprehension reading.

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.

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