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Author: Donald J. Sobol Genre: Realistic Fiction

Author: Donald J. Sobol Genre: Realistic Fiction. Big Question: How can attention to detail help solve a problem?. Small Group Timer. Review Games. Story Sort Vocabulary Words : Arcade Games Study Stack Spelling City: Vocabulary Spelling City: Spelling Words .

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Author: Donald J. Sobol Genre: Realistic Fiction

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  1. Author: Donald J. Sobol Genre: Realistic Fiction Big Question: How can attention to detail help solve a problem?

  2. Small GroupTimer

  3. Review Games • Story Sort VocabularyWords: • Arcade Games • Study Stack • Spelling City: Vocabulary • Spelling City: Spelling Words

  4. Spelling WordsPrefixes: un-, dis-, and in-

  5. Big Question: How can attention to detail help solve a problem?MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFriday

  6. Vocabulary Words More Words to Know Vocabulary Words • amphibians • crime • exhibit • lizards • reference • reptiles • salamanders • stumped • confided • frustration • specimen • case • damage • court

  7. Monday

  8. Today we will learn about: • Build Concepts • Plot • Prior Knowledge • Build Background • Vocabulary • Fluency: Characterization/Dialogue • Grammar: Contractions and Negatives • Spelling: Prefixes: un-, dis-, and in- • Inquiry

  9. FluencyCharacterization/Dialogue

  10. Fluency: Characterization & Dialogue • Listen as I read “Something Fishy.” • As I read, notice how I read dialogue to express each character’s personality and emotions and to make the dialogue sound the way real people speak. • Be ready to answer questions after I finish.

  11. Fluency: Characterization & Dialogue • What is the story’s main problem? • How does the magistrate solve the problem?

  12. Concept Vocabulary • case – matter for a court of law to decide • damage– harm or injury that lessens the value or usefulness • court– an assembly of persons (judges) who are chosen to administer justice • (Next Slide)

  13. court

  14. Concept Vocabulary (To add information to the graphic organizer, click on end show, type in your new information, and save your changes.)

  15. Build Concept Vocabulary case, damage, court Inquiry

  16. Plot, Prior KnowledgeTurn to Page 488 - 489.

  17. Prior KnowledgeIdentify famous mysteries and common element of mysteries stories. Mystery Stories

  18. Prior Knowledge • This week’s audio focuses on a police detective and crime solving. After we listen, we will discuss what you learned and how this career relates to the concept of mysteries.

  19. VocabularyWords

  20. Vocabulary Words • amphibians – cold-blooded animals with backbones and moist, scale-less skins. Their young usually have gills and live in water until they develop lungs for living on land. • crime – activity of criminals; violation of law • exhibit – act of displaying; public showing

  21. Vocabulary Words • lizards – reptiles with long bodies and tails, movable eyelids, and usually four legs. Some lizards have no legs and look much like snakes. • reference – used for information or help • reptiles – cold-blooded animals with backbones and lungs, usually covered with horny plates or scales

  22. Vocabulary Words • salamanders – animals shaped like lizards, but related to frogs and toads. Salamanders have moist, smooth skin and live in water or in damp places. • stumped – puzzled

  23. More Words to Know • confided – told as a secret • frustration – a feeling of anger and helplessness • specimen – one of a group taken to show what the others are like • (NextSlide)

  24. amphibians

  25. exhibit

  26. lizards

  27. reptiles

  28. salamanders

  29. specimen

  30. GrammarContractions and Negatives

  31. i was unware that salamanders and lizard’s looked so similiar • I was unaware that salamanders and lizards looked so similar. • a salamanders skin are damp, a lizards is’nt • A salamander’s skin is damp. A lizard’s isn’t.

  32. Contractions and Negatives • If he’s a lizard expert, then I’m the Queen of England. • He’s and I’m are contractions. Each contraction is made up of two words (he is and I am), with one letter replaced by an apostrophe.

  33. Contractions and Negatives • A contraction is a shortened form of two words. An apostrophe takes the place of one or more letters. Some contractions are formed from a pronoun and a verb: she is = she’s. • Other contractions combine a verb and the word not: would not = wouldn’t.

  34. Contractions and NegativesWrite the contractions for the underlined words. • Chief Brown is not happy. • isn’t • He is having difficulty solving a case. • He’s • It is about a missing salamander. • It’s

  35. Contractions and NegativesFind two words in each sentence that can be written as a contraction. • I have read another Encyclopedia Brown story. • I have – I’ve • I could not guess what was going to happen. • could not – couldn’t • That boy did not have any difficulties. • did not – didn’t

  36. Spelling WordsPrefixes: un-, dis-, and in-

  37. Tuesday

  38. Today we will learn about: • Context Clues • Plot • Vocabulary • Fluency: Echo Reading • Grammar: Contractions and Negatives • Spelling: Prefixes: un-, dis-, and in- • Time for Science: Salamanders • Inquiry

  39. Vocabulary Strategy: Context Clues for Synonyms and AntonymsTurn to Page 490 - 491.

  40. Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Slippery SalamanderTurn to Page 492 - 497.

  41. FluencyEcho Reading

  42. Fluency: Echo Reading • Turn to page 486, paragraphs 5-9. • As I read, notice how I convey Chief Brown’s frustration about the unsolved case and Mrs. Brown’s surprise at the salamander’s value. • We will practice as a class doing three echo readings of this paragraph.

  43. GrammarContractions and Negatives

  44. is it unfare to keep animals in captivity • Is it unfair to keep animals in captivity? • some animal’s dont seem to mind being in cajes • Some animals don’t seem to mind being in cages.

  45. Contractions and Negatives • A contraction is a shortened form of two words with an apostrophe taking the place of one or more letters. • Contractions can be formed from a pronoun and a verb ( I + am = I’m). • Contractions may also be formed from a verb and the word not (is + not = isn’t).

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