Lesson 6 Day 1

1. Lesson 6 Day 1 You will need a notebook, pencil, and your Reading book. T28

2. Question of the Day What are some ways you can help your family? I can help my family by ___________. T28

3. Read Aloud! What would the purpose be for reading or listening to a story? to find out about people and places for enjoyment Listen as I read, listen to see if I read smoothly and group words together into meaningful phrases. T29 Transparency R35

4. Read Aloud! T29 Transparency R35

5. Read Aloud! What does each family member do to help make the party a success? How does Grandpa feel after the party? Why do you think this? T29 Transparency R35

6. Phonics and Spelling (Teach/Model) • Read these words: table cloth • Read this word: tablecloth • A tablecloth is a cloth that covers a table. • Tablecloth is a compound word- a word made up of two or more smaller words. • box + car = boxcar • sail + boat = sailboat T30

7. Phonics and Spelling (Teach/Model) • What two words make up the word thunderstorm? • thunder storm • Is thundering a compound word? • No, it is made up of the word thunder and the ending ing. • What two words make up the word stoplight? • stop light • Is the word stopped a compound word? • No, it is made up of the word stop and the ending ed. • What two words make up the word playground? • play ground • Is the word playing a compound word? • No, it is made up of the word play and the ending ing. T30

8. Phonics and Spelling (Guided Practice) • What words make up these compound words? Use the smaller words to help you determine the meaning of the compound words. • flagpole • flag + pole = flagpole • cornfield • corn + field = cornfield • toothbrush • tooth + brush = toothbrush • raincoat • rain + coat = raincoat T30

9. Phonics and Spelling (Independent Practice) • Write the following words on your paper: wallpaper, basketball, birdhouse, and earthworm. • Circle the smaller words within each compound word. • Write a definition of each compound word based upon the two smaller words. T30

10. pickup cannot outside bedroom upstairs raindrop baseball hallway airplane mailbox sunshine homework classroom something playground sidewalk teaspoon thumbtack sandpaper notebook Spelling Pretest T31

11. Focus Skill Fact and Opinion • A factis something that can be seen or proved. • An opinion is a person’s thoughts or feelings. • Clue words such as think and believe can help readers know that a sentence states an opinion. T32

12. Turn to page 156 in your book. • Read the paragraph in the blue box on page 157. • When I look at the first sentence, I see the words I think. This tells me that “baseball has an interesting history” is someone’s opinion. An opinion cannot be checked because different people think different things are interesting. • The second sentence is about something that happened in history. Dates can be checked in a reference book, and if they are correct, the sentence states a fact. T32-33

13. In the mid-1800s, the first baseball teams were formed in the United States. At first, there were no rules for how to play. Alexander Cartwright wrote the first set of rules for baseball. I think baseball has an interesting history. Getting written rules was the best thing to happen to baseball. Players everywhere could then play the game the same way. As we read the paragraph on page 157 we will stop and decide whether each sentence is a fact or opinion. factopinion T33

14. Listening Comprehension • You will listen to a story about two boys whose fathers helped build the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. • Have you ever seen any large bridges? • Here is a picture of the Golden Gate Bridge. T34

15. Listening Comprehension (cont.) • “Pop’s Bridge” is historical fiction, a type of fiction that combines a made-up story with real events from the past. • Listen as I read the first four paragraphs. • I know the Golden Gate Bridge is real. I know it opened in 1937, so this story happens before then. The boy telling the story sounds like a real boy. I think this story is historical fiction because it is about events that really happened, but the characters are not real people. T34

16. Listening Comprehension (cont.) • You should listen to historical fiction to enjoy it and to learn about the time, people, places, and events from history that are discovered. • Remember that facts are statements that can be seen or proved and opinions are what people believe, think, or feel. • Historical fiction includes many facts to make the setting seem real. • The characters may state opinions. T34

17. Build Robust Vocabulary • On calm days, Robert sees the sailboats gently skim the water. • skim- To skim the surface of something means to move quickly over it, barely touching it. • Say the word with me, skim. • Would a stone that skims the water sink or skip across the water? • The boys saw two spans of the bridge being built together. • span- A span is the distance between two points. • Say the word with me, span. T35

18. DOL 1. I put on my coat and left my hat. 2. Bruno barked, and ran away. T28

19. Grammar • A sentence is a group of words that tells a complete thought. • A sentence also begins with a capitol letter and ends with an end mark. • A sentences has a subject that tells whom or what the sentence is about, and a predicate that tells what the subject is or does. T36

20. The bridge gleamed in the sunlight. • The bridge (subject) • gleamed in the sunlight. (predicate) T36

21. Help me complete each sentence by adding a subject or a predicate. • The Golden Gate Bridge • were hired • The bridge was • even when strong winds blew Write three complete sentences in your journal about what we have done today. T36

22. Writing • A character sketch tells about a person. Student Model: Character Sketch Sophia Rivera has short black hair and big brown eyes. She almost always has a big, friendly grin on her face. That is one of the first things people notice about her. Sophia is a small girl, one of the smallest in our class. But her personality is BIG when she wants it to be. When Sophia reads in class, her voice is loud and clear. Believe me, everyone pays attention when she reads. Sophia loves the color red. On the first day of school, she wore a red shirt and wanted all of us to wear red shirts, too. T37 Transparency LA12

23. Writing (cont.) Character Sketches • Describes how a person looks, sounds, or acts • Tells what a person is like The sentences do not all start the same. T38

24. wears overalls swabbie hat red handkerchief humble brave Use the chart below to tell how Robert’s father in “Pop’s Bridge” looks, sounds, and acts. Then use how he acts and what he says to conclude what he is like. How Robert’s Father What Robert’s Father Is Like Looks, Sounds, or Acts T38

25. Writing (Cont.) • Work with a partner to create a list of words that describe how a certain person looks, sounds, or acts. T38