Unit 6, Week 3, Day 2

Growing Up

Reinforce the Theme Page 16, The Emperor’s Egg

Is this a male or female penguin? What is he/she doing?

Why is he/she taking care of the egg?

How will he/she take care of it?

Activate Prior KnowledgeWhat have you learned so far about

penguins? Bird Life CyclesHow Penguins Grow and Change

How Other Birds Grow and Change

The father puts the egg on his feet until it hatches.

The mother sits on the eggs in a nest until they hatch.

Young penguins must be able to swim to catch food.

Other young birds must be able to fly to find food.

Reinforce Theme Vocabulary

Theme Vocabularysingle one and no more

shuffle to walk slowly by keeping one’s feet close to the ground

Comprehension StrategyMake Connections:

Connect text to your own life (text-to-self)

Connect to other texts (text-to-text)

Connect to outside world (text-to-world)

Making Connections Page 17- Reading about the penguins

standing in the snow makes me think of a time I was waiting for a bus on a snowy day. I had to stand there for a long time. My feet felt like blocks of ice. I was very uncomfortable.

Prepare to ReadPreview and predict

Think about the Theme Question: How do living things grow and change?

Read pages 18-32 How does the author help you connect with the penguin not having food? What activity does this part remind you of? How does that connection help you understand the text? Why do male and female penguins make a good team?

Word StudyPrefixes: Sometimes a beginning can be

added to a word to change its meaning.

pre- “before”in-, im- “not” Underline the base word, circle the prefix and give definition.

prepay incorrect impossible

imperfect invisible preview

High-Frequency Words: been, brother, stronger, year

Decodable Reader #22: Clare’s Secret

Fluency: “Growing Up” (dialogue)

Practice companion p. 108 (phrasing)

Characteristics of Persuasive Writing:

Good persuasive writing…

* Tries to convince readers to do or believe something.* Have a title that grabs readers’ attention.

* Uses facts and opinions to convince readers.

Traits Focus: IdeasA fact is something that actually happened or

can be proved true or false.

An opinion is a statement that tells someone’s feelings about a subject. It is a personal judgment, view, or idea. It cannot be proven true or false. (Use practice p. 137 to practice)

Writing: Persuasive PosterReread Writing Models Chart 44

(Practice p. 137)

Choose a TopicPossible Topics for a Persuasive Poster

Do Something Feel Something Buy Something

Join student council

Our school is the best

Bake sale items

Recycle Learning is important

A lawn mowing service

Exercise every day Libraries are great School T-shirts

Generate Ideas:Why People Should Come to the Bake

SaleFacts OpinionsThe money will go to charity.

The treats are really good.

It will happen during lunch.

It’s nice to have a treat with lunch.

It’s the last bake sale of the year.

Kids shouldn’t miss this.