Here’s My DollarUnit 2 Week 4

Day 1

Daily Language Activity Day 1

1. the big diper is the name of a group of stars2. the planet mars is close to earth3. can you sea the stars at nite!

Write about a time that you helped someone.How did you feel? How do you think the other person felt? Add details.

Vocabulary tour volunteers thrilled slogan deserve

tour

A tour is a short trip to a place of interest with a guide. Our class took a tour of the science museum. Have you ever been on a tour? What did you see?

volunteers

Volunteers are people who do a job willingly without getting paid. Sometimes volunteers work in museums Where else might volunteers work?

slogan

A slogan is an easy-to-remember phrase that is used in advertisements or by special groups or organizations.

“Service with a smile” might be a good slogan for a store. Why should a slogan be easy to remember?

thrilled

To be thrilled is to be very excited or happy.

I was thrilled when everyone came to my party. When was a time that you were thrilled?

deserved

To be thrilled is to be very excited or happy.

I was thrilled when everyone came to my party. When was a time that you were thrilled?

Grammar Skill:Possessive Nouns

✴A possessive noun is a noun that shows who or what owns something. ✴Add an apostrophe (‘) and the letter s to make a singular noun possessive

Ben’s telescope is huge.The girl’s toy spaceship is tiny

Examples:boy boy’s children children’s

On your own...With a partner do pages

108 and 116 in your practice books

Spelling & PhonicsDigraphs

Digraphs are two consonants put together to make one sound.For example:

ch as in chickck as in chickwh as in wheel

• th as in thumb• sh as in shout

Can you find them in the wordsearch

on page 114 in your

practice book? Then complete page 107

also.

SpellingIn your journal

makethese headings:ch, th, ph, tch, wh, shSort each one of these Spelling words under the correct digraph

SKILL: Author’s Purpose

Do you know why an author writes?

These are the reasons an author writes something.

Authors write to:• Inform: If they want to give facts about

something• Persuade: If they want the reader to

agree with their opinions or want the reader to take action

• Entertain: If they want their readers to think the story is funny, interesting, or suspenseful

STRATEGY: Monitor

Comprehension✴ This means that good readers have to stop and check if they understand what they read.

✴Good readers also have to stop if they do not understand something

If they are confused,they reread, visualize, read ahead, summarize, visualize, slow down, or ask for help!

Let’s Read

•Gorilla Garden• page 224-225

Here’s My DollarUnit 2 Week 4

Day 2

Daily Language Activity Day 2

1. That planets climate is cold2. earths wheather is nice?3. the suns rays are hot

4. Imagine that your class is volunteering at an animal shelter. Write a paragraph describingwhat your classmates can do and why.

Here’s My DollarUnit 2 Week 4

Day 3

Daily Language Activity Day 3

1. the tree boys will look at the stars2.that stars color is yellow3. miss smiths class drew pictures of starsWrite about a person who helped you in some way. Use strong and descriptive verbs.

Exploring CaliforniaUnit 2 Week 4

Day 4

Daily Language Activity Day 4

1. tonites homework is a report2. i will right about the big dipper3. Other childrens reports are about jupiter

Have you ever done any volunteer work?Write about a volunteer work that you would enjoy. Explain why you would like it.

Here’s My DollarUnit 2 Week 4

Day 5chimpanzee

Daily Language Activity Day 5

1. there are ate planets in the solar system2. earth is the third planet?3. Earths orbit is around the sun

If you were to take an imaginary trip to a planet, which one would you choose to travel to. Why would

you like this one?