UNIT 19, LESSON 1January 26, 2011

W. A. L. T.

Determine vowel digraphs in a word with at least 80% accuracy

Spell new words successfully 8 out of 10 trials

Determine the difference between the parts of speech with at least 80% accuracy Antonyms, nouns, adjectives

Define unfamiliar words in a story

1. Review: Syllable Types with Long Vowel Sounds

Which syllable types produce long vowel sounds?Final Silent e and Open syllables

Final Silent e Syllable It ends with a vowel + consonant + e The e at the end of the syllable is silent The pattern occurs at the ends of words or syllables EXAMPLES: Made, Complete

Open Syllable It ends with a single vowel grapheme. It has a long vowel sound The pattern can occur at the beginning, middle, or end of words EXAMPLES: Me, I/tem, Po/ta/to

1. Discover It: Vowel Digraphs

Aim, Green, Float, Stain, Need, Sweet, Loan, Toast, Paint

Directions:1. Listen to the words2. Say each word with the students3. Sort the words into three columns according to their vowel sounds

AimGreen

FloatStain

Need

Sweet

Loan

ToastPaint

Long a sound: ai

Long e sound:

ee

Long o sound:

oa

1. Vowel Digraph/Vowel Chart

A vowel digraph is made up of two vowel letters that combine to represent a single vowel sound Ai, Ee, Oa

Please turn to workbook page R4 Locate the long e sound: write see as a cue word Locate the long a sound: write rain as a cue word Locate the long o sound: write boat as a cue word

Workbook Page R4

see

rain

boat

2. Spelling Pretest 1

Please turn to workbook page 6 Please listen to the word the teacher says Write it down to the best of your ability When done with the whole pretest

Please write the correct spelling of the word next to or at the bottom of the page.

Workbook Page 6

railroad

coachingabroad

downloadspeeds

against

captainkeeping

curtainfreestyle

language

trainingrain check

entertainnuisance

2. Memorize It

Please turn to page R45 in your workbook Check out the spelling words for Unit 19 These words can be difficult to spell

Try to come up with little shortcuts to help you in spelling the word correctly

Workbook Page R45

3. Unit Vocabulary

Please turn to hard cover page 5 Take some time to look at the UNIT

VOCABULARY We, as a class, have to:

Identify an unfamiliar words Define them Clarify the meaning of any of the unfamiliar

words

3. Review: Antonyms

Antonyms are words that have opposite meanings

What is the opposite of brave?

What is the opposite of lower? What is the opposite of continue? What is the opposite of disagree?

What is the opposite of borrow?

afraid

raise

wait

agree

loan

3. Degrees of Meaning A word line can represent degrees of meaning Degrees of meaning means that the word as

varying, or different, degrees or states Example: temperature has different degrees,

such as cold, chilly, room-temperature, warm, hot

Please turn to page 7 in your workbook for practice on this Read the words in the Word Bank Read the topic, or context, above each word line Sort and record the words on the word line

according to their degree of meaning related to the target word speed

Workbook Page 7

walk jog run sprint bolt

scoot crawl toddle

walk run

Answers will vary!

3. Draw It: Idioms

Keep your fingers crossed Keep your shirt on

Idioms are phrases that have a meaning that is not literal Example: Keep your fingers crossed:

means to wish you luck or hope that something happens or doesn’t happen

4. Nouns and Adjectives

Words in English have different functions, or jobs

Nouns are words that name people, places, things, or ideas

Adjectives are words that describe nouns

4. Identify It: Nouns Used as Adjectives

Sometimes the same word can function in different ways in different sentences. It is important to consider context to understand the function of the word.

Please turn to page 8 in your workbook Read each numbered sentence Use context to decide if the underlined noun is

used as a noun or as an adjective Put an X in the correct column Share your answers

Workbook Page 8

xx

xx

xxx

xx

xx

x

4. Find It: Nouns as Adjectives

Please turn to workbook page 9 Read the first paragraph of “Early

Springting: Betty Robinson, Gold Medalist” in your hardcover page 16

Look at each underlined word on workbook page 9 and decide if it is a noun that is used as an adjective

List the nouns used as adjectives on the line provided

Workbook Page 9

track college

Amsterdam

5. Independent Text: “Early Olympic Speeders”

Before you read: What do you know about the Olympic Games? We will discuss the title of the story. Read the boldface headings about early

Olympic events Read the opening paragraph and discuss

5. Phrase It

Please turn to page 9 in your workbook Look at the bottom part of the page We will read and scoop the first one together Review the cueing questions you can use to decide

which words go together to form meaningful phrases

Continue reading the remaining sentences in the paragraph independently

Use cueing questions to identify meaningful groups of words

Reread the sentences with proper inflection at the end of the phrases

Example to follow

5. Phrase It: Example

In 1928, an unknown 16 – year – old girl won gold.

Workbook Page 9

Answers will vary!

5. Vocabulary Focus

Please turn to workbook page 10 Follow along in the exercise, using

context clues to figure out the meaning of the phrase was born as it is used there

Write a definition for the phrase, and a sentence using that definition as a substitute for the phrase

Workbook Page 10

happened for the first timeAnswers will vary!

Women’s track and field had entered the Olympic Games.

6. Rewrite It

Please turn to workbook page 11 EXAMPLE:

Betty Robinson was a high school junior. She ran the women’s 100-meter dash. She took first place.

Directions:1. Identify the pronouns, and circle them2. Identify the noun that the pronouns represent, underline it3. Rewrite the last two sentences by combining sentences and replacing the two pronouns with the noun they represent4. Check that each sentence uses sentence signals- capital letters, commas, and end punctuation

Workbook Page 11

She won short races and long races, and freestyle and backstroke. This amazing swimmer became a celebrated

athlete.

The rest of the time is yours!