Story Town Lesson 8 Day 1

The Great Ball Game

Question of the Day

• What can you do to solve problems at school?– What problems might you have during class time?

What problems might you have at recess? How could you solve the problems?

– Is it easier to solve a problem alone or with a group? Why?

• When my friends and I have a problem, we ______.

____ ___________

Daily Proofreading• what games do you like to play• What games do you like to play?

Word Wall

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coming knee

PlotThe tale of the Milky Way

Long ago, the people of a Cherokee village pounded corn into cornmeal. The stored it in large baskets.

One morning a woman noticed that a lot of the cornmeal was missing. She saw huge dog prints nearby. She thought of a plan and told the villagers.

Late that night, the villagers saw a giant dog fly down from the sky. Right away, he started eating the cornmeal. The villagers banged on their drums and shook their rattles.

The huge dog got scared and flew into the sky. He moved so quickly that he spilled cornmeal. It spread across the night sky. Each piece of cornmeal turned into a star. From then on the stars were called “where the dog ran.” Today we call the stars the Milky Way.

arm

art

jar

far

dart

cart

R-controlled vowel (ar)

charm dartcart parkfar partbark yardmark sparkshark tart

Read these sentences

We saw birds in the park.Those stars are far away.Mark your place in the book.The shark swims in the sea.Put the apples in the cart.

Spelling Words

Plot

Build Robust Vocabulary

• clutched – If you clutched something, you held it tightly.

• clambered – If you clambered, you climbed with both hands and feet.

• clumsy – When you trip and fall, or when you can’t move easily, you may feel clumsy.

• ached – If you ached, you felt sore or were in pain.

Build Robust Vocabulary

• feud – If you have a feud with someone, you have a big argument.

• superior – If you are superior, you are the best.

• refuse – If you refuse something, you don’t want it.

• insult – If you insult someone, you say something mean.

clutchedMother Bat clutched Stellaluna as she flew.

clutch

Clutch means you holdonto something tightly.

clutched

clutched

Suppose you clutched someone’s hand. Are you

happy

or

scared?

you held something tightly

clutched

clamberedStellaluna clambered out of the bird

nest.

clambered

Clambered means you climbwith both hands and feet.

clambered

clambered

Suppose you clambered up a hill. Would you be

tired

or

rested afterwards?

you climbed with both hands and feet

clambered

clumsyStellaluna was clumsy when

she landed on the branch.

clumsyIf you trip and fall or can’t move around easily, then you may feel

clumsy.

clumsy

clumsy

Would it be clumsy to dance

gracefully

or

to trip and fall?

When you trip and fall, or when you can’t move easily

clumsy

ached Stellaluna flew so much that her wings ached.

achedAched means you felt sore or were in

pain.

ached

ached

What could make you ache,

running a long distance

or

sleeping at night?

ached

If you ached in the evening, did you most likely

sleep all day

or

run in a race?

you felt sore or were in pain

ached

Proper Nouns

• Nouns name people, places, animals, and things.

• Some nouns are the names of specific people. These are proper nouns and always begin with capital letters.

• The first and last names f specific people are always proper nouns.

Identify proper nouns

1. Stellaluna is a boy’s favorite story.2. Stellaluna is Malcolm’s favorite story.

Malcolm is a proper noun because it names a specific person.

Proper nouns

• Corey swung the baseball bat.• Henry scored five runs.• Can Joe catch the ball?• Did Marcus join the team?• The pitcher struck out Yasmino.• The catcher tagged out Nola.

Student Model: Story

The Cat Who TalkedOnce there was a cat who could talk. The cat lived with a girl and her family. The cat was sad because the family just meowed. “Help,” the cat said. The girl felt sad for her cat. She taught the cat how to meow, too.

Writing

• Story– A story tells about one main idea.– A story has characters, or who the story is about.– A story has a setting, or where and when the story

takes place.– A story has a plot, or everything that happens in

the story.– A story has a beginning, a middle, and an end.