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Amazing Words: Arcade Games Jigword Matchword Speedword Wordsearch Word Web Spelling City-Voc. Spelling City-Amazin

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Spelling Words: Speedword Word Web Quia Games Spelling City

High Frequency Words

Fill-in-the Blank Spelling City

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Story Words college agriculture laboratory greenhouse

Amazing Words excel process research opportunity accomplish original scientist unusual

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clothes only hours question money taught neighbor

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Spelling Words sooner smaller soonest smallest hotter fatter hottest fattest busier angrier busiest angriest happier straighter happiest straightest

Big Question: Where do creative ideas come

from? Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

A Weed Is a Flower Monday

Morning Warm-Up

Creative people discover many new things. Where do they get their ideas? Where do creative ideas come from?


Morning Warm-Up

Creative people discover many new things. Where do they get their ideas? Where do creative ideas come from?

Today we will learn about: Amazing Words Comparative endings –er, -est Fact and Opinion Verbs: am, is, are, was, were Writing a review

Writing on Demand

Write for 3 minutes about sources that give you creative

ideas! Do your best writing!

Use your best handwriting!

Click to listen to a song about what you can make out of a peanut.

Anchored Talk

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excel

ex – cel When you excel at something,

you’re better than most people at it.

Kayla excels at math. Inventors excel in creative

thinking.

process proc – ess When you process something,

you prepare it by following a set of steps.

My raincoat has been processed to make it waterproof.

People process peanuts into many things, including shaving cream and shampoo.

research re – search Research means a very careful

investigation or hunting for facts.

I did a lot of research to make sure the facts in my report about weather were correct.

People found many ways to use peanuts through research.

Practice! Complete these sentences!

Comparative Endings joking - dried What do you know about reading

these words? Both has a base word, an ending

and a spelling change. What are the endings? What are the spelling changes? Today you’ll learn about the

endings –er and –est.

Comparative Endings funnier - funniest The base word in these words is

funny. What spelling changes do you see?

To blend these words, read one chunk, or syllable, at a time and then blend the chunks together: fun, ni, er, funnier; fun, ni, est,

funniest

Comparative Endings

We add –er to words when we compare two things.

My joke is funnier than yours.

Comparative Endings

We add –est to words when we compare three things:

Kelly told the funniest joke of all.

Comparative Endings

Chunk the word into parts, the base word and the ending.

See if the base word has a spelling change.

Read the chunks from left to right and then blend all the chunks together.

Comparative Endings slow, slower, slowest big, bigger, biggest polite, politer, politest fluffy, fluffier, fluffiest sunny, sunnier, sunniest long, longer, longest mad, madder, maddest fine, finer, finest

Comparative EndingsBase Word (2 things) -er (3 things) -est

strong


strong stronger


strong stronger strongest


strong silly

stronger strongest


strong silly

stronger sillier

strongest


strong silly

stronger sillier

strongest silliest


strong silly hot

stronger sillier

strongest silliest


strong silly hot

stronger sillier hotter

strongest silliest


strong silly hot


strongest silliest hottest


strong silly hot dry





stronger sillier hotter drier





strongest silliest hottest driest


strong silly hot dry fine





stronger sillier hotter drier finer




stronger sillier hotter drier finer

strongest silliest hottest driest finest

Comparative Endings hottest rarest lovelier biggest braver funniest maddest tamest

healthiest fatter later sunnier thinner safest scarier

A Weed Is a FlowerSpelling Words

sooner smaller soonest smallest hotter fatter hottest fattest busier angrier busiest angriest happier straighter happiest straightest

Read together! Take turns, choral, back to desk read and practice words.

Pretest! Spelling words. I’ll say, you say! I’ll give you a sentence.We will clap, count, write sounds!

Fact and Opinion

Read-Aloud

Louis Braille

Daily Fix-It

• he am the hapiest dog• He is the happiest

dog.• where is their a place

too sit• Where is there a place

to sit?

Verbs: am, is, are, was, were

A verb can tell what someone or something is doing.

A verb can show something that happens now, in the past, or in the future.


The verbs am, is, are, was, and were do not show action.

They show what someone or something is or was.

These verbs are forms of the verb to be.


The verbs am, is, and are, tell about now. I am an inventor. Jen is an inventor. Des and Ali are inventors.


The verbs was and were, tell about the past. Bill was an inventor. Katie and Sam were inventors.


Use am, is, and was to tell about one person, place or thing.

Use are and were to tell about more than one person, place, or thing.

Verbs: am, is, are, was, were Inventors ____ clever people. (is, are) are Zippers ____ invented not long ago.

(was, were) were Today inventions ____ everywhere. (is,

are) are


I ____ in the Young Inventors Club. (am, are)

am George _____ in the club too. (are, is) is


I ____ in the Young Inventors Club. (am, are)

am George _____ in the club too. (are, is) is

Writing

Writing

Research and Inquiry

What would you like to learn about where creative ideas come from?

Wrap Up Your Day! Comparative words with –er, est Fact and Opinion Let’s talk about it!

Tomorrow the class will read about George Washington Carver, a man who found the need to solve problems in creative ways.


Journal Topic

List things you excel in at home and school.

A Weed Is a Flower Tuesday

Morning Warm-Up

Someone may have an idea for something to make our

livesbetter and happier.

How can the smallest ideabecome a great idea?


Morning Warm-Up

Someone may have an idea for something to make our

livesbetter and happier.

How can the smallest ideabecome a great idea?

Today we will learn about: Amazing words Comparative endings Fact and Opinion Inferring High-frequency words Vocabulary words Verbs: am, is, are, was, were

Read-Aloud

Teddy’s Bear

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Amazing Words

opportunity

op – por – tu - ni – ty An opportunity is a good

chance or a favorable time. We had an opportunity to go to

a movie on Saturday. Will we have an opportunity to

have a play date this week?

Anchored Talk

Comparative Endings redder You can read this word because

you know how to read words with endings –er and –est.

What base word and ending form redder?

Comparative Endings When you come to a word with an

–er or –est ending, figure out the base word (remember that there may have been a spelling change), read the word parts from left to right, and then blend the parts together to read the word.

Comparative Endings finest tiniest hotter hottest funnier funniest bluer bluest

luckier luckiest quicker quickest flatter flattest larger largest

Comparative Endings Sort these words: latest, hottest, busiest, bigger, finer, prettier

-er -est


-er -est

latest


-er -est

latest hottest


-er -est

latest hottest busiest


-er -est

bigger latest hottest busiest


-er -est

bigger finer



-er -est

bigger finer prettier


Comparative Endings



Comparative Endings

Comparative Endings

Today feels hotter than the hottest day we ever had.

Comparative Endings


Comparative Endings


The sooner we get to the park, the happier I will be!

Comparative Endings



Comparative Endings



This is the busiest work day, so the soonest Mom can come home is seven.

Comparative Endings




Our new puppy is the smallest and fattest of them all!

Comparative Endings




Our new puppy is the smallest and fattest of them all!

High Frequency Word Review

Story Words college – a school of learning to

attend after high school agriculture – having to do with

farming laboratory – a place where tests

and experiments are done greenhouse – a building with

glass or plastic sides where plants are kept warm

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college

Auburn University University of Alabama

Northeast Alabama Community College

agriculture

laboratory

greenhouse

Vocabulary Wordscollege, agriculture, laboratory, greenhouse

We grow plants in the _____ when it is cold outside.

greenhouse I want to study _____ when I grow

up. agriculture

Vocabulary Wordscollege, agriculture, laboratory, greenhouse

One day I will go to ____ to learn more about plants.

college There I will study seeds and plants

in a ______. laboratory

SynonymsA synonym is a word that has the same or almost the same meaning as another word.

Building Background When you don’t understand

something that happens in a story, it is a good idea to stop reading and look quickly over what they have already read to clear up any confusion about the story.

Let’s Read

Literary TextBiography “Louis Braille” A biography is the true story of someone’s

life. Usually a biography is written in time sequence and includes important events and facts about that person’s life.

Name on of the important facts from Louis Braille’s life.

How is nonfiction different from fiction?

Let’s Read

I read, we read, ya’ll read

Daily Fix-It

it are smallest than that

It is smaller than that.• plants that row of

seeds straighterer.• Plant that row of

seeds straighter.

Verbs: am, is, are, was, were A verb can tell what someone or

something is doing. A verb can show something that

happens now, in the past, or in the future.

Verbs change when we talk about one or more than one person or thing.

They also change when we talk about the past or present.

Verbs: am, is, are, was, were Which verbs talk about the past? Which verbs are used with one or

more people or things. Which verbs are used with I?

Verbs: am, is, are, was, were The verbs am, is, are, was, and were

do not show action. They show what someone or something is or was.

These verbs are forms of the verb to be. The verbs am, is, and are, tell about

now. The verbs was and were, tell about the

past.


A seed is small. What is the verb? The seeds ____ small. I ____ small. These trees were once just

seeds. The tree ___ once just a seed.


Use am, are, was, and were

Writing - ReviewWriting Trait: Organization

What steps do we need to take to write a review?

Writing - ReviewWriting Trait: Organization

Let’s plan a review using a four square for A Weed is a Flower.

Main idea: What I liked about the selection.

Detail Detail Closing thought.

Research and InquiryInternet

Search EngineKeywordLinks

Let’s search where the idea of ice cream cones came from!

Wrap Up Your Day! High-Frequency Words Sequence Let’s Talk About It

Tomorrow you will reread A Weed is A Flower.


Journal Topic

Write about an idea you had and tell how you thought of

it.

A Weed Is a Flower Wednesday

Morning Warm-Up

Toymakers make better toys every year. Some are faster and some are louder. Some are even smarter! How would you make

your favorite toy better?


Morning Warm-Up

Toymakers make better toys every year. Some are faster

and some are louder. Some are even smarter! How would you

makeyour favorite toy better?

Today we will learn about: Comparative Endings Sequence High-Frequency Words Synonyms Verbs: am, is, are, was, were Writing a review Gathering information

Read-Aloud

Teddy’s Bear

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Amazing Words

accomplish ac – com - plish When you accomplish something,

you succeed in carrying it out or finishing it.

The mayor of our town accomplished many important things.

She was proud she accomplished so much in only an hour.

Anchored Talk

Phonics: Build WordsBase Word -er -est

Sad


Sadsafe

Sadder Saddest


SadSafe

SadderSafer

SaddestSafest


SadSafefluffy

SadderSafer

SaddestSafest


SadSafefluffy

SadderSaferFluffier

SaddestSafestFluffiest


SadSafefluffyWet

SadderSaferFluffier

SaddestSafestFluffiest


SadSafefluffyWet

SadderSaferFluffierWetter

SaddestSafestFluffiestWettest


SadSafefluffyWetThin

SadderSaferFluffierWetter

SaddestSafestFluffiestWettest


SadSafefluffyWetThin

SadderSaferFluffierWetterThinner

SaddestSafestFluffiestWettestThinnest


SadSafefluffyWetThinWhite

SadderSaferFluffierWetterThinner

SaddestSafestFluffiestWettestThinnest


SadSafefluffyWetThinWhite

SadderSaferFluffierWetterThinnerWhiter

SaddestSafestFluffiestWettestThinnestWhitest


SadSafefluffyWetThinWhiteNice

SadderSaferFluffierWetterThinnerWhiter

SaddestSafestFluffiestWettestThinnestWhitest


SadSafefluffyWetThinWhiteNice

SadderSaferFluffierWetterThinnerWhiterNicer

SaddestSafestFluffiestWettestThinnestWhitestnicest


SadSafefluffyWetThinWhiteNiceheavy

SadderSaferFluffierWetterThinnerWhiterNicer

SaddestSafestFluffiestWettestThinnestWhitestnicest


SadSafefluffyWetThinWhiteNiceheavy

SadderSaferFluffierWetterThinnerWhiterNicerHeavier

SaddestSafestFluffiestWettestThinnestWhitestnicestHeaviest


SadSafefluffyWetThinWhiteNiceHeavydry

SadderSaferFluffierWetterThinnerWhiterNicerHeavier

SaddestSafestFluffiestWettestThinnestWhitestnicestHeaviest


SadSafefluffyWetThinWhiteNiceHeavydry

SadderSaferFluffierWetterThinnerWhiterNicerHeavierDrier

SaddestSafestFluffiestWettestThinnestWhitestnicestHeaviestdriest

Comparative Endings opposite of colder and coldest hotter, hottest opposite of sadder and saddest happier, happiest opposite of bigger and biggest smaller, smallest

Comparative Endings opposite of later and latest sooner, soonest opposite of more crooked and

most crooked straight, straightest opposite of thinner and thinnest fatter, fattest

Synonyms Moses and Susan Carver thought

that George was an unusual child. He was also described as small and weak.

When authors write, they choose certain words but other words with the same or similar meanings could also be used.

Synonyms Words that have similar meanings

are called synonyms. George remained small and weak. But as he grew, they saw he was

an unusual child. Find a word to use in place of the

underlined word without changing the meaning of the sentence.

Fluent ReadingI read, we read, ya’ll read, you read!

Comparative Endings –er, -est

Fluent reading:I read, we read, ya’ll read, you read

High-Frequency Words

rhymes with flowers hours rhymes with honey money I wasn’t sure how to answer the ____. question I was the ____ one who raise my hand. only

High-Frequency Words

My mom ____ school for twelve years. taught My pants and shirts are too small so I will

have to buy some new ____. clothes Mr. Johnson is our next door ____. neighbor

High Frequency and Story Wordstaught, greenhouse, college, money, question, laboratory

1. The boy had no ____to buy clothes.2. The scientist worked for hours in her _________.3. He went to ________ to study agriculture.4. His neighbor asked him a _________.5. She ______ a class at the college.6. He grew only peanuts in that ________.



Daily Fix-It

• i am happyest when I are busy

• I am happiest when I am busy.

• then I finich my work soonner.

• Then I finish my work sooner.


The forms of to be tell whether it is about one or more than one and whether it takes place in the past or the present.

Dr. Carver was a scientist. Some people he helped were farmers. Today, many people are farmers. I am a farmer too.


I am a singer. Nat was a singer. They were singers.


Wrap Up Your Day! Sequence Let’s Talk About It

Tomorrow you will read about Maria, who uses a computer to find information on the Internet.


Journal Topic

Use at least one pair of synonyms in a

description of George Washington Carver.

A Weed Is a Flower Thursday

Morning Warm-UpToday we are going to read about an amazing kind of technology,the Internet. Maria wants to search the net for information. Have you ever searched a www. address before? What do you know about the Internet?


Morning Warm-UpToday we are going to read about an amazing kind of technology,the Internet. Maria wants to search the net for information. Have you ever searched a www. address before? What do you know about the Internet?

Today we will learn about:

Comparative Endings Long i: i, ie, igh, y Verbs: am, is, are, was, were Summarize information Inferring Writing a Review

Where do creative ideas come from?

original o – rig - i – nal Something that is original is

the only one of its kind or the first of something.

We use my grandmother’s original recipe for those delicious cookies.

A copy machine makes copies of an original paper.

scientist

sci – en – tist A scientist is a person who is

trained in science and is an expert in it.

Scientists have discovered many things about the world we live in.

unusual

un – u – su – al Something that is unusual is

not usual or not ordinary. The children made an unusual

barbecue sauce when they were trying to act like scientists.

Anchored Talk

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Vocabulary Words

college agriculture laboratory greenhouse


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Long i: i, ie, igh, ypie, might, sigh, fly, tiger, mild, lie, by, high, cyclone, wider, find, bright, die, python, tie

i ie igh y


i ie igh y

pie


i ie igh y

pie might


i ie igh y

pie might sigh


i ie igh y

pie might sigh

fly


i ie igh y

tiger pie might sigh

fly


i ie igh y

tiger mild

pie might sigh

fly


i ie igh y

tiger mild

pie lie

might sigh

fly


i ie igh y

tiger mild

pie lie

might sigh

fly by


i ie igh y

tiger mild

pie lie

might sigh high

fly by


i ie igh y

tiger mild

pie lie

might sigh high

fly by cyclone


i ie igh y

tiger mild wider

pie lie

might sigh high

fly by cyclone


i ie igh y

tiger mild wider find

pie lie

might sigh high

fly by cyclone


i ie igh y


pie lie

might sigh high bright

fly by cyclone


i ie igh y


pie lie die


fly by cyclone


i ie igh y


pie lie die


fly by cyclone python


i ie igh y


pie lie die tie


fly by cyclone python

Sentence Reading

They had a backyard birthday party for their oldest daughters.

Matt fished alone by the riverbank for half a day.

He caught the biggest, fattest catfish ever!

Who’s the youngest baseball player on the team?

Sentence Reading

We cannot buy the larger toybox. We played basketball in the

driveway. I scored many points.

Spiral Review: Fluent word reading

Partner Routine: Take turns, choral, back to desk practice words!

Read-Aloud

The Experiment

Read-Aloud

The Experiment

Read-Aloud

The Experiment

I read, we read, ya’ll read, you read

Daily Fix-It

he are a plant dotcor He is a plant doctor. i am knot too good

with plants I am not too good

with plants.


What are some forms of the verb to be?

Am, is, are, was, were These verbs don’t show action.

What do they show? They show what someone or

something is or was.


The Minute Men were heroes. My grandfather is a good

storyteller. Laura Ingalls Wilder was a

pioneer. She was also a writer.

RevisingAdding Sentences

What could we add after each statement?Write your own comment.George Washington Carver worked late at night.

Dr. Carver was teaching many people.

Media LiteracyMedia Techniques

Radio.Television.Print (Newspapers, books)


What steps did we take to find out about ice cream cones?Did we answer our original topic?

Wrap Up Your Day! Making Connections Let’s Talk About It

You heard about two children who decided to be scientists. Tomorrow you will hear about Abby and Joey again.


Journal Topic

List places and tools for research.

A Weed Is a Flower Friday

Morning Warm-Up

This week we read about one illustrator, two toymakers, and three scientists. Where did their creative ideas come from?

Today we will learn about:

Review Amazing Words Comparative Endings High-Frequency Words Verbs: am, is, are, was, were Fact and Opinion

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Story Words college agriculture laboratory greenhouse




Review!!!

Comparative Endings

This apple tastes sweeter and juicier than the others.

This apple tastes sweeter and juicier than the others.

I ate the largest piece of meat because I was hungrier than usual.

I ate the largest piece of meat because I was hungrier than usual.

Comparative Endings

That is the tiniest, prettiest ring I have ever seen.

That is the tiniest, prettiest ring I have ever seen.

The trees look lovelier in summer when their leaves are greener.

The trees look lovelier in summer when their leaves are greener.

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High-Frequency Wordsonly, money,

neighbor, hours, clothes, taught, question

How many more ___ will we drive before we get there?

hours I did extra chores so I could earn

some _____. money

High-Frequency Wordsonly, money,


My old ____ are too small, so I will have to get new ones.

clothes My next door ____ lets me play

with her dog. neighbor

High-Frequency Words only, money,


Can you please repeat the ____ you asked?

question This is your one and _____ chance to

get it right. only My dad _____ me how to fly a kite. taught

Spelling Test Time!!!

ComprehensionFact and Opinion

Literary TextText Structure

Autobiography: A true story about a person that is writtenby that person.

Chronological order: The order in which events happen.

“Alberto the Scientist” Pages 376 – 379

Let’s reread to find out the sequence of events.

Daily Fix-It

• the science lab was hoter this weak

• The science lab was hotter this week.

my plant are the smallest one,

My plant is the smallest one.

Verbs am, is, are, was and were

Writing – Review

WritersCraft:Verbs

Research and InquiryCommunicate

Dramatize to communicate.

Wrap Up Your Week

Let’s Talk AboutCreative Ideas

A Weed Is a Flower Friday

Journal Topic

Write about a process you

perform every day.

A Weed Is a Flower Related Links

Compound Words Primary ResourcesNational Geographic Kids Plant Power

Plant Parts Who Lives Here?

George Washington Carver Braille Games

The Good, Better, BestTrampolini Game

We are now ready to take our story tests.

Extra slides

Cause and Effect Most things happen for a reason. Good readers ask themselves

what happens and why it happens.

Paying attention to why things happen helps you understand what you read.

Monitor and Fix Up When you don’t understand

something that happens in a story, it is a good idea to stop reading and look quickly over what they have already read to clear up any confusion about the story.

Monitor and Fix Up Ask yourself questions as you read

A Weed Is a Flower. Do I make sure I understand as I

read? Do I go back and look quickly for

information I don’t know or understand.

Cause and Effect Most things happen for a reason. Good readers ask themselves

what happens and why it happens.

Look for clue words that signal causes, such as so and because.

Word Family Rhymes - soak (online dictionary)

Consonants Digraphs Blends

cloak croak

Word Family Rhymes - soak

cloak croak

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