|
A Fine Fine School Unit 1 Lesson 1 Lesson Topic Schools Essential Question How is learning at school different from learning at home? Anchor Text Genre: Humorous Fiction Written By Sharon Creech Illustrated By Harry Bliss Fluency Accuracy When good readers read aloud, they read with accuracy. This means they read the words correctly. Good readers do not have to sound out every word. Instead they recognize words they already know. This allows them to read more fluently and pay more attention to the meaning of the story. Story Background A Fine, Fine School One Room Schoolhouses in America Comprehension Target Skill: Story Structure Characters: the people and animals in the story Setting: when and where the story takes place Plot: the order of story events Problem: usually introduced at the beginning Events tell how characters try to solve the problem. Solution: the way a story's problem is solved usually at the end of the story Resources
Target Strategy: Summarize When we summarize, we briefly tell the important parts of a story in our own words. Answer these five questions to summarize a story: WHO WHERE WHEN WHAT WHY Vocabulary Strategies Context Clues Target Vocabulary principal - the leader of a school soared - flew upward strolled - walked slowly worried - thinking about something bad that may happen proud - pleased with yourself or someone else announced - made known fine - very nice certainly - surely Word List Vocabulary Concentration Vocabulary Tic-Tac-Toe Phonics Short Vowels a, e, i, o, u A word with one vowel followed by a consonant usually has a short vowel sound. Short Vowel Song Short Vowel Chicken Stacker Words with the VCCV Pattern A VCCV word is a word that has a vowel (V), then a consonant (C), then another consonant (C), then a vowel (V). An example of a VCCV word is picnic. When a word has a VCCV pattern, the syllables are divided between the two consonants. Most VCCV words have short vowel sounds in each syllable. Spelling crop plan thing smell shut sticky spent lunch pumpkin clock gift class skip swing next hug hospital fantastic Spelling Word Cards Tic-Tac-Toe Bingo Switch-It! Online Crossword Puzzle Spelling City |
Complete sentences include subjects and predicates...check out this grammar snap to learn more about this.
|
