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Unit 1 Lesson 3
Lesson Topic Volunteers Essential Question Why is volunteering good for a community and its people? Anchor Text Genre: Realistic Fiction Written By Natasha Anastasia Tarpley Illustrated By Adjoa J. Burrowes Fluency Reading Rate Comprehension Target Skill: Understanding Characters In most stories, the words and pictures tell about what the characters are doing, but how can we tell what they are thinking or feeling? Authors have many ways to tell about the characters in a story. They use clues such as action words, descriptions, illustrations, and facial expressions. We can also use what we know about real people and what the story characters say, think, and do as clues about the characters' feeling and motives, or the reasons they act in certain ways. As you read a story, you should ask yourself, "How would I feel? Why might I think or act that way? Why might a real person talk or act that way?" Resources Character Check Sheet and Trait List Character Traits List Character Map Character Traits Target Skill: Story Message Target Strategy: Analyze/Evaluate Good readers analyze or study what they read. When you analyze the characters in a story, you think about what they did. Then you evaluate or make judgements about their actions. Vocabulary Strategies Antonyms Antonyms are words that have opposite, or very different, meanings. Antonym Rock Antonym Game Word Frog Antonym Game Antonym Memory Match (Challenging) Antonym Line Match Target Vocabulary 1. contacted - got in touch with someone 2. afford - to be able to pay 3. customers - people who buy something at the store 4. block - the section of a street between two other streets 5. raise - to collect money 6. figure - to think 7. earn - to get something by working 8. spreading - stretching something out Word List Vocabulary Concentration/Word Cards Vocabulary Tic-Tac-Toe Phonics Common Vowel Pairs ai, ay, ee, ea The common vowel pairs ai, ay, ee, and ea make the long vowel sound. The letters ai make the long a sound (The i is silent.). The letters ay make the long a sound (The y is silent.). The letters ee make the long e sound (The second e is silent.). The letters ea make the long e sound (The a is silent.). **There are exceptions to the ea rule (bread, head). ai Poem Activity Spelling lay tea real treat trail afraid sweet leave today bait dream screen seem speed paint please yesterday explain Word List Spelling Tic-Tac-Toe Spelling Bingo Switch-It! |
Two Vowels Go Walking
Double E Song
Vowel Teams
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