Unit 1 Lesson 4
Pop's Bridge Lesson Topic Engineering Essential Question Why is everyone's role on a project important? Anchor Text Pop's Bridge Genre: Historical Fiction Written by Eve Bunting Illustrated by C.F. PayneFluency Expression When good readers read aloud, they read with expression. This means that they change their voices to match the characters' emotions, and they use facial expressions and gestures. Expression makes the story more interesting to hear. When readers match their expression to the meaning of the story, they and their listeners will understand it better. Comprehension Target Skill: Compare and Contrast When you compare and contrast, you find the ways that things are similar and different. When you compare things, you say what is the same about them. When you contrast, you say what is different. When you read, look for compare and contrast signal words such as like, unlike, same, different, and, but, too, also, andboth. Resources Target Skill: Story Structure Target Strategy: Infer/Predict Inferring is similar to drawing conclusions. When readers infer, they use what they know to figure out things that the author does not tell in the text. Resources Vocabulary Strategies Word Families Target Vocabulary foggy - filled with thick mist or low clouds stretch - to spread out crew - a group of people doing work balancing - keeping steady tide - the rise and fall of the sea cling - to hold tightly to something excitement - the feeling of being stirred up disappears - passes from sight Word List Vocabulary Concentration Vocabulary Tic-Tac-Toe Phonics Long o Spelled oa, ow The vowel pairs oa and ow make the long o sound. In the spelling oa, the a is silent. There are exceptions to the ow rule (how, cow, now) Long o Spelled oa Long o - oa Song Spelling load open told yellow soak shadow foam follow glow sold window coach almost throat cold most tomorrow sailboats |
Story Background
Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge The Golden Gate Bridge
What do you know about the Golden Gate Bridge?
The Impossible Bridge
How to Build a Durable Bridge
Long o - oa Song
Long o (oa) Video
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