Lesson 12 Day 1

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Lesson 12 Day 1
Genre Realistic Fiction
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Question of the Day

• What would you tell a new friend about yourself?
• An important thing to know about me is
  ________________________.

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Read Aloud

• Why might you read or listen to a story?
• for enjoyment
• to learn about certain events or people
• Remember that a realistic story has characters
  and events that could be real.
• Think about the plot as I read.

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Read Aloud
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Read Aloud

• What happens at the beginning of the story?
• What happens at the end of the story?

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Phonics and Spelling

• Letters are sometimes silent that is, they do
  not stand for any sound on their own. Read this
  word with me.
• knob
• The k in knob is silent.

• knob

• This week we will learn more about silent letters
  and letters that stand for unexpected sounds.
  Help me find the silent letters in these words.

• gnat

• wrist

• gnat

• wrist

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Phonics and Spelling

• gh
• gh is a common letter pair in English, and it can
  stand for different sounds.
• One of these sounds is /f/.
• When gh makes the /f/ sound it is usually found
  at the end of the word.
• rou
• The ou makes the /u/ sound. Read the word with
  me.
• r-ou-gh

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Phonics and Spelling

• knee
• knee

gnaw
gnaw
write
write
tough
tough /f/
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Phonics and Spelling

• Write these words in your journal.
• 1. wrench
• 2. gnome
• 3. knit
• 4. enough
• Now circle the consonant pairs that stand for
  one sound.

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Spelling Pretest

• 1. gnat
• 2. knew
• 3. sign
• 4. knob
• 5. gnaw
• 6. write
• 7. knees
• 8. wrinkle
• 9. kneel
• 10. wrist
• 11. cough
• 12. known
• 13. rough
• 14. wrench
• 15. knight

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As I read the beginning, I ask myself, What is
the characters problem or goal? When I think I
know what the problem is, I continue reading to
find important events. I know that the important
events usually lead to the solution of the
problem.
Remember that all stories have a beginning,
middle and end.
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Plot
Focus Skill
Help me fill out this graphic organizer. Reread
page 335.
Characters
Setting
Orlando, Florida
Emma and her father.
Problem
Emma doesnt have a chessboard.
Important Events
Emma told her father her problem, he helped her..
Solution
She and her father make one.
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Listening Comprehension

• I am going to read a story about a pen pal who
  receives some unusual gifts.
• Have you ever received a strange gift?
• This story has characters and events that are
  like people and events in real life,
• so it is realistic fiction.
• When I read a realistic fiction story, I look for
  the setting to be a place that is or could be
  real. I expect that the characters will say and
  do things that I, or people I know, might say and
  do. I know that the problem in the story will be
  one a real person might have.
• When you listen to a realistic fiction story,
  your purpose is to enjoy the story.

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Listening Comprehension/Plot

• The plot is the events in a story.
• Remember a plot has a beginning, a middle, and an
  ending. It tells about the problem that the
  characters face and the solution to that problem.
  
• Listen carefully as I read, paying special
  attention to the character and her problem.
• After reading
• How do you know the story I just read is
  realistic fiction?
• Do you think Caitlin looks forward to getting
  more letters from Julien? Why?

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Robust Vocabulary

• Even though the grape fruit bar had melted on it,
  Caitlin deciphered Juliens letter.
• deciphered- If you have figured out a message
  that is difficult to understand or that is
  written in code, then you have deciphered it.
• The word is..
• deciphered
• What is more likely to need to be deciphered, a
  printed letter or a handwritten letter?

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Robust Vocabulary

• Caitlin thought Julien must be mistaken, because
  no one could put a sunset in an envelope.
• mistaken- If you are wrong about something, you
  are mistaken.
• What is the word?
• mistaken
• What would cause you more problems, to be
  mistaken about the date of a test or to be
  mistaken about one problem in your homework?

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DOL
Amira wrote to her

• her wrote to Amira cousin
• hours drove for six They

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They drove for six hours
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Grammar Singular and Plural Pronouns

• A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a
  noun. Writers use pronouns to keep from using
  the same noun over and over again.
• I you we he she it
  they me him her
  them
• One week she even sent a snowball.
• She is a pronoun that takes the place of Julien.
• Mr. and Mrs. Valdez hurried so they would be on
  time.
• They - Mr. and Mrs. Valdez

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Grammar Singular and Plural Pronouns

• Charlie wished he could hit a home run.
• He Charlie
• Tom and Gianna said, We had a picnic at the
  park.
• We Tom Gianna
• Lisas friends waited for her to join them.
• Her Lisa them her friends
• I asked Sam to go with me to the store.
• I me speaker
• Marcus wrote a letter and mailed it.
• It- letter

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Writing Realistic Story

• A Realistic Story..
• Includes characters and settings that could be
  real
• Includes events that could happen
• The author uses words and phrases that create a
  unique voice, or a special style of writing.

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Writing Student Model Realistic Story
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Writing Realistic Story

• You try!
• Write a sentence about each of the following
  topics
• The ocean
• A bear
• Winter
• Now turn and talk to a partner and compare your
  sentences and ideas. Notice how they are
  different.