Question of the Day What would you do if you were nervous about a project or performance

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Question of the DayWhat would you do if you
were nervous about a project or performance?

• When I have a performance or project, I can build
  my self-confidence by __________.

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Whos Nervous Now?

• Did you two choose your music for the piano
  recital? asked Mom.
• Ill do it later, said Nan. She had two whole
  weeks until the recital.
• Ned turned the pages of his music book. After
  much deliberation, he made a decision. Im going
  to start practicing right now, he said.
• Nan put off choosing her music. Instead, she
  spent her time thinking about what other people
  might play, how she should bow after her
  performance, and whether she should greet her
  audience with a big or small smile.

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• Meanwhile, Ned worked hard practicing the piece
  he had chosen. Youre just practicing so much
  because your Nervous Ned, said Nan. I never get
  nervous.
• The day before the recital, Nan chose her
  music. She began to practice, but the piece was
  too hard. She chose another piece, and that was
  hard, too. Mom, Nan cried, her stomach full of
  nervous bubbles, I have to tell Ms. Prince that
  I cant play at the recital. I dont have time to
  learn my music!
• At the recital, Ned felt confident. When he
  performed, he had fun and he played well. Nan,
  from her seat in the audience, was surprised.
  Wow, she said. I guess practice got rid of
  Nervous Ned!

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Suffixes able, -ible, -less, -ous

• Remember
• The suffixes able and ible mean capable of
• The suffix less means without
• The suffix ous means full of

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Suffixes able, -ible, -less, -ous

• believable reliable comfortable
• Lets pronounce the suffixes in each word.
• Notice how the final e in believe was dropped
  before able was added.
• What spelling change was made in rely to make
  reliable?
• Also notice that no spelling change was made to
  the root word comfort.
• Now lets read the words together.

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Suffixes able, -ible, -less, -ous

• traceable homeless hazardous reversible
• Divide the words to show the siffixes.
• Tell how and why (or why not) the root was
  changed, and finally read the words to yourself.

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Words with Suffixes

• Use the following words below to complete each
  sentence.
• doable famous careless various endless nervous u
  seless reliable
• That broken umbrella is _________.
• Loud thunder makes Kayla _______.
• A ________ person cared for our cat while we were
  away.
• The long train ride seemed ________.
• Our class saw _______ animals at the zoo.
• Try not to make ________ errors in your homework.
• Jorge met the _______ ball player after the game.
  
• That task is ________, and we should finish it on
  time.

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Words with Suffixes

• Use the following words below to complete each
  sentence.
• flexible washable helpless terrible
• valuable dangerous powerless
• The babysitter was _______ to stop the baby from
  crying.
• It is _______ to run in the street.
• That old ring is very ________.
• Ethan felt _______ when he lost his favorite hat.
• Ming felt ________ when it came to cooking.
• Are your sneakers _________.
• The rubber hose is very _________.

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Lets get ready to read!

• Get ready to perform a readers theater using the
  story The Science Fair.
• Think about how the characters might feel.
• In groups you will each choose a character to
  read in your group. Remember to read with an
  appropriate rate and reflect punctuation
  correctly, including commas and exclamation
  points.
• Make sure to read with expression, proper
  phrasing, and correct pronunciation.
• Once you have finished practicing, take turns
  reading your play to another group.

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Make Predictions(Comprehension)

• How do good readers make predictions as they
  read?
• They think about what they already know and
  about what they have learned in the story.
• Listen as I reread the first page of The Many
  Lives of Benjamin Franklin on page 100. Use
  prior knowledge to set a purpose.

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Comprehension Questions

• What do you predict Ben will do when he grows up?
• Become an inventor
• What details or clues helped you make this
  prediction?
• Ben is curious and always thinking He tries
  different ways of doing things and has lots of
  ideas.

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Independent Practice

• Copy down the graphic organizer, into your
  notebook.
• We are going to make predictions about The Many
  Lives of Benjamin Franklin

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Build Robust Vocabulary

• Use the word web as an example to create your own
  word webs for humor and deliberation. Create a
  word web for humor and describe amusing things
  you have seen or heard. Create a web for
  deliberation and name instances in which you had
  to think hard to decide something.
• Give a few more examples of how you could prepare
  for a project.

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Building Robust Vocabulary

• Is there any preparation needed for the task of
  washing the dishes?
• What kind of gimmick would an inventive person
  use in order to get others to help with a chore?
  Explain.
• If you sprinkled a spiral of paint on paper, what
  kind of silly or make-believe animal might your
  painting look most like?
• How might a persons social life change if that
  person moved abroad?

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Building Robust Vocabulary

• If you expand a shallow hole of water, will the
  hole hold more or less water? Explain.
• Why might lions give a thorough look for prey
  every time they leave their den?
• Are the strands of your hair grainy? Elaborate.
• If someone erupts in anger, do you think that
  person reels around the room?

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Grammar Contractions

• Contractions are shortened forms of words.
• They are made by combining two or more words and
  replacing letters with an apostrophe.
• A contraction has the same meaning that the
  original words had.
• Remember
• Subject pronoun contractions combine a subject
  pronoun and a verb, such as theyre, shes, and
  youve.
• Negative verb contractions combine a verb and the
  word not, such as didnt, cant, and wouldnt.
• Double negatives, such as dont have none are
  incorrect and should not be used.

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Grammar Irregular Verbs

• Yous the best dancer.
• I hasnt never seen a dance like that.
• Lets read each sentence aloud.
• Notice how each sentence has a mistake.
• Find, explain, and correct each mistake.

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Checking our WritingDescription

• Make sure that you have spelled words with able,
  -ible, -less, and ous correctly.
• Look to see if you have used contractions
  correctly.
• Remember to check to see if your work has
  characteristics of a set of directions.
• Check your work to make sure that it makes sense.
• Remember to identify paragraphs and use correct
  capitalization.
• Remember to use the correct verb tense in every
  sentence.
• Check your spelling, punctuation, and main and
  helping verb usage.
• Use Editors Marks to correct your work.
• Trade papers with a partner and read their
  explanation. Make additional revisions and then
  discuss with your partner their writing.