Day 2 Fire Fighter! Today we will learn: *Vocabulary: Learn Amazing Words *Phonics/Spelling: Suffixes *Lesson Vocabulary *Vocabulary - Suffixes -ly *Fluency *Comprehension: Fact and Opinion Important Ideas * Conventions: Pronouns * Writing: Narrative Nonfiction What does it mean to be responsible? THE BIG QUESTION.... QUESTION OF THE WEEK: Why should we be responsible for doing a good job? Sing with Me Sing with Me Big Book Audio Sing with Me Big Book Audio In the song, we hear that the fire truck is going on a run. What is the fire truck doing? Oral Vocabulary: Amazing Words community responsible teamwork Comparative Endings & Suffixes Phonics oo, ue, ew, ui 3. The boyish jogger neatly stepped around the muddiest spots. (He didnt want feet like this!) Spelling Words: cheerful visitor slowly weekly teacher helper hardly graceful yearly quickly fighter sailor *beautiful *neighbor Challenge Words: gardener Extremely competitor Lesson Vocabulary How many syllables does each word have? What does the vocabulary word mean? Lesson Vocabulary High-Frequency Words stationbuildingroarmasks quicklytightlyburning breakfamilyheardlisten oncepull Day 2 Fire Fighter! Vocabulary Strategy Suffixes Suffixes are at the end of the word I cover the suffix and read the base word. page Build Background Listen to what the firefighter says about the jobs that firefighters do at the fire station and about the equipment and vehicles that are kept at the station. Build Background 1. What are some jobs that the firefighters do at the station? 2. What kinds of vehicles are kept at the fire station? 3. What kinds of equipment are kept at the fire station? Build Background We learned about some of the jobs firefighters do at the fire station and what equipment and vehicles are kept there. In Fire Fighter! a team of firefighters answers the call to a house fire. We will learn about what they do when they get to the fire. Comprehension Fact and Opinion Important Ideas Genre Literary Nonfiction true information in the form of a story Literary Text Word Choice Vivid verbs make the sentences more interesting and help the reader to visualize the action. For example, the author says Liz flips on the sirens and lights instead of saying she puts them on! The vivid verb flips helps readers picture Lizs action. Literary Text Word Choice What other vivid verbs can we find in our story? What do you visualize? Conventions: Pronouns Mary she David he Which are the nouns? Mary David Conventions: Pronouns Grammar Jammer! Mary she David he Which are the pronouns? she he Conventions: Pronouns Emma lives near Cedar Lane. What pronoun can we use for Emma? She lives near Cedar Lane. Conventions: Pronouns Cedar Lane is a main street in town. What pronoun can we use? It is a main street in town. Conventions: Pronouns People like to shop there. What pronoun can we use? They like to shop there. Conventions: Pronouns Sam and I stop at the pizza store. What pronoun can we use? We stop at the pizza store. Conventions: Pronouns Ann Marie walk into the store. _____ gets pizza. What is the pronoun we can use in each sentence? What is the verb it tells about? She A fire alarm rings. ____ rings and rings! It Conventions: Pronouns Mr. Kim pulls out his cell phone. _____ calls 911. Pronouns take the place and nouns and add variety to your writing! He NB page 391 Writer Craft: Sequence *Writing Prompt for today Think about other community workers. Now write a narrative telling how one of these workers performs a job. Key Features Include.... First, think of the community workers you know. Lets make a chart of community workers and the jobs they do.... Who performs a job in our community? WRITER CRAFT:SEQUENCE Community Workers What They Do Community WorkersWhat They Do bus driver police officier librarian mail carrier Turn and talk to your neighbor.... what jobs do these community workers perform? Community WorkersWhat They Do bus driver take people from place to place police officier keep people safe; stop people from breaking the law librarian help people find books, research, read to children mail carrier delivers the mail picks up the mail we would like to mail NB page 392 Mrs. Kratz, the local librarian Mrs. Kratz was reading to the children and the lights went out. Tree branches made knocking noises. Jake began to cry. Mrs. Kratz told knock-knock jokes and so did Jake. Wrap up your day Build Concepts *Who in the community is responsible for caring for animals? *Why is teamwork important during an operation? Next time.... Tomorrow well learn more amazing words and reread Fire Fighter!