Unit 4Unit 4

Week 3 Week 3

Day 2Day 2

Page 5 When the Moon Is Full

What do you see in this picture?

What is the moon like? What does it do?

How can you tell what time of year it is?

Seasons and WeatherSeason Changes

Winter Weather becomes colder; animals hibernate or migrate; may snow

Spring

Summer

Fall

Theme Vocabulary

shadoshadowsws

the dark shapes that objects make when light is behind them

hiddehiddenn

kept out of sight

Make pictures in your mind while reading. Authors help us visualize by describing what

things look like and feel like.

VisualizeIn the Poem Picture in My Mindp.8, first 4 lines of When the Moon Is Full

These lines describe how the snow snuggles the world. It’s downy like white feathers.

I imagine a soft blanket.

p. 8, next 4 lines

Visualize how the moon looks through falling snow.

What do you think the poems will be about?

What do you want to find out as you read?

Read pages 18-32

Rules

1. Divide most words that end in -le before the consonant that comes before –le.

2. When 2 consonants come between 2 vowels, divide most words between the consonants.

3. Some pairs of consonants (sh, th, ck, ch) form 1 sound and are not divided between the consonants. fa/ ther teach/ er buck/ le

bumble basketsimple thunderscramble number

bumble basketsimple thunderscramble number

sample waffle dimple corner insect under

High Frequency WordsHigh Frequency Words: about, anything, every, without

Reread Decodable Reader 16Reread Decodable Reader 16: The Blue Tie

Fluency: Fluency: “Pecos Bill” (phrasing)

Practice Companion p. 252

Possible Topics for a Descriptive Paragraph

People Places Things and Animals

My best friend Our school’s library My cat

My teacher The park near my house

My grandmother’s purse

Resource Master 11

My Cat

Hear:-loud meows when he wants something-loud purrs when I pat him-hisses at my other cat

Smell: -litter dust that sticks to his fur

See:-brown with black stripes-white on his chin and paws -brown nose-chubby-long tail

Touch: -plush, thick fur-cold, wet nose-soft paws-scratchy tongue