What can we learn by exploring the desert?

What can we learn by exploring the desert?

Small Groups

Timer

A Walk in the Desert

Vocabulary Words

desert harsh climate cactus coyote

Amazing Words arid landform precipitation dunes ledge haven discovery forbidding


High Frequency Words

water full animals early warm eyes


Word Wall Words

train see why about bug

Spelling Words

talked hugged talking hugging dropped smiled dropping smiling excited dragging exciting amazed lifted danced lifting

Big Question: What can we learn by exploring the desert?

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

A Walk in the Desert Monday

Morning Warm-Up

Your mother and father might take you to a desert to see things that you couldn’t see in a forest. What can we learn by exploring the desert?


Morning Warm-Up

Your mother and father might take you to a desert to see things that you couldn’t see in a forest. What can we learn by exploring the desert?

Today you will learn about:

new amazing words, inflected endings – adding –ed and –ing, main idea and details, and statements and questions

Exploring SpaceMonday

Amazing Words

arid

ar - id Something that is arid is very, very dry. Deserts are arid because they don’t get

much rain. The air in your house in the winter might be

arid because the heat is on all the time.

landform

land - form A landform is the shape formed on land. Landforms are things like hills, mountains,

lakes, and deserts. The landforms in Arizona include

mountains and desert, as well as rivers.

precipitation

pre-cip-i-ta-tion Precipitation means any kind of rain,

snow, hail, or other form of water that comes down from the clouds to the ground.

A desert area is dry because it gets very little precipitation.

Many kinds of trees that grow in forests need a lot of precipitation.

Rules

If a word has a short vowel, double the end consonant before adding –ed or –ing.

If a word has a sneaky e, drop the e before adding –ed or –ing.

Inflected Endings

We will learn about words whose spelling changes before an ending is added to the base word.

rain

rained

raining

shop

shopped

shopping

like

liked

liking

plan

plans

planned

planning

Inflected Endings

Decide if the base word’s spelling will change when you add –ed or –ing.

base word

-s -ed -ing

Inflected Endings


base word

-s -ed -ing

grab

Inflected Endings


base word

-s -ed -ing

grab grabs

Inflected Endings


base word

-s -ed -ing

grab grabs grabbed

Inflected Endings


base word

-s -ed -ing

grab grabs grabbed grabbing

Inflected Endings


base word

-s -ed -ing

grab

excite

grabs grabbed grabbing

Inflected Endings


base word

-s -ed -ing

grab

excite

grabs

excites

grabbed grabbing

Inflected Endings


base word

-s -ed -ing

grab

excite

grabs

excites

grabbed

excited

grabbing

Inflected Endings


base word

-s -ed -ing

grab

excite

grabs

excites

grabbed

excited

grabbing

exciting

Inflected Endings


base word

-s -ed -ing

grab

excite

face

grabs

excites

grabbed

excited

grabbing

exciting

Inflected Endings


base word

-s -ed -ing

grab

excite

face

grabs

excites

faces

grabbed

excited

grabbing

exciting

Inflected Endings


base word

-s -ed -ing

grab

excite

face

grabs

excites

faces

grabbed

excited

faced

grabbing

exciting

Inflected Endings


base word

-s -ed -ing

grab

excite

face

grabs

excites

faces

grabbed

excited

faced

grabbing

exciting

facing

Inflected Endings


base word

-s -ed -ing

grab

excite

face

talk

grabs

excites

faces

grabbed

excited

faced

grabbing

exciting

facing

Inflected Endings


base word

-s -ed -ing

grab

excite

face

talk

grabs

excites

faces

talks

grabbed

excited

faced

grabbing

exciting

facing

Inflected Endings


base word

-s -ed -ing

grab

excite

face

talk

grabs

excites

faces

talks

grabbed

excited

faced

talked

grabbing

exciting

facing

Inflected Endings


base word

-s -ed -ing

grab

excite

face

talk

grabs

excites

faces

talks

grabbed

excited

faced

talked

grabbing

exciting

facing

talking

Word Reading

bringing running pages stacking skipped traced stinks spotted

wiping plunked slamming closed blocked spreads gliding


Spelling Words talked hugged talking hugging dropped smiled dropping smiling excited dragging exciting amazed lifted danced lifting

Word Wall Words

train see why about bug

Let’s Talk About Exploration!

Main Idea and Details

The main idea is the most important idea about the topic.

Details are small pieces of information in a selection that tell more about the main idea.

Good readers decide which ideas are most important as they react.

Read – Aloud: Saguaro Cactus

Monday’s Fix-It

talked about the desert We talked about the

desert.

when can we go When can we go?

Grammar: Statements & Questions

• A statement is a sentence that tells something. A statement ends with a period.

Some places are very dry.• A question is a sentence that asks

something. A question ends with a question mark.

What can live in a very dry place?• A statement and a question begin with a

capital letter.


can an oak tree live in a very dry place Can an oak tree live in a very dry place? an oak tree needs plenty of water An oak tree needs plenty of water. it cannot live in a very dry place It cannot live in a very dry place.


does a cactus need much water Does a cactus need much water? a cactus does not need much water A cactus does not need much water. where does a cactus live Where does a cactus live?


Journal Topic

List different types of landforms.

A Walk in the Desert Tuesday

Morning Warm-Up

Today we will read about walking in the desert. What will we see and hear and feel? What lives there? What will we spot?


Morning Warm-Up

Today we will read about walking in the desert. What will we see and hear and feel? What lives there? What will we spot?


new amazing words, inflected endings – adding –ed and –ing, main idea and details, text structure, high-frequency words, vocabulary words, and statements and questions

Exploring SpaceTuesday

Amazing Words

dunes

dunes A dune is a hill of sand in a desert. Dunes

are formed when the wind blows the sand. That dune wasn’t there last time we came

to this beach. The dunes in a desert shift and change.

ledge

led - ge A ledge is a shelf. If you are in the desert, you might see a

coyote up on a ledge. There is a toy on the window ledge.

haven

ha -ven A haven is a safe place. A big cactus is a haven for lots of

animals. Your school is a haven for you

during a big rainstorm.

Rules



Inflected Endings

chime chiming chimed bugs bugged bugging dive dived diving

blame blames blamed blaming grin grins grinned grinning

We are learning about words whose spelling changes before an ending is added to the base word.

Inflected Endings: Find the words in “Exploring in the Desert” that have

inflected endings.

exploring hiked looked soaring sunning

shaking hopped moved making seems

Inflected Endings


base word

-s -ed -ing

Inflected Endings


base word

-s -ed -ing

pace

Inflected Endings


base word

-s -ed -ing

pace paces

Inflected Endings


base word

-s -ed -ing

pace paces paced

Inflected Endings


base word

-s -ed -ing

pace paces paced pacing

Inflected Endings


base word

-s -ed -ing

pace

raft

paces paced pacing

Inflected Endings


base word

-s -ed -ing

pace

raft

paces

rafts

paced pacing

Inflected Endings


base word

-s -ed -ing

pace

raft

paces

rafts

paced

rafted

pacing

Inflected Endings


base word

-s -ed -ing

pace

raft

paces

rafts

paced

rafted

pacing

rafting

Inflected Endings


base word

-s -ed -ing

pace

raft

move

paces

rafts

paced

rafted

pacing

rafting

Inflected Endings


base word

-s -ed -ing

pace

raft

move

paces

rafts

moves

paced

rafted

pacing

rafting

Inflected Endings


base word

-s -ed -ing

pace

raft

move

paces

rafts

moves

paced

rafted

moved

pacing

rafting

Inflected Endings


base word

-s -ed -ing

pace

raft

move

paces

rafts

moves

paced

rafted

moved

pacing

rafting

moving

Inflected Endings


base word

-s -ed -ing

pace

raft

move

spot

paces

rafts

moves

paced

rafted

moved

pacing

rafting

moving

Inflected Endings


base word

-s -ed -ing

pace

raft

move

spot

paces

rafts

moves

spots

paced

rafted

moved

pacing

rafting

moving

Inflected Endings


base word

-s -ed -ing

pace

raft

move

spot

paces

rafts

moves

spots

paced

rafted

moved

spotted

pacing

rafting

moving

Inflected Endings


base word

-s -ed -ing

pace

raft

move

spot

paces

rafts

moves

spots

paced

rafted

moved

spotted

pacing

rafting

moving

spotting

Spelling

Find the words that have inflected endings. I was amazed that we lifted the big log. I was amazed that we lifted the big log. Grandma and I hugged and talked. Grandma and I hugged and talked. My dog was excited when I smiled at him. My dog was excited when I smiled at him.

Main Idea and Details

The main idea is the most important idea about the topic.

Details are small pieces of information in a selection that tell more about the main idea.

Good readers decide which ideas are most important as they react.

Text Structure

You can understand what you are reading better if you will pay attention to how the author has organized the selection.

Sometimes the author writes in a way that makes you feel as if you are walking along with him or her as different things are explained or pointed out.

Ask yourself questions as you read so you can understand what the author is trying to tell you.


High Frequency Words

water full animals early warm eyes

Review High-Frequency Words

water animals world friend eyes

full early warm woman move

A Walk in the DesertVocabulary & Amazing Words PP (Dyer)

desert - a part of land that is sandy and without much water harsh – very rough climate – the kind of weather a place has cactus – a plant with spines instead of leaves that grows in hot, dry places coyote – a small animal like a wolf

A Walk in the DesertVocabulary Words

A ______ is a hard place for animals and plants to live.

The ______ is very hot and dry. Many kinds of ______ plants grow there. A ______ can live there too. Life in the desert can be _____.

Daily Fix-It

did you enjoy the desert Did you enjoy the desert?

i was really exited? I was really excited!


• A statement is a sentence that tells something. A statement ends with a period.

A desert is a very dry place.• A question is a sentence that asks

something. A question ends with a question mark.

What grows in a desert?• A statement and a question begin with a

capital letter.


we are going for a walk in the desert

We are going for a walk in the desert.

what will we see there What will we see there?


Journal Topic

Write about a desert and

what it is like there.

A Walk in the Desert Wednesday

Morning Warm-Up

Many animals that live in the desert sleep in the heat of the day. They come out at night to find food. What else can we learn about animals by exploring the desert?


Is each sentence a statement or a question?

Many animals that live in the desert sleep in the heat of the day. They come out at night to find food. What else can we learn about animals by exploring the desert?


new amazing words, consonant blends, inflected endings – adding –ed and –ing, high-frequency words, descriptive words, and statements and questions

Exploring SpaceWednesday

Amazing Words

discovery

dis – cov – er - y A discovery is something someone

finds out for the first time. You made a discovery about school the

first day you came. When Iris first moved, she made lots of

new discoveries about the country.

forbidding

for – bid - ding Something that is forbidding seems

dangerous and scary. Even your familiar schoolroom can seem

forbidding and strange at night. Many places that seem forbidding at night

are not scary during the day.

Making Word Letter Tiles

a - i

c - k - l – m - p r - s - t

High-Frequency Wordsfull, warm, animals, early, eyes, water

You have two of these to see with. What are they?

You drink it, cook with it, and bathe in it. What is it?

The opposite of late. What is it? The opposite of empty. What is it? Cats, dogs, birds, and raccoons are

examples of these. What are they?

Rules



Vocabulary

Descriptive words tell how things look, sound, taste, feel, and small.

bright sun dry air sharp spines harsh climate

Wednesday’s Fix-It

• smiled at the mule• He smiled at the mule.

• did you find some cactus jelly

• Did you find some cactus jelly?


what could you find in a walk on Oak Street What could you find in a walk on Oak Street? you would see kids in the park You would see kids in the park. you could buy ice cream from the man with the cart You could buy ice cream from the man with the cart. you could jump rope with the kids at the corner. You could jump rope with the kids at the corner.


Journal Topic

Use descriptive words in

sentences about the desert.

A Walk in the Desert Thursday

Morning Warm-Up

Where could you find out more about the desert? What could tell you that the inside of a cactus feels slippery or that cactus candy is sweet?


Morning Warm-Up

Where could you find out more about the desert? What could tell you that the inside of a cactus feels slippery or that cactus candy is sweet?

Today we are going to learn about:

inflected endings statements and questions, and being a polite listener

Sentence Reading

My mother and father jogged home without stopping.

A bear can make such a mess. Dad will build a nice desk. He couldn’t stand running late so he waved for

a cab. I love the drums in the rock band. We hummed tunes as we walked straight

home.

Rules



Thursday’s Fix-It

wear did you drop it. Where did you drop it?

i lost it in the dessert? I lost it in the desert.


Is each sentence a statement or a question?

We went for a walk in the desert. Was it hot there? We were careful. Did you take water with you?

Be a Polite Listener

A good listener does several things when someone is speaking.

Be polite. Pay attention to the speaker. Sit quietly. Face the speaker. Make eye contact.


Journal Topic

Write a story about a dry desert.

A Walk in the Desert Friday

Morning Warm-Up

This week we made many discoveries about the arid desert. We found out that the desert is a landform without much precipitation. Some deserts have sand dunes. Can a cactus be a haven for animals?


Morning Warm-Up

This week we made many discoveries about the arid desert. We found out that the desert is a landform without much precipitation. Some deserts have sand dunes. Can a cactus be a haven for animals?

Today we will learn about:

inflected endings, high-frequency words, vocabulary

words, spelling words, amazing words, and

statements and questions,

Inflected Endings Rules



Inflected Endings

How do you change the spelling for the base words in each sentence?

We are hope we can begin bake the cakes and taste them!

We are hoping we can begin baking the cakes and tasting them!

They walk in the room and kiss and hug Grandpa.

They walked in the room and kissed and hugged Grandpa.

Inflected Endings

How do you change the spelling for the base words in each sentence?

I am rely on my study to keep me from miss anything on the test.

I am relying on my studying to keep me from missing anything on the test.

I grab a coat, chat with my dad, and rush outside.

I grabbed a coat, chatted with my dad, and rushed outside.

High Frequency Words eyes, animals, warm, early, full, water

1. The sun is up ____ today.

2. I ate so I am ____ all the way.

3. I walk on the ____ desert sand.

4. Can I find ____ in this dry land?

5. I rub my _____ and spot _______ drinking a lot!

Friday’s Fix-It

• the desert• The desert is hot and dry.

did you enjoy your walk Did you enjoy your walk?

Review Games

Vocabulary & Amazing Words: Jigword

Spelling Words: Quia Games Spelling City

High Frequency Words: Hot Potatoes (fill-in-the-blank)

We are now ready to take our story tests.

Story test– Classroom webpage,– Student page, – Taking Tests

AR– Other Reading Quizzes– Quiz # 904597


Journal Topic

List things you can find in a desert.

Documents

What can we learn by exploring the desert?