Unit 1 Week 1The Red Kayak

Day 1 - Content Knowledge

Oral VocabularyCourage – Kids of Character – What inspires

people to act courageously? Class questions & discussions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqr2GcFlY3IStudent book page 20 – 21 … look at the pictureClass questions and discussionBegin concept map

COURAGE

Concept Map

Amazing WordsTerrified, treacherous, bravery, heroineAs the teacher reads the story, students listen

for these Amazing WordsDiscuss Amazing Words and definitionsTeacher rereads story aloud

Read Aloud- “Run, Kate

Shelley, Run"

Comprehension Skill: Character and PlotComprehension Strategy: Monitor and Clarify

• Spelling – Short Vowels VCCV,VCV

Pretest on Spelling City WS DVD #1

• Conventions – Four Kinds of Sentences WS TR DVD 1

Centers

Day 2 -Content KnowledgeCourage – Kids President Heroes – What inspires

people to act courageously?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgF1Enrgo2gDiscuss passage from “Run, Kate Shelly, Run”

Oral Vocabulary

Word Analysis

A suffix is added the the end of a base word to modify a word’s function in a sentence. The suffix -ly is added to an adjective to form an adverb.

In your reading spirals create this chart. Change the adjective to an adverb and then use it in a sentence.

Literary Terms: Point of View

When a story is told from a third-person point of view, the narrator is not a character in the story.

Third person can have anomniscient point of view limited-omniscient point of view

What point of view is Brave Melissa in on page 23?

Think of another example.

Vocabulary Skill: Homographs

Red KayakGenre: Realistic Fiction

Fictional characters and events that could happen in real life.

Think about acting courageously as you read!

Vocabulary- Centers

Spelling - Center

Conventions - Center

Research and Inquiry - Centers

Day 3

Oral LanguageCourage – Famous Failureshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

Ydeyl0vXdP0

Concept Map

Red Kayak Continuing the Story

Think Critically

Vocabulary- Centers

Spelling - Center

Conventions - Center

Research and Inquiry - Centers

Day 4

Oral LanguageCourage – 6 people found couragehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

usIHENAXuag

Build Oral Vocabulary

Social Studies in ReadingHow-to text give instructions for a procedure. Why would a person need to follow a procedure

or steps?What are some examples?

How-to Text

Vocab, Fluency, Listening

Vocabulary- Centers

Spelling - Center

Conventions - Center

Research and Inquiry - Centers

Day 5

Oral LanguageCourage – Motivational Minute - Couragehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drlqlOxJLnc

Build Oral Vocabulary

REVIEWComprehension SkillComprehension Strategy Word AnalysisLiterary Terms

Vocabulary- Centers

Spelling - Center

Conventions - Center

Research and Inquiry - Centers