Now & Ben
Lesson 30
Vocabulary
inventions-useful tools, machines,
or instruments that were created by someone
accomplishments- things that are
successful or impressive
remarkable – unusual or surprising
designed –to have planned or
developed something
composed –to have written something
amounts- quantities of something
result-something that happens
because of something else
achieve – to successfully complete
something or get a good result
Lesson 29
Main Selection
Two of Everything
Genre: Folktale
Paired Selection
Stone Soup
Genre: Traditional Tale
Decodable Readers
• Not So Alike
• Corduroy and Will
Spelling Principle
Spelling Patterns ai, ay, igh, -y
Spelling Words List 1
aim, snail, bay, braid, ray, always, gain, sly, chain, shy,
bright, fright, tray, try, woman, eight
Spelling Words List 2
container,
thigh, delight, midnight, reply, aisle,
identify, apply, rhyme, anyway,
detail, airplane,
eight, drain, tonight, woman
Vocabulary
tossed-to have thrown or flung something
grateful- showing thankfulness for something
contained– to have held or enclosed something
startled–to have suddenly surprised someone
village–a very small town in the country
search- to look for something
odd- strange, unusual
leaned– to have moved your body in a particular direction
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Lesson 28
Journeys Reading Unit 6 Lesson 28
“Yeh-Shen”
Spelling Word List 1
cow, house, town, shout, down, mouse, found, loud,
brown, ground, pound, flower, out
now, enough, tomorrow
Spelling List 2
towel, pounce, vowel, growl, hour, our, proud,
thousand, howl, couch, sound, mountain, counting, shower,
enough, tomorrow
Vocabulary for “Yeh-Shen”
task- a small job to do
glimmering- shining and sparkling
served- carried in and placed before people
content- satisfied
worn- having the look of being used over and over again
overjoyed- very happy
concealed- hidden; out of sight
valuable- worth a lot of money
High Frequency Words
above, enough, falling, happened, lived, loved, should, sorry, want, while
Lesson 27
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Main Selection: The Dog That Dug For Dinosaurs
Essential Question: How can one event in a story cause another to happen?
Target Skill: Fact & Opinion
Analyze
and evaluate information correctly and effectively based on personal
feelings and judgement. Readers need to know whether information is
true and verifiable when reading.
Target Strategy: Question
When readers ask questions as they read, it keeps them thinking about
the words and ideas in the book. It makes them want to read on. Asking
questions helps when you're confused, too.
Fluency: Intonation
When good readers read, they add interest and enjoyment to their
reading by reading with expression. They may use their voices to
communicate characters' or the author's thoughts and
feelings. Good readers match the interpretation of the passage. (examples: surprised, scared, or even angry.)
High Frequency Words/Word Wall Words
buy, father, called, town, even, maybe, where, water, outside, tomorrow
PHONICS/SPELLING
Phonics: Vowel Dipthong /oo/
Possessive Nouns
List 1:
took, books, foot, hoof, cook, nook, hood, wood, stood, shook, crook, cookbook, look, good, maybe, buy
Challenge list:
crooked, bookcase, good-bye, looking, recooked, footprints, wool,
woodpecker, childhood, understood, wood, hoodie, football, maybe, buy
VOCABULARY
Target Vocabulary:
discovered: to have found out something you didn't know before
guard: a person who watches over or protects something or someone
remove: to take away
souvenirs: things that remind you of a place you visited or an experience you had
explained: to have told someone about something so that they understand it
exact: right on, completely correct
growled: made a long, deep, angry sound, with the throat
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List 1 Spelling Words:
root, crew, spoon, few, bloom, grew, room, you
stew, boost, scoop, flew, zoo, noon, goes, don't
Challenge List:
balloon, proof, scooter, group, soup, threw, through, chew
screwdriver, curfew, tissue, rescue, argue, goes, don't
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Target Vocabulary:
confused
ordinary
control
sensible
suspiciously
training
cage
upset
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Target Vocabulary Words
pod
soak
shoot
root
nutrition
tasty
soften
grain
Spelling Words...List 1
tall
saw
dog
draw
call
fall
soft
paw
ball
yawn
log
small
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Main Selection: Half-Chicken
Essential Question: How can one event in a story cause another to happen?
Target Skill: Cause and Effect
Events cause other events to happen. Good readers connect story details
to link something that happens to what makes it happen.
Target Strategy: Visualize
Readers stop and think about pictures that come into their minds as
they read. If reading with a partner, share their thoughts what they are
imagining.
Fluency: Accuracy: Expression
When good readers read, they add interest and enjoyment to their
reading by reading with expression. They may use their voices to
communicate characters' or the author's thoughts and
feelings. (examples: surprised, scared, or even angry.)
High Frequency Words/Word Wall Words
away, began, brothers, brown, earth, here, learning, surprised, there, without
PHONICS/SPELLING
Phonics: Prefixes re-, un-, over-, pre-, mis-
Spelling Words: Prefixes re-, un-
List 1: List 2
1. unhappy 1. unhealthy
2. retell 2. unfold
3. untangle 3. recycle
4. unkind 4. overdue
5. repaint 5. overflow
6. refill 6. mislead
7. unlike 7. misspell
8. remake 8. misunderstand
9. unpack 9. preview
10. reread 10. prefix
11. unlock 11. prepare
12. replay 12. unroll
Review: Review:
13. read 13. surprised
14. happy 14. without
Challenge: Challenge
15. surprised 15. rewrite
16. without 16. overheard
VOCABULARY
Target Vocabulary:
peacefully: calmly, not fighting
blazed: burned or shined brightly
empty: not full
stream: flowing water, like a small river
flung: threw hard
swift: fast
tumbling: falling and rolling suddenly
tangled: twisted and mixed-up
Vocabulary Strategy: Antonyms
GRAMMAR
Grammar Focus: Irregular Verbs
Writing
Mode: Writing to inform
Focus Trait: Ideas
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Main Selection: Gloria Who Might Be My Best Friend
Essential Question: What can you learn from a character's words and actions?
Target Skill: Understanding Characters
Readers can use what a character says, thinks, and does to figure out the character's traits and feelings.
Target Strategy: Question
Readers can better understand characters by asking questions about their behavior.
Fluency: Accuracy: Accuracy-Self Correct
When
good readers read aloud, they think about their reading. If a word
doesn't make sense, they stop and try to clarify the confusion.
HIGH-FREQUENCY WORDS
boy, does, everyone, field, floor, found, into, their, toward, what's
PHONICS/SPELLING
Phonics: Homophones
Homophones are words that sound alike but are spelled differently and have different meanings.
Spelling Words:
List 1
1.meet
2. meat
3. week
4 weak
5. mane
6. main
7. tail
8. tale
9. be
10. bee
11. too
12. two
Review:
13. see
14. sea
Challenge:
15. threw
16. through
VOCABULARY
Target Vocabulary:
knot: a knot is made by passing one end of a string or rope through a loop and pulling it tight
copy: to do or make something exactly like another thing
planning: deciding what you want to do before you actually do it
lonely: to feel sad to be alone
heavily: weighs a lot
seriously: you are sincere and not joking
answered: to reply to a question
guessed: to form an idea without knowing all the facts
Target Strategy: Idioms
An
idiom is an expression that cannot be understood from the individual
meanings of the words that make it up or by its literal meaning.
ex: The test was a piece of cake.
Grammar Focus: Using Adjectives
- Use
a before a noun that starts with a consonant sound. Use an before a
noun that starts with a vowel sound. You can also use the to point out a
particular noun or pronoun.
- When an adjective compares two things, it ends with -er. When an adjective compares more than two things, it ends in -est.
Lesson 21
Main Selection: Penguin Chick
Live Penguin Cams
Essential Question: How do you know which facts are important?
Target Skill: Main Idea and Details
The
topic is what a selection is about. Main Ideas are the most important
ideas about the topic. Supporting details give more information about
each main idea. Main ideas and details tell more about the topic.
Target Strategy: Infer and Predict
Thinking carefully about the details in the selection can help readers infer, or figure out the main idea.
Fluency: Accuracy: Phrasing-Natural Pauses
When good readers read aloud, they group the words into chunks called
phrases. Good readers pause naturally at the end of those chunks.
HIGH-FREQUENCY WORDS
across, behind, house, how, move, nothing, one, out, took, voice
PHONICS/SPELLING
Phonics: Words with er
Target Vocabulary:
-
finally: after a long time
-
otherwise: if things were different
-
junior: younger or having a lower rank
-
waterproof: something that doesn’t allow water through it
-
slippery: difficult to hold on to
-
webbed: having skin between the toes
-
steer: to control the direction in which something is going
-
whistle: a high musical sound
Target Strategy: Dictionary Entry
A dictionary entry includes an entry word, one or more definitions of
the word, and sometimes an example sentence or a picture; all dictionary
entries are arranged in ABC order.
GRAMMAR
Grammar Focus: What Is an Adjective?
Some words tell more about other words. These words are called
adjectives. Some adjectives tell more about how someone looks. Some
adjectives tell more about how something tastes or smells. Some
adjectives tell more about how something feels or sounds.
Spelling Words:
List 1 List 2
1. father 1. threw
2. over 2. through
3. under 3. main
4. herd 4. mane
5. water 5. hare
6. verb 6. hair
7. paper 7. flower
8. cracker 8. flour
9. offer 9. bear
10. cover 10. bare
11. germ 11. whole
12. master 12. hole
13. fern 13. blew
14. ever 14. blue
15. nothing 15. wear
16. voice 16. where