2 minute edit – combining sentencesandorbutthenso

What is the best way to combine the following sentences:

I like the country because it is beautiful this time of year. I love the city lights of New York all decorated for Christmas.

1. I like the country because it is beautiful this time of year, and I love the city lights of New York because it is decorated for Christmas.

2. I like the country because it is beautiful this time of year, so I love the city lights of New York all decorated for Christmas.

3. I like the country because it is beautiful this time of year, but I love the city lights of New York all decorated for Christmas.

I like the country because it is beautiful this time of year, then I love the city lights of New York all decorated for Christmas.

Divide this sentence up into its original three sentences.

The snow kept falling, and the police warned the citizens that they needed to stay indoors, so everybody lit a fire in the fireplace and played games.

1. The snow kept falling and the police. Warned the citizens that they needed to stay indoors. Everybody lit a fire in the fireplace and played games

2. The snow kept falling. The police warned the citizens that they needed to stay indoors. Everybody lit a fire in the fireplace and played games.

How Tia Lola Came to Visit Stay

By Julia Alvarez

Set the Stage!Today you will continuing reading How Tia Lola Came to Visit, Stay, by Julia Alvarez. As you read you will draw conclusions from information in the text.

Why do we need to draw conclusions?

Reading/Team Cooperation GoalToday’s reading objective will be drawing conclusions. Students will draw conclusion based on the information they have read.

Today’s team cooperation goal is everyone participates. Good readers make sure all teammembers are participating andhave a say in the work that isbeing done.

How Tia Lola Came to StayBy Julia Alvarez

Reading Goal: Drawing conclusions

Team Cooperation Goal: Everyone participates

Genre: Realistic Fiction

What makes this story historical fictions?

Days : 1-4

Review Vocabulary with Partner- 5min

Can you pronounce itCan you give the definitionCan you use it in a sentence

Check out our vocabulary words!

fadedThe bright light of the sun faded away as the sun went down over

the horizon.

Became less bright

Prefix?Suffix?

Identification strategy:Blend

Prefix + Base word Base word + suffix

chunk

discoversWhile searching in Siberia,

scientist discovers a baby wooly mammoth that was buried in a glacier thousands of years ago.

finds

Identification strategy:Blend

Prefix + Base word Base word + suffix

chunk

Prefix? Suffix?

trimmedMy little brothers hair had gotten so long that he had to go to the

barber and have it trimmed.

clipped

Identification strategy:Blend

Prefix + Base word Base word + suffix

chunk

Prefix?Suffix?

wobblyAnthony was a wobbly rider when he first began to ride his bike but

he soon got the hang of it.

shaky

Identification strategy:Blend

Prefix + Base word Base word + suffix

chunk

Prefix?Suffix?

oddThe star nosed mole is an odd little animal that most people

never see.

strange

Identification strategy:Blend

Prefix + Base word Base word + suffix

chunk

Prefix?

Suffix?

gazesThe little girl gazes up into the sky

waiting anxiously for Santa and his reindeer to fly by.

looks

Identification strategy:Blend

Prefix + Base word Base word + suffix

chunk

Prefix? Suffix?

Vocabulary Vault

faded

odd

discovers

trimmed gazes

wobbly

Building Background- Drawing conclusions

Why is it a problem when Tia Lola paints the front porch purple?

Listening Comprehension: Charlotte’s Web

Read Pages 105-112Remember you are going to draw conclusion from the information in Charlotte’s Web based on the information in the story. You have to look for clues!

How Tia Lola Came to Visit StayRealistic Fiction: What makes a story

realistic fiction?

Preview Team Talk questions

Partner Read- 15 minutesRead pages 699 and 700 with your partner. Make

sure that you restate each page after reading and add main idea and details to you story map.

While reading clarify 2 words that are unfamiliar. Use all you strategies

Read page 701 silently – add information to story map

Reciprocal teaching- summarize what you read on the summary sheet

Team Talk Questions – 10 minutes

Discuss and answer all team talk questions

Write the answers to __ and __ in your journal

Class Discussion-10 minutes What words did you clarify? Who wants to restate the

information? Lets answer the Team Talk

questions!

Vocabulary Practice-10 min• Complete vocabulary practice on

page

Adventures in Writing- 15 minPage in Treasure Hunt

Imagine your house was a boat and that you lived on the sea. What would your life be like? What kinds of things would your

do for fun?

Fluency – 5 min

Read page 494 with partner. Give fluency score using fluency rubric.