DOL level 4 week 12

• Analogy

1. firecracker: independence Day - _________: Halloween

2. find _ lose - build :__________

1. dear mr borrowsplease send me your latest catalog thank yousincerely yoursbetsy yarder

jack-o’-lantern

destroy

Pledge

Fluency

6 min. reading solution

Objectives day 1

Students will• Identify antonyms and use prefixes to form

antonyms.• Understand that affixes often cause spelling

changes in the root word.• Identify the spelling changes caused by affixes in

Word Structure words.

Word Structure day 1

Line 1

Line 2

Line 3

Line 4

mighty weak moving unmoving

friendly rude seen invisible

rotters spongy crumbling dying

friend enemy insult compliment

Developing Oral Language

• Form small groups• Brainstorm a list of words with any of the

suffixes that appear in Lines 1-3• For each one, students must find one root

word that has spelling changes as a result of adding the suffix, or one root word that does not have spelling changes.

• Share their lists with the class.

Developing Oral Language

• Form small groups• Choose a word from Lines 1-3 and give an

antonym for it. • For example, a student could give the antonym

cold for friendly. That student might then choose another student and challenge him or her to come up with an antonym for that word that does not appear on Line 1-3, and so on, until someone cannot come up with another antonym.

Fluency

6 min. reading solution

Purpose

BigIdea

What role do you play in natures delicate balance?

Vocabulary lesson 4

brittle circulate

Easily brokenTo flow around freely

burrow

Hole in ground that animal lives in

decays

To slowly break down (present tense of decay.

The leaves became old and brittle. Your blood will circulate through the body.

The rabbit would hide in its burrow. The old plant decays and returns to the earth.

Vocabulary lesson 4

droop predator

To sink; to hang downAn animal that lives by hunting

another animal for food

shrivel

To wrinkle and become small

swarming

To gather or live in large group

When he is sad his head will droop The fox is a predator of the rabbit.

In the fall, leaves shrivel up and fall to the ground. The bees are swarming to the hive.

Objectives

Students will:Discuss the difference between fact and

opinion.Identify facts and opinions from their

story and share them with their partner.

GrammarFact and Opinion

• A fact is based on something that ca n be proved.• An opinion is a personal viewpoint that might not be factual.• It is important to distinguish fact from opinion to make judgments

about issues and events. The media use fact and opinion when reporting information, but sometimes they present opinion as though it were fact.

• Guided Practice:Discuss the consequences of mistaking opinion for fact. Share examples of where and why the media might present opinion as fact.Find facts and opinions from the story and share what they found with a partner, do not say whether you believe it is fact or opinion. Have the partner decide which one it is.

Spellinginsult compliment silent noisy proud ashamed

positive negative friend enemy predator prey

build destroy divide unite inside outside

comedy tragedy brittle flexible