Lesson 17, Day 3

Objective: To listen and respond appropriately to

oral communication.

Question of the Day:

Where would you play with an elephant? What would you do?

When I give you the signal, turn and talk with your partner using the stem below.

I would take an elephant to ______. We would ________.

Objective: To listen for a purpose. To recognize the pattern of a rhyme.

Read Read AloudAloud

“Elephant Song”

Big Book of Rhymes and Poems

Objective - To read high

frequency words.Word Wall:buy

moneypaintwould

make family

watchjointhey

Objective: To substitute phonemes to make

new words.

Phonemic

Awareness

Phoneme

Substitution

Word Building

Objective: To build and blend words with -le and other known letter-sounds.

r i ddim

leddle

puddle

puz zle

d az zle

Objective: To spell spelling words and

high frequency words.

• hand• handle• wig• wiggle• single• little

•turn•girl•by•room

• buy• carry

• money• other• paint• paper• would

High-Frequency Words

Objective: To read high-frequency

words.

Adding Endings

Root Word

chip

shop

spot

plan

Double Consonant, Add ed

chipped

shopped

spotted

planned

Double

Consonant, Add ing

chipping

shopping

spotting

planning

The school bus stopped.

Meg hopped on.

She planned to sit by herself.

Meg saw a new girl sitting in the back.

The new girl looked up and grinned.

Meg started grinning, too.

Meg dropped her bag.

She flopped down next to the girl.

By the time they stepped off the bus, they were friends.

Main Idea

• Main idea is what the story is mostly about.

• What is the main idea of “Jungle Fun?”

• What is the main idea of “Can Elephants Paint?”

Objective: To recognize the main idea.

Objective: To develop robust vocabulary by discussing

ideas and situations.

Robust Vocabulary

• rejoice

• predicament

• extraordinary

If you rejoice, you show that

you are very happy.

rejoice

The children rejoice by jumping up and down.

rejoiceThe artist began to rejoice when she saw that Lucky could paint.

What birthday present would make you rejoice?

predicament

If you have a predicament, you have a serious or difficult

problem. He is in a predicament because his head is stuck between the bars.

predicamentNing and Lucky were in a

predicament when all the trees were cut, and they had no way to

make money.

Would you be in a predicament if you go to school on time or if you

lost your homework?

Something extraordinary is something that is very unusual or

remarkable.

extraordinary

The man painted an extraordinary picture on the wall.

extraordinaryPeople thought that the elephants’

art was extraordinary.

Would it be extraordinary to see a monkey play a musical

instrument?

Objective: To recognize possessive proper nouns

Possessives

That elephant’s trunk can hold a brush.

Lucky’s painting is beautiful.

*Words like his, her, and hers, can take the place of naming words and also show ownership.

His trunk can hold a brush.

Her painting is beautiful.

The painting is hers.

Possessives

Luckys trunk picked up the brush.

Her trunk is strong.

The painting is her.

The mans job was in the jungle.

The elephants needed his help.

Objective: To recognize possessive proper nouns

May 15, 2008

Dear Bill,

I went to an art show today. I saw amazing paintings made by elephants. Did you know that elephants can paint?

Your friend,

Sasha

Objective: To understand the purpose of each part of

the friendly letter.

Friendly Letter

Objective: To understand the purpose of each part of the friendly letter

Tell a Message Draw and write about the kind of art you like

to look at or make.

Write a letter to a friend about this kind of

art.

Objective: To understand the purpose of each part of

the friendly letter