Lesson 4Lesson 4Lesson 4Lesson 4

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Question of the Day• What is your special talent?

• What talent would you most like to have?

• Why would you like to have this talent more than any other?

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Read Aloud• Why might we want to read the

story “Jumping for Joy”?

• To learn or enjoy

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Read Aloud

Read Aloud• What did Kiana wish for?

• Why did she wish for summer?

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There are three different ways to form plurals.

Adding s – dog; dogs

Adding es – fox; foxes

Changing y to an i and adding esbaby; babies

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Tell whether each plural noun was formed by adding s, es, or changing the y to an i and adding es.

clockspartiescatsfoxesdimesspiesbenches prizes

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add schange y to i, add es

add sadd es add schange y to i, add es

add esadd s

How many syllables do you hear?

clockclockspartyparties

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Some nouns add a syllable when they are

made plural.

placeplaces

foxfoxes

benchbenches

facefaces

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ants, toys, flies, things, boxes, games, lines, rocks, wishes, ladies, dishes, babies, bushes, glasses, puppies, families, libraries, brothers, packages, melodies

Sort the words into the correct column.

Noun + s Noun + es Change y to i

•ants•toys•things•games•lines•rocks•brothers•packages

•boxes•wishes•dishes•bushes•glasses

•flies•ladies•babies•puppies•families•libraries•melodies

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Good readers read at a comfortable, steady pace and do not stumble over words. Good readers:• pronounce words clearly• listen to themselves read to check

their reading pace.

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As I read a passage from “Ellen Ochoa, Astronaut,” I am going to read at an even speed so that I do not stumble when I get to a harder word. I am going to listen to myself read to hear if I am getting slower or speeding up when I should not be. Turn to page 124-125.Turn and read page 124 with your partner.

»Listen as I read.

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Ellen Ochoa waited for another chance to become an astronaut. While she waited, she joined a space research center. There she helped astronauts learn more about space. She learned to fly a plane and found that she loved to fly.

• Read the passage with me.• Read the passage with a partner.

Locate Information• Remember when you use information from a

book, they need to list the title, author, publisher, and copyright dates.

Index: An index is an alphabetical list found in the back of a book. An index lists topics, people, and places mentioned in the book and their page numbers. An index is helpful when searching for a certain word or topic in a book.

Locate InformationAldrin, Buzz, 13, 15 Dunbar, Bonnie, 25, 28,

30Armstrong, Neil, 13, 14, 15 Endeavour, 44, 47, 48Collins, Eileen, 35, 38 Foale, Michael, 55, 57Collins, Michael, 23, 26 Glenn, John, 5, 7, 9Columbia, 44, 45, 46 Jemison, Mae, 45, 67, 70Discovery, 55, 56 Ride, Sally, 23, 25, 47

As you noticed the index is categorized alphabetically. If you were trying to find out about Sally Ride, you would look for the words Ride, Sally. On what pages would you find Sally Ride?

Use a Dictionary• A dictionary provides information about

many words. Remember that dictionaries list words in alphabetical order to make words easy to find. Guide words at the tops of the pages help you find the correct page on which an entry word is listed. The information in an entry includes:

• How the word is spelled• What the word means• How the word is pronounced• Whether the word is a noun, a verb, or

another part of speech

Use a Dictionary• Doctor (doc ter) Noun .1 a person who treats people when they

are sick verb 2. to change something, to change how something looks.

• I’m not sure how to say the word or what it means as I read. I find the entry word for mound on a page in the dictionary. To see how its pronounced, I look at the word in parentheses. I say mound. I then notice that mound is a noun. I see that it has two meanings numbered 1 and 2. I think about how the word is used in the sentence and check my idea with the two definitions in the dictionary entry.

• Mound (maund) Noun 1. a heap of something such as dirt or potatoes. 2 the raised area in the middle of a baseball diamond, from which the pitcher throws the ball.

What information can be found on a title or copyright page?

• title, author, publisher, publication date

When will you need this information?

• When you need to cite where you got information.

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• The glossary is like a mini-dictionary located at the back of many nonfiction books.

• A glossary contains definitions for words that are used in that book.

• As you are reading and come across a word you do not know, one place you can look for information about the word’s meaning is the glossary.

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Use your Reading book to look up the following

words:• persevere

• Do you have to persevere through a hard math problem?

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confidence• Tell about a moment when you

have had confidence.

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ambitious• Raise your hand if you are

ambitious.

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attain• Name a goal you would like to

attain.

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inventiondisappointed

• Thumbs up if you think a person who created an invention would be disappointed in these situations.

• The invention breaks when it is first used.

• The invention is a hit.• The invention does not work.

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talentedapply

• Why would an employer be glad to have a talented person apply for a job?

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research• Raise your hand if what I name is

something you would have to research before you write about it.

• a biography of an astronaut• a newsletter about a trip• a story about a prince• a report about space

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1. Puppys and Kittens are often good friends.

2. don’t drop those bowl and spoon.

3. How many box can you carry!

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Puppies

k

D bowls spoons

boxes?^

Compound Subjects & Predicates

• The subject is who or what a sentence is about.

• A compound subject has more than one subject.

• For example:• Dolphins and whales live in the ocean.• Dolphins and whales is a compound

subject.

Compound Subjects & Predicates

• A predicate is what the suject does.• A compound predicate has more than

one verb.• For example:• The twin girls sang and rode bicycles.• sang and rode is the compound

predicate.

Compound Subjects and Predicates

• Find the compound subject in this sentence.• Jeffrey and Anna wash the dishes.• Jeffrey and Anna• Find the compound predicate in this

sentence.• Louise sweeps and mops the floor.• sweeps and mops the floor.• Write 2 sentences about chores. One needs to have a

compound subject and the other one needs a compound predicate.

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Writing:A Biography

• Is the story of a real person’s life as told by another person.

• Begins when the person is born or is very young.

• Is usually told in time order.• Gives dates and place names.• Includes facts about what the person

has done.• Uses he or she, his or her.

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Writing:A Biography

• Remember that the organization of a biography is very important.

• Presenting events in the order in which they happened and including dates or ages guides the reader as he or she reads a person’s life story.

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