Objectives day 1

Students will•

Pledge

DOL level 4 week12

• Analogy

1. April : Apr. – December : ________2. -ful : full of - ________: without

1. ben has sat the table for mother and he has also did the cleaning

2. christines apple is the most big of all of them

Dec.

-less

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

Word Structure day 1

• The words in this line are pairs of antonyms.• The last word has a prefix that means “not” attached

to the beginning of it to make it an antonym.• Think of other words that they can add such a prefix to

in order to form its antonym.

mighty weak moving unmovingLine 1

Fluency

6 min. reading solution

Build Background

What happens to the colorful leaves tht fall off trees in the autumn?

What experiences have you had with things that have rotted?

Background Information• Soil, which may take thousands of years to form, supports life

aboveground and life underground. Numerous organisms work together to enrich the soil.

• The decomposers bacteria and fungi release nutrients that plants use as they decompose organic matter.

Background Information

• Invertebrates, also known as shredders, help the decomposers by shredding plant debris, which allows the decomposers to rot the matter more efficiently. Invertebrates include arthropods such as beetles and spiders, and annelids such as earthworms. Earthworms not only shred, but also mover the soil, digging tunnels that allow are in. Earthworms are so efficient that they can move 20- tons of soil in an acre of land in a year.

Background Information

• Vertebrates – animals with backbones – go between the aboveground world and the underground world. Creatures such as birds, squirrels, rabbits, and chipmunks dig into the ground for various reasons, keeping the process of decomposition going and enriching the soil.

K W L

Set a purpose for reading, such a for personal enjoyment or to learn something.

What Rot? pg 192

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.

Handing Off

Point out unusual and interesting insights .What things cause rot?How does rot enrich the soil?What would happen if things did not rot?

Purpose

BigIdea

What role do you play in natures delicate balance?

Objectives

Students will:Listen about compound predicates.Work with the compound sentence written

on the board.Write a couple of sentences using

compound predicates and share them with a partner.

Work on pages 113, 114 in their Skills Practice book

GrammarSentences with Compound Predicates

Skills Practice 1 pages 113-114

Insects poke, scratch, and chew the trees’ bark.• A simple sentence has a subject and a predicate. • A compound predicate has two or more predicates – or

verbs – that have the same subject. • Compound predicates can be linked with the

conjunctions and, or, and but. • Guided Practice:

Write a couple of sentences using compound predicates and exchange the sentences with a partner to identify the predicates.

1. Nicki and Zach ate lunch together.2. Shawna finished her breakfast and got dressed for

school.3. Terrell peeked around the corner at Carla.4. Lainey and I walked kthe dog and gave him a bone.5. Hattie broke her arm and went to the hospital.6. My parakeet chirps all night and sleeps all day.7. We played on the playground after lunch.8. My mom jumped up and down and kissed my dad.Page. 113

Spellinginsult compliment silent noisy proud ashamed

positive negative friend enemy predator prey

build destroy divide unite inside outside

comedy tragedy brittle flexible

insult compliment silent noisy proud ashamed

positive negative friend enemy predator prey

build destroy divide unite inside outside

comedy tragedy brittle flexible

brittle burrow circulate decays

droop predator shrivel swarming

easily broken

a hole in the ground that animals live

in

to flow around freely

to slowly break down

to sink; to hang down

any animal that lives by

hunting another

animal for food

to wrinkle and become

small

to gather or live in a

large group

I haveburrow.Who has

easily broken?

I havecirculate.Who has

a hole in the ground that

animals live in?

I havedecay.

Who hasto flow around

freely?

I havedroop.

Who hasto slowly break

down?

I havepredator.Who has

to sink; to hang down?

I haveshrivel.

Who hasany animal that lives by hunting

another animal for food?

I have swarming.

Who hasto wrinkle and become small?

I have brittle.

Who hasto gather or live in

a large group?