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A Day’s WorkA Day’s Work

• Author: Eve Bunting

• Illustrator: Ronald Himler

• Skill: Character and Visualization

• Genre: Realistic Fiction

Question of the DayQuestion of the Day

Is it ever OK to tell a lie?

Phonics LessonPhonics Lesson

Objectives:

• Use word parts to decode words with syllable pattern C+le.

• Review syllable patterns V/CV, VC/V.

• Blend and read words that contain the syllable pattern C+le and VCV words.

• Apply decoding strategies: blend longer words.

Phonics LessonPhonics Lesson

• You have already learned some common syllable patterns.

bottle • Say bottle aloud; then repeat it slowly, with a

brief pause between syllables: bot/tle. • Between which two letters do we divide the

word?

Phonics LessonPhonics Lesson

• When I read the word candle, the first thing I notice is a word part I have seen in many words: le. I see two vowels, and I will probably hear two syllables. The first syllable is can, and the last syllable is dle. When a word ends in le, the consonant that comes before le must be part of the last syllable.

• Listen as I blend candle. Now, blend it with me.

Decode Longer WordsDecode Longer Words

Read these words:

bundle table cuddle struggle 

whistle cradle able simple

Read the Words in ContextRead the Words in Context

Read these sentences and identify the words with the syllable pattern C+le. Where should the words be divided into syllables?

• We used a ladle to scoop out the little pumpkin seeds.• I grabbed the handle to pick up the pitcher from the

table.• We walked around the big puddle in the middle of

the sidewalk.

Vocabulary Strategy LessonVocabulary Strategy Lesson

Objective:

Use context clues to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words.

Vocabulary Strategy LessonVocabulary Strategy Lesson

• What do you do when you come across a word you don’t know?

• Sometimes you can figure out what theword means by looking for context clues.

• Context clues are the words and sentences around the word. They can help you figure out the meaning of the word.

Vocabulary Strategy LessonVocabulary Strategy Lesson1. Read the words and sentences around the word you

don’t know. Sometimes the author tells you what the word means.

2. If not, use the words and sentences to predict a meaning for the word.

3. Try that meaning in the sentence. Does it make sense?

As you read “A Gardening Adventure,” use context clues to help you understand the meanings of the vocabulary words.

““A Gardening Adventure”A Gardening Adventure”

• The word shivered is used on p. 177 to describewhat Cecilia did as she dug holes.

• She mentions that it was cold outside, so that may be the cause.

• I know that you shake when you are cold, so shivered means "shook with cold."

Words to Know

•excitement

•gardener

•motioned

•sadness

•shivered

•shocked

•slammed

More Words to KnowMore Words to Know

•convinced•coarse

excitementexcitementa condition of having strong, lively a condition of having strong, lively

feelings about something that you likefeelings about something that you like

gardener gardener someone employed to take care of a someone employed to take care of a

garden or lawngarden or lawn

motionedmotionedmade a movement, as of the hand or head, made a movement, as of the hand or head,

to get someone to do somethingto get someone to do something

sadnesssadnessunhappiness; sorrowunhappiness; sorrow

shiveredshiveredshook with cold, fear, or shook with cold, fear, or excitementexcitement

shockedshockedcaused to feel surprise, horror, or caused to feel surprise, horror, or

disgustdisgust

slammedslammedthrew or hit something with great threw or hit something with great

forceforce

Small GroupSmall Group

• Read “A Day’s Work”, pages 178-185

FluencyFluency

• I will read aloud p. 181.

• Notice voice changes as I read the dialogue of the characters.

• Let’s practice as a class doing three choral readings of p. 181.

GrammarGrammarDay 2Day 2

3. Can we eat our lunchs in the field. 

Can we eat our lunches in the field?

4. The workers is puling weeds.

The workers are pulling weeds.

Guided PracticeGuided Practice

A singular noun names only one person, place, or thing.

A plural noun names more than one person, place, or thing.

Most nouns add -s to form the plural. Add -es to a noun that ends in ch, sh, s, ss, or x. When a noun ends in a consonant and y, change

the y to i and then add -es.

SpellingSpellingDay 2Day 2

• What do all of these words have in common?

• They all end with the –le sound.

• Can you think of any other words that end with that sound?