How can new ideas help us see things differently?

Concept Question what difference can a great idea make? Unit 5 When does a problem need a clever solution? How can new ideas help us see things differently? Why do we want to find answers to some questions? What great ideas make our lives easier? How can a great idea change the way we live? How can you use something familiar in a new way?

Morning Warm UpDay 1 Detectives try to find answers. They should ask lots of questions and look behind every door. Why do we want to find answers to some questions?

Every Little Riddle It is fun to be detectives And search for the answer To every little riddle We wonder about. Each good observation Helps our explanation. We put the clues together To figure things out. notice the amazing words in this song. What are they?

phonemic awareness Substituting initial phonemes We just sang about detectives who look for clues. Listen to the sounds in Look. /l/ /oo/ /k/ ... look Now listen as I change the first sound to /b/ /b/ /oo/ /k/ ..... book Now we will practice with more words.

soon cool You can read these words because you have learned that "oo" can stand for the middle sound. Today we will learn to read words with another sound for "oo." The letters oo can stand for the sound that you hear in the middle of book. This is how we blend this kind of word. • g oo d good • f oo t foot • l oo k look • h oo k hook • st oo d stood • sh oo k shook • n oo k nook • br oo k brook What do we know about these words? When you see "oo" in a word, try both sounds to figure out the word.

t Let's blend this word. Change the t to l. What is the new word? Change the l to c. What is the new word? Change the c to cr. What is the new word? Change the cr to br. What is the new word? Change the br to sh. What is the new word? Change the sh to b. What is the new word?

explanation riddle wonder rafters darling gorgeous case suspects

check word reading Monitor progress

book 6. pool • moon 7. zoo • took 8. noon • food 9. good • look 10. foot • High Frequency Words • 11. instead 12. another

Use today's amazing words in our discussion. Give an explanation of why the children are wearing blindfolds. Why are there question marks on the bags? ...use the word riddle. I wonder if the girl likes the lemon? Tell what you think. Building Background Tell me about what you see here. Yes, the woman is giving the girl a taste of the lemon. What is the girl wearing over her eyes? Why? What is the boy with chalk doing? What questions do you think the children have? What answers will they find?

* Why do we want to find answers to some questions? Why do we want to know object is? ...we are curious Why might a scientist want to find answers to questions? ... to make the world a better place.

Listening Comprehension:compare and contrast Things that are alike are the same or almost the same. Things that are different are not the same. Good readers look for clues that tell how things are alike or different MODEL When I read, I think about things that are alike and different.Squirrels all eat nuts and seeds. That's one way squirrels are alike.But flying squirrels are active at night while other squirrels are not.That's one way that squirrels can be different. Thinking about how things are alike and different helps me understand what is going on in the selection. After Reading: What is way that all squirrels are alike? What is a way that a flying squirrel is different from most other squirrels? Recall "I am a Caterpillar."How is a butterfly different that a caterpillar? How are a butterfly and a caterpillar alike?

Daily Fix It • I willn't shout in the library • i will bee very quiet.

Daily Fix It • I willn't shout in the library I won't shout in the library. • i will bee very quiet. I will be very quiet.

How are all detectives alike? How are they different? How would you tell a good detective from a bad detective? In What ways are they alike and different?

Can is the first word in this sentence. The first word in the sentence begins with a capital. Can an acorn walk asks a question. Questions end with question marks.

Wrap Up Your Day! Preview Day 2 Tomorrow we will read about a clever chicken who outsmartsa hungry crocodile How are these dogs alike and different?

Morning Warm UpDay 2 Today we will read about Mrs. Chicken. The crocodile thinks Mrs. Chicken looks like good food. What clues tell you that the crocodile plans to eat Mrs. Chicken?

Do you remember what this story is about? Do your remember seeing some exclamation marks? What about question marks? Point them out next time we read. As I read, notice ways that Mrs. Chicken moves. AFTER READING: How does Mrs. Chicken get to the rafters of the crocodile’s house? What are some other words that describe how she moved? walked leaned turned stepped settled climbed hurried disappeared

Phonemic Awareness:Adding phonemes We just read about a crocodile that would like to eat. Listen as I say the sounds in like ... /l/ /i/ /k/ Now I’ll add a /d/ to the end. Listen to the sounds ... /l/ /i/ /k/ /d/ .... What is the word? Liked. Continue with the following words:

You can read words like these because you have learned how to blend them. What do you know about reading these words? Yes, double the final consonant before you add the ending. Today we will read more words with endings and learn how words that end with a silent e change when adding ed or ing. claps clapped clapping This base word is hope. To add the ending –s I just write s at the end. hope This base word is wish. To add the ending –s I just write es at the end. If a word ends in sh, s, ss tch, x or z I wil ad –es. wish Hope ends with a silent e. To add ed or ing to a word ending in silent e, I drop the e and then add the ending. hope hoping hoped

hope drop the e then add ed hope drop the e then add ing

Sort Words:Some words can have an ending added with no change. Others, you must drop the e first. Sort these words:buzzes baking closing passes blamed rising mixesscrapes ruled speaks No Change Change baking buzzes ruled speaks scrapes rising mixes blamed closing passes

Notice the spelling words in the following sentences: I took a this book instead. Another trip to the zoo will be fun. We can swim in the pool at noon. Did you get a good look at the moon. • book 6. pool • moon 7. zoo • took 8. noon • food 9. good • look 10. foot • High Frequency Words • 11. instead 12. another

You cannot blend these words. We will use letter sounds we know to learn them. The first word is among ...a-m-o-n-g. What is the word? What is the second letter? What does it sound like? Tell me sentence with this word. Continue with all words.

Interactive Writing:elaboration Brainstorm: What might Mrs. Chicken have been thinking as she sat on her nest next to the crocodile? mrs. Chicken was worried How can we show that this sentence shows strong emotion? (!) How would we begin the sentence? (capital) What word would we use to connect this sentence to another small sentence? (and) Mrs. Chicken was worried and she peeked at the crocodile.

Independent writingWrite an elaboration of a classroom rule • Write a classroom rule and then elaborate on how or why to follow it.

Daily Fix It • can we walk here • no, we cant walk on the grass.

Daily Fix It • can we walk here Can we walk here? • no, we cant walk on the grass. No, we can’t walk on the grass.

Grammar:Develop the conceptHow sentences begin and end This is my house. (I start the sentence with a capital.) The family gives the dog a bath. (I end the sentence with period.) Is the baby happy? (This kind of sentence ends with a question mark.) What else can you tell me about the picture?

Speaking and Listening:types of media Where do you get most of your information? What type of media do you use most often?

Wrap Up Your Day! Preview Day 3 None of the children laughed. None is a word wall word. Here are some more word wall words. among instead another Tell me a sentence for each of them. Tomorrow we will about two detectives who try to solve a mystery in nature. What do you know about adding ing to a word that ends in silent e? bake ... drop the e ... add ing ... baking skate ... drop the e ... add ing ... skating click to next slide.

Why do we want to find answers to some questions? Why do we want to know object is? ...we are curious Why does Mrs. Chicken need to come up with a good answer to crocodile’s questions? To keep from getting eaten.

Morning Warm UpDay 3 This week we will read about Dot and Jabber. They are in a predicament. The need to be clever in their attempt to solve the Great Acorn Mystery. What do you think it takes to solve a mystery?

Yesterday we read this story to discover the ways that Mrs. Chicken moved. Today let’s listen to see what the babies look like. As I read, notice details about the babies. AFTER READING: What do the baby chicks look like? What do the crocodile babies look like? Do you think the crocodile liked the chicks or the crocodile babies better? How do you know?

You can read this word because you know tht the letters oo can stand for /u/. What sound does oo stand for in this word? What is the word? You can read this word because you know the e in the base word was dropped before the ending was added. What is the base word? What is the ending? What is the word? shook shaking When you come to a new word, look at all the letters in the word and think about its vowel sounds and its parts. Say the sounds and word parts to yourself and then read the word. When you come to a new word, what are you going to do? Let’s read these words. Look at all the letters, think about the vowel sounds and word parts, and say them to yourself. When I point to a word, let’s read it together. foot looks fishes chimed placing

Let’s find each of the following words in the song, “A Good Detective.”

Sort the following words by ending: taking shakes mixing stands mixed shook shook taking mixes stood standing shakes took mixing takes stands mixed shaking

book 6. pool • moon 7. zoo • took 8. noon • food 9. good • look 10. foot • High Frequency Words • 11. instead 12. another

We learned that a mystery is like a puzzle. You need to put all the pieces together to get an answer. Now we will read about two mice with a mystery to solve. Build Background:puzzles What kind of puzzles have you tried? How do you solve a puzzle? What makes puzzles fun? After singing “A Good Detective” think about what you know about solving puzzles and mysteries. Identify the steps in solving a mystery. How to Solve a Mystery

Comprehension:compare and contrast • As you read, think about how things are alike and how they are different. • Sometimes when I read, I think, “That doesn’t make sense.” The first thing I do is reread the last several sentences. Then I think about everything I’ve already read. That usually helps. But sometimes I know I will learn more if I just keep reading. • As you read “Dot and Jabber” ask yourself: • Did I understand what I read? • Do I need to reread what I just read? • Do I need to review what I have learned so far?

Vocabulary:categorizing and classifying We will sort words into groups by figuring out which ones are alike or go together in some way. Look at these words. Which one is connected to a detective’s job? What job could be connected to the other words? clue bus ticket

Daily Fix It • please turn on the light • It is to dark in hear.

Daily Fix It • please turn on the light Please turn on the light. • It is to dark in hear. It is too dark in here.

Writing trait of the week:word choice • When I read the sentences in “Dot and Jabber” I could see that the author chose clear, exact words. Do these sentences use clear, exact words? • “That’s part of the thing.” said Dot. “Let’s look for stuff.” • “Okay!” shouted Jabber. “Because we’re those guys!” • What words did the author use in place of the underlined words? The author’s word choices gave us a much clearer picture of what Dot and Jabber are talking about. Choose a better word for the underlined words. Dot and Jabber go to the meadow. (scamper, race) A squirrel makes holes. (digs, pokes)

How can new ideas help us see things differently?