Mini Lessons
Week 11
Letterland Lesson Verbs Ending in ING
ing song
Take a look at our spelling words ending in ING.
These words are present tense words. They express that the action is taking place NOW instead of later or in the past.
Our spelling words with this ending are:
Hopping
Rocking
Hoping
Running
RI 2.4 Read Aloud
Students will listen to a read aloud and will use context clues to determine meanings of unknown words.
RI 2.9
We will work with a Venn Diagram to compare and contrast two stories on the same topic.
Day Two Week 11
Est Endings of words
EST at the end of words is a suffix forming the superlative degree of adjectives and adverbs.
When we look at our spelling words we have the words:
Happiest
Wettest
Highest
Noisiest
Are these words adjectives or adverbs? Or are they both?
Context Clues
Context clues are hints that an author gives to help define a difficult or unusual word. The clue may appear within the same sentence as the word to which it refers, or it may follow in a preceding sentence.The team was elated when they won the trophy.
During the demonstration, a skirmish broke out and the police were called to restore order.
The cat has a kind disposition and would never bite or claw anyone.
Lets practice using context clues to make meaning of new words in these sentences.
Comparing and contrasting two texts with the same topic.
We will complete a Venn Diagram next about the books we listened to about Firefighters.
Day 3 week 11
ed Endings.
Planned
Loaned
Stopped
irregular verbs
Venn Diagram
Lets complete a Venn Diagram on the Firefighters we learned about this week.
Irregular verbs - The cat song
Day 4 Week 11
Mad Lib
The Mad Lib Book will be done as a whole group.
(Mad Lib book will be on the read aloud chair)
Reviewing Adverbs
Lolly Lolly Lolly Get Your Adverbs Here - Schoolhouse Rock
Day 5 Week 11
Rules to change singular nouns into plural nouns