Transcript Big Question: How can knowing the past help us understand the present? Author: J.

Big Question: How can
knowing the past help us
understand the present?
Author:
J. Lynett Gillette
Genre:
Expository
Nonfiction
Small Group
Timer
Review Games
Story Sort
Vocabulary Words:
 Arcade
Games
 Study Stack
 Spelling City: Vocabulary
 Spelling City: Spelling Words
Spelling Words
Final Syllable Patterns
ancestor
• hospital
• grumble
• sponsor
• superior
• escalator
• encounter
• shoulder
• skeleton
•
• forbidden
• appetizer
• identical
• abandon
• governor
• endeavor
• outspoken
• durable
• lengthen
• cinnamon
• interior
• interpreter
• bachelor
• accelerator
• acquittal
• misdemeanor
Big Question: How can
knowing the past help us
understand the present?
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Vocabulary Words
Vocabulary Words
counselor
 identity
 physical
 surplus
 technology

More Words to Know
tradesman
 unladylike
 kettle
 stable
 well

Monday
Question of the Day
How can knowing the
past help us understand
the present?
Today we will learn about:
 Build
Concepts
 Graphic Sources
 Text Structure
 Build Background
 Vocabulary
 Fluency: Model Phrasing
 Grammar: Action & Linking Verbs
 Spelling: Final Syllable Patterns
 Life in the 1800s
Fluency
Model Phrasing
Fluency: Model Phrasing
 Listen
as I read “Homestead
Girl.”
 As I read, notice how I chunk
groups of words together into
phrases and meaningful units.
 Be ready to answer questions
after I finish.
Fluency: Model Phrasing
 How
does the narrator feel
about moving west?
 Which details helped you draw
this conclusion?
Concept Vocabulary
kettle – metal container for
boiling liquids and cooking foods
 stable – building where horses
or cattle are kept and fed
 well – hole dug or bored in the
ground to get water
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
Next Slide
kettle
stable
well
Concept
Vocabulary
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Build Concept Vocabulary
kettle, stable, well
Chores
Life in the
1800s
Transportation
Tools
Graphic Sources,
Text Structure
Turn to page 194 - 195.
Prior Knowledge
What do you know about everyday life in the 1800s?
K (What do you
know?)
W
(What would you
like to learn?)
L (What did you
learn?)
Prior Knowledge
 This
week’s audio explores
energy sources since the 1800s.
After you listen, we will discuss
what you found out and what
surprised you most about how
energy has changed our lives.
Vocabulary Words
Vocabulary Words
 counselor – person who gives advice;
advisor
 identity – who or what you are
 physical – of or for the body
 surplus- amount over and above
what is needed
 technology –the use of scientific
knowledge to control physical
objects and forces
More Words to Know
 tradesman
– storekeeper;
shopkeeper
 unladylike – impolite; not like a
lady; not well-bred
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(Next Slide)
tradesman
Grammar
Action and Linking Verbs
would you travel back in time to
visit your ancesters
 Would you travel back in time to
visit your ancestors?
 some modern kids travelled to
Canada on the ultimate feild trip
 Some modern kids traveled to
Canada on the ultimate field trip.

Action and Linking Verbs
 The
boy became an apprentice.
He lived and worked with his new
master.
 Became is a linking verb. It tells
what the subject (boy) was.
Lived and worked are action
verbs. They tell what the
subject (he) did.
Action and Linking Verbs
A
verb is the main word in the
predicate of a sentence. The
verb tells what the subject of
the sentence is or does.
 An action verb tells what the
subject does.
Action and Linking Verbs
A
linking verb links, or joins, the
subject with the word or words
in the predicate that tell what
the subject is or is like. Linking
verbs are either forms of be,
such as am, is, are, was, and
were.
Action and Linking Verbs
 Become,
seem, appear, feel, taste,
smell, and look can be linking
verbs.
 Action Verbs: The girls place bonnets
on their heads. She walks down the
path.
 Linking Verbs: The girls seem
awkward in their bonnets. He is
happy.
Action and Linking Verbs
A
predicate nominative is a noun
or pronoun that follows a linking
verb and identifies or explains
the subject. The mattresses
were straw-filled bags.
Action and Linking Verbs
Is the underlined word an action verb, linking verb, or predicate nominative?
 Charles

is a blacksmith.
predicate nominative
 Darlene
was proud of her
homemade pie.

linking verb
 The

milk splashed on the floor.
action verb
Action and Linking Verbs
Is the underlined word an action verb, linking verb, or predicate nominative?
 The

baked ham smells good.
linking verb
 Joslin

is my uncle.
predicate nominative
Action and Linking Verbs
Find the verb in each sentence. Is it an action or linking verb?
 The

laundered – action
 Billy

is a blacksmith’s apprentice.
is – linking
 The

girls laundered the clothes.
boys owned many books.
owned - action
Action and Linking Verbs
Find the verb in each sentence. Is it an action or linking verb?
 The
girls practiced sewing
stitches.

practiced – action
 Dessert
was a pudding with
currents.

was – linking
Action and Linking Verbs
Find the verb in each sentence. Is it an action or linking verb?
 The
straw mattresses felt hard
and lumpy.

felt - linking
 Pete

and Jay are good farmers.
are – linking
Action and Linking Verbs
Find the verb in each sentence. Is it an action or linking verb?
 The
“relatives” introduced
themselves to the students.

introduced – action
 Casey
was nervous, but he
pounded the stake into the
ground like a pro.

was- linking, pounded - action
Action and Linking Verbs
Find the verb in each sentence. Is it an action or linking verb?
 She
is hungry, so she walks to
the henhouse for eggs.

is – linking, walks - action
Spelling Words
Final Syllable Patterns
ancestor
• hospital
• grumble
• sponsor
• superior
• escalator
• encounter
• shoulder
• skeleton
•
• forbidden
• appetizer
• identical
• abandon
• governor
• endeavor
• outspoken
• durable
• lengthen
• cinnamon
• interior
• interpreter
• bachelor
• accelerator
• acquittal
• misdemeanor
Tuesday
Question of the Day
How much extra time
would you have each day
if there were no
telephones, television, or
computers?
Today we will learn about:
 Dictionary/Glossary
 Graphic
Sources
 Text Structure
 Compare and Contrast
 Vocabulary
 Fluency: Choral Reading
 Grammar: Action & Linking Verbs
 Spelling: Final Syllable Patterns
 Social Studies: Technology and Culture
 Life in the 1800s
Dictionary/Glossary
Pages 196 - 197.
A Week in the 1800s
Pages 198 - 205.
Fluency
Choral Reading
Fluency: Choral Reading
 Turn
to page 200, first two
paragraphs.
 As I read, notice how I group
together the phrases that begin
with prepositions.
 We will practice as a class doing
three choral readings.
Grammar
Action and Linking Verbs
the students didnt grumbel when
they left there video games
 The students didn’t grumble
when they left their video games.
 garrets Father fixes and sells
cars
 Garret’s father fixes and sells
cars.

Action and Linking Verbs
 The
main word in the predicate is a
verb.
 An action verb tells what the
subject does.
 A linking verb links, or joins, the
subject with a word or words in the
predicate that tell what the subject
is or is like.
Action and Linking Verbs
A
predicate nominative is a noun or
pronoun that follows a linking verb
and identifies or explains the
subject.
Spelling Words
Final Syllable Patterns
ancestor
• hospital
• grumble
• sponsor
• superior
• escalator
• encounter
• shoulder
• skeleton
•
• forbidden
• appetizer
• identical
• abandon
• governor
• endeavor
• outspoken
• durable
• lengthen
• cinnamon
• interior
• interpreter
• bachelor
• accelerator
• acquittal
• misdemeanor
Wednesday
Question of the Day
If you lived in the
1800s, would you rather
be a boy or a girl? Why?
Today we will learn about:
 Graphic
Sources
 Text Structure
 Dictionary/Glossary
 Compare and Contrast
 Vocabulary
 Fluency: Model Phrasing
 Grammar: Action & Linking Verbs
 Spelling: Final Syllable Patterns
 Social Studies: Gender Roles
 Careers Then and Now
 Life in the 1800s
A Week in the 1800s
Pages 206 - 215.
Fluency
Model Phrasing
Fluency: Model Phrasing
 Turn
to page 206, first
paragraph.
 As I read, notice how I group
the words together in
introductory phrases.
 Now we will practice together as
a class by doing three choral
readings of this paragraph.
Grammar
Action and Linking Verbs
the women baked bred in a
wouldburning stove
 The women baked bread in a woodburning stove.
 students were forbiddan to use
modern words on there trip to the
1800’s
 Students were forbidden to use
modern words on their trip to the
1800s.

Action and Linking Verbs
 The
main word in the predicate is a
verb.
 An action verb tells what the
subject does.
 A linking verb links, or joins, the
subject with a word or words in the
predicate that tell what the subject
is or is like.
Action and Linking Verbs
A
predicate nominative is a noun or
pronoun that follows a linking verb
and identifies or explains the
subject.
Action and Linking Verbs
 Good
writers use strong, descriptive
action verbs. May scoured the floor
is more descriptive than May
cleaned the floor. Strong action
verbs help readers picture a
character’s actions.
Action and Linking Verbs
 Review
something you have written
to see if you can improve your
writing by replacing weak action
verbs with strong action verbs.
Spelling Words
Final Syllable Patterns
ancestor
• hospital
• grumble
• sponsor
• superior
• escalator
• encounter
• shoulder
• skeleton
•
• forbidden
• appetizer
• identical
• abandon
• governor
• endeavor
• outspoken
• durable
• lengthen
• cinnamon
• interior
• interpreter
• bachelor
• accelerator
• acquittal
• misdemeanor
Thursday
Question of the Day
How do you think kids in
the 1800s felt about
helping their parents run
the household?
Today we will learn about:
 Web
Site/Text Features
 Reading Across Texts
 Fluency: Partner Reading
 Grammar: Action & Linking Verbs
 Spelling: Final Syllable Patterns
 Science: Inventions
“Colonial Times”
Pages 217 - 219.
Fluency
Partner Reading
Fluency: Partner Reading
 Turn
to page 206, first
paragraph.
 Partners practice reading this
paragraph aloud. Be sure to group
words into meaningful units and
offer each other feedback.
Grammar
Action and Linking Verbs
the settlers bilt a school and
stores
 The settlers built a school and
stores.
 they gived all the streats names
 They gave all the streets names.

Action and Linking Verbs
 The
main word in the predicate is a
verb.
 An action verb tells what the
subject does.
 A linking verb links, or joins, the
subject with a word or words in the
predicate that tell what the subject
is or is like.
Action and Linking Verbs
A
predicate nominative is a noun or
pronoun that follows a linking verb
and identifies or explains the
subject.
Action and Linking Verbs
 Test
Tip: Some verbs, such as
become, seem, appear, feel, taste,
smell, and look, can be action or
linking verbs.
Action and Linking Verbs
 To
tell whether a verb is an action
verb or a linking verb, substitute is
or are for the verb. If the
sentence makes sense, the verb is a
linking verb.
 If it does not, it is an action verb.
Action and Linking Verbs
 Example:
 She
felt the cat’s soft fur. (She is
the cat’s soft fur. Felt is an action
verb.)
 She felt sick. (She is sick. Felt is a
linking verb.)
Spelling Words
Final Syllable Patterns
ancestor
• hospital
• grumble
• sponsor
• superior
• escalator
• encounter
• shoulder
• skeleton
•
• forbidden
• appetizer
• identical
• abandon
• governor
• endeavor
• outspoken
• durable
• lengthen
• cinnamon
• interior
• interpreter
• bachelor
• accelerator
• acquittal
• misdemeanor
Friday
Question of the Day
How can knowing the
past help us understand
the present?
Today we will learn about:
 Build
Concept Vocabulary
 Graphic Sources
 Idiom
 Dictionary/Glossary
 Grammar:
Action & Linking Verbs
 Spelling: Final Syllable Patterns
 Almanac
 Life in the 1800s
Graphic Sources
 Graphic
sources can reinforce
information in the text as well as
present additional information to
the reader.
Idiom
 An
idiom is a phrase or
expression whose meaning cannot
be understood from the ordinary
meaning of the words that form
it. For example, “bite your
tongue” is an English idiom for
“don’t say anything.”
Idiom
 The
context sometimes provides
clues to the meaning of an idiom.
 Some idioms can be deciphered
by looking up the most important
word in a dictionary.
 You
Dictionary/Glossary
can use a dictionary to find
the definition of an unfamiliar
word if there are not sufficient
context clues to determine its
meaning.
 Use a dictionary to identify the
parts of speech and dictionary
definition of each word in the
chart.
Dictionary
Word
prim
interpreter
hygiene
contraption
Part of
Speech
Dictionary Definition
 Name
a reference source that is
published every year and contains
up-to-date statistics.

an almanac
 An
Almanac
almanac contains many kinds
of information.
 Statistics on the population of U.S.
cities and countries of the world
 Profiles of countries
 Key events in world history
 Recent prize winners in science,
literature, and sports
 Weather information
Grammar
Action and Linking Verbs
normas mother lengthined the
dress buy letting out the him
 Norma’s mother lengthened the
dress by letting out the hem.
 the intearior of the log cabin
were lighted with oil lamps
 The interior of the log cabin was
lighted with oil lamps.

Action and Linking Verbs
 The
main word in the predicate is a
verb.
 An action verb tells what the
subject does.
 A linking verb links, or joins, the
subject with a word or words in the
predicate that tell what the subject
is or is like.
Action and Linking Verbs
A
predicate nominative is a noun or
pronoun that follows a linking verb
and identifies or explains the
subject.
Spelling Words
Final Syllable Patterns
ancestor
• hospital
• grumble
• sponsor
• superior
• escalator
• encounter
• shoulder
• skeleton
•
• forbidden
• appetizer
• identical
• abandon
• governor
• endeavor
• outspoken
• durable
• lengthen
• cinnamon
• interior
• interpreter
• bachelor
• accelerator
• acquittal
• misdemeanor
We are now ready to
take our story tests.

Story test

AR
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