Harcourt Story Henry and Mudge Under the Yellow Moon

Mary Elder

Reading Lessons

Week of August 15, 2011

Common Core Standards: RL.2.1, RL.2.5, RL.2.7, RI.2.2, RI.2.4, RI.2.5, RI.2.6, RF.2.3, RF.2.3d, RF.2.3f, RF.2.4a, RF.2.4b, RF.2.4c, L.2.1f, L.2.2, L.2.4, L.2.5 b, SL.2.6

Learning Targets: * I can ask and answer questions to understand details in text *I can describe the parts of a story * I can use information in print or digital text to understand characters, setting, or plot * I can identify the main topic as well as the focus of paragraphs within the text *I can determine the meaning of words in a text *I can know and use different text features to locate facts or information *I can know and apply phonics skills to decode words * I can read text with purpose and understanding * I can read text orally * I can use context for understanding *I can identify the main purpose of text and other authors *I can know the meanings of words * I can write complete sentences *I can know and apply phonics to decode words *I can know, recognize, and read words that are spelled differently *I can create, rearrange simple and compound sentences *I can capitalize, punctuate and spell correctly when writing *I can find out the meaning of multiple-meaning words

Monday

Harcourt – Story “Henry and Mudge Under the Yellow Moon”

Activities: Day 1

 Oral Language: Sharing Literature – “Otis” (p.82h)

 Word Work: Phonics (-is, -ide), Spelling, Vocabulary and High Frequency Words (82I – 82L)

 Reading: Comprehension, Fluency and independent Reading

 Writing: Writer’s Craft and Writing Prompt for their journal (p.82m)

Project Read – Story “Croakers”

Activities:

 Skim the report

 Pull out the subject  Circle the subject words within the story

 Reread the report and discuss capitalization and punctuation

Tuesday

Activities: Day 2

 Oral Language: Sharing Literature – “Poem: A Book of Friends” (p.82P)

 Word Work: Phonics (-ed), Spelling, Vocabulary and High Frequency Words (p. 82Q – 82U)

 Reading: Comprehension, Fluency and independent Reading (P.83c)

 Writing: Writer’s Craft (Paragraphs) and Writing Prompt for their journal (p.95B)

Activities:

 Reread the report and review capitalization, punctuation and paragraphs

 Underline the facts in the report

 Start working on the graphic organizer

Wednesday

Activities: Day 3

 Oral Language: Sharing Literature – “Otis” (p.95E)

 Word Work: Phonics (-is, -ide), Spelling, Vocabulary and High Frequency Words (p. 95f– 95I)

 Reading: Comprehension, Fluency and independent Reading (P.95J)  Writing: Writer’s Craft (Paragraphs) and Writing Prompt for their journal (p.97a)

Activities:

 Reread the report and discuss sentence structure and Paragraphs

 Complete the graphic organizer

 Students will read and discuss with a partner

Thursday

Activities: Day 4

 Oral Language: Sharing Literature – “Poem: A Book of Friends” (p.97D)

 Word Work: Phonics (-is, -ide), Spelling, Vocabulary and High Frequency Words (p. 97E– 99B)

 Reading: Comprehension, Fluency and independent Reading (P.99C– 99D)

 Writing: Writer’s Craft (Paragraphs) and Writing Prompt for their journal (p.99G)

Activities:

 Students will take a quiz on the report

Friday

Harcourt – Story Henry and Mudge Under the Yellow Moon “”

Activities: Day 5

 Oral Language: Sharing Literature – Compare story to main selection (p.99J)

 Word Work: Phonics (-is, -ide), Spelling, Vocabulary and High Frequency Words (p. 99K– 99L)  Reading: Comprehension, Fluency and independent Reading (P.99O)

 Writing: Writer’s Craft and Writing Prompt for their journal (p.99Q)

 Assessment