Unit 4 Week 5 Day 1: Helen Keller and the Big Storm

Unit 4 Week 5 Day 1: Helen Keller and the Big Storm Theme: Our Changing World High Frequency: angry, branches, clung, fingers, picnic, pressing, special Vocabulary (Amazing Words): condition, predict, terrifying, breeze, sparkle, whip, funnel, swirl Grammar: adverbs that tell how

Background This week we are going to read and about our changing world. Knowledge Imagine that it is a warm, pleasant day. Most people feet great on days like this. How do changes in the weather affect us? If you were moving to a new house like the boy in I Like Where I Am, you would probably hope for good weather. What would happen if the weather were bad? Lazlo and Ellie play soccer and walk outside in the story “The Brand New Kid”. What else can you do outside when the weather is nice?

Poster 20 Poster Talk-through – read aloud and point as you describe the poster. Students need to respond to the following questions with complete sentence. Error Corrections: If needed, model, test, and ask the same question at the end of this section to retest. What is this poster all about? Where does the poster take place? What are the characters doing in the poster? Let’s talk about how animals change as they grow. Error Corrections: If needed, model, test, and ask the same question at the end of this section to retest. Have you ever made plans to do something outside and then the weather is bad? Have you ever had a picnic inside instead of outside? Do you like to watch storms from inside your house or a car?

Video: Animated Hero Classics: Helen Keller—twenty-eight minute video biography of Helen Keller Oral Poster 20 Vocabulary Rain and lighting are not very good conditions for a picnic. Introduction Condition means a way something is. Say it with me. Get ready.. .condition means a way something is. Say it by yourselves. Get ready… condition means a way something is.

Unit 4 Week 5 Day 1: Helen Keller and the Big Storm Theme: Our Changing World What do call a way something is? condition The weather condition is warm and rainy.

The weather service predicted a storm. Predict means you think something will happen in the future. Say it with me. Get ready….predict means you think something will happen in the future. Say it by yourselves. Get ready….predict means you think something will happen in the future. What do we call thinking something will happen in the future? predict I predict the bus will be late.

He thinks the storm is terrifying. Terrifying means it makes someone feel very frightened. Say it with me. Get ready... Terrifying means it makes someone feel very frightened. Say it by yourselves. Get ready…terrifying means it makes someone feel very frightened. What do we call when someone feels very frightened? terrifying The grizzly bear was terrifying to the campers.

High Frequency angry, branches, clung, fingers, picnic, pressing, special Words Help children to respond to questions using complete sentences when appropriate.

Here are this week’s high frequency words. This word is angry. What word? angry Everyone, spell angry. a-n-g-r-y What word did you spell? angry

This word is branches. What word? branches Everyone, spell branches. b-r-a-n-c-h-e-s What word did you spell? branches

This word is clung. What word? clung Everyone, spell clung. c-l-u-n-g What word did you spell? clung

Unit 4 Week 5 Day 1: Helen Keller and the Big Storm Theme: Our Changing World

This word is fingers. What word? fingers Everyone, spell fingers. f-i-n-g-e-r-s What word did you spell? fingers

This word is picnic. What word? picnic Everyone, spell picnic. p-i-c-n-i-c What word did you spell? picnic

This word is pressing. What word? pressing Everyone, spell pressing. p-r-e-s-s-i-n-g What word did you spell? pressing

This word is special. What word? special Everyone, spell special. s-p-e-c-i-a-l What word did you spell? special

Second Time When I touch under the word, say the word in your head. When I tap under the word, everyone will say the word aloud.

Practice the word list until they read the list without errors.

Define angry: feeling mad and full of angry branches: parts of a tree that grow from the trunk clung: held onto or stuck to fingers: parts of the hand picnic: a meal eaten outdoors pressing: putting a force on something special: different in some way

Reading Distribute copies of A Full Life (Picture It) – ELL Teaching Guide page 135) Comprehension Have students look at the picture and tell what is happening. Read the story aloud. Help students do Fact and Opinion worksheet.

Read the Multilingual summary ELL Teaching guide on pages 138 - 140