Harcourt Reading, Language, Writing

Harcourt Reading, Language, Writing Jan. 12-16 12:30-1:20, Special Class is from 1:20-2:10, continue lesson 2:10-3:00

Monday---Day 2 “I Am a Butterfly” Class will complete the following activities, details noted on Big Blue Harcourt Reading teacher’s guide pgs. 8P-29C 1. Sharing Literature with poem, “Butterflies” 2. Phoneme Isolation 3. Matching Final Sounds /ch/ 4. Word Building ch, tch 5. Building Background butterflies 6. Discuss story words: caterpillar, chrysalis, butterfly 7. High Frequency Words to remember textbook pgs. 8-9 8. Prereading Strategies 9. Discuss story genre: nonfiction 10.Class will read and discuss the story, “I Am a Butterfly” on textbook pgs. 10-27. Teacher will ask guided comprehension questions from teacher’s guide same pages. 11.Decodable Book reading and accelerated reader testing

Tuesday---Day 2 “I Am a Butterfly” activities continued Class will complete the following activities, details noted on Big Blue Harcourt Reading teacher’s guide pgs. 10-29C 1. Discuss story words: caterpillar, chrysalis, butterfly 2. High Frequency Words to Remember textbook pgs. 8-9 3. Class will read and discuss the story “I Am a Butterfly” on textbook pgs. 10-27. 4. Think and Respond questions textbook pg. 28 5. Meet the Author/Photographer pg. 29 6. Retelling—teacher’s guide pg. 29A 7. Daily Language Practice---teacher’s guide pg. 29B 8. Grammar: Nouns Animals or Things---teacher’s guide pg. 29C 9. Recite a Rhyme “Chicken Pox Blues” in Big Book of Rhymes pg. 24 on easel up front 10.Interactive Writing Report: Life Cycle of Butterfly---teacher’s guide pg. 29B 11.Decodable Book reading and accelerated reader testing

Wednesday---Day 3 “I Am a Butterfly” activities continued Class will complete the following activities, details noted on Big Blue Harcourt Reading teacher’s guide pgs. 29E-33B 1. Sharing Literature with poem, “Every Insect”:---teacher’s guide pg. 29E 2. Word Building –ch, -tch words---teacher’s guide pg. 29F 3. High Frequency Words---teacher’s guide pg. 29I 4. Discuss story words: caterpillar, chrysalis, butterfly 5. Read and discuss the story, “I Am a Butterfly” textbook pgs. 10-27 6. Reading Across Texts with poem, “Mari Rosa and the Butterfly” 7. Daily Language Practice---teacher’s guide pg. 33A 8. Grammar: Nouns Animals or Things---teacher’s guide pg. 33B 9. Writing Across the Curriculum: Facts---teacher’s guide pg. 33A 10.Decodable Book reading and accelerated reader testing

Thursday---Day 4 “I Am a Butterfly” activities continued Class will complete the following activities, details noted on Big Blue Harcourt Reading teacher’s guide pgs. 33D-35D 1. Sharing Literature with song, “The Itsy, Bitsy Spider”---teacher’s guide pg. 33D 2. Phoneme Addition---teacher’s guide pg. 33D 3. Distinguish Phonemes—ch, sh---teacher’s guide pg. 33D 4. Word Building with ch, sh, tch---teacher’s guide pg. 33E and textbook pgs. 34-35 5. Read and discuss story words: caterpillar, chrysalis, and butterfly 6. High Frequency Words---teacher’s guide pg. 35B 7. Read and discuss the story, “I Am a Butterfly” textbook pgs. 10-27 8. Daily Language Practice---teacher’s guide pg. 35C 9. Grammar: Nouns Animals or Things---teacher’s guide pg. 35D 10.Shared Writing Notes---teacher’s guide pg. 35C 11.Decodable Book reading and accelerated reader testing

Friday---Day 5 “I Am a Butterfly” activities continued Class will complete the following activities, details noted on Big Blue Harcourt Reading teacher’s guide pgs. 35F-35N 1. Sharing Literature with Big Book From Head to Toe graphic organizer 2. Phoneme Isolation—teacher’s guide pg. 35F 3. Delete Phonemes---teacher’s guide pg. 35F 4. Initial Blends with L---teacher’s guide pg. 35G 5. Read and discuss story words---caterpillar, chrysalis, butterfly 6. Oral reading check on “I Am a Butterfly” textbook pgs. 10-27 7. Daily Language Practice teacher’s guide pg. 35M 8. Grammar: Nouns Animals or Things teacher’s guide pg. 35N 9. Writing Riddles---teacher’s guide pg. 35M 10.Decodable Book reading and accelerated reader testing