MONDAY - SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

SOLs: Reading
2.10 The student will demonstrate comprehension of information in reference
materials.
a) Use table of contents. b) Use pictures, captions, and charts.
2.9 The student will read and demonstrate comprehension of nonfiction texts.
a) Preview the selection using text features.
b) Make and confirm predictions about the main idea.
c) Use prior and background knowledge as context for new learning.
d) Set purpose for reading.
e) Ask and answer questions about what is read.
f) Locate information to answer questions.
g) Identify the main idea.
2.7 The student will expand vocabulary when reading.
a) Use knowledge of homophones.
b) Use knowledge of prefixes and suffixes.
c) Use knowledge of antonyms and synonyms.
d) Discuss meanings of words and develop vocabulary by listening and reading a
variety of texts.
e) Use vocabulary from other content areas.
2.6 The student will use semantic clues and syntax to expand vocabulary when reading.
a) Use information in the story to read words.
b) Use knowledge of sentence structure.
c) Use knowledge of story structure and sequence.
d) Reread and self-correct.
2.5 The student will use phonetic strategies when reading and spelling.
a) Use knowledge of consonants, consonant blends, and consonant digraphs to
decode and spell words.
b) Use knowledge of short, long, and r-controlled vowel patterns to decode and
spell words.
c) Decode regular multisyllabic words.

Discussion
Introduce what an advice column is
Addresses the problems of their readers
Each month kids questions are answered in the magazine
Have you ever asked someone for help or advice when you have a problem?
Reading a poem
What is a poem?
About a boy being afraid of a bully
Surprising ending
We will finish the magazine
Looking at the photo on the back cover
Browse pgs. 39-back cover and make predictions
Why is the advice columns department title Ouchl
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Something you say when you are hurt and this is an advice column where
kids ask for help if they have been hurt or have a problem
Not kids real names/they use fake names for privacy
They always start with a greeting (Dear Ouch)
What is a greeting?
Why do they use it?
Read first question pg. 39
What problem does he have?
What do you think Ouch will say to him?
Read the response
Were our predictions correct?
What advice did Ouch give?
Make a guess by looking at the pictures
What do you think the next kid is going to ask Ouch?
Read second question pg. 39
What is mads problem?
Read the response
Do you think this is good advice?
Read first question pg. 40
What do you do to cheer yourself up when you are feeling bad?
Read response
What is something you are good at?
How do you feel when someone else is good at something that is hard for you?
Should you give up or keep trying?
Read second question pg. 40
What is their question?
Do you ever fight with your friends?
What do you fight about?
What do you do to make up with your friends?
Read response
It is hard to stay angry at friends
Staying calm is very important because most of the time you realize later that
what you are fighting about isnt that important
Remember all of the things you like about your friend and all of the nice things
they have done for you, and it will be easier to stop being upset at each other
Browse pg. 41 and make predictions
Looking at the picture, what do you think this article will be about?
What is rhyming?
Ask for an example
What is onomatopoeia?
The words we use for sounds that we hear
Give an example
Ask for more examples
Read article
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What is figurative language

Words the author uses that puts a picture in our minds of what something
might look like?
Snapping the little boy like a twig
What does this figurative language mean?
What picture does that put in your mind?
His imagination is running wild
Was he right?
Read the department name on back cover
Why is it called Last Look
This is the last page of the magazine
What is a play on words?
A pun
Egg-citing
What does this mean?
Since the crocodile is coming out of the egg, it is exciting
Since this is the beginning of the crocodiles exciting story, what do you think will
happen next?
Assessment
Students will creatively write about the last article they read in the magazine
They can name the baby crocodile and describe what its first day might be like in its
new world