Fifth Grade Theme 1 Selection 2 Meeting Challenges

Fifth Grade: Theme 1 Selection 2 Meeting Challenges

V CV Syllable Pattern The vowel is usually long when the division of a V CV word is before the consonant. Example: fē ver = fever sī lent = silent

V fever broken climate hotel basic vocal native CV Pattern labor spider label icon agent motive vital item aroma legal solo silent acorn

V CV Pattern Challenge Words rhinoceros notation idealistic society equation

Spelling Fluency How Fast Can You Read the Words? fever vocal broken native climate silent hotel labor basic spider

Spelling Fluency How Fast Can You Read the Words? label acorn icon item agent aroma motive legal vital solo

Spelling Fluency How Fast Can You Read the Words? society rhinoceros notation idealistic equation

Teacher Read Aloud: Night of the Twisters Activate Prior Knowledge: Share what you know about the challenges of test taking.

Purpose Setting: After hearing the title, predict what the selection will be about. Dan, Arthur, and Dan’s baby brother Ryan are home alone when a tornado hits the house. They seek shelter in the basement. They hear the tornado as it destroys the house above them. 1. What caused the boys to seek shelter in the basement? 2. Describe the damage caused by the tornado.

Build Concept Vocabulary Ø“A tornado’s forward speed is generally thirty to fifty miles an hour, ” a meteorologist had told us. ØTen seconds more and that howling, shrieking tornado was upon us. ØThe roaring had started somewhere to the east, then came bearing down on us like a hundred freight trains. ØThere was nothing but terror as the roar of that tornado went on and on.

Concept Vocabulary Web meteorologist Careers Storms tornado Challenges in Nature roaring severe Descriptions terror

Comprehension Skill: Cause and Effect • • An effect is what happened as the result of a cause. A cause is what made something happen. Words such as why, because, and as a result are clues to cause-and-effect relationships. If there are no clue words, ask yourself, “Why did this event happen? What happened as a result of this event? An effect may become the cause of another effect.

Cause and Effect Chain Cause Effect

Strategy: Monitor and Fix Up Good readers make sure they understand what they are reading. If you don’t understand how causes result in certain effects, pause. Ask yourself, “What don’t I understand? ” You might decide to review what you’ve read and read on to find out what happens.

The Real Thunder and Lightning Cause and Effect Chain inside a cloud, opposite electrical charges flow toward each other Rapid heating of the air along a lightning flashes inside the cloud thunder

Thunder Rose Author: Jerdine Nolen

Genre: Tall Tale • Tall tales are amusing stories told with great exaggeration and bigger-than-life characters. • The events are exaggerated and impossible.

More Books Written by Jerdine Nolen

marked by burning the skin with a hot iron branded Rose and her pa spent the whole next day sorting the animals that had not been branded. Synonyms: marked

put together; fitted together; built constructed She constructed a thunderbolt as black as pitch to punctuate her name. Synonyms: built

with delicate beauty; freshly and prettily daintily As a newborn, Rosa lifted a cow over head and did so quite daintily. Synonyms: gracefully

The act of laying waste; destruction devastation Calmly Rose spoke out loud to the storm as she stood alone to face the wrack and ruin, the multiplying devastation. Synonyms: destruction ruin

song for singing to a child; soft song lullaby Synonym Mom and dad sang Rose a lullaby. song

a thick, black, sticky substance made from tar or turpentine pitch Her eyes were b. Iack as pitch, and she was strong as a bull. Synonym:

good at thinking of ways to do things; quick witted resourceful Her ma was right grateful to have such a resourceful child. Synonym: clever enterprising imaginative

stealing thieving “Somebody had to put a stop to their thieving ways. ” Synonym: dishonest crooked stealing

membranous tubes forming part of the system of vessels that carry blood to the heart veins The child had the power of thunder and lightning coursing through her veins. Synonym: blood vessels

Vocabulary Fluency How Fast Can You Read the Words? branded lullaby constructed pitch daintily resourceful devastation thieving veins

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words! branded constructed daintily devastation pitch resourceful thieving veins Draw! lullaby

Free Association When I say a word, you write down any words you can think of that remind you of that word. For example: The word is school: 1. learning 2. Science 3. pencils 4. Reading 5. Math 6. teachers 7. P. E. 8. Education 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. branded constructed daintily devastation lullaby pitch resourceful thieving veins

Classifying Place the following words in categories: branded devastation resourceful constructed lullaby thieving daintily pitch veins • Decide the names of the categories. • Determine how many categories. • Determine which words go in which categories. • After classifying the words, write a paragraph explaining each of the categories and why certain words go in a particular category.

Can You Find the Context Clues? 1. The woman walked _______ down the street after getting her nails polished. 2. The baby fell asleep when she heard the __________. 3. The highway crew used _______ to patch the road. 4. He was so angry that you could see the ______bulging from his neck. 5. It was necessary for families to relocate to shelters due to the _________ caused by the flood. 6. The ranchers _________ their livestock. 7. Carter was not respected by his peers because they were aware of his ______ ways. 8. I think he is a very _______director, who seems to create wondrous plays every time! 9. The teacher was pleased with the _________ sentences of her sentences. branded; constructed; daintily; devastation; lullaby; pitch; resourceful; thieving; veins

Synonym Search Match the vocabulary words on the left to the correct synonyms on the right. Some vocabulary words have more than one synonym. Ready, set, go!!!!!!!!!!!! branded constructed a. crooked f. imaginative k. blood vessels b. clever g. destructing L gracefully c. song h. dishonest m. marked d. stealing i. enterprising n. e. ruin j. built o daintily devastation lullaby resourceful thieving veins

Word Association Challenge 1. Which word goes with perfume? Why? 2. Which word goes with circulation ? Why? 3. Which word goes with music? Why? 4. Which word goes with ownership ? Why? 5. Which word goes with a factory ? Why? 6. Which word goes with highways? Why? 7. Which word goes with starting your own business? Why? 8. Which word goes with hurricanes? Why? Some words can be used more than once. Can you figure out which ones? 9. Which word goes with pocketbooks and wallets? Why? Word Bank branded; constructed; daintily; devastation; lullaby; pitch; resourceful; thieving; veins

Tell Me What You Know 1. Describe a time when you were resourceful. 2. Compare and contrast veins and garden hoses. 3. What are the causes and effects of thieving? 4. Explain why ranchers branded their animals? 5. Create a Tree Map of the devastation that occurs from the forces of nature. 6. List things that can be constructed. 7. Identify characteristics of a person who behaves daintily.