Unit 2 Lesson 9 How Chipmunk Got His

Unit 2: Lesson 9 How Chipmunk Got His Stripes BY JOSEPH BRUCHAC AND JAMES BRUCHAC

Skills How Chipmunk Got His Stripes Comprehension Questions Why Rabbits Have Short Tails Author and Illustrator Understanding Characters Vocabulary pg 262 -263 Syllables Spelling Synonyms Phonics Author’s Word Choice How Chipmunk Got His Stripes pg 299 Reading Response Journal Verbs pg 328 -329 Review

Vocabulary curled height brag direction tease tunnel toward healed

Glossary pg 294 -295 curled brag- to wrap around to say with pride tease- to make fun of toward height- in a direction how tall direction tunnel- the way you go a path underground healed- to get better

Comprehension Questions How can a stories help you learn a lesson? Who are the main characters? Find the text evidence! What page are you on? Pg 301 What does Bear say and do? What does this tell you about him? Why does the author repeating Bear’s sentence? What lesson does Little Brown Squirrel learn? Which character is clever? What is a synonym for clever?

Reading Response Journal Make sure your use TAG! How can stories teach a lesson? What lesson do we learn from the Squirre? l T- turn it around A- answer the question G- give details

1. liked 2. using Challenge 7. closed 8. hoping 1. curled 7. healed 8. chanted 3. riding 9. baked 2. gathered 4. chased 10. hiding 3. scratched 9. growled 5. spilled 11. standing 4. walking 10. running 6. making 12. asked 5. welcoming 11. pinning 6. apologizing 12. starting

Spelling Practice Step Spelling Type Spelling Rainbow Spelling White board Spelling ABC Spelling Hilite Spelling

Spelling Review Tic Tac Spelling Mix Up Spelling Circles Team Race Baseball Shaving Cream Terminator Spelling. City Four boxes Sparkle

Review

Swat Listen for the clue, and then swat the correct vocabulary word. toward curled tease brag height tunnel direction healed

Phonics Sort Thumbs up when you finish!

Author’s Word Choice

Synonyms

CV Words

Verbs Verb song Jump start Verb song School House Rock