What can we learn by exploring the desert

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Review Games Vocabulary & Amazing Words: X Arcade Games X Jigword X Matchword X Speedword X Wordsearch X Word Web X Spelling City – vocabulary words X Spelling City – amazing words Spelling Words: X Speedword X Word Web X Quia Games X Spelling City High Frequency Words X Fill-in-the Blank X Spelling City

A Walk in the Desert Amazing Words arid X landform X precipitation X dunes X ledge X haven X discovery X forbidding X

A Walk in the Desert Vocabulary Words desert X harsh X climate X cactus X coyote X

A Walk in the Desert High Frequency Words X water X full X animals X early X warm X eyes

A Walk in the Desert Spelling Words talked hugged X talking hugging X dropped smiled X dropping smiling X excited dragging X exciting amazed X lifted danced X lifting X Word Wall Words X train X see X why X about X bug

Big Question: What can we learn by exploring the desert? X Monday X Tuesday X Wednesday X Thursday X Friday

A Walk in the Desert Monday Morning Warm-Up Your mother and father might take you to a desert to see things that you couldn’t see in a forest. What can we learn by exploring the desert?

Today you will learn about: X new amazing words, X inflected endings – adding –ed and –ing, X main idea and details, and X statements and questions

Exploring Space Monday Amazing Words

arid X ar - id X Something that is arid is very, very dry. X Deserts are arid because they don’t get much rain. X The air in your house in the winter might be arid because the heat is on all the time.

landform X land - form X A landform is the shape formed on land. X Landforms are things like hills, mountains, lakes, and deserts. X The landforms in Arizona include mountains and desert, as well as rivers.

landform

precipitation X pre-cip-i-ta-tion X Precipitation means any kind of rain, snow, hail, or other form of water that comes down from the clouds to the ground. X A desert area is dry because it gets very little precipitation. X Many kinds of trees that grow in forests need a lot of precipitation.

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Sing with Me X Listen to this song about the desert. X The Arid Desert X Click to listen.

Inflected Endings X rained raining X What do you know about reading these words? X Today you’ll learn about words whose spelling changes before an ending is added.

Inflected Endings X shop, shopped, shopping X The last consonant in shop, p, was doubled before the endings were added. X This happens in short-vowel words such as shop that end in just one consonant.

Inflected Endings X like, liked, liking X The e was dropped before these endings were added. X This happens if a base word ends with e, and the ending starts with a vowel.

Inflected Endings: Rules X If a word has a short vowel, double the end consonant before adding –ed or –ing. X If a word has a sneaky e, drop the e before adding –ed or –ing.

Inflected Endings We will look at words whose spelling changes before an ending is added to the base word. trades traded trading plans planned planning

Inflected Endings X thanks X quacked X swinging X closes X plugged X swimming X smiled X shining

Inflected Endings Decide if the base word’s spelling will change when you add –ed or –ing. base word -s -ed -ing

Inflected Endings Decide if the base word’s spelling will change when you add –ed or –ing. base word grab -s -ed -ing

Inflected Endings Decide if the base word’s spelling will change when you add –ed or –ing. base word grab -s grabs -ed -ing

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Inflected Endings Decide if the base word’s spelling will change when you add –ed or –ing. base word grab -s grabs -ed grabbed -ing grabbing

Inflected Endings Decide if the base word’s spelling will change when you add –ed or –ing. base word grab excite -s grabs -ed grabbed -ing grabbing

Inflected Endings Decide if the base word’s spelling will change when you add –ed or –ing. base word grab excite -s grabs excites -ed grabbed -ing grabbing

Inflected Endings Decide if the base word’s spelling will change when you add –ed or –ing. base word grab excite -s grabs excites -ed grabbed excited -ing grabbing

Inflected Endings Decide if the base word’s spelling will change when you add –ed or –ing. base word grab excite -s grabs excites -ed grabbed excited -ing grabbing exciting

Inflected Endings Decide if the base word’s spelling will change when you add –ed or –ing. base word grab excite face -s grabs excites -ed grabbed excited -ing grabbing exciting

Inflected Endings Decide if the base word’s spelling will change when you add –ed or –ing. base word grab excite face -s grabs excites faces -ed grabbed excited -ing grabbing exciting

Inflected Endings Decide if the base word’s spelling will change when you add –ed or –ing. base word grab excite face -s grabs excites faces -ed grabbed excited faced -ing grabbing exciting

Inflected Endings Decide if the base word’s spelling will change when you add –ed or –ing. base word grab excite face -s grabs excites faces -ed grabbed excited faced -ing grabbing exciting facing

Inflected Endings Decide if the base word’s spelling will change when you add –ed or –ing. base word grab excite face talk -s grabs excites faces -ed grabbed excited faced -ing grabbing exciting facing

Inflected Endings Decide if the base word’s spelling will change when you add –ed or –ing. base word grab excite face talk -s grabs excites faces talks -ed grabbed excited faced -ing grabbing exciting facing

Inflected Endings Decide if the base word’s spelling will change when you add –ed or –ing. base word grab excite face talk -s grabs excites faces talks -ed grabbed excited faced talked -ing grabbing exciting facing

Word Reading X bringing X wiping X running X plunked X pages X slamming X stacking X closed X skipped X blocked X traced X spreads X stinks X gliding X spotted

Word Family Word – train (online dictionary) Consonant Cain gain lain main pain rain vain Digraphs chain Blends brain drain grain plain slain Spain strain

Word Family Word – train chain grain drain brain

Word Family Word – see (online dictionary) Consonant Digraphs Blends bee thee flee Dee gee Lee tee wee knee free glee tree

Word Family Word – see bee tree tee knee

Let’s Talk About Exploration!

Main Idea and Details X The main idea is the most important idea about the topic. X Details are small pieces of information in a selection that tell more about the main idea. X Good readers decide which ideas are most important as they react.

Read – Aloud: Saguaro Cactus

Monday’s Fix-It X talked about the desert X We talked about the desert. X when can we go X When can we go?

Grammar: Statements & Questions • • • A statement is a sentence that tells something. A statement ends with a period. Some places are very dry. A question is a sentence that asks something. A question ends with a question mark. What can live in a very dry place? A statement and a question begin with a capital letter.

Grammar: Statements & Questions X can an oak tree live in a very dry X X X place Can an oak tree live in a very dry place? an oak tree needs plenty of water An oak tree needs plenty of water. it cannot live in a very dry place It cannot live in a very dry place.

Grammar: Statements & Questions X does a cactus need much water X Does a cactus need much water? X a cactus does not need much water X A cactus does not need much water. X where does a cactus live X Where does a cactus live?

Wrap Up Your Day! X Inflected Endings X Main Idea and Details X Let’s Talk About It X Tomorrow we will read about taking a walk in the desert.

A Walk in the Desert Monday Journal Topic List different types of landforms.

A Walk in the Desert Tuesday Morning Warm-Up Today we will read about walking in the desert. What will we see and hear and feel? What lives there? What will we spot?

Today you will learn about: X new amazing words, X inflected endings: adding –ed and –ing, X main idea and details, X text structure, X high-frequency words, X vocabulary words, and X statements and questions

Exploring Space Tuesday Amazing Words

dunes X A dune is a hill of sand in a desert. Dunes are formed when the wind blows the sand. X That dune wasn’t there last time we came to this beach. X The dunes in a desert shift and change.

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ledge X A ledge is a shelf. X If you are in the desert, you might see a coyote up on a ledge. X There is a toy on the window ledge.

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haven X ha -ven X A haven is a safe place. X A big cactus is a haven for lots of animals. X Your school is a haven for you during a big rainstorm.

Read – Aloud: Around One Cactus Owls, Bats and Leaping Rats

Inflected Endings X chiming X You can read this word because you know how to read base words with endings and spelling changes. X What base word and ending form chiming? X When you come to a new base word with an ending, knowing if there has been a spelling change will help you read it.

Rules X If a word has a short vowel, double the end consonant before adding –ed or –ing. X If a word has a sneaky e, drop the e before adding –ed or –ing.

Inflected Endings We are learning about words whose spelling changes before an ending is added to the base word. X chime X chiming X chimed X bugs X bugged X bugging X dived X diving X X X X blames blamed blaming grins grinned grinning

Phonics Song X Listen for words with inflected endings. X Exploring the Desert X Click to listen.

Inflected Endings: Find the words in “Exploring in the Desert” that have inflected endings. X exploring X shaking X hiked X hopped X looked X moved X soaring X making X sunning X seems

Inflected Endings Decide if the base word’s spelling will change when you add –ed or –ing. base word -s -ed -ing

Inflected Endings Decide if the base word’s spelling will change when you add –ed or –ing. base word pace -s -ed -ing

Inflected Endings Decide if the base word’s spelling will change when you add –ed or –ing. base word pace -s paces -ed -ing

Inflected Endings Decide if the base word’s spelling will change when you add –ed or –ing. base word pace -s paces -ed paced -ing

Inflected Endings Decide if the base word’s spelling will change when you add –ed or –ing. base word pace -s paces -ed paced -ing pacing

Inflected Endings Decide if the base word’s spelling will change when you add –ed or –ing. base word pace raft -s paces -ed paced -ing pacing

Inflected Endings Decide if the base word’s spelling will change when you add –ed or –ing. base word pace raft -s paces rafts -ed paced -ing pacing

Inflected Endings Decide if the base word’s spelling will change when you add –ed or –ing. base word pace raft -s paces rafts -ed paced rafted -ing pacing

Inflected Endings Decide if the base word’s spelling will change when you add –ed or –ing. base word pace raft -s paces rafts -ed paced rafted -ing pacing rafting

Inflected Endings Decide if the base word’s spelling will change when you add –ed or –ing. base word pace raft move -s paces rafts -ed paced rafted -ing pacing rafting

Inflected Endings Decide if the base word’s spelling will change when you add –ed or –ing. base word pace raft move -s paces rafts moves -ed paced rafted -ing pacing rafting

Inflected Endings Decide if the base word’s spelling will change when you add –ed or –ing. base word pace raft move -s -ed -ing paces rafts moves paced rafted moved pacing rafting

Inflected Endings Decide if the base word’s spelling will change when you add –ed or –ing. base word pace raft move -s -ed -ing paces rafts moves paced rafted moved pacing rafting moving

Inflected Endings Decide if the base word’s spelling will change when you add –ed or –ing. base word pace raft move spot -s -ed -ing paces rafts moves paced rafted moved pacing rafting moving

Inflected Endings Decide if the base word’s spelling will change when you add –ed or –ing. base word pace raft move spot -s -ed -ing paces rafts moves spots paced rafted moved pacing rafting moving

Inflected Endings Decide if the base word’s spelling will change when you add –ed or –ing. base word pace raft move spot -s -ed -ing paces rafts moves spots paced rafted moved spotted pacing rafting moving

Inflected Endings Decide if the base word’s spelling will change when you add –ed or –ing. base word pace raft move spot -s -ed paces rafts moves spots paced rafted moved spotted -ing pacing rafting moving spotting

Word Family Word – why (online dictionary) Consonant Digraphs Blends by shy cry sty my thy dry fly fry pry sky sly spy try

Word Family Word – why fly spy fry sty sky sty

Spelling Find the words that have inflected endings. X I was amazed that we lifted the big log. X Grandma and I hugged and talked. X My dog was excited when I smiled at him.

Text Structure X You can understand what you are reading better if you will pay attention to how the author has organized the selection. X Sometimes the author writes in a way that makes you feel as if you are walking along with him or her as different things are explained or pointed out. X Ask yourself questions as you read so you can understand what the author is trying to tell you.

A Walk in the Desert High Frequency Words X water X full X animals X early X warm X eyes

Review High-Frequency Words X X X water animals world friend eyes X full X early X warm X woman X move

A Walk in the Desert X desert - a part of land that is sandy and without much water X harsh – very rough X climate – the kind of weather a place has X cactus – a plant with spines instead of leaves that grows in hot, dry places X coyote – a small animal like a wolf X (next slide)

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A Walk in the Desert Vocabulary Words X A ______ is a hard place for animals and plants to live. X A desert is a hard place for animals and plants to live. X The ______ is very hot and dry. X The climate is very hot and dry.

A Walk in the Desert Vocabulary Words X X X Many kinds of ______ plants grow there. Many kinds of cactus plants grow there. A ______ can live there too. A coyote can live there too. Life in the desert can be _____. Life in the desert can be harsh.

Daily Fix-It X did you enjoy the desert X Did you enjoy the desert? X i was really exited? X I was really excited!

Grammar: Statements & Questions • • • A statement is a sentence that tells something. A statement ends with a period. A desert is a very dry place. A question is a sentence that asks something. A question ends with a question mark. What grows in a desert? A statement and a question begin with a capital letter.

Grammar: Statements & Questions X we are going for a walk in the desert X We are going for a walk in the desert. X what will we see there X What will we see there?

Wrap Up Your Day! X High-Frequency Words X Text Structure X Let’s Talk About It X Tomorrow we will hear about other desert creatures.

A Walk in the Desert Tuesday Journal Topic Write about a desert and what it is like there.

A Walk in the Desert Wednesday Morning Warm-Up Many animals that live in the desert sleep in the heat of the day. They come out at night to find food. What else can we learn about animals by exploring the desert?

A Walk in the Desert Wednesday Is each sentence a statement or a question? Many animals that live in the desert sleep in the heat of the day. They come out at night to find food. What else can we learn about animals by exploring the desert?

Today you will learn about: X new amazing words, X consonant blends, X inflected endings – adding –ed and –ing, X high-frequency words, X descriptive words, and X statements and questions

Exploring Space Wednesday Amazing Words

discovery X dis – cov – er - y X A discovery is something someone finds out for the first time. X You made a discovery about school the first day you came. X When Iris first moved, she made lots of new discoveries about the country.

forbidding X for – bid - ding X Something that is forbidding seems dangerous and scary. X Even your familiar schoolroom can seem forbidding and strange at night. X Many places that seem forbidding at night are not scary during the day.

Making Words Worksheet

High-Frequency Words full, warm, animals, early, eyes, water X You have two of these to see with. What are they? X You drink it, cook with it, and bathe in it. What is it? X The opposite of late. What is it? X The opposite of empty. What is it? X Cats, dogs, birds, and raccoons are examples of these. What are they?

Word Family Word – about (online dictionary) Consonant bout gout lout pout Digraphs shout Blends clout grout scout snout spout stout trout

Word Family Word – about gout trout pout snout grout spout scout spout

Rules X If a word has a short vowel, double the end consonant before adding –ed or –ing. X If a word has a sneaky e, drop the e before adding –ed or –ing.

Inflected Endings X Things you do with your mouth X talked, talking, smiled, smiling X Things you do with your arms X hugged, hugging, lifted, lifting, dropped, dropping, dragging X Ways you can feel X excited, exciting, amazed

Vocabulary Descriptive words tell how things look, sound, taste, feel, and small. X bright sun X dry air X sharp spines X harsh climate

Wednesday’s Fix-It • smiled at the mule • He smiled at the mule. • did you find some cactus jelly • Did you find some cactus jelly?

Grammar: Statements & Questions X X X X what could you find in a walk on Oak Street What could you find in a walk on Oak Street? you would see kids in the park You would see kids in the park. you could buy ice cream from the man with the cart You could buy ice cream from the man with the cart. you could jump rope with the kids at the corner. You could jump rope with the kids at the corner.

Wrap Up Your Day! X Main idea and details X Notice punctuation X Let’s Talk About It X Tomorrow they will read about using a computer and the Internet to find the answers to some questions.

A Walk in the Desert Wednesday Journal Topic Use descriptive words in sentences about the desert.

A Walk in the Desert Thursday Morning Warm-Up Where could you find out more about the desert? What could tell you that the inside of a cactus feels slippery or that cactus candy is sweet?

Today we are going to learn about: X inflected endings X statements and questions, and X being a polite listener

A Walk in the Desert Amazing Words arid X landform X precipitation X dunes X ledge X haven X discovery X forbidding X

Read-Aloud: Exploring the Sahara

Sentence Reading X My mother and father jogged home without X X X stopping. A bear can make such a mess. Dad will build a nice desk. He couldn’t stand running late so he waved for a cab. I love the drums in the rock band. We hummed tunes as we walked straight home.

Word Family Word – bug (online dictionary) Consonant Digraphs dug chug jug lug mug pug rug thug Blends drug plug smug snug

Word Family Word – bug jug pug lug mug rug tug plug snug

Rules X If a word has a short vowel, double the end consonant before adding –ed or –ing. X If a word has a sneaky e, drop the e before adding –ed or –ing.

Reading Online Rain Forests

Thursday’s Fix-It X wear did you drop it. X Where did you drop it? X i lost it in the dessert? X I lost it in the desert.

Grammar: Statements & Questions Is each sentence a statement or a question? We went for a walk in the desert. X Was it hot there? X We were careful. X Did you take water with you? X

Be a Polite Listener A good listener does several things when someone is speaking. X Be polite. X Pay attention to the speaker. X Sit quietly. X Face the speaker. X Make eye contact.

Wrap Up Your Day! X Making Connections: Text to World X Let’s Talk About It! X Tomorrow you will hear about one of the biggest deserts in the world.

A Walk in the Desert Thursday Journal Topic Write a story about a dry desert.

A Walk in the Desert Friday Morning Warm-Up This week we made many discoveries about the arid desert. We found out that the desert is a landform without much precipitation. Some deserts have sand dunes. Can a cactus be a haven for animals?

Today we will learn about: X inflected endings, X high-frequency words, vocabulary words, spelling words, amazing words, and X statements and questions, X using online reference sources

A Walk in the Desert Amazing Words arid X landform X precipitation X dunes X ledge X haven X discovery X forbidding X

Read-Aloud: Exploring the Sahara

Inflected Endings Rules X If a word has a short vowel, double the end consonant before adding –ed or –ing. X If a word has a sneaky e, drop the e before adding –ed or –ing.

Inflected Endings How do you change the spelling for the base words in each sentence? X We are hope we can begin bake the cakes and taste them! X We are hoping we can begin baking the cakes and tasting them! X They walk in the room and kiss and hug Grandpa. X They walked in the room and kissed and hugged Grandpa.

Inflected Endings How do you change the spelling for the base words in each sentence? X I am rely on my study to keep me from miss anything on the test. X I am relying on my studying to keep me from missing anything on the test. X I grab a coat, chat with my dad, and rush outside. X I grabbed a coat, chatted with my dad, and rushed outside.

High Frequency Words eyes, animals, warm, early, full, water 1. The sun is up ____ today.

High Frequency Words eyes, animals, warm, early, full, water 1. The sun is up early today. 2. I ate so I am ____ all the way.

High Frequency Words eyes, animals, warm, early, full, water 1. The sun is up early today. 2. I ate so I am full all the way. 3. I walk on the ____ desert sand.

High Frequency Words eyes, animals, warm, early, full, water 1. The sun is up early today. 2. I ate so I am full all the way. 3. I walk on the warm desert sand. 4. Can I find ____ in this dry land?

High Frequency Words eyes, animals, warm, early, full, water 1. The sun is up early today. 2. I ate so I am full all the way. 3. I walk on the warm desert sand. 4. Can I find water in this dry land? 5. I rub my _____ and spot _______ drinking a lot!

Friday’s Fix-It • the desert • The desert is hot and dry. X did you enjoy your walk X Did you enjoy your walk?

Online Reference Sources X You can find information online in dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other Internet sources. X Turn on the computer and connect to the Internet. X Type your topic into the search box and press Go. X Look at the source you need to find the information on your topic.

Wrap Up Your Week! What can we learn by exploring the desert?

Review Games Vocabulary & Amazing Words: X Jigword Spelling Words: X Quia Games X Spelling City High Frequency Words: X Hot Potatoes (fill-in-the-blank)

A Walk in the Desert Friday Journal Topic List things you can find in a desert.

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