Our Leaders, Our Helpers

Unit 7 Week 1 Day 3

Vocabulary Strategy:Idioms

O Idioms are expressions in which the entire meaning is different from the usual meanings of the individual words.

O We can’t understand the meaning of these expressions by looking at the meaning of each word.

Example: call the shotsYou can’t find the meaning by looking at each word. The expression means “to be in charge.”

Idioms (cont.)O Practice Idioms

O What do the following expressions mean?

Something up his sleeveFelt like a million dollarsAll bark and no biteA drop in the bucketCrack a smile

Word Work:Phonics

/ir/ spelled ear, ere, eer

Oh dear, I fear the little deer is no longer here.Which words have the /ir/ sound?

eer ear ere

peer hear severe

Word Work

High frequency words:clothes, enough

Reread decodable reader 24: The Overholts

Fluency: practice companion page 146“We, The People”

Grammar:Direct Objects in Sentences

Daria reads books.Sam played softball.Phil and Tai studied science.

What is the subject of each sentence? (underline once)Circle the verb in each sentence.Draw a box around the last word in each sentence.The word in the box is called a direct object.A direct object is who or what the verb does.

Reinforce the Theme Vocab.

O Government: A group of people who are in charge of a place.

O Elect: To choose someone by voting

O Taxes: Money that goes to the government

Reinforce the ThemeO What have you learned so far?

O What are some ways the government helps you stay safe?

O What is one way the government helps you learn?

O What are some ways the government helps you have fun?

Comprehension Skills : Draw Conclusions

O Drawing conclusions means putting together details from the text with their own knowledge to fill in some information

O Page 8: Our Leaders and Helpers1) What might you conclude about how much work

there is to do if governments need councils and mayors?

2) What conclusions can you draw about the need for teamwork between the mayor and council?

3) What can you conclude about the importance of the mayor’s job based on the tasks he or she does?

Prepare to Read:Use Text Features: Index

Look at the index on page 32Where would we find information about mayors?About democracy?About where governments get money?

Reread pages 6-17How did the text features help you understand details about local government?What conclusions can you draw about local government?

Write Poems: Quatrain

O Models: Sleigh Ride and The American Flag(writing model chart p. 48)

It is important to include descriptive language to help readers visualize my quatrain. You can use a rhyming dictionary to help find a rhyming word.

I have a neat old baseball mitt.My Grandpa Charlie gave me it.

It’s soft and leathery and not too small,and it makes me smile, best of all.

Seat WorkO Practice Pages: 152-153, 154, 175O Phonics Pages: 65O Fluency: 146O Writing: Finish “How To” writingO Spelling: Write each word in a sentence

(total 10 sentences please!!!)

Study StationO Study Station: Finish Vocab cards Abbreviation packet Decodable Reader- Write down “gh” and “ph” words