A Walk in the Desert Question of

A Walk in the Desert

Question of the Week: What can we learn by exploring the desert? • • X Tuesday X Wednesday • X Thursday • • X Friday X Monday Grammar Grammar • Journal

Street Rhymes! Listen while I read this poem, and then we will read it together. The desert sun climbs higher and higher. The sand underfoot gets as hot as a fire. The cactus skin is baked tough as wire. Animals are sleeping in desert land. But when the desert moon floats in the sky, Animals wake and feel hungry by and by. This is life in the desert sand.

A Walk in the Desert

This week we will talk, sing, read, and write about exploring the desert. Question of the Week: What can we learn by exploring the desert? Show Big Question Video

A Walk in the Desert Monday We are going to make a concept map from pages 114 -115 • Look at the pictures. How can you tell the desert is arid, or very dry? • Let’s add “the desert is hot and dry” to our map. • What desert plant is shown in the picture? • Let’s add “Cactus plants grow in the desert” to our map.

A Walk in the Desert Monday • Look at the picture of the desert tortoise. Why do you think it can live in a desert? • Let’s add “How can we explore the desert? ” to our map. Show Concept Talk Video

Sing With Me X We are going to listen to a song about the desert. X Listen for the words arid, landform, and precipitation.

arid X ar – id X Definition: very, very dry. X Deserts are arid because they don’t get much rain. X During the winter, the air in your house might be arid. X Name a word that means the opposite of arid.

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.

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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.

precipitation

Amazing Words at Work Look at the “The Arid Desert” picture. It looks like the animals are in a special kind of land. How would you describe this landform? (use landform in your answer) The song says the desert is a landform without precipitation. Explain what this means. (use precipitation in your answer) Which phrases in the song let us know the desert is arid? (use arid in your answer)

Amazing Words at Work Complete these sentences: 1. Deserts are arid because _______. 2. Landforms are things like ________. 3. Precipitation is any kind of _______.

Phonemic Awareness X Let’s look at page 116 -117 in your Reading book X What does the turtle do with that glass of water? X I can break the word drinks into its sounds: /d/ /r/ /i/ /ngk/ /s/, drinks

Phonemic Awareness X I see a tarantula climbing. I can break the word climbing into its sounds: /k/ /l/ /i/ /m/ /i/ /ng/ X Let’s blend these sounds: waved posing tugged rides

Phonics: Inflected Endings What do you know about these words: fills filled filling Today we will learn about words whose spellings change before an ending is added. When a word ends in a short vowel and one consonant, we double the consonant before adding –ed. flipped When a word ends in a short vowel and one consonant, we also double the consonant before adding –ing. flipping

Group Practice Remember to look at the ending and then note if the base word had a spelling change before the ending was added. plans likes pets escapes planned liked petted escaped planning liking petting escaping

Phonics: Guide Practice X Look at page 118 in your Reading book. X I see pictures that show these actions: drinking, pulls, filled, and twisted. I say the base word first and then the ending.

Phonics: Guide Practice X Take turns with your partner and read the “Sentences I Can Read”. X Let’s read the sentences together as a class

Phonics: Monitor Progress X bringing X stacking X stinks X plunked X skipped X spotted X spreads X slamming § § traces wiping invited excusing

Decodable Reader We are going to read “Lifting” together. Identify and read high-frequency words Preview the story Read “Lifting” Retell the story (characters, setting, events)

A Walk in the Desert Spelling Words (Pretest) • • dropped excited lifted hugged smiled talked warm dropping exciting lifting hugging smiling talking early

High-Frequency Words Look at page 119 in your Reading book X Say and Spell – Say and spell the word animals. X Identify Familiar Letter-Sounds – What are the sounds for the letters a , n, m, and l? X Show Meaning – Tell me a sentence using the word animal. X Repeat for eyes, early, water, warm, and full. X Let’s read “I Can Read!” together

Text-Based Comprehension X Remember our weekly concept is “Exploring the Desert”. X Listen while I read a story called “Saguaro Cactus”. X This selection is about the saguaro cactus. In the second paragraph, I read that the saguaro cactus has a waxy skin, spines, and water inside. These are pieces of information that help me figure out the most important idea in the selection: the saguaro cactus has several things that help it survive in the desert.

Text-Based Comprehension X The topic is what a selection is about. It can usually be stated in a word or two. X The main idea is the most important idea about the topic. X Details are small pieces of information that tell more about the main idea. Good readers decide which ideas are most important as they read.

Text-Based Comprehension X Turn to page EI 11 in your Reading book. X Look at the big picture. Tell what it is about in a word or two. X Is “a bird sings in the forest” the most important idea about forest animals? X What is the main idea of this picture – forest animals are busy or ants build an anthill? Do Reader’s and Writer’s Notebook, p. 39 together Do Let’s Practice It! DVD 39 together

Research and Inquiry: Identify and Focus Topic X Look at our Concept Map. X What ideas about the desert would you like to explore? X I would like to answer the question, How can we explore the desert? I know that a desert is hot and dry. I’ll prepare for this by bringing some sunscreen. What else should we bring? Let’s make a chart of things we know about the desert and what we’ll bring to explore it.

Wrap Up Your Day! X Inflected Endings - – He walks today. – He walked yesterday. – He is walking now. X Spelling – name the sounds – smiling dropped lifting X Content Knowledge – What can a saguaro cactus teach you about exploring a desert?

A Walk in the Desert Tuesday Expand the Concept Remember “The Arid Desert” How does Cactus live in such an arid land?

Build Oral Language Listen while I read “Around One Cactus” “This is the desert, wild and free, a place of sun-baked majesty With shifting dunes and rocky edges And bushes gripping ancient ledges. ” What does “This is the desert, wild and free, a place of sun-baked majesty mean? ” What other words could we use in place of sunbaked?

dunes X Dunes X A dune is a hill of sand in a desert. X Dunes are formed when the wind blows the sand. X That dune wasn’t there last time we came to this beach. X Are dunes more like snowdrifts or tunnels?

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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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Concept Map X In “Saguaro Cactus”, what interesting facts did we learn about this big, tall cactus? X A cactus is covered with sharp spines and has water inside – Let’s add this to our map.

Concept Map X What does the poem “Around One Cactus” tell us about how a cactus can help animals in the arid desert? – Let’s add “A cactus is a safe place for desert animals” to the L section of our map

Review Consonant Blends Blend these words: stripped mask planning spreads split striped lasted blasting Read these sentences: X Brad went skating and slipped on the slick ice. X The excited black ape grabbed the stick and drummed on the log. X Frank clapped and danced over winning the splendid prize.

A Walk in the Desert Spelling Words • • dropped excited lifted hugged smiled talked warm dropping exciting lifting hugging smiling talking early

High-Frequency Words early eyes warm full animals water X There are some words we learn by remembering the letters, rather than saying the sounds. X Make a sentence using two of the words above.

High-Frequency Words Read these words: X water X father X full X bear X warm X build X eyes X become X animals X love X early X straight X people

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

Selection Vocabulary 1. A desert is a hard place for 2. 3. 4. 5. animals and plants to live. The climate is very hot and dry. Many kinds of cactus plants grow there. A coyote can live there too. Life in the desert can be harsh.

Vocabulary Strategy: Alphabetize To alphabetize is to arrange words by the order of the letters in the alphabet. clap climate cent cactus Do Reader’s and Writer’s Notebook, p. 42 together

Text-Based Comprehension X Expository text gives facts and details about real people, animals, places, or events. X When readers want to understand or remember what they read, they think about the most important ideas. X Turn to page EI 19 in your Reading book. X What important ideas do you think this picture illustrates?

Text-Based Comprehension X As I read A Walk in the Desert, I will look for what the selection is mostly about to find the important ideas. X Let’s read “A Walk in the Desert” beginning on page 120.

Text-Based Comprehension X How do you know this selection is about a real place? X How did you use the photos to predict what you would learn about?

Literary Text: Informational Text X Sometimes authors write as if they are speaking to readers. X How did the author teach you about desert plants and animals? Desert Plants Daytime Desert Animals Look up at the tall saguaro What is that large bird? Nighttime Desert Animals Do you see the small kit fox?

Research and Inquiry Research Skill: Parts of a Book X I read a title page to see what a book is about and decide if I want to read it. I read a table of contents to find the part of the book I want and the page number where that part begins.

Wrap Up Your Day! X High-frequency words – Animals rise early from warm dens and drink water. X Content Knowledge – What is it like in the desert at night? – If you explored the desert at night, what might you see? X Tomorrow we will reread A Walk in the Desert.

A Walk in the Desert Wednesday Expand the Concept Remember “The Arid Desert” What are some animals that live on the dunes and ledges of the desert?

Build Oral Language X Remember the story “Around One Cactus”. X What facts did you learn about an owl? – An owl has good sight and sleeps during the day and hunts at night X What details did the poet use to describe a rattlesnake? – Deadly teeth, slips-slides across the ground

Build Oral Language X “Here stands a cactus, tall and grand, A haven for creatures in a waterless land. X What does “Here stands a cactus, tall and grand” mean? – The tall cactus is in the desert X Why did the author use the word grand rather than the word large? – It’s more interesting and it rhymes with land

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. X If an animal needed a haven, what might have happened?

Concept Map X In “A Walk in the Desert”, what desert animals did we learn about? – Birds, lizards, rattlesnakes, tortoises, jack rabbits, coyotes, and kit foxes – Let’s add these to our map. X How does the author make you feel like someone is pointing things out in the desert? – She writes as if she is walking in the desert. – Let’s add “We can explore the desert by walking” to the map.

Build Words: Inflected Endings tamed Change the ed in tamed to ing, What is the new word? taming Change the m in taming to p, What is the new word? taping Change the ing in taping to ed, What is the new word? taped Double the p in taped , What is the new word? tapped

Build Words: Inflected Endings tapped Change the ed in tapped to ing, What is the new word? tapping Change the a in tapping to o, What is the new word? topping Change the t in topping to m, What is the new word? mopping Change the ing in mopping to ed , What is the new word? mopped

Fluent Word Reading hopping hoped I know that if there is a double consonant before the ing or ed ending, the vowel is short. If there’s a single consonant before the ending, silent e was dropped and the vowel is usually long. I can read the words hopping and hoped.

Guide Practice X Say the sounds in your head for each spelling you see. When I point to the word, we’ll read it together. X pile X sliding X tugged X placing X admired X swimming

Blend and Read We are going to read “Stan and Bev” together. Identify and read high-frequency words Preview the story Read Stan and Bev (Decodable Practice Passage 4 B)

A Walk in the Desert Spelling Words • • dropped excited lifted hugged smiled talked warm dropping exciting lifting hugging smiling talking early

Dictation Practice 1. Cover your legs with a warm blanket. 2. I arrived early to school. 3. I was amazed that we lifted the big log.

Fluency Turn to page 122 in your Reading books. Follow along as I read this page. I’ll make sure I check punctuation marks. Periods and commas tell us to pause briefly. Now you read with me.

High Frequency Words and Selection Words: eyes, desert, warm, cactus, full, coyote 1. A ______ does not need much water. 2. Sheep and other animals ran when the 3. 4. 5. 6. _______ came near. A ____ has a dry climate. I had to squint my _______ in the harsh sunlight. A snake got ______ by resting in the early morning sun. A desert is ____ of insects and other animals.

High Frequency Words and Selection Words: eyes, desert, warm, cactus, full, coyote 1. A cactus does not need much water. 2. Sheep and other animals ran when the 3. 4. 5. 6. _______ came near. A ____ has a dry climate. I had to squint my _______ in the harsh sunlight. A snake got ______ by resting in the early morning sun. A desert is ____ of insects and other animals.

High Frequency Words and Selection Words: eyes, desert, warm, cactus, full, coyote 1. A cactus does not need much water. 2. Sheep and other animals ran when the coyote 3. 4. 5. 6. came near. A ____ has a dry climate. I had to squint my _______ in the harsh sunlight. A snake got ______ by resting in the early morning sun. A desert is ____ of insects and other animals.

High Frequency Words and Selection Words: eyes, desert, warm, cactus, full, coyote 1. A cactus does not need much water. 2. Sheep and other animals ran when the coyote 3. 4. 5. 6. came near. A desert has a dry climate. I had to squint my _______ in the harsh sunlight. A snake got ______ by resting in the early morning sun. A desert is ____ of insects and other animals.

High Frequency Words and Selection Words: eyes, desert, warm, cactus, full, coyote 1. A cactus does not need much water. 2. Sheep and other animals ran when the coyote 3. 4. 5. 6. came near. A desert has a dry climate. I had to squint my eyes in the harsh sunlight. A snake got ______ by resting in the early morning sun. A desert is ____ of insects and other animals.

High Frequency Words and Selection Words: eyes, desert, warm, cactus, full, coyote 1. A cactus does not need much water. 2. Sheep and other animals ran when the coyote 3. 4. 5. 6. came near. A desert has a dry climate. I had to squint my eyes in the harsh sunlight. A snake got warm by resting in the early morning sun. A desert is ____ of insects and other animals.

High Frequency Words and Selection Words: eyes, desert, warm, cactus, full, coyote 1. A cactus does not need much water. 2. Sheep and other animals ran when the coyote 3. 4. 5. 6. came near. A desert has a dry climate. I had to squint my eyes in the harsh sunlight. A snake got warm by resting in the early morning sun. A desert is full of insects and other animals.

Text-Based Comprehension When we compare and contrast, we better understand the information in the selection. What do we do when we compare and contrast? Turn to page 123 in your Reading book. How does the saguaro cactus differ from other cactuses? DO “Let’s Practice It! DVD 34” together

Read Main Selection Think Critically Remember that an expository text or article gives facts and details about real people, animals, places, or events. Let’s go back and read “A Walk in the Desert” (p. 120)

Wrap Up Your Day! X Main Idea and Details: – What is the main idea of A Walk in the Desert? • We can see many different plants and animals in the desert X Important Ideas: – How do we identify the important ideas in a selection? X Tomorrow we will read about exploring a desert from space.

A Walk in the Desert Thursday Expand the Concept Remember “The Arid Desert” What is the land like in the desert? Where might you see dunes and rocky ledges in the desert?

Build Oral Language X Expository Text – Contains facts and gives information – It explains something Look at page 138. Today I am going to read “Exploring the Sahara” about the world’s largest desert.

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 If any of the things I name can seem forbidding, say forbidding; a dark basement, a sunny beach, a cave, a garden, a narrow bridge

Concept Map X Before you listened to the selection, what did you already know about the Sahara? – Let’s add “The Sahara is the world’s largest desert” to our map. X How can we explore the Sahara without going there? – Let’s add “We can explore the desert with satellites” to the L section of our chart.

Build Words: Consonant Blends land Change the nd in land to st, What is the new word? last Change the st in last to mp, What is the new word? lamp Add a c to the beginning of lamp, What is the new word? clamp Take away the m in clamp , What is the new word? clap

Build Words: Consonant Blends clap Change the cl in clap to sn, What is the new word? snap Change the sn in snap to str, What is the new word? strap Change the str in strap to scr, What is the new word? scrap

Fluent Word Reading X build X jogged X trace X escapes X dancing X love X couldn’t X rose X waved X mother X stage X father X bear X picked X singing X nice X scrap X straight X sniffs X running

Sentence Reading X The bear sniffs for a trace of man before it escapes its cage. X Father picked a nice rose for Mother and jogged straight home. X The man couldn’t stand running late and waved for a cab. X I would love to build a stage for my dancing and singing.

Decodable Reader 4 c We are going to read “Showing and Telling” together. Identify and read high-frequency words Preview the story Read Showing and Telling (Decodable Practice Reader 4 C)

A Walk in the Desert Spelling Words • • dropped excited lifted hugged smiled talked warm dropping exciting lifting hugging smiling talking early

21 st Century Skills What sources of information did we use to find out about desert plants and animals? When you want to find information about a topic, you can use the internet. You can find information quickly using online reference sources, such as an atlas, an almanac, a dictionary, and an encyclopedia. These may have links to Web sites, or locations on the Internet, that will have more information.

21 st Century Skills Look at page 144 in your Reading books. Web sites use various written conventions to help readers find information. Each web site has a URL, or address, which often begins with http: //www. www stands for “World Wide Web”. Web site addresses often end with. com, . gov, or. edu.

Fluency Turn to page 133 in your Reading books. Follow along as I read these pages. Now you read with me.

Listening and Speaking When good speakers retell a story, they: X tell about the characters and the setting X Tell what happened at the beginning of the story X Tell what happened in the middle of the story X Tell what happened at the end of the story X Tell only the most important details of the story and leave out the unimportant ones

Listening and Speaking Remember Henry and Mudge and the Starry Night. X Who were the characters in this story? X Where and when did the story take place? X What happened in the beginning of the story? X What happened next? Then what happened? X What happened at the end of the story?

Wrap Up Your Day! X Phonics – identify the base words and endings – feeling, dancing, walked X Fluency – read at an appropriate pace – Lane spotted some animals running and she smiled. X Tomorrow we will hear more about one of the biggest deserts in the world.

A Walk in the Desert Friday Expand the Concept Remember “Exploring the Sahara” What did scientists learn about the Sahara of long ago by using satellite pictures?

Build Oral Language What can we learn by exploring the desert? What We Know What We Want to Know What We Learned The desert is hot and dry What is the cactus like? A cactus is covered with sharp spines and has water inside The Sahara is the world’s largest desert. How can we explore the desert? A cactus is a safe place for desert animals Lizards, jack rabbits, and coyotes live in the desert We can explore the desert by walking We can explore the desert with satellites

Build Oral Vocabulary Turn and talk: What have you discovered that a plant or animal needs to survive in the desert? What tools would you need to take for an exploration in the desert?

Check Oral Vocabulary Would enormous desert sand dunes be forbidding at night? What was the Sahara like before dinosaurs became extinct? How would you describe the precipitation in an arid landform like the desert? What desert animals might use a rocky ledge as a haven?

Phonics Read these to yourselves and then we will read them together. 1. Someone is baking bread that smells good! 2. They raced home and kissed and hugged Mom. 3. I grabbed a cap, slammed it on my head, and zipped out. 4. He was flipping and twisting as he skated.

A Walk in the Desert Spelling Words (test) • • dropped excited lifted hugged smiled talked warm dropping exciting lifting hugging smiling talking early

Vocabulary Strategy: Alphabetize Turn to page 148 -149 in your Reading books. Remember: to alphabetize means to put words in order of the letters of the alphabet.

Text-Based Comprehension: Main Idea and Details X Remember the most important idea about the topic is the main idea. What are details? – The small pieces of information that help us understand the main idea

Text-Based Comprehension: Main Idea and Details X “The Gila monster is a large lizard that lives in the American Desert. A Gila monster’s bite is very painful – and poisonous! First, a Gila will grab onto its prey with its mouth. Then the Gila uses its special grooved teeth to chew poison into its victim. But the Gila monster cannot be hurt by its own poison. It can be bitten by another Gila monster and then slither on its way!” 1. What is the topic of this selection? 2. What are some details about the Gila monster’s bite? 3. Use the details to identify the main idea of this selection.

Vocabulary X early X warm X full • water • eyes • animals I am the opposite of empty. I have four letters.

Selection Words X cactus X climate X coyote X harsh X desert 1. Is a desert climate harsh or pleasant? Why? 2. Is a cactus more like a pine tree or a maple 3. tree? Why? Where and when might you see a coyote?

Genre: Expository Text Expository text gives facts and details. A selection with graphic sources such as maps and illustrations may be expository text. The selections “A Walk in the Desert” and “Rain Forests” give facts and details about land areas. We can use the maps and illustrations in each selection to better understand the information presented. In “A Walk in the Desert”, I can use the map and illustrations on pages 138 -139 to find out about deserts around the world. Let’s see what else we can discover by using this map and illustrations.

Genre: Expository Text I notice on the map that there is a desert in Asia. The illustration and caption give details about the desert. It is called the Gobi desert, and it is cold and snowy in the winter. Look at the map and illustrations in “A Walk in the Desert”. Where does the Gila monster live? Look at the map in “Rain Forests. ” Where is the Amazon Rain Forest? In “Rain Forest”, look at the illustration of the Pterocarpus tree. What makes it unusual?

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

Grammar: Declarative and Interrogative Sentences A statement that tells something is called a declarative sentence. A statement ends with a period. (. ) Example: Some places are very dry. A question is a sentence that asks something. It is called an interrogative sentence. A question ends with a question mark (? ) Example: What can live in a very dry place?

Grammar: Declarative and Interrogative Sentences X X X can an oak tree live in a very dry 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: Declarative and Interrogative Sentences X X X does a cactus need much water Does a cactus need much water? a cactus does not need much water A cactus does not need much water. where does a cactus live Where does a cactus live?

Grammar: Declarative and Interrogative Sentences 1. You can find the saguaro cactus in ______. 2. Have you ever seen to ______? 3. Some cactuses can be _____ years old.

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

Grammar: Declarative and Interrogative Sentences A declarative sentence tells something and ends with a period. An interrogative sentence is a question. It asks something and ends with a question mark. We are going for a walk in the desert. What will we see there?

Grammar: Declarative and Interrogative Sentences 1. Have you ever seen a ______ in the desert? 2. The jack rabbit _____. 3. Does it ________ in the desert?

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: Declarative and Interrogative Sentences A declarative sentence tells something and ends with a period. An interrogative sentence is a question. It asks something and ends with a question mark. I like the desert. Do you like the desert?

Grammar: Declarative and Interrogative Sentences 1. I saw a _____ on a cactus. 2. Are there other ______ in the desert? 3. I found a _____, too.

Grammar: Declarative and Interrogative Sentences 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.

Thursday’s Fix-It 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. X

Grammar: Declarative and Interrogative Sentences Fix the declarative and interrogative sentences by adding an end mark. X X I am cold Are you cold We were careful as we walked in the desert Did you bring water

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

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

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

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

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

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