Firing up the Brain
WALT: For you to ask and answer questions to understand the text
WILF: for you to be organised and persevere with tasks, especially when you're on the independent activities.
WILF: for you to be organised and persevere with tasks, especially when you're on the independent activities.
Rotation 1-Teacher
Key vocabulary:
High-Frequency Words
are, for, make
Story Words
change, colour, fall, food, leaves, trees
Story Words book 2
change, chemical, fall, leaves, photosynthesis, store
High-Frequency Words
are, for, make
Story Words
change, colour, fall, food, leaves, trees
Story Words book 2
change, chemical, fall, leaves, photosynthesis, store
Before reading
Discuss with students the changes a tree goes through in each season.
Remind students that in the fall, the leaves change from green to a variety of other colours. Have students share with a partner their thoughts on why leaves change their colours every fall, and invite volunteers to share ideas with the rest of the class.
Spread a pile of dried leaves of various colours and patterns on a table in front of the class. What do you notice about the leaves?
In your reading book, draw sketches and write down some observations. Ask students to describe to a partner their favourite leaf and why they liked that leaf?
Remind students that in the fall, the leaves change from green to a variety of other colours. Have students share with a partner their thoughts on why leaves change their colours every fall, and invite volunteers to share ideas with the rest of the class.
Spread a pile of dried leaves of various colours and patterns on a table in front of the class. What do you notice about the leaves?
In your reading book, draw sketches and write down some observations. Ask students to describe to a partner their favourite leaf and why they liked that leaf?
During reading
Introduce the Book
What do we do when we can't read a word?
- Remind students to use the pictures and the letters with which a word begins or ends to help them decode difficult words. For example, point to the word leaves on page 11 and say: I am going to check the picture and the ending of this word to help me decode it. I see a leaf in the picture. The leaf is changing from green to red, and the sentence explains that this word stops making the green colour. The leaf is no longer making a green colour. The word leaf begins with the /L/ sound, just like the word in the sentence, but it ends with the /f/ sound. The word in the book word ends with the /s/ sound. In the picture, I actually see two leaves, not just one. The plural for leaf is leaves, which ends with the /s/ sound. This word makes sense with the picture and the sentence. The word must be leaves.
- Show students the title page. Discuss the information on the page (title of book, author’s name)
- Preview the table of contents on page 3. Remind students that the table of contents provides an overview of the book.
- Explain to students that engaged readers ask questions before and during reading, and seek the answers while they read. Point out that asking and answering questions helps readers to understand and remember what they read.
- Think-aloud: On the cover, I see a vast forest in the fall, with leaves that are orange, yellow, and green. The title of the book is Why Do Leaves Change Colour? That is a great question. Why do they change colours? I will search for the answer to this big topic as I read. When I read the table of contents, the section titles bring to mind more questions. How do leaves make food? How many possible leaf colours are there? I will search for the answers to these questions as I read.
- Have students preview the table of contents with a partner. Ask students to think of at least two questions and share them with their partner. Have students write their questions on a separate sheet of paper. Invite volunteers to share their questions with the rest of the class, and record them on the board.
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Rotation 2- Handwriting
Your task: Practise tracing then completing some lower and upper case letter 'c'.
If you finish, complete some sentences using words which start with the letter 'c'
Remember not to rush, this is not a race!
If you finish, complete some sentences using words which start with the letter 'c'
Remember not to rush, this is not a race!
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