1. Lesson 13 Day 2

2. Question of the Day
• What is you favorite season of the
year? Why?
• My favorite season of the year is
_______ because_________.

3. Read Aloud
• Listen to the poem to find out how the poet feels about fall.
Autumn
What does the
I lie on my back and look up to see
poet mean by
A towering giant way above me.
“And though
Drifting down from branches tall,
this tree seems
dead today”?
Bright colored leaves begin to fall.
Very soon the tree is bare,
How do you
Cold but swaying in autumn air.
think the poet
And though this tree seems dead today,
feels about
It will bloom again, one fine spring day.
autumn?
• What does the poet mean by “And though this tree seems dead today”?
• How do you think the poet feels about autumn?
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4. Phonics and Spelling:
Consonants /s/c;/j/ g,
dge
• edge
dodge
ridge
fudge
• These words all include the pattern dge.
• This pattern is used when a word has a short
vowel followed immediately by the final /j/
sound.
• cage
hinge
large
change
• These words end with the letter pattern ge.
• When the sound /j/ comes direclty after a long
vowel or a consonant, the letter combination ge
is used.

5. Phonics: ge or dge?
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The chalk is on the le____ if the board.
ledge
Write your name on the first pa____ of the test.
page
The police officer wore a ba____ on her jacket.
badge
There is a very lar___ fish in that tank.
large
I’ll be out as soon as I chan___ my shirt.
change

6. Phonics: Find the Soft c or g sound
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Imagine a stag in the woods.
Imagine
Recently, I visited a castle.
recently
The steam engine was great.
engine
Are giants or geese real?
giants

8. columns
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A column is a tall, circular structure that holds up part of a building.
What might a column hold up?
Read pg. 368-369
Do the tree trunks look like columns rising from the forest floor?
The word is…
columns
What is the word?
columns

9. absorb
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Something absorbs a liquid if it soaks up the liquid.
What will absorb spilled milk?
Which trees absorb the most sun in the rain forest?
The word is…
absorb
What is the word?
absorb

10. protects
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When you protect something, you keep it safe.
What kind of clothing protects firefighters?
Who is someone that protects you?
Do you think the canopy protects the animals?
The word is…
protects
What is the word?
protects

11. rustling
• When objects are rustling, they are moving and making soft sounds.
• What might you hear rustling in the fall?
• What animals besides squirrels might make a rustling sound in the
trees?
• The word is….
• rustling
• What is the word?
• rustling

12. dissolve
• When something dissolves,
it mixes completely with a
liquid.
• Will sugar dissolve in water
if you stir it?
• Would the particles of
nutrients dissolve if it did
not rain? Why or Why not?
• The word is…
• dissolve
• What is the word?
• dissolve

13. particles
• Tiny pieces of something are
called particles.
• What kinds of particles have
you brushed from your
clothes?
• Turn to your neighbor and use
particles in a sentence.
• The word is….
• particles
• What is the word?
• Particles
• Now let’s look at pg. 368-369

14. scavenger
• A scavenger lives on material
from trees.
• An animal is a scavenger if it
collects leftover and unwanted
objects.
• My mother calls me a scavenger
because I bring home left over
paper from art class. When have
you been a scavenger?
• How can scavenger help trees
grow and create new trees?
• The word is…
• scavenger
• What is the word?
• scavenger

15. tugged
• If you tugged something, you
pulled it hard.
• Miss Mc Gillicuddy tugged at
her kite to get it out of the
tree.
• Would you tug a wagon or a
ball?
• Turn to a partner and tell them
about something you have
tugged.
• The word is ….
• tugged
• What is the word?
• tugged

16. paused
• If you paused, you stopped
what you were doing for just a
moment.
• Miss McGillicuddy paused for
a moment while gardening.
• Would you pause to invite
someone to join in your game
or to score a goal?
• Why might someone pause
during a game?
• The word is….
• pause
• What is the word?
• pause

17. self-sufficient
• In many forests, the trees and
animals are self-sufficient.
• If something is self-sufficient is
makes everything it needs.
• Most young people are not
self-sufficient, and they need
adults to provide them with
food and shelter. In what ways
are you self-sufficient?
• Turn to your neighbor and tell
them if you would enjoy being
self-sufficient or not. Explain
why, or why not.

19. Comprehension
• The author’s purpose is the reason he or she writes
something. Knowing whether a writer is trying to explain,
entertain, or persuade helps readers focus on the main
message.
• Turn to your partner and tell him or her one reason why
the author wrote “A Tree is Growing”.

20. Fluency
• Good readers speak clearly and change their voices as they
read to help listeners understand the text. This is called
intonation.
• Remember that end marks are important clue for intonation.
For example, at the end of a question, a reader’s voice
usually goes up, but at the end of a statement, a reader’s
voice goes down.
• Turn to pg. 374 listen as I read.
• Turn to your partner and read pg. 375, and use intonation.

21. Grammar: Subject and Object
Pronouns
• In a sentence, an object is a
noun that is not the subject
of the sentence.
• The dog chewed the bone.
• Dog –subject
bone
– object
• The dog chewed it.
• It- replaces – the bone
• Pronouns that take the
place of objects are called
object pronouns.
• They include me, you, him,
her, it , us, and them.
• The teachers applauded
Mrs. Chan.
• The teachers applauded her.
• Shantay planned the party.
• Shantay panned it.

22. DOL
They
3. Them were late for dinner .
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4. mary and me went to the shopping mall.
her
5. We gave she a lemon tree .

23. Writing
• Has a topic sentence
• Gives facts , examples
and details about a
topic
• Explains
• Tells what, why or how
• Uses subject and object
pronouns
• Restate the most
important idea at the
end
What I know
What I Learned