This document contains a lesson plan for day 4 including questions of the day, instructions for a read aloud, lessons on plural nouns and compound subjects/predicates, how to use references like dictionaries and glossaries, and guidance on writing a biography. It provides examples and exercises for students to practice these concepts.

1. Lesson 4
Day 4

2. Question of the Day
• What is your special talent?
• What talent would you most like to
have?
• Why would you like to have this
talent more than any other?
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3. Read Aloud
• Why might we want to read the story
“Jumping for Joy”?
• To learn or enjoy
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4. Read Aloud

5. Read Aloud
• What did Kiana wish for?
• Why did she wish for summer?
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6. There are three different ways to
form plurals.
Adding s – dog; dogs
Adding es – fox; foxes
Changing y to an i and adding es
baby; babies
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7. Tell whether each plural noun was
formed by adding s, es, or changing the
y to an i and adding es.
clocks
parties
cats
foxes
dimes
spies
benches
prizes
add s
change y to i, add es
add s
add es
add s
change y to i, add es
add es
add s
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8. How many syllables do you hear?
clock
clocks
party
parties
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9. Some nouns add a syllable
when they are made plural.
place
places
fox
foxes
bench
benches
face
faces
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10. ants, toys, flies, things, boxes, games, lines, rocks, wishes, ladies,
dishes, babies, bushes, glasses, puppies, families, libraries, brothers,
packages, melodies
Sort the words into the correct column.
Noun + s Noun + es Change y to i
•ants
•boxes
•flies
•toys
•wishes
•ladies
•things
•dishes
•babies
•games
•bushes
•puppies
•lines
•glasses
•families
•rocks
•libraries
•brothers
•melodies
•packages
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11. Good readers read at a
comfortable, steady pace and do
not stumble over words.
Good readers:
• pronounce words clearly
• listen to themselves read to check
their reading pace.
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12. As I read a passage from “Ellen Ochoa,
Astronaut,” I am going to read at an
even speed so that I do not stumble
when I get to a harder word. I am
going to listen to myself read to hear
if I am getting slower or speeding up
when I should not be.
Turn to page 124-125.
Turn and read page 124 with your
partner.
»Listen as I read.
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13. Ellen Ochoa waited for another chance
to become an astronaut. While she
waited, she joined a space research
center. There she helped astronauts
learn more about space. She learned to
fly a plane and found that she loved to
fly.
• Read the passage with me.
• Read the passage with a partner.

14. Locate Information
• Remember when you use information from a book,
they need to list the title, author, publisher, and
copyright dates.
Index: An index is an alphabetical list found in the
back of a book. An index lists topics, people, and
places mentioned in the book and their page
numbers. An index is helpful when searching for a
certain word or topic in a book.

15. Locate Information
Aldrin, Buzz, 13, 15 Dunbar, Bonnie, 25, 28, 30
Armstrong, Neil, 13, 14, 15 Endeavour, 44, 47, 48
Collins, Eileen, 35, 38 Foale, Michael, 55, 57
Collins, Michael, 23, 26 Glenn, John, 5, 7, 9
Columbia, 44, 45, 46 Jemison, Mae, 45, 67, 70
Discovery, 55, 56 Ride, Sally, 23, 25, 47
As you noticed the index is categorized alphabetically. If you
were trying to find out about Sally Ride, you would look for the
words Ride, Sally. On what pages would you find Sally Ride?

16. Use a Dictionary
• A dictionary provides information about many
words. Remember that dictionaries list words
in alphabetical order to make words easy to
find. Guide words at the tops of the pages
help you find the correct page on which an
entry word is listed. The information in an
entry includes:
• How the word is spelled
• What the word means
• How the word is pronounced
• Whether the word is a noun, a verb, or
another part of speech

17. Use a Dictionary
• Doctor (doc ter) Noun .1 a person who treats people when
they are sick verb 2. to change something, to change how
something looks.
• I’m not sure how to say the word or what it means as I read.
I find the entry word for mound on a page in the dictionary.
To see how its pronounced, I look at the word in
parentheses. I say mound. I then notice that mound is a
noun. I see that it has two meanings numbered 1 and 2. I
think about how the word is used in the sentence and check
my idea with the two definitions in the dictionary entry.
• Mound (maund) Noun 1. a heap of something such as dirt or
potatoes. 2 the raised area in the middle of a baseball
diamond, from which the pitcher throws the ball.

18. What information can be found on a
title or copyright page?
• title, author, publisher, publication
date
When will you need this information?
• When you need to cite where you got
information.
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19. • The glossary is like a mini-dictionary
located at the back of many
nonfiction books.
• A glossary contains definitions for
words that are used in that book.
• As you are reading and come across a
word you do not know, one place you
can look for information about the
word’s meaning is the glossary.
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20. Use your Reading book to
look up the following words:
• persevere
• Do you have to persevere through a
hard math problem?
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21. confidence
• Tell about a moment when you have
had confidence.
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22. ambitious
• Raise your hand if you are ambitious.
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23. attain
• Name a goal you would like to attain.
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24. invention
disappointed
• Thumbs up if you think a person who
created an invention would be
disappointed in these situations.
• The invention breaks when it is first
used.
• The invention is a hit.
• The invention does not work.
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25. talented
apply
• Why would an employer be glad to
have a talented person apply for a
job?
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26. research
• Raise your hand if what I name is
something you would have to
research before you write about it.
• a biography of an astronaut
• a newsletter about a trip
• a story about a prince
• a report about space
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27. 1. Puppys and Kittens are often good
friends.
2. don’t drop those bowl and spoon.
3. How many box can you carry!
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Puppies k
D bowls spoons
boxes
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28. Compound Subjects &
Predicates
• The subject is who or what a
sentence is about.
• A compound subject has more than
one subject.
• For example:
• Dolphins and whales live in the
ocean.
• Dolphins and whales is a compound
subject.

29. Compound Subjects &
Predicates
• A predicate is what the suject does.
• A compound predicate has more than
one verb.
• For example:
• The twin girls sang and rode bicycles.
• sang and rode is the compound
predicate.

30. Compound Subjects and
Predicates
• Find the compound subject in this sentence.
• Jeffrey and Anna wash the dishes.
• Jeffrey and Anna
• Find the compound predicate in this sentence.
• Louise sweeps and mops the floor.
• sweeps and mops the floor.
• Write 2 sentences about chores. One needs to have a compound
subject and the other one needs a compound predicate.
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31. Writing:
A Biography
• Is the story of a real person’s life as
told by another person.
• Begins when the person is born or is
very young.
• Is usually told in time order.
• Gives dates and place names.
• Includes facts about what the person
has done.
• Uses he or she, his or her.
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32. Writing:
A Biography
• Remember that the organization of a
biography is very important.
• Presenting events in the order in
which they happened and including
dates or ages guides the reader as he
or she reads a person’s life story.
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