Unit 1 Week 3 Day 2: The Big Blue Ox

Animals, Tame and Wild

High Frequency: get, help, use

Comprehension: Character and Setting

Grammar: Action part of sentences

Vocabulary (Amazing Words): past, present, produce, transportation, danger, serve, snuggle,

enormous, powerful

(Selection Words): town, mud

High Frequency
Words:
get, help, use / Help children to respond to questions using complete sentences when appropriate.
Here are the high frequency words we learned yesterday.
This word is get. What word? get
Everyone, spell get. g-e-t
What word did you spell? Get
We use the word get to tell what we need to do.
Look at the man in the window of the produce store.
He will get an apple.
What will the man get? The man will get an apple.
This word is help. What word? help
Everyone, spell take. h-e-l-p
What word did you spell? help
The word help means to make someone’s work easier.
The dog will help the girl get across the street.
What will the oxen help the people do? The oxen will give the people a ride.
This word is use. What word? use
Everyone, spell use. u-s-e
What word did you spell? use
Use is another word to tell where something is.
Point to the kids on the fence.
The kids are up on the fence.
Where are the kids? The kids are up on the fence.
Second Time
When I touch under the word, say the word in your head.
When I tap under the word, everyone will say the word aloud.
Practice the word list until they read the list without errors.
Unpredictable individual turns (Not everyone will have an individual turn.)
Background Knowledge / Review ELL Poster #3 (Use high frequency words in sentences to describe the pictures on the poster; get, help, use )
We’re going to use our high frequency words to make sentences about this picture.
The first word is get. (Point to the man and women in the wagon then say…)
They will get a ride in the wagon.
What will they do? Get a ride.
Say the sentence with me. They will get a ride in the wagon.
The next word is use. (Point to the oxen then say…)
They will use the oxen.
What will they do? Use the oxen.
Say the sentence with me. They will use the oxen.
The next word is help. (Point to the dog helping the girl across the street and say…)
The dog will help the girl.
What will the dog do? Help the girl.
Say the sentence with me. The dog will help the girl.
Oral
Vocabulary
Introduction
(Amazing Words:
danger, serve,
snuggle, enormous, powerful) / Look at the girl crossing the street. She could get hurt if she walked in front of a car. The police officer is keeping her safe from danger.
Danger is something that can hurt you.
Say it with me. Get read…Danger is something that can hurt you.
What is danger? Danger is something that can hurt you.
Parents try to keep you safe from danger. Sirens warn of danger.
What do you know that could cause danger?
The police officer is serving the people by helping them be safe.
Serve means to work or to help.
Say it with me. Get ready…Serve means to work or to help.
What does serve mean? Serve is to work or to help.
What can you do to serve people?
Look at the girl and the dog. When they get home they might like to snuggle.
When you snuggle with a dog you lie close to it and get comfortable. Snuggle means to get close and comfortable.
Say it with me. Get ready…Snuggle means to get close and comfortable.
What is snuggle? Snuggle is to get close and comfortable.
What do you like to snuggle with?
Point to something in their picture that is very, very big.
Something that is very big is enormous.
Say it with me. Get ready…Enormous is something that is very big.
What is enormous? Enormous is something that is very big.
An elephant is enormous. What do you think is enormous?
Look at the oxen. The oxen are powerful.
Powerful means very strong.
Say it with me. Get ready…Powerful means very strong.
What does powerful mean? Powerful means very strong.
Point to something on this picture that looks powerful. What do you think is powerful?

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