Unit 1 Week 1 Day 3: Iris and Walter

Theme: Exploration

High Frequency: someone, somewhere, friend, country, beautiful, front

Vocabulary (Amazing Words): investigate, rural, urban

Grammar: Sentences

Vocabulary
(Selection words) / Ladder, amazing, roller-skate, meadow
Use Vocabulary Transparency 1 to introduce selection words. Read each sentence as you track the print. Frame each underlined word
Today we are going to be learning more words that are in our story Iris and
Walter.Follow along as I read these sentences aloud.
Explain the word’s meaning.
ladder: set of steps with two side pieces and rungs for climbing.
amazing: wonderful or surprising
roller-skate: to move on roller skates, which are skates with wheels.
meadow: piece of grassy land.
Have students make up a sentence using each of the words in a complete sentence.
Model with each word.
Say: I will climb up the ladder to the tree house. You tell me a sentence for
ladder.
Say: Her grandpa is amazing. You tell me a sentence for amazing.
Say: He goes roller-skating every Wednesday with his friends. You tell me
sentence for roller-skate.
Say: I saw a red-tail hawk in the meadow. You tell me a sentence for
meadow.
Ask students to identify familiar letter-sounds and word parts: amazing (m/n), z/z)
roller-skate (r/r) ladder (two syllables with a double consonant in the middle, meadow (ea/e)
Tell me something that is amazing.
How does it feel to roller-skate the first time?
What might it be like to climb a rope ladder?
What might you do in a meadow?
High Frequency
Words / beautiful, country , friend, front, someone, somewhere
Give each child a set of Word Cards to look at during this activity (ELL Teaching Guide page 4). Keep another set at the front on the room. Ask one student to choose a Word Card without showing it to the group. Have the student write the word, leaving out two or three letters. The student should write an underscore for any missing letters (example co_ _ ntr _ (country). Ask the other students to write down the word and fill in the missing letter. Ask a student to use the word in a sentence. Continue until each child had had at least one turn and all the Words Cards have been used.
Reading Comprehension / Have students turn to page 17 in their reading books. Read the title Iris and Walter. Look at the pictures and have students tell what is happening.
Have students read the story together. Make sure all the students are reading.
Help students to respond to questions using complete sentences when appropriate.
Who is the story about? This story Is about Iris.
Are the characters people or animals? The characters are people.
What is the setting of this story? The setting is in the country.
What kind of person is Iris? She is friendly because she wants to meet other
kids.
What do Iris and Walter do together? They climb trees, roll down hills, play
hide and seek, play with hats, roller-skate, and ride a pony.
Grammar and Writing / Sentences
Read definition of a sentence.
A sentence is a group of words that tell a complete idea. The words are in an
order that makes sense. A sentence begins with a capital letter. Many
sentences end with a period (.)
Write examples of a sentence:
The friends play in the water.
Iris and Walter played every day.
Write examples that are not sentences.
the friends
Iris and Walter
Read (or write) sentences and not sentences. Have the students tell you if it is a sentence or not a sentence.
Everyone needs a friend. (sentence)
you can find ( not a sentence)
he or she (not a sentence)
Somewhere you will find one. (sentence)
She might be right in front of you. (sentence)