Unit Theme: How Do People Get from Here to There?

Unit 5 Week 3 Messenger, Messenger

Unit Theme: How do people get from here to there?

ELL Planning Sheet

High Frequency Words:what, said, was

New Phonics Skills: Uu /u/

Grammar: Dates

Amazing Vocabulary:messenger, delivery, radio, pickup, escalator, eyeshades

Story Vocabulary:“breath like a smoke stack”, “hands like stone”

Activity / Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday
Building
Background Knowledge / Activate Prior Knowledge:
Poster 27
Poster Talk-Through
Poster activities Day 1
Video: Bicycle Messengers-from youtube shows the job of a bicycle courier / Poster 27 Day 2
On, Over, Through
Vocabulary
(Amazing Words
And
Story Vocabulary
Tier II and III) / Talk with me/Sing with me Chart 27 A/B:
messenger, delivery, radio, pickup, escalator, eyeshades / Talk with me Chart 27 messenger, delivery, radio, pickup, escalator, eyeshades / Talk with me Chart 27 messenger, delivery, radio, pickup, escalator, eyeshades / Story Vocabulary:
“breath like a smoke stack”, “hands like stone”
Reading
Comprehension / Read: Messenger, Messenger / Re-read: Messenger, Messenger
Compare/Contrast
Pg. 141 - Model / Re-read: Messenger, Messenger
Compare/Contrast
Pg. 163 getting around in city – car/bike / Re-read: Messenger, Messenger
Compare/Contrast
big city/I.F. / Messenger, Messenger
Narrative text retell graphic organizer
Unit Connection
Grammar
Writing / Date
Definition
Teacher model
Students copy / Date:
Students write
Draw a picture of something did today / Date:
Students write
Draw a picture of something did today / Date:
Students write
Draw a picture of something did today
High Frequency
Words / what, said, was
Spell/Sentences
Flash Cards / what, said, was
Flash Cards
Find HF words in Phonics Reader: Fun For Jud / what, said, was Speaking Practice –
Sentences –Poster 27 day 3 (modify)
“What was said? Point to person on poster – verbalize what they might say
Flash Cards / what, said, was
Flash Cards
Find HF words in Decodable Reader: Fun for Bud / what, said, was
Flash Cards
Spelling
(Phonics) / Uu /u/
Phonemic Awareness pictures initial/middle sort (umbrella, cup, pup, us, up, bus, jump, under )
segment/ blend (cub, nut, sun, bus) / Uu /u/
Phonics -
Discriminate initial sound (umbrella, big us, city, stairs, up, table, under,)
Blend (sun, plan, hot) / Uu /u/
Phonics Change sound (Mag/mug, net/nut, fin/fun, cop/cup
blend (ruff, fast, jump) / Uu /u/
Phonics - spelling
(tub, at, us, on) / Uu /u/
Phonics- spelling
(sun, bus, hug)
Readers / Phonic Reader: Fun For Jud
(keep to re-read on Day 3) / Re-read Phonics Reader: Fun For Jud / Decodable Reader: Fun for Bud
(keep to re-read on Day 5) / Decodable Reader Fun for Bud

Unit 1 Proposed Assessment Plan

Measure / Frequency / Assessor
High frequency words / weekly / Classroom teacher
Verbal retell / weekly / Classroom teacher
Writing CBM / biweekly / ELL tutor

Unit 5 Week 3 Messenger, Messenger

Unit Theme: How do people get from here to there?

Day 1

High Frequency Words: what, said, was

New Phonics Skills: Uu /u/

Grammar: Dates

Amazing Vocabulary: messenger, delivery, radio, pickup, escalator, eyeshades

Story Vocabulary: “breath like a smoke stack”, “hands like stone”

Building
Background Knowledge / Poster 27

Poster Talk-through – read aloud and point as you describe the poster. Have students repeat the underlined words in the script, after you say them and identify on the poster.
Students need to respond to the following questions with one of the embedded answer choices or complete sentence as modeled.
Error Corrections: If needed, model, test, and ask the same question at the end of this section to retest.
Where are the children playing? The children are playing in the park.
Did the children walk or ride their bikes to the park? The children rode their bikes to the park.
Show me where the children parked their bikes.
Where do you think the mom and boy are going? The mom and boy are going______.
Do you think the mom and boy will go in the tunnel?
Is this park in the country or in the city? This park is in the city.
Is the mail carrier walking or riding a bike? The mail carrier is walking.
Who is the mail carrier talking to? The mail carrier is talking to the truck driver.
Did the truck driver park in a parking lot or on the street? The truck driver parked in the parking lot.
Does it look like a sunny, windy, rainy or snow day? Is looks like a sunny day.

Video: Bicycle Messengers-from youtube shows the job of a bicycle courier
Vocabulary
(Amazing Words
and
Story Vocabulary
Tier II and III) / Display Talk with Me Chart 27A
“This week we will be talking about how messengers do their jobs.”

All of these pictures show a messenger.
A messenger is a person who carries a letter or package from one person to another.
What does a messenger do.? A messenger carries letters or packages from one person to another.
What do we call a person who carries letters or packages from one person to another? A messenger
What type of transportation is this messenger using to get from one place to another? This messenger is using a bike for transportation.
Messengers make deliveries.
A delivery means handing a letter or package to someone.
What does delivery mean? Hand a letter or a package to someone.
What is the word for handing a letter or a package to someone? Delivery
Which picture shows someone making a delivery?
Pretend to hand a delivery to your neighbor, and say, “Here is your delivery.
This picture shows a messenger as he radios in to the office.
What does the messenger do? The messenger radios in to his office.
In the story, radios means to talk to someone on a machine like a telephone.
What does radios mean? To talk to someone one a machine like a telephone.
Messengers will get packages that need to be delivered.
A pickup is when a messenger gets a package that needs to be delivered.
What is a pickup? A pick up is when a messenger gets a package to be delivered.
What is the word for getting a package to be delivered? A pickup
An escalator is a moving set of stairs.
What is an escalator? An escalator is a moving set of stairs.
What do we call a moving set of stairs? An escalator
Which picture shows an escalator?
This messenger is wearing eyeshades.
Another name for eyeshadesare sunglasses.
What is another name for sunglasses? Eyeshades

Reading Comprehension / Display Messenger, Messenger

Tell me what you see on the cover of this book.
The title of this book isMessenger, Messenger. Who do you think this book will be about?
Read Messenger, Messenger

Grammar and Writing
High Frequency
Words / What, said, was

Here are this week’s high frequency words.
This word is what. What word? What
Spell the word what… w-h-a-t
A sentence with the word whatis….”What is for dinner?”
Ask students to use what in a sentence.
This word is said. What word? said
Spell the word said…s-a-i-d
A sentence with the word saidis….”She said pizza is for dinner.”
Ask students to use said in a sentence.
This word is was. What word? was
Spell was w-a-s
A sentence with the word wasis….”Wasthis your cup?”
Ask students to use was in a sentence.

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.)
Spelling
(Phonemic Awareness/ Phonics) / Ee /e/
Today we will learn a new sound. Listen and watch as I say the sound: /u/, /u/, /u/.

Please say the /u/ sound……/u/ /u/ /u/
Say umbrella…umbrella. What sound do you hear at the beginning of the word umbrella? /u/
Say cup…cup. What sound do you hear in the middle of the word cup? /u/
Which word has the /u/ sound at the beginning, umbrella or cup? umbrella
Which word has the /u/ sound in the middle, umbrella or cup? cup

Show the umbrella and cup T-chart.
Have students say the words with you as you point to the pictures.
Show the other picture cards one at a time.
Say the word and have students repeat.
Have students identify the position of the /u/ sound.
Pass out pictures and have students sort on the umbrella cup T-chart.
Use three fingers to help children see the number of sounds you say while segmenting a word. Model then have students repeat.
Segment the word fan. Hold up fingers as you say the individual sounds. “cub: c - u - b”
Say it with me. cub: c - u - b
You (Students) do it. cub: c - u - b
Repeat with the following words: nut, sun, bus

Readers

Unit 5 Week 3 Messenger, Messenger

Unit Theme: How do people get from here to there?

Unit 5 Week 3 Messenger, Messenger

Unit Theme: How do people get from here to there?

Day 2

High Frequency Words: what, said, was

New Phonics Skills: Uu /u/

Grammar: Dates

Amazing Vocabulary: messenger, delivery, radio, pickup, escalator, eyeshades

Story Vocabulary: “breath like a smoke stack”, “hands like stone”

Background Knowledge / Poster 27 Day 2
Follow instructions to play: On, Over, Through
Vocabulary
(Amazing Words
and
Story Vocabulary
Tier II and III) / Display Talk with Me Chart 27 A
“This week we will be talking about how messengers do their jobs.”

All of these pictures show a messenger.
A messenger is a person who carries a letter or package from one person to another.
What does a messenger do.? A messenger carries letters or packages from one person to another.
What do we call a person who carries letters or packages from one person to another? A messenger
Messengers make deliveries.
A delivery means handing a letter or package to someone.
What does delivery mean? Hand a letter or a package to someone.
What is the word for handing a letter or a package to someone? Delivery
This picture shows a messenger as he radios in to the office.
He is talking with his office to see if he needs to make any more deliveries.
What does the messenger do? The messenger radios in to his office.
In the story, radios means to talk to someone on a machine like a telephone.
What does radios mean? To talk to someone one a machine like a telephone.
Display pg 14-15. What does Calvin do? Calvin radios his office.
Messengers will get packages that need to be delivered.
A pickup is when a messenger gets a package that needs to be delivered.
What is a pickup? A pick up is when a messenger gets a package to be delivered.
What is the word for getting a package to be delivered? A pickup
Which picture do you thing shows the messenger making a pickup?
Get with a partner, one of you pretend to be a messenger.
Pickup a package from your partner and say, “I am here to make a pickup.”
Then deliver the package to me and say, “I am making a delivery.”
An escalator is a moving set of stairs.
What is an escalator? An escalator is a moving set of stairs.
What do we call a moving set of stairs? An escalator
Which picture shows an escalator?
This messenger is wearing eyeshades.
Another name for eyeshadesare sunglasses.
What is another name for sunglasses? Eyeshades

Reading Comprehension / Display Messenger, Messenger.

When we read, we an tell what is alike and what is different about things in the story.
When we talk about how things are alike that is called compare.
What is the word for when we talk about how things are alike? Compare
When we talk about how things are different that is called contrast.
What is the word for when we talk about how things are different? Contrast
When we talk about thinks that are alike and different we say compare and contrast.
What do we say when we talk about how things are the same and different? Compare and contrast
This is a Venngraphic organizer. We use a Venn Graphic Organizer to show how things compare and contrast, or how things are the same or different.
Let’s compare a messenger and a mail carrier.
A messenger delivers to businesses in the city (write on graphic organizer)
A mail carrier delivers to homes and businesses (write on graphic organizer)
A messenger and a mail carrier are different because they deliver things to different places
Both: One way a messenger and a mail carrier are the same is that they both deliver letters and packages (write on graphic organizer)
ReadMessenger, Messenger

Grammar and Writing / Date

I am going to write todays date. Everyday we use our calendar to tell the date.
What do we use to help us tell the date? A calendar
The first thing we write for the date is the month.
Does anyone know what month it is?
Write the month. Point out that the month always starts with a capital letter.
The next thing we write is the number for the day.
Does anyone know what day of say month it is?
Write the number. After we write the number for the day we need to but a comma.
The last thing we write for the date is the year.
Does anyone know what year it is?
Write the year.

High Frequency
Words / What, said, was
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.)
Have students find high frequency words in phonics reader: Fun for Jud
Spelling
(Phonics) / Uu /u/

Hold up a U letter card. This is the letter U. It makes the /u/ sound.
Give each student a U letter card.
Trace the letter U on your card and say /u/.
What sound does this letter make? /u/
What is the name of this letter? U
I am going to say some words. If the word starts with the /u/ sound, hold up the letter U card.

umbrella, big us, city, stairs, up, table, under,)

Use the page with arrows and blocks to practice blending words together.
With students slowly sound out each letter while pointing to the letter with finger.
With students repeat sounding out and pointing at a faster speed.
With students repeat reading and pointing at a normal speed.

Readers / Phonics Reader : Fun for Jud
Keep reader to re-read on Day 3

Unit 5 Week 3 Messenger, Messenger

Unit Theme: How do people get from here to there?

Unit 5 Week 3 Messenger, Messenger

Unit Theme: How do people get from here to there?

U / U
U / U

Day 3

High Frequency Words: what, said, was

New Phonics Skills: Uu /u/

Grammar: Dates

Amazing Vocabulary: messenger, delivery, radio, pickup, escalator, eyeshades

Story Vocabulary: “breath like a smoke stack”, “hands like stone”

Vocabulary
(Amazing Words
and
Story Vocabulary
Tier II and III) / Display Talk with Me Chart 27 A
“This week we will be talking about how messengers do their jobs.”

All of these pictures show a messenger.
A messenger is a person who carries a letter or package from one person to another.
What does a messenger do.? A messenger carries letters or packages from one person to another.
What do we call a person who carries letters or packages from one person to another? A messenger
Messengers make deliveries.
A delivery means handing a letter or package to someone.
What does delivery mean? Hand a letter or a package to someone.
What is the word for handing a letter or a package to someone? Delivery
This picture shows a messenger as he radios in to the office.
What does the messenger do? The messenger radios in to his office.
In the story, radios means to talk to someone on a machine like a telephone.
What does radios mean? To talk to someone one a machine like a telephone.
Messengers will get packages that need to be delivered.
A pickup is when a messenger gets a package that needs to be delivered.
What is a pickup? A pick up is when a messenger gets a package to be delivered.
What is the word for getting a package to be delivered? A pickup
An escalator is a moving set of stairs.
What is an escalator? An escalator is a moving set of stairs.
What do we call a moving set of stairs? An escalator
Which picture shows an escalator?
Have you ever been on an escalator?
Display pg. 10. What is Calvin on? Calvin is on an escalator.
This messenger is wearing eyeshades.
Another name for eyeshadesare sunglasses.
What is another name for sunglasses? Eyeshades
Display and read pg 18-19. Why does Calvin put on his eyeshades? It is sunny outside, the sun is in his eyes.
What could you put on if the sun was in your eyes? I could put on eyeshades.

Reading Comprehension / Display Messenger, Messenger.

When we read, we can tell what is alike and what is different about things in the story.
When we talk about thinks that are alike and different we say compare and contrast.
What do we say when we talk about how things are the same and different? Compare and contrast
This is a Venn graphic organizer. We use a Venn Graphic Organizer to show how things compare and contrast, or how things are the same or different.
Let’s compare and contrast how a bike and a car. How are a bike and car the same and different? List students’ responses.
Bike: travel on sidewalks, parking lots, you can carry a bike, for one person, park in bike rack…write on graphic organizer)
Car:, park in parking space, many people can ride in, protects from the weather…. (write on graphic organizer)
Both: transportation, travel on roads, …..

ReadMessenger, Messenger
Grammar and Writing / Date

We are going to write todays date.
The first thing we write for the date is the month.
Does anyone know what month it is?
Model writing the month and have students copy. Point out that the month always starts with a capital letter.
The next thing we write is the number for the day.
Does anyone know what day of say month it is?
Model writing the number and have students copy. After we write the number for the day we need to but a comma.
The last thing we write for the date is the year.
Does anyone know what year it is?
Model writing the year and have students copy.
If time allow have students draw a picture of something they have done today.

High Frequency
Words / What, was, said
Poster 27Day 3

Model for students the following activity. After you model let students take turns.
Point to someone on the poster and say “What was said?” (display word card)
Please say it with me… “What was said?” (have students point to the word cards as the words are spoken.)
Have students create a sentence telling what that person might have said.
Have all students repeat the sentence.

Hold up aU letter card. This is the letter U. It makes the /u/ sound.
Give each student a U letter card.
Trace the letter U on your card and say /u/.
What sound does this letter make? /u/
What is the name of this letter? U
We are going to say a word. Listen for the sound in the middle. We will change the middle sound to a /u/ to make a new word.
Say Mag … mag
With students segment the word. Use the blank “blending” boxes to point to where each sound happens in the word. /M/ - /a/ - /g/
What sound did you hear in the middle. Pretend to throw it away.
Lay the U letter card in the middle box. We are going to put an /u/ in the middle.
Point to the blending boxes. Let’s say that word. /m/ /u/ /g/
What is the new word? mug
Repeat script using the following words: net/nut, fin/fun, cop/cup
Use the page with arrows and blocks to practice blending words together.
With students slowly sound out each letter while pointing to the letter with finger.
With students repeat sounding out and pointing at a faster speed.
With students repeat reading and pointing at a normal speed.

Readers / Re-read Phonics Reader : Fun for Jud