Home-School Connection Word Workout WORDS TO KNOW astronaut endless paralyzed realistic sensible protested universe Good Idea Choose a word that gives you an idea for a story. We can use the words to outline the plot. SPELLING WORDS file drive pies die wipe height pride spy sigh prime sly pry minding twice slight kite climb inside shy fright Double Trouble Let s see if you can spell each word. Then, look at the different ways you can spell the sound of long i. We can look at each spelling word and find another word with the same spelling for the sound for long i. (fold here) Dear Family Member: This week we re reading The Astronaut and the Onion. Those two things don t seem like they go together. Gloria meets Dr. Street in a supermarket. Gloria wants to be an astronaut and now she has met one. I wonder what will happen next, and how the author will tie the two characters together. I ll know more when I finish the story. This Week s Skills Comprehension: character, setting, plot Vocabulary: dictionary Spelling/Phonics: the sound of i spelled ice, y, igh, ie, i, and ei Name 55
Tell Us More Here are some introductions to different characters. Let s talk about each character by creating traits, thoughts, physical appearances, actions, and anything else that will Tell Us More about each one. Millie likes to clown around. That s because she is a clown. Millie performs with a circus. She does silly things that make kids and their parents laugh. Mark is a firefighter. He goes into burning buildings to put out fires. Sometimes he saves people who are trapped in the building. Linda is a gymnast. She practices long hours each day. She would like to be on the United States Olympic gymnastic team. She hopes that one day her hard work will pay off. Amy prepares dinosaur bones for a museum. Using a tiny pick and brush, Amy carefully chips away at the rocks surrounding the bone. It can take Amy many weeks to clean just one small bone. Don works at an animal rescue home. He helps take care of dogs, cats, squirrels, and birds that are injured. He nurses them back to health. 56
Conexión con el hogar Ejercicio de palabras PALABRAS DE VOCABULARIO astronaut endless paralyzed realistic sensible protested universe Idea para un cuento Escoge una palabra que te dé una idea para un cuento. Podemos usar el resto de las palabras para hacer un bosquejo del argumento. PALABRAS DE ORTOGRAFÍA file drive pies die wipe height pride spy sigh prime sly pry minding twice slight kite climb inside shy fright (fold here) Queridos familiares: Esta semana estamos leyendo El astronauta y la cebolla. Estas dos cosas parecen no tener mucho que ver, pero lo que pasa es que Gloria conoce al Dr. Smith en un supermercado. Gloria quiere ser astronauta y por fin conoce a uno en persona. Me pregunto qué va a pasar después y cómo la autora va a vincular a los dos personajes. Voy a saber más cuando termine el cuento. Destrezas de la semana Comprensión: analiza personajes Vocabulario: diccionario Ortografía/Fonética: el sonido de la i cuando se escribe ice, y, igh, ie, i, ei Por partida doble Vamos a ver si puedes deletrear cada palabra. Luego, veamos todas las maneras diferentes en que se puede escribir el sonido de la i larga. Podemos mirar cada palabra de la lista y encontrar otra palabra en que el sonido de la i larga se escriba igual. Nombre 57
Más información En estas páginas se presentan diferentes personajes. Para hablar sobre cada uno de ellos vamos a crear características, ideas, rasgos físicos, acciones y cualquier otra cosa que nos dé más información sobre cada uno. Millie likes to clown around. That s because she is a clown. Millie performs with a circus. She does silly things that make kids and their parents laugh. Mark is a firefighter. He goes into burning buildings to put out fires. Sometimes he saves people who are trapped in the building. Linda is a gymnast. She practices long hours each day. She would like to be on the United States Olympic gymnastic team. She hopes one day that her hard work will pay off. Amy prepares dinosaur bones for a museum. Using a tiny pick and brush, Amy carefully chips away at the rocks surrounding the bone. It can take Amy many weeks to clean just one small bone. Don works at an animal rescue home. He helps take care of dogs, cats, squirrels, and birds that are injured. He nurses them back to health. 58
Koneksyon lakay ak lekòl Egzèsis sou mo MO POU KONNEN astronaut endless paralyzed realistic sensible protested universe Bon ide Chwazi yon mo ki ba w yon ide pou yon istwa. Nou ka itilize mo yo pou ekspoze entrig la. MO ÒTOGRAF file drive pies die wipe height pride spy sigh prime sly pry minding twice slight kite climb inside shy fright Pwoblèm doub Annou wè si w ka eple chak mo. Ansuit, gade diferan fason ou ka eple son i ki long. Nou ka gade chak mo òtograf epi chèche yon lòt mo ki gen menm òtograf pou son i ki long. (fold here) Chè manm fanmi : Semèn sa a n ap li The Astronaut and the Onion. De bagay sa yo pa sanble yo ale ansanm. Gloria rankontre ak doktè Street nan yon sipèmache. Gloria vle vin yon astwonòt epi kounye a li te rankontre youn. M ap mande tèt mwen sa ki pral rive aprè sa, epi ki jan otè a pral asosye de pèsonaj yo ansanm. Mwen pral konnen plis lè m fini avèk istwa a. Teknik pou semèn sa a Konpreyansyon : pèsonaj, kad, entrig Vokabilè : diksyonè Òtograf/Fonik : son i ki eple ice, y, igh, ie, i ak ei Non 59
Bannou plis enfòmasyon Nan paj sa a yo prezante diferan pèsonaj. Annou pale konsènan chak pèsonaj lè nou kreye karakteristik, panse, aparans fizik, aksyon, ak nenpòt lòt bagay ki pral bannou plis enfòmasyon sou chak pèsonaj yo. Millie likes to clown around. That s because she is a clown. Millie performs with a circus. She does silly things that make kids and their parents laugh. Mark is a firefighter. He goes into burning buildings to put out fires. Sometimes he saves people who are trapped in the building. Linda is a gymnast. She practices long hours each day. She would like to be on the United States Olympic gymnastic team. She hopes that one day her hard work will pay off. Amy prepares dinosaur bones for a museum. Using a tiny pick and brush, Amy carefully chips away at the rocks surrounding the bone. It can take Amy many weeks to clean just one small bone. Don works at an animal rescue home. He helps take care of dogs, cats, squirrels, and birds that are injured. He nurses them back to health. 60