Wonders Unit 5 Lesson

Wonders 2nd Grade Unit 5 Week 3

Our Heroes

What do heroes do?

Discover Heroes

What is a hero? A hero is someone who is looked up to by others because of his or her achievements and courage. A rescue worker is a hero to many people.

*Rescue workers risk their lives.

*Rescue workers save other people's lives.

Open Ended

Think about who you think are heroes. Write what they have done that makes them heroes. (We are not talking about Marvel or DC Super Heroes)

Phonics and Spelling

Introducing Variant Vowels U

https://youtu.be/jNpqXXClrAA

Multiple Choice

Look at the spelling words posted in your classroom. Find the word or words that match the spelling pattern of the vowel sounds in the words below.

boot

• room

• flu

• June

Multiple Choice

Look at the spelling words posted in your classroom. Find the word or words that match the spelling pattern of the vowel sounds in the words below.

gnu

• crook

• flu

• June

Multiple Choice

Look at the spelling words posted in your classroom. Find the word or words that match the spelling pattern of the vowel sounds in the words below.

cube

• crook

• new

• June

Multiple Choice

Look at the spelling words posted in your classroom. Find the word or words that match the spelling pattern of the vowel sounds in the words below.

grew

• fruit

• new

• could

Multiple Choice

Look at the spelling words posted in your classroom. Find the word or words that match the spelling pattern of the vowel sounds in the words below.

true

• crook

• full

• glue

Multiple Choice

Look at the spelling words posted in your classroom. Find the word or words that match the spelling pattern of the vowel sounds in the words below.

suit

• fruit

• push

• glue

Multiple Select

Look at the spelling words posted in your classroom. Find the word or words that match the spelling pattern of the vowel sounds in the word below.

brush

• full

• push

• glue

Multiple Choice

Look at the spelling words posted in your classroom. Find the word or words that match the spelling pattern of the vowel sounds in the words below.

hood

• crook

• June

• room

Multiple Choice

Look at the spelling words posted in your classroom. Find the word or words that match the spelling pattern of the vowel sounds in the words below.

would

• crook

• could

• new

https://youtu.be/ky_VFCR2oeA

Multiple Select

Choose the words that match the same vowel sound as the word below.

book

• good

• true

• should

• goose

• could

Multiple Select

Choose the words that match the same vowel sound as the word below.

pool

• drew

• goose

• could

• full

• flute

Comprehension Strategy

Summarize

Summarize

Summarizing is using your own words to tell the most important events and details in a selection. This can help you remember new information in a selection.

https://youtu.be/SmnR4AZ-XM8

Summarizing

Here is a strategy you can use to retell a story...

https://youtu.be/rqRJDybKczI

Let's Practice Summarizing!

Listen to the story...

Open Ended

Who was the main character?

Somebody = ________________

Open Ended

What did the main character want?

Wanted = ________________

Open Ended

What was the main problem in the story?

But = ________________

Open Ended

How was the problem solved?

So = ________________

Open Ended

How did the story end?

Then = ________________

Open Ended

Let's put it altogether!!

Somebody, Wanted, But , So, Then

Write one sentence to summarize Corduroy.

Sequence

The sequence tells the order of ideas in a selection. We can use the words first, next, then and last to tell the order of what happens.

Let's practice with a story.

https://youtu.be/R_fEclnJEGk

Multiple Choice

Think about how the ideas and information are organized in the text. They tell the sequence of events in Cesar's life.

What happened first? Choose a sentence below.

• Cesar Chavez was born and worked on a farm in Arizona.

• Cesar worked the rest of his life to improve the lives of farm workers.

• Cesar was 10 when a drought killed the crops on his family farms. His family couldn't afford to keep it.

• Cesar Chavez organized a strike for the fair treatment of migrant farm workers.

• Cesar's family moved to California, traveling from farm to farm. Cesar learned how hard the migrant farm worker's lives were.

Multiple Choice

Think about how the ideas and information are organized in the text. They tell the sequence of events in Cesar's life.

What happened next? Choose a sentence below.

• Cesar Chavez was born and worked on a farm in Arizona.

• Cesar worked the rest of his life to improve the lives of farm workers.

• Cesar was 10 when a drought killed the crops on his family farms. His family couldn't afford to keep it.

• Cesar Chavez organized a strike for the fair treatment of migrant farm workers.

• Cesar's family moved to California, traveling from farm to farm. Cesar learned how hard the migrant farm worker's lives were.

Multiple Choice

Think about how the ideas and information are organized in the text. They tell the sequence of events in Cesar's life.

What happened then? Choose a sentence below.

• Cesar Chavez was born and worked on a farm in Arizona.

• Cesar worked the rest of his life to improve the lives of farm workers.

• Cesar was 10 when a drought killed the crops on his family farms. His family couldn't afford to keep it.

• Cesar Chavez organized a strike for the fair treatment of migrant farm workers.

• Cesar's family moved to California, traveling from farm to farm. Cesar learned how hard the migrant farm worker's lives were.

Multiple Choice

Think about how the ideas and information are organized in the text. They tell the sequence of events in Cesar's life.

What happened after that? Choose a sentence below.

• Cesar Chavez was born and worked on a farm in Arizona.

• Cesar worked the rest of his life to improve the lives of farm workers.

• Cesar was 10 when a drought killed the crops on his family farms. His family couldn't afford to keep it.

• Cesar Chavez organized a strike for the fair treatment of migrant farm workers.

• Cesar's family moved to California, traveling from farm to farm. Cesar learned how hard the migrant farm worker's lives were.

Multiple Choice

Think about how the ideas and information are organized in the text. They tell the sequence of events in Cesar's life.

What happened last? Choose a sentence below.

• Cesar Chavez was born and worked on a farm in Arizona.

• Cesar worked the rest of his life to improve the lives of farm workers.

• Cesar was 10 when a drought killed the crops on his family farms. His family couldn't afford to keep it.

• Cesar Chavez organized a strike for the fair treatment of migrant farm workers. Landowners lost money, and talked with Cesar. They agreed to better pay, and work conditions.

• Cesar's family moved to California, traveling from farm to farm. Cesar learned how hard the migrant farm worker's lives were.

Grammar Review

Idioms

https://youtu.be/pF7hTqpT8Fc

Multiple Choice

What is an idiom?

An idiom is...

• a word or phrase that has a different meaning than the actual meaning of the words.

• a word or phrase that is literally the meaning of the words.

Open Ended

Type an example of an idiom.

Vocabulary Strategy

Synonyms

Synonyms

Synonyms are words that have almost the same meaning.

Mad and Angry are synonyms.

A synonym can be a clue to the meaning of another word.

Stop half way through, about 3 minutes , he begins to talk about antonyms.

https://youtu.be/65lBO7nPIEM

https://www.blooket.com/host?id=6036916e1b109f001c23bdca

Possessive Pronouns

Possessive pronouns take the place of a possessive noun. Both a Possessive noun and possessive pronoun show who or what owns something.

Daylen's bike is green.

His bike is green.

In the first sentence the possessive nouns Daylen's tells us that Daylen owns the bike. In the second sentence, the possessive pronoun His take the place of Daylen.

Possessive Pronouns

Remember possessive pronouns take the place of possessive nouns. They show who or what owes something.

Multiple Choice

Pick the correct possessive pronoun for the sentence below.

One of _____ favorite people in history is George Washington.

• my

• me

Multiple Choice

Pick the correct possessive pronoun for the sentence below.

George Washington was a hero in _____ time.

• his

• he

Multiple Choice

Pick the correct possessive pronoun for the sentence below.

_____ home was on a large farm.

• He

• His

Multiple Choice

Pick the correct possessive pronoun for the sentence below.

Mount Vernon was the name of _____ farm.

• his

• he

Multiple Choice

Pick the correct possessive pronoun for the sentence below.

The farm was known for ___ fine home.

• its

• he

Multiple Choice

Pick the correct possessive pronoun for the sentence below.

Martha Washington also helped ____ country.

• her

• she

https://youtu.be/p_XwUtCeddo

Possessive Pronouns

Remember possessive pronouns take the place of a possessive noun. Both a Possessive noun and possessive pronoun show who or what owns something.

These are possessive pronouns: your, our and their

Multiple Choice

Read the sentence and identify the possessive pronoun in the sentence.

We have a statue in our park.

• We

• have

• in

• our

Multiple Choice

Read the sentence and identify the possessive pronoun in the sentence.

The neighbors have a fountain in their yard.

• The

• have

• in

• their

Multiple Choice

Read the sentence and identify the possessive pronoun in the sentence.

Your house is on Marble Street.

• Your

• is

• on

• Street

Multiple Choice

Read the sentence and identify the possessive pronoun in the sentence.

Their hero is Cesar Chavez.

• Their

• hero

• is

• Cesar

Multiple Choice

Read the sentence and identify the possessive pronoun in the sentence.

His family lives in Arizona.

• His

• family

• lives

• in

Multiple Choice

Read the sentence and identify the possessive pronoun in the sentence.

I think your essay about farm workers is excellent.

• I

• your

• about

• is

Multiple Choice

Read the sentence and identify the possessive pronoun in the sentence.

The fifth graders cleaned up the playground for their class.

• The

• fifth graders

• playground

• their

• class

Multiple Choice

Read the sentence and identify the possessive pronoun in the sentence.

Illinois is our home.

• Illinois

• is

• our

• home